Category Archives: Music

A New World Order

Posted on Thursday 22 January 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

How Canada and Europe, in response to Trump and MAGA, are bringing about a new world order that sidelines the US; And how the US is sinking into totalitarianism; How Trump thinks he made a deal about Greenland while actually … Continue reading →

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Trek and Woke, Perception and Reality, Art and Truth

Posted on Saturday 17 January 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Stephen Miller accuses the new Trek series of being woke, with my comments on how the original Trek series was extremely woke, especially for its era; An interview with Anil Seth about deep reality and whether it’s built by human … Continue reading →

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Five Years Since a Day that Will Live in Infamy

Posted on Tuesday 6 January 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Articles about the anniversary of January 6th. MAGA cognitive dissonance. Loyalty over expertise — CBS Evening News. Headlines about whether narrative defeats reason, conservative hysteria over Chick-fil-A and a gay couple, and the Pentagon’s petty attack on Sen. Mark Kelly. … 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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Status on a Gloomy Day; Why Anyone Should Care

Posted on Sunday 16 November 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

It’s a gloomy day in the Bay Area, with one rainy storm moving through last night, another due tonight, with clouds and patches of sunlight today. We visited the Farmers Market in Montclair Village today, bought some produce, and a … 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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Art and Conservatives

Posted on Wednesday 15 October 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

How a Christian Right talk show failed, and how MAGA’s fake Super Bowl halftime show is “pitifully out-of-touch with pop culture”; Thoughts about how conservatives have no sense of humor, and how conservatives dominate talk radio; Personal thoughts about resistance … 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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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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Simple Conservative Answers to Complex Problems

Posted on Saturday 6 September 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

RFK Jr blames autism on Tylenol; Trump wants a Nobel Peace Prize but at every turn advocates war; Robert Reich on Trump and the art of extortion; They’re redacting the Epstein Files of Republicans only, is the rumor; Philip Glass: … Continue reading →

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