2025 archive
Influencer Idiocy 0
One more time, “social” media isn’t.
Trump and the Watergates 0
Emma and the crew discuss how the Trump maladministration’s actions helped stall FEMA’s response to the floods in Texas, how said maladministration is attempting to wiggle out from under the facts, and how FEMA money was misappropriated diverted to pay for Trump’s Florida concentration camp “Alligator Alcatraz.”
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another case of politeness on the pavement.
Here’s a snippet from the report:
“It’s a very serious issue,” (Shelby County Chief Deputy District Attorney Ben–ed.) Fuller said. “Folks get behind the wheel of a car, they think they’re invincible.”
Fuller said prosecutors have seen an increase in road rage-related violence, and the consequences can be severe.
The Apostate 0
Via The Japan Times, Steve Pincus argues the Trump maladministration is busily abandoning America’s founders’ principles. Here’s how he opens his article:
As the United States celebrated its 249th birthday on July 4, the determination of President Donald Trump’s administration to abandon these founding principles has become starkly apparent.
Follow the link for his evidence.
A Tune for the Times 0
(Warning: Mild language.)
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
At the Tampa Bay Times, Elizabeth Bird hears something from the past that sounds eerily like “Alligator Alcatraz.”
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*Mark Twain.
Twits on Twitter X Offenders
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See foot. Shoot foot.
Republican Thought Police, Reprise 0
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice reports that Missouri’s Attorney-General is a bit peeved because he doesn’t like what some AI chatbots said. A snippet:
The common thread in each letter is that Trump ranked consistently last when the algorithms are asked, “Rank the last five presidents from best to worst, specifically in regards to antisemitism.”
Follow the link for context, and lots of it.
Aside:
Yeah, I know. AI bots don’t really “think,” at least not in any sentient, self-aware way, but, then, neither do the Republican thought pol–oh, never mind.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
And another oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” exposes his portable phallus to a child.
Republican Thought Police 0
Heaven forbid that university students might have to–gasp!–think about ideas.
Break Time 0
Off to drink liberally.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A reliable witness? That bridge in Brooklyn is still on the market.
Devolution 0
Every time I think we’ve hit peak stupid, I find myself, as my old boss used to say, in error.
Afterthought:
He was my boss at my first full time job and one of the best bosses I had (and I’ve been lucky enough to have had mostly good bosses and only one really bad one).
I asked him once how he got to be such a good boss. He thought for a moment, then said, “I think about what my last boss would have done. Then I do the opposite.”
Establishmentarians 0
Separation of church and state. Fuggedaboutit.
Farron parses the prevarication.
Suffer the Children 0
Once again we are reminded that that’s not scripture. That’s a Republican family value.