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Ring of Fire’s Josh G. discusses the Smithsonian’s struggle to resist the Trump maladministration’s attempt to erase history.

Aside:

Early my career, I lived in Northern Virginia and worked in downtown D. C. The commute was not pleasant (I’m sure it’s much worse now), but being able to visit the Smithsonian on a regular basis was one of the great pleasures of living in the D. C. area.

To see Donald Trump attempt to spread his taint over the Smithsonian disgusts me beyond words.

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The Fallen 0

Military cemetary with flags in front ot the headsstones.  One headstone reads,

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American Stasi 0

Retired ATF agent David Ziegler contrasts the behavior of Donald Trump’s secretive police with the standards he was expected to comply with when he was on active duty and issues a warning:

For those who believed, “It can’t happen here,” it already has.

Follow the link for his reasoing.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Another “responsible gun owner.”

Another exposed portable phallus.

Another child’s life ended early.

Another day in NRA Paradise.

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QOTD 0

Marco Denevi:

The moral of all fables: Man is an animal.

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Stray Thought 0

If you want me to contribute to your cause, ask me honestly.

Don’t try to con me with a pretend opinion poll.

If you do, I’ll contribute nothing but my contempt.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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The Cost of Kleptocracy 0

Mona Charen asks, then answers, a question. Here’s the question; follow the link for her answer.

Just How Corrupt Is Trump?

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Republican Thought Police 0

The Trump maladministration goes full 1984.

The Justice Department (DOJ) is pulling press releases from its website related to charges on individuals tied to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, citing efforts to dispel of “partisan propaganda.”

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

The NAACP has suggested that black student athletes to unite against the New Secesh, refusing to attend sports powerhouses (such as UGa., Alabama, FSU, etc.) in states that are attempting to gerrymander minority voters out of existence. Rick Stron discusses this.

(In the first two minutes, you can watch the New Secesh come out from under their hoods and show themselves. It’s pretty scary.)

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All the News that Fits 0

Donald Trump hold two huge bags fo meney labeled

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Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0

A panderer to prurience? Why, it panders to prurience with picture-perfect perfection.

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“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0

Via the Las Vegas Sun, Lydia Polgreen hears a rhyme from ancient Greece, when Athens embarked on a reckless war of choice, certain of victory. Here’s tiny bit of her article; follow the link for the rest.

Drunk on the violence they mistook for power, the Athenians blundered on to a far riskier gambit, an invasion of Sicily. The Athenians, initially divided on the war, were eventually persuaded by leaders who believed that the Sicilians were weak and corrupt. They were sitting ducks, unable to defend themselves against so fearsome a foe. It would be an easy victory bringing Athens greater glory.

But strength was not enough.

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H. L. Mencken:

The average man does not get pleasure out of an idea because he thinks it is true; he thinks it is true because he gets pleasure out of it.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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Republican Thought Police 0

The Constitution may protect freedom of speech, but, in Texas, freedom of speech is apparently not street-legal.

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The Courage of His Conniptions 0

Florida Man.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

A 3-year-old accidentally shot a man Thursday night after a firearm was left unsecured in Delray Beach, police said.

I’m certain that, as regards the three-year-old, it was accidental. But, as regards the “responsible gun owner,” it was negligent.

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

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American Stasi 0

Yet another persons held in an ICE detention center concentration camp tells his story.

Just read it, and, as you do, remind yourself that this is being done in the name of liberty and justice for all..

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The Rule of Lawless 0

Two prisoners in a cell.  One says,

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