August, 2025 archive
Demeaning of Life 0
Bob Molinaro, sportswriter extraordinaire:
“We’re Looking at an Administration . . . that Does Not Obey Laws” 0
Thom talks with Malcolm Nance about how Trump’s deploying American troops against Americans violates the law. The relevant portion of the video starts at about the five minute mark; the first part of the video ia about the Trump-Putin meeting. (Warning: Commercial at about the 3 1/2 minute mark.)
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Over at The Rectification of Names, Yastreblyansky hears a rhyme all the way from Rome.
And here’s a bonus rhyme.
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*Mark Twain.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” exposes a portable phallus to a child.
American Stasi 0
Honest to Pete, you couldn’t make this stuff up.
Break Time 0
Off to drink liberally.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
It would seem that yet another oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” has performed a random act of politeness.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Thom talks with Kymone Freeman about Trump’s military occupation of the District of Columbia. (Warning: Short commercial at about the three-minute mark.)
The Control Freak 0
Via the Charlotte Observer, the Kansas City Star’s Melinda Hennenberger offers what methinks is a simple lens through which to view the actions of the Trump maladministration. Here’s a tiny bit from her article:
Fly the Fiendly Skies 0
Boy, am I glad my days of stepping on airplanes every other month are so are behind me.
American Stasi 0
Via WHYY, my old NPR station, Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner looks at Donald Trump’s military occupation of the District of Columbia and explains why I have trouble sleeping some nights:
Suffer the Children 0
One more time, that’s not scripture. That’s a Republican family value.