tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61303345331386720122024-03-17T20:03:45.099-07:00Hal Brown's Blog - changed to Hal Brown's StresslineThis has been a blog with my opinions on politics, psychology, and pop culture using the Google Blogger platform with the address halbrown.org. As of Oct. 10, 2023 it has been renamed Hal Brown's Stressline and moved to the WordPress platform with the new address Stressline.org - Posts are sometimes serious and sometimes snarky. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1472125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130334533138672012.post-58108159762086084982023-10-11T06:13:00.007-07:002023-10-11T07:11:16.595-07:00This blog has moved to a new address<p> </p><p><br /></p><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlziueDU4-HoWzvvYu8YGcgwJxPnCBC59Uc9ldNkSDIsK_7mC4-Lm0KbgWH2Ft8k121eCXHRB7ufcMA4jQalx12104KvGYhxvAGvvSJUinMJrBx1PpAqGi5BumUuak-FjTrBP0XnAxE8GSZdJ7b3tZ_1mYRZQ1EBQzMmpFNIBY-C8LdkZWr9A24E0ZNMA/s972/DSC_1812-ANIMATION.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="972" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlziueDU4-HoWzvvYu8YGcgwJxPnCBC59Uc9ldNkSDIsK_7mC4-Lm0KbgWH2Ft8k121eCXHRB7ufcMA4jQalx12104KvGYhxvAGvvSJUinMJrBx1PpAqGi5BumUuak-FjTrBP0XnAxE8GSZdJ7b3tZ_1mYRZQ1EBQzMmpFNIBY-C8LdkZWr9A24E0ZNMA/w640-h426/DSC_1812-ANIMATION.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This website is migrating</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Due to a problem with this platform, Google Blogger, I have moved my blog to WordPress and given it a new address, </span><span style="font-size: xx-large;"> </span><a href="https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/150159305" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Stressline.org which you can read here. </span></a><span style="font-size: xx-large;"> If you don't find new blogs posted here please go to that address.</span></h1><div><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: xx-large;">The new title of the blog is no longer halbrown.org. It is now Hal Brown's Stressline. Stressline is a term I used in the titles of two websites I published 20 years ago. I thought I'd resurrect the name since what is going on the world today is causing my friends and I a great amount of stress.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><div style="outline: none;"><header aria-label="Message" class="r_BN D_F W_6D6F p_R P_Zjgzuf ir_0" style="cursor: default; display: flex; outline: 0px; padding: 8px 0px 16px; position: relative; width: 1611px;"><div class="D_F en_0 M_3gJOe A_6Eb4 c1AVi73_6EWk C_Z1VRqsb" data-test-id="message-date" style="color: #828a93; display: flex; flex-shrink: 0; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 8px; outline: none;"><span style="outline: none;">Wed, Oct 11 at 6:20 AM</span></div><div class="D_F ab_CI en_0 H_6Fd5 W_6Fd5 lv_1IWXzk h_Z13pql2 h4_2d9T5e" style="align-items: flex-start; display: flex; flex-shrink: 0; height: 16px; outline: none; transform: scale(1); transition: transform 0.1s linear 0s; width: 16px;"><button aria-label="This message is not starred" aria-pressed="false" class="c27KHO0_n b_0 M_0 i_0 I_T y_jyw3a A_6EqO c1AVi73_6FsP r_P C_q cvhIH6_T P_0" data-test-id="icon-btn-star" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; appearance: none; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; cursor: pointer; font-family: "YahooSans VF", YahooSans, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" tabindex="-1" title="Star" type="button"><span class="D_F ab_C gl_C W_6D6F" style="align-items: center; display: flex; justify-content: center; outline: none; width: 16px;"><svg class="D_X W_6Fd5 H_6Fd5 cdPFi_Z1WBuqm cZW7ROP_n en_0 cvhIH6_T" viewbox="0 0 20 20"><path d="M9.242 1.762a.83.83 0 01.766-.512c.336 0 .637.2.77.508l2.179 5.183 5.402.176c.739.024 1.082.93.547 1.442l-4.133 3.984 1.11 5.105c.168.961-.649 1.235-1.051 1.043l-4.82-2.683-4.89 2.683c-.411.196-1.216-.093-1.052-1.043l1.18-5.105-4.156-3.984C.559 8.047.902 7.14 1.64 7.117l5.425-.176zm.77 2.472L8.187 8.582l-4.503.148 3.402 3.258-.98 4.254 3.91-2.148 3.855 2.148-.922-4.258 3.383-3.254-4.496-.152zm0 0"></path></svg></span></button></div></header></div><div data-test-id="message-body-container" style="outline: none;"><div class="I_ZkbNhI D_FY W_6D6F" data-test-id="message-view-body" style="background-color: white; display: table; outline: none; width: 1611px;"><div class="X_6MGW" style="outline: none; padding-left: 24px;"></div><div class="msg-body P_wpofO mq_AS" data-test-id="message-view-body-content" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal; outline: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 2px 0px 0px; position: relative; word-break: break-word;"><div class="jb_0 X_6MGW N_6Fd5" style="outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 16px;"><div style="outline: none;"><div id="yiv2858861055" style="outline: none;"><div style="outline: none;"><div class="yiv2858861055ydp99a069c0yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: "times new roman", "new york", times, serif; font-size: 16px; outline: none;"><div style="outline: none;"><img alt="" class="yiv2858861055ydp960f8fbdwp-image-37" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstresslineorg.files.wordpress.com%2F2023%2F10%2Fscreenshot-2023-10-10-at-11.39.04-am.png%3Fw%3D1024&t=1697030450&ymreqid=8bed02c9-5c1e-0065-1ca5-1c000701e400&sig=OvvC0Mqktx4g0SzxKFKjvQ--~D" style="max-width: 750px; outline: none; text-indent: -9999px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 750px;" /><p style="color: #555451; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; outline: none;"><em style="outline: none;">This is a blog with my opinions on politics, psychology, and pop culture. Posts are sometimes serious and sometimes snarky. I’m a retired MSW clinical social worker/psychotherapist and mental health center director who was a cranberry farmer and a reserve police officer. I create images using software to illustrate my stories. If I don’t have anything original to say I try not to say anything at all.</em></p><img alt="" class="yiv2858861055ydp960f8fbdwp-image-33" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstresslineorg.files.wordpress.com%2F2023%2F10%2Fscreenshot-2023-10-10-at-9.51.08-am.png%3Fw%3D858&t=1697030450&ymreqid=8bed02c9-5c1e-0065-1ca5-1c000701e400&sig=ld0lRtzvEs5Dd.hyDQCJ1g--~D" style="max-width: 750px; outline: none; text-indent: -9999px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 750px;" /><p style="color: #555451; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; outline: none;">About 20 years ago I had two Stressline websites, Cranberry Stressline and Police Stressline. Being Ocean Spray cranberry growers my wife and I started a website because we objected to poor management in the co-up we belonged to. Eventually we rallied like-minded growers and after a few years the end result was that the CEO was fired and the board of directors was replaced. This may have been the first blog (the word “blog” wasn’t even commonly used then) which had a major impact on a large company. Over the course of two years the website was featured in articles in The New York Times (<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/22/business/harvest-of-discontent-low-cranberry-prices-shake-farmers-faith-in-ocean-spray.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #196ad4; outline: none;" target="_blank">read here, subscription</a>) , Forbes, <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=89447&page=1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #196ad4; outline: none;" target="_blank">ABC News here</a>, and local Massachusetts media.</p><p style="color: #555451; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; outline: none;">Here’s my late wife Betty with the then CEO of Ocean Spray Tom Bullock on the front page of the Sunday NY Times business section:</p><img alt="" class="yiv2858861055ydp960f8fbdwp-image-39" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstresslineorg.files.wordpress.com%2F2023%2F10%2Fscreenshot-2023-10-10-at-11.50.14-am.png%3Fw%3D966&t=1697030450&ymreqid=8bed02c9-5c1e-0065-1ca5-1c000701e400&sig=DZ5g3stkr4d8oQoTekyjFg--~D" style="max-width: 750px; outline: none; text-indent: -9999px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 750px;" /><p style="color: #555451; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; outline: none;">The other website, <a href="https://www.oocities.org/stressline_com/police_stressline.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #196ad4; outline: none;" target="_blank">Police Stressline (you can still read it here)</a> came about because I was a reserve police officer who, as a therapist, had many police officers as clients. At the time if you did a web search for police stress it came up as the number one website on the subject and articles I posted there were republished in print police magazines.</p><p style="color: #555451; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; outline: none;">Both websites can be found on the WayBack machine.</p><p style="color: #555451; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; outline: none;">In 2012 I started a personal blog on Google Blogger (before Google bought it the platform was just called Blogger). Until six years ago it consisted mostly of photo essays. All of those blogs can be seen at <a class="yiv2858861055enhancr_card_7372305430" href="https://www.halbrown.