The Quiet Part Out Loud

This story is from yeseterdaay, soI'm playing a little bit of catch-up. Via Joe.My.God.:

In his latest journey to the edge of extreme, Donald Trump’s former National Security Adviser and felon Michael Flynn called on Saturday for a single religion in America.

“If we are going to have one nation under God — which we must — we have to have one religion,” Flynn said in San Antonio at a stop for the far-right “ReAwaken America” tour. “One nation under God, and one religion under God,” he added.

Such a vision is completely contrary to the Constitution’s guarantee of Freedom of Religion, and the separation of church and state

This, of course,is what the "religious" right has been aiming for since Reagan, and they've been very clever about it -- goig after local and sstate governments, stcking the courts and then puysing their "religious liberty" arguments as far as they could. (Consider the assault on local school boards and schools in light of stories such as this one and this one.

And lest yoou have any doubts, it's not just Christianity, it's their own nasty brand of "Christianity".

What's New at Green Man Reiew

I remembered this time, so here it is:

Mystery novels, mystery films, music of an autumnal nature, Chinese folk music, Buffy graphic novels, and lots of licorice

If your weather's anything like ours, it's a perfect day to dig in and scout out some winter readig.

We Should Have Expected This

Im sort of surprized it took this long. Via Joe.My.God.:

The Spotsylvania County School Board has directed staff to begin removing books that contain “sexually explicit” material from library shelves and report on the number of books that have been removed at a special called meeting next week. The directive came after a parent raised concerns at the School Board’s meeting Monday about books available through the Riverbend High School’s digital library app.

The board voted 6–0 to order the removal. Two board members, Courtland representative Rabih Abuismail and Livingston representative Kirk Twigg, said they would like to see the removed books burned. “I think we should throw those books in a fire,” Abuismail said, and Twigg said he wants to “see the books before we burn them so we can identify within our community that we are eradicating this bad stuff.”

The full article is here. You know who else liked to burn books? Let me refresh your memory:

On May 10, 1933, university students burn upwards of 25,000 “un-German” books in Berlin’s Opera Square. Some 40,000 people gather to hear Joseph Goebbels deliver a fiery address: “No to decadence and moral corruption!”

As part of an effort to align German arts and culture with Nazi ideas (Gleichschaltung), university students in college towns across Germany burned thousands of books they considered to be “un-German,” heralding an era of state censorship and cultural control. Students threw books pillaged mostly from public and university libraries onto bonfires with great ceremony, band-playing, and so-called “fire oaths.” The students sought to purify German literature of “foreign,” especially Jewish, and other immoral influences. Among the authors whose works were burned was Helen Keller, an American whose belief in social justice encouraged her to champion disabled persons, pacifism, improved conditions for industrial workers, and women's voting rights.

Do I really need to say more?

A Note on Blogging

Yeah, I know, it's been nonexistent for months, save for the GMR updates. Partly it's because the news is boring, but mostly it's because of my vision problems, which make it hard to work at the computer. However, I've decided that I have to give it a go, so expect peroidic posts on the news or whatever else captures my attention. Wish me luck.

There Is No Bottom

Eevery tieme you think the right can sink no lower, they find a way. Here's Dennis Preger, via Jo.My.God.

Anywhere that you have people who are governed by fear of global warming – the idiotic, irrational, sick fear of extinction of the biosphere – I mean, you understand the nonsense that we live with?

If we survive this as a free country, historians will just ask, ‘How did this happen? How did people get governed by irrational fears’?

Whether it is of the non-vaccinated, who are the pariahs of America as I have not seen in my lifetime any pariah group like this. “During the AIDS crisis, can you imagine if gay men and intravenous drug users, if had they been pariahs the way the non-vaccinated are?

The nonsense about climate cange is bad enough -- it's hardly an irratinal fear; it's a legitimate concern, especally for those who live in coastal aras, which includes most of the world's major cities. The the comments about how gay men were treated during the AIDS crisis ar simply beyond belief. Prager's left reaity in a dumpster on this one.

All this, of coure, is directed toward making heroes out of a bunch of petulant itiots with their heads full of QAnon bullshit.

The Republicsans hasve lost their freaking minds.

What's New at Green Man Review

As you might imagine, it's all about Hallowen, so click on over and immerse yourself in the holiday.

Catching Up With Green Man Review

Did it again -- missed the last edition. At any rate, here's the dope:

A Plethora of Neal Stephenson novels, Several Things of a Jethro Tull Nature, Elizabeth Bear on all things culinary, an ex-Beatle and an ex-Monkee and a bunch of Wicked Tinkers

So click on over and dig in.

This Time at Green Man Review

I actually remembered yesterday, then forgot, then remembered, and forgot againand finally left msyself a note late last night so I'd remember this morning. At any rate, here's the latest edition of Green Man Review:

Bothy Band’s “Old Hag” tune, CBGB Punxs, Hot Chocolate, Russell T Davies back as Who Showrunner and It’s Autumn!

If, like us, you're suffering through a spell of gloomy weather, it's a perfect time to click on over and ejoy.

