The Disinformation Superhighway 0
Using the Amber Heard-Johnny Depp court case as a starting point, Rebecca Watson discusses how bots and trolls are debasing dis coarse discourse.
Know Them by The Company They Keep,
Still Rising Again after All These Years Dept.
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One wonders just precisely what must one do so as to be given an “honorary membership” in the Ku Klux Klan.
Courting Disaster 0
Seth calls out the con.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
At the Des Moines Register, David Skidmore looks at Republican obstructionism as regards aid to Ukraine and hears a rhyme.
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*Mark Twain.
The Vice of the Turtle 0
F. T. Rea ponders the legacy of Mitch McConnell as Majority Leader of the Senate.
A Dogged Problem 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Stanley Coren looks at the recent kerfuffle over President Biden’s dog, Commander, and reminds us that
Follow the link to learn more about the history of delinquent doggies in the presidential domicile.
Birds of a Feather 0
Gene Collier, writing at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, sees parallels between two rather dissimilar figures: Donald Trump and Wayne LaPierre, long-time head of the National Rifle Makers Association.
A snippet:
Follow the link for his reasoning.
No Place To Hide 2
I think it’s safe to say that the internet invasion of privacy has been out of hand for quite a long time. and it certainly has more than its share of nefarious.
Here’s some nefariousness with an establishmentarian twist. Here’s a snippet from a report by the EFF: