2024 archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Another child . . . .
One more time, “accident” and “negligence” are not synonyms, and law enforcement should stop pretending that they are.
This New Gilded Age 0
SFgate’s Drew Magary minces few words about our new robber barons.
QOTD 0
Leonard Goldberg, in the voice of Joanna Blalock:
Greed has no end. It is like a bottomless well that cannot be filled. And at times the wealthiest are the worst offenders.
Goldberg, Leonard, The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes (New York: Minotaur, 2017) p. 262
The Disinformation Superhighway 0
Spocko makes the case that some Twitter users X offenders have created an HOV lane for voter fraud fraudsters.
“There’s No Legal Strategy Called Rope-a-Dope” 0
Seth takes a closer look at the last week of the campaign.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
He is bullish on politeness.
(snip)
The complainant told the McDonough County Central Dispatch that they suspected four of their bulls had been shot. When deputies and detectives arrived on the scene, two of the four bulls had died. Two other bulls had been shot and the owner was tending to their injuries.
True Decievers 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Robert Klitzman takes a look at recent research into the psychology of cults and cultists. He suggests that it may shed some light on dis coarse discourse. Here’s a tiny bit:
The Back-Up Plan 0
At the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Gene Collier offers his take on Donald Trump’s campaign–er–strategy. A nugget; follow the link for his reasoning.
“The Last Firewall” 0
Just in case you wondered why Republicans are so determined to gut out the vote . . . .
That Trumpled Economy 0
Mrs. Betty Bowers reminds us of the reality of the “Trump economy.” A quote:
Four years ago, thousands of Americans were dying every day, and there was no toilet paper.
“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
El Reg reports that Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux kernel, ain’t buying it. A snippet:
“I think the whole tech industry around AI is in a very bad position and it’s 90 percent marketing and ten percent reality and in five years things will change and at that point we’ll see what of the AI is getting used for real workloads,” he added.
Follow the link for context.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes.”* 0
Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman hears a rhyme.
So too does Yastreblyansky.
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*Mark Twain.