If you disagree with the conclusion that the United States government has already fallen to a coup, then you might want to skip today’s post. It probably wouldn’t be good for your blood pressure. Now that they’re gone let’s just…
[Insert Metaphor]: This Regime Is An Anthill Of Crazy
Trying to keep track of all the details of exactly how the current regime is violating the Constitution and various laws is frankly exhausting. And that is exactly the goal. It’s not like they’ve been coy about it. The Trump,…
But Just This Once It’s OK: Government Shutdowns Are Usually A Bad Idea
The “Government shutdowns in the United States” page on Wikipedia is 20 years old; it’s old enough to able to vote. In 9 months, it’ll be old enough to legally buy alcohol. In 5 years, it’ll be old enough to…
Cheating At Democracy: Deciding How To Vote On Prop. 50
Proposition 50 is Gavin Newsom’s idea for how California can contribute to dealing with Texas’ egregious gerrymandering of its Congressional districts to try to grab a few more House seats for the Republicans. And it’s not actually a horrible idea.…
Names Matter: DHS Was Always Going To End Up Like This
The Department of Homeland Security was always going to end up as a paramilitary force of jackbooted thugs. How could it not? For one thing, federal law enforcement has always thought of itself as being above other cops, better and…
Archive: SoyMail, v0.0.1
I don’t even know if I still have a copy of that first SoyMail implementation, but I still like the name: its aim was to be a secure email transport by hiding legitimate email in a stream of fake meat…
Damnatio Memoriae: On Remembering Trump, Damn His Name
The Trumpists seem fond of the Roman Empire, or at least its aesthetics and symbology. Well. The Romans had a way to deal with public figures who wrecked society in pursuit of personal glorification. Today, we use the modern latin…
Yellow Stripes And Dead Armadillos: Democrats In The Middle Of The Road
I was going to write about pardons again today. What with all the recent abuses of that particular Presidential power. But the Lawyers, Guns & Money blog has a post today in which they highlight something one of their commenters…
Why The Ship Of State Sank: A Brief Post-Mortem For The United States
How the United States fell to a coordinated attack from within by a fascist political party will be a subject for historians and political philosophers to argue over forever. Like they do. So, since I’ve argued here before that there’s…
Obvious Metaphor: White House Vandalism A Bit Too On The Nose
The Vandals get a bad rap, mostly because the city they’re famous for having wrecked was the one that produced a large percentage of the historical documents from that time. So, ya know, it got written up and preserved. It’s…