Category Archives: Politics

So Again, How’d those No Kings Protests Go?

Posted on Sunday 19 October 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

Photos, why the fanciful costumes, why Republicans should be afraid of who’s protesting; Heather Cox Richardson; Robert Reich; And Republicans, who are either in denial, are obtuse, or are cynically playing to their base; And arrests? A couple three, of … Continue reading →

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No Kings vs. Reality

Posted on Saturday 18 October 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

Trump pardons George Santos, of course; The “No Kings” rhetoric from the Republicans, and the results today; With some thoughts about conservative thinking; Jamelle Bouie; Lunatic: MTG still obsessed about weather control; Science: how humans perceive only a tiny bit … Continue reading →

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Moral Collapse, or Moral Immaturity?

Posted on Friday 17 October 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

Has MAGA’s morality collapsed, or has it always been this way — immature? With references to that hierarchy of morality, and Peter Singer’s expanding circle of morality; Karoline Leavitt says Democrats are made up of “Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and … 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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How All This Is Reflected in Science Fiction

Posted on Sunday 12 October 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

The three themes of my essay; Items about the Pope, Trump firing black officials, MAGA’s presumption of carrying out the “Lord’s work,” how the Trump administration has quietly reinstated many of the CDC staffers it recently fire, how Trump thinks … Continue reading →

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How This Is All About Science Fiction

Posted on Friday 10 October 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

This blog isn’t about conservatives and the religious; it’s about people believing things that aren’t true, about tribalism and hypocrisy, and how human nature reduces everything into binaries. With numerous examples; And about how Trump didn’t win the Nobel Peace … Continue reading →

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Stages of Wisdom

Posted on Thursday 9 October 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

Here’s something I don’t explicitly acknowledge very often, though I think I’ve mentioned it before. There is a substantial portion of humanity made up of clear-thinking people, people who understand at an early age why community and religious myths exist, … Continue reading →

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How Tribal Loyalty Overrides Evidence of Incompetence

Posted on Tuesday 7 October 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

How MAGA will never accept “I told you so”: Robert Reich on why Trump keeps dismantling agencies; Short items about overthrowing the government, primitive morality, yet another prediction of the rapture, Biblical morality to justify the killing of black men, … 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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Shades of Autism

Posted on Sunday 5 October 2025 by Mark R. Kelly

Andrew O’Hehir at Salon describes Trump’s war on reality, concerning Venezuela; Bits from JMG about Democrats, the Pope, a debate trophy named for Charlie Kirk; how Trump lies about Portland burning to the ground; and how the GOP doesn’t want … Continue reading →

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