Category Archives: conservatives

Capitulating: Obeying in Advance

Posted on Saturday 26 October 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Reactions to the withheld endorsements for president by LAT and WaPo from Robert Reich, Heather Cox Richardson, and John Scalzi; John Kelly’s definition of fascism; How the working class is so concerned about inflation, focusing only on their own personal … Continue reading →

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How Plagues Are Caused by the Tolerance of Left-Handed People

Posted on Monday 21 October 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Why are Gen Z men going back to church, and women leaving? It’s always about the search for meaning; About friends and family who’ve been lost to MAGA madness; Hurricanes are caused by being left-handed — er, by porn in … Continue reading →

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What It Means to be Fascist

Posted on Thursday 17 October 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Robert Reich’s take in five points; AlterNet’s John Stoer’s take; How Trump can claim anything — now he’s the “father of IVF” — and his fans will believe him. Robert Reich, 17 Oct 2024: Trump’s closing argument: full-throated fascism Recalling … Continue reading →

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Out of Commission

Posted on Wednesday 16 October 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

More examples of Trump as the rambling, incoherent traitor; How people trust Trump on the economy because he oversimplifies things, and conservatives don’t do complexity or nuance; Thomas B. Edsall on Trump’s appeal to racists; A Florida Republican who thinks … Continue reading →

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Doomscrolling

Posted on Tuesday 15 October 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Is MAGA a disease like violence is? Depends on your terms, and ideals. Items about Musk, Trump’s lie-industrial complex, and why Trump is doubling down on racism. – – – Three weeks to the election, yada yada, polls tied, yada … Continue reading →

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Education and Focus

Posted on Monday 14 October 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Education is now the best predictor for how someone will vote; Why Trump’s supporters don’t believe his threats (they’re focused only on their particular concerns); How Trump wants to lie in real-time without being fact-checked; Paul Krugman suggests that Trump’s … Continue reading →

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The Enemy Within

Posted on Sunday 13 October 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Trump is ready to use the military against his “enemies from within”; What one immigrant thinks when he hears Trump speak; How Republicans are sure there will be cheating, and migrants will vote. Counter: why not let the whole world … Continue reading →

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There’s Another Word For It

Posted on Saturday 12 October 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

I skim or glance at so many articles about politics every day, I’m surprised that I haven’t come across this phrase before, considering how this article suggests it’s been around a while. The word, or phrase, is “directionally correct,” and … Continue reading →

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Assault on and Rejection of Reality

Posted on Friday 11 October 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Charlie Warzel in The Atlantic on how things are much worse than a misinformation crisis; Meteorologists notice that ignorance is becoming socially acceptable — but this has always been true, as C.P. Snow noted; The Republican conspiracy theory that children … Continue reading →

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For Certain Values of Truth

Posted on Tuesday 8 October 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

As one terrible Hurricane just passed through Florida and devastated North Carolina, and another potentially worse one is lining up to hit Florida’s Gulf Coast, here are some further reminders of conservatives’ views of climate change and other matters. Here’s … Continue reading →

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