March, 2022 archive
A Question of Timing 0
Aside:
I think making daylight savings time permanent is a profoundly stupid idea. It’s been tried–and failed–before. But we seem to have become a society incapable of learning from–indeed, even hostile to–history.
Freedom of Permitted Speech 0
At Above the Law, Chris Williams reports on cancel culture, Republican style.
The Lies of the Land 0
Behavioral economist Lionel Page explores how propaganda works. A tiny little snippet from a very long article:
In a related vein, Badtux argues that, strictly defined, propaganda may be slanted and manipulative, yes, but it may not necessarily be false.
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*Hence the success of Fox News.
BOLO* 0
Gene Collier thinks he may have spotted a wrong-doer.
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*Back in the olden days, when I was a young ‘un, they were callled “All Points Bulletins” or “ABPs.”
Borderline Disorder 0
Yastreblyansky makes the diagnosis.
The Clock Is TikToking 0
One more time, “social” media isn’t.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
No doubt he will say he was just putting him in his place.
A Picture Is Worth 0
What happens when members of a society eschew the common good and ignore the social contract?
The answer is below the fold.
Tournament of Trumpians 0
Above the Law’s Joe Patrice asks, “Which Trump Lawyer Is The Biggest Disgrace?”
Follow the link to see how he handicaps the brackets.
I disagree with his prediction. I think we would see Bill Barr v. Sidney Powell in the Trumpianship playoff, but I am not a lawyer and Patrice is.
Aside:
I thought I wanted to be a lawyer when I went off to college, but then I met some law students. I decided nothing was worth being that uptight. Of course, I’m not claiming I met a representative sample of law students by any means . . . .
Vindictive Vagueness 0
The Angry Grammarian parses Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” and finds it an intentionally uninterpretable linguistic mishmash. He concludes
Follow the link for his reasoning.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
He was just doing his bit to spread a little politeness . . . .