Knowing Your Left from Your Right
But we never learn: we keep flipping back and forth, one to the other, when they let us down.
Politics
Yep: We Talk About That
My friends range from liberal to conservative, and atheist to pious. And they all enrich my life and my understanding of the world.
“The Spam Problem”
Sent by a reader* with the title shown as the subject line. I did track down the origin: it’s an entry in a Trump “Photoshop Battle” on Reddit.
Fun Fact: Patriotism
“To believe that patriotism will not flourish if patriotic ceremonies are voluntary and spontaneous instead of a compulsory routine is to make an unflattering estimate of the appeal of our institutions to free minds.”
Alternative Realities
Tillerson warned that democracy in America is threatened by a “growing crisis in ethics and integrity.” Mr. Tillerson is correct.
Orwell on Freedom
It’s Orwell Week (#1 of 3). Orwell understood policing.
Strengthen the Wall
Ever notice? Both like to build their monuments to themselves at the top of a hill. If the image looks familiar, yeah, you’ve seen it before with different text. Sometimes you can get double duty out of the work done to create a graphic. 🙂
Today’s World
Meanwhile, Education is mostly stuck in the “Grapes of Wrath”.
Not To Be Used for Bribing Politicians
My photo: I got this bill in change. It wasn’t done well, as the URL at the bottom got cut off, but I found this is from Stamp Stampede.
The Magic of Time Zones
Hell: people in some parts of the country are actually afraid of clocks — if they run forward, at least.