Dis Coarse Discourse 0
Via the Charlotte Observer, Jodi Bondi Norgaard expresses concern over the ethnic and national slurs, invective, and insults that have become routine under Donald Trump and his maladministration. She has qualms about what this behavior may portend.
Methinks her concerns may not be misplaced. A snippet:
So we must ask, as citizens and as humans: What kind of society do we want?
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” exposes his portable phallus to a child.
“He had been out late, was exhausted, laid the handgun on the nightstand, and simply forgot about it,” (Walker County, Ga., Sheriff–ed.) Wilson said.
The child was rushed to T.C. Thompson Children’s Hospital in Chattanooga, where he underwent emergency surgery. Sheriff Wilson says the child survived the operation and is currently resting in critical condition.
So many guns. So much stupid.
Source for the Goose . . . 0
. . . but not source for the gander.
Recommended Viewing 0
The capsule description says it’s a trip to the past, but, watching it, it felt like a trip to the present.
We caught in on MGM+.
The Rule of Lawless 0
Harvard law professor Noah Feldman argues that
Follow the link for the evidence.
Vaccine Nation 0
David discusses how Donald Trump and RFK Jr. have made measles great again.
Republican Family Values 0
Writing at The Sacramento Bee, Erwin Chemerinsky, dean and professor of law at the UC Berkeley School of Law, reminds us that mean for the sake of mean seems to have become the overriding Republican family value. Here’s how he opens his piece:
The entire article is worthy of your attention.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Celebrate your family’s Christmas with politeness.
All the News that Fits 0
Walter Cronkite would be ashamed of what CBS News has become.
QOTD 0
Missy Gold, in the voice of Katherine ‘Katie’ Olivia Gatling:
If there were dirty books in the library, boys would get library cards.
Afterthought:
If you can find that episode of Benson, you should watch it.
It’s happening in real life as I type this.
I watched it on Tubi.
