Category Archives: rage against the machine

USA doing something called “snapback” sanctions on Iran. I guess using a cutesy word like “snapback” makes it more tolerable. Maybe we can move on to others, like “snapping turtle sanctions,” “snap at it sanctions,” or “two snaps up sanctions.”

Once in awhile I read government documents directly rather than reading about them.

This one, Protecting American Monuments, Memorials, and Statues and Combating Recent Criminal Violence, is full of hilarity, though, of course, it’s not hilarious. It seems like mostly an opinion piece.

Jesus gets special mention: “the United States to prosecute to the fullest extent permitted under Federal law… any person or any entity that damages, defaces, or destroys religious property, including by attacking, removing, or defacing depictions of Jesus or other religious figures or religious art work.”

I think nobody will give a shit about damage to any non-Jesus depiction. Am I allowed to damage these Jesus depictions on my own property? Define depiction, since nobody really knows. I’m just thinking out loud.

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/07/02/2020-14509/protecting-american-monuments-memorials-and-statues-and-combating-recent-criminal-violence

There’s a predictable pattern of New York Times, Washington Post, MSNBC, Rachel Maddow, Seth Abramson, Teri Kanefield, Lincoln Project.

I’m sure I left out quite a few.