This New Gilded Age 0
In a longer article about the Trump maladministration’s attempts to destroy the Digital Equity Act, a Techdirt reporter makes what methinks a trenchant observation (emphasis added):
I commend the entire piece to your attention.
No Surprises Here . . . 0
. . . even though the Squeaker of the House seems to think there are.
Emoluments . . . 0
. . . meet the Crypto Con.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Thom hears a rhyme echoing across the sea from nearly a century ago.
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*Mark Twain.
Words Have Meanings 0
Why are not more persons noticing that, by crusading against anti-fascists, today’s Republican Party is ipso facto painting itself as the party of fascists?
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Welcome your roommate home with politeness.
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WTVM spoke to Muscogee County Coroner Buddy Bryan who said that Anderson’s roommate had received alleged terroristic threats from her son, so when she heard noise while she slept she picked up a gun and fired two shots.
The second bullet struck Anderson, Bryan told the outlet.
One more time, “accidental” and “negligent” are not synonyms.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Competent legal counsel? Give it a moment to hallucinate an answer from made up precedents.
Meanwhile, at Above the Law, Joe Patrice wonders:
Which brings us back to the question: has AI made lawyers dumber?
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
The evidence continues to mount that Richard Nixon’s “southern strategy” has come full circle and that today’s Republican Party is the party of the Secesh.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Bubblelicious? My old Philly DL friend Noz wonders what Big Tech will do when the bubble bursts.
Propaganda Propagation, Rule of Lawless Dept. 0
Thom comments on Kristi Noem’s use of the TSA to broadcast political propaganda in airports.