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Natural Selection 0

Methinks Darwin was onto something.

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QOTD 0

Empedocles:

What needs [saying] is worth saying twice.

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Vaccine Nation 0

Title: Not the Greatest Generation.  Two persons wearing anti-vax shirts look at a representation of the Normany invasion.  One says to the other,

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Selective Recollection 0

Bus Stop Guy:  I can't stand when black people whine about so-called

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The Common No-Good 0

The recent mass shoplifting sprees have received lots of press because the seem unprecedented. Leonard Pitts, Jr., suggests that they are symptoms of a larger fraying of the concept of the common good. Furthermore, he suggests that they are, indeed, precedented.

Here’s a bit of his piece; follow the link for the rest.

. . . we’ve seen police and other authority figures exempt themselves from mask and vaccine mandates – and dare mayors and governors to do anything about it. We’ve seen former public officials thumb their noses at congressional subpoenas. We’ve seen a seditionist mob breach the U.S. Capitol and be lionized for it by certain members of Congress and the media. And we’ve seen a president who delighted in shattering norms, refusing to provide his tax returns, flouting the emoluments clause of the Constitution, openly politicking on government property … the list goes on. And on.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

While on the job, demonstrate politeness to your employees.

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All the News that Fits, Vaccine Nation Dept. 0

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Suffer the Children 0

It’s not scripture.

It’s Republican policy in these viral times.

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“You Can’t Go Home Again” 0

At least, not without being hassled by the cops if you happen to be not-white.

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Smedley Butler;

War is a racket. It always has been… A few profit – and the many pay. But there is a way to stop it. You can’t end it by disarmament conferences. You can’t eliminate it by peace parleys at Geneva. Well-meaning but impractical groups can’t wipe it out by resolutions. It can be smashed effectively only by taking the profit out of war.

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The Strategy 0

Ray:  What are you up to, Mother.  Lola, sitting at a computer:  Checking out my portfolio.  Ray:  Wow, you're loaded.  Lola:  Well, I've invested wisely.  It all comes down to noticing trends and patterns in society.  I put all my money in stupidity years ago.

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Facebook Frolics 0

Shorter Facebook post: “Let’s go a-frolicking.”

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Projection 0

At the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Tony Norman writes of the Ahmaud Arbery case and trial.

In one passage, he gets to the gist of the motive for the lynching–for a lynching it was (emphasis added).

To the three Georgians who pursued Ahmaud Arbery for five minutes on that stretch of road, he wasn’t a flesh-and-blood mortal deserving of the presumption of innocence. To them, Ahmaud was a shadow — a projection of their collective fears and moral panics.

Follow the link for the complete article..

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Anime Antics 0

The writer of a letter to the editor is less than impressed with antics of Arizona’s Paul Gosar.

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Twits on Twitter 0

Ted Cruz gets a Fauci ouchie.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

And it happens again . . . .

Cambria County coroner Jeff Lees said a young relative of Tripp’s attempted to shoot a deer and instead struck Tripp, who was about 300 yards away, WJAC-TV reported. Tripp was pronounced dead at the scene.

There should be tests for hunting licenses, just as for drivers licenses.

Furrfu.

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The Rittenhouse Rules Revisited 0

Title:  Gun Talk, with your host. the Glib Sociopath.  Image:  Your host says,

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Franklin Pierce Adams:

The trouble with this country is that there are too many politicians who believe, with a conviction based on experience, that you can fool all of the people all of the time.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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A Picture Is Worth 0

Title:  A Great Paradox of the 21st Century.  Image:  Angry looking red-hatted man surrounded by

Via Job’s Anger.

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