March, 2025 archive
Republican Family Values 0
Yet more evidence that mean for the sake of mean is a Republican family value.
Lies and Lying Liars 0
David dissects Elon Musk’s lies, at least, the ones he told in this interview. (Warning: Short promo at the end.)
Afterthought:
The sad–and frightening–thing is, I think Musk believes his lies, because he wants them to be truths, just as some persons believe the Confederacy was a noble cause and slaveholders were indeed the “Southern gentlemen” they fancied themselves to be.
Size the Day 0
PoliticalProf decodes de code.
QOTD 0
Alexis de Tocqueville:
Those that despise people will never get the best out of others and themselves.
The Business of America Is Giving America the Business 0
Now we know what happens when you run ruin the government like a business.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
It’s probably not a good idea to take your portable phallus to bed along with your “female friend.”
That’s a threesome that may not turn out well.
The man, who has not been identified, was “grazed in his top left thigh,” police said.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.
False Flag 0
At the Des Moines Register, U. of Iowa professor Elizabeth Heineman makes a strong case that, while the Trump maladministration is claiming to “fight antisemitism,” it’s actually doing something quite different. Here’s a bit from her article (emphasis added):
Otter Nonsense 0
From my brother on Virginia’s Northern Neck.
Sauce for the Goose? 0
The Rude One responds, How about some sauce for the gander?
“This Fact-Starved Environment” 0
David talks with Bill Adair, Professor of Journalism and Public Policy at Duke University and founder of the fact-checking site PolitiFact, about the proliferation of lies and lying liars and about news media’s refusal failure to call them out.
This is truly a worthwhile listen.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Self-politeness is the politest kind.
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.
