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Microaggressors 0

The Wizard is walking past a snowman.  He says,

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This New Gilded Age 0

At the Bangor Daily News, Greg Rossel points out the Donald Trump loves the talk about the first Gilded Age, specifically how great a president William McKinley was, and speculates as to why.

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Disciples of Dumb 0

At Psychology Today Blogs, Timmen L. Cermak argues that we are in the midst of a war on science. In light of, say, just to pick one example, the anti-VAX movement, which is willing to endanger endanger everyone’s health based on one discredited article, despite over two centuries of evidence that vaccines work, methinks he makes some good points.

Here’s a tiny bit:

Three origins of these attacks include the sheer ignorance that comes from a lack of education. For example, political leaders criticizing studies of “transgender mice” propagate misinformation, since these studies are actually of transgenic mice—those in which genetic material from other species has been inserted into their DNA, like the GMO foods that suffuse our diet. Attacks also stem from the typical short-sightedness of business-oriented leaders who value quarterly profits over investing in research and development needed to maintain market position over the next decade. And finally, ideologies that value transactional power tactics and loyalty tend to denigrate academic and bureaucratic experts as elites, who are viewed as obstacles to their “end justifies the means” philosophy.

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Driven to Destruction 0

Florida Man.

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QOTD 0

Antoine François Prévost:

Do you really think one can be truly loving when one is short of bread?

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A Tune for the Times 0

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A Moment of Duh! 0

It came to me today, as I was reading about this, that the reason the white right-wing is against DEI is right there in the words themselves.

The opposite of DEI is UIE: uniformity, inequality, and exclusion.

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The Unwelcome Mat 0

Sam and the crew discuss how Trump’s hate-full behavior is turning tourists, especially Canadian tourists, away from the United States.

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Republican Thought Police 0

Heaven forbid that school students should be equipped to deal with America’s racism problems.

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American Stazi 0

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For example.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

More politeness on the pavement.

We are a broken society.

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The Rule of Lawless 0

Per Kathryn Rubino at Above the Law, the Republican Party is test marketing a new strategy in response to losing in court: Get rid of the courts.

Why am I not surprised?

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QOTD 0

Shelby Steele:

(T)hough fear always seeks a thousand justifications, none is ever good enough, and the problems we run from only remain to haunt us.

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Stray Thought 0

I never expected that I would be living in a rogue state.

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A Tune for the Times 0

From the Youtube page:

Here’s a song about #Signalgate – the flamboyant US security breach – adapted from one of our all-time favourite Bee Gees tracks, titled “You Were Not Supposed to Message it Through!” A quick parody turnaround, but only five of us singing as Alfie (actually our hands-down best fake Bee Gee) is currently away, and will be annoyed. One day we’ll have a proper go with instruments live, but for now this will have to suffice as a post-work / post-school knockup.

The fantastic original, “Gotta Get a Message to You”, with its uplifting modulations and incredible layered harmonies, was released in 1968 and got to number one in the UK and the top ten in the US. Apparently it’s actually about someone on death row, though we never realised this until today. Nor that there are some other lower harmonies in later verses that are a bit raspy, which we had fun with.

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Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0

Susceptible to a misdirection play? Perha–Look! Over there!

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“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0

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*Mark Twain.

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Now, the Gaslighter 0

Mary Trump, who just happens to be Donald Trump’s niece and has known him all of her life, dissects the dissimulation.

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The Chaos Agent 0

Writing at northjersey.com, Arlene Murphy offers a theory as to Donald Trump’s M. O. for maladministration. A snippet:

President Donald Trump is running this country as if it were his own personal reality TV show. He understands that the surefire way for a reality show to be successful is that in every episode, which airs every day, there must be chaos.

Follow the link for her reasoning.

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Under the Influence, Reprise 0

Speaking of gaslighting . . . .

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