April, 2025 archive
Republican Thought Police 0
David points out that
Silencing dissent doesn’t show strength. It shows fear.
(Warning: Short commercial starts at about the 5 1/2 minute mark.)
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
The editorial board of the Las Vegas Sun hears a rhyee from across the sea, and it’s in Russian.
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*Mark Twain.
RFK Jr. and the Aspersion Syndrome 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, psychology professor Jonathan D. Raskin argues that RFK Jr.’s reckless and misinformed (disinformed?) statements about autism are–er–less than helpful. He writes that the “HHS Secretary’s lack of knowledge about autism places those with autism at risk.”
Raskin goes on to make three main points:
- People on the autism spectrum are best thought of as different, not disordered.
- Autism occurs on a spectrum and most people carrying the diagnosis live productive lives.
- RFK’s characterization of those with autism is dangerous.
Follow the link to learn what Kennedy said that prompted Raskin to write the article and to see a detailed exploration of the points cited above.
Once More into the Breach of Faith 0
At the Kansas City Star, Dean A. Deal comments on the current federal maldaministration’s sewership of approach to the responsibilities of office. A snippet; follow the link for the evidence.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
And, as we know, a polite society is a clean society.
One more time, “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
At the Las Vegas Sun, Haajrah Gilani writes that Americans of Japanese descent see Donald Trump’s treatment of immigrants and hear rhymes of the Japanese internment camps of World War II. Here’s a bit from his article:
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*Mark Twain.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Capable of making stuff up out of thin air? You betcha!
QOTD 0
Keram Malicki-Sánchez, in the voice of Lyn Moncrief:
There’s a great deal to be learned from the mistakes of others.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
If you have a dispute with your neighbors, be sure to settle it with politeness.
A Notion of Immigrants, Catch-22 Dept. 0
He went for a walk, got lost, got arrested by ICE, was incarcerated for over a week, and nearly got deported exiled.
ICE claimed that he did not have “proper immigration documents.”
Not being an immigrant, of course he didn’t.
Catch-22.
It’s the best catch there is.
You can read the full news report here.
(Broken link fixed.)
DOGE Bull 0
See the news report Farron discusses.
Afterthought:
I’ve decoded de code.
DOGE does not stand for “Department of Government Efficiency.”
It stands for “Destroy Our Government Elon.”