American Exceptionalism

 

Minimal Photoshopping, and I'm sure you've already heard the details. 

It's not like bridges don't collapse elsewhere, but bridges collapsing in the richest country on earth in the history of earth is...fucking stupid. 

Have a good weekend. 

Noise And Signal

The Noise Machine is amping up.

Unfortunately, it's crystal clear to some. 

And How Did The Country Get So Divided?

Thomas Edsall. 

Eric Loomis.

Oh, and don't forget the rest of the media. 

Maybe they weren't as bug fuck crazy as Fox Noise, but they went out of their way to enable toxic waste like Gingrich while conferring equal status to Fox Noise and talk radio shitheels like Limbaugh. 

Sure, that alone didn't/doesn't account for all the insanity, but putting a big can of gasoline near the fire, and a hose to spray it, doesn't help.

Aced It

Stupid son-of-a-bitch seems pretty accurate to me. 

And the fainting-couch-pearl-clutching from the usual nitwits is...typical. 

Fuck 'em. 

The Road To Fascism Is Paved With Toxic Waste

Sick, disgusting. 

And enabled for decades by elites like, oh, I dunno, The New York Times, who in other news thought it'd be a good idea to check in with the January 6th rioters, because, you know, there are two sides to bigotry, and who's to say bigots don't have a point?

Christ.