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“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0

Rick Strom suggests that “Maddox” rhymes with “MAGA.”

Aside:

As Rick notes, half a century later, Jim Brown himself failed to parse the rhyme and supported Trump in 2016. The Nation’s Dave Zirin offers some thoughts as to why,
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*Mark Twain.

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Ruining the Government Like a Business 0

Once again, my old Philly DL friend Noz pretty much nails it.

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Establishmentarians 0

Florida Man.

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Have Cake, Eat It Too 0

Bob Molinaro, sportswriter extraordinaire:

Schools paying millions upon millions to fired football coaches and then pleading financial hardship is the definition of chutzpah.

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QOTD 0

Voltaire:

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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This New Gilded Age 0

In a longer article about the Trump maladministration’s attempts to destroy the Digital Equity Act, a Techdirt reporter makes what methinks a trenchant observation (emphasis added):

A driving motivation behind these attacks on online equity isn’t “saving money,” it’s dismantling government efforts to do anything about the problems created by consolidated corporate power.

I commend the entire piece to your attention.

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“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes’* 0

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*Mark Twain.

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The Robot Apocalypse 0

One San Francisco community is seeing Waymo cars than it wants to.

Finish reading this post »

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

As we know, politeness takes practice.

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No Surprises Here . . . 0

. . . even though the Squeaker of the House seems to think there are.

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AI Accuse 0

Florida Woman.

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QOTD 0

Calvin Coolidge:

Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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Emoluments . . . 0

. . . meet the Crypto Con.

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“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0

Thom hears a rhyme echoing across the sea from nearly a century ago.

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*Mark Twain.

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Words Have Meanings 0

Why are not more persons noticing that, by crusading against anti-fascists, today’s Republican Party is ipso facto painting itself as the party of fascists?

Man and boy standing before the

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Welcome your roommate home with politeness.

A professor and mother of three children was fatally shot by her roommate who mistook her for an intruder.

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WTVM spoke to Muscogee County Coroner Buddy Bryan who said that Anderson’s roommate had received alleged terroristic threats from her son, so when she heard noise while she slept she picked up a gun and fired two shots.

The second bullet struck Anderson, Bryan told the outlet.

One more time, “accidental” and “negligent” are not synonyms.

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Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0

Competent legal counsel? Give it a moment to hallucinate an answer from made up precedents.

Meanwhile, at Above the Law, Joe Patrice wonders:

Which brings us back to the question: has AI made lawyers dumber?

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A Notion of Immigrants 0

Why am I not surprised? Via Joe My God:

The Trump administration is considering a radical overhaul of the U.S. refugee system that would slash the program to its bare bones while giving preference to English speakers, white South Africans and Europeans who oppose migration, according to documents obtained by The New York Times. . . .

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