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Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0

Able to solve complex math problems? I’m sorry, but that just doesn’t add up.

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QOTD 0

Alexander Hamilton:

Power over a man’s subsistence is power over his will.

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Wall Street Weak 0

Via Le Show.

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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.

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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.

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A Picture Is Worth 0

Clerk to man buying MAGA hat:  That'll be $95.  There's a tariff on you China-made MAGA cap.

Click for the original image.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

The hunt for politeness continues.

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Chaos Agents 0

The Pittsburgh Post Gazette’s Gene Collier calls out the destruction by design. A teaser; follow the link for the rest.

As the conspiratorial malevolence of Project 2025 rolls largely undeterred through a third destructive month, the methodology has revealed itself as slapdash and excessive, but the product design remains pure. The product is fear, and the fear business is booming.

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Still Rising Again after All These Years . . . 0

. . . and still trying to pretend that history wasn’t.

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QOTD 0

Martin Firrell:

When the world’s run by fools it’s the duty of intelligence to disobey.

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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.)

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Denial Is Not Just a River in Egypt 0

It’s also how bigots treat truths that disagree with their prejudices.

For example.

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The Bully’s Pulpit 0

Farron discusses why Trump loves tariffs.

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Trumponomics 0

Frame One:  Donald Trump, behind documents labeled

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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.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Settle disagreements with you neighbor with politeness.

Musical NotesGuns 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.

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The Art of the Con 0

Michael in Norfolk wonder when–or if–his pigeons will catch on.

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QOTD 0

Kirby Page:

In former days the struggle for existence was chiefly a struggle against nature, today it is primarily a struggle against other human beings.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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“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.

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