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I am a horrible person

Monday, July 26, 2021

I am having such a difficult time summoning up sympathy for this asshole person: Rep. Chris Johansen, a Republican legislator from the Aroostook County town of Monticello who has been an outspoken opponent of coronavirus restrictions, has reportedly contracted COVID-19. In a recording shared by Mainer News contributor Crash Barry, a man alleged to be […]

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Perplexed

Sunday, July 25, 2021

It is usually fairly easy to figure out the motivations for almost anything Republicans do. Also, as I’ve noted in the past, it’s usually easy to figure out what evil they’ve been up to by simply taking note of what they are accusing others of doing. But I confess that I’m having a bit of […]

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Cue the Outrage

Thursday, July 22, 2021

Time for some outrage on the right! Surely in their continuing crusade against cancel culture ! they’ll have something to say about this: Comcast is helping Fox News kill Americans with anti-vaccination propaganda by refusing to air a new ad from The Lincoln Project. … Comcast refused to air The Lincoln Project ad because, “An […]

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Sycophants explained

Tuesday, July 20, 2021

One of my Drinking Liberally friends has it in his head that I’m always wrong, but I disagree strongly. However, I’m sometimes wrong, and it’s time for me to confess a major blunder. Back around December of 2019 I predicted that Biden would win the presidency. I was right about that. But I was wrong […]

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Mandatory vaccination was court approved. Who knew?

Monday, July 19, 2021

I was unaware that the Supreme Court ruled a century ago that public institutions could require vaccinations. I don’t find it particularly surprising, since there was a time when even the most conservative judges were merely in the pockets of corporations and had no need, or did not perceive a need, to kill off thousands […]

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Book Report

Wednesday, July 14, 2021

We returned from a Vermont vacation a few days ago, which explains the absence of posts, though I can rest assured no one cares. Despite the gloomy weather we managed to fill the time, so I didn’t do much reading, but I did continue to make my way through Isabel Wilkerson’s Caste, which I finished […]

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Another crushing defeat for Trump

Friday, July 2, 2021

Some might think, judging by the title of this post, that I will be bloviating about the recent indictment of the Trump Organization. While that might be well worth the bloviating, this post bloviates elsewhere: Historians: Trump Was Only the Fourth-Worst President of All Time Today, C-SPAN released its Presidential Historians Survey of Presidential Leadership, […]

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