War and Mongers of War 0
Sam and the crew talk with Heather “Digby” Parton about why Trump decided to go to war with Iran.
It’s All about the Algorithm 0
In an article about two recent civil court cases, in which “social” media companies wer found liable for the damage they did to youngsters, John Bennett writes of the implications of those rulings. The following observations caught my eye (emphasis added):
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Whistleblowers and internal documents unearthed during trial revealed the full extent to which Big Tech knew what it was doing to young people, and kept doing it anyway.
One more time, “social” media isn’t.
“The Art of the Deal” 0
In a much longer post in which he wonders what can of worms Donald Trump will open next, Steve M. parses the pattern of the scammer-in-chief:
I commend his whole piece to your attention.
And Now for a Musical Interlude 0
Aside:
A strong case can be made that Helen Kane was the inspiration for the classic cartoon character, Betty Boop.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
And it’s been a lot of years, indeed, over a millennium and counting.
Via The Japan Times, UGa. professor Stephen Mihm offers a brief history of the chattel slavery of African people. He notes that
Methinks it a timely and worthwhile read, as the myth of racial superiority created to justify it continues to poison the polity.
Mongers of Hate, Reprise 0
At the Psychology Today website, John Tsilimparis argues that “(t)he recent social media outburst from the highest levels of leadership is a result of narcissistic rage.” He then goes on to explore how such outbursts and the type of you-can’t-really-call-it thinking behind them helps poison dis coarse discourse.
His article is well worth the few minutes it will take to read it.
Mongers of Hate 0
Thom discusses how today’s Republican Party has weaponized hate and faction over the last four decades.
Aside:
I think that Thom is quite correct about the legacy of Ronald Reagan, but I think he should also have included as a contributing factor Richard Nixon’s Southern Strategy, which has turned the party of Lincoln into the party of Jefferson Davis.
Honest to Pete, if Ev Dirksen or Nelson Rockefeller came back from their graves, they would be ashamed of what their party has become.
Suffer the Children 0
We are again reminded that that’s not scripture. Rather, it’s a Republican family value.
Truth in Labeling 0
The only massive voter fraud is Republicans’ false claims of massive voter fraud.
Image via Job’s Anger.
The Trumpettes 0
Thom talks with Mary Trump about Trump’s threats to commit war crimes against Iran and about the persons who are enabling and pretending that Donald Trump is, as my old doctor used to say, “within normal limitw” protecting Donald Trump.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
And, as we know, politeness is a family value.
Suffer the Children 0
Once again, we are prsented with evidence suggesting that that is not scripture, but, rather, a Republican fmaily value.