The Blame Gamers 0
Farron points the many ways in which the self-proclaimed “party of personal responsibility” isn’t.
The Litterbug 0
He deals in deals out space junk.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Rita Watson explores why calling something “fake news” when in fact it is real factual news pollutes dis coarse discourse and, conversely, why persons fall for “news” that is actually fake. She points out that
(a)s a political strategy, replying ‘fake news’ to questions undermines the truth.
Follow the link for her suggestions as to how distinguish reality from propaganda.
The Outers of the Outed 0
At El Reg, Brandon Vigliarolo, using the recent incident at a Coldplay concert as a springboard, argues that we are living a a surveillance state of our own creation. A snippet:
One more time, “social” media isn’t.
It’s All about the Algorithm 0
In a longer article looking at how hate metastasizes, Steven Stosny includes this fascinating and not at all surprising tidbit:
The common thread in most of the cultural and political posts sent to me by algorithms has been, you guessed it, hate.
Follow the link for context.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Self-politeness is the politest kind:
Aside:
Methinks someone needs to look up the meaning of “misfire” in his Merriam-Webster. It does not mean what the writer thinks it means.
Suffer the Children 0
Once again, that’s not scripture. That’s Republican policy.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Sam and the crew justifiably deride Tom Homan’s lamer attempts to justify ICE’s violations of the law, due process, and the Constitution.
(Warning: The last minute or so devolves into Sam stupidly making fun of Tom Homan’s speaking patterns. It’s so stupid I considered not using the video. Nevertheless, I think the larger point about the sophistries, misrepresentations, and lies used by the Trump maladministration to justify putting persons in concentration camps for being brown outweigh the stupid, so instead I’ll suggest that you hit stop when that silliness starts and forgive Sam for his lapse of judgment.)
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
This time, politeness didn’t go to the dogs. It went to the cats.
I guess nothing beats pointless cruelty with the point of a gun to show people who’s a real big man.
Misfire 0
Via The Japan Times, Columbia University Professor Zongyuan Zoe Liu makes a strong case that China is winning the trade war that Trump chose to start. Here’s a tiny bit:
That is why Chinese leaders, businesspeople and entrepreneurs have focused on building resilience and self-reliance, which means, first and foremost, reducing dependence on U.S. markets and technology.
Afterthought:
Trump is indeed running the government like a business, and that business is Enron.