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Twits on Twitter X Offenders 0

Sam listened to Elon Musk “interview” Donald Trump so we don’t have to.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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“But It’s the Only Possible Explanation” 0

At Psychology Today Blogs, Matthew J. Sharps explores some of the factors that lead persons to see conspiracies where none exist. Given the debased state of dis coarse discourse, I find it a timely read. A snippet:

One major answer lies in the concept of apophenia, the detection of patterns which simply do not exist among apparently related phenomena. Although sometimes more random, these patterns are frequently based on our prior frameworks for understanding. There is a related perceptual process, pareidolia, in which meaningful images, especially faces, can turn up where they do not in fact exist. A person might see a smiling face in the two fried eggs (for the eyes) and the bent strip of bacon (for the mouth) on a breakfast plate. Others might see an alien spaceship in the planet Venus (the celestial object most mistaken for a UFO/UAP); and if those individuals have prior beliefs in a flying-saucer-infested world, it may not be too difficult for them to believe in platoons of Federal Klingons at Area 51, or in their free-range counterparts under Mount Shasta.

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Patriot Gamers 0

David Hyde has had enough.

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A Size Matter 0

Trump plane in airport surrounded by on-lookers.  One voice from the plane says,

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At NJ.com, Kevin Manahan has commentary.

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Weird Times, Over and Over Again 0

Title:  The Week in Weird.  Frame One, captioned

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Nor Any Drop To Drink 0

Farron discusses Jordan Chariton’s new book on the Flint water poisoning crisis.

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Stray Thought 0

Today’s Republican Party does not want to govern.

It wants to rule.

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Know Them by the Company They Keep 0

That pretty much sums up what Pete Buttigieg said about J. D. Vance.

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

PoliticalProf hears a rhyme.

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*Mark Twain.

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All the News that Fits 0

Michael in Norfolk find the dissimulation disturbing.

Most troubling, however, is the effort of much of the news media to report on Trump as if he were a sane and normal candidate . . . .

Follow the link to learn why he is troubled.

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A Tune for the Times 0

Mangy anticipates how Republicans will treat Tim Walz.

So far, he pretty much seems to have nailed it.

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Weird Times, Reprise 0

Frame One:  Trump is labeled authoritarian.  Trump says,

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Making Minions 0

At the Idaho State Journal, Leonard Hitchcock looks at why Donald Trump wanted to use an executive order (“Schedule F”) turn civil service jobs over to political appointees who would do his bidding without question. Here’s a bit from his article:

And then there’s a third cause: it turns out that Trump wants to be an autocrat. While president, he was openly envious of the power of the dictators that he met with. And all of his delusions regarding his own superiority have led him to believe that he deserves to have that kind of power.

The Schedule F executive order was a step in that direction. For an autocrat, a government must speak with one voice: that of its ruler.

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Weird Times 0

At the Las Vegas Sun, Robert Elliott argues that “weird” is an inaccurate characterization of today’s Republican Party.

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Nemesis 0

Easel with flip chart reading

Via Job’s Anger.

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A Choice. Not an Echo. 0

Title:  The

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Dialog with the Deity 0

At the Tampa Bay Times, Daniel Ruth has questions for the Creator.

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The Candidates Debase 0

Donald Trump and J. D. Vance say,

Via Job’s Anger.

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A Destructive Force 0

Weathermann pointing to a weathermap showing hurricane Trump, with swirling winds of name-calling, misinformation, and hyperbole.  Weatherman says,

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