May, 2025 archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” exposes his portable phallus to children.
Thus passeth another day in NRA Paradise.
QOTD 0
Maureen O’Hara:
There is nothing worse than having your personal problems become somebody else’s entertainment.
I wonder what she would say about “social” media.
A Tune for the Times 0
(Warning: Short commercial at about the one minute mark.)
The Rule of Lawless 0
The Pittsburgh-Post Gazette’s Gene Collier warns of some arresting developments.
This New Gilded Age 0
Thom argues that Donald Trump’s it’s-absurd-to-call-them “policies” will bring back sweatshops.
Suffer the Children 0
That’s not scriptture. That’s a Republican family value.
Ad-Speak 0
Apparently, a portable drinking cup is now a “leak-proof hydration solution.”
(No, I can’t remember the specific product in that commercial. I wish I could, so I could make sure never to give them my money.)
Tit for Tat 0
At Above the Law, Mark Hermann imagines what a left-leaning “Project 2025” (he calls it “Project 2029”) might look like. A snippet:
If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0
At the Bangor Daily News, Matthew Diana highlights the hypocrisy.
The Photo Slop 0
The Rude One recaps Donald Trump’s “Mess with the Press” interview for those of us who have given up on television news. (Warning: Language, and lots of it.)
The Rule of Scofflaw 0
Farron points out that Donald Trump has admitted that he’s not complying with the Supreme Court’s order to repatriate Kilmar Abgrego Garcia because he doesn’t want to.
The New Isolationism 0
By imposing his tariffs, Trump is, for all practical purposes, putting the United States behind a self-imposed isolationist blockade.
Michael in Norfolk runs the numbers. A snippet:
Because isolationism worked so well the last time . . . .
Proper Channels 0
Bloomberg’s Beth Kowitt notes that “the bureaucracy is an easy target in dis coarse discourse, but, despite its bad reputation, it is, in fact, a good thing. Here’s bit from her article (emphasis added):
It’s the framework that provides the hierarchy and formalized rules that help an institution run. “The opposite of bureaucracy is not freedom and agility – it’s chaos,” says Mike Lee, a professor of organizational behavior at INSEAD. “When you remove all the formal structures, things become opaque, less fair and power concentrates at the top.” Exhibit A: DOGE, which has managed to create more turmoil in the federal government than it has efficiency.
I spent most of my career working in a large organization. I can attest from my own experience that she makes some excellent points.
While on the subject, I recently had to renew my driver’s license. It took far too long. But it didn’t take too long because of the persons working at the DMV office I used. They were all working very hard, calling the next person as soon as they were finished with the previous one.
Either it was an exceptionally busy day or they are understaffed. If the latter, be clear: they did not understaff themselves.