March, 2025 archive
Republican Family Values, Meet a Notion of Immigrants 0
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports:
This Wisconsin man voted for Trump. Now his wife sits in an ICE detention center.
Follow the link to learn more about how much Republicans value families.
No Question of Identity 0
Veronika Tait argues that, when persons tell you who they are, you would do well to take them at their word.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Show politeness to your fellow passengers.
(snip)
The investigation revealed that four individuals had arrived at the gas station in a white Mercedes. While inside the vehicle, a rifle was accidentally discharged, resulting in the woman’s injury.
One more time, “accidentally” and “negligently” are not synonyms.
QOTD 0
David Spade, in the voice of Dennis Finch:
People believe anything, no matter how cuckoo, as long it’s what they want to believe.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Qualified to provide medical care? You must be hallucinating, because they most certainly are.
How Republicans Support the Troops, Reprise 0
Today’s Republican Party honors the troops by erasing memories of them . . . .
Cemetery officials confirmed to Task & Purpose that the pages were “unpublished” to meet recent orders by President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth targeting race and gender-related language and policies in the military.
Via Driftglass.
Republican Thought Police 0
Journalism professor Rob Miraldi looks at Donald Trump’s decision to punish the Associated Press for not bending to his will refusing to call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America; he fears that it is but a beginning. Here’s bit from his article:
Trump would not only go after freedom of the press. “Any effort to eliminate freedom of press,” he warns, “is the first step to eliminate freedom of speech.”
Recommended Viewing 0
Black Widow, with Van Heflin, Gene Tierney, George Raft, and Ginger Rogers.
If you can find it, it is well worth a watch. We caught it on Movies.
The Squandering 0
Michael in Norfolk mourns America’s loss of respect and respectability. Here’s a bit:
Methinks he has a point.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Thom decodes de code.
Republican Family Values, Meet a Notion of Immigrants 0
Natch, the result of the meeting is more mean for the sake of mean.