Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Able to solve complex math problems? I’m sorry, but that just doesn’t add up.
This New Gilded Age 0
At the Washington Monthly, Richard W. Painter investigates the incestuous relationship between a roll-call of billionaires and the Trump maladministration.
Just go read it for yourself.
The Politics of Us vs. Them 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Glenn Geher points out that
(t)he current administration uses verbiage that amplifies differences between groups of people.
He goes on to explore the dynamics of xenophobia as a societal and political phenomenon and recommend ways of ameliorating its toxic effects.
I think you will find it a timely read in these hate-full times.
Chaos Agents 0
The Pittsburgh Post Gazette’s Gene Collier calls out the destruction by design. A teaser; follow the link for the rest.
Still Rising Again after All These Years . . . 0
. . . and still trying to pretend that history wasn’t.
A Tune for the Times 0
From the Youtube page:
Although we all have had years and years to witness Trump’s cruelty, his stupidity, his arrogance, his simple-mindedness, his narcissism, and his ineptitude, many Republicans are feigning surprise at the horrors of what Trump is now doing. If only they’d had some inkling of what he was really like. (Yeah, right.)
The Bully’s Pulpit 0
Farron discusses why Trump loves tariffs.
If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0
One ruling for thee, another one for me.
Afterthought:
Today’s Republican Party no longer believes in the rule of law.
Rather, it believes in ruling the law.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Settle disagreements with you neighbor with politeness.
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.
The Art of the Con 0
Michael in Norfolk wonder when–or if–his pigeons will catch on.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Writing at AL.com, Will Ferniany reads the famous piece, “First They Came,” and hears a contemporary rhyme.
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*Mark Twain.