The New Gilded Age 0
At the Portland Press-Herald, Judith Foster sums up the essence of “personal liberty” as defined by today’s Republican Party. A snippet; follow the link for the complete article.
Karen Karen-Like 0
The stupid. It burns.
QOTD 0
Rex Stout, in the voice of Nero Wolfe:
The more you put in a brain, the more it will hold–if you have a brain.
Stout, Rex, Might As Well Be Dead (New York: Bantam, 1993) p. 94.
I Think I No the Answer 0
Michael in Norfolk has a question:
Follow the link for his thoughts on the matter.
Mythbuster 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Nick Gier debunks the Republicans’ falsehoods about President Biden. Here’s the topics he addresses; follow the link for his evidence about each one.
- False: Joe Biden and Democrats are responsible for violent crime.
- False: Biden and the Democrats have defunded the police.
- False: Biden is responsible for inflation.
- False: Biden caused high gas prices.
- False: National debt has exploded under Biden.
- False: Biden caused a recession.
- False: Biden slowed economic growth.
“The Beating Heart of Trumpism” 0
Seth analyzes the EKG.
Aside:
Since Seth started out talking about Lindsey Graham, my original title for this post included the phrase “The Graham Cracker” (full disclosure: I’m winging it stream of consciousness off the top of my head). Later on, I changed the title. But “cracker” still applies. There’s a whole box of crackers here.
I’m a Southern Boy. I know what a cracker is, and Graham is a cracker who hangs around with crackers.
If you don’t know what a cracker is, you might look it up.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another oxymoronic responsible gun owner exposes a toddler to politeness.
Paper Trail 0
At Above the Law, Liz Dye points her finger at John Eastman and says, “But the emails!”
Underground Railroad Redux 0
Thanks to Der Spiegel, we are again reminded of Mark Twain’s statement that history does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes.
The Candidates Debase 0
I must say, I find this person’s profession of ignorance to be somewhat questionable.
Courting Disaster 2
Sam and his crew discuss the latest antics of the Supremacist Supreme Court and their inimical implications.
Twits Own Twitter 0
I have a sneaking suspicion that Musk is in well over his head on this venture. (The discussion on Tuesday’s Bob Cesca Show certainly gave some hints of reasons for optimism.)
Image via Job’s Anger.
Oil Slickers 0
Brian Greenspun, publisher of the Las Vegas Sun, argues that, if you must base your vote on the price of gas, rather than on larger issues, such as, say, just for an example, the loss of our democratic form of government, then
. . . let’s make sure we are blaming the right president for that which is ailing us right now.
Follow the link for a long and complex narrative explaining why prices at the pump got pumped. I doubt if I’ll be giving away in surprises when I say that Joe Biden is the wrong president to blame.
The New Gilded Age 0
F. T. Rea thinks that Donald Trump and Elon Musk are fitting figures for our new gilded age. He suggests:
What Musk and Trump have most in common is that they will always want more.
Follow the link for his reasoning.
(Grammatical erorr correxeded.)