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #196ad4; outline: none;" target="_blank">https://www.halbrown.org</a>.</p><div class="yiv2858861055ydpa53c5ca4yahoo-link-enhancr-card yiv2858861055ydpa53c5ca4ymail-preserve-class yiv2858861055ydpa53c5ca4ymail-preserve-style" data-size="MEDIUM" data-type="YENHANCER" data-url="https://www.halbrown.org/" id="yiv2858861055ydpa53c5ca4enhancr_card_7372305430" style="font-family: "YahooSans VF", YahooSans, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; max-width: 400px; outline: none; position: relative;"><div class="card-controls-injection-wrapper" style="height: 0px; outline: none; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 400px; z-index: 3;"><div class="p_a T_6Fd5 R_6Fd5" style="outline: none; position: absolute; right: 16px; top: 16px;"><div class="I_ak5mD e_dRA j_2kgqsw P_wpoVE" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9); border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: rgb(224, 228, 233) 0px 1px 2px; outline: none; padding: 2px 0px; z-index: 3;"><span style="outline: none;"><div class="P_Z1otACY H_6Fd5 W_6Fd5" data-test-id="shareButtonAnchor" style="height: 16px; outline: none; padding: 5px 7px; width: 16px;" tabindex="-1"><button class="c27KHO0_n b_0 M_0 i_0 I_T y_jyw3a A_6EqO c1AVi73_6FsP r_P C_q cvhIH6_T P_0" data-test-id="icon-btn-share_social" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; appearance: none; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; cursor: pointer; font-family: "YahooSans VF", YahooSans, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" tabindex="-1" title="Share" type="button"><span class="D_F ab_C gl_C W_6D6F" style="align-items: center; display: flex; justify-content: center; outline: none; width: 16px;"><svg class="D_X W_6Fd5 H_6Fd5 cdPFi_Z281SGl cZW7ROP_n en_0 cvhIH6_T" viewbox="0 0 20 20"><path d="M13.2 12.1c-.6 0-1.2.2-1.7.6l-2.3-1.6c.1-.3.2-.7.2-1.1s-.1-.7-.2-1.1l2.3-1.6c.5.3 1.1.6 1.7.6 1.6 0 2.9-1.3 2.9-2.9s-1.3-3-2.9-3-2.9 1.3-2.9 2.9c0 .4.1.7.2 1.1L8.2 7.6c-.5-.3-1.1-.5-1.8-.5-1.6 0-2.9 1.3-2.9 2.9s1.3 2.9 2.9 2.9c.6 0 1.2-.2 1.7-.6l2.3 1.6c-.1.3-.2.7-.2 1.1 0 1.6 1.3 2.9 2.9 2.9S16 16.6 16 15s-1.2-2.9-2.8-2.9z"></path></svg></span></button></div></span></div></div></div></div><div style="outline: none;"><br /></div><p style="color: #555451; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; outline: none;">For some reason I can no long post new stories on Google Blogger so I have started a new blog here on WordPress. For those not familiar with WordPress, it hosts almost half of all websites including the official White House website and the sites of major newspapers.</p><div style="outline: none;">I resurrected the name Stressline because these days the state of the country is causing me, not that I need to explain why if you’re a liberal like I am, a lot of stress.</div></div><div style="outline: none;"><br style="color: #1d2228; outline: none;" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130334533138672012.post-62093261578243643772023-10-11T05:46:00.004-07:002023-10-11T05:51:15.987-07:00<p> For some reason I haven't been able to post my blog on Google Blogger until now when I was able to open the new blog and edit page using my old ChromeBook. </p><p>I've begun posting blogs on WordPress here: <a href="http://stressline.org" target="_blank"><b>stressline.org </b></a></p><p>Unless I can use my MacBook to wrote blogs I will be posting on WordPress with the <a href="http://stressline.org" target="_blank">stressline.org </a> web address. This is because all of my blogging software is on the MacBook and this is what I am comfortable with. A Chromebook does not have the functionality I want to compose blogs.</p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130334533138672012.post-44735865735441977362023-10-08T05:46:00.025-07:002023-10-11T06:09:37.318-07:00The GOP using Hamas attack to bash Biden is un-American<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjceCuhQyQPN4bDEMWSlmczDj7GqKNpmh3dZzJWHVeM2g79GpafIGDPixU7uCdl46n6ypOgMm8BClriB0Ft0vKpGDDp8lF1BTxH9dA0w3Fnq-NGFgjHiACAVfs7T0bgFmLYRiwhUlRNKh-5sDM2H5CDdwrH4uLy8mwwNrinB3BUBlb17uD4VXLqWDZVOWg/s1230/Screenshot%202023-10-08%20at%204.47.50%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="880" data-original-width="1230" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjceCuhQyQPN4bDEMWSlmczDj7GqKNpmh3dZzJWHVeM2g79GpafIGDPixU7uCdl46n6ypOgMm8BClriB0Ft0vKpGDDp8lF1BTxH9dA0w3Fnq-NGFgjHiACAVfs7T0bgFmLYRiwhUlRNKh-5sDM2H5CDdwrH4uLy8mwwNrinB3BUBlb17uD4VXLqWDZVOWg/w640-h458/Screenshot%202023-10-08%20at%204.47.50%20AM.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">Due to a problem with this platform, Google Blogger, I have moved my blog to WordPress and given it a new address, <a href="https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/150159305" target="_blank">Srressline.org which you can read here. </a> If you don't find new blogs posts here please go to that address.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">By Hal Brown</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Trump <a href="https://news.yahoo.com/donald-trump-blames-biden-hamas-214025365.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">blamed the Hamas attack on President Biden (article)</span></a>:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #161a1e; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 14.4px;"><span style="color: #0f4dff;"><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/donald-j-trump"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></a></span></p><blockquote><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 14.4px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/donald-j-trump">Donald Trump</a></span> blamed <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/joe-biden"><span>President Joe Biden</span></a> for Hamas’ attack on Israel on Saturday, claiming the long-simmering Israeli-Palestinian conflict erupted into new violence because Biden is perceived as “weak.”</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 14.4px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“It was a big attack with a lot of dead people all over the place,” Trump told an audience at a Waterloo, Iowa rally. “Who would think that? And the only difference, I believe, is the difference between one president and another president.”</span></p></blockquote><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 14.4px;"></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><p style="font-family: "PT Serif"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 19px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Donald </span><a href="https://www.rawstory.com/trump-news/" style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Trump</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"> Jr. tweeted a graphic video showing a dead body in Israel Saturday – and used it to claim that similar attacks to those committed by Hamas were coming to the U.S. </span><a href="https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-jr-2665824958/" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Reference</span></a></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">So did the RNC chair:</span></p><h1 class="title" data-reader-unique-id="titleElement" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); font-size: 1.95552em; line-height: 1.2141em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%;"><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rnc-chair-ronna-mcdaniel-hamas-attack-israel_n_6522304de4b0a32c15bed266" target="_blank"><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit;">RNC Chair Spots 'Great Opportunity' For GOP Candidates Following Hamas Attack</span></a></h1><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #151515; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV-fB0s-2zoRW-P8b1ytay9E66qGesy1CDvTwMXApeileIMvHr0nc4XWn5DBZu_6au318VqkckPmyyVi6wbZSNaOOrY1upPNbJNbiFjQvGZwBRMNUseJ8f7A0z0Qu0xfsFYUgjuoonqAKzKCPQoI-DJdlzTCtCe-ReKnQAauyTbbkGCeJe26AEAHLXgXk/s494/Screenshot%202023-10-08%20at%204.36.14%20AM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="494" data-original-width="414" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV-fB0s-2zoRW-P8b1ytay9E66qGesy1CDvTwMXApeileIMvHr0nc4XWn5DBZu_6au318VqkckPmyyVi6wbZSNaOOrY1upPNbJNbiFjQvGZwBRMNUseJ8f7A0z0Qu0xfsFYUgjuoonqAKzKCPQoI-DJdlzTCtCe-ReKnQAauyTbbkGCeJe26AEAHLXgXk/s320/Screenshot%202023-10-08%20at%204.36.14%20AM.png" width="268" /></span></a></blockquote></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />“I think this is a great opportunity for our candidates to contrast where <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/republican-party"><span>Republicans</span></a> have stood with Israel – time and time again – and <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/joe-biden"><span>Joe Biden</span></a> has been weak,” McDaniel said.</span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“And when America is weak, the world is less safe. We’re seeing this not just with the war in Ukraine and with an emboldened China, but now with an attack on Israel.”</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here's Nikki Haley, a former UN ambassador, who should know better:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><h1 class="title" data-reader-unique-id="titleElement" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); font-size: 1.95552em; line-height: 1.2141em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%;"><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.rawstory.com/nikki-haley-biden-israel/">'You don't have any evidence': NBC host confronts Nikki Haley for blaming Biden for Hamas attack</a></span></h1><h1 class="title" data-reader-unique-id="titleElement" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); font-size: 1.95552em; line-height: 1.2141em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%;"><p style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 19px;"></p><blockquote><p style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">… Haley attacked Secretary of State Antony Blinken for denying that $6 billion slated to be returned to Iran played a part in the attacks.</span></p>
