POST 1058 Sheila Markin posted a fine explainer and updater of what has happened to Trump’s lawyers. Her piece caused a sociological question to bubble up to top of mind. I’ve wondered many times about all those attorneys, every one smart, highly educated, experienced and with considerable skill at their craft. The wonder, of course,… [read more]
Consequences v2.0
POST 1057 A Baltimore Bridge Collapse Question As you know, on March 26 a mammoth container ship, the Singapore flagged Dali, crashed into a pylon supporting the Francis Scott Key Bridge that spans Baltimore Harbor, the country’s 11th busiest port. The ship is 984 feet long (over 3 football fields in length), weighs over 116,000… [read more]
The Ultimate Con
POST 1056 CAUTION! Contains snark! The content below touches on sensitive issues, willful ignorance and deeply held hypocrisies. It implies widespread gullibility and faith-free faith. Proceed if you dare, but follow the Surgeon General’s recommendation to wear an N95 mask while reading and to squint your eyes against the glare of nearly believable satire. Note… [read more]
Fear Is A Terrible Thing
POST 1055 People Are Saying There is frightful peril, we’re told by those with their eyeballs bulging, and they say there is great suffering to come. They swear on oath that their terrible prognostications of grave danger and ghastly harm, of apocalyptic doom and deeply intense pain and suffering are before us. People are saying…. [read more]
Are You Better Off?
Post 1,054 Update on She Who Must Not Be Named Wall Street Journal online, March 24: [MSNBC’s president, Rashida] Jones told employees the cable network has no plans to have [former RNC Chair Ronna Romney] McDaniel on the channel, according to people familiar with the conversations. A number of MSNBC anchors and producers have voiced… [read more]
Something For Nothing
Post 1,053 Late Addition . NBC News Hires Former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel The GOP political veteran will become an on-air contributor to NBC News and MSNBC. . Yes, that Ronna Romney McDaniel. Be sure to click the headline and read the astonishing spin the networks put on this brainless move. Here’s a piece of… [read more]
Civil War
Post 1,052 A blogger friend recently posted, “A few years ago, CNN reported on a survey indicating that over 40% of Americans believed that a civil war was ‘somewhat likely’ in the next ten years.” He mentioned globalization as at least part of the cause. I assume that means that it has caused disruptions leading… [read more]
There Are Two Kinds of People
Post 1,051 Comedians say that there are two kinds of people in the world. There are people who laugh and there are people who make people laugh. I, too, say that there are two kinds of people in the world. There are people who see nuances, shades of gray as well as of color; and… [read more]
Delusion
Post 1,050 Not Looking Too Supreme Yes, the ballot disqualification decision was unanimous and it may well lead to further disapproval of this ethically challenged court. We don’t know if that unanimity was because every justice dug deeply into their vault of jurisprudence and agreed or because the justices feared a violent public reaction to… [read more]
Hope
Post 1,049 248 years ago the slightly known young patriot and freedom zealot Thomas Paine* penned the first pamphlet of The American Crisis, a series of 13 pieces published periodically over 6 years. This first was written as Washington and his army were retreating across the Delaware River and was published in the Philadelphia Journal… [read more]
