If you look up "gullible" in the dictionary, you must be about 10 years old, because who doesn't know that word. But if you do, you'll find a picture of me. I actually believed your click-bsit headline. That's twice in a row you got me. Have a good weekend!
The wailing and gnashing of teeth at some of the picks so far has been too funny. People forget what the average half-life of Trump's picks the last time were, but I don't. The RFK thing: yeah, he's a crank, but best case scenario he pushes for some food and medicine changes like they have in Europe. Last I checked they have cereal and snacks in Europe. Worst case scenario, he fails to be convinced by "the experts" and the FDA goes into stasis for 4 years while he and Marianne Williamson meditate with crystals or whatever. The Gaetz pick: beats me, I got nothing - at least he's not a threat to blowing up congress again.
I just knew your response to all of the libs fleeing twitter would be a howler. You seem to have put your finger on the fact many people are maxed out being outraged, surprised, agog etc. etc. over anything that Trump does any more. The washington establishment tried turning the legacy media dial past 11 and no one is even blinking any more muchless paying attention. They have no one to blames but themselves. Meanwhile watch the libs try to make Facebook Threads relevant again. Now THAT is funny.
There are toxic people on every social media platform, but you don't have to follow them. Are some people actually using "For You" other than accidentally?
The Library Analogy: There are many books that are poorly written, badly plotted, have simplistic characters, are wildly unsatisfying... However, you are not obligated to read every book. You are free to not check it out, return it early, give it a scathing review on Goodreads, or sing its praises. And if you have ever seen a car window cling that says "I am quitting the library" please post a pic here -- I don't think jt will mind.
You keep telling the truth and informing us. We'll probably still vote for Trumpists over whatever chowderhead the Dems put up, and *most* of us will keep subscribing! Also, every day when I leave work, I don't announce it; I just go. Why can't celebrities do the same?
Exactly! It smacks of all the drama of when your 6 year old says he's running away from home: "I'm running away!".... "I'm never coming back!"... "Here I go!"... "I'm opening the door!"... "This is it! I'm not coming back!"... "You can't stop me!".........
1) They believe in their heart of hearts that they are so important to the lives of the rest of the denizens of X that the latter will have no choice but to follow them into the wild blue yonder (see what I did there?) in order to retain some shred of meaning in their horribly basic lives.
2) They seem oblivious to what is obvious to the rest of us: they just aren't all that influential or persuasive. However, they must subconsciously realize that, because they are simply abandoning any effort to convince people who disagree with them.
I wish them many happy days of mutual navel gazing before they realize they all just screwed themselves royally. After all, we don't need their influence in our lives - rather, they need to be in our lives in order to have any influence.
Point of information: The 2024 Presidential election closely followed the exact plot of Steven King's The Dead Zone. In that novel, a man with the gift of foresight sees that a Presidential candidate will win and then start a global thermonuclear war, which the guy assumes will be a bad thing. He schemes to assassinate the candidate, but misses his first shot - at which point the candidate picks up a small child to use as a human shield. Before dying from police gunfire, the would-be assassin foresees that the image of the candidate holding the kid becomes the cover photo of every major magazine and newspaper and the lead story in all media, revealing him as a craven coward and dooming his candidacy. The guy dies knowing that the world is safe.
Of course, the real-world Presidential campaign in 2024 had a more shocking plot twist than anything King could have come up with: the candidate survives the assassin's bullet, but instead of cowering behind innocent people or running away, he stands up, thrusts his fist into the air, and shouts, "FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!" And that image, complete with an American flag backdrop, becomes the cover photo of every major magazine and newspaper and the lead story in all media, cementing the voters' view of the candidate as strong, resolute, and vigorous.
I have to believe that Steven King's first thought when he heard about the shooting in Butler, PA, was, "I wonder where he found a kid to hide behind?" And I equally believe that when he saw what actually happened, his next thought was, "Aww, f@@k."
Most definitely. Sadly, King messed up by making the story so unbelievable by having the candidate use a child as a shield instead of having the Secret Service agent cowering behind Trump as a shield.
Is BlueSky the Twitter thant Lefties wanted Twitter to be? Is that it? Is it one big self-referencing, insular circle jerk of confirmation bias on top of group-think exclusivity? I dunno, that's how I imagine it. The only "Socials" I do are on 'Stack and sometimes Instagram.
I got kicked off of Twitter a couple of times when it was basically an online college campus without the cool musical scene and fun places to drink. One time weas when I called Captain Kangaroo a garbage person no one liked to watch, but we were all forced to do so by our parents so they could get a minute of rest from all the damn screaming and what not. And I ain't going back until I get my old account unlocked because I liked the user name.
