Sunday Morning Tabs
There is a bit of a theme.
Steven L. Taylor
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Sunday, October 6, 2024
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About Steven L. Taylor
Steven L. Taylor is a retired Professor of Political Science and former College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored
A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog).
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Many years ago I heard an NPR piece on the Nigerian Prince scams where they asked an FBI agent why, given all the years this has been going on, the emails (actually a letter the first time I saw it) were still garbled and unconvincing? The agent basically said that was a feature, not a bug. They were looking for people gullible enough to eventually wire money overseas and didn’t want to waste their time with someone who would catch on after they had invested time on them. When Fox News started up it almost immediately struck me as a TV Network version of such a scam. Their programming is such that their viewership is gullible, impulsive and unable to discern fantasy from reality. Their business model is offering a target rich environment to their advertisers.
I assume that in the event of a divorce, RFK Jr. would receive full custody of the brain worm?
@Stormy Dragon:
Don’t forget the whale’s head and the bear carcass.
Elon’s mother is an average Republican.. that’s the only thing that’s wrong with her.
Half are crazier than her — and she’s openly promoting a cocktail of felony and EAIAC.
From the linked Gizmodo article:
In other breaking news, the Pacific Ocean is a target-rich environment for water.
Oh, I’ve gotta get me a get outta jail free coin!
ETA didn’t have Wu Tang for children as a tag on my bingo card, either. Did anyone here?
@Stormy Dragon:
That worm is long dead. Starved to death.