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Too Stupid for Words category archive

Fly the Fiendly Skies 0

They get fiendlier every day.

We are a society of stupid.

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“The Big White Lines” 0

Sam and the crew find themselves somewhat taken aback by a Louisiana legislator’s bill to ban contrails (or, to use wingnut conspiracy lingo, “chem trails”).

The stupid. It burns.

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Devolution 0

Apparently, there is a growing group of supposedly educated persons who don’t believe in the existence of germs. (I’m certain that the germs just can’t wait to make their acquaintance.)

We are a society of stupider.

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The Medicine Show 0

RFK Jr. swimming in polluted Rock Creek says,

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Devolution 0

Title:  The March of Science.  Image:  RFK Jr. kicking a scientist off a cliff.

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Fly the Fiendly Skies 0

They get fiendlier every day.

I’m so old, I can remember when traveling via airline was fun.

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Our Society Is in Decay 0

Exhibit One: Florida Man.

Afterthought:

I don’t think it’s much of a stretch to posit that today’s Republican Party has abandoned the concept of “promoting the general welfare.”

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The Casting Grouch 0

The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini thinks he knows why Donald Trump is filling his maladministration with unqualified Fox News personalities. Here’s a bit of his theory:

Trump doesn’t seem to think of his job as putting together a government, but as auditioning actors to play bit parts in the televised extravaganza of which he is the star.

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A Man-Boy and His Toy Box 0

Or you can read the transcript.

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The Sword of Dummycles 0

It turns out that the Force wasn’t actually with him.

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Cheese Struck 0

Florida Woman.

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The Dolly Parting 0

Seth takes a closer look at Donald Trump’s becoming obsessed with the idea that children only need one or two dolls as a response to his tariffs leading to higher costs and shortages.

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The New Isolationism 0

By imposing his tariffs, Trump is, for all practical purposes, putting the United States behind a self-imposed isolationist blockade.

Michael in Norfolk runs the numbers. A snippet:

For now, the worse impacts are on the West Coast ports where traffic is down an estimated 35% with further declines likely to come.

Because isolationism worked so well the last time . . . .

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The Dickens You Say! 0

Florida Man.

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Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0

Capable of scuttling a legitimate research project because, though the intelligence may be artificial, the stupid is real?

Darn tootin’.

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The Secretary of Indefensible 0

At El Reg, Jessica Lyons takes a deep dive into “signalgate” and concludes that,

(i)f creating a culture of security is the goal, America is screwed.

Follow the link for her reasoning.

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The ICE Man Woman Cometh 0

FLorida Woman.

(With apologies to Eugene O’Neill.)

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If It Walks like a Duck Quack . . . . 0

Via C&L, which has commentary.

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Bare Naked Ladies 0

Virginia State SealEvery time I think this country can’t get stupider, by heavens! it goes and proves me wrong. (Additional stupid at the link.)

A school district in Texas has removed information about Virginia from its online learning platform because of the exposed breast on the commonwealth’s flag and seal.

Words fail me.

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Vaccine Nation 0

RFK Jr. as a woodpecker pecking holes in a wooden dam labeled

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