July, 2025 archive
The Republican Thought Police Are on Patrol . . . 0
. . . and taking historical fact into custody.
After all, why tell truthful history when you can pretend that your country never did those things that it did?
Today’s Republican Party is a vile and loathsome thing.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Via The Japan Times, Bloomberg”s Adrian Wooldridge hears a rhyme.
Here’s a couple of couplets; follow the link to put them in context.
There has been an awful lot of “getting medieval” in the world recently.
(snip)
A growing cadre of strongmen treat their countries as their personal property and international relations as a test of their personal egos. Religion is exercising a growing influence on global politics. And a post-literate and brain-addled public craves nicknames and memes rather than demanding speeches and complicated reasoning. Whether re-medievalization is compatible with the long-term survival of the species in a world of nuclear weapons and ultrasonic ballistic missiles is open to doubt.
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*Mark Twain.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Once again, politeness becomes child’s play.
Once again, we are reminded that “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.
Suffer the Children 0
As we know, that’s not scripture. That’s a Republican family value.
All the News that Fits 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Sam Goldstein argues that misinformation is more dangerous than no information. Given that dis coarse discourse is flooded with lies and lying liars, methinks his article a timely and worthwhile read. Here’s tiny bit:
The True Believers 0
From the Youtube page:
Seth takes a closer look at Donald Trump and the MAGA movement reeling from a series of bombshells regarding Trump’s longtime friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.
The Roll-Back 0
Methinks Bruce Schneier makes a valid point.
However much he wants to, Trump is not going to be able to roll back the clock, but he’s going to do a heck of a lot damage along the way.
The Rain Man 0
A visitor to St. Pete auditions to become a Florida Man.
QOTD 0
Rex Stout, in the voice of Nero Wolfe:
. . . impetuosity is a virtue only when delay is dangerous.
Stout, Rex, Too Many Clients (New York: Bantam, 1962) p, 21
A Tune for the Times 0
Afterthought:
My escape from Trump is to listen to Best of Car Talk episodes that you can download from NPR–at least, for now. They are nutty, but they help me forget that my country has gone nuts.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Show politeness to your fellow party-goers.
In Comparison 0
At the Detroit Free-Press, John Lindstrom argues that Donald Trump has accomplished something Lindstrom didn’t think possible.
Trump has made Richard Nixon look good.
Follow the link for Lindstron’s reasoning.
“Get Me Rewrite!” 0
John Young envisions the Supreme Supremacist Court’s RSV (Revised Supremacist Version) of the United States Constitution. Here’s a snippet:
They continued: “Those of inherent privilege are endowed by their creator with special status; the rest can soak.”
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Per the link, they haven’t yet identified the aspiring Klansman.