The Roll-Back 0
Gordon Weil espies a disturbing trend. Here’s the nub of his article (emphasis added):
Follow the link for his reasoning.
In a related vein, Professor Richard Cherwitz reminds us that, “once democracy is gone, it’s gone.”
QOTD 0
Bennett Cerf:
Aside:
If you haven’t read any of Bennett Cerf’s collections of anecdotes and jokes, go to the library now.
Take the Tour 0
Mangy composes a theme song for the Republican Party. From the web page:
The Republican cries of “how dare the Democrats accuse us of aiding in the preparation for an insurrection” seem pretty pathetic once you’ve viewed the security video of Representative Barry Loudermilk leading MAGATs on his fascinating photo excursion of the bowels of The Capitol. Sure, everybody that goes to DC for the first time says, “The one thing I hope to get to see is not the rotunda, not the statues of past statesmen, but more than anything, the basement corridors, stairways and security checkpoints. They are reportedly among the most beautiful in the world!” I’m sure the one creep that took the tour, then posted things like “Nancy Pelosi, we’re comin’ for you!” probably only meant that he was anxious to meet her and have her sign his autograph book. Nice try Barry. Having grown up on a diary farm, Mangy Fetlocks knows BS when he sees it, so he just HAD to write a little song so Loudermilk’s particular line of BS could at least be set to music.
All the News that Fits 0
One Republican is taking Fox News to court for being biased in favor of another Republican.
Fox News? Biased?
Let me clutch my pearls and fall upon my fainting coach.
The Grift that Keeps on Grifting 0
Republican Family Values 0
Honest to Betsy, in a sane polity, you couldn’t make this stuff up.
Criminal Intent 0
From the webpage:
Seth takes a closer look at the January 6 committee releasing new evidence that Trump and his lawyer John Eastman knew their plan to overturn the 2020 election would violate the law.
“A Republic, If You Can Keep It” 0
At The Denver Post, Air Force Major General (ret.) Irv Halter points out that “it’s not the economy, stupid.” Here’s a bit from his article (emphasis added):
What happened leading up to Jan. 6, 2021, was an organized attack on our founding document and nation. Despite overwhelming evidence, people who should have been saying “no” to the lie and the liar, instead marched in lockstep behind him.
Originalist Sin 0
At the San Francisco Chronicle, Erwin Chemerinsky and Dennis Aftergut argue that the new-fangled notion of Consititutional Originalism as its being applied applied to the Second Amendment* is killing us. A snippet:
Simply put, there is no constitutional basis for saying that the original meaning of the Second Amendment was to protect the right of 18-to-20- year-olds to purchase a weapon of mass killing that didn’t exist when the amendment was adopted in 1791.
Nor is there the slightest indication that the Second Amendment was meant to invalidate age restrictions on purchasing firearms. This is important because, according to the nonprofit Everytown for Gun Safety, 18-to-20 year olds are responsible for homicides at three times the rate of adults 21 and older. The human brain does take time to mature.
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*Said application is a bunch of mealy-mouthed double-talk. If the persons promoting it were true orginalists, they’d outlaw everything that wasn’t a flintlock musket, but that’s another post.
Facebook Frolics 0
Aside:
I’ve reached the point that, when someone tells me some outrageously disgusting bit of “news,” the first question I ask, particularly if puts members of a protected class in a bad light, is, “Did you read that on Facebook?”
