January, 2025 archive
A Bum Steer 0
A Tesla on “auto-pilot” goes off on track.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
When your roommate comes home, greet him with politeness.
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.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
In the midst of a long article about how the next few years are likely to be–er–difficult, the Rude One presents what methinks is an apt description of the current who-shot-John over H1B visas in the Republican Party:
Meta: Sidebar 0
I have removed Yellowdoggranny from the sidebar as her site seems to gone dormant.
Yeah, I know.
Who pays attention to sidebars these days?
Dis Coarse Discourse on the Disinformation Superhighway 0
Steve M. parses how the right-wing spin cycle transforms “missing information” into “misinformation.” A snippet (emphasis added):
Follow the link for evidence.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
David dissects the racism and bigotry underlying the choice by Donald Trump and his dupes, symps, and fellow travelers to blame the New Orleans Bourbon Street attack on immigrants when, in fact, said attack was perpetrated by an American-born American military veteran. Methinks his reasoning to be spot on. (Warning: Short promo at the end.)
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
A “responsible gun owner” chose to show politeness to passers-by.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
From the you-can’t-make-this-stuff-up files: A member of the New Secesh laments having to give up freedom of screech.
We are a broken polity.
Republican Family Values 0
Statistics would seem to indicate that “To the moon, Alice!” is a Republican family value.
(With apologies to The Honeymooners.)
Courting Disaster, One Thing Is Not Like the Other Thing Dept. 0
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice dissects Supreme Supremacist Court Chief Justice John Roberts’s misdirection play.
The Climates They Are a-Changing 0
Speaking of tipping points . . . .
Facebook Makes Plans To Become Fakebook As If It Weren’t Already 0
The ‘intelligence” may be artificial, but the stupid is real.