Stray Question 0
What’s worse, a stupid joke or a stupid joker?
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Sam and the crew note that persons are starting to push back at ICE and its brown shirt tactics.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
A little paean to politeness in the park:
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They were strolling through the park one day,
In the merry merry month of June,
Then someone pulled out his rod to play
Upon it a polite little tune.
QOTD 0
Rex Stout:
The avoidance of idiocy should be the primary and constant concern of every intelligent person.
Stout, Rex, The Rubber Band in a dual volume with The Red Box (New York: Bantam Dell, 2009) p. 44.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Trustworthy? That bridge in Brooklyn is still on the market.
Along those lines, you might want to listen to Harry Shearer’s conversation with Gary Marcus on this week’s episode of Le Show. It starts at about the eight minute mark.
Aside:
We recently watched The Matrix.
Methinks they got it wrong.
Machines didn’t subordinate mankind. Mankind seems quite willing, eager even, to subordinate themselves to the machines.
“But It’s One of Them“ 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, psychology professor Todd Nelson considers why persons are so susceptible to prejudice–that is, prejudging others–and offers some suggestions as to how not to fall into the prejudice trap. Given that dis coarse discourse seems flooded by merchants of hate, I found it a timely read.
Here’s a tiny bit:
Vaccine Nation 0
Thom discusses the Trump maladministration’s decision to cancel research into a vaccine against bird flu.
Today’s Republican Party does not care about–in fact, disdains–the concept of the general welfare.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
We are again reminded that politeness is a family value.
Sabotaging the Common Good 0
One of the (many) things that the Trump maladministration and its dupes, symps, and fellow travelers do not seem to understand–or care about–is that mindlessly slashing federal programs so as to fund tax cuts for fat cats who already have more money than they know what to do with harms real people.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Sam and the crew dissect ICE’s new catch-22.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
And another oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” exposes a portable phallus to a child.
We are a society of stupid.
Today’s Lesson 0
Mrs. Betty Bowers tells a story from 2 Kings 2:23-24 (look it up).
The Man Who Would Be King 0
Methinks my old Philly DL friend Noz is onto something. He notes that
I think he pretty much nails it. I commend his entire post to your attention.
Aside:
And this is what happens when you run the government like a business.