2024 archive
If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0
Kaitlin Collins calls out J. D. Vance’s hypocrisy.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
At the Kansas City Star, Dion Lefler recounts some Facebook Frolics with Meta’s AI chatbot.
A Tune for the Times 0
Mangy comments at the Youtube page:
Mangy Fetlocks never ceases to be amazed at the depths to which Republican politicians will go to curry favor with a twice-impeached, pussy- grabbing multiply-indicted failed ex-president. For a party ostensibly waving the flag of “real men”, “honor”, “independence” and “patriotism”, they seem to display NONE of those traits.
Courting Disaster 0
Writing at the Charlotte Observer, law professor Gene Nichol is less than sanguine about the actions of our current Supreme Supremacist Court.
Gutting Out the Vote 0
Thom talks with David Pepper about a new tactic in Republican efforts to gut out the vote.
The Louse Always Wins 0
Sportswriter extraordinaire Bob Molinaro runs the numbers:
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Just a little passing case of politeness.
Recommended Viewing 0
I liked it when it was new, the few times I got to see it when I was a young ‘un, and I like it now that it is old (as am I). It was easily one of the best noir series of early American television.
I’m watching it on Tubi.
Aside:
Noir has not gone away. We are living it today.
The Republican Veepstakes 0
Robin Abcarian has a wonder:
Slaughtering wolves from helicopters?
Castrating hogs?
Shooting up Priuses with assault weapons?
Murdering misbehaving puppies?
Is this what it takes for a Republican woman to be a credible candidate for higher office?
Follow the link, where she explores the Republican politics of mean for the sake of mean.
The Cryto Con 0
The grifter gifter.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another indication that “responsible gun owner” is a oxymoron:
(snip)
“Upon further inspection of the scene, deputies noticed a bullet sized hole in the wall that directly lined up where the victim was standing in her kitchen. … Deputies began administering first aid as Fire and Rescue arrived on scene.” A suspect was discovered when deputies asked one of the neighbors if he heard any gunshots in the night. A 56-year-old man advised he had fired such a shot, while checking to see if a handgun was loaded, Decatur said.
Fail Columbia? 0
At the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, a Jewish student from Georgia currently enrolled at Columbia University expresses his disappointment at how his college has reacted to the demonstrations there and his dismay at how some students, professors, and pundits are portraying both the demonstrations and the conflict in Gaza. It is a thoughtful piece well-worth a read.
Here’s a tiny bit:
