A Tune for the Times 0
Warning: Mild language.
Going to Extremes 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Christopher Dwyer explores why political extremism seems to be on the rise. He makes three main points (emphasis added). Follow the link for a detailed exploration of each one.
- Having enemies allows us to pretend that all the badness in the world is a result of those enemies.
- Social identity theory tells us that we readily break people down into “us” vs. “them” groups.
- Anonymity on the internet facilitates a deindividuation where people say things they wouldn’t otherwise.
All the News that Fits 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini discusses the latest manifestation of the Lake Effect.
Kill the Voice of America (VOA).
Why kill the VOA? one wonders. Well, actually one does not. The VOA was established to counter propaganda with truth, something for which the Trump maladministration has no use.
In a related piece, Laurie Roberts follows up with a report on Lake’s testimony at yesterday’s hearing, where the Lake Effect was in full display.
Details at the links.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Thom finds a chilling precedent for the Supreme Supremacist Court’s decision to greenlight the Trump maladministration’s decision to send undocumented immigrants to third-country exile.
The Rule of Lawless 0
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice argues that the Trump maladministration has gone full sovereign citizen.
No excerpt or summary will do his article justice. Just go read it.
Fly the Fiendly Skies 0
Boy, am I glad that my days of stepping on an airplane every other month or so are behind.
The Peacefaker 0
Warning: Mild language.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Is it keeping a list and checking it twice? Well, it knows if you’ve been naughty or nice.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Seth hears a Trumpled rhyme with George Bush’s Great and Glorious Patriotic War for a Lie in Iraq.
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*Mark Twain.
Republican Thought Police 0
Mike Littwin reports that the Trump maladministration is now coming for Park Rangers who have the unmitigated gall to speak truth about America’s history.
“Alligator Alcatraz” 0
At the Tampa Bay Times, Stephanie Hayes notes the Florida’s Governor DeSantis isn’t interested with draining any swamps. Rather, he wants to fill one–the Everglades–with immigrants imprisoned for being, well, immigrants.
Aside:
Sounds awfully like a concentration camp to me.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” exposes a portable phallus to a child.
According to deputies, Kabrel Patterson was asleep in bed when the child somehow gained access to his firearm and pulled the trigger. Patterson later died from his injuries. . . . .
Influencer Idiocy 0
Who cares about the effects on others when you can get clicks and likes?
One more time, “social” media isn’t.