Nice Post! Since everyone hates these people (they even hate each other!) perhaps we could unite our country around our mutual loathing. I forget - which are the hoity and which are the toity?
It is lovely word, seldom encountered. I collect a type of Victorian glass, and one of the patterns is called "Effulgent Star." How you can not love that?
Call me ignorant of glass stars, effulgent or otherwise.
But...
One place I managed had a beautiful stream running through it, and a century ago there was a glass factory on its bank. To this day, the morning after a storm there's a contingent of glass collectors working the streambed and the banks for big chunks of old glass. Looks like a pleasant hobby with not much downside – I mean, even if you don't find anything you're still in a lovely canyon, listening to the water flow, and you can always just trundle down to the beach, or grab coffee and a cinnamon roll from the cafe.
Mr. and Mrs. Katz don’t need this addition to their rogue’s gallery to prove they are entitled, whiny trash, but of course Rod Dreher is among their social circle of admirers as well. Maybe Solveig can introduce him to the next Mrs. Dreher. As academics the couple are perfectly positioned to find Rod a college freshman who has written an anti-“CRT” or anti-trans essay. Maybe even a pro-Orban essay – that would truly be a match made in Hell.
It's good to see the NYT committed to making the same mistakes of 1935-39 that led to an explosion of "America First" Nazis before the war. Hitler? An amusing clown. Madison Square Garden overflowing with American Nazis? Just an ethusiastic crowd who happened to show up at the precise same moment.
(Britain's pro-appeasement, upper-class Cliveden Set of the same period had as prominent members Nancy Astor and Geoffrey Dawson, then editor of the Times.)
Had a late night with Macy's fireworks (with fireworks, more is better and, I think, too many aren'y enough) followed by a short night so the brain is more dysfunctional than normal.
But something like context or something for today's post: I refer to the Times at, uh, times as a BuzzFeed for the 10%. More specifically, it's a clickbait operation compelled to spew more than a thousand headlines a day. So between that need to produce quantity and the target demographics combined with the usual political biases, of course you'd get the crap Roy's mocking today.
The Times and WaPo are competing in the “self-blinded to the reality of American fascism” sweepstakes, printing editorials and opinion pieces that reflect the deep seated belief that nothing the Republican Party, its funders, voters, ammosexuals, racists, homophobes and god-botherers do should ever disqualify them from holding office, corrupting government, grifting, lying and immiserating anyone who isn’t a real white American.
Meanwhile, my Governor, Tony Evers, runs ads that say he just wants good ideas, and doesn't care whether they're Republican ideas or Democratic ideas. Like the Republican party is just one more totally legitimate contributor to our national brainstorming session. "Hey, who put up this Post-It with "Race War" on the Idea Board?"
Evers is trying to get ahead of the expected Republican claim that the only reason he presided over a tax cut was because he signed in to a Republican proposal. I agree it’s incredibly tone deaf given what the lege and WI SC have done with gerrymandering and election lying, but he’s sticking to a “I’m a nice guy who tries to get things done” image, assuming, I guess, that he’ll be running against an asshole (they’re all assholes in the Republican Governor bus this year).
True. Democrats run against individual Republicans, and Republicans run against the Democratic (excuse me, "Democrat") Party generally. Advantage Republicans, I think, because it gives their attacks greater staying power, because the same general line is used in every race over the course of decades.
Also, running against the entire party means you pick up votes downballot. Meanwhile, chirping that there are good Republicans we can work with, and we need “a strong Republican Party” gives people encouragement to ticket-split.
Yeah, this. When an "Opposition Party" is trying to intimidate, de-legislate or physically eliminate its political opponents it's no longer an opposition party--it's a national enemy.
I don't think Republicans think of themselves as the opposition, they think of themselves as The One True Party, the only party with a legitimate right to rule. Sure, the other guys may get into power occasionally, but we all know that's a result of fraud, and can be overturned by violence if necessary.
Possibly the most dismaying/infuriating/predictable thing about the TERFy Times piece was the flood of reader comments praising it and getting thousands of likes. The well-heeled TERFy tote bag crowd are not like you and me.
I like to imagine how the Times would have covered that dinner party at Darlington Hall in Remains of the Day. The unfortunate death of the Head Butler's father would not be noted, I think.
Damn, Roy. I'll have to reread this later, I'm still trying to recover from a 4 night nearly nonstop "patriotic" artillery barrage. Your delicious prose is too much for me at the moment.
Thankfully I'm retired and didn't have to drag myself out of bed at 4am after hearing bombs explode until 2:30. I haven't seen the poor stray cat I've been trying to befriend (and hopefully rescue) since Saturday afternoon. Come home, Boris Badeye.
