Free Trumpled Speech, Reprise
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Seth takes a closer look at Donald Trump’s efforts to unfree speech.
The Medicine Show 0
Whitney Coulson debunks de bunk from the quacks in the Trump maladministration. The gist:
Autism is not caused by parenting, vaccines, or medications like Tylenol.
Follow the link for context.
Pattern Recognition 0
Does this list, taken from an article by Alli Spotts-De Lazzer at Psychology Today Blogs, remind you of anyone?
- Inflated self-importance, even when their accomplishments don’t back that up
- Constant hunger for attention and admiration
- Insistence that their way wins
- Exploitation in relationships, meaning using others, whether through manipulation, boundary-pushing, or taking advantage of generosity
- A lack of awareness or care about how their actions affect people
- A level of arrogance, envy, or haughtiness that’s far outside the norm (sometimes loud and obvious, sometimes subtle and covert)
Follow the link to find out the topic of her article.
The Bagmen 0
Sam and the crew follow the money and decode de code.
Aside:
This is what can happen when you think the government should be run like a business.
The Politics of Tantrum 0
In an article about Donald Trump’s war on late night comedians, Mike Littewin asks what methinks is a quite valide question:
Follow the link for his thoughts on the matter.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Another oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” exposes his portable phallus to a toddler.
We are society of stupid.
A Picture Is Worth 0
Non Sequitur visualizes why the inventor of the whell might have second thoughts.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
And another gun fancier didn’t know–and didn’t bother to check whether–his gun was loaded.
And thus passeth another life in Gun Nut Garden of Eden.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid.
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.
Stray Thought 0
Who other persons idolize can tell you a lot about the character and beliefs of said idolators. Indeed, they may even be said to hold up a mirror to said idolators.
For example, what can you induce about those who find this person to be admired?
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
Michael in Norfolk runs the numbers.
Geeking Out 0
Mageia v. 9 with the Plasma desktop. KeePassXC, Firefox, and Konqueror are shaded (you can’t do that in Windows). XClock is in the upper right; GKrellM, the lower right. The wallpaper is from my collection.
“Facts Are What People Think” 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Mary Ann Little writes
(My first thought is, these days, it’s all too easy to “wrap your mind around it.” Just watch the antics of the Trump maladministration.)
Anyway, you might what to read her article, where she explores why some folks believe stuff that lacks verifiable veracity.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Gene Nichol hears a rhyme:
Follow the link for the rest.
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*Mark Twain.