Category Archives: Politics

LQCs: Blame Games

Posted on Tuesday 7 June 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Washington Post, Jennifer Rubin, 6 Jun 2022: Most Americans don’t accept the mass slaughter of children. Why does the GOP?

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LQCs: Minority Rule

Posted on Tuesday 31 May 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Plus: Blame everything (but guns) and see what sticks; How do Republican enablers sleep at night?; Are there any rational Republicans?

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LQCs: Memorial Day 2022

Posted on Monday 30 May 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Who needs prayers? What is political? Plus Fb comment, quote, meme.

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LQCs: Matches for Children

Posted on Sunday 29 May 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

NYT, Michelle Goldberg, 27 May 2022: America May Be Broken Beyond Repair \\ I imagine there’s an alternate Earth where matches are easily available to children, since children find playing with them so much fun. Sure, an occasional house burns … Continue reading →

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LCQs: Our Eroding Civil Society; Health Update

Posted on Friday 27 May 2022 by Mark R. Kelly
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LQCs: The United Mentally Ill States of America? Why Would That Be?

Posted on Thursday 26 May 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Media Matters, 25 May 2022: Fox News blames everything but guns for Uvalde massacre Subtitle: Fox blamed anti-police sentiment, kids afraid to snitch, flimsy fences, and psychiatry for America’s most recent school shooting

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LQCs: Gun Ideology, Immune from Evidence; Real Kids vs. Imaginary Kids

Posted on Wednesday 25 May 2022 by Mark R. Kelly
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LQCs: Children, Guns, and Religion

Posted on Tuesday 24 May 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

From NYT Letters, printed 21 May 2022: To the Editor: The Republican checklist after a mass shooting: Thoughts and prayers: Check. This is not the time: Check. Let’s not politicize: Check. Guns are not the problem: Check. Just enforce the … Continue reading →

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LQCs: Polarization; Grooming; Sacrifice; Documentary

Posted on Sunday 22 May 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

My partner had never seen this movie, so we began it last night and will finish tonight. Meanwhile, this week’s issue of The Week has a nice summary, on its “Best columns: The U.S.” page, of this Washington Post opinion … Continue reading →

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LQCs: Moral Collapse, the Paranoid Style, Deflection

Posted on Tuesday 17 May 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

(With an endpiece.) Paul Krugman is back from vacation. NYT, Paul Krugman, 16 May 2022: From Voodoo to MAGA to Buffalo I never thought I’d say this, but I miss voodoo economics.

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