Author's archive
“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.
Pay Attention to the Man behind the Curtain 0
David R Clawson, writing at Psychology Today Blogs, argues that The Wonderful Wizard of Oz can be seen as an allegory for the time in which it was written, that is, the heart of the Gilded Age, and also as an allegory for this, the New Gilded Age. Methinks he makes a good point, as witness this excerpt (only substitute the phrase, “successful businessman” for “wizard”):
I commend his piece to your attention.
The Bully’s Pulpit 0
Steve M. detects a pattern.
Follow the link for his reasoning.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
The serial: Dick Tracy’s G-Men, episode three, which I saw on Tubi.
The dialog: I left orders with the Coast Guard.
The closed caption: I left daughters with the Coast Guard.
The intelligence: Artificial.
The stupid: It burns.
The afterthought: I have daughters. As one who used to be a boater, I have a lot of respect for the Coast Guard, but I’m not sure I’d leave my daugh–oh, never mind.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Practice politeness while paying for your purchases.
The stupid. It wounds.
All the News that Fits 0
Cliff Schecter talks with Brian Karam about why today’s news media focuses on all the news that fits.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
It just keeps getting coarser.
Immunity Impunity
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At the Idaho State Journal, Michael Corrigan marvels at the teflon Don.
QOTD 0
Shirley Monticue, as Girl Beatnik:
Do you believe we should give people the vote before educating them to use it wisely?
I’m so old, I can remember when public schools taught civics (at my school, the course was called “Government,” but rose by any other name etc.).
Methinks not doing so has not turned out very well.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
And, as we know, a polite society is a clean society.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
But, as my old boss used to say, sometimes even a blind pig finds an acorn.
Afterthought:
No, that was my other old boss.
Influencer Idiocy, Reprise 0
I previously observed that the internet, particularly “social” media, is an incubator of stupid.
Here’s another example for the exhibit table.
