Lots of jokes have been made about the passing of Pat Robertson, and the possibility that he’s burning in hell as God’s retribution for the televangelist’s having taken advantage of our nation’s poorest and most ignorant people on his rise to obscene levels of self-enrichment.
Here’s another good one.
Senator Tom Cotton is a Trump supporter and an overt racist from Arkansas. Here’s his message to his constituents in his effort to amass funds to support his reelection campaign.
Investing in my campaign is investing in securing the border, banning TikTok, getting the trans insanity out of the classroom, and electing tough conservatives up and down the ballot.
This is the level of hatred and stupidity to which we’ve sunk as Americans.
At left: Düsseldorf in 1990 and 2019.
Does this mean that we’re making progress at the global level?
No, but it does suggest that progressive actions can lead us all forward.
As suggested by this clever meme, American society is awash completely with untenable beliefs.
Worse, this terrifying phenomenon is not limited to the uneducated; of the five best friends I had growing up, two of them, one a medical doctor and the other holding a master’s degree in mathematics, grasp onto ideas that are no more substantiated than the Flat Earth theory.
I’m reading the popular book Hamnet, set in the 1580s, and I find it interesting to note that a key feature of life back then was it was distinctly pre-science. Because there were no better ideas, people believed in witches and demons, good luck charms, using cloth dipped in ashes to deal with warts on the skin, and dozens of other things that were abandoned as soon as the scientific method emerged, only a few decades later.
But what good is science if it is rejected by policy-makers and the citizens of the day?
Re: the meme here, how stupid do you have to be to buy into this?
The U.S. is the only developed nation on Earth without universal healthcare.
Bernie’s trying to make this nightmare end for tens of millions of people.
MAGA conservatives supporting Ron DeSantis in his fight against Disney are riding high on the fact that the entertainment giant’s recent box office flops have lost them $900 million. They further delight that Desantis’ message, i.e., that Disney loves gays and that real Americans abhor queers of all types, resonates with a great number of Floridian voters.
What they’re deliberately lying about is that Disney’s capacity to earn money is unflagging. Its net income/loss for the twelve months ending March 31, 2023 was $11.062 billion, a 41.58% increase year-over-year. Its annual net income/loss for 2022 was $3.553 billion, a 40.1% increase from 2021.
We need to add the fact that antipathy towards the LGBTQ community is a total loser in a general election, as the vast majority of American voters support these people’s rights.
This from Sara Tindall Ghazal a mother, wife, attorney, voting rights advocate, running for office in Cobb County, Georgia:
This evening, literal Nazis dared to show their true colors in East Cobb outside a synagogue, showcasing their hate for the whole world to see. Flying a flag that stands for genocide. My God.
So began a television news broadcast, referring to the fact that the Russian president has not been seen publicly for at least the last 48 hours.
While all this is intriguing, it’s bound to resolve itself shortly.
And in truth, the only reason I’m writing this post is to make this prediction: Sometime over the next 24 months, these same TV anchors are going to be opening their shows with this question: “Where’s Donald Trump??”
It’s unlikely that he’ll be re-elected, and it’s even more improbable that he’ll escape prosecution and conviction for the broad array of crimes he committed in office and since he left. It’s hard to imagine that he’ll surrender to federal authorities and spend the rest of his life in prison.
So, what possibilities remain? Here’s one: going underground in some country where he’s liked, and one with no extradition agreements with the United States.
From these folks: “Our mission is to promote Godly values, provide excellent coffee, and protect every beating heart.”
In fact, this coffee may be terrible. Perhaps horribly bitter, or utterly flavorless. That’s not the point.
There is one thing that you can’t say about it: it’s woke.
The anti-woke movement has created an entirely new marketing proposition for practically any product or service.
You can drink anti-woke vodka, or get your hair cut by an anti-woke barber.
Stupid is as stupid does.
These people want to know: Do you agree that every candidate seeking the Republican nomination for President should pledge to pardon President Trump?
Nice try, but this won’t work.
Again, it comes down to what’s going to happen, not in the primaries, but in the general election. Do you believe Americans will elect someone who’s pledged to pervert the justice system of the United States?
I doubt it.
