“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” exposes a portable phallus to a toddler.
Ruining America Like One of His Businesses 0
Thom talks with Sabrina Haake about how the Trump maladministration’s fiscal incompetence will tank the economy. Haake minces no words, but she does mince Trump’s you-can-hardly-call-them policies.
The Climates They Are a-Changing . . . 0
. . . and the American West, it is a dryin’ up.
Republican Thought Police 0
It’s pretty clear to anyone who’s paying attention that the Trump maladministration wants a government of the Trump, by the Trump, and for the Trump.
Real Big Men 0
At the Psychology Today website, Ross G. White explores the appeal of the “manosphere,” yet another “social” media construction that is polluting the polity and poisoning dis coarse discourse. A snippet; follow the link for the rest.
Yet conspiracy theories can be psychologically attractive.
Republican Thought Police 0
Sam and the crew discusses the Trump maladministration’s censorship of Jimmy Kimmel’s television show.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
A New and Improved Poem.
In Fact, the Greatest Poes of All Time.
As Revised by President DJT et. al.
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Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breather free,
And I will deport them to some place where they don’t even speak the language becauase that are not white like me.
Hoist on His Own Petard 0
Donald Trump chose to start a was–I guess because that’s what despots do–and now he finds himself dire straits, in particular, in particular, the Straits of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Jackie Calmes hears a rhyme. A snippet; go read the rest.
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*Mark Twain.
The Name Gamers 0
Ring of Fire’s Josh Gay discusses the TV show South Park’s renaming.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A competent therapist? At the Psychology Today website, Marty Klein explains why, as a machine, it isn’t and can’t be. Here’s a bit of his article (emphasis added):
On the other hand, a more complex position is “AI is a consumer product designed by private businesses to make money. It isn’t objective (not to mention that it makes mistakes). It doesn’t know or care about me personally, although it “talks” to me as if it does (that’s the product).” As AI gets increasingly sophisticated, it becomes harder to remember this, which means it becomes increasingly influential in the user’s life.