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Republican Family Values 0

Title:  Republican Senators confirm Todd Blance to be Attorney-General by voting with their feet.  Image:  GOP Elephants jumping up and down on the backs of Epstein victims.

Via Job’s Anger.

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Red Scare Redux 0

At my local rag, retired academician Tom Wallace dissects the misdirection play. A snippet:

So, given Trump’s failed agenda and low approval ratings, Republicans avoid criticizing him by adopting the old worn-out political bugaboo of communist infiltration of government.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

A “responsible gun owner” shows politeness to his friend.

One more time, “accidental” and “negligent” are not synonymous.

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The Climates They Are a-Changing 0

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Sporadic Bloggery for the Next Few Days 0

Family matters, in a good way.

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QOTD 0

Anthony Eden:

Corruption never has been compulsory.

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A Tune for the Times 0

(Warning: mild language.)

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This New Gilded Age 0

In case you wonder why the first Gilded Age gave rise to the union movement, this example from our New Gilded Age might help dispel said wonder.

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The Trumpled Weather Bureau 0

Man in the NOAA

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Yes, Virginia, there is such a thing as poetic justice.

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All the News You Can Lose 0

PoliticalProf.

When persons have to turn to “social” media for news because their “local” news outlets aren’t outing their local news, we are well and truly–well, let’s just say that’s not a positive indicator in dis coarse discourse.

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Arificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0

A tool for throttling the news? ArcaMax reports (emphasis added) that

In what media experts are calling a threat to free speech, bogus copyright complaints have resulted in the scrubbing of dozens of online stories that mention congressional candidate Michael Carbonara from Google search results weeks ahead of the Tuesday primary election.

The removal of these stories underscores mounting concern that federal copyright law is being used by people relying on automated, AI-driven and anonymous complaints to file fraudulent takedown notices, all in the name of suppressing headline news.

Remember, intelligence, real or “artificial,” and integrity are not the same thing.

Indeed, they are often completely unrelated.

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The Rule of Lawless 0

Todd Blanche Doubles down on the double-talk.

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QOTD 0

Anna Garlin Spencer:

It is an old error of man to forget to put quotation marks where he borrows from a woman’s brain!

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A Tune for the Times 0

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“Smile. You’re On Constant Camera.” 0

Man walking through maze of Flock cameras says,

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

One more time, “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.

They (Burlington, VT–Ed.) say they found two people, a man and woman, who had been drinking downtown and were preparing to call a rideshare. Police say the woman, Hailey Peacock, 21, of Essex Junction, had a pistol in her purse and she wanted to see if it was loaded.

As she did, the gun went off.

In an unusual twist, no one was hurt.

But we are still a society of stupid.

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The Greenland New Deal 0

Farron argues that it’s all about theft of resources. Methinks he has a point.

We are (mis)governed by a kleptocrat.

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Republican Family Values 0

Two germs, one labeled

Via Job’s Anger.

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American Stasi, Reprise 0

Warrants! ICE don’t believe in no stinkin’ warrants.

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