So, I read that article about the poor disappearing moderates and still wondered at the end what the hell they actually believed in. Other than trashing anyone to the left of Joe Biden that is. I mean I guess Dem House candidates could run on trashing BLM activists, but not sure what kind of party we're left with then.
Whatever level of welfare state we happen to have at the moment is exactly the right amount, any more would be too generous, any less would be heartless. Feel free to apply this sort of "thinking" to any other question of government policy.
I wonder if Brooks is pissed because he wasn't invited to the party. Seems like he'd be a natural.
After dinner (which everyone in attendance could most assuredly pronounce ) they could have a little contest between the trophy wives where they would recite some English Romantic Poetry while doing a suggestive, cleavage oriented modern dance. Later, on their way home in the Audi Brooks and The Mrs. can wonder, like always, What Do the Simple Folk Do.?
Thank you. I am always looking for ways to turn conversations with hard right. TERF and "putting from the rough" have such an earthy sound, reminiscent of the country club, golf and the ponies, the sport of kings, and queens. Let's not leave out the queens. In fact, let's double down on the queens. I never met a queen I didn't like. Take that, Will Rogers! Jolly good. Jolly Roger indeed!
Words fail me. And I n a good way.
Without googling, I'm not 100% sure there is not, in fact, an R.J. Rushdoony chair at Claremont.
God, I'm afraid to look.
Podcast title is "The Easy Chair" which is kind of humorous.
"effulged"
There's a seven dollar word!
My favorite Dash Riprock bit -
https://youtu.be/_1RsA61n9rs
That's Sharon Tate in a dark wig.
Nice Post! Since everyone hates these people (they even hate each other!) perhaps we could unite our country around our mutual loathing. I forget - which are the hoity and which are the toity?
I recall on Buffy the time William (pre-Spike persona) read an awful Victorian poem he’d written, featuring the word “effulgent.”
It is lovely word, seldom encountered. I collect a type of Victorian glass, and one of the patterns is called "Effulgent Star." How you can not love that?
I looked it up, and it’s very nice. I hadn’t seen that before. My uncle collected hobnail glass, but not “effulgent star.”
Call me ignorant of glass stars, effulgent or otherwise.
But...
One place I managed had a beautiful stream running through it, and a century ago there was a glass factory on its bank. To this day, the morning after a storm there's a contingent of glass collectors working the streambed and the banks for big chunks of old glass. Looks like a pleasant hobby with not much downside – I mean, even if you don't find anything you're still in a lovely canyon, listening to the water flow, and you can always just trundle down to the beach, or grab coffee and a cinnamon roll from the cafe.
Life can occasionally smile upon us.
"...My heart expands, 'tis grown a bulge in it, inspired by your beauty: Effulgent..."
A classic.
That is the most tortured proximate rhyme I’ve ever heard. Appropriate for William the Bloody!
I'm not comfortable with all this talk of bulges and such the like.Not comfortable I say.
I’m sure it’s just a hernia
Mr. and Mrs. Katz don’t need this addition to their rogue’s gallery to prove they are entitled, whiny trash, but of course Rod Dreher is among their social circle of admirers as well. Maybe Solveig can introduce him to the next Mrs. Dreher. As academics the couple are perfectly positioned to find Rod a college freshman who has written an anti-“CRT” or anti-trans essay. Maybe even a pro-Orban essay – that would truly be a match made in Hell.
Kinda like old school Morman "Elders" swapping granddaughters back and forth.
If they'd known grandchildren were so much fun they woulda had* them first!
*Take that any way you want.
To the Viktor go the spiels.
Outstanding, I love it.
Maybe the next Mrs. Katz as well. Solvang is pushing 30, might be time for an upgrade to a promising freshman.
Oh, he's working on it.
You might even say he's grooming her replacement.
It's good to see the NYT committed to making the same mistakes of 1935-39 that led to an explosion of "America First" Nazis before the war. Hitler? An amusing clown. Madison Square Garden overflowing with American Nazis? Just an ethusiastic crowd who happened to show up at the precise same moment.
(Britain's pro-appeasement, upper-class Cliveden Set of the same period had as prominent members Nancy Astor and Geoffrey Dawson, then editor of the Times.)
Had a late night with Macy's fireworks (with fireworks, more is better and, I think, too many aren'y enough) followed by a short night so the brain is more dysfunctional than normal.
But something like context or something for today's post: I refer to the Times at, uh, times as a BuzzFeed for the 10%. More specifically, it's a clickbait operation compelled to spew more than a thousand headlines a day. So between that need to produce quantity and the target demographics combined with the usual political biases, of course you'd get the crap Roy's mocking today.
Just saying, FWIW...
