June, 2025 archive
The Hostile Takeover 0
Gene Collier looks at the Trump maladministration’s attempt to stage a military invasion of Los Angeles and is not sanguine. A snippet:
Facebook Frolics 0
In a column discussing how to deal with fraudulent frolics (in this case relating to Alabama football) on the Zuckberborg, Michael Casagrande makes this observation, which methinks is quite accurate:
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Responsible Fiscals 0
David discusses Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s comments about how Trump’s tariffs may tank the economy. (Warning: Short commercial at the end.)
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Brine for your brain? It’s the real dill.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
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The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating the suspicious death of Clancy. Boyd reached out to NonStop Local for help in solving the mystery of who could have shot her horse. “To ever think that someone deliberately or accidentally shoots your horse right in the kill spot on their head and they’re dead it was very heartbreaking and he was my heart horse, my unicorn,” she said.
We are a broken society.
Phoning It In, Reprise 0
“Mr. President, Emoluments calling on line two.”
“GOP Jesus” 0
Mrs. Betty Bowers explains the RRV–the Republican Revised Version–of the Bible.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
To exercise politeness properly, you have to receive careful instruction.
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.
Influencer Idiocy in Dis Coarse Discourse 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Alexander Danvers explains why you can’t trust many “internet influencers.” The short version is that they try to use what they claim is logical reasoning, while ignoring actual evidence. Here’s a bit (emphasis added):
A caveat: It’s not the best piece of writing I’ve seen; there are a few times when his wording could have been a bit clearer. For instance, he uses the term “logic,” when what he means in context is “logic based on false premises” or “reasoning unsupported by evidence.” (A fitting synonym might be “sales pitch.”) Nevertheless, in this age in which uncredentialed and unqualified yahoos seem capable of attracting many ears and turning many heads, methinks it a worthwhile read.