Category Archives: Lunacy

Have There Always Been Crazies?

Posted on Monday 7 October 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

How is it the Republican party is increasingly dominated by cranks and crackpots? Ideas from Robert Reich and Heather Cox Richardson, and examples from the debates, and about Hurricane Helene. NYT is finally paying attention to Trump’s mental decline; JD … Continue reading →

Posted in Lunacy, Politics, Religion | Comments Off on Have There Always Been Crazies?

Cynicism, Lies, Incompetence

Posted on Tuesday 1 October 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Recalling Reagan and his cynicism about the government; And lies about Hurricane Helene response, climate change, and about everything over one 24-hour period; My anticipation of how long it will take for Trump fans to realize how incompetent and moronic … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservative Resistance, conservatives, Human Nature, Lunacy | Comments Off on Cynicism, Lies, Incompetence

Chemophobia

Posted on Monday 30 September 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

How Rachel Carson’s groundbreaking Silent Spring led to fixing the environment, but also led to an irrational fear of “chemicals” and then the anti-vax movement; Short items about Vance and Wallnau, Trump’s threats of a violent purge of society, how … Continue reading →

Posted in Lunacy, Politics, Psychology, Science | Comments Off on Chemophobia

Admitted Liars; Presumptions of the Ancients

Posted on Saturday 21 September 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Republicans repeatedly are admitting they lie; How Republicans voters trust Trump as a source of election information; Reading Timothy Ferris, revisiting the ancient astronomers and their presumptions about the universe — not unlike the modern discovery of psychology biases. Increasingly, … Continue reading →

Posted in Astronomy, conservatives, Lunacy, Psychology, Science | Comments Off on Admitted Liars; Presumptions of the Ancients

Stories Are Not Evidence

Posted on Wednesday 18 September 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

How the right “creates stories” to support their worldview (i.e. they’re all about motivated reasoning); Paul Krugman on Trump, tariffs, Stalin, and Lysenko; Items about DeSantis cheating and which party is the party of violence; Items about a brain fever … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Lunacy, Music, Narrative, Politics | Comments Off on Stories Are Not Evidence

The Debate, Politics, and Science

Posted on Thursday 12 September 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

How Kamala Harris defended fracking and did not properly address climate change; How nothing about science came up in the debate; Short items: How MAGA will fall for anything; how Trumps confessed he’s unprepared; how the GOP has become the … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Evolution, Lunacy, Politics | Comments Off on The Debate, Politics, and Science

Lies Absurd, and Telling

Posted on Tuesday 10 September 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

The latest absurd Republican lie is about cat-eating Haitians, and they don’t care whether it’s true or not, they know it will rile up their base; A Republican suggests that the Great Depression was planned; An article that quotes Republican … Continue reading →

Posted in conservatives, Lunacy, Morality, Politics | Comments Off on Lies Absurd, and Telling

Plot Armor

Posted on Friday 6 September 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Beginning with this unusual topic. Not about Trump per se; more a general principle of story-telling. And faith. OnlySky, Dale McGowan, 6 Sep 2024: For the Trump faithful, it comes down to plot armor, subtitled “It’s no surprise that Trump … Continue reading →

Posted in Astronomy, conservatives, Lunacy, Narrative, Religion | Comments Off on Plot Armor

Borders and the Fringe

Posted on Tuesday 3 September 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

A speculation by Adam Lee about what will happen when we give up national borders; Items from the fringe about Trump’s three rules; Musk’s preference for high status males; Christian nonsense about evolution; simply lying about the Arlington story; and … Continue reading →

Posted in conservatives, Culture, Evolution, History, Lunacy | Comments Off on Borders and the Fringe

Infrastructure, the Constitution, Changing Minds, and Fringe Items

Posted on Saturday 31 August 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

How expanding America’s highways doesn’t solve their congestion; Ten ways the heat is changing us, including impacts on the infrastructure; Another perspective on issues with the US Constitution; Changing minds, appeals to fear, or persuasion; Fringe items about a fake … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Lunacy, Morality, Science, Technology | Comments Off on Infrastructure, the Constitution, Changing Minds, and Fringe Items