Linkee-poo it's Monday again

The alligators. Why are they alligators.

I say ye, Neil Simon. I think it was Mr. Simon's plays that first tickled that part in my brain that inserts the comedic in everyday life and my love for witty banter. That you could be funny without being mean and the exquisite pleasure of word play. And so it goes.

I say ye, John McCain. I wrote about Senator McCain recently when his family stated they were stopping treatment, so I don't think more need be said. Fuck cancer. And so it goes.

"The crimes of Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen are notable not just for how blatant they were but also for their lack of sophistication. The two men did little to hide their lying to banks and the Internal Revenue Service. One can almost sympathize with them: If it wasn’t for their decision to attach themselves to the most unlikely president in modern history, there’s every reason to think they might be still working their frauds today." White-collar crimes are the least likely to be prosecuted (see 2007-2009 Great Recession). (Grokked from Chuck Wendig)

Okay, so you might not believe me. But would you believe someone who was actually involved in information warfare? "An educated population trained from early age in critical thinking, whose worldview is based on fact, validated evidence, and science, is the single strongest defense – the only true defense -- against this form of assault… But, we don’t live in that world… We can’t put the genie back in the bottle. And we lack that defense, deliberately so. Because just as our own enemies benefit from an population incapable of critical thought, so do those who seek political power within our own nation." A well educated and skeptical populace is what's needed to fight this war, unfortunately one party (of our two party system) has been investing for over two decades in making an ill-informed populace, and they can't stop now. Strangely (not strangely) that party has promoted and supported the people who are the best targets of misinformation during the last election cycle.