Month: September 2023

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Current Events Wisdom

I sure wish

we were more like Sweden. Don’t you?

“It seems likely that Sweden did much better than other countries in terms of the economy, education, mental health, and domestic abuse, and still came away from the pandemic with fewer excess deaths than in almost any other European country, and less than half that of the United States.”

… Swedish students suffered no learning loss during the pandemic, whereas half of U.S. students did. The country’s economic growth outperformed the eurozone and the United States. It avoided other countries’ increased suicide rates and deteriorated mental health.

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Captain Obvious Current Events

It’s a great

question. Because the answer is not at all clear. Harris is obviously unelectable, and Gavin Newsom very likely is. OK, then who?

Whether they admit it or not, one big question has to be on the mind of pretty much every Democrat in the country: What happens if Joe Biden drops out of the 2024 race?

Yes, some “dark horse” could emerge (after all, that’s what happened with Trump), but that seems less likely for Democrats. Why?

Trump won because of a deep disgust of the status quo. He was successful largely because he appeared to be willing to “break the furniture.”

But Democrats can’t really do that because the ARE the status quo! Upon what can a Democrat run? They really can’t run as an insurgent, and they ALSO can’t run on their record–they can’t say, “Are you better off than you were four year ago?“

The ONLY options really available to them are Trump hatred and fear mongering. And THAT is the direction they will undoubtedly go…

The Republican POTUS race has its own issues, given a pretty broad field contending with Donald Trump’s seemingly insurmountable lead. But at this (early) juncture, the GOP candidates should draw a little comfort from the fact that the Democrats’ best hope of holding the White House is to leave addled, dementia-ridden, inarticulate old Joe Biden right where he is.

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Age-related decline Dishonesty Fools

For a

malignant narcissist, it’s always and ever about him.

Social media critics tore into President Biden on Wednesday after the president compared a small fire in his home to the destruction wrought by the natural disaster in Hawaii and Hurricane Idalia going on in Florida.

… GOP comms person Matt Whitlock posted, “Oh my gosh he did it again. Days of terrible coverage for comparing almost losing his car to a wildfire that killed over a hundred people with hundreds still missing …. and he just did it again.”

… In his post, Atienza wrote, “The fire department said last year the fire was insignificant. The article he shared with it stated, “This story, while containing an element of truth, embellishes what actually occurred. The fire, which was caused by lightning, was contained to the kitchen and was under control within 20 minutes, according to a 2004 Associated Press report.” [emphasis added]

The problem is that Joe Biden has always been chronically dishonest. But now there is also the very prominent senility, so Joe thinks of something fantastical and it seems true to him. And yes, those things are self-aggrandizing. But THAT is because self-aggrandizing things are what naturally come to his mind!

Great grandpa (who was born well after the end of WWII: You know, I was shot down by the Japs and was forced to go on the Bataan death march! I saw a lot of bad crap. But by pure grit and determination, I survived.

Sure grandpa… Time for your Metamucil…

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Corruption

Well, let’s see

what happens. But to be honest, the corruption is SO bad and SO obvious that there is really not much choice for an honest person.

Comer said that because the National Archives and Records Administration is not cooperating with providing emails with pseudonyms Biden used while vice president, an impeachment inquiry is “imminent.”

… “Look, we’ve requested these documents. The House Oversight Committee has legislative jurisdiction over the National Archives. They have stonewalled us in the Biden mishandling of classified documents. Now they’re, you know — we hope they don’t stonewall us in the pseudonym request. There’s 5,400 emails, at least three different pseudonyms.”

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Current Events

A good sticker

to have:

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Current Events

Honestly, Joe,

no one believes that!