Republican Thought Police 0
Now they’re coming for the Smithsonian.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Speaking of the Rerpublican thought police, Karl J. Skutski writes at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette of hearing a rhyme from 1930s Russia.
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*Mark Twain.
Trumponomics 0
Via The Charlotte Observer, Matt K. Lewis, in the course of a longer article about the current state of the U. S. economy, nails Donald Trump’s economic strategy.
The Nutcracker Suet 0
This is the official dance in celebration of Republican family values.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
And a polite society is a clean society.
One more time, “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.
QOTD 0
Neil Dudgeon, in the voice of DCI John Barnaby, to DS Ben Jones, voiced by Jason Hughes:
It was true when the show was first broadcast, and it’s still true today.
A Tune for the Times 0
Trump is marking (what he conceives of as) his territory much as my old dog used to do.
Mangy suggests an alternate and, in his opinion, more apt phraseology.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A device that’s dumbing us down? At Psychology Today Blogs, Timothy Cook (no relation to Tim Apple) reminds persons who are letting AI do their brainwork for them that
Follow the link for his reasoning.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another child shows politeness to his friend.
The 10-year-old, who is not being named because he is a juvenile, has been arrested for aggravated second-degree battery and juvenile in possession of a handgun. He has been placed in the Renaissance Home for Youth.
And thus passeth another day in the NRA’s Garden of Bleedin’.
The Crypto Con 0
In the midst of a longer post, almost as an aside, Atrios gets to the heart of the crypto con in five words:
Stray Question 0
Does this headline make you think of anyone in the news?
Rogue State 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Jim Jones draws upon his own experience in combat during the war in Viet Nam to discuss the Trump maladministration’s overt and willful violations of the rules of war in their campaign against Venezuelan fishing boats.
Just read iit.
Was “Republican Family Values”
Always a Misdirection Play?*
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Thom argues that Republicans have shown that what they value is money, not families.
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*You bet your sweet bippy it was.