2025 archive
A Tune for the Times 0
Warning: Short promo at about the one minute mark.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Sexist as all get-out? You can bet your subscription to Hustler on it.
The Rule of Lawless 0
It appears that Donald Trump believes that “freedom of the press” should be subordinate to “fee-fees of the president.”
Vaccine Nation 0
Emma and the crew discuss how anti-VAX lies endanger public health the public’s health.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
If you must complain to your child’s teacher, be sure to do so with politeness.
We are a society of stupid.
Defensive Driving on the Disinformation Superhighway 0
Sam Goldstein, writing at Psychology Today Blogs, offers some tips.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Clarence Page takes a look at Donald Trump’s recent directive, in which he directed the Republican thought police to assault the Smithsonian Institution for having the unmitigated gall to attempt to portray American history with accuracy. A snippet:
Follow the link for the rest.
Gut Reactions 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Kenneth Barish argues that “(w)e are motivated in our political opinions first by feelings and secondarily by ideas.” I don’t know that I fully agree with him, but, given the increasingly toxic nature of dis coarse discourse, I think his article is well worth a read. Here’s a tiny bit from it:
Disappeared under the Rule of Lawless 0
Emma talks with journalist Prem Trakker about how Trump and ICE are disappearing persons without showing legal cause for doing so and about the implications thereof.
Afterthought:
I do not think it is an exaggeration to fear that, if we continue on this course, we in danger of becoming a police state.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
At The Philadelphia Inquirer, Faye Anderson takes issue with Donald Trump’s attempt to white-wash (I use that term advisedly) America’s history. Here’s a tiny bit from her article; follow the link for her reasoning.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” feels compelled to expose his portable phallus whilst traversing our highways and byways.
Influencer Idiocy 0
The stupid. It burns.
One more time, “social” media isn’t.
Indeed, it incubates idiots and nurtures nutbags.
Reruns 0
Daniel Ruth contends that we’ve seen this show before. Here’s one of the examples he cites; follow the link for the rest.
Denial Is Not Just a River in Egypt 0
It’s what Trump and Musk are trying to do to retirees who want to collect their social security.