Medicare Disadvantage 0
Thom talks with Wendell Potter about how Medicare Advantage has turned out to be just another part of the privatization scam. (Warning: Short commercial at the end.)
Signs of the Singularity 0
From El Reg:
Renenberm, robots are programmed by fallible human beings. Therefore, robots are fallib–no, never mind. Noone is listening and and everyone’s buying the hype.
Ergo Cogito Ergo 0
PoliticalProf notes that, as far as Trump and the Trumpettes are concerned, lack of evidence is ipso facto evidence.
Not Neutrality 0
At The Charlotte Observer, Paige Masten explains that, in some circumstances, “(r)efusing to ‘take a side’ is still taking a side . . . .”
Follow the link for context.
The Rule of Lawless 0
Farron discusses how Republicans are attempting to impeach judges who have the unmitigated gall to rule against the Trump maladministration.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
And, as we all know, a polite society is a cleaning society.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid.
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.
Vaccine Nation 0
One of the reasons that measles and other preventable diseases are making comebacks it that there has been a concerted campaign to undermine Americans faith in science. At the Psychology Today website, Lawrence T. White notes that
It’s not a huge mystery why this is so. For years, prominent voices have been telling Americans that scientists should not be trusted.
Follow the link for his thoughts as to how to combat this contagion of ignorance.
War and Mongers of War 0
Robert Reich considers Donald Trump’s war of choice with Iran and asks
Follow the link for his answer.
Patriot Gamers 0
It appears that the Trump maladministration now wants to militarize our national park rangers (and, according to the report, retired park rangers do not take kindly to the idea).
Honest to Betsy, we are governed by ten-year olds using government personnel paid with our tax money in order to play toy soldiers.
American Stasi 0
We are again reminded that “suffer the children” is not scripture.
Rather, it’s a Republican family value.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” feels compelled to expose his portable phallus.
We are a society of stupid.
Rhyme Time 0
Driftglass offers an ode to the enablers.