<p style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"They go and spread terrorism every time they get a dollar; it doesn't go to the Iranian people; it does go to terrorist attacks, and Secretary Blinken is just wrong to imply that this money is not being moved around as we speak and yet, and that's it," Haley said.</span></p>
<p style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"And yet, ambassador, there's just no proof of that," Welker pointed out, "yet this is just the hours after that immediate attack. Is it irresponsible to level that charge when you really don't have any evidence of that at this point in time?"</span></p>
<p style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Haley pointed to "evidence" that was unconnected to the recent attacks.</span></p></blockquote><p style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 19px;"></p></h1><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This is how Marjorie Taylor Greene blamed Biden:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "PT Serif", serif; font-size: 19px;"></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: inherit;">"What happened to Israel could happen to America because our country has been invaded by millions of people from over 160 countries, and we've been invaded by people we don't even know where they are." <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-speaker/" target="_blank">Reference</a></span></blockquote><p></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Florida GOP congressman Corey Mills posted this in Truth Social: "This war in Ukraine, attacks on Israel, and open US borders would not be happening if Pres Trump were in office. We had peace under President Trump. In 2024 don’t forget the chaos overseas and on our border is under Joe Biden."</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The actual case against Biden, that is<a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/republican-field-blaming-joe-biden-dealing-iran-after-103811261" style="color: #151515;" target="_blank"> the deal with Iran to pay for the release of hostages (read article)</a><span style="color: #151515;"> </span>might have helped Hamas is too obscure for most voters to grasp. Trump said that <span style="font-size: 18px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 18px;">“American taxpayer dollars helped fund these attacks.” Of course, Trump and others are only speculating that Iran even helped fund the attack.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #151515; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4GXBQ7incmZdq6LBDpNlkXeNTE1BwndKqrOR1eSewBlqwOj6Q4AD_iO8QDugckYuh4TqYZRK5vct9xorwc9nVpmU8NNI3uhluglF582N6XfnSptJlhHAHK2lbMHzMOO0dAQaLpnzIOIrdrkb5kCAv-uUnmOE3ax9fPEGliDZDcr6TyvqTj_bV2CPjCOU/s1432/Screenshot%202023-10-08%20at%204.59.49%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1378" data-original-width="1432" height="616" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4GXBQ7incmZdq6LBDpNlkXeNTE1BwndKqrOR1eSewBlqwOj6Q4AD_iO8QDugckYuh4TqYZRK5vct9xorwc9nVpmU8NNI3uhluglF582N6XfnSptJlhHAHK2lbMHzMOO0dAQaLpnzIOIrdrkb5kCAv-uUnmOE3ax9fPEGliDZDcr6TyvqTj_bV2CPjCOU/w640-h616/Screenshot%202023-10-08%20at%204.59.49%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><br />This is just background noise for MAGA voters since they already hate Biden. They are like the man wearing a</span><span style="color: #151515;"> </span><a href="https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/lets-go-brandon/" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Let's Go </span></a></span><a href="https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/lets-go-brandon/" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Brandon</span></a><span style="color: #151515;"> </span><span>hat who</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> we sat next to <a href="https://www.auroracolonydays.com/parade" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">at this parade in August. </span></a></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This was an <span style="caret-color: rgb(21, 21, 21);">old fashion partiotic small town parade:</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span style="color: #151515; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #151515; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFBDbdl8bZyFlVQg0VUo-AnSGeuQVmcJNjd2BEj5g7yxbuyluMj08bLSUN1pWVeRdVvqmbbguIwoK2ma4WY3QQrH02XWKmg6ZM1L0pC7U_M3ePCah4GCxoDC2d_UpheqqqWlp3LsgIjWWtEXBwxq_FAyuEDdbH4UXWmUY6AtJiND30Ne5y57aGoXVhbL0/s952/Screenshot%202023-10-08%20at%205.07.18%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="952" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFBDbdl8bZyFlVQg0VUo-AnSGeuQVmcJNjd2BEj5g7yxbuyluMj08bLSUN1pWVeRdVvqmbbguIwoK2ma4WY3QQrH02XWKmg6ZM1L0pC7U_M3ePCah4GCxoDC2d_UpheqqqWlp3LsgIjWWtEXBwxq_FAyuEDdbH4UXWmUY6AtJiND30Ne5y57aGoXVhbL0/w640-h482/Screenshot%202023-10-08%20at%205.07.18%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1074" data-original-width="1066" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzFkT2bHkCSzeJjZ_ASn8J7LTcCIwGTg1KGXH-m8_J8QXxnorHS1y_ECusalxtujjQRoBa0JSJpNpxVMjTLQJbaKhBLylaU8wmvh-EvUz8QIp7jQKGiy8p0a62fRYm9Yrgij-uqM6tU_5w19f3pIYBzTZYjEcPLbx8SMkXdBhbeTb4J2_UCuFjd0nxAJ4/w636-h640/Screenshot%202023-10-08%20at%205.07.42%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="636" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Photos by Hal Brown<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzFkT2bHkCSzeJjZ_ASn8J7LTcCIwGTg1KGXH-m8_J8QXxnorHS1y_ECusalxtujjQRoBa0JSJpNpxVMjTLQJbaKhBLylaU8wmvh-EvUz8QIp7jQKGiy8p0a62fRYm9Yrgij-uqM6tU_5w19f3pIYBzTZYjEcPLbx8SMkXdBhbeTb4J2_UCuFjd0nxAJ4/s1074/Screenshot%202023-10-08%20at%205.07.42%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">I have no doubt that this man considers himself to be an American patriot. If he'd known that the couple sitting next to him and his wife at the foot of his driveway were Democrats he'd probably consider us to be un-American.</span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">He and his ilk who want to blame President Biden, someone who he most lilely considers to have stolen the election, are the not patriots they think they are.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Israel, for all the anti-Democratc far-right policies Netanyahu favors, is still a democracy and a staunch American ally. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">These MAGA people don't need reasons to blame Biden for the Hamas attack. It isn't a stretch to think that some of them don't particularly care about what happens in Israel and <span style="caret-color: rgb(21, 21, 21);">harbor antisemitic beliefs.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(21, 21, 21);">You can believe that<span style="color: #151515;"> </span></span></span><span class="ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(20, 20, 20); font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56898864" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Israel has been committing the crimes of apartheid and persecution against Arabs in the occupied territories and Israel itself, which is what Human Rights Watch said, (read article)</span></a><span style="color: #141414;"> </span></span><span class="ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(20, 20, 20); font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">and still agree that Israel has the right to defend itself against a terrorist attack. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This is not the time for poltical blame games.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This is the time to support Israel without promoting an American political agenda. When the United States helps other democracies who have been attacked, whether it's Ukraine or Israel, both poltical parties should stand together. It's un-American not to do so. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Alas, these people are so brainwashed that they will believe that had Trump been president none of these bad things would have happened because no country would have dared to defy the righeous Rambo whose flag they fly.