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This New Gilded Age 0
At the Portland Press-Herald, James McGuire argues that the increasing concentration of great wealth in few hands is harming the polity. A snippet:
Meanwhile, those who shape policy often live entirely insulated from its consequences. They do not rely on public transportation, wait weeks for medical appointments or wonder whether the heat can stay on through winter. They speak easily about “belt tightening” and “market discipline” because they will never feel the belt or the discipline themselves.
Methinks he makes some good points.
American Stasi 0
Farron discusses a federal judge’s asking the Trump maladministration why the heck are you doing this to justify why ICE has invaded Minnesota.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
At NJ.com, Daysi Calavia-Robertson stands tells a tale of Republican mean for the sake of mean as she recounts the story of a legal immigrant who was snatched up by ICE and then moved from place to place, while his family and his attorney were kept in the dark as to his whereabouts.
Buried deep in the article is a plausible explanation for the mean for the sake of mean.
Harol agrees. He tells me he knows the transfers are meant to “break us down.” “To hurt us, one way or the other, to make us miss our court dates, to make us tired, or depressed, to make us want to self-deport,” he says.
The gratuitous cruelty would make the Marquis de Sade tumescent, as I’m sure it does its perpetrato–oh, never mind.
Follow the link for the details.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” feels compelled to expose a portable phallus to a fellow driver.
Twits on Twitter X Offenders
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At Above the Law, Joe Patrice analyzes the asininity.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Programmed to prevaricate? At Psychology Today Blogs, John Nosta explains why your AI bot will come up with an answer even when there isn’t one.
American Stasi 0
Rick Strom argues that ICE should be abolished.
I’m not sure that I sure that I would go that far, but certainly those changes that have turned it into the official KKK of the USA need to be undone.
Photoslop 0
The EFF reports that the Trump maladministration is making stuff up. And this surprises you how?
Here’s a bit from their article.
A short while later, the White House posted the same photo – except that version had been digitally altered to darken Armstrong’s skin and rearrange her facial features to make it appear she was sobbing or distraught. The Guardian, one of many media outlets to report on this image manipulation, created a handy slider graphic to help viewers see clearly how the photo had been changed.
This isn’t about “owning the libs” — this is the highest office in the nation using technology to lie to the entire world. . . .
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
We are again reminded that a polite society is a clean society.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid.
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.
Stray Thought 0
I can’t help wondering whether Minnesota Governor Walz’s presence on the 2024 Democratic ticket is part of the Trump maladministration’s attempt to invade and conquer his state.
The Greenland New Deal 0
Robert Shapiro follows the money.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes’* 0
Thom recalls an experience from his past that rhymes with “Minneapolis.”
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*Mark Twain.
Extra-Special Bonus QOTD 0
Martin Sheen, as President Bartlett:
I’m the President of the United States, not the president of the people who agree with me.