May, 2025 archive
In an Alternate Universe 0
What would it have been like had a Donald Trump been our first president?
Inquiring minds don’t really want to know, but now they do.
Via Job’s Anger.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
The new blow-up dall? No air pump needed, baby!
And Now for a Musical Interlude (Updated) 0
Addendum:
Go give it a listen. It’s Fanny Brice.
While you do, ask yourself, why do they make the embed code available if they don’t want you to embed it?
Republican Thought Police 0
The EFF looks the latest Republican strategy to squelch dissent: To give the executive branch power to unilaterally strip the tax exempt status from organizations it doesn’t like by dubbing them “terrorist supporting organizations.” Here’s a bit from their article (emphasis added):
“Get Me Dewrite!” 0
It would appear that the Trump maladministration believes that what we don’t know can’t hurt it.
The Storms This Time 0
Thom wonders why the Trump maladministration is gutting the federal agencies that exist to keep Americans safe, such as NOAA. From the Youtube page:
Trump, Elon Musk & DOGE are gutting the programs scientists use to predict the weather, now Americans are in danger of dangerous storms, fossil fuel companies and oligarchs can hide information from the public and the billionaires will be able to buy property cheap after hurricanes wipe communities off the map.
PoliticalProf has more relevant to this topic.
Afterthought:
I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that today’s Republican Party is no longer committed to promoting the general welfare.
The Entitlement Society 0
F. Scott Fitzgerald is often quoted as having said, “The rich are different than you and me.”
At Psychology Today Blogs, Ronald E. Riggio argues that this is indeed the case labels it “Affluency Syndrome.” He goes on to argue that
Rich and powerful people are prone to affluency and can believe that they are above the law.
Follow the link for his reasoning. Then just look around.
Methinks he makes a pretty strong case.
QOTD 0
John Eldredge, in the voice of Harry Archer:
What in the world is going on here? There must be some logical explanation.
Correction.
There must be some explanation.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Functionally illiterate? Judge for yourself.
- The dialog: Hey, I got an acetylene torch in the truck.
The closed caption: Hey, I got a zeppelin torch in the trunk.
Cruel and Unusual
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At NJ.com, Daysi Calavia-Robertson describes what life is like for an Uber driver who’s now in an ICE concentration camp detention center.
Just go read it.
Hoist on His Own Petard? 0
Is turnabout fair play? Farron delights in the possibility.
His Finger Is Pointing in the Wrong Direction 0
Methinks my old Philly DL friend Noz makes a valid point.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Hacked into telling lies? It’s just a computer program, folks. Of course it’s hackable.