Too Venal for Words category archive
The Electric (Car) Bugaloo 0
Nikolai Tesla must be rolling over in his grave with embarrassment to have his name associated with this outfit.
“Vengeance Is Ours,” Saith Republicans 0
At The Colorado Sun, Mike Littwin tries to make sense of the nonsensical. A snippet:
So why the official inquiry? Let’s go with the two most obvious reasons. One, because Donald Trump wants it. Two, because Johnson and his team, who can’t seem to do much of anything else, including passing bills to aid an embattled ally fighting off the Russians, felt they had to do something to justify their phoney-baloney jobs.
(Missing link found.)
The Crypto Con 0
Michael Hiltzik, a columnist for the Los Angeles Times, has had enough.
Follow the link for his reasoning.
Argle Bargle 0
At Above the Law, Liz Dye looks at the latest I-guess-you-have-to-call-them arguments and tries to make sense out of the senseless. What it boils down to, natch, is attempting to use the law to argue that Donald Trump is exempt from the law.
A sample:
The Carnappers 0
Persons in Philly who overstay their metered parking by the teeniest bit are now getting barnacle bills.
Facebook Frolics 0
A Tennessee police department found out the hard way that, even though a frolicker posts something stupid and disrespectful and insipid, it ain’t inherently a crime.
We are becoming an uncivil society. And “social” media is accelerating our desce–oh, never mind.
Disorder in the Court 0
It’s enough to make you gagged.
Motion Sickness 0
At Above the Law, Liz Dye catalogs the crazy in three motions Donald Trump’s attorneys filed with the D. C. federal court in his election interference case.
Spoiling the System 0
Lindsay M. Chervinsky looks at Donald Trump’s plans to effectively destroy the civil service and replace career civil servants with his dupes, symps, and fellow travelers.
Much more at the link.
Republican Thought Police 0
Afterthought:
Many years ago, when I was a young ‘un just a couple of years into my first real job (as opposed to summer jobs), my then girl friend and I had occasion to visit an apartment occupied by two young men.
I remember that she was rather taken aback when she saw that there was only one bed in the apartment.
But, really, they were just being who they were, and they were harming nobody.
Who does it harm to just let let persons be who they are in the privacy of their own homes?
As an aside, I can attest that no marriage of mine has ever been harmed by anything that happened in a same sex bedroom.
Flying the Fiendlier Skies 0
Robert Reich explores why traveling by airline has become so unpleasant. He lists five reasons; here’s one of them (emphasis in the original):
While their jobs have become more difficult, many flight attendants haven’t had a raise in years.
And a lot of their hardest work is totally unpaid, because most flight attendants don’t get paid during the boarding process. They’re off the clock until the plane’s doors close.
And if the flight is delayed, those are often extra hours for no extra money.
Again, this mirrors trends in the overall economy, where too many workers are pushed into unpaid overtime or made to do work or be on call during their off hours.
Follow the link for a detailed exploration of the other four.
Republican Family Values 0
Suffer the children appears to be a Republican Family Value.
Selling Snake Oil on the Disinformation Superhighway 0
Rebecca Watson parses the piffle.
or you can read the transcript.
And, while touring the Disinformation Superhighway . . . .