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One advantage of growing old (perhaps the only one other than the alternative) is remembering that things weren’t always like this. I know that “under God” wasn’t in the Original Pledge of Allegiance as Written by the Founding Fathers because I can remember the discomfort of adding it. When the Duck Dynasty speaks up for the Eternal Verities, I remember when one of the Eternal Verities in their part of the world was beating the crap out of anyone who looked like them. And I remember when there was no Presidents Day.

There were two holidays: the birthdays of Lincoln & Washington. But one thing that hasn’t changed is that in large parts of the country Lincoln was the cruel federal oppressor who deprived them of their God-given right to own dark-skinned people, and they were not about to wish the sumbitch a happy birthday. Presidents Day was a compromise, or perhaps a sellout.

Charles Pierce has some thoughts on the holiday.

Why So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders

“The main reason for the uneven management sex ratio is our inability to discern between confidence and competence.”

Thanx to andrewducker

Vox populi, Vox Day

Populist correctness

Sanity in Sweden

Foreign minister does not want to deal with uncivilized country that supplies terrorists. I don’t think this is the Sweden thing that frightened Dolt45, but you never know.