April, 2025 archive
Vaccine Nation 0
Ron Fournier is the father of a fully functional son who is on the autism spectrum and a member of the board of the Autism Alliance of Michigan. At the Detroit Free Press, he–er–expresses some skepticism as to RFK Jr.’s intent to conduct “studies” to blame autism on vaccines. Here’s tiny bit of his article; the whole piece is worth a read:
What I’m not OK with: President Donald Trump and his Health and Human Services Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., spending taxpayers’ money on phony studies with rigged outcomes to support their conspiracy theories ? or with RFK’s plans to reportedly pursue those studies by collecting Americans’ private health data.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes’* 0
From the Washington Monthly:
Instead, the economy slows. Budgets collapse. Investors are spooked. Core services erode. Even allies defect. By the end, voters—many of whom once cheered the project—recoil . . . .
No, Nate Weisberg is not talking about Donald Trump in that passage. Rather, he’s hearing a rhyme from a decade ago. Follow the link to find out who he refers to.
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*Mark Twain.
Did Trickle-On Economics Give Us Trump? 0
Robert Reich looks at what led to Trump.
The Rule of Lawless 0
Field argues that we must remain vigilant as the Trump maladministrationn seeks to (further) undermine the rule of law.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
The dialog: The daughter of a London bus driver?
The closed caption: The daughter of Alinda Masdrayva?
The stupid: Mind-boggling.
Vaccine Nation on the Disinformation Superhighway 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Dr. Thomas R. Verny points out that “(s)ome people spread disinformation meant to erode the public’s confidence in medicine” and offers suggestions to avoid being taken in. Here’s one of them; follow the link for the rest.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
“Woke”? Not if today’s Republican Party gets its way.
Via Boston.com, Republicans are now opposing efforts to remove bigotry and racism from AI.
The Republican Thought Police 0
The Republican Thought Police have deployed a new unit: The Establishmentarian Thought Police.
“Judge Not, Lest Ye Be Judged” 0
Somehow, I can’t help thinking that that is the intended message here.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Rick Strom looks behind the curtain and explains it all in one simple sentence.
Because you are not a white person who is from this country, you are a target.
Watch the full clip for context:
America’s original sin of chattel slavery and the myth of racial superiority manufactured to justify it continue to poison our polity.
The Secretary of Indefensible 0
At El Reg, Jessica Lyons takes a deep dive into “signalgate” and concludes that,
(i)f creating a culture of security is the goal, America is screwed.
Follow the link for her reasoning.
Republican Family Values 0
Michael in Norfolk decodes de code.