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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Aside:
Many years ago, during the height of the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s, the highest officials from my then-segregated school district drove to New Orleans for some sort of conference. My father later told me that one of them–who went on to serve competently and honorably as the county Superintendent of Schools for many years–told him this anecdote:
In Mississippi, the atmosphere was so hostile that the travelers–all white Southerners, remember–started to fake their accents to sound even more Southern than they already did.
Then and Now 0
Then:
In a speech in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1901, William McKinley, 25th President of the United States, said,
Now:
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Know Them by the Company They Keep 0
And some of them keep truly bad, bad company.
Little More than Computer-Assisted Hockeypuck 0
St. Louis University Professor Matt Grawitch calls BS on ChatGPT. A nugget:
. . . although it may provide a coherent response, coherence is not synonymous with accuracy.
Follow the link for context.
Republican Family Values 0
Honest to Betsy, you can’t make this stuff up.
Ballooning Reports 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Robert Bartholomew suggests that, based on past history (as opposed, I guess, to future history), we should be prepared for a a bunch of bogus balloon sightings in the next few months. An excerpt from his article:
A Tune for the Times 0
Amongst all the fuss about the Chinese balloon, it’s about all I can do not to remember Francis Gary Powers.
Furthermore, in these days of satellites, “social” media, and the like, all this fuss over a balloon at 60,000 feet seems a bit silly.
It’s not that I’m in favor of spy balloons, but that I’m in favor of a sense of perspective.
Furrfu.
An Empty Case of Whine 0
Once again, a court throws out a Trump lawsuit because there’s no there there.
To Demote the General Welfare . . . . 0
Michael Hiltzik skewers the specious sophistries being used to push for raising the age of eligibility for social security. A snippet; follow the link, where he debunks more bunk.