June, 2025 archive
Vaccine Nation 0
At the Sacramento Bee, Richard Pan looks at RFK Jr.’s record at HHS and concludes that it–er–does not inspire confidence.
If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0
At the Tampa Bay Times, Daniel Ruth finds a slight whiff of a double standard in the current who-shot-john stirred up by Jake Tapper’s recent book alleging that Joe Biden is getting old. A snippet:
That Was the Week that Was Very Very Weird 0
Seth takes a closer look at some of the events of the past week.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Also at the Idaho State Journal, Larry Gebhardt hears a rhyme.
Here’s a bit of his parsing of the poesy:
Throughout history, tyrants and oligarchs have understood that their major enemy is an educated citizenry. Slaveholders prohibited the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Putin and Xi censor the media. Big tech and well-funded political action spread mis- and disinformation. Ignorance is the handmaiden of tyranny.
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*Mark Twain.
The Rule of Lawless 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Kim Shinkoskey states that Donald Trump is
and goes on to offer a bill of particulars.
The Disinformation Superhighway 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Rebecca Dolgin outlines several ways in which “social” media isn’t. Here’s one; follow the link for the others.
Given how many persons think that “social” media is a reliable source for news, I find this a timely and disquieting read.
“The Trump Doctrine” 0
Jackie Calmes sums up Donald Trump’s approach to foreign policy in four words:
Follow the link the evidence.
(Broken link fixed.)
“The Big White Lines” 0
Sam and the crew find themselves somewhat taken aback by a Louisiana legislator’s bill to ban contrails (or, to use wingnut conspiracy lingo, “chem trails”).
The stupid. It burns.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A new field for fraudsters? Oh! Look over there! Someone’s ploughing a field.
The Fire This Time 0
El Reg reports on the Midas Torch.
The good ship Morning Midas – a roll-on, roll-off ferry that was delivering 3,000 vehicles from Yantai, China, to Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico – is currently around 304 miles south of Adak, Alaska, the US Coast Guard tells us. The sailors on the vessel, operated by UK-based Zodiac Maritime, noticed the fire at around midnight UTC on 3 June and were unable to stop the conflagration. . . . .