American Stasi 0
Another reminder that mean for the sake of mean is a Republican family value.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
And, as we know, a polite society is a clean society.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid,
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you, brother,
You won’t find one without the other.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A competent financial advisor? Let’s ask the man (who’s now living) on the street.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
Steve M. has a wonder.
The Great Pretender 0

Image via Job’s Anger.
Aside:
Anyone who knows anything of Donald Trump’s record knows that he has never taken responsibility for anything he’s done.
American Stasi 0
Yet another legal law-abiding immigrant of South American heritage is snatched up by ICE and sent to a concentration camp detention center.
Fly the Fiendly Skies . . . 0
. . . and just maybe you’ll get to meet Florida man.
Geeking Out 0
Mageia v. 10, successfully upgraded online from v. 9, with the Plasma desktop. Xclock is in the upper right; GKrellM in the lower right. The wallpaper is from my collection.

This New Gilded Age 0
Methinks the allegations in this lawsuit may provide an insight into how pirate private equity works.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A competent 911 operator? Just hope it doesn’t take your emergency call.
Aside:
I had occasion to call customer service (I won’t mention the company) recently and got an AI bot. The only positive thing I can say about the AI experience was that, when I asked to talk to a real live human being, the AI bot actually listened and transferred me to a real live human being.
After a bit of a wait, during which I endured hold music which I am certain was composed by AI to make persons on hold hang up the phone, I found myself taking to a human being who was pleasant, competent, and efficient. We even had some chuckles during the conversation.
This was a couple of days ago and her name escapes me, but I wouldn’t mention it in any event, because she’d probably find herself terminated for actually providing customer service to a custome–oh, never mind.







