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Cancel Culture Ceiling
Unlike the debt, this is one ceiling congress critters raise with enthusiasm.
Author: patd
“But I don’t want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.
"Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad."
"How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn’t have come here.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
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particularly things that aren’t even real
Attribution: Little Mermaid by Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune, UT
Debt limit deal clears 1st hurdle as McCarthy works to tamp down dissent
With just one more day to corral Republican support on a debt ceiling agreement, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) faced growing opposition from far-right members of his party but remained confident as the bipartisan bill passed a key procedural hurdle late Tuesday and headed to the House floor.
Roughly a dozen members of the House Freedom Caucus took turns in a Capitol Hill news conference slamming McCarthy and the deal he brokered with President Biden over the weekend. And by the end of the day, roughly 30 GOP lawmakers had vowed to vote against the bill, which must clear the Senate and become law before Monday — the day the government would default on its debt without an extended borrowing cap.
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“It’s not our job to imprint an ideology,” Massie said during the committee meeting. “I think our job is to decide: Is this a process we’ve all agreed on?”
[continues]
“It’s not our job to imprint an ideology” ? massie must have missed their memo.
The thread starter makes me want to go to Disneyworld*, drink Bud Light at a restaurant on site, go to a showing of the Little Mermaid and on the way home stop by Target and pick up a six pack and a copy of Amanda Gorman’s latest book (none of which I’m particularly fond of, except maybe Target – where I get coffee, nuts and wine).
*Or maybe Disneyland so FL doesn’t get the benefit of taxes on my purchases.
Artificial intelligence raises risk of extinction, experts say in new warning
Scientists and tech industry leaders, including executives at Microsoft and Google, have issued a new warning about the perils that artificial intelligence poses to humankind. The statement posted online Tuesday says that “mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war.” Sam Altman, the CEO of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, and Geoffrey Hinton, a computer scientist known as the godfather of artificial intelligence, are among the hundreds of leading figures who signed the statement. Worries about artificial intelligence systems outsmarting humans and running wild have intensified with the rise of a new generation of highly capable AI chatbots such as ChatGPT.
So if Dumbass can outsmart humans and run wild, why not AI? It’s certainly smarter than he is.
LOL a human lawyer filed a complaint against Avianka citing cases he found on ChatGPT – that were all fake. He apparently filed with the court copies of the cases provided by ChatGPT. And he verified the authenticity of the cases with – wait for it – ChapGPT. I’m thinking he should get a Lexis subscription. 🙄
Pretty sure the main cause of human extinction will be humans.
⬇️ lol
Sounds like where the smart money is, Sturg.
I wish my money were smart.
Subjunctive mood, CONDITION CONTRARY TO FACT.
pogo, you’re brave.
cancel culturalists are getting so dangerous around these parts now that I’m wary of what the gun-toters at the grocery store might do when I wear my old 70s tie-dye tee shirt
am even reluctant to put up campaign sign at the gate. paranoid about the violence that’s running rampant these days.
The sound of nails on a chalkboard…some ironnie that Ronnie squeaks like Mickey Mouse.
Good one Sturg: “Pretty sure the main cause of human extinction will be humans”
Current Belmont contenders
HorseOdds
Forte3-1
Tapit Trice7-2
Angel of Empire4-1
National Treasure6-1
Arabian Lion10-1
Arcangelo10-1
Hit Show15-1
Red Route One20-1
KingsbarnsSCRATCHED
Reincarnate30-1
Raise Cain30-1
Sun Thunder30-1
Prove Worthy30-1
We went to a local store that sells beer this past weekend. They were putting a deep discount on cases of Bud Light. Rick bought one and he wasn’t the only one. I bet most beer drinkers could care less… they just want a bargain.
Jamie… I’ll take Angel of Empire again.
Jamie – I am holding off for a bit to see which horses survive to the race day. So far the odds are quite low for a full field.
Jamie, I’m sticking with Sun Thunder, almost got it last time!
lol, Tara Reade, the woman who, during the 2020 campaign, accused Biden of past indiscretions, has defected to…
…wait for it
Russia.
Plant the whole time
jamie, put me in for Red Route One please
NBC reports Pence getting in next week. Going for “hang-Mike-Pence” vote
I am so frustrated with the “oh the simpler times when we walked the streets and had to be in when the street lights turned on”. B.S. Some people from cities state this meme apparently forgetting about city gangs. The gangs moved to the suburbs in the Fifties and Sixties, but due to dispersion eventually collapsed. I understand some revived in a few years later, but I no longer was there.
One fight came as several of us football players were walking home. We were jumped, I got punched in the mouth, I broke that guys arm and shoulder while one of my friends took down a guy trying to hit my head with a tire iron. Yeah, there were many more meetings, even in schools.
