2020 archive
No Place To Hide 0
At the San Francisco Chronicle, Joseph W. Cotchett note the efforts of Big Data to weasel out from under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Here’s a snippet (emphasis added):
Face, we have admitted–nay, invited–these parasites into our most private lives and now, like electronic bed bugs, they have no intention of leaving.
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*A distinction without a distinction, methinks.
Florida Man? 0
No relo, says the judge, noting that the wannabe Florida Man is unwilling to speak for himself.
Facebook Frolics 0
Shorter Facebook press release: Fact? What is this thing you call “fact”?
Spin Cycle, Tariffs Dept. 0
David explains how tariffs work. It’s not how Donald Trump claims they work, despite the Trumpettes’ spin.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Kyle Whitfield looks at an Alabama candidate’s recent campaign ad and concludes that some things never change.
The Lies of the Land, Reprise 0
At the Bangor Daily News, David Farmer marvels at the magnitude of the mendacity of the Conman-in-Chief (and his entire staff).
So Much Winning . . . . 0
It looks like Steve M. may have called it.
QOTD 0
Kerry Greenwood, in the voice of Corinna Chapman:
The poor steal from the rich because they envy them. The rich steal from the poor because they despise them.
Greenwood, Kerry, The Spotted Dog (Napierville: Poisoned Pen Press, 2019), p. 387.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
At The Seattle Times, Clyde W. Ford discusses the “intellectual” constructs used to rationalize racism and white nationalism, or, to put it another way, how haters convince themselves that their hate is okay.
Misdirection Play, Misreading Misleading Dept.
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At the Idaho State Journal, Retired Professor Leonard Hitchcock examines ten of Republicans’ most common arguments (methinks “smokescreens” would be a more accurate term) against the impeachment of Donald Trump and concludes that “deceptive” (my word, not his) would be a charitable description of them. Here’s an example; follow the link for the rest.
This objection stands the truth on its head. The Constitution explicitly gives Congress the power to oversee the executive’s actions, in order to insure that the president does not become a tyrant. It is Trump who has overreached his authority and attempted to deny the Congress its proper role.