Business as usual for the most corrupt administration in history.
Update! Neither Homan, nor Pam Bondi has denied this happened. So there you go folks, open corruption.
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The War to Defend Free Speech
“When 97 percent of the stories are bad about a person, it’s no longer free speech,”
Donald J. Trump
No. It totally is free speech. and, it is the most protected form of free speech, political speech. Lord knows I heard that from enough right wingers. They were arguing that it was wrong to “de-platform” right wing pundits just because they were lying about vaccines, elections, mass shootings and such. Lies should be protected they inferred since not everything those pundits were saying was a lie.
I never followed that “logic”. But what Jimmy Kimmel said was not a lie. It was an opinion/observation, and it was true. I’m sure those right wingers who were clutching their pearls a few years ago will defend Mr. Kimmel. Right?
Yeah, sure.
Trump: ‘It’s no longer free speech.’
“If you don’t believe in freedom of speech for people you disagree with, you don’t believe in freedom of speech at all.”
Noam Chomsky
Take The A-Train by Clarence Gatemouth Brown and Roy Clark
Billy and Duke would be proud. What skill.
The Damage RFK Jr. is Doing to America
may take decades to repair, if it can be repaired.
Opinion – An infectious disease has invaded America’s public health agencies
President Trump promised to let RFK Jr. “go wild” on health and medicine. He has, alas, kept that promise. The result is that HHS agencies — once the envy of the world — and their counterparts in some states can no longer be relied upon to collect and disseminate accurate data, sponsor first-rate research, or implement policies to keep us healthy.
This is in addition to the massive cuts in scientific research across the board. We are handing China the future.
UPDATE: Today former CDC Director Susan Monarez testified before Congress as the the real reason she was fired.
“To be clear, he said there was no science or data, but that he still expected you to change the schedule?” Sen. Cassidy asked.
“Correct,” Monarez said.
Former CDC director tells Senate committee ‘true reason’ she was fired
Another Whack Job Heads a Government Department
When Reagan was elected, he was largely put in place by moneyed interests that wanted to buy up public land and the mineral extraction leasing of those lands. He installed a special little toad of a human to head up the Department of the Interior named James Watt. Watt was a lunatic who believed that it didn’t matter if we destroyed the planet because Jesus was coming in a few years anyway. I was reminded of him by the idiot in this story. When I was in high school my Physics teacher told me that we would have nuclear fusion figured out in 10 years of less. That was almost 50 years ago. When I was in college my Physics professor told me we would have nuclear fusion figured out in the next decade. That was 40 years ago. I don’t think the track record on predicting fusion is reliable.
US energy chief tells BBC nuclear fusion will soon power the world
Senator Angus King Lays Down Some Common Sense
AI and Data Centers are causing the largest increase in electrical consumption in decades, and a pushing up prices.
R.F.K. Jr. is a Fraud
Because Donald Trump is a fraud, his staff consists of the most fawning of sycophants and the nutjobs who appeal to his special interest groups, like Anti-vaxers. R.F.K. Jr. is the latter. A Hunter Biden-esqe creep who made a lot of money fighting for small causes. First, the environment, then anti-vaccination. This week after the administration’s pick to head the CDC (really, the CDCC) quit over RFK’s insanity, and over 1,000 current and former employee’s signed and open letter demanding his resignation. He appeared on Capitol hill today and got slapped around a bit by Democratic, and a few Republican senators.
A Different RFK Jr. Just Appeared Before Congress
How about the rest of the Republican party?
Florida moves to end all school vaccine mandates, first in nation to do so
That is insane.
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The Word is Hypocrite. Spelled H-Y-P-O-C-R-I-T-E
Trump DOJ is looking at ways to ban transgender Americans from owning guns, sources say
Looks like MAGA is okay with gun control after all. ‘Cause rights are for “some” people. Like freedom of speech, it’s best used by the “right” people. By the way, this is the same group who have politicians that argue mentally ill people can’t be banned from owning guns. #noshame
Seems they used to believe in states rights as well. Meaning, just the “right” states can have rights.
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Clever
CDC to be Led by Someone with No Medical Credentials or Background
Because , of course. Trump’s army of “Simpletons” continues it’s destruction of the Federal Government. The War on Science marches on.
CDC gets new acting director as leadership turmoil leaves agency reeling
And the people driving it?
Ohio kindergarten vaccination rates drop 4.5% in five years, health officials warn
Interesting Crime Spree
The President of the United States is not supposed to profit from the Presidency. My Republican friends who are always on the lookout for anything equating to a Democrat doing something like this seem to be VERY quiet about this President. After listening to them bleat about Whitewater during the Clinton era (a land deal the Clinton’s lost $40,000 on) and their belief that somehow Joe Biden (long reputed to be one of the most honest members of Congress) was crooked, it seems MORE that a bit hypocritical to ignore all this. But, there it is…
Live Music in 2025
Last night I saw The Black Keys at Blossom Music Center. They put on a great show. Opener Gary Clark Jr. was okay but a bit too loud. My main beef was with the crowd. First, if you paid to see a band or artist, how about shutting up when they play? This is the second show I’ve been to recently where a group behind us felt the urge to shout to each other while the band was playing. Both time the folks, who were nice enough stopped when asked, but why do it in the first place?
