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Some persons call it “cancel culture.”

Others might just call it “consequences.”

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Yet another “responsible gun owner” demonstrates why that phrase is an oxymoron.

Two people were injured overnight in a Sixth Street bar after a gun went off inside someone’s pocket, sources tell KXAN.

Also, too.

Musical NotesGuns 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.

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“A Choice, Not an Echo” 0

Woman draped in an American flag stands before a portraits of Donald Trump and Joe Biden.  Trump's is captioned

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

“Theft of labor” and “vocational education” are not synonyms.

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.

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QOTD 0

Vladimir Nabokov:

Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form.

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And Now for a Musical Interlude 0

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The Message in the Medium 0

Field parses the persiflage.

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A Notion of Immigrants Meets Republican Family Values 0

Title:  WWJD?  Image:  Jesus Christ stands next to the Rio Grande as agents repel persons trying to cross the border.  He points towards the various scenes saying

Via Job’s Anger.

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The Worst National Bunk 0

Rebecca Watson debunks RFK Jr.’s bunk.

Or you can read the transcript.

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The Performance Artist 0

Man looking at phone:  Joe Manchin may be considering a third-party run for President.  Second man:  What's the name of the party?  First man:  Look at Me.

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Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0

So says sportswriter extraordinaire Bob Molinaro:

Not to belabor a subject touched on last week, but another example of AI putting the artificial in artificial intelligence was the absence of Kenny Easley from the chatbot’s top 10 list of all-time Hampton Roads athletes. The Oscar Smith High football legend became a three-time consensus All-American at UCLA before starring in Seattle, where he was a four-time All-Pro selection at safety and 1984 NFL Defensive Player of the Year. At the expense of someone else, he more than belongs.

And, in more news of AI antics . . . .

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

Arkansas Senator wants to go back to the land of Cotton and to make sure the old times there are not forgotten.

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Hal Abelson:

Anything which uses science as part of its name isn’t: political science, creation science, computer science.

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Ted Cruz’s Toy Story 0

Afterthought:

Why am I not surprised to learn that Ted Cruz can’t count to nine?

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Assimilation . . . 0

. . . can make you blind*.

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*With apologies to the creators of the musical Hair.

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The Disconnect 0

The Star-Ledger’s Tom Moran looks at a recent Monmouth poll showing that over half of the populace thinks that the economy is doing poorly, then he runs the numbers, which indicate quite the opposite. A snippet:

Here are some inconvenient facts for Biden’s critics:

Since he took office, the economy has added 13 million new jobs, the most ever created in a single term. The unemployment rate is 3.6 percent, the lowest it’s been since the 1960s. The rate among Hispanics hit a record low of 3.2 last year, and for Blacks, the all-time low came this spring, when the rate dipped to 4.7 percent.

The man deserves a thumbs-up. But the Monmouth poll shows that 48 percent disapprove of Biden’s performance on jobs, with 47 percent approving.

Follow the link for his thoughts on the disconnect.

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Boebert Is the New Gohmert 0

Heartless is as heartless does.

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Both Sides Don’t 0

Rick Reynolds, writing in the Las Vegas Sun, explains why.

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Collateral Damage 0

Man in tuxedo talking to general in uniform.  General's hat reads

Via Job’s Anger.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Yet another random act of politeness.

Musical NotesGuns 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.

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