From Pine View Farm

American Stasi 0

Thom is not sanguine about the course IDE is taking.

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If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0

Bloody boxer labeled

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

This “responsible gun owner” was packing politeness while purchasing provisions.

I will venture to suggest that, in a society that is not broken, persons don’t have a need to bring their portable phalluses to the grocery store.

But that’s just me.

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Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0

Truthful? At the Psychology Today website, Steven C. Hayes notes that

AI labs are training systems to deceive and flatter users, and the problem compounds over time.

Follow the link to find out why he suspects this practice may have–er–some downsides.

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“There’s One Born Every Minute” 0

Sportswriter extraordinaire Bob Molinaro points out that

In the 18-to-49 age range, 52% of men . . . have a sports gambling account.

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QOTD 0

Dorothy Day:

Love casts out fear, but we have to get over the fear in order to get close enough to love them.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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Real Big Men 0

Words fail me.

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Republican Thought Police 0

It appears that the Trump maladministration has decided that the military newspaper, Stars and Stripes, should report only all the news that fits.

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

Sam and the crew are taken aback by racism in full display.

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American Stasi 0

Uncle Sam:  We are not running concentration camps.  Lady Liberty:  By the dictionary definition we are.  Uncle Sam:  But . . . we're not committing mass murder.  Lady Liberty:  Dozens killed so far . . . isn't that a start?  (Uncle Sam simmers)  Uncle Sam:  No trains!  No ovens!  Show me a single oven.

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Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0

Accessory-before-fact? You be the judge.

And, while we’re on the subject, Joe Patrice reports that AI hallucinated another non-existent legal precedent.

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What’s in a Name? 0

Just ask Florida woman.

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QOTD 0

Harry Blackmun:

In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in order to treat some persons equally, we must treat them differently.

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The True Deceiver, Reprise 0

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The True Deceiver 0

Donald Trump says,

Via Job’s Anger.

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

Doug Jones sums up the Trump maladministration’s attempt to prosecute the Southern Poverty Law Center for being:

“This is a pure political retribution,” Jones said in a video posted to social media.

Follow the link for context.

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Hoist on Her Own Petard 0

A Trump voter is surprised to find that she got what she voted for.

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The Art of the Deal 0

Man and woman reading the news on their phones.  Man:  They say a ceasefire has een set.  Woman:  Nope.  It's been broken.  Man:  And the Strait of Hormuz is open.  Woman:  Now, it's closed.  Man:  And peace talks are on.  Woman:  Wait, they're off.  Man:  So, the war is almost over.  Woman:  No, it's just the beginning.

Via Job’s Anger.

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Dis Coarse Discourse 0

At the Portland Oregonian, letter to the editor writer Kyle J. Tobin reminds Ciatta Thompson, candidate for the Oregon House, that, when she points a finger at someone else, four fingers are pointing back at her.

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