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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

And another “responsible gun owner” exposes children to a portable phallus.

Detectives investigated the shooting and said the 7-year-old found the gun in an adult’s backpack. He pulled the gun out of the bag, and it went off while in his hand.

And another reminder that “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.

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The Foul Baller 0

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Executive Ethics 0

Caption:  Phil's struggle to stay on the oliggarch diet continues.   Image:  Two executives stand in front of a food truck labeled

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Republican Thought Police 0

Via The Charlotte Observer, Dion Lefler explains why Donald Trump is gunning for public broadcasting. A snippte:

With Trump’s unquenchable egotism, there are only two types of broadcasters: Those that spend all their airtime showering him with praise, and enemies of his regime needing to be crushed.

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Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0

At Psychology Today Blogs, John Nosta wonders whether we should stick with “not so much,” or should we (these are my words, not his) continue to invite the singularity over for dinner.

Where is Neo when you need him?

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QOTD 0

Gustave Flaubert:

Nothing is more humiliating than to see idiots succeed in enterprises we have failed in.

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Copywrongs 0

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

AL.com’s J. D. Crowe visualizes a rhyme.

ICE agent casting a shadow of a KKKlansman.

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*Mark Twain.

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Republican Thought Police 0

Robert Reich dissects the duplicity.

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“Feed the Hungry” 0

Now that is scriptural.

It’s just contrary to Republican policy.

Afterthought:

The mean for the sake of mean leaves one somewhat taken aback, does it not?

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That Was the Week That Was 0

Seth comes back from a break and sums what happened when he was away.

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Whoopsies 0

Frame One:  Elon Musk says,

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Politeness is a family value.

We are a failing society.

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QOTD 0

Joyce Carol Oates:

Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority, then forgets that symbols are inventions.

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And Now for a Musical Interlude 0

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Hooked on Speed 0

Florida Man.

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Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? 0

A false idol? Sacrifices welcome.

Joe Pierre points out that “(f)or some, deifying AI chatbots as a god-like form of super-intelligence can lead to psychosis.” A snippet:

Anecdotal reports of “AI-induced psychosis”—many of them coming from friends and family—have documented a startling number of people who have developed grandiose and paranoid delusions emerging in the context of conversations with artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots like ChatGPT.

While of the topic of dubious digital deities, check out the discussion about AI on this week’s episode of Le Show. It starts at about the 36-minunte mark.

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Devolution 0

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Dwight Eisenhower was president when I was a young ‘un. He was good and decent man.

Were he alive today, he would appalled, embarrassed beyond recognition even, to learn that his Republican Party has become the party of the Secesh.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Once again, one of those “responsible gun owners” exposes a portable phallus to children.

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Twits on Twitter X Offenders 0

Someone told him how to get to Sesame Street:

“Elmo’s X account was briefly compromised yesterday by an unknown hacker who posted disgusting messages, including antisemitic and racist posts. The account has since been secured,” a spokesperson for Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street, said in a statement to ABC News on Monday.

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