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A Couple Interesting Things About Reality

Posted on Tuesday 26 November 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

After which, items about toxic masculinity and Trump, Elon Musk stifling news, and others. Let’s begin by noting a couple interesting things about reality, one from a hundred years ago, one new. AlterNet, via The Conversation, 22 Nov 2024: It’s … Continue reading →

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Continuing Our Studies of Human Nature…

Posted on Monday 18 November 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Today’s evidence. How MAGA is a gang mentality for white men who feel powerless; Adam Gopnik considers the difference between a mob and a righteous protest; (And I wonder about the American revolutionaries); Short items about Robert Reich and overereaching … Continue reading →

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There Is Always Long Term Progress and Short Term Retreat

Posted on Thursday 14 November 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

An essay that proposes that the idea of progress is a myth; I disagree; Quick takes on politics, and crackpots. OK, I can’t help but follow the political news, but for today’s post I’m sinking links about that to the … Continue reading →

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Lessons and Narratives

Posted on Friday 8 November 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Everyone has theories and lessons to be drawn from the election results; Robert Reich rejects several and offers his own; The focus on the current economy is just another example of short-term thinking, at the expense of bigger issues; Disinformation … Continue reading →

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This Is Who Some of Us Are

Posted on Wednesday 6 November 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Astonishingly, Trump won the presidency again. Despite everything. Slate: Americans just voted to burn it all to the ground; Trump supporters are calling for executions; and how they laugh at Trump rallies; Zack Beauchamp on Trump’s existential threat, and some … Continue reading →

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Of Course This Won’t Be All Over Tomorrow

Posted on Monday 4 November 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Trump’s Wild Claims, Conspiracies and Falsehoods Redefine Presidential Bounds; Trump says rallies are full while a cameraman pans over an empty arena; CNN fact-checks Trump’s final day of his campaign; When called out, Trump says never mind, I was kidding; … Continue reading →

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Ramping Up

Posted on Saturday 2 November 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

It’s happening right before our eyes. How Trump’s 2020 Playbook is being put into action; Trump simulates oral sex in public; Jonathan M. Katz on what Trump’s team will do following the election; Robert Reich reminds us of 101 terrible … Continue reading →

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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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It Has to Make Sense, Somehow

Posted on Tuesday 22 October 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Robert Reich wonders how this race can still be tied, and reflects on bullies; With relevant items about Charlie Kirk, and Russian operatives, and a scamvangelist; An extensive guide to Trump’s lifetime of scandals; A video about the actual integrity … 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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