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMQoesb9wipbFihH1_MOMin55o_shgmGGb8VxbtrNgryivklddKQQSdQXyRNZZM3cQ2c-fd1encehlp-0USFXi8E12jhK4s-57bF3Y1OqMAzJt4hbtcW6X7hVypcdqKeP8v2P1elnIerdySJ-NDzRDy_P3wCZowZg_XjRoiVjAM2s1GBvlpLFo2QGx_dE/s1464/Screenshot%202023-10-08%20at%206.22.26%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1464" data-original-width="1158" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMQoesb9wipbFihH1_MOMin55o_shgmGGb8VxbtrNgryivklddKQQSdQXyRNZZM3cQ2c-fd1encehlp-0USFXi8E12jhK4s-57bF3Y1OqMAzJt4hbtcW6X7hVypcdqKeP8v2P1elnIerdySJ-NDzRDy_P3wCZowZg_XjRoiVjAM2s1GBvlpLFo2QGx_dE/w506-h640/Screenshot%202023-10-08%20at%206.22.26%20AM.png" width="506" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">After all, Trump not only has the biggest brain, he has the biggest gun.</span></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><b>Addendum/Update:</b></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;">Democratic comrgessman James Crow just pointed out to Jen Psaki that because the GOP doesn't have a Speaker of the House they can't hold an emergency session to approve aide for Israel.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicbAPld5u_F9FKM8-h4KaKMmxiRScj0mieJ0l8jE1zuhnXeieSgv2rS1z2qDRarq4UNhNoqzqNKYbMC6k8Mr6yNU4bltRq8mWEFciMj8jfF_mCLhO7Y4uQ8Y_xi9Ou2_kHDyYbqSVhbKJeVyfa6n_4xAkVjry3-9icuIl0hiUHAPseBGrLXKS-L_h_naQ/s974/Screenshot%202023-10-08%20at%208.51.10%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="974" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicbAPld5u_F9FKM8-h4KaKMmxiRScj0mieJ0l8jE1zuhnXeieSgv2rS1z2qDRarq4UNhNoqzqNKYbMC6k8Mr6yNU4bltRq8mWEFciMj8jfF_mCLhO7Y4uQ8Y_xi9Ou2_kHDyYbqSVhbKJeVyfa6n_4xAkVjry3-9icuIl0hiUHAPseBGrLXKS-L_h_naQ/w640-h492/Screenshot%202023-10-08%20at%208.51.10%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px;"><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130334533138672012.post-89220676368786772542023-10-07T05:58:00.011-07:002023-10-07T08:41:09.524-07:00Trump has hissy fit over late night comics mocking him: "He's a fragile little snowflake" <p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho1oyT7_9y12YUN1PsUNvWl_t2IfNIEioHsdKpnfWZQQoNpxK8y_P5hWSKi8f7LHMQg0cksPndRtXqRckp2fOlDFWRWDEPzuSNvS1Uci_csM-VHUHmrZw5DeG7gywzpspZ_OHfPfF8PWBkHwP_1RPJFdIYg4L5emUS2_pLMS9cjp70-gNg1-_0X22iXz8/s1442/Screenshot%202023-10-07%20at%205.44.40%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1442" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho1oyT7_9y12YUN1PsUNvWl_t2IfNIEioHsdKpnfWZQQoNpxK8y_P5hWSKi8f7LHMQg0cksPndRtXqRckp2fOlDFWRWDEPzuSNvS1Uci_csM-VHUHmrZw5DeG7gywzpspZ_OHfPfF8PWBkHwP_1RPJFdIYg4L5emUS2_pLMS9cjp70-gNg1-_0X22iXz8/w640-h640/Screenshot%202023-10-07%20at%205.44.40%20AM.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><h1 class="title" data-reader-unique-id="titleElement" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-size: 1.95552em; line-height: 1.2141em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Trump can't stand it when the yolks on him:</span></h1><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWiYX_JyD-V7tINXegdkNT1HEWRV_0XhCR9kKbK5eqjGixg4lskHdQ77yZMoaLaBdFk7hp73IYBjiKvEl6z0_SYxpWhrInsAvbfRmSHjAL5qpGIMzgqjYa1PPVOIXzr7JdQlAKEGMEHLtuUTdESypiZMUl2pDaFXZR8UBsoiUBmlXefKSTiFA6Rxp0uxQ/s1468/Screenshot%202023-10-07%20at%208.36.31%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1468" data-original-width="1420" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWiYX_JyD-V7tINXegdkNT1HEWRV_0XhCR9kKbK5eqjGixg4lskHdQ77yZMoaLaBdFk7hp73IYBjiKvEl6z0_SYxpWhrInsAvbfRmSHjAL5qpGIMzgqjYa1PPVOIXzr7JdQlAKEGMEHLtuUTdESypiZMUl2pDaFXZR8UBsoiUBmlXefKSTiFA6Rxp0uxQ/w620-h640/Screenshot%202023-10-07%20at%208.36.31%20AM.png" width="620" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Click above images to enlarge them.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><h1 class="title" data-reader-unique-id="titleElement" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-size: 1.95552em; line-height: 1.2141em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: normal;">By Hal Brown</span></h1><h1 class="title" data-reader-unique-id="titleElement" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-size: 1.95552em; line-height: 1.2141em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This is from HUFFPOST today:</span></h1><h1 class="title" data-reader-unique-id="titleElement" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-size: 1.95552em; line-height: 1.2141em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%;"><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-late-night-attack_n_651bbb6de4b094f8402183f8" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Trump Just Threw A Middle-Of-The-Night Tantrum Over Late Shows Mocking Him</span></a></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-late-night-attack_n_651bbb6de4b094f8402183f8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1854" data-original-width="1408" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga87sx9jgcdG6csKsBNjeMBIJ5iuuatF6p3XVGglsG3iKghOxdA8jLfq2Fj2e4YzkI2ljIBHxE_Lc2pvwfUwG_iu1n6T1d420uWhZBZcLJvzq3ZGYkrZXZFryvsEyIMumIWnuWWJJM3m0ZYWVirSJjANE19u-YzBNcNBhvbPBqZw2hZW538U5SSBeg48s/w484-h640/Screenshot%202023-10-07%20at%204.41.20%20AM.png" width="484" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">By chance an ad for a new Amazon Prime show, The Burial, was placed in the story here:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNnCrL3yOnjJxLai7vkP1Dsl2SdyN-eiKMzevEbupnZ82PuuisJHTJpfjpEOr-DOuxLfPucOpAEr4nYpXnOmzG9ontFrC8juSce2J2R14zk26Lpc4hmNRwYpdwTG77J4Bv1VpnKZowC2A6JI-AE_AY8uQASiVYp1JIjLUjkO0YXhO6PdF7q59xu73gjQA/s1696/Screenshot%202023-10-07%20at%204.37.41%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1488" data-original-width="1696" height="562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNnCrL3yOnjJxLai7vkP1Dsl2SdyN-eiKMzevEbupnZ82PuuisJHTJpfjpEOr-DOuxLfPucOpAEr4nYpXnOmzG9ontFrC8juSce2J2R14zk26Lpc4hmNRwYpdwTG77J4Bv1VpnKZowC2A6JI-AE_AY8uQASiVYp1JIjLUjkO0YXhO6PdF7q59xu73gjQA/w640-h562/Screenshot%202023-10-07%20at%204.37.41%20AM.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The premise of the movie, based on a true story (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Burial_(film)" target="_blank">from Wikipedia</a>) is:</span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.4px;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14.4px;">In 1995, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_E._Gary" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; font-size: 14.4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Willie E. Gary">Willie E. Gary</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14.4px;">, an unconventional </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_injury_lawyer" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; font-size: 14.4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Personal injury lawyer">personal injury lawyer</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14.4px;"> with an impressive track record, helps financially troubled funeral home owner </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah_Joseph_O%27Keefe" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; font-size: 14.4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Jeremiah Joseph O'Keefe">Jeremiah Joseph O'Keefe</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14.4px;"> sue a large funeral home company, the </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loewen_Group" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; font-size: 14.4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Loewen Group">Loewen Group</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14.4px;">, over a contractual dispute. Gary ultimately won a $500 million jury verdict and the Loewen Group filed for bankruptcy.</span></span></blockquote><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.4px;"></span></div><div><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">I like that the lawyer, Willie E. Gray, is played by Jamie Foxx because Trump has been having, to put it mildly, a lot of trouble with </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">attorneys who happen to be Black.</span></span></div><div><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #202122;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #202122;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: inherit;">Of course the placement of this ad is accidental (or is it?) but I like that it is just above the line about Jimmy Kimmel calling Trump a fragile little snowflake who can't handle a little humor.