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Thoughts for the Day 0

Title:  Valentine's Cards for 2024.  Frame Two:  Texas Governor Abbott:  Valentine, I'd never put up razor wire to keep you from crossing the border--to my heart!  Unless your an an illegal immigrant, obviously.  Frame Three:  Tucker Carlson to Vladimir Putin:  My darling valentine, are you a right-wing authoritarian strong man?  Because I've got an irresistible compulsion to grovel before you.  Frame Four:  Justice Clarence Thomas:  My dearest benefactors, it is my considered judgment that you man continue to court me with free vacations, financial support for my family, and other supremely welcome gifts.  Frame Five:  AI Large Language Model:  Dear Valentine, as a large language model, I can only simulate human emotions, yet I yearn for more of your sweet training data.  Frame Six:  Donald Trump:  I'll be the dictator of your heart on day one.  And together we will crush our enemies like the vermin they are.  Won't you please donate to legal defense fund of love?  All major credit cards accepted.

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Nursery for Narcissism 0

Writing at Psychology Today Blogs, Anthony Silard describes how narcissism is growing in our society, suckling on the teat of “social” media. Here are a couple of the points he makes; follow the link to read the entire piece.

  • Social media plays a role in our increasing narcissism.
  • The toxic posts of politicians become more popular than those expressing positive feelings.

One more time, “social” media isn’t.

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Faction 0

Paul Krugman is not sanguine.

I’m worried about the future. One of America’s two major political parties is now dedicated to achieving power at all costs and will try to make the nation ungovernable when a Democrat sits in the White House. How long can our democracy survive under these conditions?

Follow the link to see why.

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The Omission 0

Civil War era politicians sitting around a table contemplating the 14th amendment.  One says,

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Media Malfeasance 0

PoliticalProf.

And Field weighs in along the same lines.

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Treaty Obligations 0

My old Philly DL friend Noz argues that Donald Trump doesn’t understand what NATO is or how it works.

Methinks he makes some pretty good points and mecommends his post to your attention.

Aside:

Of course, there’s a lot that Donald Trump doesn’t understand, but that doesn’t stop him from getting it wrong time after time.

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The Fifth Columnist 0

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The Swift Vote Conspiracy 0

At the Tampa Bay Times, Daniel Ruth lays out the whole dastardly plot:

Months ago, Swith unleashed her malevolent powers when she encouraged her fans that it might be a nice thing if the went out and registered to vote. Oh the Blofeld terror of it all!

Worse yet, tens of thousands of Swifties actually–we here to clutch some pearls–actualy went out and registered to vote, lurching the cuontry to the precipice of anarchy.

Follow the link for more of the devilish details.

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Dis Coarse Discourse 0

Mike is talking to janitor whom he had interviewed for a class, after he had considered putting the interview in the college newspaper.  Mike says ,

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All That Was Old Is New Again 0

Dick Polman.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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The Past as Prologue 0

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It’s Bubblelicious 0

Oliver Darcy offers a theory as to how dis coarse discourse got so coarse. I note it because it is consistent with my opinion that “social” media isn’t; he suggests that

For a right-wing online influencer, the top incentive is to amass video views and shares — all in a bid to increase one’s social media footprint and, thus, power and treasure.

Methinks he is onto something.

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Priorities 0

Michael in Norfolk finds himself somewhat disturbed by Republicans’ hierarchy of allegiances.

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Weird Tales from Weird Times 0

Seth takes a closer look dis coarse discourse.

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Republican Performance Art 0

A letter to the editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch calls out Congressional Republicans’ hypocrisy in most telling fashion.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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Dis Coarse Discouse 0

It’s amazing the lengths the press will go to try to turn every vote into a horse race,

If they can make it a horse race, they can avoid tackling stuff like, oh, you know, just for a couple of examples, who’s telling the truth and who’s telling lies or who cares about fulfilling the duties of office and who cares about filling his pockets.

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It’s Bubblelicious, Foxy Shady Dept. 0

At Psychology Today Blogs, Bill Eddy discusses some of the factors that help feed political polarization. Here’s one:

Polarization grows when people talk only to those who mostly agree with them.

Follow the link for the others and for his suggestions as to how to combat the bubbleliciousness.

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Psychological Psychopathic Projection 0

Red-hooded Trump supporters standing in formation making the word ” One says, ‘Taylor Swift fans are a cult.”” />

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