A Tune for the Times 0
Mangy comments at the Youtube page:
Mangy Fetlocks knows there is no depth to which Republicans will not stoop in order to make a buck or increase their level of influence. When their bar for ethical behavior is merely “What I did was not technically illegal”, you can’t expect much from them in the way of behaving honorably.
Newly-elected NY Representative George Santos, emulating the great Donald Trump, realized that you can lie like crazy about your achievements and education and still be welcomed into the Republican family. No doubt, he will soon offer $99 courses at “Santos University” on how to create your own fictional personal resume of outstanding achievement.
Caught with Your Hands in the Cookie Jar? 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Chris Huston offers some advice for if (or when) you get caught red-handed.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another responsible gun owner demonstrates that self-politeness is the politest kind.
The American Demean 0
Robert Reich offers some thoughts about why some persons are so fascinated with Elon Musk and Donald Trump, two personalities who seem to dominate (or pollute) the discourse in this new Gilded Age. An excerpt:
People who have been bullied their whole lives want to identify with super bullies who give the finger to the establishment, answerable to no one but their own ravenous egos.
Their arrogance and certitude attract millions of followers, fans and cultish devotees, along with a fair number of goons and thugs who want to vicariously feel superior.But they are not leaders. They are bullies who demean America.
Trumpettes Try the Nuremberg Defense 0
It fails. Here is the short version.
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January 6 insurrectionists: We were only following Donald Trump’s orders.
Federal Judge: That excuse won’t work.
Follow the link for the long version.
Influencers on the Inner Tubes 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Psychotherapist Nicholas Balaisis explores some of the ways in which “social” media isn’t.
Cuban Revolt 0
Mark Cuban has had it with the arrogance of Silicon Valley’s “tech bros.”
I can’t say that I’m a big fan of either Mark Cuban or Bill Maher, but I rather think Cuban has a point.
Exhibit A, natch, would be Elon Musk.
The Lake Effect, One Fish, Two Fish, Whoops! No Fish 0
(Warning: Short commercial at the end.)
Misdirection Plays 0
At NOLA.com, the writer of a letter to the editor calls out a ludicrous litany of poisonous, perfidious propaganda ripped from the right-wing’s misdirection playbook.
I commend his letter to your attention.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
And so passeth another life in NRA Paradise . . . .
A case of road rage ended the life of a young woman on Tucson’s east side on Christmas Eve.
The Tucson Police Department said Jada Thompson, 21, was killed when someone shot at the vehicle she was riding in it near Speedway and Swan.
(Broken tag fixed.)
Originalist Sin 0
At the Sacramento Bee, Erwin Chemerinsky points out that the self-styled originalists on the Supreme Supremacist Court are quite willing to ignore “original intent” when it suits them. A snippet; follow the link for his evidence.
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Unfortunately, the current conservative majority on the Supreme Court is obliterating any notion of a wall separating church and state.
The Galt and the Users 0
At The San Francisco Chronicle, Stanford professor Keith Humphreys argues that those who would place the blame for drug problems on liberals and liberalism are looking in the wrong direction. A snippet:
What bedevils the city instead is its libertarian, individualistic culture.
Methinks he has a point, as libertarianism is the philosophy of “Me! Me! Me!” and liberalism is the philosophy of “we’re all in this together.”
Follow the link and decide for yourself.