[The most revealing analysis of the mythic underpinning of the authoritarian upsurge I’ve seen points straight to the “restoration” of a zombie version of white Jim Crow Dixie culture, circa 1920-1950. This survey bolsters that impression. Progressives who want to push back effectively against this drive need to get over the tendency to ignore this … Continue reading MAGA & Neo-Confederate Racism, By the Numbers
Gwynne Dyer — Sept. 28, 2022 [NOTE: How can we even be thinking and talking about this? How can we not?] Vladimir Putin’s desperation was plain in the emergency measures he declared last week: immediate mobilisation of at least 300,000 more troops, the sudden decision to use fake referendums to turn all the occupied parts … Continue reading Gwynne Dyer on Putin’s Nuclear “Bluff” (“Bluff”???)
We’re In The Yard, ignoring the slowly gathering overcast Just Kitty & the Zinnias & the cactus fruit & me . . . On the edges, two or three patches of Oxalis, one of my abiding favorites, is showing off. But they also know how to fold up & keep … Continue reading Meanwhile, In the State of North Car-oblivious . . .
Our new US-style culture war battlefield? Drag Queen Story Hour The Guardian — Sept. 28, 2023 Click to see figure caption Retired police officer and army veteran Jim Thomas drove to downtown Helena, Montana, the state’s capital, to provide what he considered a community service. On a Saturday in mid-July, he joined a vocal crowd … Continue reading What We Did Last Summer: They Made A Rainbow Over Montana
The Guardian Friends, actually: the truth about the couple who hit it off queueing to see the Queen’s coffin Zoe and Jack met in the 5-mile line for the Queen’s lying in state, then spent 13 hours bonding over crisps and chat. Before long, their so-called ‘love affair’ had gone viral … 19 September 2022 … Continue reading I So Thought I was Done With This, But I’m Such a Sucker . . . . .