Short Attention Span Theatrics 0
We keep hearing claims that each new stunt by the Trump maladministration is a “distraction” to make us forget the last stunt.
I don’t buy it, that is, I don’t buy that a worst thing is a good strategy to take attention from a worse thing to take attention from a bad thing and so on. Rather, I think that it’s a collection of lots of bad things happening at the same time, so many bad things it boggles the mind. To quote Steve M.,
Follow the link. His entire post is worth the couple of minutes it will take to read it.
All the News that Fits 0
David points out that facts are not opinions, despite what Fox News seems to want us to believe.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Kim Shinkoskey considers the subservience of today’s Republican Party to their Dear Leader and hears a rhyme from over a century ago. Here’s a couplet:
Follow the link for the rest of the verse.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A competent therapist? From Albert Wong, writing at Psychology Today Blogs, we learn that “(a) chatbot designed to prevent eating disorders gave a recovering patient detailed advice to develop one.”
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Another one of those “responsible gun owners” practices self-politeness.
American Stasi 0
The Portland Oregonian reports on the Trump maladministration’s mean for the sake of mean. Here’s a tiny taste of the terrorism; follow the link for a big indigestible serving of sadism.
“People have stopped going to work, stopped taking their kids to school, stopped going to their doctor’s appointments,” said Rodriguez.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Another “responsible gun owner.”
Another exposed portable phallus.
Too many guns.
Too much stupid.
Parks and Wreck 0
Via The Denver Post, Alex Johnson is not optimistic about the future of our national parks under the Trump maladministration.
Stray Thought 0
It’s one thing to have a President with whose policies you disagree.
It’s quite another to have a President who has no policies, only a thirst for emoluments and a desire to punish (those he perceives as) his enemies .
American Stasi, Reprise 0
Emma and the crew run the numbers.
American Stasi 0
She thought she was going home to surprise her family on her Thanksgiving vacation from university.
Afterthought:
Mean for the sake of mean certainly appears to be a Republican family value.
The Marquis de Sade would be jealous.