Courting Disaster 0
Thom discusses the Trump maladministration’s attack on an impartial federal judiciary and the impllications thereof.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
It would appear that, when you give sadists power, sadism is the logical outcome.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
They found politeness is a parking space.
Police say the two initially walked away from each other, but Floyd came back. The victim used bear spray on Floyd and investigators say that’s when Floyd pulled out a gun and fired three shots as the victim ran into an alley.
We are a broken society.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Truthful? Pigs. Wings.
At Psychology Today Blogs, Timothy Cook (no relation to Tim Apple) offers a four-step process for tricking AI into revealing its biases and fabrications.
Given the hype and hyperbole about these robotic search engines and given how many browsers and websites are trying to hornswoggle us into letting AI bots do our thinking for us, it is a worthwhile read.
Get Me Rewrite! 0
Mr. Newberger envisions a Trumpled Smithsonian.
Republican Family Values 0
Yet more evidence that mean for the sake of mean is a Republican family value.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Ring of Fire looks at some of the latest racist and bigoted antics out of Florida.
Establishmentarians 0
Methinks the editorial board of the Las Vegas Sun makes some good points in advocating that establishmentarians who want to use the government to conduct their inquisitions should pay to play.
Me, I’m a disestablishmentarian. I believe that established churches should be disestablished.
Republican Thought Police 0
Via WHYY, the AP looks at how the Republican thought police are leaning on learning.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society’ 0
Yet another case of politeness on the pavement.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
At the Washington Monthly, Roger Kerson makes a strong case that “Musk” rhymes with “Ford.”
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*Mark Twain.
American Stasi 0
Mary Trump, Donald Trump’s niece, discusses the Trump maladministration’s campaign against brown people immigrants.
Republican Thought Police 0
Dion Lefler has a memory:
What would I do if one day the government took control of the media, rewarding those who spread the leaders’ propaganda and silencing dissenting voices?
He goes on to argue that, thanks to the Trump maladministration, he now has to face that question directly. Follow the link for the rest.