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it’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 0

Everyone seems to angry, and, as mentioned in an earlier post today, many in politics and news media are feeding anger to advance their agendas.

At Psychology Today Blogs, Steven Stosny suggests that

(t)he worst thing about living in an angry world is turning into what we despise

and offers some suggestions as to how to avoid falling victim to the hawkers of hate..

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A Notion of Immigrants 0

Frame One:  Foreign looking family.  Frame Two:  Elon Musk, Rupert Murdock, Kash Patel.  Caption:  Which group of immigrants is the real threat to America?

Via Job’s Anger.

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The Disinformation Superhighway 0

Phoning Telegramming it in.

One more time, “social” media isn’t.

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Can You Spot the One that Doesn’t Belong? 0

Caption:  Spiritual and Mental Health Test.  Which of these is revered as a voice of freedom, truth, and wisdom by working class Americans in 2024.  Image:  Pictures of Jesus, Woody (Guthrie), Elon (wearing a Trump 2024 tee shirt).

Via Job’s Anger.

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Normalization Nation 0

Methinks the Rude One makes some good points.

Aside:

I gave up on television news, whether broadcast or cable, a long time ago. (Except if there’s a snow storm, and, as the climates they are a-changing, it’s been several years since we had even a little one of those.)

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Real Big Men 0

The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini marvels at the machismo.

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Twits Own Twitter X Offenders 0

Robert Reich argues that X has truly become the bullies’ pulpit, with Musk as the Bully-in-Chief.

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Karen Karen-Like 0

Meet a Karen who flies the fiendly skies.

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Step One 0

Lady Liberty with her torch arm cut off.  Below, Donald Trump holds a saw and says,

Click for the original image.

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The Disinformation Superhighway 0

Dick Polman is fed up, or perhaps, more accurately, tired out. In his article bidding farewell to the political column he has written (and I have followed) for two decades he notes, almost in passing, the damage done by the disinformation superhighway:

Many factors have brought us to this pitiable abyss, but what concerns me most is the epidemic of ignorance. Democracy thrives with a well-informed citizenry; it dies otherwise. Half the electorate (the winning half) rejects factual reality; an October poll, conducted by Ipsos, said that “Americans who have correct information on current political issues” strongly favored Kamala Harris; the ill-informed, stoked by the metastasizing MAGA “media,” strongly favored Trump. That’s how it works in Hungary, where Viktor Orban has dismantled democracy by building his own disinformation domain.

I commend his entire piece to your attention.

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Republican Family Values 0

Methinks persons could be excused for concluding that a primary Republican family value is mean for the sake of mean.

OH! And speaking of Republican family values, Idaho State Senator Melissa Wintrow has a question.

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“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0

Mrs. Betty Bowers hears a Thanksgiving rhyme.

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*Mark Twain.

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A Notion of Immigrants 0

Farron points out that the Trump administration plans to target not just immigrants, but naturalized citizens.

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Establishmentarians Establishing Establishmentarianism 0

Sam and the crew discuss how establishmentarians prayer on the polity.

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The Answer: Hate Feeds on Itself 0

The quandary:

The election is over and MAGA is still angry. . . . For the life of me I can’t understand where all this hate and angst is coming from.

Follow the link for the rest of the quandary.

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

I wish I could say I found this surprising, but, in these times in which one of our two major political parties has chosen bigotry and hate as part of their platform, I can’t say that I do.

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“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0

The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini hears a rhyme swirling from the past.

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*Mark Twain.

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This New Gilded Age 0

At the Idaho State Journal, Kim Shinkoskey argues that

MAGA Republicans and their billionaire backers like Elon Musk have finally honed-in on a ten-point formula that works for obtaining political and economic power.

Follow the link and get the points.

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A Quibble 0

Methinks Michael in Norfolk made a typo.

He missplet “1850s.”

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“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0

Michael Parker, writing at The Philadelphia Inquirer, hears a rhyme from Down Under.

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*Mark Twain.

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