Gullible’s Travails 0
In Psychology Today, Gordon Waldman takes a look a bit of research that might account for some persons’ susceptibility to falsehoods presented as news.
Cashing Out 0
Signe comments on Amazon’s attempt to foist cashless stores on Philadelphia.
Aside:
I see persons using cards and, these days, phones, for all sorts of tiny purchases, as tiny as a cup of coffee or a pack of gum.
I always wonder how the heck they keep track of them.
And Now for a Change of Pace 0
A picture from my brother in Virginia’s Northern Neck.
Lights. Tunnels. Ends. 0
Robert Reich is an optimist.
Stray Thought 0
One of the nice things about living in a condo is that campaign signs are prohibited.
A Four-Act Farce 0
Shorter Nicholas Kristoff: The play’s the thing wherein to catch the conscience of the king.
Russian Impulses 0
Shaun Mullen brings us up to date.
Aside:
I note that Shaun’s analyses have been quite en point so far. (Me, I stay out of the prediction business. Later: Hell, it’s all I can do to keep up with what’s already happened.)
The Sound of Silence 0
David discusses the difference between “voter fraud,” a Republican con, and “election fraud, a Republican strategy.
He notes that Republicans greet the latter with the sound of silence. (Warning: Promo at the end.)
There’s in-App for That 0
Farron and Scott Hardy discuss the “in app” phish.
Aside:
When we went out for breakfast Sunday morning, we saw a kid, maybe about six or eight, wearing a “Fortnite” tee-shirt. Wonder if he’s been suckered?
Willful Ignorance 0
Dick Polman comments on Donald Trump’s council of climate change charlatans who claim that climate change cannot be, but, if it is, it’s benign and beneficial.
A snippet:
In related news, my local rag today had a long article about how rising sea levels are devastating rural coastal communities.