Hypocrisy Watch category archive
If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0
Driftglass outs the “tone police.”
The Disinformation Superhighway 0
At the Psychology Today website, Ryan Prior notes that “(n)ew reports reveal that Russia has been actively interfering in the U.S. midterm elections for months” and offers some pointers so has how not to be fooled by the fakers.
Methinks it a timely and worthwhile read, especially if you are under the illusion that “social” media is a reliable source of news.
If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0
El Reg reports that
OpenAI whines that Chinese model stole its special IP that it stole from everybody else
So it’s okay for OpenAI to steal others’ intellectual property, but it’s not okay for others to steal the stolen intellectual property that OpenAI stole from others.
To quote Julie Newmar, “That does not compute.”
An Inquiring Mind Wants To Know . . . . 0
Sara Pequeño has a question:
Follow the link to see why she asks it.
Arificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A tool for throttling the news? ArcaMax reports (emphasis added) that
The removal of these stories underscores mounting concern that federal copyright law is being used by people relying on automated, AI-driven and anonymous complaints to file fraudulent takedown notices, all in the name of suppressing headline news.
Remember, intelligence, real or “artificial,” and integrity are not the same thing.
Indeed, they are often completely unrelated.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A profligate perjuror? Above the Law reports that
Real evidence at the link.
Real Big Men 0
Veteran journalist John Young argues that today’s Republican Party carries the taint of the Tates.
Establishmentarians 0
Mrs. Betty Bowers reads the honor roll.
Establishmentarians (Updated) 0
Alabama recently passed a law requiring the display of (one particular version of) the Ten Commandments in public schools.
At AL.com, PJ Schwartz, Rabbi of the century and a half old Temple B’nai Sholom in Huntsville, Alabama, cuts through the plethora of prevarications propagated to promote this practice. Here’s a tiny bit from his article (emphasis added):
Calling this law “historical” is not just inaccurate. It is a strategy—a way to give legal and cultural cover to something that would be far more obvious if it were named honestly: privilege of one particular Christian worldview in a public institution meant to serve everyone.
Addendum:
Here’s a discussion of the different versions of the Ten Commandments.
The Rupture 0
At The Charlotte Observer, pastor Kate Murphy reacts to reports that some commanders have tried to convince their subordinates that the Trump maladministration’s war on Iran is sanctioned by God.
Spoiler Alert: She ain’t buying it.
Grokking the Disinformation Superhighway 0
At the Psychology Today website, Richard Restak warns that, “(t)hanks to the technology of the Internet and AI, misinformation is vastly increasing.” He points out that, not only can AI distort the present, it can distort the past:
Read the whole thing and remind yourself that, even if you see it on a computer screen (perhaps especially if you see it on a computer screen from “social” media), it ain’t necessarily so.
Afterthought:
I wonder how long it will be before the Trump maladministration starts to deploy AI in our national par–oh, never mind.
The Establishmentarian and the Nine Commandments 0
I guess he is leaving out the one about “bearing false witness.”
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Bob Cesca looks at Donald Trump’s post to “social” media of Barack and Michelle Obama apes and states the obvious that too many ignore, or, worse, deny.
The gist:
And the truth is, racism has always been the iron core of the MAGA movement.
Follow the link for the evidence.
The Me Veneration 0
Seth identifies the governing principle of today’s Republican Party.
Both Sides Don’t 0
Steve M. is fed up with the false equivalence.
Afterthought:
Once evil becomes proven, presumption of good no longer applies.
Russian Impulses 0
A caller to Thom sees a pattern.