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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

Donald Trump issuing and executive order that reads,

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Afterthought:

If George Wallace were to come back from the dead, he would welcomed with open arms by today’s Republican Party.

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The U. S. S. Banana Republic 0

Glynn Wilson argues that the United States has gone bananas–banana republic, that is. Here’s a tiny bit from his article:

“No God and no religion can survive ridicule,” Mark Twain once wrote. “No political church, no nobility, no royalty or other fraud, can face ridicule in a fair field, and live.”

But Trump is proving all previous political punditry pathetically wrong, the first autocratic tin pot dictator in American history with little political credibility and delusions of grandeur, trying to run the United States like a banana republic.

Follow the link for the rest. Methinks he makes a strong case.

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Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much? 0

Hazardous? Per Timothy Cook (no relation to Tim Apple), “New research shows how prolonged AI interactions distort some users’ sense of reality.”

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QOTD 0

Gregory Peck:

It just seems silly to me that something so right and simple has to be fought for at all.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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The Reverse Robin Hood Party 0

Michael in Norfolk makes the case that Reagan’s trickle-on economics is still exacting its toll, as Republican policies make the rich richer and the poor more desperate.

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Stray Thought 0

When persons argue in favor of “governmental transparency,” I don’t think that this is what they mean.

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Foxy Shady 0

Farron comments on emails which he contends reveal that Fox News is not a legitimate news organization.

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Trumpling History 0

Family looks a billboard reading,

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Stray Question 0

Did you seriously believe that the Trump maladministration would act on actual factual information when, instead, they can deploy the Republican thought police?

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Compliments of the House 0

Florida Woman.

Honest to Pete, there must be something in the water.

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QOTD 0

Walter Reuther:

There’s a direct relationship between the ballot box and the bread box, and what the union fights for and wins at the bargaining table can be taken away in the legislative halls.

Q. E. D.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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Still Rising Again after All These Years, Reprise 0

Donald Trump at the Smithsonian uses his Sharpie to draw a smile on a KKK uniform, then says,

Via Job’s Anger.

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

David comments on Donald Trump’s efforts to whitewash–you will pardon the expression–America’s original sin of chattel slavery and the doctrine of racial superiority that was fabricated to rationalize it.

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The Detainee 0

Lady Liberty imprisoned in the White House Detention Center.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Yet another “responsible gun owner” practices politeness.

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The Rule of Lawless 0

It’s something that happens when the lawless try to remake the rules.

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QOTD 0

Pauline Kael:

TV executives think that the programs with the highest ratings are what TV viewers want, rather than what they settle for.

TV executives–and lots of other decision makers.

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Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0

Fostering fantasy? Per Joe Pierre, “When psychosis-proneness meets AI sycophancy, delusional thinking can result.”

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