- I can’t quite pin down when Max’s Dad became our national Explainer-in-Chief, but here he is, telling us, compellingly, of what Police Officer Derek Chauvin reminds us as he kneels on the neck of a helpless George Floyd, and why this incident infuriates us as has no other murder in recent years.
- Andy Borowitz pays attention as my president puts the nation on alert for terrorists posing as peaceful 75 year olds.
- nojo, a blogger who qualifies as an intellectual powerhouse, suggests that when power panics, it reveals its nature. Turns out that, in many cities, police protect and serve something other than the communities they patrol.
- Iron Knee at Political Irony takes a look at two cities separated by the Delaware River. One defunded their police department, the other did not. Iron Knee suggests that Defund the Police is an idiotic slogan. How about we stop using it?
- Our favorite Earth-Bound Misfit gets a bit explicit about why Defund the Police is stupid and misleading.
- Scotties Toy Box has a taunt for those who love “the lost cause” of the confederacy.
- In The Life and Times of Bruce Gerencser, Bruce talks about his slow walk away from fundamentalist bigotry against Catholics and the role one doctor played. I can relate.
- PZ Myers explores a question posed by a confessed internet troll. Just because he posed opinions he did not actually hold, just to gauge the effect, does that make him a dishonest person? Professor Myers suggests the answer is obvious.
- The national narrative pretty much settles on Bill Barr as the genius who obeyed my president and issued the order to attack peaceful protestors. After all, he had to clear a wide path to that church photo op. So what led up to that?
Let’s journey back in time for an explanation. Should we critique adults for how they behave as children? Well… not really. But sometimes early behavior at least offers some explanation. Green Eagle takes a glance at the middle school through college bully-boy history of the head of our Department of Justice. As the twig is bent, goes the old saying, so grows the tree.
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