The Rule of Lawless, War and Mongers of War Dept. 0
Retired naval officer Jon Duffy cuts through Donald Trump’s fog of lies about how his war of choice on Iran violates American law. A snippet:
I would quibble a bit. I would argue that its not that the legislative branch of the government is weakened; it’s that the members of one political party have chosen, as the Founders would have said, faction over country.
But that’s just me.
“Fog of Lies” 0
Thom discusses how billionaires are spending to skew dis coarse discourse.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
More politeness on the pavement:
We are a broken society.
The Art of the Con 0
At the Las Vegas Sun, Tom Harper follows the money.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Michael in Norfolk listens to the Trump maladministration and hears a rhyme:
All of this . . . traces back to Richard Nixon and his “Southern Strategy” . . . .
Follow the link for his parsing of the poesy.
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*Mark Twain.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice looks at the Virginia Supreme Supremacist Court’s overturning of Virginia’s attempt to gerrymander House districts in response to Republican’s own gerrymander and concludes that it means only one thing. From the title of his article:
Redistricting Isn’t Legal Unless It Disenfranchises Black Voters
Follow the link for his reasoning.
It’s All about the Algorithm 0
David talks about how the algorithm squelched one of his videos and the implications thereof for dis coarse discourse.
Aside:
If you click to “watch on Youtube,” you will find a link the video that David argues was squelched.
Here We Go Round the Merry-Go-Round 0
Methinks my old Philly DL friend Noz has pretty much nailed it.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A co-conspirator? Per ABC News,
Online resellers using AI to pretend to be mom-and-pop stores
Afterthought:
I recently bought a new cell phone, because my old one, after many years of faithful service, had reached EOL. Its battery was no longer holding a charge. It was a damned fine phone, but stuff does wear out.
The new one will not stop nagging me to use its AI bot, and I can’t make the nagbot go away.
Maybe I’m just old-fashioned, but I prefer real intelligence to the artificial fake.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
There’s nothing like a little brotherly politeness.
Indoctrination Nation, Republican Thought Police Dept. 0
If you don’t like historical fact, why, just teach students historical fiction.
Establishmentarians 0
Mrs. Betty Bowers reads the honor roll.