POST 1281 The White House Correspondents Dinner A highly armed shooter sprinted past security people. He was stopped before he could hurt others. That is the only good news about what happened. The far bigger issue is that the President of the United States is and has been promoting American violence going at least as… [read more]
Deterioration
POST 1280 Starting At The Bottom and Deteriorating From There Early in Trump’s first administration many mental healthcare professionals offered their professional opinions of Trump’s mental state. Many criticisms of their diagnoses followed, saying that no valuable diagnosis could be made in the absence of an in-person interview. It turns out that is incorrect. My… [read more]
Quick Hits For A Wednesday
POST 1279 Cautionary Tale Jamelle Bouie’s Sunday Piece, Trump’s Second Term Is a Cautionary Tale, caught my eye right away. We as a people are no longer imbued with caution regarding consequences, even those consequences attendant to dangerous actions. We riotously celebrate our stupidization by banning books, defunding education, defunding medical and scientific research, humiliating… [read more]
You Aren’t Going To Live Longer – But You Could
POST 1278 Warning required by an 8th grade English lesson: CAUTION: Snark, metaphor and satire badly mangled. The Bad News The workouts, the kale, the yoga om, the nix on red meat, the stairs instead of the elevator, your fixed genetics and the rest have taken you as far as they can. All that’s left… [read more]
Madmen
POST 1277 Jesus Isn’t Just On our Side: He Is Our Side April 13 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image of himself as a Jesus-like figure . . . Note the inclusion in this picture of the American flag, jet fighters, a heavily armed winged figure in combat fatigues with a… [read more]
Some Answers and Election Subversion
POST 1276 Guest Essay Regular reader and boyhood pal Frank Levy had a strong reaction to the questions detailed in my Wednesday post, Things May Have Changed. His comments are listed below that post, but they are significant enough to offer them to you today as a Guest Essay. Jack – I sincerely appreciate and… [read more]
Things May Have Changed
POST 1275 Trump Violates International Laws – Again & Still He attacked a sovereign nation that did no harm to the U.S. and was not a threat to do so. That’s a war crime. He had our military strike civilian targets. That’s a war crime. He threatened the end of Iranian civilization. That’s a war… [read more]
Emergency Warning: Something Very Terrible Is Afoot
POST 1274 April 1: Trump delivered an under 20 minute update to the nation about his Iran War, in which he presented: Nothing new – no new information whatsoever Multiple self-contradictory sentences Multiple lies about regime change, the U.S. economy, inflation, Iran casualties and our need for Iranian oil No reason for starting the war… [read more]
This Week’s Greatest Hits; Plus Pigeons
POST 1273 Iran Update Trump says we’ve obliterated Iran’s navy, air force, missiles and drones. Nevertheless, on Friday Iran shot down two of our war planes and one of the pilots still has not been brought back to safety. So much for obliteration. Update: It was reported overnight that the airman has been recovered. That… [read more]
Headlines Plus NO KINGS Pics
POST 1272 Headlines T.S.A. Agents Start Getting Back Pay, but Future Checks Remain in Doubt – New York Times March 30, 2026 . Young Graduates Face the Grimmest Job Market in Years – New York Times March 24, 2026 . U.S. Worker Thriving Declines as Job Market Pessimism Grows: Over half of employees are seeking… [read more]
