A Report from the Front 0
Eric Chastain, a retired army veteran, writes of what it’s like to live in under military occupation–in this case, in Washinton, D. C. He is not sanguine. Here’s a tiny bit of his article.
That should alarm us all.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Michael in Norfolk hears a rhyme. Here’s a couplet:
Trumped Up Charges 0
Farron discusses how Jeanine Piro keeps trying to throw the book at persons for minor offenses, and how (and why) she keeps missing her targets.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” exposes a portable phallus to a child.
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.)
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:
Follow the link for some tips as to how not be taken in by over confident-sounding erroneous bots.
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.
Stray Thought 0
The success of “Reality TV” over the past three decades has proven one thing.
Stupid always finds a market.
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.
“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.
Vaccine Nation 0
Mike Littwin finds it alarming that we lack a vaccine against willful. malicious stupidity.