AI seems to wat to be both at the same time (lying and stupid). So this is a story about a few questions that I asked Bard about GraniteGrok. First, however, to set the stage:
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Once Again, A Bearded Man Erases 82 Women at a World Poker Tour Event
Proving, once again, that men are out to prove they are a better woman than women. And the women aren’t fighting back. And other men aren’t defending them, either. I guess that the Feminists that wanted to prove that they were just as good as men never thought that they’d be competing to be better … Read more
More “nonsensical, unintelligible gibberish” in Describing a College Course Description and Academia in General
This from Kenyon College that can cost up to $80,000/year. The PJ Media author, George Harbison, is beside himself putting up the description from his alma mater. Good thing that my SAT score made me immune to having to take a college English class but I certainly can’t make much heads or tails of this: … Read more
Yep, Another “Man in the Street”: They Can’t Even Say What Country Queen Elizabeth II Was From?
Sheesh. I would have thought that with her illness starting to show up in late August, that would have been “pop news” and might have had a bit more recognition than normal from the younger (and ill-educated) set. Sigh, not so much.
Disqus Doodlings – Biden’s DPA Invocation for Non-military Reasons – Green New Deal Part 1
DPA standing for the Defense Production Act. This legislation was passed for national emergency reasons – specifically during times of war. However, Biden has declared that the Green New Deal (which Congress failed to pass for many reasons) is such a crisis to have industry work on, not material for war, but for insulating houses … Read more
From the “Pass it To Find Out What’s In It File” – MA Voters Accidentally Ban* Eggs
Have to hand it to voters down in MA for their morals and integrity. Yup, they overwhelmingly voted for and passed an animal protection measure that no one bothered to look at closely (well, it sounded so good, right?).
Democrat David Meuse Hashtags Local GOP as “Taliban”
Yep, we have folks monitoring other folks’ social media knowing that, at some point, the opposition is going to say something stupid. Or in his case, a rather retarded view of his fellow Legislators. I do wonder if this would violate the NH State House of Representatives Code of Ethics? The following certainly seems to be in opposition to his Tweet:
Scammers – Can’t Get Much More Blatant Than This
There are other viruses out there besides the Wu Flu. And no small number of them are computer based. Given that I get between 300 to 800 emails a day (more the closer we get to some kind of election when all of the PACs start blasting stuff out), there is always a number of emails that I know to be scammers and n’er-do-wells.
I think comedian Ron White has this correct – you can’t fix stupid
I haven’t seen the Blue Collar Comedy Tour show in a long time – I miss it. Ron White was part of it along with Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall (who appears, from time to time, on Last Man Standing with Tim Allen), and Larry the Cable Guy. Always ready with a quip or a long … Read more
DISQUS Doodlings – it would help if you actually knew what you were talking about
Talking points – especially on the Left. I see them all the time. And there are times that this engineer wants to just scream because of stupidity. Once again, we’re back to one of the harbinger sites for it – Treehugger.
Blogline of the Day: So how DO Progressives handle “cisspecies birds and bees”????
Progressive parents sit their kid down for a talk about the birds and the bees and the birds who want to become bees and the bees who identify as birds and buckle up, this might take a while. Click on the link – it is rather amusing. (H/T: Instapundit)
You can tell that Captain Obvious works for the Dept. of Public Works
But then, again, government regulations require it! But then, again, some moron is going to try to drive their Smartcar through that and then get upset when they get mocked for stupidity when
Quick Thought – without carbon suger is..?
(H/T: Powerline) After all: Yep, there’s carbon in that thing!
A bit more on Antifa calling to disarm “fascists” – not such a hot idea
My post about Antifa calling for its adherents to disarm “fascists” (who are merely exercising their Second Amendment Rights while Antifa is, well, acting like real fascists in denying speech and other rights and bullying everyone else) caught some attention. Especially Grokster Rick who served as a US Marine, headed up the armory at Parris Island, is a former police officer, and is an expert firearms instructor. So at our impromptu Grokster gathering, he did an impromptu video lesson as to why things would not go well for Antifa if they tried such an act.
A Boost from Ed’s post: “So, Governor, You Want to Talk About the Constitutionality of HB 1264? Let’s Talk.”
I thought these comments get to the nub and heart of the problem – seemingly, Progressives can’t understand it at all. I guess it’s the same bigotry of low expectations when they scream and holler that requiring “oppressed, minority, and underrepresented communities” can’t do the same things to get an ID like everyone else. What is so dang hard about out of state tuition?
Liberal Conservative • 2 days ago
This is not complicated in any way. Here’s the test: do you pay out of state tuition? Yes. Then vote via absentee ballot from your state of residence because you can’t vote in NH. I just don’t understand what is so difficult about this.Bryan W Liberal Conservative • 6 hours ago
It’s not difficult. I know I’ve posted here before – when my daughters decided to become Utah residents so they could get in-state tuition there, the process there was simple, but could take up to a year: 1) Establish yourself at an address. 2) Get a Utah drivers license or non-drivers ID. 3) Register your car(s) in Utah if you have any. 4) Register to vote using that ID. 5) Pay in-state income tax or property tax (even if you don’t owe anything). You have to satisfy 3 out of 5 tests, then you can get in-state tuition. Gaining residency for voting purposes here should be no less stringent.
