Gell-Mann amnesia effect strikes again! The term was coined by the late Michael Crichton. It happens when a person with expertise in any particular field reads a story in a newspaper or journal. Because of that expertise the individual is able to identify the fact that the story is riddled with errors, misstatements and falsehoods. However, this same person will then turn the page and read another article and take it at face value.
During the Presidential debate, Trump used the term Coyote when referring to human smugglers along the Mexican border. Liberals lost their minds.
“These children are brought here by coyotes and lots of bad people, cartels, and they used to use them to get into our country,” he said.
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Why be halfway stupid when one can go all the way. One pundit made the observation: “Coyote” is a term for human smugglers along the U.S.-Mexico border, though the term is rarely used. I guess that might be true on the New York cocktail circuit. Not so much in Los Angeles where coyote and domestic employment service are interchangeable terms.
The term is commonly used, requiring no translation as “Coyote” denotes both the furry creature and human smuggler in both English and Spanish. Keep in mind that these folks unfamiliar with the term will smugly tell all within earshot, that they know the solution to handling wetbacks.
States have a distinct vibe. Want corruption? Go to Massachusetts. Looking for derangement on a statewide basis, California. Stupidity raised up on a pedestal, Georgia.
Let’s not forget this oldie but goodie.
US Rep. Hank Johnson from Georgia is worried that the island of Guam might tip over. The strange comment was made at a House Armed Services Committee to Admiral Robert Willard, head of the U.S. Pacific fleet. Admiral Willard was discussing plans to build up military personnel on the Pacific island, when Johnson asked if the additional population might cause the island to “tip over.”
“My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize,” Johnson said.
Willard seemed shocked by the question. He paused for a moment and replied, “We don’t anticipate that.”