</span></span></div><div><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #202122;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #202122;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: inherit;">Check this out:</span></span></div><div><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #202122;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 52px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jimmy-kimmel-trump-censorship-response_n_63fd8b01e4b0cab1fa30e001" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Jimmy Kimmel Fires Back At Trump In Absolutely Blistering Monologue</span></a></b></p></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">A couple of the best lines:</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px;">“You’d think the guy who fathered </span><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/eric-trump" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: #033cff;">Eric</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px;"> and </span><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/donald-trump-jr" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: #033cff;">Don Jr</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">. would know how to handle jokes” and “maybe this is why Donald and Melania sleep in separate bedrooms. She was laughing too hard at my monologue at night.” </span>Another<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">: "he's so fat they renamed the plane Air Force Wonder Bread." Not funny, Kimmel plays about a dozen clips of Trump defending free speech.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUCPszvd8Og&t=1s" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You can watch the 11 minute Kimmel monologue here.</span></a></div><div><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #202122;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #202122;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: inherit;">We know that Trump is not only interested in watching people fawn over him on television but also in watching what his critics have to say about him. He's commented about what Joe and Mika say on "Morning Joe" and that he is especially sensitive to being made fun of by comedians.</span></span></div><div><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #202122;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #202122;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: inherit;">There is ample material for mocking the megalomanical malignant narcissist but late night comic writers still have to be espcially orginal and sharp because they are all competing with each other to see if they get what must be a covetted attack from Trump in a social media post which will then be reposted in the media. Trump may not realize, or care, that when he attacks a late night comic he gives them free publicity.</span></span></div><div><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #202122;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;">For somebody who fancies and fantacisizes himself as a tough guy he seems oblivious to the fact that a real tough guy, that is someone (male, female, or other) who is secure in their identity, wouldn't be bothered by these jokes and if they are really comfortable with themselves they would be able to laugh at the better jokes.</span></div><div><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;">At the end of 2019 the Trump campaign launched<a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-campaign-launches-website-to-help-supporters-beat-snowflake-relatives-in-arguments/" target="_blank"> a website to help supporters "beat snowflake </a><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-campaign-launches-website-to-help-supporters-beat-snowflake-relatives-in-arguments/" target="_blank">relatives in arguments *read article)"</a> and both Trump and his MAGA army consistently call liberals snowflakes.</span></span></div><div><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #202122;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #202122;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowflake_(slang)" target="_blank">Wiki defines</a> snowflake as </span></span><span face="DDG_ProximaNova, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_0, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_1, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_2, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_3, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_4, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_5, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_6, "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Segoe UI", "Nimbus Sans L", "Liberation Sans", "Open Sans", FreeSans, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-size: 18px;">a derogatory slang term for a person, implying that they have an inflated sense of uniqueness, an unwarranted sense of entitlement, or are overly emotional, easily offended, and unable to deal with opposing opinions.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="DDG_ProximaNova, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_0, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_1, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_2, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_3, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_4, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_5, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_6, Proxima Nova, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Segoe UI, Nimbus Sans L, Liberation Sans, Open Sans, FreeSans, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: inherit;">So, Mr. Trump, who's the real snowflake?</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="DDG_ProximaNova, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_0, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_1, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_2, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_3, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_4, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_5, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_6, Proxima Nova, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Segoe UI, Nimbus Sans L, Liberation Sans, Open Sans, FreeSans, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Since a real snowflake, a dry one at </span></span><span face="DDG_ProximaNova, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_0, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_1, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_2, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_3, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_4, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_5, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_6, Proxima Nova, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Segoe UI, Nimbus Sans L, Liberation Sans, Open Sans, FreeSans, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">least,</span></span><span face="DDG_ProximaNova, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_0, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_1, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_2, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_3, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_4, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_5, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_6, Proxima Nova, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Segoe UI, Nimbus Sans L, Liberation Sans, Open Sans, FreeSans, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> is fluffy and if caught in your hand will quickly melt, </span></span></span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #202122;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">Jimmy Kimmel's calling Trump a fragile little snowflake is on point although I might have called him a large fluffy snowflake who melts into an insignificant puddle in the palm of the hand when he's made fun of.</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><h1 class="title" data-reader-unique-id="titleElement" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-size: 1.95552em; line-height: 1.2141em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Addendum: </span></h1><h1 class="title" data-reader-unique-id="titleElement" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-size: 1.95552em; line-height: 1.2141em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">No offense meant to real snowflakes which are a marvel of nature and truly beautiful.</span></h1><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.4px;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14.4px;">A </span><b style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14.4px;">snowflake</b><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14.4px;"> is a single </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_crystal" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; font-size: 14.4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Ice crystal">ice crystal</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14.4px;"> that has achieved a sufficient size, and may have amalgamated with others, which falls through the </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%27s_atmosphere" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; font-size: 14.4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Earth's atmosphere">Earth's atmosphere</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14.4px;"> as </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; font-size: 14.4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Snow">snow</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14.4px;">.