I essentially left home at the old age of twelve. My first job got me out of the house and free to live. By time I was sixteen I only slept at home. Yeah, home life was not great. I was not the only one with home issues. Almost half my high school class did not stay around. At least the auto plants were hiring in the Sixties.
Many of the trail hands have hinted at life in the post-WWII era. We grew up in a world of the Thirties, but with men of WWII as fathers. I know that I broke a long history of severe punishment by the father on the sons. That break resulted in my children being good fathers. That makes me very happy.
I’ll ride along with patd on Red Route One if she doesn’t mind – because The Hunt for Red October is in my top 10 list of fun movies.
Forte for the win, Ben……..all those other nags gonna have a great race-long view of Forte’s rear end.
particularly things that aren’t even real
Attribution: Little Mermaid by Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune, UT
cracking?
The Washington Post
“It’s not our job to imprint an ideology” ? massie must have missed their memo.
The thread starter makes me want to go to Disneyworld*, drink Bud Light at a restaurant on site, go to a showing of the Little Mermaid and on the way home stop by Target and pick up a six pack and a copy of Amanda Gorman’s latest book (none of which I’m particularly fond of, except maybe Target – where I get coffee, nuts and wine).
*Or maybe Disneyland so FL doesn’t get the benefit of taxes on my purchases.
AI could lead to human extinction? Wha’? WAPO
So if Dumbass can outsmart humans and run wild, why not AI? It’s certainly smarter than he is.
LOL a human lawyer filed a complaint against Avianka citing cases he found on ChatGPT – that were all fake. He apparently filed with the court copies of the cases provided by ChatGPT. And he verified the authenticity of the cases with – wait for it – ChapGPT. I’m thinking he should get a Lexis subscription. 🙄
Pretty sure the main cause of human extinction will be humans.
⬇️ lol
Sounds like where the smart money is, Sturg.
I wish my money were smart.
Subjunctive mood, CONDITION CONTRARY TO FACT.
pogo, you’re brave.
cancel culturalists are getting so dangerous around these parts now that I’m wary of what the gun-toters at the grocery store might do when I wear my old 70s tie-dye tee shirt
am even reluctant to put up campaign sign at the gate. paranoid about the violence that’s running rampant these days.
The sound of nails on a chalkboard…some ironnie that Ronnie squeaks like Mickey Mouse.
Good one Sturg: “Pretty sure the main cause of human extinction will be humans”
Current Belmont contenders
HorseOdds
Forte3-1
Tapit Trice7-2
Angel of Empire4-1
National Treasure6-1
Arabian Lion10-1
Arcangelo10-1
Hit Show15-1
Red Route One20-1
KingsbarnsSCRATCHED
Reincarnate30-1
Raise Cain30-1
Sun Thunder30-1
Prove Worthy30-1
We went to a local store that sells beer this past weekend. They were putting a deep discount on cases of Bud Light. Rick bought one and he wasn’t the only one. I bet most beer drinkers could care less… they just want a bargain.
Jamie… I’ll take Angel of Empire again.
Jamie – I am holding off for a bit to see which horses survive to the race day. So far the odds are quite low for a full field.
Jamie, I’m sticking with Sun Thunder, almost got it last time!
lol, Tara Reade, the woman who, during the 2020 campaign, accused Biden of past indiscretions, has defected to…
…wait for it
Russia.
Plant the whole time
jamie, put me in for Red Route One please
NBC reports Pence getting in next week. Going for “hang-Mike-Pence” vote
I am so frustrated with the “oh the simpler times when we walked the streets and had to be in when the street lights turned on”. B.S. Some people from cities state this meme apparently forgetting about city gangs. The gangs moved to the suburbs in the Fifties and Sixties, but due to dispersion eventually collapsed. I understand some revived in a few years later, but I no longer was there.
One fight came as several of us football players were walking home. We were jumped, I got punched in the mouth, I broke that guys arm and shoulder while one of my friends took down a guy trying to hit my head with a tire iron. Yeah, there were many more meetings, even in schools.
I essentially left home at the old age of twelve. My first job got me out of the house and free to live. By time I was sixteen I only slept at home. Yeah, home life was not great. I was not the only one with home issues. Almost half my high school class did not stay around. At least the auto plants were hiring in the Sixties.
Many of the trail hands have hinted at life in the post-WWII era. We grew up in a world of the Thirties, but with men of WWII as fathers. I know that I broke a long history of severe punishment by the father on the sons. That break resulted in my children being good fathers. That makes me very happy.
I’ll ride along with patd on Red Route One if she doesn’t mind – because The Hunt for Red October is in my top 10 list of fun movies.
Forte for the win, Ben……..all those other nags gonna have a great race-long view of Forte’s rear end.
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