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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Yet another oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” exposes a portable phallus to a child.

A four-year-old boy was injured after police say he accidentally shot himself Tuesday night at a home in the Berclair neighborhood.

And yet again we are again reminded that “accidentally” and “negligently” are not synonyms. Yes, the child may indeed have shot himself accidentally, but a “responsible gun owner’s” negligence made it possible.

(Syntax error fixed.)

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Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0

Always sure of itself? Is a hot air balloon high on its own supply?

At Psychology Today Blogs, Mona S. Weissmark cautions, “Don’t be fooled by bloviating bots.” She notes:

People often trust AI because it is authoritative, articulate, and seemingly objective. But confident-sounding information can still be completely wrong. The result is an illusion of credibility.

Follow the link for some tips as to how not be taken in by over confident-sounding erroneous bots.

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Vaccine Nation 0

Speaking of Florida Man, it seems that the state of Florida wants to make polio great again.

Afterthought:

Now there’s brilliant political strategy:

    “Kill some kids,
    Own the libs.”

Today’s Republican Party is a vile and loathsome thing.

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The Hand in the Glove 0

Florida Man.

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QOTD 0

Jane Wagner:

No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0

Hackable? With the right prompt, you can make it stomp.

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Stray Thought 0

The success of “Reality TV” over the past three decades has proven one thing.

Stupid always finds a market.

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Undue Process, Notion of Immigrants Dept. 0

Sam and the crew point out that the Trump maladministration’s campaign against immigrants is little more than ethnic cleansing under a different name.

A quote:

The whole point of due process is not that you are granted some type of special privilege. It is to establish whether the government is accurate or telling the truth in justifying the actions that it takes.

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A Trumpled Art Gallery 0

Man and woman enter hall labeled

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Yet another oxymoromic “responsible gun owner” feels compelled to discharge his portable phallus at a fellow driver.

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Vaccine Nation 0

Mike Littwin finds it alarming that we lack a vaccine against willful. malicious stupidity.

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QOTD 0

Marilyn Frye:

Men see with arrogant eyes which organize everything seen with reference to themselves and their own interests.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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The Do-Nothing Party 0

Methinks Bill Sher is onto something (emphasis added):

. . . in the short run, Democrats have limited capacity to thwart Trump’s agenda (though I have argued Democrats have wielded what powers they have as well as can be expected).

The people in Washington who can actually stop Trump are not Democrats. They are Republicans. And we should be asking them every day when they will start.

I commend the entire article to your attention.

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Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0

Bubblelicious? At El Reg, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols argues that the AI bubble of hysterical hype is about to burst. A snippet:

You see, now that people have been using AI for everything and anything, they’re beginning to realize that its results, while fast and sometimes useful, tend to be mediocre.

Follow the link for context.

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Vaccine Nation 0

Title:  RFK Jr. Convenes His Vaccine Panel.  Image:  Wizards, witches, and soothsayvers gathered around a crystal ball.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

“It appears that this is a true tragedy. [Royalston] lived here. An occupant of the home thought that he was breaking in and was an intruder, and opened fire. So again, a real tragedy as we work through this,” said Lt. Andrew Smith, of Atlanta police.

Thus passeth another life in the Gunnut Garden of Eden.

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

Via The Charlotte Observer, University of Kansas professor Robert C. Schwaller points out that today’s Confederate sympathizers are redoubling their efforts to whitewash–I use that term advisedly–the legacy of chattel slavery.

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A competent source of medical advice? At Psychology Today Blogs, David Weitzner suggests that you’d best duck the quack.

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