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So Are We to Live in an Authoritarian Oligarchy?

Posted on Friday 20 December 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

The un-elected Elon Musk seems to be running the country this week; How the Drone Panic reveals a need to believe, in *something*. So not only is our incipient administration authoritarian, it’s authoritarian and being run by an oligarch! NY … Continue reading →

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Tim Urban, Out of Left Field

Posted on Wednesday 18 December 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

About a writer I’d never heard of, Tim Urban, and his book, and their connection to Luigi Mangione; The psychological motivations of the drone alarmists. – – – NY Times, David Wallace-Wells, 18 Dec 2024: Can Anyone Make Sense of … Continue reading →

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The Drones! The Drones!

Posted on Monday 16 December 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

First let’s finish the second Robert Reich item we began yesterday. Then the drones. Robert Reich, 13 Dec 2024: America’s four stories (Part 2)

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Fear, Outrage, and Paranoia

Posted on Sunday 15 December 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

I’ve been curious, but have never been sufficiently tempted, to watch or listen to right-wing media for any period of time. These two pieces confirm my impression that most of its content is about fear and outrage. Fear of a … Continue reading →

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American Narratives

Posted on Saturday 14 December 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Infrastructure note; Robert Reich on America’s four stories; Heather Cox Richardson on how Trump has no apparent plan for governance. Infrastructure note. I’ve installed an initial set of theme pages under the “NF Reviews” menu item above, which appear as … Continue reading →

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Politics, Social Issues, History

Posted on Saturday 14 December 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Borowitz, Andy. 2022. Profiles in Ignorance: How America’s Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber. Avid Reader Press. ** 1/2 Comedian and political observer Borowitz wonder why conservatives prefer dimwit candidates, and goes over the record of the past 40 some years. … Continue reading →

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Economics vs. Intuition and Common Sense

Posted on Saturday 7 December 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

I missed posting yesterday because there was a Locus Foundation meeting (via Zoom) that began at 3pm my time and ran until 5:30pm, right through my blogging hour. At 5:30 it was time to get ready for dinner with my … Continue reading →

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Advance Warnings

Posted on Thursday 5 December 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Tsunami Alert! Robert Reich on Donald Trump’s cabinet of sycophants and charlatans; Threats against those who defy the “Gospel of Trump”; Heather Cox Richardson look back on the history of business vs the government; How the right perceives the murder … Continue reading →

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Politics as Aspects of Human Nature

Posted on Wednesday 4 December 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

An early post on this blog quoted Robert Reich about how most progressives live in cities and on the coasts, and most regressives live in rural areas far removed from ports and cities. It’s a widely noted pattern. “Our problem … Continue reading →

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Political Retributions, and Values

Posted on Tuesday 3 December 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Three and a half years after my heart and kidney transplants, I’m doing fine; About Biden’s pardon of his son, and the impending takeover of the FBI to pursue retribution; Robert Reich understands why he did it; Yet another essay … Continue reading →

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