My second complaint has been a problem for quite a while. It’s fine to stand when a band takes the stage, or during the finale, or even during a performance of a hit song, but standing for the entire concert is rude. Especially at a Blossom show on the lawn. For goodness sake the folks behind you are mostly sitting on blankets and the rest are on very low (and expensive) rented beach chairs. You have effectively blocked everyone’s view that is unfortunate enough to be up to 40 feet behind you.
My last complaint is with the venue itself. My God the prices! Two beers ran almost $40 and the two lawn chairs we rented topped $40.
But the band was great. Two hometown boys who made good. Guitarist and vocalist Dan Auerbach used to work at Blossom when he was young. So it must be very special for him to play there. No fault with the band.
Fear of a Dangerous World Leads Parents to Allow their Children to Spend Time in a More Dangerous World
What Kids Told Us About How to Get Them Off Their Phones
Turns out, kids would lust like their access to the real world turned back on. Then they wouldn’t have to live in a virtual one.
A Government Without Experts
It should terrify any American that the science we have relied on all our lives has been compromised by politics. Sadly, the “politics” of fools who believe that everything they read on the Internet is true. Enjoy your raw milk, you idiots.
US pediatricians’ new COVID-19 shot recommendations differ from CDC advice
Time Crystals
What the heck is a time crystal, and why are physicists obsessed with them?
The second part of that title just seems silly. I mean, it’s a time crystal. Who wouldn’t be obsessed. The crystals seem to exhibit a kind of perpetual motion with zero energy.
Smartphones and Kids
The rise in teen suicide, juvenile crime and child anxiety can be traced (at least in part) to the use of smartphones. I have heard child psychiatrists acquaint giving a smartphone to a child with giving them a heroin needle. So why would a loving parent get one for their kid? The answer, of course, is peer pressure, and a contest of wills between parent and child.
‘My Fellow Parents Have Betrayed Me’ How it feels when your allies in the fight for a phone-free childhood buy one for their fifth-grader.
The answer, must be legislation. Give parents a break and allow kids to only have “dumb phones” until eighth grade. Only if we do this as a culture, do we have a chance at saving out kids. Ohio just passed and is implementing a “no phones” in school policy. We will see how that works. If behavior and academics improve, then I see no reason to not implement a kid smart phone ban.
The Magic Lever
Mesmerizing.
What an ingenious idea.
Dreams Require Persistence, and a Lot of Luck
After 3-week search, woman finds 2.3-carat diamond at Arkansas park
Saves a lot on jewelry for sure. The 2.3 carat stone will probably yield a gem (if cut) of only 1 to 1.5 carats and it will probably have flaws, but what a conversation piece.
How Things Have Changed in Computers
Louis Rossmann is a consumer rights advocate. While he tends to be a bit colorful with his language, he is a native New Yorker after all, but he is pretty spot on with his opinions on “Right to Repair”.
This is an interesting idea…
The Corruption of Our Government
Data generated by the U.S. government has been the gold standard of data for well over 100 years. Long before there was a “Data Age”. The world relies on it. Now this. As he continues to dismantle our government and indeed, our society, I am amazed that this is what the MAGA morons wanted.
How Trump is reshaping government data
I love this one…
White House now wants NASA’s woke satellite destroyed
The most anti-science administration in U.S. history.
RFK Jr. halts $500 million for mRNA vaccine research
Jesus wept.
The Age of Plastic
Every time I go to Costco I see someone pushing a cart loaded with disposable plastic bottles of water. Why? Buy a filter for your tap and get the same result for a lot less. Why did people go out and buy all those fancy reusable water bottles if they going to buy disposable ones? Why can’t soda and beer come in deposit returnable bottles again?
If we are risking early death and dropping fertility rates, maybe some thing should be done. Like we did with with climate change. Oh, wait, I forgot, we haven’t addressed that either. Sometimes I forget that humans are stupid, selfish, wasteful and self destructive.
Move Along, Nothing to See Here
No, no, I mean NOTHING to see here.
Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in American history museum
If you pretend it isn’t there, it will go away, right? I’m personally looking forward to when he rewrites the dictionary. If we don’t have the words…
BTW, A Belated Happy 4th of July
What happens when Dweezil Zappa shows up to your 4th of July block party to jam with the teenagers? He shreds on both Eddie Van Halen’s “Eruption” and Jimi Hendrix’s “Star Spangled Banner“.
Donnie Tries to Dodge
As the Epstein scandal refuses to go away, Trump is starting to fear that some of his fawning masses might find out he’s not a nice guy. So, how about some lies in exchange for a pardon?
The DOJ to Ghislaine Maxwell: ‘Pardon me, do you mind lying and denying for Donald Trump?’
That must have gone well for her…
I’ve Been Saying This For Years
It also gets 45 mpg freeway, 35 city.