Monday, January 13, 2025

Monday Stuff


Jesse Dollemore provides some more info on how Combover Caligula was ignored at President Carter’s funeral...it does indeed look like Obama drew the short straw, and he handled it with class, going through the motions I’m sure, which is more than Bronzer Beelzebub deserves (I give Michelle Obama credit for pretty much deciding she wasn’t going to have anything to do with the Gropenfuhrer and that’s why she didn’t show up...that would be my guess)...and I agree with Jesse that Markwayne Mullin is indeed a total dipsh*t...



...and Leeja Miller explains how, for social media platforms, Fact Checking is Bad for Business...I know I’ve had a few videos already about this, but I think this is an important enough story to merit repeated coverage...clip goes back to the 2016 election and how Facebook was basically hacked by Cambridge Analytica for targeted advertising along with foreign governments on behalf of Mango Mussolini...interesting to learn more about the legal problems Zuckerberg basically brought onto himself in the wake of COVID, an era in which he amassed a still-greater fortune...good job by Miller to bring this back to the accursed Powell Memo at 11:36, which, though it isn’t the sole reason for the rise of our foul, fetid corpocracy, is definitely responsible for much of the malign developments benefitting the “pay no price, bear no burden” bunch at our expense, and this ties into the “Facebook/Xitter rightward turn” discussion because, as usual, the tactic of screaming about “liberal bias” that has worked so well for conservative media to tilt the playing field in their direction is now being used to get the upper hand on social media platforms...nice work by Miller also to explain that the law basically hasn’t caught up with the matter of free speech on the internet and what that means for everyday users; aiming for “unbiased truth” is a fool’s errand, indeed...and yes, we all need to work on establishing real-world connections aside from stuff online, and I’ll admit that goes for me too (NSFW/H)...



...and with all of the nutso Trump cabinet nominees out there, it’s easy to overlook how grossly unqualified Billy Long is to run the IRS, but fortunately that didn’t escape the notice of Rachel Maddow (I’ll bet you never thought you’d hear about a Thai website and the Church of Scientology in the same sentence, amirite?)...


...oh, and just in case anybody out there thinks we aren’t already living in a dystopian novel, allow me to provide the following (and more on the evangelical-driven madness behind H.R. 7 is here...and as far as I’m concerned, there can be no good outcome to any legislation sponsored by Clay Higgins and Andy Biggs...and the lady in this video is right about what would happen if we lose TikTok, by the way; apparently the High Court of Hangin' Judge JR is looking at that, incredibly enough)...


...and by the way, we just observed the 81st anniversary of FDR's Second Bill of Rights speech, as Robert Reich informs us - another reason why Roosevelt was the greatest president of the modern age IMO...



...and RIP Sam Moore of the legendary R&B duo Sam and Dave (Dave Prater left us in 1988).

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