The Back-Up Plan 0
At the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Gene Collier offers his take on Donald Trump’s campaign–er–strategy. A nugget; follow the link for his reasoning.
“The Last Firewall” 0
Just in case you wondered why Republicans are so determined to gut out the vote . . . .
That Trumpled Economy 0
Mrs. Betty Bowers reminds us of the reality of the “Trump economy.” A quote:
Four years ago, thousands of Americans were dying every day, and there was no toilet paper.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Guns 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.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
El Reg reports that Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux kernel, ain’t buying it. A snippet:
“I think the whole tech industry around AI is in a very bad position and it’s 90 percent marketing and ten percent reality and in five years things will change and at that point we’ll see what of the AI is getting used for real workloads,” he added.
Follow the link for context.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes.”* 0
Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman hears a rhyme.
So too does Yastreblyansky.
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*Mark Twain.
Voting Accomplished 0
We went out for breakfast, then swung by the Central Library to cast our ballots. (Virginia Beach satellite early voting sites are open this week, so you don’t have to drive way down into the boondocks to City Hall to vote early.)
There was a line, but it moved along very nicely.
Now all we have left to do is sweat out the wait until the results are in to find out whether we still have a democracy.
This New Gilded Age 0
Thom posits that today’s robber barons have learned from yesterday’s. That’s why they are buying up media outlets, so as to manipulate dis coarse discourse.
Republican Family Values 0
Apparently, telling racist jokes is a Republican family value.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.
They’re not even trying to hide it any more.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” feels it necessary to brandish his portable phallus while passing on the pavement.
Republican Family Values 0
At the Des Moines Register, Elise Free marvels at the me-me-me-and-to-heck-with-thee. A snippet:
The vast majority of my family will vote for Donald Trump in the 2024 election.
My daughter has cystic fibrosis. Even though for 19 years they have witnessed our life-or-death struggles with the U.S. health care system, and supported our cystic fibrosis fundraising efforts, I cannot convince them not to vote for a man who has repeatedly promised to take my daughter’s health care protections away the minute he steps into office. Again.
The Voter Fraud Fraudsters 0
Speaking of psychological projection . . . .
The Confluence 0
Steve M. takes a look at this weekend’s Trump rally in Madison Square Garden (which, I must note, is neither square nor located at Madison Square, but I digress), where Trump’s supporters openly flaunted their racism, and notes an overlap. Here’s a bit about the overlap:
Issues Voters . . . 0
These voters seem to have issues.