A Tune for the Times 0
(Warning: Mild language.)
From the Youtube page:
Here’s a bit of (rude) fun to mark Donald’s birthday, with thanks to two people on social media who recommended the song to us, and we were amused. It’s derived from the Frozen movie and originally titled “Fixer Upper” (and sung by cute trolls, about a hoped-for marriage). Since it may be a niche reference unless you have kids/grandkids or are pretty young yourself, you can find the original here: • Maia Wilson, Cast of Frozen – Fixer Upper … .
In case this critique of Trump and his administration’s actions be conflated, this is also a chance to wish the US Army and all its veterans a happy 250th birthday! We couldn’t fit the graphic into the full-on montage, but found this cautionary phrase telling from the first Commander-in-Chief, George Washington, in his 1796 Farewell Address:
“ … disorders and miseries gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty.”
The Pettiest Officers 0
Andreas Kluth examines the maliciousness of what he calls “the petty purges of Pete Hegseth and Marco Rubio” and concluces that
Follow the link for his path to that conclusion.
All the News that Fits 0
David comments on ABC’s decision to fire Terry Moran and how it amounts to knuckling under to Trump self-censorship. A quote:
You don’t need to shut down the press when the press is too scared to speak . . . .
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
If you wish to take issue with peaceful demonstrators with whose views you disagree, be sure to conduct your counter-demonstration with politeness.
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A Matter of Priorities 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Lauren Necochea looks at Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” and follows the money. A snippet:
And Now for a Musical Interlude 0
(This post was inspired by a clue in a NYT crossword puzzle from a collection that I’m working my way through. I like crossword puzzles. The NYT has the best. Unlike its reportage.)
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Seth notes that Donald Trump’s pogrom against immigrants appears to be less popular than he might have expected.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid.
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
(Warning: Short commericial at the end.)
Stray Thought 0
I will be on the road today, but, even if I were not, I would not lower myself to watch Trump pleasuring himself with his military blow-up doll parade.
Sporadic Blogery 0
Family matters. I shall be attending a nuptial ceremony.
What passes for normal in these parts will resume in a couple of days. In the meantime, QOTD will hold down the fort.