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Suffer the Children, Vaccine Nation Dept. 0

One more time, “suffer the children” is not scripture. It’s a Republican family value.

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Facebook Frolics 0

Fabricated frolics.

And, in more news of Facebook Frolics, some failed frolics.

One more time, “social” media isn’t.

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DOGE Bull 0

Ring of Fire discusses a whistleblower’s report that DOGE compromised almost every living American’s social security number by uploading them to the cloud.

Afterthought:

Just because someone knows how to make computers dance jigs, it doesn’t mean he or she knows how stuff works in the bigger wider world.

Q. E. D.

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The Crypto Con Artists 0

Emma talks with Molly White, crypto and tech industry researcher, about the Trump family’s participation in the crypto con and about the larger con that is crypto.

You can visit Molly White’s website.

Aside:

Emma uses the phrase “cryto industry.” I guess, if an industry can be based on thin air and maintained by wishful thinking, that might be a valid phras–oh, never mind.

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Vaccine Nation 0

Mike Littwin finds it alarming that we lack a vaccine against willful. malicious stupidity.

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Vaccine Nation 0

Rebecca Watson looks at how anti-vax lies led to a mass shooting in Atlanta.

Or you can read the transcript.

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Suffer the Children 0

In Lawrence County, Tennessee, it’s now against the rules for students to miss school because they are sick.

Under this policy, when I had measles (it was before the measles vaccine, when I was in the fourth grade, not after RFK Jr.), I could have been “referred to” the court for being home sick with a fever, for Pete’s sake.

We are a society in regress.

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Retaliation Nation 0

Law firm to associate:

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Hooked on Speed 0

Florida Man.

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Suffer the Children 0

As we know, that’s not scripture. That’s Republican policy: Nathaniel Ross Kelly, who ran an orphanage in Sudan for five years, writes of the how the Trump maladministration’s decision to destroy USAID is likely to affect needy children arouond the world.

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The Efficiency Expert 0

In the midst of a flood, Elon Musk holds a chain saw labeled

Via Job’s Anger.

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More Mean for the Sake of Mean 0

Florida Man.

I’ve been to Florida in the summer a number of times.

Words fail me.

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The Crypto Con 0

David Shuster discusses how the Trump maladministration is going all in on the ultimate fiat currency, which is based on nothing and guaranteed by no one.

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Republican Family Values 0

As we know, “suffer the children” is a Republican family value.

Donald Trump says to a group of school children,

Click for the original image and the artist’s comments.

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The Crypto Con 0

At the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Dennis Jett explores the Trump family’s affection for the crypto con. A snippet:

The fundamental problem with crypto is that it has no intrinsic value. It is not a precious metal or a share of a company. An official currency has value because the government issuing it supposedly guarantees it (until it doesn’t). Nothing stands behind the value of crypto except the mob psychology of the market which can be driven by anything from war to Elon Musk’s last tweet.

Follow the link for his reasoning.

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Running the Government like a Business 0

Apparently, Donald Trump thinks that he has the power to sell U. S. residency and maybe even citizenship to the highest bidder.

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The Status Report 0

Frame One:  Picture of Donald Trump surrounded by flames captioned,

Click to view the original image.

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Fly the Fiendly Skies 0

They get fiendlier every day.

We are a society of stupid.

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Vaccine Nation 0

At the Sacramento Bee, Richard Pan looks at RFK Jr.’s record at HHS and concludes that it–er–does not inspire confidence.

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The Medicine Show, Reprise 0

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