</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14.4px;"> Each flake nucleates around a tiny particle in </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersaturated" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; font-size: 14.4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Supersaturated">supersaturated</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14.4px;"> air masses by attracting </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercooling" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; font-size: 14.4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Supercooling">supercooled</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14.4px;"> cloud water droplets, which </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freezing" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; font-size: 14.4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Freezing">freeze</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14.4px;"> and accrete in crystal form. Complex shapes </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; font-size: 14.4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Emergence">emerge</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14.4px;"> as the flake moves through differing temperature and humidity zones in the atmosphere, such that individual snowflakes differ in detail from one another, but may be categorized in eight broad classifications and at least 80 individual variants. The main constituent shapes for ice crystals, from which combinations may occur, are needle, column, plate, and rime. Snow appears white in color despite being made of clear ice. This is due to </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffuse_reflection" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; font-size: 14.4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Diffuse reflection">diffuse reflection</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14.4px;"> of the whole </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectrum" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; font-size: 14.4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Spectrum">spectrum</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14.4px;"> of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; font-size: 14.4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Light">light</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14.4px;"> by the small crystal facets of the snowflakes.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-LawsonCh5_4-0" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowflake" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></sup></span></blockquote><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-LawsonCh5_4-0" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowflake" target="_blank"></a></sup></div></div><div>Recent:</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="gNK4lf" jsname="r12Ztd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; position: relative;"><div class="LgQiCc vOSR6b oqIa7e" data-disabled="" jsaction="dyRcpb:dyRcpb;mTYWXd:vzWA1d" jscontroller="QeBYfc" jsshadow="" style="background-color: white; border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(207, 216, 220); box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: 0px 0px 8px; overflow: visible; padding: 16px; position: relative; 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border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown blog</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Jimmy Kimmel" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Jimmy Kimmel</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Late night comics" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; 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click:WB9jdf(mU6ose);" jscontroller="MYxzhc" jsdata="ke6cAf;1055799760013502632,6130334533138672012,1;7" jsmodel="W9qexb" role="listitem" style="align-items: center; display: flex;"><div class="rb4Lrd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 1 1 auto; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 36px);"><div class="jn15V" style="display: flex;"><img aria-label="Post image thumbnail" class="DMO9ie sRb2Nc" data-atf="true" data-iml="641" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_H-7GxEe2tR4fgON_eMujkmgbXssFlHWe6p0qggx_v9xWrJlPNLANsRVDds1b2Xjql-rxMrWyeFDOzjGRVf15AWbmm3jdL09b6Q4cdXws2-c_qZLw9veiM6JMYO2cVZRBp-NOeaYmQ9J_NXaUS-QxaFFcpQCTCgihDINyB4dOPwUXG4YgfDGD74lCvcU/s55-w640-c-h424/Screenshot%202023-10-05%20at%205.06.26%20AM.png" style="border-radius: 4px; border: medium; flex-shrink: 0; height: 64px; object-fit: cover; width: 72px;" /></div><div class="VSOPnd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex: 1 1 0%; min-width: 0px; padding-left: 16px; width: calc(100% - 72px);"><div class="Bv5FY" style="display: flex; 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text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><div class="wCHCXe" jsname="d2wxvf" style="cursor: pointer; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;"><span class="UHwcef" style="color: #37474f; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px;">What Trump and The Fonz don't have in common and what they do</span></div></div><div class="rC7DWe" style="align-self: center; z-index: 2;"></div><div class="z0QKhe" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="GLDMfb UHwcef" data-author="Hal Brown" jsname="YKQn2" style="align-self: center; color: #37474f; cursor: pointer; flex: 1 1 auto; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px; overflow: hidden; padding-right: 4px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 150px; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown</div><div class="qlgjDe" style="align-self: center; flex: 1 1 auto; height: 24px; padding: 0px; width: 24px;"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Hal Brown" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/17636022253580117963" style="color: #2962ff; 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font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="wPZNb">• </span>Oct 4</span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="Q0PqBe" jsname="tnsKH" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 1 1 auto; overflow: hidden;"><span class="uZsIBe" style="display: inline-flex; flex: 0 0 auto; margin-left: 12px; margin-right: 12px; z-index: 2;"><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Fonzie" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Fonzie</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Hal Brown blog" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown blog</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Happy Days" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Happy Days</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="The Fonz" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">The Fonz</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Trump sharks" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Trump sharks</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="culture" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">culture</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="television" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">television</span></span></div><div class="HLjbIb" style="margin-right: 12px; z-index: 2;"><div class="Dffgkb" jsname="K5fbyf"></div></div><div class="WNsYxb" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="jLK47" style="display: flex; z-index: 2;"><span class="KFLXgf NY7gZe" jsname="aUc34b" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; padding-right: 4px;">0</span><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Comment Count" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="DPvwYc JB36v" jsname="K9WFBc" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #90a4ae; direction: ltr; display: inline-block; font-family: "Material Icons Extended"; font-feature-settings: "liga"; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; overflow-wrap: normal; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></span></span></span></span></div><div class="VkCe5" style="display: flex; padding-left: 16px; z-index: 2;"><a class="tUIYCc" href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/posts/blog/statspost/all_time/6130334533138672012/8608245767579299899" style="display: flex; text-decoration: none;"><span class="dYZApe NY7gZe" jsname="dVrYmd" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; padding-right: 4px;">74</span><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="View Count" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="DPvwYc rtpUCe JB36v" jsname="iZbhQd" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #90a4ae; direction: ltr; display: inline-block; font-family: "Material Icons Extended"; font-feature-settings: "liga"; font-size: 18px; line-height: 20px; overflow-wrap: normal; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></span></span></span></span></a></div></div><div class="iTjaCd" style="align-self: center; flex: 0 0 auto;"></div></div></div><a class="azat BJi0D" href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/posts/blog/post/edit/6130334533138672012/8608245767579299899" jsaction="click:hopFEe" style="color: #2962ff; cursor: pointer; inset: 0px; position: absolute; text-decoration: none; z-index: 1;"></a></div></div></span></div></div><div