April, 2025 archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Honest to Betsy, you couldn’t make this stuff up.
Once again, we confront an evidentiary exhibit supporting the case that “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.
Lies and Lying Liars 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Berit Brogaard offers some pointers as to how to spot a liar.
Check it out and see whether it reminds you of anyone you know of,
Vaccine Nation 0
At Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, James Terence Fisher points out that, under RFK Jr., the Department of Health and Human Services is in danger of quacking up. A snippet:
Kennedy hired Geier to conduct yet another “study” of the long-debunked connection between vaccines and autism: a bizarre yet not surprising choice, given his obsession with the non-existent autism-vaccine connection and his two-decade, personally lucrative campaign “to punish those responsible for one of the worst scandals in American history.”
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Bait for the marks? You bet your sweet bippy.
Break Time 0
Off to drink liberally.
The White Waffle House
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Afterthought:
Donald Trump does not have “policies.”
He has whims.
Special Bonus QOTD 0
Chris Potter, in the voice of Det. Sgt. Tom Ryan:
For some fool reason, this made me think of someone in the news.
The Rule of Lawless 0
My old Philly DL friend Noz makes an excellent points about our scofflaw president’s maladministration.
The Frank Diary 0
It don’t get much franker than this.
A Tune for the Times 0
A message from a New Zealander to sane America:
From the Youtube page:
This is what many of us in other countries are feeling about the situation in the US right now. Yes, the Don won, but we know so many of you are as disgusted as we are, and concerned for your country. This song is to encourage you. We see you and know you are not him.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
At the Washington Monthly, Lloyd Green argues that the names of several historical figures rhyme with “Trump.” He lists
Follow the link for his reasoning.
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*Mark Twain.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Farron debunks de bunk that Trump and the Trumpettes spew to justify sending persons who don’t look like them to concentration camps (I do not use that term loosely) in foreign countries.
Trump has succeeded in at least one thing.
He has made me ashamed of being an American.
This New Gilded Age 0
Next on the agenda: Bringing back child labor.
Influencer Idiocy 0
He wanted “likes.”
Deservedly so.
I sometimes fear that the Disinformation Superhighway is speeding us to a society of stupid.