All the News that Fits 0
Dan Perry argues that confusion is the game plan. A snippet; follow the link for his reasoning.
This is why Trump won’t shut up about “the fake news” and declares the media the “enemy of the people,” a phrase borrowed from Stalinist Russia. That’s why his stooges actually speak of “alternative facts.” That’s why characters like Elon Musk will try to present the news media as “elites” pursuing some dark agenda to silence the valiant voices of the ordinary citizen (on social media, of course).
The Golden Trumpled Door
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Via Job’s Anger.
Afterthought:
The American dream, however imperfect it may have been in its reality, is being throttled before our eyes.
The Woman without a Country? 0
The Trump maladministration orders a native-born U. S. citizen to deport herself.
The Arizona Republic’s Laurie Roberts has more on Republicans’ mean for the sake of mean.
Video via C&L, which has commentary.
The Enemy Within 0
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Gene Collier note that
Follow the link to see why he wrote that.
QOTD 0
Walter Brown, in the voice of General Cuevas:
For some fool reason, that seems a particularly timely remark, even though it was scripted over half a century ago.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
I must venture that this is a bad look for AI.
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The dialog: Talking of money, the old filthy lucre.
The closed caption: Talking of money, the old filthy looker.
The stupid: Real, not artificial.
Afterthought:
I must admit, I have known some filthy lookers in my time, but that’s beside the point.
A Tune for the Times 0
Warning: Short promo at about the one minute mark.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Sexist as all get-out? You can bet your subscription to Hustler on it.
The Rule of Lawless 0
It appears that Donald Trump believes that “freedom of the press” should be subordinate to “fee-fees of the president.”
Vaccine Nation 0
Emma and the crew discuss how anti-VAX lies endanger public health the public’s health.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
If you must complain to your child’s teacher, be sure to do so with politeness.
We are a society of stupid.
Defensive Driving on the Disinformation Superhighway 0
Sam Goldstein, writing at Psychology Today Blogs, offers some tips.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Clarence Page takes a look at Donald Trump’s recent directive, in which he directed the Republican thought police to assault the Smithsonian Institution for having the unmitigated gall to attempt to portray American history with accuracy. A snippet:
Follow the link for the rest.
Gut Reactions 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Kenneth Barish argues that “(w)e are motivated in our political opinions first by feelings and secondarily by ideas.” I don’t know that I fully agree with him, but, given the increasingly toxic nature of dis coarse discourse, I think his article is well worth a read. Here’s a tiny bit from it:
Disappeared under the Rule of Lawless 0
Emma talks with journalist Prem Trakker about how Trump and ICE are disappearing persons without showing legal cause for doing so and about the implications thereof.
Afterthought:
I do not think it is an exaggeration to fear that, if we continue on this course, we in danger of becoming a police state.