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Republican Family Values 0

Two germs, one labeled

Via Job’s Anger.

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American Stasi, Reprise 0

Warrants! ICE don’t believe in no stinkin’ warrants.

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American Stasi 0

Grung_e_Gene notes that the underlying force in the Trump maladministrations war on immigrants brown people is America’s original sin of chattel slavery and the doctrine of racial superiority that was created to justify it. Here’s a tiny little bit from his article:

Read any news story showing ICE acting with impunity and with tacit and explicit support of this government and you will see so many racist whites get orgasmic satisfaction at seeing brown people suffer.

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QOTD 0

Aaron Sorkin:

I am all for everyone having a voice; I just don’t think everyone has earned the microphone. And that’s what the Internet has done.

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Anchors Away (Far, Far Away for a Long, Long Time) 0

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This New Gilded Age 0

At the Las Vega Sun, letter-writer Mark Bird follows the money and reaches a depressing conclusion.

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Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0

A thumb on the scales of justice? At Above the Law, Joe Patrice reports that a lawyer attempted to send a secret message to any AI agent that might read his plea. A snippet:

A court employee in Connecticut noticed an unusual stretch of white space in a filing. Upon closer inspection, the “nothing” turned out to be 3-point, white-on-white text. It would be invisible to any human casually reading reading the page, but perfectly legible to any software that happened to ingest the document.

Methinks “AI” does not stand for “artificial intelligence.”

It stands for “antisocial invidiousness.”

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War Games 0

Farron discusses how the Trump maladministration is mistreating America’s troops, specifically the sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln, because (just my opinion) said maladministration thinks like four-year-olds playing war with toy soldiers in a sandbox.

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“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0

Mona Charen makes a case that, if weren’t for his incompetence, “Trump” would rhyme with “Stalin” (and, with the assistance of his bootlickers, lackeys, and sycophants, he still just might).

Yeah, I know that might sound rather extreme, but give her piece a read. I think she makes some good points.

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*Mark Twain.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Yet another “responsible gun owner” practices random acts of politeness.

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American Stasi, Republican Thought Police Dept. 0

Via Above the Law, Techdirt reports that

The Wall Street Journal has a detailed report on how Trump’s personal secret police militia, ICE, is actively investigating, intimidating, and silencing people who criticize them online.

Follow the link for details.

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QOTD 0

Robert J. Sawyer:

. . . clearheaded, unflinching, rational thinking is the only effective way to deal with reality.

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A Tune for the Times 0

(Warning: Mild language.)

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The Steam Punk 0

Steve M. reports that Donald Trump wants to catapult the Nave into the past.

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The Oath Taker 0

Todd Blanche, his right hand on a copy of

Click for the original image.

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“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0

    Thom hears a rhyme from the American right wing
    That sounds just like “make America white again.”

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*Mark Twain.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Yet another case of politeness on the pavement.

We are a broken society.

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Facebook Frolics 0

A frolicking fence:

A Philadelphia woman whose Honda Odyssey was stolen in July says she later found parts from the vehicle being sold on Facebook Marketplace and exchanged text messages with the person selling them.

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No Place To Hide 0

Stephen L. Carter is fed up with our surveillance society. Methinks he makes some good points. A snippet:

It’s hard to imagine now, but in the 19th century, when cameras were young, it was considered discourteous to take a person’s picture without permission. Now, once we’ve exited our homes, our images are being recorded constantly. In cities and suburbs and, increasingly, rural areas, cameras along the road are accepted as a fact of life.

I have a quibble, though. He blames government. I think might have more accurate pointed his accusatory finger at Big Tech.

They’re the pushers; government is the pushee.

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QOTD 0

Horace:

Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor’s wall is ablaze.

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