April, 2025 archive
The Art of the Con 0
LeBron Hill suggests that working class persons who supported Trump are starting to catch on to his con.
We shall see, but history suggests otherwise, for history teaches us that hate sells, and Trump peddles hate industriously.
A Notion of Immigrants, Reprise 0
Mary Trump lists the lies told by the lying liars in the Trump maladministration to justify his persecution of immigrants.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Via the Las Vegas Son, Juan Esparza Loera notices a pattern (emphasis added):
Follow the link for the context of his conclusion.
Aside:
Why am I not surprised?
The Rule of Lawless 0
The quiet part is now out loud.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Another “responsible gun owner” feels compelled to expose his portable phallus while passing on the pavement.
On the Spectrum, Vaccine Nation Dept. 0
Secretary of HHS Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., has resurrected the debunked claim that vaccines cause autism, and, in so doing, may well jeopardize the public’s health.
At Psychology Today Blogs, Sam Goldstein takes a deep dive into what science has learned about autism over the past half century or so. He makes three main points; follow the link for a detailed exploration of each.
- Most of autism’s rise is due to (increased–ed.) awareness, not an actual increase.
- Genetic causes of autism are firmly established by decades of research.
- Autism now includes many with social learning differences, not just disability.
I commend his article as a worthwhile read to arm yourself against the dis- and misinformation spread by the anti-VAX movement,
Real Big Men, Reprise 0
Via AL.com, Tom Moran marvels at the Trump administration’s and today’s Republican Party’s embrace of mean for the sake of mean.
No excerpt or summary will do his piece justice. Just go read it.
This New Gilded Age 0
At the Tampa Bay Times, John Hill writes that he is somewhat less than enamored by efforts in the Florida legislature to gut restrictions on the use of child labor.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Chum for honeypots? Gotcha, sucker.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” practices self-politeness with his portable phallus.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid.
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
- J. Pat O’Malley, in the voice of Pithias: Up until yesterday, he resided at a place of felonious intent. A state prison, I believe they call it.
The closed caption: Up until yesterday, he resided at a place of Thelonious and Tent.
The most artificial thing about artificial intelligence is the hype that it’s in some way intelligent. It’s an algorithm, and that’s all it is. And Thelonious and Tent are just two streets that intersect somewhere in the algorithm’s hallucination.
A Tune for the Times 0
Stephen offers a paean to billionaires.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Michael in Norfolk hears several most unpleasant rhymes. Here’s the first line from one of them; follow the link for more.
You can find the second line of this couplet over at Boston.com.
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*Mark Twain.
Real Big Men 0
Emma and the crew discuss the factors that may be feeding toxic masculinity and misogyny that is a trait common to many far-right groups.
Extra-Special Bonus QOTD 0
Retired Federal Judge J. Michael Luttig:
The President of the United States of America is at war with the Constitution and the rule of law.