“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
In a letter to the editor of the Las Vegas Sun, Kimball Shinkoskey listens to the man who would be king and hears a rhyme from a millennium ago. A couplet:
Follow the link for context.
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*Mark Twain.
A Bad Spell 0
Methinks they misplet “victimizers.”
The Name Gamer 0
As I mentioned, like my old dog, he has to spread his taint on everything.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Once again, politeness becomes child’s play,
For once, note seems to have been taken of the difference between “accidental” and negligent.”
Cui Bono? American Stasi Dept. 0
Who’s making money from the racist crackdown by the New Secesh? Truthout follows the money. A snippet:
Republican Thought Police 0
Now they’re coming for the Smithsonian.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Speaking of the Rerpublican thought police, Karl J. Skutski writes at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette of hearing a rhyme from 1930s Russia.
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*Mark Twain.
Trumponomics 0
Via The Charlotte Observer, Matt K. Lewis, in the course of a longer article about the current state of the U. S. economy, nails Donald Trump’s economic strategy.
The Nutcracker Suet 0
This is the official dance in celebration of Republican family values.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
And a polite society is a clean society.
One more time, “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.
QOTD 0
Neil Dudgeon, in the voice of DCI John Barnaby, to DS Ben Jones, voiced by Jason Hughes:
It was true when the show was first broadcast, and it’s still true today.
A Tune for the Times 0
Trump is marking (what he conceives of as) his territory much as my old dog used to do.
Mangy suggests an alternate and, in his opinion, more apt phraseology.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A device that’s dumbing us down? At Psychology Today Blogs, Timothy Cook (no relation to Tim Apple) reminds persons who are letting AI do their brainwork for them that
Follow the link for his reasoning.