“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” who didn’t know the gun was loaded.
(snip)
Investigators learned that while cleaning his guns, the father retrieved his rifle from a gun case and accidentally pulled the trigger, police said. The father told investigators that he thought the rifle was empty.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid.
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.
The Master Strategist 0
My old Philly DL Friend Noz doesn’t blog as frequently as he used do, but, when he does, he pretty much hits the naif on the head.
Disorder in the Court 0
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice tells the story of a judge who lost his spedonkle and reminds us that
Follow the link for the who-shot-john.
Meta: Sidebar 0
I’ve added a new link to the OTR category on the sidebar: Radio Echoes.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Sam talks with David Bier about how the Supreme Supremacist Court green lit racial profiling.
A Picture Is Worth 0
The American Stasi meets Non Sequitur.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
When you are involved in a dispute over proper behavior, be sure to settle it with your politeness.
We are a broken society.
War and Mongers of War 0
Susan Estrich thinks Donald Trump has some ‘splainin’ to do. She notes that
Follow the link for the reasoning behind that remark.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
I’m a Southern boy.
I grew up under Jim Crow and attended segregated schools.
I remember my Daddy making sure he paid his poll taxes.
I know racism when I see it.
This is racism, pure and simeple.
American Stasi 0
Farron discusses how ICE agents were recorded trying to cook up false charges against a protestor.
A Coping Mechanism 0
Judith Orloff has some suggestions which methinks might be helpful for dealing with Trump and the Trumpettes.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A trustworthy advisor? According to El Reg, not hardly. It reports that (emphasis added):
“Even a single interaction with sycophantic AI reduced participants’ willingness to take responsibility and repair interpersonal conflicts, while increasing their own conviction that they were right,” the researchers explained. “Yet despite distorting judgment, sycophantic models were trusted and preferred.”