Monthly Archives: June 2025

Feudalism, Suicide, Ignorance, Disease, Conservative DEI

Posted on Tuesday 3 June 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

Quite a round of doom and gloom essays today. This is where we are. The drive toward privatization will lead to feudalism; Max Boot on the suicide of a superpower; Paul Krugman on how we’re no longer a serious country, … Continue reading →

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MAGA Stereotypes, Whataboutism, Monarchy

Posted on Monday 2 June 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

Paul Krugman on MAGA hate on New York, and the reality; Beware “whataboutism,” which is easy and wrong; Long New Yorker piece about a reactionary blogger’s call for an American monarchy. – – – Let’s see…. is it fair to … Continue reading →

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Rubber-Stamps, Clones, Conformity, and Fate

Posted on Sunday 1 June 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

How Republicans loyal to Trump want Congress to rubber-stamp his every proposal, never mind America’s system of government; Trump thinks Biden was executed in 2020 and was replaced by a robotic clone; Trump has great ambitions to carve up the … Continue reading →

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