QOTD 0
P. D. James:
She had always believed–somewhat to her surprise–that God existed but was unconvinced that he was moved by the worship of man or by the tribulations and extraordinary vagaries and antics of the creation He had set in being.
James, P. D., The Murder Room (New York: Knopf, 2003) p. 49
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
I commend to your attention Harry Shearer’s interview with Gary Marcus on this week’s episode of Le Show about AI and Silicon Valley’s reckless over-hyping of its capabilities.
The interview starts at about the 28 minute mark and lasts a little less than half an hour.
All That Was Old Is New Again 0
Thom points out that racial hate seems to be the only strategy that Trump and Vance have left.
He also notes that their racist tactics are–er–not unprecedented in America’s history.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” (Updated) 0
The stupid.
The shot rang out on September 15 inside the Costco location near Kalamazoo on Century Avenue.
The firearm was inside a woman’s purse when it went off.
The gun’s legal owner was shot in her hand, according to the Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office.
It burns.
Addendum:
The MSP officer, whose name was not released, was off duty Sunday when the gun “accidentally discharged” from inside her purse at the Costco on Century Avenue off Michigan Avenue in Oshtemo Township.
Words fail me.
On second thought, no, they don’t.
Guns do not “accidentally” discharge, but they can, indeed, “negligently” discharge.
“Accidentally” and “negligently” are not synonyms.
Karen Karen-Like 0
Honest to Betsy, you couldn’t make this stuff up.
Real Big Men 0
Michael in Norfolk wonders why so many men seem to be afraid of women.
QOTD 0
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin:
Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven’t committed.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
At The Colorado Sun, Mike Littwin debunks de bunk. A snippet; follow the link for context.
(snip)
Whether the apartment buildings in question — housing mostly Central American migrants — are dilapidated and run down and have been cited over the years for a long list of code violations is not up for debate. It’s true. Rep. Jason Crow, who represents Aurora in Congress, called the conditions “squalid” in a tweet while saying the gang issues are “grossly exaggerated.”
And also not up for debate is whether Aurora is a war zone or a migrant wasteland. That’s simply false.
Aside:
Methinks the reason Republicans lie so much about so many things is that truth is not on their side.
Gutting Out the Vote 0
Sue Jarrett, writing at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, outs house speaker Mike Johnson’s misdirection play.
The Disinformation Superhighway 0
Dion Lefler looks at the flood of mis- and disinformation flooding primarily “social” but also other media following last week’s presidential debate and concludes (emphasis added0:
Follow the link for his reasoning.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Farron comments on J. D. Vance’s doubling down on his racist lies about Haitian immigrants..
PoliticalProf adds an observation.
As I have noted before, Richard Nixon’s southern strategy has come full circle and consumed the Republican Party.
It is now the party of the New Secesh.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
And, again, politeness becomes child’s play . . . .
One more time, “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.
Goose Stepping 0
The Trumpettes are telling the lie that Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, are stealing geese. In a story about that lie and those lying liars, C&L’s John Amato, almost in passing, decodes de code:
“Third world country” is also another code word for White Replacement Theory.
Follow the link for the larger story.
The Presidential Debase 0
The Portland Press-Herald’s Victoria Hugo-Vidal makes a compelling case that it is not possible to have a meaningful presidential debate when one of the participants persons on the stage is Donald Trump.