Trump’s Most Insidious Scheme (So Far)
Trump’s most dangerous tactic may be one of the most underreported acts of his new Administration.
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A Working Man Reviewed
Sylvester Stallone pens a script for Jason Statham and tells us how *HE* would have done John Wick in “A Working Man”
Probationary UN Ambassador Elise Stefanik Gets “Fork In the Road” Notice
Like thousands of others, Elise Stefanik saw her probationary period for higher employment end on the whims of the Trump Administration.
Martin Niemöller, and Who First They Came For
On a well-intentioned but slightly wrong quote by Martin Niemöller about the start of fascism and how it would hypothetically reappear. And nothing else.
Weekend Plans Post: Pantherine Vandals
The cats found out that my CPAP reservoir, when knocked to the floor, has an O-ring that jiggles and wiggles and you just wanna pick it up and get in a tug of war with it
Don’t Go Torching Cyber Trucks
That’s probably the worst problem with the Tesla vandalism. It ratchets up tensions and will in turn provoke more political violence.
Open Mic for the week of 3/24/25
On this day in 1832, Joseph Smith was tarred and feathered in Hiram, Ohio
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Problem: Himself
Targeting political opponents has been Erdogan’s bread and butter since he was the up-and-coming scrappy emo-poet/reformer mayor of Istanbul.
Series! Recap of World Series of the 1910s
The deadball days, when Babe Ruth was still a Red Sox pitcher, the classic stadia like Fenway and Wrigley first appeared, and gambling threatened to destroy the game.
The Subversive and Revolutionary Act of Not Setting Things on Fire
Do not set things on fire or use the setting of things on fire for political, personal, or media gain. Simple, right? Apparently not.
POETS Day! George Gascoigne, Birth of the Modern
Much of George Gascoigne’s poetry is very good, but the man himself is fun, one of those characters history frowns upon while winking.
Report: Trump to Sign Department of Education Elimination Executive Order
The Trump Administration is going to move towards eliminating the Department of Education via executive order.
A Dark Age
In the Dark Ages, there was no dominant world power to impose order. That won’t be true in a new dark age.
On Jethro Tull
If you want some rock and roll that was trying to do something groundbreaking and pretentious and crap, Jethro Tull is really good.
The JFK Files Drop Today (Supposedly)
We might learn a bombshell that will change everything we thought we knew about the 1960s… but that strikes me as exceptionally unlikely.
Spaghetti on the Wall: Autopens and Out to Lunch Presidents
Per the Constitution, a barking madman elected to the presidency is a barking mad president. That’s for the best.
Open Mic for the week of 3/17/25
On this day, American politician Grover Cleveland, who was the first U.S. president to serve two discontinuous terms (1885–89 and 1893–97), was born.
Lies, Damn Lies, and Appetizers
“Self, just order and appetizer as your meal. All you need. All you want.” Did I listen to myself? No. No, I did not.
Columbia, Mahmoud Khalil, and Protest Expectations
What is clear is none of the students actually thought they’d be in the world of counterterrorism and extremism for their beliefs in college.
