Notes from a retired newspaper publisher
Friday January 24, 2025; 7:30 PM EST
  • If only schools taught real life skills!#
    • Bad ideas never die. They just find other weak thinkers to push them. — The Wisdom of Reese Bobby, by @utahprez https://t.co/asywP9w9zn [Link]#
  • Although not perfect, bottom-up governance can correct more faults than top-down rule.#
    • The WEF wanted rule, not governance. Trump voters said, “No!” — Trump to WEF: America First, by @donsurber https://t.co/7wzEQ4oTSB [Link]#
  • Civil Service fail.#
    • It was supposed to take politics out of governance but instead it permanently embedded it. — MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: Trump can fix biased, bloated bureaucracy — by abolishing the civil service https://t.co/iMtxwkjlSv [Link]#
    • It was supposed to take politics out of governance but instead it permanently embedded it. — MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: Trump can fix biased, bloated bureaucracy — by abolishing the civil service https://t.co/iMtxwkjlSv [Link]#
  • Subverting justice.#
    • Some judges need to be removed for lack of judicial temperament. — “RULE OF LAW.” https://t.co/vP5O6ZQxnS Als https://t.co/CQ3051FZNB [Link]#
  • Watch what your AI studies.#
    • Sounds like OpenAI Operator could use Sky News as a news source. Someone tell Sam Altman. https://t.co/n8woKdS931 [Link]#
    • Watch out! OpenAI Operator only includes these decidedly untrustworthy information sites. Evidence shows they leave out too much essential detail to call it news:... - the Atlantic ... - Axios... - associated press ... - Reuters https://t.co/gTyPpQ5WoU [Link]#
  • Bank of America claims innocence.#
    • Called out by Trump at the WEF for doing it. It advertises it doesn’t, but there is evidence. — 15 AGs put BofA on notice for ‘de-banking’ conservatives https://t.co/znxaI5vW2X via @bankingdive [Link]#
  • A weak legislature allows such games to be played.#
    • Of course, she could focus on the real problems. — Gov. Kathy Hochul Reportedly Plays Language Police, Attempts To Censor ‘Drug Addict https://t.co/LMGXELuTU1 via @dailycaller [Link]#
  • A simple lesson.#
    • Paraphrased from “A Man for all Seasons”: You can cut down all the laws to get at the devil, Roper, but what will protect you when the devil turns back on you, the laws all being flat? https://t.co/uuoCcss1F0 [Link]#
  • If only Democrats couls see ...#
    • For Democrats, “hysterics increased in direct proportion to the poverty of the charges.” — The addicted, petty, and hysterical. https://t.co/vLqreLsCCs [Link]#

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