Category Archives: Lunacy

False Equivalences

Posted on Wednesday 26 November 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

Frank Bruni on people who excuse Trump’s outrageous behavior for the relatively minor sins of the previous administration, unable to tell the difference in magnitude; Briefly noted items about Mark Kelly and Benedict Arnold; NYT on Trump’s fatigue and Trump’s … Continue reading →

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The Retreat from the Enlightenment

Posted on Friday 21 November 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

The key theme of our age, at least in the US: the retreat from the aspirations of the Enlightenment, both political and scientific. Content with tribalism and intuitive superstition. Actually, these forces have probably never gone away. The difference now … Continue reading →

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Now It’s Calls for Execution

Posted on Thursday 20 November 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

Several Democrats advise the military that they don’t have to follow illegal orders; Trump orders their trials for sedition, punishable by death; More about Trump and Piggy; And more about Trump and the Crown Prince; Items about the CDC reinstating … Continue reading →

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Demolition

Posted on Wednesday 22 October 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

Trump demolishes the East Wing, after promising not to; Michelle Goldberg about MAGA; Robert Reich on options to challenge the right’s “hate America” rhetoric; Short items about how Christians should be in charge of everything, how MAGA hates people from … Continue reading →

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Some People Hate

Posted on Thursday 16 October 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

The Young Republicans in those chats were not kids; Republicans excuse their vile comments while demonizing anyone who has said anything less than adulatory about Charlie Kirk — whose opinions were equally vile; Short items about demons, civil rights, mammals, … Continue reading →

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MAGA Retribution?

Posted on Monday 6 October 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

News today about a South Carolina judge, who had ruled against Trump, who saw her house burned to the ground; How ICE goons welcome their jobs; Trump’s lies about murders in Portland, and Osama Bin Laden; Robert Reich on how … Continue reading →

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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 of 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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