May, 2025 archive
Our Society Is in Decay 0
Exhibit One: Florida Man.
Afterthought:
I don’t think it’s much of a stretch to posit that today’s Republican Party has abandoned the concept of “promoting the general welfare.”
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
In a polite society, disagreements are to be resolved with politeness, are they not?
Constitutional Frights 0
Sam and the crew discuss the Trump administration’s desire to suspend habeus corpus, among other Constitutional Rights, and their apparent ignorance of what the Constitution actually says.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Via the Charlotte Observer, the Los Angeles Times’s Karen Musalo hears a rhyme of refugees betrayed a long time ago.
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*Mark Twain.
Germy Warfare 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Jay K. Varma, physician and former staffer at the CDC, writes of the increasing number of persons who are rejecting science in favor of voluntary ignorance. He calls the “Germ Deniers.” Here’s how he describes them:
While some extremists outright deny that germs cause illness, most acknowledge their existence but downplay their importance. Some argue that individual factors are the primary problem. A person only gets sick from a microbe because their immune system is weak because of malnutrition or other lifestyle factors. Others argue that other external factors are the “real” causes of most diseases, such as microplastics, food dyes, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, mercury, and electromagnetic radiation.
He goes on to obliterate their arguments and explain the danger they pose to both public health and the public’s health.
In the light of what’s happening to medical research under the Trump maladministration, I find his article a timely and alarming read.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Competent legal advisor? Not according to this judge.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
News item:
Even if there’s little or no truth to this report, that persons are willing to believe it shows the extent that mean for the sake of mean has become an accepted Republican family value.
Suffer the Children 0
One more time, that’s not scripture.
That’s Republican policy.
The Grift of Graft 0
At the Detroit Free Press, Devin Scillian follows the money all the way to Qatar.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Once again we learn that politeness is a family value.
The Rule of Lawless 0
“Vengeance is mine,” sayeth the Don:
A Notion of Immigrants 0
The Rude One looks at Donald Trump’s attempt to undo birthright citizenship and argues forcefully (and rudely) that “there Is no ‘America’ without birthright citizenship.”
Here’s a bit from his article (slightly expurgated); follow the link for the rest.
Aside:
Donald Trump himself, as a descendant of immigrants, has benefited from that very birthright citizenship he would deny to others, yet he seems eager to take us back to the days–and to the era–before it was passed.
Running Ruining the Country Like a Business
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Rick Strom at TYT Sports suggests that Trump and the Trumpettes are–er–pursuing counterproductive policies.