For Your Saturday Consideration
With apologies to anyone (well, almost anyone) who suffers from a reading disability, I enjoyed this, and hope you do too: Fox News is right: Any idiot can read off…
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The Dismantling Of Democracy
I’m not writing much in the way of commentary these days, partly because other matters require my attention and partly because I feel almost anything I say may simply be…
Americans Do Love Their Snake Oil
Fortunately, people like Anderson Cooper have the real cure: I had to phone a friend to turn on CNN and watch Anderson Cooper mocking with a serious face the MyPillow…
Know Your Limits
Having worn glasses since I was nine, I learned early in life about limitations. Being myopic meant having to accept that I could never become an airline pilot, play most…
The Bottom Line
While the emphasis thus far has been on the fact that wearing a mask protects others from contracting Covid-19, new research suggests that they are also effective in protecting the…
When Pathological Liars Speak
Hold them to account. I've been complaining for four years about interviewers not fact-checking Trump to his face. In the past few weeks, we've gotten some good evidence that this…
O Brave New World
I have reached the point in my life where whatever optimism about the future I might have once held has given way to a searing, even corrosive pessimism. Looking at…
On The Covidiot, Anti-Masker Cohort
Those who read this blog with any regularity will likely know that when it comes to those who refuse to don masks as their contribution to our collective safety, I…
Too Quick On The Draw
Newly-released bodycam footage of the arrest of George Floyd reveals he was in a blind panic when officers drew guns on him. His revelation that he had been shot in…
Some Days, I Truly Despair
Mendacity, the constant litany of lies that defines Donald Trump, is one thing, but when the Incompetent-In-Chief extols people who believe that illness is demon-caused and science is experimenting with…
The World Judges Donald Trump’s Covid-19 ‘Strategy’
The New York Times offers a report on how people around the world evaluate the response of “the greatest nation on earth” to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Coles Notes version:…
From Beyond The Grave
It’s been 12 years since George Carlin left us, yet the ensuing years have made him even more relevant than he was in his day. The following video uses his…
Makes Sense To Me
I get the sense that Jonathan Pie is a tad vexed about government irresolution and people’s stupidity when it comes to the wearing of masks: Recommend this Post
The Benighted Among Us
If you read this blog with any regularity, you may know that I hold in absolute, unmitigated contempt those who refuse to wear a mask. When hearing and reading about…
The Lincoln Project Strikes Again
I have to say I am quite enjoying the output of The Lincoln Project. As noted by Wikipedia, it is an American political action committee formed in late 2019 by…
Pretty Basic Stuff
But how much better off everyone would be if they just followed these basics: Recommend this Post
Thought For The Day
Amen. Recommend this Post
Another Disease Is Spreading
The affliction, manifesting in a steadfast refusal to wear a mask, appears to arise from a combination of idiocy, sociopathic indifference to public health, and just profound ignorance. And the…
The Benighted Speak
There is a new report showing the continuing spread of Covid-19 in California. It seems that three counties, San Bernardino, Riverside and Orange, have now surpassed Los Angeles county in…