2021 in the Review: Goals Met!
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Our last chance to pimp our best posts and greatest accomplishments of 2021. We had goals and we met them! Ha! Take that 2021! Bring on 2022!
2021 in Blogging Stats
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Another year slips past. Another year of the #COVID19 pandemic. Another year of growing authoritarianism. Another year of Democrats delivering the goods but not getting the credit. It is all summarized here in Ye Olde Blogge’s stats for the year.
At the Tipping Point in the Fight for Democracy Supported by Mathematical Modeling of Complex Adaptive Systems
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A report on mathematical models of our democracy as Complex Adaptive Systems suggests we are at the tipping point in the fight for our democracy. 2022 will be the year that we fight for our democracy. Should we lose the election, we will have lost our democracy, but that doesn’t mean the fight is over, though.
Whaz Up!?! Tales of the Zombie Christmas Apocalypse and Other Good Reads
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Christmas is always a busy time of year, and squeezing out a blog post is always challenging, so here’s this week’s Whaz Up telling you how we spent our Festivus and Christmas and all the good reading from the blogopshere and MSM we did including tales of viscous monkeys and Christmas stories
Grieving Elections Results: MAGA Nation and Prolonged Grief Disorder
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MAGA Nation seems to be stuck relitigating the 2020 election hoping for a different outcome. They have all of the symptoms of prolonged grief disorder, but instead of wrecking their own lives, they are destroying our democracy.
Democratic Electoral Malady, Diagnosis: White Racial Animus!
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What ails the Democratic Party in the run up to the 22 elections? Can it be diagnosed? Can it be cured? Yes, Yes, and YES! Will they? Who knows? Ye Olde Blogge does!
Whaz Up!?! Five Days Before Christmas!
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Hey, we missed a week! It’s bound to be a bit longer. Anywho, here’s what we managed to read and do during the past week and a much longer of things we didn’t do but wished we had! Thanks for reading!
A Festivus for the Rest of Us: Ghosts of Festivuses Past
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Take a stroll through Festivuses past at Ye Olde Blogge. Learn about the history of the holiday, the traditions, the food, the decorations, and so much more! It’s #FestivusMiracle
Festivus Cards 2021
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The cards speak for themselves! Download ’em and share ’em widely! And let us know your Festivus plans in the comments!
Bisy Backson
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Sad to say, but I’m overwhelmed with IRL stuff and can no longer maintain the pretense of blogging on a regular schedule. We’ll be back on or about Saturday 18 December! See y’all then.
Whaz Up!?! Treading Water until Festivus
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La Petite Fille has her first dose of the vaccine and a workable game plan to get her other doses and the rest of her vaccines updated! Otherwise, Ye Olde Blogge is just holding on during this crazy school year. Through it all we managed to read some good stuff to share.
Abortion, Democracy, the Economy, Race, and #COVID19: Dems Fail to Predict and Prepare
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Every election cycle, the GQP drums up some racist dog whistle to seduce the middle-class suburban voter with, accuse Dems of socialists, and claim credit for the things they haven’t done. The Dems stumble and fumble their messaging. Why can’t the Dems ever learn?
Abortion: Most Americans Just Tune Out the Noise and Dems Lose the Messaging War
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The first of a two-part series on examining the reasons Americans don’t vote for politicians that support the issues they tell pollsters they support. Abortion is a good case study. Part two looks at the psychological reasons people don’t.
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