September, 2025 archive
Suffer the Children 0
We are again reminded that that is not scripture. That is a Republican family value.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
At the Washington Monthly, Richard D. Kahlenberg peers behind the sheets of a recent action of the Trump maladministration and concludes that
Trump’s new enemy appears to be racial diversity itself . . . .
Follow the link to find out why he reached that conclusion.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
More politeness on the pavement.
As a society, we seem to have decided that poisoning ourselves with lead is just hunky-dory.
Stray Thought 0
I’m starting to wonder which is worse: being the citizen of a rogue nation or being the citizen of a laughingstock nation.
Free Trumpled Speech, One More Time
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Ring of Fire looks at Donald Trump’s campaign to silence anyone who criticizes him. (Warning: Mild language.)
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
At the Detroit Free-Press, Randy Essex reminds us that
He goes on to argue that this, well, let’s call it “Southern Strategy,” is still being pursued and that Donald Trump’s bogus claims that cities are rife with crime (which is Trumpian code for “full of black and brown persons”) is an updated tactic of said “Southern Strategy.”
I commend his article to your attention.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Sycophantic? Well, what do you want it to say to that?
Along those lines, check out Harry Shearer’s report on AI in this week’s episode of Le Show. The relevant portion starts at 39:38.
Free Trumpled Speech, Reprise
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Seth takes a closer look at Donald Trump’s efforts to unfree speech.
The Medicine Show 0
Whitney Coulson debunks de bunk from the quacks in the Trump maladministration. The gist:
Autism is not caused by parenting, vaccines, or medications like Tylenol.
Follow the link for context.
Pattern Recognition 0
Does this list, taken from an article by Alli Spotts-De Lazzer at Psychology Today Blogs, remind you of anyone?
- Inflated self-importance, even when their accomplishments don’t back that up
- Constant hunger for attention and admiration
- Insistence that their way wins
- Exploitation in relationships, meaning using others, whether through manipulation, boundary-pushing, or taking advantage of generosity
- A lack of awareness or care about how their actions affect people
- A level of arrogance, envy, or haughtiness that’s far outside the norm (sometimes loud and obvious, sometimes subtle and covert)
Follow the link to find out the topic of her article.
The Bagmen 0
Sam and the crew follow the money and decode de code.
Aside:
This is what can happen when you think the government should be run like a business.
The Politics of Tantrum 0
In an article about Donald Trump’s war on late night comedians, Mike Littewin asks what methinks is a quite valide question:
Follow the link for his thoughts on the matter.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Another oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” exposes his portable phallus to a toddler.
We are society of stupid.