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Monthly Archives: December 2021

If they accuse us of doing something, that means they are doing it

Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Basically just passing this along, though I’m willing to bet it will get no notice from the mainstream press. Rand Paul emitted this tweet: “How to steal an election: ‘Seeding an area heavy with potential Democratic votes with as many absentee ballots as possible, targeting and convincing potential voters to complete them in a legally […]

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Don’t expect consistency from this court

Saturday, December 18, 2021

Gavin Newsom, California’s governor, is planning to turn the tables on the Supreme Court, using the same dodge Texas used to abolish abortion rights to abolish the already bogus gun rights. In their rush to permit the state of Texas to deputize private citizens to bring lawsuits against women seeking abortions and their abortion providers, […]

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Rock and Roll legend and first class asshole

Friday, December 17, 2021

I’d like to think that this, along with his anti-vax shenanigans, is simply a sign of oncoming senility, but from what I’ve read in the past few days, Eric Clapton has apparently always been an asshole: What with all this recent COVID crap coming from Eric Clapton one almost forgets that he’s been a dick […]

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Democracy is at risk and Democrats are largely silent

Thursday, December 16, 2021

According to at least one poll, reported at Hullabaloo, more Republicans than Democrats think that democracy is in trouble and that the next elections will be stolen. It is not clear whether the Republicans are elated at the possibility or whether they are projecting, but digby rightly asks why Democrats are so sanguine. I think […]

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Religion Lesson

Thursday, December 16, 2021

I have mentioned before that I have an advanced degree in theology from Our Lady of Sorrows Grammar School, but it’s been a while since I passed on the fruits of the knowledge I acquired during those eight years of diligent study. This article (behind a paywall), from Free Inquiry Magazine, which I read in […]

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People who will never be president, part 1

Tuesday, December 14, 2021

The reigning king in this category is definitely Chris Christie, and if it wasn’t for the fact that the alternatives on the Republican side are all – and this should be unbelievable – even worse, that would be a great thing. It’s still a good thing, by the way. Christie is trying to walk a […]

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The Deep State Goes Even Deeper!!!

Friday, December 10, 2021

This is really scary: In Pittsburgh, Memphis and Los Angeles, massive billboards recently popped up declaring, “Birds Aren’t Real.” On Instagram and TikTok, Birds Aren’t Real accounts have racked up hundreds of thousands of followers, and YouTube videos about it have gone viral. Last month, Birds Aren’t Real adherents even protested outside Twitter’s headquarters in […]

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A sure fire prediction

Saturday, December 4, 2021

It’s a great thing that the parents of the school shooter in Michigan are being held to account, or, more accurately, that the state is seeking to hold them to account. Based on the facts that have been put out there by the prosecution, there were warning signs aplenty about this kid. The fact that […]

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