Category Archives: conservatives

Trump’s Self-Created Crises

Posted on Monday 22 June 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

More family obligations yesterday. \ It’s ongoing. It was avoidable. Robert Reich, today: The Green Algae President: How He’s Handling Four Messes He Created, subtitled “The mess at the Reflecting Pool as a metaphor for his many other messes” Referring … Continue reading →

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Disclosure Day, Initial Take

Posted on Saturday 20 June 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

First reaction to Disclosure Day, with a link to David Brin’s reaction; then noting the film’s religious themes, its appeal to empathy, and its allusions to past Spielberg films; How the reflecting pool fiasco is emblematic of Trump’s strategy: hire … Continue reading →

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Memories of Green

Posted on Thursday 18 June 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Trump’s surrender; Trump can’t sell his lies in Versailles; Why people see scientists as oddballs; Vangelis’s “Memories of Green.” – – – Some of us have memories of the before time. Before all this. The Bulwark, Jonathan V. Last, today: … Continue reading →

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Reflecting Pool Fiasco

Posted on Wednesday 17 June 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

How the reflecting pool fiasco is emblematic of Trump’s manner of government; Facebook’s AMV about how the reflecting pool is a miniature Anthropocene; Why Trump keeps talking about voter fraud: he has specific ideas about the kind of people who … Continue reading →

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America’s Continued Decline

Posted on Tuesday 16 June 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Michelle Goldberg on the garish spectacle at the White House; Will Leitch about its absurdity; Conservatives are trolls; US science is also in decline; Paul Krugman’s theory of the vulgar class; And music: Hans Zimmer’s “Chevaliers De Sangreal”, a great … Continue reading →

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The Destruction of American Scientific Research

Posted on Tuesday 9 June 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Deport 106 million illegals?? More misunderstandings or lies about how California elections works; More about how experience, knowledge, and talent are being marginalized by the current US government; Items about 60 Minutes; Activity today: a brief jury duty experience (posted … Continue reading →

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Fixes for Elections Are Available, and SF Fans Have Been Using Them for Decades

Posted on Saturday 6 June 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Voting patterns and conservative conspiracy theories; Trump pardons a GOP Rep, because as a conservative he must have been “unfairly treated”; Elections fixes, which sf fans have adopted, and which Republicans would resist, since they currently have an advantage; How … Continue reading →

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Conservative Morality vs. Enlightened Progress, As Always

Posted on Friday 5 June 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Conservative morality: Pete Hegseth’s racism; Vance’s immigrant fraud hoax; Blanche and loyalty; narrow definitions of masculinity; downsizing recognized religions; more about demons; and Adam Lee on how conservatism may be hazardous to your health; Enlightened Progress: Jim Palmer on 10 … Continue reading →

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More about Conservatives, Tear-Downs, and Greed; plus Tax Breaks

Posted on Thursday 4 June 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Conservatives: A Christian snowflake says the mere sight of a Pride flag violates his religious beliefs; the demonic UFOs guy has been removed; how fascists think everyone in history much be portrayed as white Europeans (this is about the new … Continue reading →

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Tear-Downs and Demons

Posted on Monday 1 June 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Trump’s cancellations, which I can’t keep up with; How Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill will impact public schools; How UFOs are interpreted by the religious as demons; Preisner’s “Silence, Night & Dreams” – – – I’m not sure I’m keeping up … Continue reading →

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