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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Yet another responsible gun owner (sic) exposes a child to politeness.

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QOTD 0

Eldridge Cleaver:

The price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less.

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Putin on the Ritz 0

David talks with Jack Barsky, ex-KGB spy, about Putin’s motivations for invading Ukraine. I found that it helps puts events in Ukraine in some historical context.

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He/She/It’s a Misdirection Play 0

Republican Elephant stands in graveyard filled with graves of victims of gun violence, saying,

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Establishmentarians 0

At Above the Law, Joe Patrice dissects Justice (sic) Alito’s exhortation in support of establismentarianism. Here’s a tiny little bit from the article:

He says at one point that religious liberty is always under attack “because it is dangerous to those who want to hold complete power.” Which is kind of true, but only when those people trying to hold complete power are doing it by monopolizing religion. You only need to crush heretics when they’re challenging the state religion.

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Republican Family Values, Free Trade Dept. 0

Words fail me.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Settle your tiff over that waffle iron with politeness.

We are a broken society.

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The Fork in the Road 0

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Via Juanita Jean.

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Words Have Meaning 0

Leonard Pitts, Jr., in responding to some critical comments he has received, finds it necessary to read the dictionary for his critics.

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QOTD 0

H. L. Mencken:

The public…demands certainties…But there are no certainties.

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Plus ca Change 0

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American Exceptionalism 0

Yes, indeed, many countries are taking exception to events here in the States.

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Via Job’s Anger.

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“Facts Are What People Think” 0

Hal MacDonald, writing at Psychology Today Blogs, explores why persons refuse to accept proven facts. He opens his article with a conversation he overheard at the barbershop:

“COVID’s not a virus at all,” the man said with impressive conviction. “It’s actually a protein synthesized from snake venom. The government’s adding it to the drinking water of certain target populations to cull the herd.”

When the man to whom he was speaking politely but skeptically asked where he had stumbled upon that particular explanation, the proponent of the venom theory of COVID was completely unfazed. “It’s a scientific fact,” he said. “A well-known chiropractor has done a ton of research on the subject.”

Follow the link for his thoughts about why some persons are susceptible to such claptrap and what can be done about it.

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Republican Family Values 0

Matt Gaetz, facing a crowd of women demonstrating for abortion rights, says,

Via Job’s Anger.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Politeness takes practice.

Once again, we see that “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.

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Lest We Forget 0

The writer of a letter to the editor of the Portland Oregonian has a suggestion for a new national holiday.

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Vaccine Nation 0

A judicial reversal.

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QOTD 0

Baltasar Gracian:

Because the ignorant do not know themselves, they never know for what they are lacking. Some would be sages if they did not believe they were so already.

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Recommended Listening 0

Kimberley A, Johnson’s interview of Keri Blakinger, particularly the second half, in which Blakinger describes her experiences in prison.

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Freudian Slip-Ups 0

Title:  Trump's Blooper Reel, 1/7/2021.  Frame One:  Trump says,

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