2025 archive
Rogue State 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Jim Jones draws upon his own experience in combat during the war in Viet Nam to discuss the Trump maladministration’s overt and willful violations of the rules of war in their campaign against Venezuelan fishing boats.
Just read iit.
Was “Republican Family Values”
Always a Misdirection Play?*
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Thom argues that Republicans have shown that what they value is money, not families.
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*You bet your sweet bippy it was.
The Idiot Box, Dis Coarse Discourse Dept. 0
In case you missed Donald Trump’s televised speech Wednesday night (as I did–I had better things to do, like watching an episode of Midsomer Murders, where the story made sense, and visiting my favorite online forum), the Rude One offers a fine summary of the event.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another child is sacrificed to the NRA’s leaden idol.
Republican Thought Police 0
At the Kansas City Star, Joel Mathis argues cogently that the Republican thought police do not just want to stop students from being “indoctrinated” (something that isn’t happening except in their own warped minds:, they want to stop them from learning. He asks
What good is higher education if it doesn’t broaden a student’s understanding of the world?
Follow the link for the rest of his thoughts on the matter.
The Republican Health Care Plan:
“You’re on Your Own, Buddy”
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Sam and the crew discuss the Republican nothingburger.
Aside:
If you wonder why the Party of the New Secesh is so determined to destroy the Affordable Care Act, dubbed “Obamnacare” by the Republican Party, I think the answer is quite simple.
Barrack Obama is not white.
And he is a Democrat.
Every time the Party of the New Secesh hear the word, “Obamacare”–a word which they coined, mind you–it reminds them that a not-white Democrat crafted a somewhat successful plan to make America’s health care you-can-hardly-call-it-a system a little fairer, and it drives them nuts.
They just want to make it go away.
But that’s just my take.
The Climates They Are a-Changing . . . 0
. . . yet the Trump maladministration thinks it can make climate change go away by not studying weather and climate.
Because, I guess, in Trump world, ignorance is bliss.
This New Gilded Age 0
The Trump maladministration launches plans to stiff national park employees of their honorably-eaarned wages.
The Man Who Would Be King 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Frederick L. Coolidge offers a guide to understanding dictators, autocrats, and bullies. I found it a worthwhile read in these Trumpled times.
Two of his main points in particular reminded me of someone in the news:
- People with personality disorders are often egosyntonic (unbothered) about their own behavior.
- People with personality disorders are also unaware of their effect upon others.
Snakes on a Brain 0
Seth discusses the bizarre story about snakes that Donald Trump told during the White House Christmas reception.