March, 2026 archive
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Sam talks with David Bier about how the Supreme Supremacist Court green lit racial profiling.
A Picture Is Worth 0
The American Stasi meets Non Sequitur.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
When you are involved in a dispute over proper behavior, be sure to settle it with your politeness.
We are a broken society.
War and Mongers of War 0
Susan Estrich thinks Donald Trump has some ‘splainin’ to do. She notes that
Follow the link for the reasoning behind that remark.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
I’m a Southern boy.
I grew up under Jim Crow and attended segregated schools.
I remember my Daddy making sure he paid his poll taxes.
I know racism when I see it.
This is racism, pure and simeple.
American Stasi 0
Farron discusses how ICE agents were recorded trying to cook up false charges against a protestor.
A Coping Mechanism 0
Judith Orloff has some suggestions which methinks might be helpful for dealing with Trump and the Trumpettes.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A trustworthy advisor? According to El Reg, not hardly. It reports that (emphasis added):
“Even a single interaction with sycophantic AI reduced participants’ willingness to take responsibility and repair interpersonal conflicts, while increasing their own conviction that they were right,” the researchers explained. “Yet despite distorting judgment, sycophantic models were trusted and preferred.”
A Trumpled Nation 0
Carlos Lozada takes a look at the damage the Trump maladministration is doing to America’s global standing and is less than sanguine. A snippet:
Follow the link for context.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Another osymoronic “responsible gun owner” performs a random act of politeness.
We are a broken society.
The America Worst Award 0
Seth lampoons Squeaker of the House Mike Johnson for creating a made-up award for being Donald Trump.
Spin City 0
At SFgate, Erin Rode explores how the right-wing media machine turned a nothing-burger into the conservative* cause celebre.
The topic of the piece is a bridge designed to allow wild animals, including endangered species, to safely cross a busy highway, a project which is slightly behind schedule and slightly over-budget, something that never ever happens with big, years-long projects except when it does.
Rode traces how the events, all of which had been reported as they happened, were repackaged, tied with a bow, and turned into fodder for the wing-nut rage machine.
Here’s a tiny bit, describing one of the outcomes of this process:
It is an inside look into the workings of the right-wing hate factory.
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*And, yes, I know they are not “conservative” in any traditional sense. They are somewhere between reactionary (as in back to 1859) and anarchistic.