Category Archives: Politics

Christmas Week Rain; Insecurities and Lack of Imagination

Posted on Wednesday 22 December 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Finished my Christmas shopping today — I had to be done today — though one or two ordered items won’t be here until next week. It rained fairly heavily last night and the residue set in today; supposedly not raining, … Continue reading →

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Ls&Cs: New Conspiracy Theories and Worldviews Available Here!

Posted on Friday 10 December 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Are birds real? Are the leftists the ones denying reality? A perfect gift for the conspiracy theorist in your life who has absorbed all the others, from 9/11 to QAnon to 5G to the stolen election and the Covid hoax, … Continue reading →

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Lc&Cs: Priorities

Posted on Thursday 9 December 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Being pro-life and anti-vaccine; being pro-defense and anti-deficit; the decline of American conservatism; and endpiece.

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Links and Comments: More from April 2021

Posted on Monday 6 December 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Once more reaching into the well for links saved back in April, just before my world almost ended, and before I was effectively zoned out for two months. Nonexistent problems; the next phase of human civilization; a new unchurched majority; … Continue reading →

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Ls&Cs: Democrats and Republicans and Car Designs

Posted on Saturday 4 December 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

About the changing identities of Democrats and Republicans, over the past century and a half; about the logic of abortion, from a philosopher; about the dismal history of infrastructure (and how this relates to conspiracy theories); and two items about … Continue reading →

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SF L&Cs: About SF and Politics; with an Endpiece

Posted on Monday 29 November 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Here’s the second SF link of the three I mentioned several days ago. I don’t have an opinion about this piece yet, since I haven’t read it; I noted it as the fairly uncommon item in the general media that … Continue reading →

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Ls&Cs: A Few Recent Headlines

Posted on Thursday 25 November 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Investing; astrology and narcissism; fear as self-defense; insurgency in America.

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Links & Comments: How the Media Should Cover Indecent Politicians; The Streisand Effect

Posted on Monday 22 November 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

It’s the beginning the holiday season, which means I’ll get less done. I’m a little like Isaac Asimov, in the way that he famously preferred to stay at home (in his Manhattan highrise, with the curtains closed) to read and … Continue reading →

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L&Cs: David Brooks on the American Right

Posted on Saturday 20 November 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Just one long piece in this post.

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Ls&Cs: How People View the World, and Their Conclusions

Posted on Thursday 18 November 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Once again, the issues here are not political, exactly; they are about the underlying issues of how different people view the world, and come to starkly different conclusions, which just happen to reveal themselves politically.

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