Too Venal for Words category archive
The Rule of Flaw 0
A Solomonic ruling rooted in Cannon law.
Vaccine Nation 0
At the Des Moines Register, Kimberly Witt remembers her mother’s struggles with polio when she was still a child, before the vaccine existed. She fears that Donald Trump and RFK Jr. will bring those days back.
Here’s tiny piece from her article:
“I was at the top of the stairs crying, and my parents had to carry me down,” my mom recalls. They took her to the doctor where she was diagnosed with paralytic polio.
Kashing It In 0
Mrs. Betty Bowers looks into why Donald Trump wants Kash Patel to run the FBI.
Above the Law 0
Methinks my old Philly DL friend Noz makes some telling points.
Vaccine Nation 0
As ye sow, so shall ye reap.
Health Care Schmealth Care, Reprise 0
More evidence that it’s all about the Benjamins: Elisabeth Rosenthal dissects the relabeling scam.
A Consummation Devoutly To Be Wished . . . 0
. . . for he was well and truly hoist on his own petard.
Cabinet of Horrors 0
Michael in Norfolk looks at who Trump has announced as nominees for his cabinet positions and argues that anyone who is surprised at them hasn’t been paying attention.
Vaccine Nation, Science Schmience Dept. 0
Steven M. is not sanguine, as he hears more Republicans seem to say
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“Herd immunity.”
Choosing the Dark Side 0
The Washington Post’s slogan is “Democracy dies in darkness.”
The same newspaper that once famously shined a light on the misconduct of Richard Nixon has chosen not to endorse a candidate for president (or, to put it another way, has chosen to go dark) in what might be the most important election since 1860.
Dick Polman offers some thoughts as to why the Post has chosen darkness.
I commend them to your attention.
What’s in a Word? 0
Above the Law’s Joe Patrice reminds us, well, actually, a definition.
It’s All about Baiting the Clicks 0
The Charlotte Observer reports that the whirlwind of lies about the whirlwind appearing on “social” media are seriously interfering with attempts to help victims of the storm. A snippet:
“Those are not true,” Govus said, replying to a question from The Charlotte Observer and The (Raleigh) News & Observer during her county’s daily Helene disaster-response news conference on Zoom.
“And those hurt, because … we have to redivert resources and make sure that our emergency personnel check that off the list. And it may be the fourth time that we’ve done that.
One more time, “social” media isn’t.