But Progressives say “that’s too HAAAaaarrdd” for college students to do. After all, a WHOLE YEAR?? Oh wait – they’re here for four, right? So let me get this straight:
A PERFECT case of “Bad decision? You own the bad consequence(s)”
For years, I have thought and said that one of the most pernicious new values of our rapidly becoming a secular Progressive Society is that of socializing negative consequences of bad decisions by individuals (“nobody can suffer the consequences of their decisions – we are ALL at fault so we must ALL suffer for him”). The associated side of this is that of the Nanny State that seeks to force one to diminish the effects of risky behavior of certain voluntary activities (e.g., forcing people to wear a motorcycle helmet or a seatbelt) – or, to take that activity or substance (no, not the usuals, but think trans-fats that make things tasty, or 100 watt light bulbs that make it easier to read by).
Now, let me state that in no way am I in favor of suicide, so don’t try to twist what the above with the below – most suicides are done out of extreme depression and a sense that nothing positive can change for them – and the vast majority are of no fault of their own. Here? My opinion is that this is a political statement and a political stunt – these folks are there because of extremely bad decisions done on BATTLEFIELDS against our military or civilians – these are enemy combatants that have declared war on the US (reformatted, emphasis mine):
(AP) – A hunger strike among prisoners at Guantanamo Bay keeps growing. Lt. Col. Samuel House said Saturday that 100 of 166 prisoners at the U.S. base in Cuba have now joined the strike. He says 19 are receiving liquid nutrients through a nasal tube to prevent dangerous weight loss. House says five of those are at a hospital under observation but that they do not have any life-threatening conditions.
Williams – Sonoma: the Dick’s Sporting Goods of the kitchen set?
Updated & Bumped: This is when you get caught being stupid. From CNSNews:
Williams-Sonoma Releases Statement Apologizing for Pulling Pressure Cookers
“Pressure cookers are available at all our stores nationwide.
“In the days immediately following the tragic bombings in Boston a local decision was made to remove pressure cookers from the sales floor of the stores near where the bombing occurred. We apologize if we offended anyone by this action.”
Offended? No, that’s not the word I would pick. Cowardly? Political Correctness junkies? Just plain STOOPID in trying to put as much space as possible from even a HINT of being associated with the Boston Marathon Bombers. I do wonder if this decision was from their Sr. Leadership (such that might exist) or from an avalanche of “dumbness” sent their way.
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Back in December, just after the tragedy of Sandy Hook, Dick’s Sporting Goods stopped selling AR-15s. They screwed over customers and they screwed over their suppliers as they did not honor their contracts and did not honor transactions in process. They didn’t care – their cowardly side showed over this particular style of modern sporting rifles.
But really, this?? From Big Government (emphasis mine):
Williams-Sonoma Pulls Pressure Cookers
Money for nuthin….
So let me get this straight, some 250 folks were trusting (nay, let’s be honest, greedy and stupid) enough to loan money to a Ponzi scheme in the hopes of making astonishing returns on those loans and when the scumbag operating it finally ran out of suckers and money and the game collapsed, these 250 … Read more
Yes, we MUST be critical of their thinking (or what passes for it)
Political correctness, CYA, a lack of blame-shifting / “not my fault and not my responsibility” and a total lack of “critical judgment” – what a combination we see. And the Educational-Industrial at work (School Board Associations, Administrator Associations, and Public Teachers Unions at these Government schools purport to be all about “public education” and how DARE you criticize us? (emphasis mine)
This incident is the latest in a growing line of extraordinarily strong reactions by school officials to things students have brought to school — or talked about bringing to school — that are not anything like real guns.
At D. Newlin Fell School in Philadelphia, school officials reportedly yelled at a student and then searched her in front of her class after she was found with a paper gun her grandfather had made for her. (RELATED: Paper gun causes panic)
In rural Pennsylvania, a kindergarten girl was suspended for making a “terroristic threat” after she told another girl that she planned to shoot her with a pink Hello Kitty toy gun that bombards targets with soapy bubbles.
At Roscoe R. Nix Elementary School in Maryland, a six-year-old boy was suspended for making the universal kid sign for a gun, pointing at another student and saying “pow.” That boy’s suspension was later lifted and his name cleared. (RELATED: Pow! You’re suspended, kid)
In Sumter, South Carolina, a six-year-old girl was expelled for bringing a clear plastic Airsoft gun that shoots plastic pellet to class for show-and-tell. The expulsion was later revoked.
Remember, these are the people who claim that they teach critical thinking.
“I’m with Stupid”
(H/T: Lucianne.com)