Bread and Circuses
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Thanks the Donald Trump’s incompetence, mismanagement, and whims, Americans can’t afford bread, but, as Thomas Cangelosi points out at the Hartford Courant, Trump is giving them a circus. Here’s a bit from his column:
When the Truth Hurts, Hurt the Truth, Reprise 0
Michael in Norfolk suspects that the Trump maladministration’s attempt to repress the press may be a misdirection play.
Me, I think hissy-fit is a more appropriate term.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Bearing false witness? You can swear to it.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
A little brotherly politeness:
A 10-year-old boy is recovering after being shot in the shoulder last week.
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That investigation determined an older sibling unintentionally fired the gun on the second floor, the bullet traveling through the floor and hitting the boy downstairs.
Who Can You Trust? 0
Mark Hermann warns us not to choose wrongly, like these persons did.
Meta: Maintenance 0
I’ve deleted a couple of blogs from the Blogroll because they seem to have gone dormant.
In other news, there’s been an uptick in comment spam lately, which, thanks to Akismet, you don’t get to see. Most of it is about two blights upon our failing civilization, crypto mining and AI image generation. A pox upon both their houses.
AI on the Disinformation Superhighway? 0
David makes a case that AI may have been used to clone his voice in creating fake videos and discusses the disturbing implications thereof.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Yet more evidence that Richard Nixon’s southern strategy has come full circle and that today’s Republican Party is the party of the New Secesh.
Do You Want To Be an Accessory? 0
Robert Elliott wants to know.
Patriot Gamers 0
Speaking of the last resort of a scoundrel . . . .