A Bridge To Fall 0
Keeping on the theme of debunking de bunk, Rebecca Watson takes on some the ludicrous conspiracy theories that have sprung up regarding the collapse of the Francis Scott Key bridge.
Or you can read the transcript.
The Privatization Scam 0
At the Inky, Joshua M. Cowen debunks the school voucher bunk. A snippet:
As I testified to Pennsylvania lawmakers last fall, however, vouchers are the education equivalent of predatory lending.
Follow the link for his reasoning.
Fly the Fiendly Skies 0
At SFgate, Olivia Harden reports on a technique for making the less fiendly:
Along the same lines, Atrios links to a report on how they got so fiendly.
It’s Bubblelicious 0
Seth takes a closer look at the Truth Social stock bubble.
The Blame Gamer 0
Afterthought:
“Woke” is worn out; “DEI” is the new proxy for “n-word.”
The Lake Effect 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini explains how Trumpette election denier Kari Lake has hoisted herself on her own petard.
By the Numbers 0
Thom talks with New Republic Editor Michael Tomasky about the actual state of the economy and about how and why it’s not reported accurately.
It’s All about the Algorithm 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Christine Louise Hohlbaum discusses David Donnelly’s documentary, The Cost of Convenience, which explores the extent to which corporate digital surveillance has been woven into our society and economy. Here’s an excerpt:
She ends the article with some suggestions as to how to fight back.
Me, I’m going to keep an eye out for the film.
Republican Family Values 0
David discusses Donald Trump’s attacks on Judge Juan Merchan’s daughter and points out that we do indeed have a two tier justice system. (Warning: Short commercial at the end.)
The Voter Fraud Fraudsters 0
Have you noticed that, when someone is actually found to have voted illegally, that someone almost always voted Republican?
“It’s Coming from Inside the House” 0
Thom talks with Sabrina Haake, who argues that Fox News ia far less trustworthy than TiKTok.
“Vote in the Real World” 0
I forget how many years I’ve been saying that over there—————-> on the sidebar, but it’s been a while.
Yesterday, I was gratified to learn that columnist Mona Charen, who almost certainly has never heard of me (and likely never will), agrees with me. She argues as much in her column:
Follow the link for her reasoning, which, I must say, is quite sound, given that she agrees with me.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society’ 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” chooses to display his politeness on the pavement.
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.
“The Happiest Place on Earth” 0
I don’t know where that is, but, as Gene Collier reports, it ain’t here. A snippet:
So that’s it; unhappily enough, we’re 23rd, 10 slots beneath Kuwait and nowhere near the perfectly chilled utopia that is Finland, which finished No. 1 for the seventh consecutive year. Generally, it again appears from the Top 10 that if you want to be happy, your chances spike dramatically in a smallish country that’s very cold.