Too Stupid for Words category archive
Patriot Gamers 0
David points out that Marjorie Taylor Greene seems–er–somewhat confused about historical facts.
I trained as an historian. History matters. History is how we got to be where we are.
Those who distort history distort (and disdain) truth.
Lab Leak Lunacy 0
Rebecca Watson explores the susceptibility of some to the COVID “lab leak” theory, which is supported by zero evidence whatsoever, and what that theory’s persistence portends for the polity. Her analysis motivates one to be less than sanguine about the sagacity of the susceptible. (Warning: Mild language.)
If you prefer, you can read the transcript.
Afterthought:
We are becoming a nation unmoored from factual reality.
Fly the Fiendly Skies 0
Just when you think they can’t get any fiendlier, they go ane prove you wrong.
Originalist Sin 0
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice analyzes the acrobatics.
Fly the Fiendly Skies . . . 0
. . . where movies come to life.
Candy Crushed 0
I think I have expressed before in these electrons my skepticism as to the benefits of legalized on-line gambling.
Barnum was wrong.
There’s more than one born every minute.
Tales of the Trumpling* 0
The Arizona Republic’s Laurie Roberts writes of a thoroughly Trumpled political party.
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*And I had so hoped I’d never see cause to use this title again . . . .
A Tune for the Times 0
Mangy puts a Trump rally to music.
A Pillow of the Community 0
Sam and the crew are somewhat taken aback to find that RNC co-chair Lara Trump is shilling for My Pillow.
Just when you think that our society of stupid can’t get any stupider, it up and proves you to be, as my old boss* used to say, in error.
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*He was my first boss at a full-time job and he was very easy to work for because he was a skillful boss.
I once asked him how he got to be such a good boss. He paused for a minute, then said, “I think about what my first boss would have done. Then I do the opposite.”
Republican Thought Police 0
At AL.com, John Archibald looks at a bill currently being deliberated (I use that term very loosely) by the Alabama legislature (another term I use very loosely) and wonders
Could a librarian be arrested for shelving the Bible where minors can find it?
Follow the link to see what led him to ask such a question.
