A Palmer Reading 0
Robert Reich, in a longer piece about Donald Trump’s recent remarks about Arnold Palmer, reports an item which leapt out at me. He notes that Palmer was no fan of Trump. Here’s that excerpt:
Follow the link for context.
Republican Family Values 0
The L. A. Times’s Karen Kaplan runs the numbers.
Republican Thought Police 0
Florida Man loses in court–again.
Putin on the Blitz 0
Putin propagandists propagate prevarication.
A Freudian Clip 0
Seth takes a closer look Donald Trump’s Freudian fascination with Arnold Palmer and how it puts the lie to Republican claims that Donald Trump “has a plan” while Kamala Harris’s positions have no substance.
Tim Walz is right. These folks are weird.
It’s the Stupid, Economy 0
At the Las Vegas Sun, Richard L. Strikland follows the money.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
It just keeps getting coarser.
All the News that Fits 0
Farron reports on a news nothingburger and wonders why the “news” sites that promoted it haven’t bothered to retract it.
Of course, we know the answer to Farron’s wonder.
Those sites report all the news that fits.
If it doesn’t fit, they don’t report it.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
When playing with a gun becomes gun play . . . .
Geiger said she thought her “firearm was empty, pointed the weapon at Osborne and pulled the trigger.”
Too many guns. Too much stupid.
This New Gilded Age 0
Speaking of money in politics . . . .
Medicare Disadvantage 0
Medicare “Advantage” plans aren’t. A snippet from Truthout’s report:
Methinks they should be renamed “Medicare Take Advantage.”
From the git-go, “Medicare Advantage” was a con and a scam to allow private companies to suckle at the public teat.
The Trumpian Horse 0
Via C&L, former Republican Rick Wilson warns that Republicans may find themselves voting for a pig in a poke. (Warning: mild language.)