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Vaccine Nation 0
RFK Jr. throws a temper tantrum on CNN. David comments.
Suffer the Children 0
As has been amply proven, that’s not scripture. That’s a Republican family value.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
And, as we know, politeness is a family value.
Recommended Viewing 0
If you can find it on streaming (I saw it on Tubi), the Warner Brothers cartoon, The Dover Boys at Pimento Univeristy.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
At my local rag, Ronald G. Shafer hears a rhyme from John Adam’s time. In point of fact, it reminds him of 1798’s Sedition Act.
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*Mark Twain.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Going rogue? Security maven Bruce Schneier argues that the genie is out of the bottle.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Another “reponsible gun owner” displays courtesy on the concrete.
Ignorance Is Bliss 0
At least, that appears to be a tenet of the Trump maladministration. Via the Las Vegas Sun, Michael Hiltzik catalogs the casualties in Donald Trump’s war on science. A snippet:
Referring to a list of grant terminations announced in October 2025, the agency admitted that it terminated or canceled 283 grants “solely” based on whether their recipients were in states that had cast its electoral college votes for Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election and had two Democratic senators. Meanwhile, 340 other grants from states that voted for Trump were left in place.
The Me Veneration on the Disinformation Superhighway 0
At the Psychology Today website, Steven Stosny explores how the Disinformation Superhighway and particularly “social” media feed the me veneration. In this age when persons think that posts by randos on “social” media are somehow legitimate news reportage, methinks his piece a worthwhile read.
Here’s a tiny bit:
The Fix Is In(cubating) 0
David discusses Donald Trump’s efforts to fix (or at least undermine) the 2026 elections and offers some suggestions as to what we can do to combat them.