Down Time at the Farm? 0
My most excellent hosting provider has informed me that maintenance is scheduled for my server “between February 09, 2026, 6:30 AM GMT. and February 10, 2026, 1:30 PM GMT,” and that some hopefully minimal down time may result. Sporadic bloggery is a possibility.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Bob Cesca at Donald Trump’s post to “social” media of Barack and Michelle Obama apes and states the obvious that too many ignore, or, worse, deny.
The gist:
And the truth is, racism has always been the iron core of the MAGA movement.
Follow the link for the evidence.
The Medicine Show 0
Sam and the crew dissect RFK Jr.’s bogus blather.
A Movie Experience, Reprise 0
SFgate’s Drew Magary went to see the Melania movie so we don’t have to.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” performs a random act of politeness.
One more time, “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.
Aside:
I have long thought that, in gun nut world, “cleaning” is a synonym for “fondling.”
I have cleaned guns. It’s something to do in a workshop or a garage or, failing that, a kitchen, not in a motel room.
Unsticking Together 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Gill Harrop reminds us of a recent press conference in which Donald Trump launched a personal attack on CNN journalist Kaitlan Collins when she dared ask a question about the Epstein files. She notes that
She goes on to explore why Collin’s colleagues sat by in silence. Given the state of dis coarse discourse, methinks her article is well worth a read.
A Movie Experience 0
Stephen looks at the Melania movie (figuratively, not methinks literally).
American Stasi 0
Thom says they should be called what they are: not “detention centers,” but “concentration camps.”
Both Sides Don’t 0
Steven M. detects a disconnect in dis coarse discourse. A snippet (emphasis added):
And yet it remains an article of faith in the media that heartland white Republicans are the “real” Americans, and Trump critics really aren’t Americans at all.
Follow the link for his reasoning.
The Rebel Tell 0
In its editorial calling out the Trump maladministration’s violation of the Constitution in arresting Don Lemon, a journalist, for having the unmitigated gall to practice journalism, my local rag makes this telling observation:
I commend the entire piece to your attention.
Post Mortem 0
Steve M. offers some thoughts on why Jeff Bezos has turned the once great Washington Post into the Washington Postcard. A snippet:
Tech guys become impatient when everything they touch doesn’t instantly turn to gold. They expect that they can move fast, break things, and watch the value of their new toy go up because they’ve made it buzzy. But that’s not how mature businesses work.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A conveyance for the con? At Psychology Today Blogs, Joe Pierre warns us that
Follow the link and be forewarned.
An Unintended Truth 0
Yesterday, I heard a commercial for Fox News which stated that they have stories “you won’t hear anywhere else.”
It’s most certainly a true statement, but not methinks in the way that they intended it to be.