Cancel Culture, Republican Style 0
Doing the very thing they were railing against an instant ago. . . .
Misdirection Play, McConnell’s Mendacity Dept. 0
Chris Hayes interviews Bernie Sanders about Republicans’ telling corporations to stay out of politics after their support of the Citizens United ruling.
On the same issue, PoliticalProf has a suggestion.
Video via C&L.
The Climates They Are a-Changing (Reprise) . . . 0
. . . but not if you believe the twits on Twitter. At Psychology Today Blogs, Richard Maxwell and Toby Miller discuss a recent study. Here’s a bit from the opening of their article:
While we’re on the subject of “social” media, I commend to your attention an article in my local rag regarding a study of “social” media’s role in magnifying misinformation about coronavirus vaccines.
Nor Any Drop To Drink . . . . 0
Chris Appleton comments on Georgia’s now (anti-)voting law. An excerpt:
What we did on that day will now be illegal if these new election rules stay in place.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
As we all know, politeness takes practice.
But the .22 pistol went off as the unnamed friend tried to fix it, and a bullet hit Candace in the head, according to Carroll County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Ashley Hulsey.
When I was a young ‘un plunkin’ tin cans down on the farm, the first rule of gun safety my Daddy taught was don’t point the damn gun at anything you don’t want to shoot.
Disunited States 0
Werner Herzog’s Bear mulls over Republicans’ “culture war” strategy, first wielded with effectiveness by Richard Nixon, and the implications of said strategy. Here’s a bit; the entire article is well-worth the three or four minutes it will take for you to read it (emphasis added).
“We’re the Victims Here” 0
David discusses what’s behind the right-wing notion of “cancel culture.”
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Show politeness to others on the roads.
MPD said the male driver of the Acura exited his vehicle with an unknown caliber handgun and walked to the victim’s passenger side door. When the suspect opened the passenger’s side door, the victim exited and fled westbound on foot.
The suspect reportedly fired five shots into the victim’s front driver’s side door then left the scene southbound on Semmes.