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And Now for a Musical Interlude 0

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

In a much longer post about the many flaws in the Trump maladministration’s suit against the Southern Poverty Law Center, Above the Law’s Joe Patrice offers a theory as to the purpose of said performance artlessness:

It (the Trump maladministration–ed.) already got most of what it came for once the administration’s fellow traveler hate groups knew they had moles and the SPLC lost its ability to pay or even recruit future informants.

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American Stasi 0

Thom is not sanguine about the course IDE is taking.

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If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0

Bloody boxer labeled

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

This “responsible gun owner” was packing politeness while purchasing provisions.

I will venture to suggest that, in a society that is not broken, persons don’t have a need to bring their portable phalluses to the grocery store.

But that’s just me.

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Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0

Truthful? At the Psychology Today website, Steven C. Hayes notes that

AI labs are training systems to deceive and flatter users, and the problem compounds over time.

Follow the link to find out why he suspects this practice may have–er–some downsides.

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“There’s One Born Every Minute” 0

Sportswriter extraordinaire Bob Molinaro points out that

In the 18-to-49 age range, 52% of men . . . have a sports gambling account.

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QOTD 0

Dorothy Day:

Love casts out fear, but we have to get over the fear in order to get close enough to love them.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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Real Big Men 0

Words fail me.

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Republican Thought Police 0

It appears that the Trump maladministration has decided that the military newspaper, Stars and Stripes, should report only all the news that fits.

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

Sam and the crew are taken aback by racism in full display.

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American Stasi 0

Uncle Sam:  We are not running concentration camps.  Lady Liberty:  By the dictionary definition we are.  Uncle Sam:  But . . . we're not committing mass murder.  Lady Liberty:  Dozens killed so far . . . isn't that a start?  (Uncle Sam simmers)  Uncle Sam:  No trains!  No ovens!  Show me a single oven.

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Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0

Accessory-before-fact? You be the judge.

And, while we’re on the subject, Joe Patrice reports that AI hallucinated another non-existent legal precedent.

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What’s in a Name? 0

Just ask Florida woman.

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QOTD 0

Harry Blackmun:

In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in order to treat some persons equally, we must treat them differently.

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The True Deceiver, Reprise 0

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The True Deceiver 0

Donald Trump says,

Via Job’s Anger.

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

Doug Jones sums up the Trump maladministration’s attempt to prosecute the Southern Poverty Law Center for being:

“This is a pure political retribution,” Jones said in a video posted to social media.

Follow the link for context.

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Hoist on Her Own Petard 0

A Trump voter is surprised to find that she got what she voted for.

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