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Safe in some stations: when the law serves the rich and the powerful
Trump has repeatedly publicized the names of people in his various trials such as judges, judges’ family, witnesses and jurors. He’s been placed under gag orders and violates them … which would get most people locked away in jail. But … Continue reading
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Taylor Swift is Satan’s handmaiden? Who knew?
Hank Kunneman, a self-proclaimed prophet who claims Trump won in 2020 and markets prophetic merch, claimed recently that Taylor Swift practices “Satanic rituals and witchcraft.” No examples, he just says it’s obvious in her performances. And right-wing twit Jack Posobiec … Continue reading
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Unsafe in any station, part the hundredth
The title is a quote from “Cato’s letter” which warns us in one section “The only security which we can have that men will be honest, is to make it their interest to be honest; and the best defence which … Continue reading
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Marketing snake oil doesn’t mean you’re cleverer than your customers
Helaine Olen looks at the career of Glenn W. Turner, who popularized the phrase “fake it until you make it.” Great advice if you need a shot of confidence — but not so much if you’re scamming your customers, which … Continue reading
Why yes, there are limits to the First Amendment
The Washington Post recently published an article looking at doctors who’ve prescribed quack cures for covid such as ivermectin (an extremely profitable line of bullshit). Very few doctors have paid any penalty for so doing which doesn’t surprise me: doctors … Continue reading
Not unsafe enough
“This is not the sort of life Rebecca Grossman was supposed to be living. The 58-year-old former flight attendant turned socialite was meant to be spending her middle years enjoying the bounties of upper-class privilege [but instead] the Hidden Hills … Continue reading
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Unsafe in any station? I wish!
(No election thoughts yet other than “Woot, no red wave!”) Back when #metoo was news and multiple women were standing up and saying Me, Too, I blogged about what would happen next. Would we make serious efforts to take down … Continue reading
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Unsafe in any station
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a fan of the 1700s political recommendation that “The only security which we can have that men will be honest, is to make it their interest to be honest; and the best defence which we … Continue reading
The right-wing, risk and safety
According to some conservatives the important thing about capitalism is not freedom or the positive benefits it brings (e.g., the incredible array of vegetarian products out there compared to when I graduated college) but that it places everyone under the … Continue reading
So even Harvey Weinstein isn’t as awful as Harvey Weinstein
One of the standard complaints about the #metoo movement is that it treats ordinary men, men who may have said or done something inappropriate but clearly aren’t bad people, like they were Harvey Weinstein, destroying their careers and crushing their … Continue reading
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