"met while married to her junior high school history teacher"
Jokes that take a little bit of thought before you get them are the best.
The Times and WaPo are competing in the “self-blinded to the reality of American fascism” sweepstakes, printing editorials and opinion pieces that reflect the deep seated belief that nothing the Republican Party, its funders, voters, ammosexuals, racists, homophobes and god-botherers do should ever disqualify them from holding office, corrupting government, grifting, lying and immiserating anyone who isn’t a real white American.
Meanwhile, my Governor, Tony Evers, runs ads that say he just wants good ideas, and doesn't care whether they're Republican ideas or Democratic ideas. Like the Republican party is just one more totally legitimate contributor to our national brainstorming session. "Hey, who put up this Post-It with "Race War" on the Idea Board?"
Evers is trying to get ahead of the expected Republican claim that the only reason he presided over a tax cut was because he signed in to a Republican proposal. I agree it’s incredibly tone deaf given what the lege and WI SC have done with gerrymandering and election lying, but he’s sticking to a “I’m a nice guy who tries to get things done” image, assuming, I guess, that he’ll be running against an asshole (they’re all assholes in the Republican Governor bus this year).
True. Democrats run against individual Republicans, and Republicans run against the Democratic (excuse me, "Democrat") Party generally. Advantage Republicans, I think, because it gives their attacks greater staying power, because the same general line is used in every race over the course of decades.
Also, running against the entire party means you pick up votes downballot. Meanwhile, chirping that there are good Republicans we can work with, and we need “a strong Republican Party” gives people encouragement to ticket-split.
“Opposition Parties, how do they work?”
Yeah, this. When an "Opposition Party" is trying to intimidate, de-legislate or physically eliminate its political opponents it's no longer an opposition party--it's a national enemy.
I don't think Republicans think of themselves as the opposition, they think of themselves as The One True Party, the only party with a legitimate right to rule. Sure, the other guys may get into power occasionally, but we all know that's a result of fraud, and can be overturned by violence if necessary.
This is too spot-on. Clearly you have time traveled to faraway future Next Week, copied from the NYT, and reproduced it here in advance.
Also in Next Week's news: America Shocked by Horrific Mass Shooting
YOU CAN SEE INTO THE FUTURE
New Testimony Reveals Donald Trump is a Horrible Person
Remember my friends - future events such as these will affect you in the future.
Possibly the most dismaying/infuriating/predictable thing about the TERFy Times piece was the flood of reader comments praising it and getting thousands of likes. The well-heeled TERFy tote bag crowd are not like you and me.
You have more courage than I've got, I saw "The Far Right and the Far Left..." in the title and didn't dare go any further than that.
My policy exactly.
I like to imagine how the Times would have covered that dinner party at Darlington Hall in Remains of the Day. The unfortunate death of the Head Butler's father would not be noted, I think.
Damn, Roy. I'll have to reread this later, I'm still trying to recover from a 4 night nearly nonstop "patriotic" artillery barrage. Your delicious prose is too much for me at the moment.
Thankfully I'm retired and didn't have to drag myself out of bed at 4am after hearing bombs explode until 2:30. I haven't seen the poor stray cat I've been trying to befriend (and hopefully rescue) since Saturday afternoon. Come home, Boris Badeye.
So, I read that article about the poor disappearing moderates and still wondered at the end what the hell they actually believed in. Other than trashing anyone to the left of Joe Biden that is. I mean I guess Dem House candidates could run on trashing BLM activists, but not sure what kind of party we're left with then.
Whatever level of welfare state we happen to have at the moment is exactly the right amount, any more would be too generous, any less would be heartless. Feel free to apply this sort of "thinking" to any other question of government policy.
Haven't you heard? Joe Biden IS Far Left!
All it took was the total repeal of Roe v. Wade to get him to support making ONE exception the the filibuster, the guy's practically Lenin.
I wonder if Brooks is pissed because he wasn't invited to the party. Seems like he'd be a natural.
After dinner (which everyone in attendance could most assuredly pronounce ) they could have a little contest between the trophy wives where they would recite some English Romantic Poetry while doing a suggestive, cleavage oriented modern dance. Later, on their way home in the Audi Brooks and The Mrs. can wonder, like always, What Do the Simple Folk Do.?
Thank you. I am always looking for ways to turn conversations with hard right. TERF and "putting from the rough" have such an earthy sound, reminiscent of the country club, golf and the ponies, the sport of kings, and queens. Let's not leave out the queens. In fact, let's double down on the queens. I never met a queen I didn't like. Take that, Will Rogers! Jolly good. Jolly Roger indeed!
That's DOCTOR Claymore Blitzenshtück, boyo!
And yeah yeah, 2 marks!