“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
A slice of politeness.
The story mentions that he’s almost as old as I am. You’d think he’d know better than to start swinging his portable phallus about in a pizza joint.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid,
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you, brother,
You won’t find one without the other.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Peter Kvam posits that “(d)ogs excel at many tasks where AI fails . . . .”
Follow the link for his reasoning.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Sam dissects the dissimulation.
(Spellink erorr correxed.)
The Disinformation Superhighway 0
To the surprise of all concerned, someone on “social” media gets held accountable.
Who woulda thunk?
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
More politeness on the pavement:
Myles was driving a Toyota Prius westbound on I-440 when the shooting took place at about 8:50pm, police said. Investigators said a speeding white sedan was weaving in and out of the interstate traffic and passed the Prius on the left shoulder.
Then the sedan swerved into a lane to the right of the Prius and slowed down before someone inside opened fire onto the Prius’ passenger side.
We are a broken society.
If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0
In additional evidence that “history is irony,” it’s clear that the self-described “party of values” has none.
War and Mongers of War 0
Thom wonders just how many wars America has been lied into.
This New Gilded Age 0
Methinks Michael in Norfolk has figured it out. Here’s a bit of his post:
Inventorying Ignorance, Vaccine Nation Dept. 0
At the Tampa Bay Times, Stephen Neely and Kaila Witkowski report on the results of a survey that they conducted regarding Floridians’ beliefs about COVID and vaccines. Among other things, they found a significant split on party lines:
Follow the link for the numbers.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Settle arguments with your romantic partner with politeness.
Sic Semper Tyrannis? 0
At Psychology Today Blogs. Neel Burton takes an in-depth look at what classical philosophers–Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, Seneca, etc.–had to say about tyranny. All of them had intimate knowledge of, and, in many cases, first-hand experience with tyrannical rulers.
In the course of the article, he suggests three conditions that must be met to hold tyranny at bay. In the context of dis coarse discourse, they give rise to feelings of–er–unease (emphasis added):
Second, we need to think more carefully about education, and what it means to be educated. Unless we transform ourselves by carrying out the work of the mind, we could be millionaires, like Nero, or Putin, and still be miserable. Playing the tyrant, and taking everyone down with us, is not, as Seneca reminds us, what human beings are for.
Third, a country’s constitution or political settlement must contain sufficient safeguards to prevent or arrest the rise of a potential tyrant, or simply of a less than decent or competent leader. This is not the case in the U.S. and no longer the case in the U.K. . . .
I find the entire piece timely, indeed, alarmingly so, and commend it to your attention.
QOTD 0
Alexander Morton, in the voice of Golly Mackenzie:
You come into this life naked, wet, and cold. Then things really get bad.