Category Archives: Politics

Ls&Cs: Interesting Times

Posted on 25 September 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

The latest on strategies to avoid long-term calamities, knowing of calamities and lying about them, the US compared to South America and Europe, and Americans’ grasp of reality.

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Ls&Cs: Stupidity, Laws, Freedom vs. Death

Posted on 22 September 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

I had a couple interesting links to post today, but Facebook and the site The Verge, are not cooperating, so I’ll post the link there later. So a few links from earlier this month, about stupidity vs. enmity, laws that … Continue reading →

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Lc&Cs: 21Sep21

Posted on 21 September 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

I’m busy working some substantial books notes, as well as — much more importantly! — working the third phase of the SFADB ranked lists (for novellas). For today though, intending to maintain once a day posts on this blog, here … Continue reading →

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Ls&Cs: Letters to the NYT

Posted on 20 September 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Two letters in NYT’s SundayReview section yesterday capture two obvious objections to religion claims that have been around for eons but which the religious have never satisfactorily answered.

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Facebook Memes 19Sep21

Posted on 19 September 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

From this past week, about philosophy, billionaires and Fox News, the flawed Ten Commandments, what expertise is about, fear the Covid plan will work, conspiracy theories defined, and a protestor’s spelling.

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Ls&Cs: More About Thinking, or Not

Posted on 18 September 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Once again, the general theme is how some people think things through, and how others prefer “stories” or being told what to think. Heroes and villains; conservative media vs. coastal elites; when an enemy is not a speaker of a … Continue reading →

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Ls&Cs: Training, Education, Belief

Posted on 17 September 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Two items today. The first is a post by Jerry Coyne about an article from Inside Higher Ed about the difference between training and education. Here’s his post: Training versus education.

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Ls&Cs: Elections and Mandates, Rights and Responsibilities

Posted on 14 September 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Status today 14 Sep 2021: Today is election day for a bid to recall California governor Gavin Newsome. Meanwhile, President Biden is trying to implement vaccine mandates, to howls of Republican objections. (As usual I’m behind posting links and comments, … Continue reading →

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Facebook Memes 8Sep21

Posted on 8 September 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

I will start compiling memes I see on Facebook, mostly without comment. These of course are anecdotes; they’re the equivalent of “people are saying” comments from a certain former president, though unlike him, I have Facebook share counts to indicate … Continue reading →

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Ls&Cs This Past Month

Posted on 16 August 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Too many to comment about in much detail.

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