March, 2025 archive
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Robert Reich hears a rhyme. Here’s the opening couplet:
Next, subdue the courts by ignoring or threatening to ignore court rulings you disagree with.
Follow the link. The verse gets worse.
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*Mark Twain.
The Disinformation Superhighway 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Gina Simmons Schneider reminds us that
Follow the link for some tools and techniques to protect yourself from poison on the disinformation superhighway.
The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy 0
After years of warning us that the federal government cannot be trusted, the right-wing and the Republican Party have succeeded in giving us . . .
. . . a federal government that cannot be trusted.
Market Farces, Reprise 0
David points out that, “(n)o matter what MAGA tells you, not buying a Tesla is not ‘cancel culture,’ it’s capitalism.” (Warning: Short promo at the end.)
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” exposes toddlers to politeness.
Authorities didn’t describe the extent of the toddler’s injuries but said they’re expected to be OK, WSB-TV reported. So far, no charges have been filed.
Thus passeth another day in gun nut Garden of Eden.
Break Time 0
Off to drink liberally.
Establishmentarians 0
At Al.com, John Archibald notes that an Alabama legislator has offered a bill requiring public schools to start their day with a Christian prayer or risk losing a portion of their funding.
Archibald goes on to offer a prayer for said legislators, one which methinks is spot on.
I commend it to your attention.
Republican Family Values 0
At the Portland Press-Herald, Victoria Hugo-Vidal argues forcefully that the current who-shot-john over trans athletes competing in girls’ sports is all about mean for the sake of mean.
Follow the link for her reasoning.
Suffer the Children 0
That’s not scripture. That’s Republican policy. (Warning: Mild language.)
Read the news report that Farron is discussing.
Market Farces 0
The Rule of Lawless 0
The PIttsburgh Post-Gazette’s Gene Collier is not sanguine. A snippet; follow the link for the complete article.
A Matter of Principle 0
Tom Hilton tries to figure out why Trump thinks he can just take (parts of) other countries (think Canada and Greenland) because he wants to. Methinks he may be onto something. Here’s a tiny bit from his piece:
This absence is at the core of Trump’s worldview. When he talks about American “ownership” of Greenland*, he thinks of it as like buying a property to develop, and Denmark saying no is just a business negotiation. And maybe we have to play hardball, like you do in business, but really this would all be easier if we could just agree on a price.
And when Putin invaded Ukraine it can’t have been a violation of any principle of international relations because there isn’t any such principle.
Stray Thought 0
If yesterday’s didn’t, maybe this article will remind you of someone–maybe several someones–in the news.