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Break Time 0

Off to drink liberally.

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Facebook Frolics 0

Well-regulated Slap-on-the-wrist frolics.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

In Republican World, sauce for the goose is not sauce for the gander.

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Lost in Space 0

Joe says,

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All the News that Fits 0

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Vaccine Nation 0

At Psychology Today Blogs, Dr. Dustin Ballard tells the story of a friend of his, whom he calls “Alice,” who got sucked into the cultish anti-vaxx world. In the process, he explores what attracts persons to and keeps them loyal to cults that feed on and ratify misinformation. Here’s a bit:

Our COVID era of uncertainty and isolation just doesn’t seem to be going away. Rates of anxiety, depression and substance abuse have skyrocketed. So, it’s no surprise that a kind of cult mentality might be serving many as a psychological safety blanket—like it has for Alice. She has a community of like-minded people cheering her on as she fights with her family and community about masks, vaccines, and whether COVID even exists. Not even her own mother’s illness swayed Alice—when she heard she was sick, she jumped in the car to deliver a supply of ivermectin.

I think his article casts some light on those among us who would deny the evidence of things seen.

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Know Them by the Company They Keep 0

Title:  Meritocracy, Trump Style.  Image:  Donald Trump checking off candidates he's endorsed including 1) Tina Forte, H/NY, social influencer who was on the Capitol Steps Jan 6, 2) Mehmet Oz, S/PA, TV Talk Doc who promotes pseudo science, faith healing , and unproven products, 3) J. D. Vance, S/OH, best-selling author who attack liberal universities and says

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QOTD 0

Steve Kagen:

If we get public education right, everything else will follow. But if we get it wrong, not much else will matter.

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

At the Washington Monthly, Paul Finkelman argues that Florida Governor DeSantis and his “Don’t Say Gay” law stand squarely in the middle of a long tradition of suppressing speech in the American South, a tradition which, like so many of the negative aspects of our society, ultimately reaches back to racism and slavery.

Follow the link for his reasoning.

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The Climates They Are a-Changing 0

The lake effect.

The dinosaurs had their asteroid.

We have, well, us.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Once again, politeness is child’s play.

We are a failing state.

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Mandating Molestation, Reprise 0

Sam and his crew discuss the Republican war on trans persons.

Aside:

The number of trans people is minuscule.

The number of people driven absolutely bonkers by the very idea of trans people is appalling.

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Stemming the Flow 0

As Congress lacks the will As the Republican Party resists any effort to curb guns and gun nuts, Marc Dion offers forth an immodest proposal.

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All the News that Fits 0

Foxy shady.

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Watershed 0

In a post looking forward to the House hearings on the January 6, 2021, insurrection, Michael in Norfolk looks back to the Watergate hearings and, almost in passing, sums up the difference between then and now:

Of course, back then a majority of Republicans put support of the U.S. Constitution ahead of loyalty to Nixon . . .

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QOTD 0

Bernard Katz:

Organized religion: the world’s largest pyramid scheme.

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Red Flag 0

One of the warning signs of disinformation just around the corner on the Disinformation Syperhighway is statements that begin with

I read a lot online about . . . .

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Suffer the Children 0

Child entering school through a TSA-like screening process says,

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Afterthought:

What is it that makes gun nuts want to shoot children?

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Jim Crow Keeps Rising from the Grave 0

And this surprises you how?

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The Best Armor for the Body Politic 0

Frame One:  Man with an assault rifle running towards a school, captioned,

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