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Technological Wonderland 0

Two older persons whispering to each other.  Man enters and asks,

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Republican Newspeak 0

Clarence Page decodes de code.

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The Me Veneration 0

As we have seen, Donald Trump likes to spread his taint name wherever he can.

At The Root, Phenix S. Halley takes inventory of his masturbatory multiplication of items bearing his moniker.

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Rand Gestures 0

Susan Estrich argues that Dr. Fauci was justified in citing the Fifth Amendment when he appeared before Senator Rand Paul’s committee, She notes that Senator Paul was not acting in good faith and that Dr. Fauci invoked the Fifth so as

. . . to avoid falling into the perjury trap Sen. Rand Paul was setting for him. Dr. Fauci was not brought in to testify because they needed to know more about what he had said and done in the past. No, he has not only testified multiple times about all of these issues in the past, but they are covered by the broad pardon of him that President Joe Biden granted before he left office.

The purpose here was the trap.

Much more at the link.

Afterthought:

What would be your opinion of a person who would releases someone’s private diary to the press?

Personally, I would not think higly of him or her.

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The Man with a Plan 0

Donald Trump stand between two boxes labeled

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

He wanted to record a “how to.”

He created a “how not to.”

The stupid. It burns.

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QOTD 0

David de Keyser, in the voice of Joshua de Talmont:

. . . it’s easier to hate than to understand.

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And Now for a Musical Interlude 0

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Bushwhacked 0

Bringing new meaning to the term “under cover cop.”

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Republican Thought Police 0

Thom sees a disturbing pattern in the Trump’s attempt to change history into his story.

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Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0

A profligate perjuror? Above the Law reports that

. . . courts are now buried under troves of AI-generated court filings — aka AI slop — and facing a tidal wave of fabricated evidence.

Real evidence at the link.

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Facebook Frolics 0

Apparently, the Zuckerborg is planning to metastasize the Disinformation Superhighway by “training” its AI on right-wing lies.

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The Rule of Lawless 0

Bruce Schneier has a wonder:

It’s hard to know how much the Constitution matters in the US right now.

Follow the link for context.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Another case of courtesy on the concrete.

We are a society of stupid.

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QOTD 0

Sam Rayburn:

A jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build one.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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

Listening to Donald Trump’s attempt bring back the Red Scares of America past, Michael Hiltzik hears a rhyme. Here’s a tiny bit from his article, in which he references Democrat Al Smith’s campaign for New York Governor in 1928:

On that occasion, Smith said: “The cry of socialism has been patented by the powerful interests that desire to put a damper on progressive legislation. Is that cry of socialism anything new? Not to a man of my experience. I have heard it raised by reactionary elements and the Republican party … for over a quarter-century.”

Follow the link for more rhymes.

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*Mark Twain.

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This New Gilded Age 0

Two Tech Bros talking.  One says,

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Red Scare Redux 0

Thom argues that what Donald Trump calls “communism” could more appropriately be labeled the “radical middle.”

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Mower politeness.

Musical NotesGuns and stupid, guns and stupid.
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.

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