“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 too far, but now they’re risking the only surviving population…
Party Hearty: Holding Fewer Elections Can Be More Democratic
I am getting seriously sick of elections in the U.S. being decided by: This is dumb, wrong and an affront to the idea of “democracy”. I have done this rant before, so I’ll try to keep it short this time.…
First Things First: Have A Philosophy
If, like me, you look at the world every day and think “Damn; that’s messed up” then a good place to start is to figure out what political philosophies appeal to you. Because that gives you standards by which to…
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…
The Real King: Getting Yourself Fired In Style
Well, today started with someone showing an amusing new way to not resign. Presumably. While this is most likely the result of someone in IT choosing not to resign in protest, it was plausibly done by anyone with access to…
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…
Герої: Save Ukraine, Save The World
I’m going to look at something other than Musk’s ongoing coup in the U.S. today. Hey, it’s a holiday. (Though not one I’ve ever felt like celebrating, and this year that’s more the case than ever.) So let’s turn our…
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…