The New Gilded Age 0
Sam feel it’s necessary to point out that Teddy Roosevelt was not a Marxist.
The Great Erasure 0
Congressperson Alma Adams sees precedent for current attempt by the New Secesh to pretend that slavery wasn’t and racism isn’t.
The Buck Stops 0
Many years ago, back when I lived in Delaware and worked in Philadelphia, we purchased a Yorkie puppy from an Amish farmer in Lancaster County, Pa. (I know the farmer was not running a puppy mill, as the puppy was roaming free in his yard, as was the puppy’s mother, who came over to wish him good-bye before we loaded him into the car and drove off.)
The puppy grew up to be a good and valued member of the family and a constant source of love and joy. As our other dog at the time was a Black Lab, Tucker the Yorkie eventually convinced himself that he also was a Black Lab, but that is a whole bunch of other stories. Like the time we had a foot and a half of snow and Beau the Black Lab jumped into it and frolicked about. Tucker the Yorkie jumped in after him and disappeared.
Which reminds me that Beau the Black Lab used to play with Mittens the Cat. Mittens would be lying in her favorite chair at the kitchen table; Beau would come up and stick his nose up so she could slap at it. As long as she kept slapping at it, he kept waving it about. He was a kind and good-hearted dog . . . but I digress.
Anyway, what prompted me to remember Tucker the Yorkie was this:
The check we wrote to pay for Tucker the Yorkie did not bounce, unlike the check that George Santos wrote when he bought dogs from an Amish farmer.
Aside:
I pity those dogs.
Ignorance Is Not Only Bliss . . . 0
, , , it’s also Florida Man’s educational you-will-pardon-the-term strategy.
Little Chicken Littles 0
Joel Mathis is bemused by Republicans’ over-the top response to last week’s Chinese balloon.
Follow the link for his reasoning.
Cooking with Gas 0
Rebecca Watson looks at the right-wing’s panic attack over the revelation that, where there’s fire, there’s smoke.
Transcript here.
The Privatization Scam 0
At the Des Moines Register, Matt Pries, teacher from a family of teachers, offers some thoughts about why public schools have become a favorite target of the New Secesh. Here’s a bit of his article; I commend the entire piece to your attention.
The Twitter Files Fails
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Freedom of Screech 0
Above the Law’s Joe Patrice deciphers some doubletalk.
Hoist on Their Own Petard 0
Mangy comments at the Youtube page:
Poor dumb Republicans. They planned to have what they thought would be a blockbuster hearing showing how Democrats manipulated Twitter to disadvantage Republicans, but instead they highlighted the fact that Trump pressured Twitter to take down unflattering posts about himself. So much for their dream of a ‘liberal-biased big tech’ expose. Mangy Fetlocks has known a few idiots in his many years, but James Comer, Jim Jordan, Kevin McCarthy, Marjorie Tater Greens, and friends display record-breaking ineptitude and stupidity.
What the Right Fears Most 0
Knowledge.
The Dividing Line 0
The editorial board of the Las Vegas Sun looks at Sara Huckabee Sanders’s “response” to President Biden’s State of the Union address and suggests that she got part of it right. A snippet:
We agree. Though we also think she missed a few adjectives, like dangerous, ignorant, racist, unconstitutional and un-American. The past president’s apologist also needs to take a good long look in the mirror before she starts decrying crazies.
Follow the link for context.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
If you dig into the politics of hate in the United States, however it be manifested, your shovel will eventually strike America’s original sin of chattel slavery and the doctrine of racism which was manufactured to justify it. We close our eyes to that at our peril
Addressing the Issues 0
Seth takes a look at Biden’s State of the Union address and Republicans’ response to the issues Biden addressed.
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