Suffer the Children, Vaccine Nation Dept. 0
Once again, we are reminded that that’s not scripture. That’s a Republican family value. Dr. Leah Luckeroth points out that
Follow the link for her reasoning.
A Singular Achievement 0
Donald Trump can claim one accomplishment that no other president can claim.
He has given American citizens, legal residents, long-time allies, and international neighbors reason to mistrust the word of the United States of America.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” discharges his responsibility.
Whatever happened to “make sure a gun isn’t loaded before you clean–or do anything else with–it”?
Oh.
It comes to me that, in gun nut world, “clean” is a synonym for “fondle” and “caress.”
Speaking of Rhymes . . . . 0
Jim Jones writes of hearing one in an article at the Idaho State Journal. Here’s a couplet:
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Michael in Norfolk hears a rhyme. Here’s bit of the cadence:
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*Mark Twain.
A Tune for the Times 0
From the Youtube page:
The killing of a Minneapolis woman, Renee Good, by an ICE agent this week, was a tragedy, due to a situation created by Trump as a political stunt and a show of force in a state that he lost in the last election, all aimed at getting revenge on Governor Walz, who has called Trump out as a dangerous, power-mad, corrupt and petty fascist.
While it is impossible to know what went on in the mind of the ICE agent as he fired multiple times, at close range, into Good’s car, I find Kristy Noem’s version of events hard to believe. Based upon what I saw on video of the event, I imagined my own narrative of what might possibly transpire in a similar situation. My version seems as likely as the version created and pushed by the government.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A factory for false witness and a perpetrator of perjury? According to D. C. Judge Herbert Dixon, fake AI evidence is getting too good to spot without extensive investigation.
Follow the link for one woman’s story.
The Greenland New Deal 0
Thom discusses “Mad King Donald” Trump’s obsession with Greenland.
And the Moral of the Story Is . . . . 0
Mike Littwin offers his take on what Donald Trump learned from the January 6th insurrection. A snippet:
Go read the article to see why he reached that conclusion.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
And, as we know, a polite society is a clean society.
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.
Both Sides Don’t 0
Steve M. is fed up with the false equivalence.
Afterthought:
Once evil becomes proven, presumption of good no longer applies.
QOTD 0
Niccolò Machiavelli:
The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.
Q. E. D.