September, 2023 archive
And Now for a Musical Interlude 0
I remember hearing the McGuire Sisters on Arthur Godfrey’s radio show back in the olden days, when I was a young ‘un. I liked them then, and I like them now.
Dred Scott Redux 0
Sam talks with Ian Millhiser about the current state of the Supreme Supremacist Court. It’s a long listen and a worthwhile one.
I know.
I stayed up later than I intended to listen to it.
Enjoying Your Weekend? 0
Well, Robert Reich wants you to know why you have one to enjoy.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
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.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Real life is not a good place for laboratory experiments.
“And you might say well, 55, that’s not a lot. Well, if it’s your family, it’s a lot,” Nicholson said. “And for me, it’s not just your family, it’s everybody’s family. I’m responsible for everybody in this city. And so if we don’t get to one person, that’s one person too many that we didn’t get to.”
Afterthought:
Methinks one of the synonyms for “hubris” is “Tech Bro.”
And Now for a Brief Respite 0
H/T Susan for the pic.
Sound Familiar? 0
For some fool reason, this reminds me of someone.
Originalist Sin 0
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse plans to follow the money.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Another child . . . .
(snip)
Investigators determined the victim’s 5-year-old brother found a loaded gun in a vehicle, deputies said in a news release. Authorities didn’t say who owned the gun.
