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

Thom hears a rhyme echoing across the sea from nearly a century ago.

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*Mark Twain.

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Words Have Meanings 0

Why are not more persons noticing that, by crusading against anti-fascists, today’s Republican Party is ipso facto painting itself as the party of fascists?

Man and boy standing before the

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Welcome your roommate home with politeness.

A professor and mother of three children was fatally shot by her roommate who mistook her for an intruder.

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WTVM spoke to Muscogee County Coroner Buddy Bryan who said that Anderson’s roommate had received alleged terroristic threats from her son, so when she heard noise while she slept she picked up a gun and fired two shots.

The second bullet struck Anderson, Bryan told the outlet.

One more time, “accidental” and “negligent” are not synonyms.

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Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0

Competent legal counsel? Give it a moment to hallucinate an answer from made up precedents.

Meanwhile, at Above the Law, Joe Patrice wonders:

Which brings us back to the question: has AI made lawyers dumber?

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A Notion of Immigrants 0

Why am I not surprised? Via Joe My God:

The Trump administration is considering a radical overhaul of the U.S. refugee system that would slash the program to its bare bones while giving preference to English speakers, white South Africans and Europeans who oppose migration, according to documents obtained by The New York Times. . . .

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QOTD 0

Booker T. Washington:

One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.

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And Now for a Change of Pace 0

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

The evidence continues to mount that Richard Nixon’s “southern strategy” has come full circle and that today’s Republican Party is the party of the Secesh.

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Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0

Bubblelicious? My old Philly DL friend Noz wonders what Big Tech will do when the bubble bursts.

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Propaganda Propagation, Rule of Lawless Dept. 0

Thom comments on Kristi Noem’s use of the TSA to broadcast political propaganda in airports.

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The Art of the Deal 0

Couple watching television, which shows a bespeckled man holding a saber next to a man bound in ropers.  Husband says,

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The Unifying Factor 0

In a letter to the editor of the Des Moines Register, Donald Orf submits that he has identified the common threat that unites Donald Trump’s dupes, symps, and fellow travelers.

Methinks he may be onto something.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Yet another oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” exposes his portable phallus to a child.

Shortly before 10 p.m. on Oct. 13, a mother was in the master bedroom of a residence on Montana Drive while her son was “laughing and playing” in the same room. In this room was also a .45-caliber Glock that was normally kept on the dresser, according to an incident report by the sheriff’s office.

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The mother told investigators that while in the room, she then heard a “loud bang” and saw a flash of light. The child accidentally shot himself, suffering a gunshot wound to the lower right area of his face, the report said.

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QOTD 0

Honore de Balzac:

Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.

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ICEcapades 0

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It’s 1984 . . . 0

. . . and Big Brother is indeed watching.

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Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0

Reliable? If you think so, maybe you should read what AL.com’s John Archibald discovered when he used AI to search for himself.

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The Army of Occupation 0

Farron decodes de code.

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Establishmentarians 0

Family driving down a road.  In the distance, a rainbow arcs into the sky.  Child says,

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

The hunt for politeness continues.

A 16-year-old boy is recovering in the hospital after a hunter accidentally shot him through the window of his house in Rockbridge County, according to the sheriff.

And we are again reminded that “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron and that “accidentally” and “negligently” are not synonymous.

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