Happy Birthday, Rachel Maddow!
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Celebrate Rachel Maddow’s birthday on April Fool’s Day — no kidding! Use this handy meme to express your well wishes to her on your favorite social media platforms!
Whaz Up!?! Monday 4 October 2021
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Ye Olde Blogge is going fishing next week, but I’ve managed to schedule posts to be posted during the week. The big news, though, is that Rachel Maddow.may be leaving her show in April. I’m devastated.
Election 2020: The Good, the Bad, and the Stupid — the Psychology of Prediction
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Where did it all go wrong? It went wrong with wild speculation and an inherent misunderstanding of polling predictions. Put it all together and you get the good, bad, and stupid of Election 2020.
Trump’s Base: Blinded by Cognitive Dissonance, part 1
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Ever wonder what makes MAGAs and other members of Trump’s base hold on even in the face of overwhelming evidence that Trump doesn’t care whether they live or die? Ever watch in absolute awestruck wonder as MAGAs go through all sorts of mental gymnastics to justify their support for someone who is actively trying to kill them? Well, lucky for you, we here at Ye Olde Blogge have answers and in part 2, we’ll show you how to put those answers to work breaking that support.
On Tyranny: Eight Lessons for Resisting the Fascisting of America
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The fourth and final post inspired by Tim Snyder’s “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century.” This time I outline the five most important lessons for the #Resistance in America today.
Following Trump and Barr into Autocracy, Reviewing Masha Gessen’s “Autocracy: Rules for Survival”
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If you are as worried sick as I am about the fate of our democracy, then you’ll want to read my review of Masha Gessen’s 2016 article, Autocracy: Rules for Survival that was published in The New York Review of Books. When we compare her six rules to the sorry state of affairs, real despair sets in. It’s like watching one of those slasher horror films, you know what’s going to happen and there’s absolutely nothing you can do to stop it. Even though the character is being extremely stupid and doing stuff no one would ever do outside of a movie, you still gotta sit there and watch it.
Maddow lays out the Evidence for the Ol’ Pussy Grabber’s Criminal Behavior as Mirror Image of Nixon’s Criminal Conduct
Rachel Maddow lays out the case of obstruction of justice by the Ol’ Pussy Grabber by reading a letter special counsel Ron Jaworski wrote to the Congressional judiciary committee outlining Nixon’s criminal activity that he had documented. It is a lengthy and detailed list. If you dated it […]
The Unproductive, Malignant, Narcissist WATCH: Inability to Learn, edition
I’ve been home sick with a nasty cold or flu thing that has been going around. It’s that cold-flu that leaves you anxious… or maybe it is just the times that we live in. Anywho, I went to bed last night at about 5:00 PM, was up from […]
Finding Happiness in Trump’s America: the Log in the Conservative Christian Voter’s Eye
Is it even possible to be happy in Fascist America living amongst the New Cruelty? Hunh? Is it possible? Can any of us be happy again? Certainly, not proud. It is impossible to be proud of Fascist America or the New Cruelty. But, surely we could be happy […]
The Ol’ Pussy Grabber BELIEVES His Own Bull Shit
The only thing you need to know about the Ol’ Pussy Grabber is that he is a narcissist. And, as a narcissist, he believes his own bull shit smells like chocolate. We’re so fucked.
Killing Us Softly With His Narcissistic Gaslighting
Compare the ways Lincoln, Obama, and the Ol’ Pussy Grabber have consoled the families of the nation’s fallen. There is no clearer example of how much the Ol’ Pussy Grabber has degraded our democracy than this.
A Quickie: The Ol’ Pussy Grabber’s Narcissism on Display — Mueller is going After Him due to a Six Year Old Disputed Golf Fee!
It is clear that the Ol’ Pussy Grabber is ginning up reasons to dismiss Robert Mueller. But only a narcissist would believe that a six year old dispute over a golf fee would be a conflict of interest. #Resistance
The Effects of the Shear Volume of Mishegas Out of the White House
The Ol’ Pussy Grabber has effectively weaponized information overload and is bludgeoning our democracy to death with it. Read about why it is difficult to keep up with all of the mishegas that is coming out of the White House.
Trump’s tax plan ‘would be Kansas on steroids’ | MSNBC
Another in the series of white conservative voters voting against their best interests. Don’t let them drag the rest of us down with them. Push back on the lies that the WH tells. Fight the Trump budget and tax cut!
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!
Trump’s America: Bounce Back! Fight Back!
Go to Canada? Fight back? Protest in the street? What should we do now that we are living in Trump’s America? Premier advice based on sound psychological theory and an extra-heaping helping of sincerity, y’all!
Quick Thoughts: A Republic, If You Can Keep It
Is Trump a true threat to our democracy or is he a symptom of our ailing society? Read the snarky answer here.
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