Heh. I just got told by Twitter/X that my account has been suspended and I can't do something -- it doesn't tell me what. This is amusing because I have had the account for several years, but just to follow a couple of those I like (IowaHawk -- in fact I may have joined so I could read him after he quit blogging), and read other tweets more easily, and I have NEVER, EVER posted one damn Tweet. So I can only guess I'm suspended for . . . what? . . . loitering with intent to commit mopery?
I spent the better part of 60 years being something like a philosophical anarchist/practical libertarian only to find that the Far Left has moved so incredibly Far-Far Left that I'm now damn near a conservative. Just for not wanting to have my life dominated and ruined by Far-Far Left harpies, Karens, the LGBTQIAA+-Nazis, the fascist Antifas.
A strange world indeed.
I've never liked Gaetz, he looks and acts way too much like one of the grasping TV evangelists who bilk old ladies out of their Social Security check. Still, the attacks on him look so contrived and ludicrous that I'm willing to hope he gets in for at least a year and rips a lot of deserving people a new one.
RFK, Jr is, for me a different case. If he'd lay off the idea that vaccines 'cause' autism I'd be pretty okay with him going after the obvious problems in HHS, especialy the overly cozy relationships with Big Pharma that makes so many high level HHS admins millionaires. OTOH, a really good dive into the data we already have to see if giving children 22 or 23 or whatever vaccines when they're very young is a good idea is a good thing. We need to know the actual costs vs the benefits. My brother survived polio when many didn't. Is not have 300,000+ cases of polio every couple of years worth the one child that dies and the 20 or so mild cases of polio other children got from the vaccines worth it? Reluctantly I say yes. But I am not in the dark, nor do I deny, the cost.
Anyway, DC in general is in need of a thorough douching, and Trump and his appointees appear to be up for the job. And they won. "Elections have consequences" as some smooth talker said.
If you look up "gullible" in the dictionary, you must be about 10 years old, because who doesn't know that word. But if you do, you'll find a picture of me. I actually believed your click-bsit headline. That's twice in a row you got me. Have a good weekend!
Poop yougurt. LOL.
The wailing and gnashing of teeth at some of the picks so far has been too funny. People forget what the average half-life of Trump's picks the last time were, but I don't. The RFK thing: yeah, he's a crank, but best case scenario he pushes for some food and medicine changes like they have in Europe. Last I checked they have cereal and snacks in Europe. Worst case scenario, he fails to be convinced by "the experts" and the FDA goes into stasis for 4 years while he and Marianne Williamson meditate with crystals or whatever. The Gaetz pick: beats me, I got nothing - at least he's not a threat to blowing up congress again.
I just knew your response to all of the libs fleeing twitter would be a howler. You seem to have put your finger on the fact many people are maxed out being outraged, surprised, agog etc. etc. over anything that Trump does any more. The washington establishment tried turning the legacy media dial past 11 and no one is even blinking any more muchless paying attention. They have no one to blames but themselves. Meanwhile watch the libs try to make Facebook Threads relevant again. Now THAT is funny.
It's now the Zombie Media, I think. Craving "Braaaaains" because it has none.
There are toxic people on every social media platform, but you don't have to follow them. Are some people actually using "For You" other than accidentally?
The Library Analogy: There are many books that are poorly written, badly plotted, have simplistic characters, are wildly unsatisfying... However, you are not obligated to read every book. You are free to not check it out, return it early, give it a scathing review on Goodreads, or sing its praises. And if you have ever seen a car window cling that says "I am quitting the library" please post a pic here -- I don't think jt will mind.
All the worst people are leaving Twitter. It's almost enough to get me to join.
Almost.
You keep telling the truth and informing us. We'll probably still vote for Trumpists over whatever chowderhead the Dems put up, and *most* of us will keep subscribing! Also, every day when I leave work, I don't announce it; I just go. Why can't celebrities do the same?
Exactly! It smacks of all the drama of when your 6 year old says he's running away from home: "I'm running away!".... "I'm never coming back!"... "Here I go!"... "I'm opening the door!"... "This is it! I'm not coming back!"... "You can't stop me!".........
On the Twitter Quitters:
1) They believe in their heart of hearts that they are so important to the lives of the rest of the denizens of X that the latter will have no choice but to follow them into the wild blue yonder (see what I did there?) in order to retain some shred of meaning in their horribly basic lives.
2) They seem oblivious to what is obvious to the rest of us: they just aren't all that influential or persuasive. However, they must subconsciously realize that, because they are simply abandoning any effort to convince people who disagree with them.
