May, 2026 archive
Enablers of Epidemics 0
Via The Japan Times, Lisa Jarvis considers the legacy of the Trump maladministration’s and of Elon Musk’s DOGE in the light of a spreading ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Here’s a bit from her article (emphasis added):
While it’s too early to directly blame those cuts for the late detection of the current outbreak, one thing is certain: The decimation of USAID and the U.S.’ exit from the WHO will make containing the spread much more difficult.
Afterthought:
I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that the Trump maladministration and today’s Republican Party do not comprehend the concept of–nor give a tuppence for–the common good.
A Self-Fulfilling Predicament 0
After I read this news item, the one thought that came to my mind was, “Why am I not surprised.”
Republican Thought Police . . . 0
. . . Meet Facebook Frolics.
A Tune for the Times 0
Mangy sings of the dynamics of the Trump maladministration.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another one of those “responsible gun owners” exposes a portable phallus to a toddler.
(Fortunately, the child suffered only minor injuries, at least, minor physical injuries.)
One more time, “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.
“The Stew of Aggrievement” 0
Sam and the crew argue that today’s Republican Party is all about the grievances, using a Republican congress person’s obnoxious response to a letter from a fourth grader as a springboard.
Know Them by the Company They Keep 0
What would you think, for example, when this is the company that they keep?
There’s a Price Tag on Prejudice 0
Farron runs the numbers.
QOTD 0
Rex Stout:
. . . impetuosity is a virtue only when delay is dangerous.
Stout, Rex, Too Many Clients (New York: Bantam, 1971) p. 22.
The Acolytization Process 0
At the Psychology Today website, John Tsilimparis notes that “(a) cult is categorized by a strict, hierarchical system of totalistic authority.” He then goes on to explore how that authority is perpetuated.
Go read his article and consider whether it reminds you in any way of any current political phenomena.
Big Brother Business, Facebook Frolics Dept. 0
Meta employees caught in a mousetrap.
The Rule of Lawless 0
Thom wonders, “What happens when a President stops following the Constitution?”
Extra-Special Bonus QOTD 0
Bruce Schneier:
Follow the link for the backstory.
Republican Thought Police 0
At Above the Law, Kathryn Rubino takesa deep look at the Trump maladministration’s campaign against the American Bar Association. Here’s a bit from her article (emphasis added):
Afterthought:
“Ideologically hostile” indeed.
Ideologically hostile to the rule of lawless maybe.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Field explains why today’s Republican Party is determined to gut out the vote.