Author Archives: Mark R. Kelly

Sometimes They Really Are Out to Get You

Posted on Thursday 2 October 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

Evidence of Republican hate of the Left; And evidence about their incompetence; And wondering when their “Two Minutes Hate” will appear. – – – Fortunately, in this case they’re not very bright. \\\ Ten days or so ago, at Charlie … Continue reading →

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Reactions to the Hegseth and Trump Speeches to the Military. And Christian Music.

Posted on Wednesday 1 October 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

Reactions to the Hegseth and Trump speeches from Tom Nichols, David Ignatius, Paul Krugman, Heather Cox Richardson, and others; More examples of how the right, not the left, is promoting political violence; And Amanda Marcotte about how Christian music signals … Continue reading →

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Military Orders, and Coal Obsession

Posted on Tuesday 30 September 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

About the Trump/Hegseth speeches today to US military leaders; Short items about how psychotic drugs are to blame for Charlie Kirk’s killing; how the Rapture has been rescheduled; and how marriage equality is to blame for Charlie Kirk’s murder; Paul … Continue reading →

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Medbed Fantasies and Trump’s Dementia

Posted on Monday 29 September 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

Slate, Heather Cox Richardson, and Robert Reich on Trump’s AI video about “medbeds”; Reich explicitly links it to Trump’s dementia; Short items about the Michigan mass shooter, government enforcement of Turning Point Clubs; tariffs on foreign-made movies; and banning the … Continue reading →

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Steven Pinker, Right-Wing Threats of Violence, and Ligeti’s Atmospheres

Posted on Sunday 28 September 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

Steven Pinker’s new book, and how he applies its ideas to understand the Charlie Kirk matter; Right-wing The Daily Caller explicitly calls for violence; Trump seems to believe in “medbeds,” a science-fictional idea born of MAGA fantasies; And rumors about … Continue reading →

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The Crisis in War-Ravaged Portland, Oregon

Posted on Saturday 27 September 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

Trump thinks Portland OR is ravaged by war, and presumably some of his followers believe him; Another example of threatened violence from the right; Trump is out for revenge, obviously; How Trump simply defines people who don’t like MAGA policies … Continue reading →

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How to Understand How the World Actually Works

Posted on Friday 26 September 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

How pediatricians deal with Trump’s advice; How the shooters aren’t necessarily right-wing or left-wing, but simply internet trolls (and anyway, Trump is lying); While there are right-wingers vowing to take out “progressive leftism”; Headlines about Trump’s corruption, Hegseth’s warrior culture … Continue reading →

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What Astonishes Me

Posted on Thursday 25 September 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

A UK journalist’s characterization of Trump, and America; Why voters keep shrugging off the corruption of Trump and his staff; Robert Reich’s characterization of the current occupant of the Oval Office; And how what astonishes me is how so many … Continue reading →

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Simplistic Takes About Autism and Everything Else

Posted on Wednesday 24 September 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

Simplistic wrong thinking about autism; Heather Cox Richardson on Trump’s speech; And The Bulwark’s take on that speech; And of course the Rapture didn’t happen. – – – The autism issue is just another example of how conservatives flatten the … Continue reading →

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The Imbecile

Posted on Tuesday 23 September 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

Which is worse, Trump and RFK Jr.’s autism nonsense, or Trump standing before world leaders telling them they won’t be great again until they start burning more fossil fuels? The common thread is the imbecile, Trump. They both appeal to … Continue reading →

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