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Frank Gorshin, as the Riddler:
Methinks this fictional character accidentally articulated the axiom of this new gilded age.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
A responsible gun owner shoes his politeness to children at his door.
Prioritization 0
If I had an extra four grand lying around, I don’t think I’d spend it on a pair of sunglasses.
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S. S. Van Dine, in the voice of Philo Vance:
The only true and consistent theologians, don’t y’know, are the atheists.
Van Dine, S. S. (Willard Huntington Wright), The Canary Murder Case in
The Philo Vance Murder Cases, vol. 1 (Driffield, Yorkshire, UK: Leonaur LTD, 2010) p. 388.
Disorder in the Court 0
A judge feels constrained to remind a lawyer that “social” media isn’t.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
At the Ames, Iowa, Tribune, Walter Suza explores why some persons are so opposed to DEI (i. e., diversity, equality, and inclusion). A nugget (emphasis added):
DEI is also about becoming willing to admit that inequity has existed in America for so long that it appears as normal. Inequity being normal makes DEI abnormal. The result is some opposing DEI because it threatens their own power or rights , , , ,
When the Words Come Back To Haunt . . . . 0
. . . so that Marjorie Taylor Greene is hoist on her own petard.
Sporadic Bloggery 0
Out-of-town visitors.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Our society of stupid meets “social” media, and another child is sacrificed on the altar of America’s fascination with instruments of leaden death.
And, one more time, “accidentally” and “negligently” are not synonyms.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Last night we watched a movie we had DVRed*. As a matter of course, we keep closed captioning turned on.
I have become convinced that many studios use AI tools to create closed captions these days. I offer as evidence this line from the said movie (I’m doing this from memory, so I may not have it exactly word-for-word):
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini reports on the outpouring of racism and bigotry at the latest Turning Point Action conference. Montini found the events to be–er–somewhat dismaying.
Here’s a bit from his article:
Kirk and his organization flourished during the Trump administration and have become major players in Republican politics, holding events like the one in Florida and supporting political candidates.
Republican politicians are afraid to ignore Kirk, now, and even more afraid to criticize him.
Or perhaps — and this would be worse — the majority of Republicans simply agree with him, and what he says, and what he espouses.