Category Archives: Lunacy

One More Batch

Posted on 28 February 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

More every day. All of these items are posts today. I’ll move on tomorrow. An essay by a mother about “Republicans’ Absurdist Reproductive Policies”; A MAGA congressman (from Tennessee) floats a Democratic conspiracy theory about the border, dadgummit; Ruben Bolling’s … Continue reading →

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Items from the Fringe, and the Perhaps Mentally Ill

Posted on 27 February 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Items about CPAC, MAGA’s thirst for blood, and Trump’s autocratic tirade and cognitive decline; Robert Reich notes Trump’s unimpressive performance in the caucuses and primaries; that Libs of TikTok lady calls a reporter a “lizard person”; Republicans want to cancel … Continue reading →

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More Behaving Badly

Posted on 18 February 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Robert Reich on Trump, ever the con artist; David French on the warping of American life by MAGA threats of violence; Trump doesn’t realize he’s the cause of US demise; The informant who inspired the Republican Biden investigation has been … Continue reading →

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Another Visit Through the Looking Glass to MAGALand

Posted on 7 February 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

The US is leading the world economically, but not according to MAGALand; MAGAfolks say they venerate the Constitution, yet support Trump as dictator; How prophets assert that Trump is president, and the GOP asserts that Trump did not commit insurrection; … Continue reading →

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Stalwarts and Progressives: Notes from the (Fringe)

Posted on 4 February 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Reconsidering how to characterize what I’ve been calling the “fringe”; Taylor Swift and MAGA; Bobby Azarian on why Trump’s supporters don’t believe evidence; Applying the Jack Smith rule to statements from the National Prayer Breakfast. Here’s the thing: I shouldn’t … Continue reading →

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Orion, and Tribal Politics

Posted on 16 January 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

What Orion would look like if we had better eyes; The Iowa landslide for Trump reveals evangelicals for who they really are; The country needs a dictator; Sobbing woman begs Trump to save her; Conspiracy-monger set the fires himself; Nikki … Continue reading →

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Basic Principles of Politics, Economics, and Zealotry

Posted on 5 January 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Three items today. How the Republican strategy has changed; Zero-sum thinking (by conservatives) vs. division of labor and our modern complex society; And fringe items about God-believers and how God made Trump. There’s a commonly understood explanation for the long-time … Continue reading →

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Slavery and Abortion; Prophets and Psychics

Posted on 3 January 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Under the weather for a couple days now; I finally caught the cold that Y caught end of last week just as we finished in Las Vegas. (Congestion, sniffling, sneezing, some coughing — like the colds I’ve had a couple … Continue reading →

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Before Holiday Break

Posted on 22 December 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

Quick post, likely the last one for several days, perhaps a week. Topics: RFK’s lies; Big Think’s “Explain It Like I’m Smart” series; How the humanities have become more political; the most mystifying open questions in science; why a university … Continue reading →

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Whether Economics is a Science, and other topics

Posted on 19 December 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

Paul Krugman on economists who won’t admit they are wrong; How science journalism is theatened, not to mention basic scientific literacy; Disinformation and journalists challenging interviewees on air; How Uganda’s anti-gay laws, inspired by American Christians, is hurting its economy; … Continue reading →

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