"This was the voice of moderation until 13 Sept, 2025"
by wj We are overdue for a new open thread. Unfortunately, inspiration is failing me this morning, so I’m going to fall back on something which is probably irrelevant to almost everyone else here: the California Department of Motor Vehicles. For those of you who are not aware, the DMV can be described (if ones … Read more
by liberal japonicus After the 17 0ct 2017 Las Vegas shooting, prompted by JanieM, I dropped in the comments to post the names of the victims and a link saying something about them. That finished up about a month later with this post collecting those names and links. I had briefly entertained the idea of … Read more
by Ugh Warning: some free form thoughts on online social media platforms, tax policy and tax avoidance. Individual countries around the world have begun enacting specialized tax regimes targeted at "digital" businesses. These include things like digital services taxes, digital advertising taxes, a tax on digital transactions, and various other taxes aimed at the usual … Read more
by russell They want all the cookies. They want to cut taxes, especially on the wealthy. And they want to either annihilate or privatize any and all outflows of public money to…. the public. Deficits don't matter, said Reagan, according to Cheney. But, actually they do matter. They give (R)'s their pretext for taking stuff … Read more
by russell "it was the fashion at the time". surely, seizing upon opportunities to point and laugh at the youngsters is among the foremost signs of incipient geezerhood. nonetheless, I am willing to say that I found this hilarious. now all of you fluffy-bearded, beanie-wearing, flannel-shirted lumberjack wanna-be's get offa my lawn! open thread y'all.
by russell The various controversies and plots and sub-plots and schemes and counter-schemes that seem to swarm around Donald Trump and his administration are, admittedly, hard to keep track of. So much winning! But there is a core issue that seems, to me, utterly unambiguous. And, it's also the issue that Trump himself and his … Read more