class="gNK4lf" jsname="r12Ztd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; position: relative;"><div class="LgQiCc vOSR6b oqIa7e" data-disabled="" jsaction="dyRcpb:dyRcpb;mTYWXd:vzWA1d" jscontroller="QeBYfc" jsshadow="" style="background-color: white; border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(207, 216, 220); box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: 0px 0px 8px; overflow: visible; padding: 16px; position: relative; transition-delay: 0ms, 100ms, 0ms, 0ms, 0ms; transition-duration: 200ms, 100ms, 100ms, 150ms, 200ms; transition-property: transform, margin, padding, height, opacity, transform; vertical-align: top; width: 992px;"><span jsslot=""><div class="yGrhUb" jsaction="G8WBad:emf4lc;JgCTQd:MA9ffd;aWRkAb:T6My7c;rcuQ6b:WYd;JIbuQc:DqZcXc(aOAVnd),FN6PZb(nUV0Pd),RgZmSc(vdQQuc),dkUfm(ohAaQc),Q2zPs(K5fbyf),T5bbwb(T5bbwb); click:WB9jdf(mU6ose);" jscontroller="MYxzhc" jsdata="ke6cAf;5324785134367781331,6130334533138672012,1;9" jsmodel="W9qexb" role="listitem" style="align-items: center; display: flex;"><div class="rb4Lrd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 1 1 auto; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 36px);"><div class="jn15V" style="display: flex;"><img aria-label="Post image thumbnail" class="DMO9ie sRb2Nc" data-atf="true" data-iml="641" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwMsdYqcSf8kbr035gNxZVSlNKpopcJSfrBCSBZmT448sFUzNl5NsHUDlpGPiLLdICvZtRo1ocJ2ypLUOIUZ6VoBZXg9RISufZcbRvM2y0GTiGF0F5q9GEST27NflxN28KU2vWDggVtnBlSIQKpbJhaQGs4IANGVFN_LI_8GSryYfuvWjX2lIWxuWYtKQ/s55-c/Screenshot%202023-10-03%20at%207.53.13%20AM.png" style="border-radius: 4px; border: medium; flex-shrink: 0; height: 64px; object-fit: cover; width: 72px;" /></div><div class="VSOPnd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex: 1 1 0%; min-width: 0px; padding-left: 16px; width: calc(100% - 72px);"><div class="Bv5FY" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; height: 32px;"><div class="hqBifb" style="align-self: center; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><div class="wCHCXe" jsname="d2wxvf" style="cursor: pointer; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;"><span class="UHwcef" style="color: #37474f; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px;">What does Trump have in common with Elaine Benes?</span></div></div><div class="rC7DWe" style="align-self: center; z-index: 2;"></div><div class="z0QKhe" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="GLDMfb UHwcef" data-author="Hal Brown" jsname="YKQn2" style="align-self: center; color: #37474f; cursor: pointer; flex: 1 1 auto; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px; overflow: hidden; padding-right: 4px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 150px; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown</div><div class="qlgjDe" style="align-self: center; flex: 1 1 auto; height: 24px; padding: 0px; width: 24px;"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Hal Brown" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/17636022253580117963" style="color: #2962ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Hal Brown" class="odLeEc" data-atf="true" data-iml="641" height="20" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifL8W6RKGC3sDBq7FfJ6MYHfehcbl1qU_pvYr1szmPiGi6JDF80e5GdCBza44MmBXMMOOLu2c1kLhom7-tLBRcKJooOIjM6f_OEom9gMtNAKhJ2aBJ4iigOmjvVyCxvMQ/s56-c/hal-newest.jpg" style="border-radius: 50%; border: medium; height: 24px; width: 24px;" width="20" /></a></span></span></span></div></div></div><div class="IyONgb Gmt5e" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52); display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; font-size: 12px; height: 32px;"><div class="ngYWic" style="align-self: center; flex: 0 0 auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="BNWFs" style="display: flex;"><div class="gRzh8c NY7gZe" jsname="Zb8fBd" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; margin-right: 4px;">Published</div><span class="zmn4M"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Oct 3, 2023, 8:14 AM, Published Date" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span class="NY7gZe" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="wPZNb">• </span>Oct 3</span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="Q0PqBe" jsname="tnsKH" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 1 1 auto; overflow: hidden;"><span class="uZsIBe" style="display: inline-flex; flex: 0 0 auto; margin-left: 12px; margin-right: 12px; z-index: 2;"><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Elaine Benes" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Elaine Benes</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Hal Brown blog" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown blog</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Seinfeld" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Seinfeld</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="The Little Kicks" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">The Little Kicks</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Trump" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Trump</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Trump malignant narcissism" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Trump malignant narcissism</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Trump trial" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Trump trial</span></span></div><div class="HLjbIb" style="margin-right: 12px; z-index: 2;"><div class="Dffgkb" jsname="K5fbyf"></div></div><div class="WNsYxb" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="jLK47" style="display: flex; z-index: 2;"><span class="KFLXgf NY7gZe" jsname="aUc34b" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; padding-right: 4px;">0</span><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Comment Count" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="DPvwYc JB36v" jsname="K9WFBc" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #90a4ae; direction: ltr; display: inline-block; font-family: "Material Icons Extended"; font-feature-settings: "liga"; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; overflow-wrap: normal; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></span></span></span></span></div><div class="VkCe5" style="display: flex; padding-left: 16px; z-index: 2;"><a class="tUIYCc" href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/posts/blog/statspost/all_time/6130334533138672012/5324785134367781331" style="display: flex; text-decoration: none;"><span class="dYZApe NY7gZe" jsname="dVrYmd" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; padding-right: 4px;">35</span><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="View Count" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="DPvwYc rtpUCe JB36v" jsname="iZbhQd" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #90a4ae; direction: ltr; display: inline-block; font-family: "Material Icons Extended"; font-feature-settings: "liga"; font-size: 18px; line-height: 20px; overflow-wrap: normal; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></span></span></span></span></a></div></div><div class="iTjaCd" style="align-self: center; flex: 0 0 auto;"></div></div></div><a class="azat BJi0D" href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/posts/blog/post/edit/6130334533138672012/5324785134367781331" jsaction="click:hopFEe" style="color: #2962ff; cursor: pointer; inset: 0px; position: absolute; text-decoration: none; z-index: 1;"></a></div></div></span></div></div><div class="gNK4lf" jsname="r12Ztd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; position: relative;"><div class="LgQiCc vOSR6b oqIa7e" data-disabled="" jsaction="dyRcpb:dyRcpb;mTYWXd:vzWA1d" jscontroller="QeBYfc" jsshadow="" style="background-color: white; border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(207, 216, 220); box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: 0px 0px 8px; overflow: visible; padding: 16px; position: relative; transition-delay: 0ms, 100ms, 0ms, 0ms, 0ms; transition-duration: 200ms, 100ms, 100ms, 150ms, 200ms; transition-property: transform, margin, padding, height, opacity, transform; vertical-align: top; width: 992px;"><span jsslot=""><div class="yGrhUb" jsaction="G8WBad:emf4lc;JgCTQd:MA9ffd;aWRkAb:T6My7c;rcuQ6b:WYd;JIbuQc:DqZcXc(aOAVnd),FN6PZb(nUV0Pd),RgZmSc(vdQQuc),dkUfm(ohAaQc),Q2zPs(K5fbyf),T5bbwb(T5bbwb); click:WB9jdf(mU6ose);" jscontroller="MYxzhc" jsdata="ke6cAf;6309260644961201193,6130334533138672012,1;10" jsmodel="W9qexb" role="listitem" style="align-items: center; display: flex;"><div class="rb4Lrd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 1 1 auto; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 36px);"><div class="jn15V" style="display: flex;"><img aria-label="Post image thumbnail" class="DMO9ie sRb2Nc" data-atf="true" data-iml="641" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMgVfCKwFbkJTbGB4drEceDLvSOuSfL8PQcPoMJ8FpwXr_g6baabqskriQsvDDk7nnRzEFaEiC6iPqnvsMZxp2x0_XvqqooHWNbHeJlRT8zREDEZHWrMk3UYK5gVQVlSxvf04ePT1kv6VrFPWWlf9SyX5Qem3GjBEpF3Ye1AIL8lOFjShX6zMDY4lCYUw/s55-c/Screenshot%202023-10-02%20at%208.34.07%20AM.png" style="border-radius: 4px; border: medium; flex-shrink: 0; height: 