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2025 archive

A Tune for the Times 0

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Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0

A successor to Shakespeare? To be or not to cumquat, that is the merchant of the tempest.

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The Privatization Scam 0

And it is a scam.

It’s Robin Hood in reverse.

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“We’re Just Following Orders” 0

The post title is quote from an ICE agent caught in the video.

Where have we heard that excuse before?

Oh, yeah.

Why do I find no comfort in that realization?

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Republican Family Values 0

As we know, “suffer the children” is a Republican family value.

Donald Trump says to a group of school children,

Click for the original image and the artist’s comments.

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Understanding MAGA, Reprise 0

Via the Sacramento Bee, Claude S. Fisher explains why Trump and the Trumpettes want to roll back the clock to the 1950s–or at least to their whitewashed ideas of what the ’50s were like.

I think you will find it a worthwhile read.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

And, as we know, politeness takes practice.

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QOTD 0

Catherine of Siena:

The poison of selfishness destroys the world.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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Understanding MAGA 0

Methinks this article may help.

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A Trumpled Poem 0

Donald Trump is rewriting The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus. Here’s an early draft:

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Have Cake, Eat It Too, Republican Family Values Dept. 0

Farrno deciphers the duplicity.

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Suffer the Children 0

One more time, that’s not scripture.

That’s Republican policy.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

You too can join in the fun and win a portable phallus.

Afterthought:

You do know that the whole NRA-style Second Amendment fetish isn’t about “the right to bear arms,” and it’s certainly not about “a well-regulated militia.”

It’s all about the Benjamins.

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“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0

Michael in Norfolk hears a rhyme from the Rhineland.

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*Mark Twain.

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QOTD 0

Jackie Robinson:

There’s not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.

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A Tune for the Times 0

Warning: Mild language.

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All the News that Fits 0

Above the Law reports that Donald Trump’s personal attorney has threatened to sue news outlets for reporting, well, news.

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The Art of the Con, Reprise 0

Woman:  You're selling cryptocurrency, bibles, sneakers, digatal tokens, and now phones.  Aren't you supposed to be running the country.  Trump:  Being President is just my side hustle.

Via Job’s Anger.

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“Right Now, the Enemy Is Domestic” 0

From the Youtube page:

The drummer of the hardcore heavy metal band Claymore TX, who is also a combat veteran, went on a fiery rant denouncing Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration and the cruelty being inflicted on immigrant communities across the country, proving once again that there are plenty of people from all walks of life willing to unite to protect the people that actually make our country great. Rick Strom breaks it down.

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