It's been five long years of blogging the Trump years. We've laughed, we've cried, we've pulled some of our remaining hair out, but we've made it. It is almost done and our democracy, nation, and souls are still largely intact. Unfortunately, we're not through.There is much more to come as we stitch ourselves back together like some kind of common Frankenstein monster as we recover from the PTSD that Trump gave us and the needless deaths and suffering from #COVID19. We also have to keep #BidenHarris honest & progressive, oppose Republican obstructionism anti-democratic tendencies, and whatever other black swans await us. All of which will be addressed using good old-fashioned snarcky, sarcasticky, profaney fun and psychological insights.
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Why the fuck do so people people believe the Big Lie? Why the fuck aren’t more people outraged — we’re looking at you Sen Manchin — that our democracy is being dismantled right before our very eyes? Well, we have the answer! Proportionality Bias!
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It’s been a rough week at Ye Olde Blogge what with posting from my Chinese -knockoff Kindle Fire after Meine Verdamme Tochter’s computer died the death of a thousand drops. Anywho, I’ve FINALLY gotten Whaz Up posted and everything but my heart and nerves are intact.
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The fight to preserve voting rights and our democracy feels more desperate by the day.. If our current leadership is being less than inspiring, let us take our inspiration from each other and from the most trying time in American history: the Civil War, the Gettysburg Address, and President Lincoln.
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Ever wonder why the people who are setting the right’s agenda are doing it? What has caused them to be so short-sighted so as to persue such a blatantly self-destructive path? Present bias.
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It’s been a busy, but quite week at Ye Olde Blogge because we moved across the apartment complex. We did a little everyday and then BOOM did the rest. It left time for lots of reading, most of it in psychology, but some other interesting stuff, too. And, the Delta Variant sucks.
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How do you know if you’re having an existential crisis? Well, if you have to ask, you probably are. So, take this “quiz!” It won’t help you clarify anything, but it may cheer you up some!
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Game theory tries to model real life and predict how people will react in certain situations. How about how people will react when making sacrafices for future generations when their is no compensation for it? We have just enough greedy bastards among us to make it just about impossible to do.
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We all know about the hatred the GQP has for providing healthcare for its citizens. They’ve tried to stop the ACA, they don’t exapand Medicaid, they don’t fund public health, anything and everything. Now, we find that there is a near perfect correlation between #COVID19 vaccination rates and voting in the 2020 presidential election. Guess what that means? It means we’re so fucked.
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There’s a lot of news in the US, in Cambodia, around the world, and at Ye Olde Blogge this week. We’ve uncovered some fine new blogs, too! There’s lots to check out in this week’s Whaz Up!?!
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With the CDC seeming to update their mask guidance every few months, it is no wonder that people are confused about whether or not, when, where to wear a mask. Now, that the Delta variant has arrived, the risks are even higher.
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Tim Snyder’s essay in The New York Times Magazine brilliantly links our recent laws defining what can be taught in school about our history, the culture war on Critical Race Theory, and the authoritarian power grab by the GQP together. It’s well worth the read.
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The recent SCOTUS ruling on the Arizona voter suppression legislation shows us that we cannot rely on the courts to protect our democracy. We need federal legislation to preserve our voting rights. Call or visit your MoC NOW to urge the passage of the legislation before Congress!
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There is a substantial minority of Americans who believe the Big Lie and that Trump is going to be reinstated by some bloddy miracle. What is likely to happen? How likely is it that we’ll see another organized insurrection? A disorganized one? Random sporadic lone-wolf violence? The GQP stealing our elections at the state level? Here are some predictions based on application of narcissistic personality disorder.
Originally posted on The Carrot Conspiracy:
The rollout is being hindered by the WOKES. if everyone could just trust the prime minister and stop listening to the medical professionals #Scomo #ResignScottMorrison #LNP #vaccinerolloutfailure #VaccineStrollout #COVID19Aus #covidqld #satire
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It’s been a slow week, so I’ve added two count ’em two new features: Blogs I’m reading this week and #COVID19 in Cambodia. Otherwise, it is all the happenings around Ye Olde Blogge
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Trump’s gross negligence during the #COVID19 pandemic amounts to genocide. Not only has he reduced the average life expectancy of the US by years, the effects on the life expectancy and health of the American people will be felt for years to come.
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I don’t know about you, but my social media feed is full of disappointment over the DoJ, the DAs, and various and sundry investigations not yet resulting in any lock him up! The kind of distortion of our expectations that social media can create is detrimental to our democracy.
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It was a busy week around Ye Olde Blogge: we had Father’s Day replete with dad jokes; Juneteenth with a confusing array of state responses; and a amygdala-ful Twitter thread by rhetoritician, Jennifer Mercieca.
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You’da thunk that with everyone. — okay all the progressive liberal thinking types — at home most of last year, there’d’ve been no crime to speak of much less murder and mayhem, but no, violence, murder, and gun sales all increased last year. Why? You know why. Trump.
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A new semi-regular column letting you know what’s going on this week with Ye Olde Blogge. This week: school’s out, calling your MoC’s about saving our democracy, economy, and climate, and Cambodian #COVID19 news.
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