So, California has an independence movement. I know; this is not a surprise. (Many states, mostly Republican party strongholds, have California independence movements these days; they love to say they want us out of the Union. We’re one of the…
Political Climate Change: NOAA Needs An Ark
There’s a faction in U.S. politics that thinks the State shouldn’t be doing anything that someone could be making a profit from. And they really hate NOAA. NOAA is less than popular with the climate-change-is-a-hoax faction, too. And since these…
Freedom Ferrets: Enough Is More Than Enough
“You’ve done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?” – Joseph Welch It shall not stand. This nonsense had already gone to far, but now they’re risking the only surviving population…
Unfixable: The U.S. Constitution Is Irreparably Broken
The U.S. constitution was, for it’s time, a pretty impressive piece of work. But that time was over 200 years ago. And in those 200 years, various factions within the U.S. have managed to warp it into the weak, twisted…
British Eyes Are Watching: Apple Caves On Private Encryption
Looks like it’s time to set aside that iPhone: the U.K. has demanded that Apple compromise iCloud backup encryption. And Apple just announced that they will comply. Now, in theory, the way they’ve said they’ll comply will only affect users…
No More Kings: A Civics Lesson For The Treasonous
I’ve said it here before: you literally cannot get more Un-American than caring about the King or Queen of England. But trying to be a King of America comes a very close second. This is very well established, historically if…
Devolution: Stick A Fork In America’s Ass
And turn it over. It’s done. OK, I’m mixing up my musical references there (and probably offending non-U.S. Americans), but you get the point? It’s time to talk about a post-U.S. America. While it’s possible that the United States as…
Hey, Feds: Step Away From That “Resign” Button
I started writing this last night, which may have been a mistake. Because of course there’s been some very relevant news this morning. But I’ll get to that at the end. This is for all you federal employees out there:…
Unnecessary Couping: The Hurt Is The Point
Can we please have no more arguing that Musk needs to stop coup-ing because breaking the State will hurt people? They already know it will hurt people. For many of them, hurting people is actually the goal. They don’t actually…
American Kakistrocracy: Rule By Plausible-Sounding Bullshit Generators
The Minions taking over the U.S. government have been connecting a Large Language Model (LLM), referred to as an “A.I.” by people who don’t know what words mean, to various government databases. This is truly History’s Stupidest Coup. I have…