Presidential Impunity 0
Via the Sacramento Bee, Nathan L. Gonzales wonders how the heck Donald Trump keeps getting away with his lies.
Here’s his wonder:
Follow the link for context.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” decides to play with his portable phallus, yet another child is dead.
We are a society of stupid which has eschewed any measures to avoid sacrificing its members to enrich the merchants of death.
Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot? 0
Per Robert J. Shapiro, writing at the Washington Monthly about Donald Trump’s arbitrary and capricious trade tariff you-can-hardly-call-them polices and about the possible ramifications thereof, Trump’s answer to that question is a resounding, “Yes.”
The ICEmen Cometh, a Notion of Immigrants Dept. 0
NJ.com reports on a family whose husband got put on ICE for a decades old missed court appearance, one of which he was unaware.
They were taken aback, as the couple were both Trump supporters who had voted for him three times.
Here’s a bit:
Sandra voted for President Trump three times, believing enforcement would focus on people with criminal records — not individuals like her husband.
Asked what she would say to him now, she paused.
“You said you were going after the worst of the worst, but instead you ruined our life,” she said.
Real Big Men 0
Afterthought:
It’s one thing if you need it for your job or live on a farm, but, really, how many six packs are you planning to pick up at the 7-11?
The Irony Hand of the Law 0
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice looks at Donald Trump’s reaction to the Supreme Supremacist Court’s overturning his tariffs and notes the irony in Trump ‘s biting the hand that freed him.
Here’s a tiny excerpt from his piece:
Follow the link for Patrice’s take on what this means. Methinks his interpretation if more en point than that of most of the press.
QOTD 0
Ursula Howells, in the voice of Lady Isabel Aubrey:
All men are credulous animals. We must all believe in something.
Better Ways To Spend My Time 0
I plan not to watch the snake of the union speech.
I’ve got better things to do than waste an hour (or more) watching a boa confabricator attempt to ensnare its prey when I can read about it in ten minutes.
Republican Thought Police 0
Farron points out that the Trump maladministration can’t handle the truth, so it wants to make it to go away.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
To be trusted implicitly? At the Psychology Today website, Cornelia C. Walther says no way. Here’s a bit (emphasis added):
Fly the Fiendly Skies . . . 0
. . . and they are especially fiendly if you are flying ICE air. Grung_e_Gene explains.