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July, 2025 archive

Denial Is Not Just a River in Egypt 0

Republican Elephant stands on the roof of a house engulfed in flood waters saying,

Click for the original image and the artist’s comments.

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Republican Thought Police 0

Sam talks with Elie Mystal about a recent ruling by the Supreme Supremacist Court.

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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.

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“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:

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men hardly are created equal,” wrote the founders of this country.

They continued: “Those of inherent privilege are endowed by their creator with special status; the rest can soak.”

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

Work on the new Nissan Stadium was halted Friday after the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department reported that a noose was found on the construction site.

Per the link, they haven’t yet identified the aspiring Klansman.

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QOTD 0

Rudiger Dornbusch:

The crisis takes a much longer time coming than you think, and then it happens much faster than you would have thought.

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And Now for a Musical Interlude 0

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Republican Thought Police 0

Why educate when you can indoctrinate?

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Responsible Fiscals 0

And this guy’s the state auditor?

Looks to me like he failed the audition.

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The Fall Lineup 0

On television showing

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The Blame Gamers 0

Farron points the many ways in which the self-proclaimed “party of personal responsibility” isn’t.

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The Litterbug 0

He deals in deals out space junk.

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Dis Coarse Discourse 0

At Psychology Today Blogs, Rita Watson explores why calling something “fake news” when in fact it is real factual news pollutes dis coarse discourse and, conversely, why persons fall for “news” that is actually fake. She points out that

(a)s a political strategy, replying ‘fake news’ to questions undermines the truth.

Follow the link for her suggestions as to how distinguish reality from propaganda.

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QOTD 0

Robert X. Cringely:

What you have to watch out for are the theories that claim to be infallible. Because the only way their believers can win is to stomp out everyone who disagrees with them.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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The Outers of the Outed 0

At El Reg, Brandon Vigliarolo, using the recent incident at a Coldplay concert as a springboard, argues that we are living a a surveillance state of our own creation. A snippet:

We have cameras everywhere, our personal data has become one of the most valuable commodities in the world, and we’re all perpetually ready to use that tech to make those we feel have violated the social contract pay publicly for their transgressions.

One more time, “social” media isn’t.

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“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0

Michael in Norfolk tunes into CBS and hears a rhyme.

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*Mark Twain.

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Breathless with Anticipation 0

I just can’t wait until this goes to trial.

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It’s All about the Algorithm 0

In a longer article looking at how hate metastasizes, Steven Stosny includes this fascinating and not at all surprising tidbit:

About nine years ago, I opened two accounts on YouTube. In one, I clicked only on progressive-leaning videos, and only on conservative-leaning videos in the other. The two separate algorithms that brought me videos without searching for them described vastly different worlds. Many videos in the two camps used the same news clips, but gave them starkly different interpretations. These videos were an indication that we don’t disagree about facts so much as interpretations of facts.

The common thread in most of the cultural and political posts sent to me by algorithms has been, you guessed it, hate.

Follow the link for context.

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Fly the Fiendly Skies 0

They get fiendlier every day.

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