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The Week in Rebuke 0

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Real Big Men, Legends in Their Own Minds Dept. 0

At Psychology Today Blogs, Eric Solomon demolishes the myth that the bullying “Alpha Male” is the model for effective leadership. He makes four main points (emphasis added);

  • Alpha leadership is a lie. Fear doesn’t create strong teams—psychological safety does.
  • Swagger isn’t strength. Real leaders empower; weak leaders hoard power and leave wreckage behind.
  • Control isn’t leadership. The best leaders build trust, not dominance or intimidation.
  • Real leaders create legacy. Power fades, but impact lasts—long after you’re gone.

Given the the behavior of certain folks in the news, I find this article a most timely read.

Aside:

The points he makes correspond to my own working experience. The best bosses I had–the ones who got the best (and the most) work out of me–gave me the feeling that if I was working with them, not for them.

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“Just the Fakes, Ma’am” 0

Security maven Bruce Schneier takes a look at why fact-checking fake memes on “social” media seems futile. A nugget:

People share as a form of social signaling. I send you a meme/article/clipping/photo to show that we are on the same team. Whether it is true, or misinformation, or actual propaganda, is of secondary importance. Sometimes it’s completely irrelevant. This is why fact checking doesn’t work.

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The Past Is Prologue 0

Frame One, captioned

Image via Job’s Anger.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

This time, politeness goes to the cats.

Downtown Thomasville (Georgia–ed.) is a place known for its charm and history, but now it’s the center of an unsettling crime—someone is shooting cats.

We are a broken society.

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The Disappeared 0

Trumpling DEI at NASA:

Those folks are diverse. Don’t admit that they exist.

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All the News that Fits 0

Steve M. makes a persuasive case that our news media does not understand the news they claim to be reporting.

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QOTD 0

Will Rogers:

We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.

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A Tune for the Times 0

Mangy sings of job creation under Donald Trump.

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Executive Disorder 0

Or possibly a disordered executive. Or both?

Frame One:  Man says to Trump,

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Yet another oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” performs a random act of politeness.

Musical NotesGuns and stupid, guns and stupid.
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.

(Yeah, I know, my little ditty gets old. So does the stupid.)

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As the Twig Is Bent 0

Caption:  Donald Trump at Age 12.  Image:  Donald Trump playing Risk.  He bangs the table and says,

Afterthought:

He’s still twelve.

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The Rule of Lawless 0

PoliticalProf notes that there is a implicit caveat regarding the rule of law.

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Devolution 0

In less than two weeks, we seem to have gone from a government of checks and balances to one that is unbalanced and unchecked.

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A Notion of Immigrants 0

A Texas judge who was dealing with immigration case decided to visit the Texas-Mexico border. What he found was not what we’re being told. Here’s a tiny bit from his article:

What I saw in the courtroom fueled my desire to go to see it for myself. What I found was astonishingly different from the chaos often portrayed in the media and in legal circles. I saw a border that was secure, with helicopters patrolling and law enforcement officers working in an orderly process. Migrants waited for months in Mexican border towns for their turn to legally enter, going through extensive screenings, interviews and sponsor verifications. To call them “illegals” is not only misleading but dismisses the effort and legality of their actions.

Follow the link for some of the lessons he learned.

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QOTD 0

Henry Miller:

The history of the world is the history of a privileged few.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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“Nice Little Business You’ve Got Here. Wouldn’t Want Anything To Happen to It.” 0

Joe Conason marvels at Trump’s grift of grab. A snippet:

With the menacing manner of a mob boss, Trump has extorted million-dollar contributions from dozens of corporations that fear federal retribution against their shareholders or management (as in the case of Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg, who coughed up his million after Trump literally threatened him with “life in prison” not so long ago).

Follow the link for context.

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Store Crazy 0

Florida Woman goes bananas.

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Vaccine Nation 0

At the confirmation hearings for RFK Jr., Senators Measles, Polio, Smallpox and Disinformation all vote

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