The Rule of Lawless 0
Seth discusses how Republicans have worked to loosen constraints on presidential power enacted after Watergate and how Donald Trump is capitalizing on that.
What Were the Odds? 0
I wonder whether anyone bet on this in those “prediction markets,” because it was pretty much a given.
More at the link.
Vaccine Nation 0
UCon professor Seth C. Kalichman makes a convincing case that RFK Jr. and the Trump maladministration are gaming the numbers to make it appear that the current measles outbreak isn’t. He writes that the issue
The CDC now counts measles deaths using data from the National Center for Health Statistics, a system designed primarily for tracking mortality trends rather than identifying individual deaths. Previously, measles deaths were counted using reports from state and local health officials. The change at the CDC has left deaths officially recognized by state authorities out of the federal tally.
Follow the link for his reasoning.
Suffer the Children 0
One more time, that’s not scripture. That’s a Republican family value.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
The hunt for politeness meets politeness takes practice:
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Investigators said an individual from a nearby property was target shooting and an errant round struck the 38-year-old hunter who was bow hunting in a hard sided ground blind.
When I was a young ‘un, the one time of the year in which we did not shoot at tin cans in the back yard at Pine View Farm was during hunting season, because there might be hunters in them thar woods in the background of that picture at the top of this blog.
So many guns. So much stupid.
American Stasi 0
If they can’t arrest the one they want, they’ll arrest the one they’re with.
QOTD 0
Peter Keleghan, in the voice of Terrence Meyers:
A bully doesn’t pick a fight with a punch. He promotes it with an insult.
Geeking Out 0
Magiea v. 9 with the IceWM window manager. Xclock is in the upper right; GKrellM in the lower right. And, no, I don’t know what city that is, but the wallpaper is from my collection. If you recognize the city, please tell me in the comments.
Republican Thought Police 0
Once again, the Trump maladministration exercises its freedom of repress.
Vaccine Nation 0
The Anti-Vaxxers are getting their way, and the rest of us are paying the price.
(Syntax error fixed.)
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
The hunt for politeness continues.