POTUS, this one and each of the foregoing 44, loves to trot out victims. But, it’s not difficult to find people screwed by government programs. It’s a feature, not a bug.
Author: Kilgore Forelle
Is ‘Too Nice’ a Problem?
POTUS recently exhorted a gathering of LEOs to not be “too nice.” Why do cops misperceive that when they please politicians, it is entirely removed from pleasing the public, except for its authoritarians?
Words Poorly Used #95 — Obligation
In a recent Socrates Cafe of Louisville, we voted to deliberate the old chestnut, “can there be a just war?” Why we did this, I don’t know. Maybe we hoped this time would be different, wherein we would come up with a no nonsense answer. Foiled again.
Words Poorly Used #94 — Excuses
Why is it that when there is a cop-involved killing that 1000 experts and eyewitnesses, mostly incognito, are everywhere. Cop apologists have a kit bag full of one size fits all excuses.
Smoking at the Skunk Works
What possible difference could it make that Musk and Zuckerberg don’t see eye to eye on artificial intelligence? Their repartee has plenty of artificiality and no intelligence.
An Aircraft Carrier
What is happening here? Have the merchants of death gathered at the water for one long, last draft at the trough? Is the water without limit? How long can we survive having our financial stability sucked away?
But What About … ?
The purpose of citing past peccadillos is always to take the bloom off of good that someone did. This is a composition fallacy.
A Dynamic Agreement
The motto in the graphic, when two words are changed, makes a good approximation for Voluntaryism — “voluntaryism” is the new subject, and substitute “anyone” for “someone.”
Critical Thinking
The nation, the USA, is getting dangerously close to the point that proof must be shown that it can save itself from a fatal machination of its own organization.
Legality, Beside the Point
The pundit cosmos queries, “Is it illegal?” A considerate homo sapiens counters, “Is it moral?” A proper society, a nation of laws, arises because humans desire moral order.