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When the Right Takes Away a Right . . . . 0

Female soldier asks,

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And Elise Kalin writes powerfully of the loss at the Des Moines Register. Here’a little bit of her article:

To lose one of your rights is to know what it really means to be afraid. To be failed by the systems you were taught to trust. It is to be told that your life means less than your counterparts, that you don’t deserve bodily autonomy. It is a terrifying reminder that “other” religions mean nothing to half of this country’s government. It is a promise that every step forward we’ve made in the past 50 years will be forced backward until the word “progress” is replaced with its antonym in the dictionary.

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Helen Hayes:

Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does.

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The Crypto Con 0

Gangsterish man sitting in alley next to sign reading

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Bad Air 0

Farron parses the farcical reasoning and inimical implications of the Supreme Supremacist Court’s recent ruling on regulating carbon emissions.

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Originalist Sin 0

A man, holding a sign reading

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Gas Lit 0

The writer of a letter to the editor of the Seattle Times wonders why we Americans can’t seem to learn from experience.

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Whitewash 0

Speaking of the Republicans’ war against truth in learning . . . .

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School Daze 0

At the Idaho State Journal, Leonard Hitchcock examines Republicans’ war against truth in learning. A snippet (emphasis added):

They (students–ed.) also need to learn about American history. America is a country that, like other countries, has made mistakes — sometimes very egregious mistakes — but has also (however belatedly), tried to learn from those mistakes and atone for them. Loyalty to country — a moral virtue highly prized by conservatives — should not be the result of teachers’ lying about a country’s history. Whitewashing America’s past does no service to anyone.

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True Believers 0

Football coach surrounded by kneeling players days,

Via Juanita Jean.

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James Randi:

Sir, there is a distinct difference between having an open mind and having a hole in your head from which your brain leaks out.

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A Tune for the Times 0

Warning: Mild language.

Mangy comments at the Youtube page:

Well, so much for the undiscerning idiots who believe Trump brought dignity back to The White House. The latest REPUBLICAN to testify to the January 6th Committee, Cassidy Hutchinson, told of Trump’s temper tantrums, his breaking dishes, throwing plates at the wall, screaming fits, his attempt to strangle one of his security detail, and so on. (As if normal people didn’t know from the start that he was totally unfit to hold any office.) Turns out “tough-guy Trump” is nothing but a spoiled, petulant baby, diaper and all.

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Criminal Intent 0

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A Well-Turned Phrase 0

Grung_e_Gene gives us a new and timely coinage:

The Supremacist Court.

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Back Seat Driver 0

In a vehicle, Trump grips the throat of the Secret Service agent who is driving while trying to grab the steering wheel.  Secret Service agent says,

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Toxic Waste 0

Florida Woman.

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Originalist Sin 0

At Above the Law, Joe Patrice warns that we are about to see cancel culture, originalist style.

My old Philly DL friend Noz predicts that it will be an “end to democracy as we know it in the U.S.”

(Were I Noz’s editor, I would have suggested that he strike “as we know it” from that sentence.)

Finish reading this post »

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Protest your expulsion from the public house with politeness.

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Ryan Stiles, in the voice of Lewis Kiniski:

Our economy is based on hard-working people staying in their crappy little jobs.

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Vaccine Nation 0

Yet more stupid: Ted Cruz picks a fight with Elmo the Muppet over COVID-19 vaccinations.

We are a suicidal society. We are stupiding ourselves to extinction.

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The Translation 0

Donald Trump wearing a hat reading

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