A Tune for the Times 0
From the Youtube page:
There are obviously lots of angles to this story, and it’s dangerous to wade into things without knowing how they will play out. So we waited to see if anything positive might emerge after the initial assassination of the despicable Khamenei (whose name was in an early draft of a chorus), and what the Trump administration/regime’s purported rationale was … and over subsequent days as we watched the grotesque media performances by Hegseth, the missiles killing children not just tyrants, and the escalation of damage and casualties without any sign of a coherent policy or endgame, we made the song about how it’s dangerous to wade into things without knowing how they’re going to play out.
Quick Sand 0
Methinks Michael in Norfolk pretty much nails it about the Trump maladministration’s war on Iran. A snippet:
Suffer the Children 0
As we all know by now, that’s a Republican family value.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
I suspect I’m not the only one to be somewhat disconcerted by how many “responsible gun owners” are unaware that their portable phalluses are shoot their lo–oh, never mind.
Just Deserts, Reprise 0
Warning: Mild language.
Republican Thought Police 0
At AL.com, John Archibald looks at a bill recently introduced in the Alabama legislature that would for all practical purposes abolish academic tenure; he suggests that
It’s about controlling what you can say or hear or ultimately think or learn. And of course teach.
Follow the link for the rest.
Afterthought:
Why are Republicans afraid of freedom of thought and speech? Could be that they know they are in the wrong?
The Gaslighting 0
Seth takes a closer look at Donald Trump’s claims that he will bring down gas prices as gas prices rise.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Via The Japan Times, Princeton University professor Harold James hears a rhyme with a British accent. Here’s a bit from his article:
Note that he said “potential” future. Methinks his piece offers some hints as to how to make that potential impotent.
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*Mark Twain.
Who Coulda Knowed? 0
Well, for that matter, anyone who was paying attention.
Backfire 0
At the Psychology Today website, Raj Persaud writes of a “study examining air strikes in Afghanistan (that) found that they encouraged insurgency rather than inhibiting it.”
Given recent events, methinks it a timely read.
The Lake Effect, the Rule of Lawless Dept. 0
At Above the Law, Liz Dye notes that
But we don’t because Arizona’s perennial loser Kari Lake pulled the plug last year on most of Radio Farda, which previously broadcast news in Farsi into Iran, along with much of Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and the multiple outlets that fall under the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM).
She goes on to discuss a federal judge’s ruling that Lake’s doing so was illegal and unconstitutional. Follow the link to find out why.
(Broken link fixed.)
Collateral Damage 0
Farron discusses how the Republicans’ “Big Beautiful Bill” has harmed health care.