Too Stupid for Words category archive
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A mountain guide? Pack plenty of extra food and water, because you may find yourself spending the night om the open.
The Lake Effect, Name Gamers Dept. 0
The Ring of Fire’s Josh Gay discusses the adsurdity of Trump’s order to rename Lake Ontario.
The Name Game 0
Mary Trump comments on Donald Trump’s attempt to rename Lake Ontario and the Republican Party’s continuous enabling of his venality. As an aside, she also reveals the new acronym for remember the names of the Great Lakes.
Steam Punked 0
Donald Trump has demanded that the Navy rip out new launch technology from aircraft carriers and, instead, go back to steam-powered catapults like the ones used in WWII. At my local rag, retired military officer Bree Fram looks at the bureaucratese in the military’s response to this and decodes de code.
Here’s a sample:
After years in defense acquisition, allow me to translate: This is a spectacularly bad time to change the design, and it’s going to cost a fortune.
The Bully’s Pulpit 0
In the midst of a longer post about Donald Trump’s war of choice with Iran, Atrios sums up Trump’s approach to foreign policy, or, for that matter, to just about everything:
The Me Veneration 0
As far as U an concerned, this is a bridge too far.
Real Big Men 0
At the Psychology Today website, Barbara J. Risman takes a look at Pete Hegseth’s wierd fixation with testerone. She makes three main points; follow the link for her article.
- There is no good scientific reason for testing troops’ testosterone levels.
- Hormones affect us, but not in linear fashion; high levels of testosterone don’t trigger killer instincts.
- Screening for low testosterone provides a seemingly objective way to push women out of the military.
Fruit of the Loon 0
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice makes a strong case that one of the co-founders of the Federalist Society is bananas about bananas.
Republican Family Values 0
Honest to Betsy, you can’t make this stuff up.
That Was the Wierd that Was 0
Seth takes a closer look at how well Trump has lived up to his campaign promises.
She Was Just Being a Girl 0
At least, that’s what Florida woman claims.
The Historical Scholar 0
PoliticalProf marvels at Donald Trump’s grasp of the past.