2025 archive
War and Mongers of War 0
At Above the Law, Mark Hermann isn’t buying the Trump maladministration’s rationale–irrationale would be more like it–for attacking Venezuelan fishing boats on the open sea. Here’s a tiny bit of his post:
Go read the rest.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Ruben Navarrette looks at Donald Trump’s statements about Somali immigrants and hears a rhyme. A snippet:
Donald Trump took another path, opting instead to channel George Wallace, David Duke and Archie Bunker.
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*Mark Twain.
Unintended Consequences 0
As I have mentioned before, my professor of the early federal period during my one year of grad school, Dr. Bill Shade, was fond of saying, “History is irony.”
Thos points out a rather delightful irony.
Aside:
I dropped out of grad school without getting my masters and with having realized that a career in academia was not for me.
I landed in a very satisfying career as a corporate trainer, I do not regret the year I spent in grad school (if nothing else, I got to take a class from Bill Shade), but driving home in the UHaul with the few bits of furniture from my basement apartment after dropping out was one of the two times in my life that I literally felt a weight lift from my shoulders.
Teaching persons how to do their jobs turned out to be a very rewarding occupation.
Twits on Twitter X Offenders
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Who woulds thunk?
Elon Musk is propagating prejudiced political prevarications on Xitter.
One more time, “social” media isn’t.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
When cliches come to life . . . .
Yes, he shot himself in the foot while playing with a portable phallus.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid.
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.
Echoes of Immorality 0
Does this article remind you of anyone in the news?
Stray Thought 0
Plato posited a philosopher king.
We opted for a philanderer king.
American Stasi 0
Mary Trump follows the money.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
The writer of a letter to the editor of the Bangor Daily News hears a rhyme from slightly over two decades ago.
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*Mark Twain.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Once again, politeness becomes child’s play.
Once again, we are reminded that “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Jim Jones, writing at the Idaho State Journal, notices a pattern (emphasis added).
The 19 countries targeted were identified in a proclamation issued by Trump in June. They are all poor countries with non-white populations. Although Trump characterizes them as being potentially harmful to “Americans or our national interests,” none of them are in a position to pose a credible threat to the United States. Of interest is the fact that several nations not on the list do have substantial lucrative business relationships with the Trump family and have been at odds with America’s national interests.
Read his entire piece for context.