January, 2025 archive
A Blast from the Past 0
Arthur Godfrey sings “Teterboro Tower.”
When I was a young ‘un, the CBS Arthur Godfrey radio show was a morning staple in our house.
Facebook Frolics 0
Rebecca Watson comments on Mark Zuckerberg’s decision the greenlight hate speech on his “social” media platforms. (Warning: Mild language.)
Or you can read the transcript.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Truthful? Let Beloit professor Robin Zebrowski answer that:
Follow the link for the context of that statement.
Clouded Thinking 0
David discusses the storm of stupid that the California fires seem to have sparked in right-wing reactions thereunto. (Warning: Short commercial starts at the 4:30 mark.)
Because It Is. Okay? 0
Missing in Inaction 0
The Editorial Board of my local rag looks at statements by a number of Republican regarding the fires in California and editorializes that
Withholding relief from California fire victims would be unconscionable
The editorial itself is behind the paywall, but its title summarizes it nicely.
But that leads to a larger question:
- Where is the evidence that today’s Republican Party has a conscience?
Still Rising Again after All These Years,
Republican Thought Police Dept.
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Scott Maxwell parses the perfidy of Florida AG Ashley Moody.
No excerpt or summary can do his article justice. Just go read it.
Facebook Frolics 0
At AL.com, Kyle Whitmire finds himself less than impressed with Mark Zuckerberg’s reasons for abandoning fact-checking Fakebook Facebook; Whitmire notes the irony (emphasis added):
And that’s just the start. Follow the link for the rest.
Meanwhile, in more news of the Zuckerborg . . . .
This New Gilded Age 0
Via the Majority Report, a business professor argues that “income inequality is out of control,” then Sam and the crew discuss his remarks.
Afterthought:
We are reaping the harvest of Reagan’s trickle-on economics.
The Crypto Con 0
He says it came to him in a dream, which, methinks, is a fancy way of saying he dreamed it up.
The Media Is the Message 0
Thom argues that, if you can control the media, you can control the message, and traces the history of Republican efforts to do just that.