What's New at Green Man Review

This biweekly schedule is really throwing me off, but here's the latest edition of Green Man Review:

Red Molly cover Richard Thompson’s “Vincent Black Lightning”, All Things Neverwhere, live rock and roll from New Zealand, lots and lots of Kit Kats, and much more

If your weathr's anything like mine, it's a good evening to click on over and browse,.

What's New at Green Man Review

Holiday weekends always throw me off -- meant to do this yesteray and lost track of what day it was. At any rate, it's the new edition of Green Man Review:

All things whisky; Child ballads and Welsh mythology; demon barbers and swamp things; Rick Danko, singers from Queens and Florida; a rat in a tin can, and much more

As you can see, something for everyone, so click on over and enjoy.

What's New at Green Man Review

I meant to post thos yesterday, but my rain went AWOL. At any rate, it's anoteher edition of GMR chock full of googies:

some Grateful Dead, Lady Astronauts, Swedish and American jazz, a Tenth Doctor tale, and much more

There's lots more, as always, so fid a nice col spot and dig in.

what's New at Green Man Review

Yesterday's eition is up, and chock full of googidies:

Many things Boiled in Lead, several things Ian MacDonald, Elizabeth Bear on chocolate, Peter Gabriel in concert, Danger Girls, Wobblies, and SF-inspired folk music

We're due for some really hot wather, so you may want to find a nic cool place to kick back and enjoy.

Sociopath of the Month

This story's a couple of days old. but I keep coming back to it:

Venture capitalist and Ohio Republican Senate candidate J.D. Vance spoke on Friday about the “cultural wars” being waged by the left and took aim at politicians without children who “don’t have a personal indirect stake” in improving the country. “And why is this just a normal fact of American life, that the leaders of our country should be people who don’t have a personal indirect stake in it via their own offspring, via their own children and grandchildren,” Vance asked, noting that he was not referring to people who are unable to have children.

There's a certain lack of bASIC humanity in evuidebe here -- it is, after all, ,perfectly normal, and actually considrered virtuous, to care about people whether they're relatives or not.

And I can't help thinking there's something very biblical about this --Old Testament biblical, considering how concerned the ancient Hebrews were with inheritance and bloolines.

At any rate, the man's a jerk.

Vias Joe.My.God.

What's New at Green Man Review

It's that time again, with another knockout edition of Green Man Review:

Jerky; Alice’s Restaurant on film; Roger Zelazny and Stephen Brust; all things Looking Glass Wars; Norwegian death metal, Palestinian oud, early country rock, modern jazz, and much more

So scoot on over for some nice summer reading.

Catching Up: What's New at Green Man Review

I was all set to post the first of these on the publication date -- and had no internet. For over a week. So, here we go, csatching up: Fort, GMR for June 27:

B-52s live, Beowulf, Fables, Beer, Banks’ Culture series and Its Summer!

Followd by today's offering:

A Pig Roast, Grateful Dead Beer?, Kage Baker on Terry Gilliam, live music from Penguin Cafe Orchestra, another look at Chicago’s Field Museum and Other Summer Matters

Enjoy!

Ber Late Than Never

This biweekly publication schedule at Green Man Reveview has got me completely screweed up. It's late, but here itis: What's New at Green Man Review for June 13:

Oysterband Gone Trad, Constantine Isn’t That Hair Colour, Music to Tickle Your Fancy, Yet More Chocolate, Anthony Bourdain, Gaiman’s Sandman and Other Matters

You know the drill. Enjoy.

What's nNew at Green Man Review

Yes, its been two weeks, but it was worth the . Just looke:

Simon R. Green and Elizabeth Bear, Naomi Kritzer’s and Everina Maxwell’s full-length debuts; faux-Italian SF and revived pulp fiction; Brian Wilson tribute and food and footie on film; fantasy jazz, lo-fi country, Väsen from the archves; lots of chocolate, and more;

And of course, there's more, so chceck it out.

Vax Wars

I'm trying to figure out how something that used to be a routine heath care measure b,ecame a political football. The anti-vaxxers are making a lot of noise, and to what purpose? The governor of Florida is threatenting fo fine cruise lines that ask passenges for proof of vaccination, and now the anti-vaxxers have started their ownn dating site. And that's just a couple of stories from last evening. I guessit goes back to Trup's stellar reaction when the pandemic first hit -- "It's a hoax!" -- and the fact that his followers will not only believe what they's told, but take it as holy writ. Thans. Trump!

Oops!

My brain has been on hiatus lately, so this is a cach-up for all you Green Man Review fans: S

pace opera from Elizabeth Bear, Kage Baker’s last Company novel; lots of dark and milk chocolate, music from South Africa, Mali, China and Canada; Two Fat Ladies on DVD, and more

As usual, it's chock full of goodies, so scoot on over and enjoy.

what's Nwe at Green Man Review

A day late, but better late than never, right?

A Fat Music Review Section, Four British film mysteries, Live music from from Tatiana Hargreaves and Allison De Groot, Jennifer wallows in two historical fictions with delightfully authentic voices, Evil Kit Kat Bars, Willingham’s Fables series, Bordertown fiction and Other Cool Matters

So hop on over and enjooy.