Programming Update
We’re off for a week starting Saturday. I’m off for Western China and the Silk Road. I’ll post if I can, but who knows!
Tennessee Senator Schmuck Full Of Supreme Court Chootspah! Gesundheit! | Wonkette
Reblogging a post from over to the Wonkette! It’s a good ‘un! About how twisted round the GOP’s reasoning is on the history of Supreme Court nominees. Gawd if the truth ever fell outa Bubbe’s bra, they’d be caught staring at her cleavage!
A Quickie: The Merrick Garland Impasse
The way that the Repubes treated and continue to treat Merrick Garland makes it very difficult for the Dems to accept Neil Gorsuch. The very black cloud hanging low over the administration makes it very hard to accept Gorsuch. Can the impasse be surpassed?
Psychology explains why this photo of a London woman in a hijab stirs up hidden biases — Quartz
This photo walks past the London terror attack scene, and the Internet loses its biased mind! This article explains why these outraged people are wrong… minus the snark, sarcasm, and profanity.
Deaths of Despair: The Republican Stooge Voters Are Right, They Are Being Left Behind
Deaths of despair describes the rising mortality rate of white middle class midlife white Americans. For them the American dream is shrinking and it is literally killing them. But, it is the Republicans that are shrinking the dream.
A Quickie: I Told You So, the Ol’ Pussy Grabber Fights with Everyone Chaos Results
The Ol’ Pussy Grabber is an unproductive, malignant narcissistic personality disorder, and the proof is in the pudding. I predicted he would have a chaotic combative administration that he would get around to fighting with Congress… and he has.
This is your brain on terrorism – Vox
We fear terrorist attacks more than we do guns, but guns kill more people per year than terrorist attacks. Because terrorist attacks stand out in our mind, it makes those memories easier to access, and the population easier for ruthless politicians to exploit.
Meme: #What Did You Expect
Those vulnerable people who voted for the Ol’ Pussy Grabber were fooled by their own need and wishful thinking. Hubris and folly, yet sorrow and pity. #WhatDidYouExpect?
Meme: #What Did You Expect?
All of the Ol’ Pussy Grabber’s constituencies are finding that they have been duped. All except the billionaire class. #WhatDidYouExpect?
The WH’s Gaslighting Techniques EXPOSED!
Gaslighting. It’s terribly popular to accuse the Ol’ Pussy Grabber of being a gaslighter, but what is he doing exactly? Is it on purpose with malice aforethought or is it accidental? Is it habit? Let’s expose the Ol’ Pussy Grabber…
Oxford commas are right. Here’s who invented them. – Vox
It’s my blog, and I’ll publish off topic stuff if I want to, and the Oxford comma is one of my things, so I’m publishing this, so there. Also, too, another thing I have is ambiguity.
A Quickie: Congress & White House Are A Single Party Democratic Kleptocracy
The GOP & the White House are acting like they are a single party democracy. They oppress the vote, gerrymander districts, grift, graft, and klept. Neither are even attempting to govern.
HealthCare & Taxes: How We Deal with Complexity
Healthcare, taxes, the government, and a lot of life is very complex. How do we make complex choices? Tversky & Kahneman and biases and heuristics shed some light on what the GOP is trying to do to us and how they are doing. RESIST
Are the Ol’ Pussy Grabber’s Tweets Evidence of Abnormality? Yes. Yes, They Are.
Is the Ol’ Pussy Grabber actually diagnosable? Is his behavior abnormal? Evaluate his recent tweets yourself using these psychology approved categorization methods! It’s fun for the whole family
Meme: Auntie Maxine, Hero of the Resistance
Viva la Resistance! Rep. Maxine Waters calls for impeachment & calls the Ol’ Pussy Grabber out every chance she gets! She is a Hero of the Resistance!
Another Cabinet Pick with Secret Ties to Putin and Oligarchs – DCReport
The murky depth of the Ol’ Pussy Grabber & Putin connection just cleared a little more. Explore the money laundrying link between the Ol’ Pussy Grabber & Putin and the Russian Oligarchs.
The Muslin Band Meets Reality: the Dept. of Homeland Security Report
Gee, so the Ol’ Pussy Grabber is itchin to ban hisself some Muslims, but the courts and the people and Congress and DHS don’t agree. Unfair! He’s the president! Science & DHS explain why the Muslim Ban won’t work!
A Quickie: Iwanka & the Navy Seal Widow
In what has to be one of the most demoralizing beginnings to any president’s administration, we get a demoralizing speech, and a demoralizing moment embedded in that speech. The ruthless exploitation of a Gold Star widow’s grief for a boast about the longest sustained applause. Iwanka proving that the turd doesn’t fall far from the ass, stands by and looks on.
A Quickie: The Ol’ Pussy Grabber Speaks!
The Ol’ Pussy Grabber said words to Congress & everyone has lost their minds, “He’s so dreamy! He’s so presidential!” Stop it! Stop it right now! Nothing has changed. It’s still the Ol’ Pussy Grabber.
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