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Shermann's JournalMake Antarctica Glacial Again
Trump's run is almost done, and the weary MAGA acronym may become available again. I say we redefine it around a more constructive cause, like decarbonizing transportation and energy. Instead of being anti-science, it can actually be nerd chic. Make Antarctica Glacial Again! I can even foresee blue MAGA hats, with the blue representing a cooler, Democratic, earthly world view (although maybe that's a land bridge too far).
Who's with me?
Geoff Castellucci - Jack's Lament (The Nightmare Before Christmas)
Rudy Giuliani has demonstrated why the deep state is a thing
I can't watch Fox News for more than a few minutes because to me it sounds like "them them they the left them the deep state they they the radical left deep state they they they". Who the "F" are they?? Well, this is more than just sloppy journalism. Calling out somebody by name for participating in a conspiracy without evidence can be bad business. That somebody can then sue your ass and have you in the awkward position of having to reveal your "evidence" under oath. Then tort laws may apply keeping any judgement over your head forever.
No, much better to keep things vague and manufacture a bogeyman as a plot device. All of the entertainment value, none of the risk. Fox News stepped in it by slandering a real corporation (Dominion) and had to pay up. They probably won't make that mistake again anytime soon. Giuliani made the critical mistake, and on top of that didn't even stand to benefit much from his tirade. Amateur hour.
Google Most Searched Playground Interactive Doodle
This is a pretty fun doodle that showed up today for hidden object game fans. I found all 25.
https://searchplayground.google/
Presidential primary debates are freaking hard work!
I think this is the real reason Trump isn't inclined to participate in any of them. Reading up on current events and developing an updated platform is too much work! Too long, didn't read indeed. If you don't do your homework, you'll risk getting overshadowed, stumped, or embarrassed in front of a live audience. Who needs that bullshit when you're the entrenched frontrunner?? You may even feel pressure to lose a few pounds for the cameras.
Nothing really important has happened in the world in the last three years, so why would Republican voters need a refresh of your "policies", right? You can just copy/paste the previous policies. Easy peasy, lemon squeezy. Those chumps on stage are just making this all more complicated than it needs to be.
If you address the questions on your own social media platform on our own terms, you can even use ChatGPT to generate the talking points. Super easy!
MAGA = Mostly Artificially Generated Answers
Santos is immortalized in Wikipedia forever and always
Or at least until the Sun goes red giant.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_from_the_United_States_Congress
It's alarming at first glance that all of the other expulsions were of Democrats. However, the 1861/1862 examples were Southern Democrat secessionists, and that was a very different time and a very different Democratic Party.
In the modern era, there haven't been enough expulsions to be statistically significant.
I buy a lot on Amazon, but bought nothing today
Zip.
I keep a list of items I am interested in and checked for Cyber Monday discounts today. I wasn't really tempted by anything. One issue I see is when I search the "Cyber Monday" department for various brand names, all the hits are off-brand Chinese alternatives. Like ALL of them. Obviously, the long-term trend has been Chinese brands taking over many industries. But I don't recall Cyber Monday being a total shitshow of dumped garbage with few if any sales to be found on the "good stuff".
Am I wrong?
At what level of net worth do the banks just take your word for it?
In my limited dealings, I've had to back up any claims on loan applications with pay stubs and account statements. At what point do they just say "yep, seems legit". You'd think that with millions of dollars at stake, they could have lackey bankers verify everything.
I guess I need the TL;DR summary.
A comfortable Biden lead in the polls wouldn't be much of a story
It is sort of expected. He has the incumbent advantage, didn't mismanage a national emergency, has the right temperament for the job, actually does the job, wasn't impeached once let alone twice, and isn't facing 91 felony charges.
A Trump upset in 2024 would be, however, a BIG story. The mere prospect of that terrifies most of CNN's audience. It seems to suggest the country has gone mad. So that's the only reason CNN seems to be playing up the possibility. It isn't bias per-se, just run-of-the-mill alarmist media coverage with cherry-picked "news".
The more sober news coverage of the election out there is, well, kind of boring (and doesn't scare seniors). You can't sell prescription drugs that way.
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