I wish them many happy days of mutual navel gazing before they realize they all just screwed themselves royally. After all, we don't need their influence in our lives - rather, they need to be in our lives in order to have any influence.
Stephen King can keep writing 600 page bricks that people buy and don't read and live out the rest of his pathetically sober life in obscurity.
I DID see what you did there and I applaud it. 👏🏻
Point of information: The 2024 Presidential election closely followed the exact plot of Steven King's The Dead Zone. In that novel, a man with the gift of foresight sees that a Presidential candidate will win and then start a global thermonuclear war, which the guy assumes will be a bad thing. He schemes to assassinate the candidate, but misses his first shot - at which point the candidate picks up a small child to use as a human shield. Before dying from police gunfire, the would-be assassin foresees that the image of the candidate holding the kid becomes the cover photo of every major magazine and newspaper and the lead story in all media, revealing him as a craven coward and dooming his candidacy. The guy dies knowing that the world is safe.
Of course, the real-world Presidential campaign in 2024 had a more shocking plot twist than anything King could have come up with: the candidate survives the assassin's bullet, but instead of cowering behind innocent people or running away, he stands up, thrusts his fist into the air, and shouts, "FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!" And that image, complete with an American flag backdrop, becomes the cover photo of every major magazine and newspaper and the lead story in all media, cementing the voters' view of the candidate as strong, resolute, and vigorous.
I have to believe that Steven King's first thought when he heard about the shooting in Butler, PA, was, "I wonder where he found a kid to hide behind?" And I equally believe that when he saw what actually happened, his next thought was, "Aww, f@@k."
Most definitely. Sadly, King messed up by making the story so unbelievable by having the candidate use a child as a shield instead of having the Secret Service agent cowering behind Trump as a shield.
Does it count that one of the Secret Service agents who shielded Trump was the size of a child?
Hahaha
Is BlueSky the Twitter thant Lefties wanted Twitter to be? Is that it? Is it one big self-referencing, insular circle jerk of confirmation bias on top of group-think exclusivity? I dunno, that's how I imagine it. The only "Socials" I do are on 'Stack and sometimes Instagram.
I got kicked off of Twitter a couple of times when it was basically an online college campus without the cool musical scene and fun places to drink. One time weas when I called Captain Kangaroo a garbage person no one liked to watch, but we were all forced to do so by our parents so they could get a minute of rest from all the damn screaming and what not. And I ain't going back until I get my old account unlocked because I liked the user name.
Heh. I just got told by Twitter/X that my account has been suspended and I can't do something -- it doesn't tell me what. This is amusing because I have had the account for several years, but just to follow a couple of those I like (IowaHawk -- in fact I may have joined so I could read him after he quit blogging), and read other tweets more easily, and I have NEVER, EVER posted one damn Tweet. So I can only guess I'm suspended for . . . what? . . . loitering with intent to commit mopery?
Guilt by association. You followed the wrong thinkers.
I loved IowaHawk.
I spent the better part of 60 years being something like a philosophical anarchist/practical libertarian only to find that the Far Left has moved so incredibly Far-Far Left that I'm now damn near a conservative. Just for not wanting to have my life dominated and ruined by Far-Far Left harpies, Karens, the LGBTQIAA+-Nazis, the fascist Antifas.
A strange world indeed.
I've never liked Gaetz, he looks and acts way too much like one of the grasping TV evangelists who bilk old ladies out of their Social Security check. Still, the attacks on him look so contrived and ludicrous that I'm willing to hope he gets in for at least a year and rips a lot of deserving people a new one.
RFK, Jr is, for me a different case. If he'd lay off the idea that vaccines 'cause' autism I'd be pretty okay with him going after the obvious problems in HHS, especialy the overly cozy relationships with Big Pharma that makes so many high level HHS admins millionaires. OTOH, a really good dive into the data we already have to see if giving children 22 or 23 or whatever vaccines when they're very young is a good idea is a good thing. We need to know the actual costs vs the benefits. My brother survived polio when many didn't. Is not have 300,000+ cases of polio every couple of years worth the one child that dies and the 20 or so mild cases of polio other children got from the vaccines worth it? Reluctantly I say yes. But I am not in the dark, nor do I deny, the cost.
Anyway, DC in general is in need of a thorough douching, and Trump and his appointees appear to be up for the job. And they won. "Elections have consequences" as some smooth talker said.
"Professional lunatic Joy Reid". Delicious.
https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/leaving-in-a-huff
Got me on that headline. I was thinking I won't see Jim's comments on twitchy anymore. Bummer