Tuesday Bag o’ Dispatches
Speaking of AI, artificial intelligence, isn’t AS, artificial stupidity, a far greater and more prevalent danger?
Getting His Way
The last line of defense — the only defense we have remaining, now that checks and balances to executive power are gone — is our vote.
Back in the Box
I’m going to assume I don’t have to explain that Rob Reiner and his wife were murdered in their home Sunday, and that Donald Trump posted a hateful rant about Reiner on Truth Social. What I’m finding interesting is reaction to Trump’s nastiness on the right.
Have You Ever Seen a Grown Man Naked?
Reminding service members they swore an oath to the Constitution, not to any particular president and commander-in-chief, and that they shouldn’t obey illegal orders, can get a little tricky.
Darth Vader, RIP
My memory may be faulty, but wasn’t Dick Cheney a decent enough guy before he went to work as George W. Bush’s VP in 2001?
Halloween Update
It’s Halloween, which you may remember is also my birthday.
Highest Male Standards
“Well, that was predictable.”
Get the Hook
There. Now you know why Air Force fighters have tail hooks.