The Panderer 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini, discussing an injunction against the Trump maladministration’s crusade against trans persons in the military, sums up the strategy succinctly:
Follow the link for context.
A Tune for the Times 0
The Parody Project points out that the art of the steal is the Trump new deal.
Breaking Trust 0
Donald Trump demonstrates how to lose friends and alienate people, in this case, European countries with whom we have been allied decades.
Stray Thought 0
It should surprise no one that Donald Trump has set his sights on the Department of Education.
After all, he’s on record that he loves the poorly educated, so, clearly, in Trump world, it makes sense to promote poorer education.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be sure to show politeness to others.
The victim was taken to TriStar Skyline Medical Center’s Trauma Center, but his injuries are considered non-life-threatening.
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.
Republican Thought Police 0
The great erasure continues, and it’s looking more and more like an attempt to rewrite erase factual history. A snippet from the report at CNN (emphasis added):
At least half a dozen articles already removed are about the Holocaust and now have the word “DEI” in their URL.
Those include an article about Holocaust survivor Kitty Saks, which remembers the Holocaust as “the state-sponsored, systemic persecution and annihilation of European Jewry”; an article about Holocaust Remembrance Week; and an article titled “A Cadet’s Perspective: Holocaust Days of Remembrance.”
Via joemygod.
Fly the Fiendly Skies 0
You won’t believe how fiendly they’ve become.
Denial Is Not Just a River in Egypt 0
It’s stupid tactic practiced by stupid, selfish people (and smart, selfish people whose selfish overcomes their smarts).
Nevertheless, the climates they are a-changing and pretending otherwise won’t change that.
Follow the link for details.
Recommended Viewing 0
The life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, S1E2, “Mr. Earp Meets a Lady.”
The opening few minutes are quite timely even after all these years, indeed, perhaps more timely now than they were then.
Click to view. (Warning: the link leads directly to the episode stream on Tubitv.com).
Aside:
This was one of my favorite shows back in the olden days, when I was a young ‘un.
I’ve pretty much lost my taste for westerns these days, after learning how fake Hollywood’s version of the Old West was, but I still enjoy the occasional Earp.
A Tune for the Times 0
Mangy envisions what the Kennedy Center will be like under Trump’s stewardship sewership.
Transfer of Wealth, Republican Style 0
Michael in Norfolk deconstructs the double-talk.
Suffer the Children 0
That’s no scripture, but that is apparently a Republican family value.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
And, as we all know, a polite society is a clean society.
Afterthought:
Funny, when I was a young ‘un, I was taught to verify that a gun was unloaded before I started to clean it.
Of course, I do suspect that, in gun nut world, “clean” does not mean “remove soil and dirt.” Methinks instead it is a code word for “caress and fondle.”
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
As he looks at the Trump maladministration’s attempts to move the clock back to the 1950s–if not, indeed, the 1850s– Carlton Winfrey hears many rhymes.
Link to the NPR story via Atrios.
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*Mark Twain.
The Chaos Agency 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Courtney Beard takes a look at what the DOGE wrecking ball is likely to mean for psychological research. The outlook is not good.
She makes three main points; follow the link a detailed exploration of each.
- Most of our best psychological treatments have been developed with federal funding.
- Without federal funding, we cannot train the next generation of talented psychological researchers.
- Without federal funding, we cannot develop new psychosical treatments.
Aside:
I suspect I’m not the only one who thinks the “E” in “DOGE” actually stands for “emaciation.”