Saturday, February 26, 2022

Ukraine Woke Up Like This

Weren’t the Russians supposed to be winning this social media war? I’m beginning to seriously worry about the U.S., that we were such easy marks.
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There is No Explanation For This Inhumanity

I cannot believe a man with a medical degree can be this stupid. Stupid, I mean, about subjects he’s supposed to be educated on. Like basic science and biology. Teaching  children that worms can be hermaphroditic is not teaching them to choose sexual preference. And God took care of  Covid? By killing nearly a million Americans alone?  Even Jonathan Edwards never imagined such a horror.
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The Situation In Russia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ

Imagine any Republican saying that, about the military actions of Trump. And elsewhere: The Situation In Ukraine ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ 
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Friday, February 25, 2022

Circling History’s Drain

Meanwhile, lost in a time warp: Please note that is not even CLOSE to an answer.
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Alternatively....

Tell me how influential FoxNews (and especially Tucker Carlson) is again. Go slowly; obviously I'm missing something. I'm trying to imagine Donald Trump in any one of these pictures: Zelensky knows the Russians are looking for him. This is the guy Trump tried to extort. As I said, I try to imagine Donald Trump doing same. My imagination isn't strong enough for that. Some observers say we shouldn't consider Putin to be "crazy." Me, I'm not so sure. Do not go gentle into that good night:
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Morning Of The Morning After

Ironic, no? And of the Ukrainians: And there are Ukrainians who have no voice: But! Trudeau! Truckers! Tyranny! Treason! Happy to be of service. Meanwhile, we’re in good hands: Meanwhile, back in America: And these guys are just nuts! Really? We fought (and won!) a two-front war in WWII! You think the police need directions from Biden for traffic control? Do you have any idea what traffic is like in a major American city? You ain't goin' to Ottawa, you clowns! And 25,000 gallons of gas? A large tanker carries 11,600 gallons. They got three of those? Sure they do. Or they have 250 "gift cards"? And "free ride"? There's a reason these clowns aren't going through major cities. Not that it's on the way, but this small band of cars and trucks wouldn't even get noticed in Houston rush hour. If they go through D/FW, they won't be anything but a drop in the bucket.
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Morning In Ukraine

As I recall, studies after WWII found that incessant bombing did not break the will of the citizenry. On the contrary, it strengthened it. The outrage at being attacked in a way they couldn't respond do steeled their resolve to fight on. I read reports this morning that Putin wants to establish a puppet government, and withdraw. Urban warfare will destabilize his efforts, in this analysis, not strengthen them. Who's to say? There are as many explanations of Putin's actions available as there are stars in the sky, and some of them may be shedding light from sources long since gone black. The Ukrainians do not seem to want to gentle into that good night. Truth.
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"The Second Coming"

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Call Us Gilead

DFPS has said they will investigate charges of “child abuse” as defined by this opinion. They don’t really have any choice in the matter. However enforcement falls on district attorneys. The Texas AG has no criminal enforcement power. So this is significant:

Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee on Tuesday said his office would not adhere to the attorney general’s non-binding opinion that gender-affirming care is “child abuse” under Texas law. 
Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the opinion Monday afternoon, classifying puberty blockers, testosterone and estrogen treatments as abuse, despite support from major medical organizations like the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Medical Association, which have come out in favor of such treatments for some children experiencing gender dysphoria. 
"Governor Abbott and General Paxton are ignoring medical professionals and intentionally misrepresenting the law to the detriment of transgender children and their families,” Menefee wrote in a statement. “My office will not participate in these bad faith political games. As the lawyers handling these cases, we owe a duty of candor to the courts about what the law really says. We'll continue to follow the laws on the books—not General Paxton's politically motivated and legally incorrect ‘opinion.'”
Harris County is telling DFPS: “Peddle crazy somewhere else. We’re all full up here.” So any investigations in Harris county will go nowhere. In fact, the five most populous counties in Texas aren’t going along with this: The trans children in those counties are safe. The trans children in the other 249 counties? Terrified, no doubt, as are their families. This is an obscenity.

This doesn’t help the reputation of the state either. Paxton doesn’t care, about the families or the state’s reputation. Neither does Abbott. They have primaries to survive.
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"Drink Your Ovaltine!"

 President Trump has a TOP SECRET message for you [your name here]

This is official correspondence from the Office of the 45th President of the United States and is only being sent to a select few patriots. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, please delete it IMMEDIATELY.

This confidential video will EXPIRE any minute now, so you need to HURRY.

Please contribute ANY AMOUNT IMMEDIATELY to unlock President Trump's SECRET VIDEO MESSAGE. 

Yeah, this should all sound familiar, and not just because this is the video you "unlock":

Please note that tweet is dated January 31, 2022.  

This is what I meant by "sound familiar."



The GOP really does think its supporters are all 10 year old boys from the 1940's.
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Thursday, February 24, 2022

The Fog Of War

I just read that Russia had solved their military problems and had a fearsome and mighty fighting force. I don’t remember any U.S. forces reportedly folding like this in Vietnam even at the end of the war when everybody wanted out.

“Sheer genius.”
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Primary Season In Texas

The indictments accuse the 19 officers of using deadly weapons to injure nearly a dozen demonstrators and threatening them with serious bodily harm during the May 2020 protests against police brutality following the killings of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Michael Ramos in Austin.

Each officer faces two counts of aggravated assault, a first-degree felony when committed by a law enforcement officer. The charges are punishable by five to 99 years in prison, or a fine of up to $10,000.

Abbott would need a majority of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, a board appointed by the governor, to approve any pardon issued by his office.

Nobody outside of Austin is paying attention to this.  Austin is not likely to support Abbott in the primaries or the general.  Primary voting ends March 2nd.  The Board won't act that rapidly.

Which means Abbott won't go through with it as a pre-emptive measure.  Afterwards?  Not bloody likely.  The Board seldom even pardons death row inmates.  The best a Governor can ever get is a stay of execution.  He can never get the Board to do what he wants (commute the sentence, etc.); or extremely, extremely rarely. 

Abbott will have moved on by then.

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More “Sheer Genius”

This is what “cancel culture” looks like.

You  know Trump is jealous. Of Putin, I mean.
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The Stooge Party

The enemy of my enemy, or: all that matters is having someone to oppose. South Korea has announced sanctions on Russia.
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TFW You Realize It Isn't All About You

Lent is near. There's a Lenten lesson in there somewhere.
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I’m Old Enough To Remember…

...when Serious Americans thought Thomas Friedman was a Serious Thinker.

And we wonder how we got to where we are today.
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Where We Stand

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“Government By Schadenfreude Truly Sucks”

Best comment on this issue I’ve seen.  Although I’d add that this policy is an obscenity.
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Wednesday, February 23, 2022

“I and the schoolchildren know/What everyone must learn”

And another man’s nostalgia for a year ago, paranoia, and fear of having lost power: And what the Pentagon sees coming: Trump, and FoxNews, are now wholly irrelevant: They gave descended wholly into farce: Nobody cares.
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“GPS? Is That Like CRT?”

I almost feel sorry for him. I’m gonna assume those last two suggestions are both aimed at Bob. I do think we’ll see a conspiracy theory soon that D.C. traffic is a plot against truck drivers.

At any rate I’m sure fear of the organizing power of the internet (which seems pretty weak at this point, and incidental when some organization actually happens) will continue to be a major narrative. Among the Cassandras and Chicken Littles of the pundit class.
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