64px; object-fit: cover; width: 72px;" /></div><div class="VSOPnd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex: 1 1 0%; min-width: 0px; padding-left: 16px; width: calc(100% - 72px);"><div class="Bv5FY" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; height: 32px;"><div class="hqBifb" style="align-self: center; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><div class="wCHCXe" jsname="d2wxvf" style="cursor: pointer; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;"><span class="UHwcef" style="color: #37474f; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px;">This was a bad look in today's New York Trump trial, and Matt Gaetz's pomade</span></div></div><div class="rC7DWe" style="align-self: center; z-index: 2;"></div><div class="z0QKhe" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="GLDMfb UHwcef" data-author="Hal Brown" jsname="YKQn2" style="align-self: center; 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color: #1f1f1f; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1; margin: 10px 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><br /></h1><h1 class="widget__headline h1" style="caret-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1; margin: 10px 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><span class="widget__headline-text custom-post-headline" data-type="text" style="font-family: Oswald; font-size: 56px; line-height: 1.1; word-break: break-word;"><a href="https://www.rawstory.com/red-caesar/" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">'Dangerous conspiracy' to end democracy in 2025 taking root among right-wing billionaires</span></a></span></h1><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">By Hal Brown</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">How can a story like this published in The Philadelphia Inquirer and summarized in Raw Story (above link) not get the attention of anyone who cares about American democracy? This is from Raw Story:</span></p><p></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Right-wing billionaires are <a class="rm-stats-tracked" href="https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/the-gops-red-caesar-new-political-order-plan-marches-forward/" style="box-shadow: rgb(221, 175, 175) 0px -4px 0px inset; opacity: 1; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.25s, background 0.25s, opacity 0.25s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">investing</span></a> in a conspiracy cooked up by obscure professors at conservative colleges to end American democracy and install an authoritarian dictator.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Conservatives are pining for a <a class="rm-stats-tracked" href="https://www.rawstory.com/these-maga-republicans-long-for-a-red-caesar-to-impose-a-dictatorship-on-america/" style="box-shadow: rgb(221, 175, 175) 0px -4px 0px inset; opacity: 1; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.25s, background 0.25s, opacity 0.25s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">"Red Caesar"</span></a> to suspend democracy in 2025 and wrest power back from the "cosmopolitan class" of unelected elites they believe are ruling America, and they see congressional dysfunction as a symptom of the institutional rot they believe a dictator could cure, <a class="rm-stats-tracked" href="https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/red-caesar-right-american-dictatorship-20231005.html" style="box-shadow: rgb(221, 175, 175) 0px -4px 0px inset; opacity: 1; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.25s, background 0.25s, opacity 0.25s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">wrote <em>Philadelphia Inquirer</em> columnist Will Bunch</span></a>.</span></p></blockquote><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here's <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/red-caesar-right-american-dictatorship-20231005.html" target="_blank">The Phildelphia Inquirer column</a>:</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/red-caesar-right-american-dictatorship-20231005.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="1884" height="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSSe93R0jtj-Z7Ha75QPZmQEaumcshkWcB1Ja2Nsae2ldfn7uSH7Ixdn5o7le7Vzi6beYAbK4zfQto6fEhkSFTtWkW4f61SHzuhc5Po6ZavDEcXjNCBXKDuA525iQYjasLpXKDnB9fSfnMbNgnOmcEDj9zWlUU0hFEjmMnOgwZTE4tmdJltde_PSBL1RM/w640-h634/Screenshot%202023-10-06%20at%207.51.38%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />From the Inquirer, consider the last part of the following which I put in bold:<p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b;"></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b;">In </span><a data-link-type="article-body" data-reader-unique-id="66" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=K3iGEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT193&lpg=PT193&dq=%E2%80%9CNew+Right+now+often+discusses+a+Red+Caesar,+by+which+it+means+a+leader+whose+post-Constitutional+rule+will+restore+the+strength+of+his+people%E2%80%9D&source=bl&ots=wKhbIYwsVG&sig=ACfU3U2T4N9Ska4NEumbXtEfWPpSqBvhVg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjTu-mV-t6BAxUVmYkEHbT8BSIQ6AF6BAgXEAM" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;"><i data-reader-unique-id="67" style="max-width: 100%;">War on the American Republic: How Liberalism Became Despotism</i></a><i data-reader-unique-id="68" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; max-width: 100%;">,</i><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b;"> in which he rails against the “cosmopolitan class” of unelected elites he claims is running America, Slack writes that the “New Right now often discusses a Red Caesar, by which it means a leader whose post-Constitutional rule will restore the strength of his people.” In </span><a data-link-type="article-body" data-reader-unique-id="69" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/01/red-caesar-authoritarianism-republicans-extreme-right" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">a recent Guardian article</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b;">, writer Jason Wilson — who deserves enormous credit for tying together these threads — finds anti-democracy arguments like Slack’s are gaining traction in the small but influential world of far-right think tanks like Hillsdale and the Claremont Institute. </span><a data-link-type="article-body" data-reader-unique-id="70" href="https://theweek.com/politics/1003035/the-far-right-contemplates-an-american-caesar" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">That’s been tracked</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b;"> here in Philadelphia by another writer, the centrist liberal </span><a data-link-type="article-body" data-reader-unique-id="71" href="https://www.damonlinker.com/" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Damon Linker</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b;">at UPenn, who sees a dangerous conspiracy theory taking root<b> not just with obscure professors but with the iconoclastic billionaires who back the right.</b></span></span></blockquote><p></p><p><span style="color: #1b1b1b; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">What obscure </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">professors profess to believe perhaps in an attempt to rise from obscurity or because they really think this is best for the country is important because the likes of Steve Bannon can glom onto the ideas and magnify them. The so-called intellectuals may be less important and dangerous than the billionaires who can fund the campaigns of far-right candidates. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1b1b1b; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">Let's consider the defintion of the an iconoclast as </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="msDict x_xd1sub t_first" id="m_en_gbus0492950.006" style="display: inline; font-size: 13.44px; margin-left: 0em;">a person who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions<span style="color: #1b1b1b;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">. While these </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #1b1b1b;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">billionaires may be attacking the cherished American belief in democracy they are also promoting the very oposite of democracy, that is dictatorship and tyranny.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Whether or not this could happen is one issue, and whether if it did how long such a change would last is another matter. We know what happened to Hitler and the NAZI regime but then again so far Russia, China, and North Korea, while certainly not florishing economically, are still dictatorships with nuclear weapons.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">In Russia at least the billionaire class of oligarchs is doing quite well and unless they cross Putin like<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73); color: #494949;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin did they will continue to enjoy their Black Sea dachas.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73); color: #494949;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My question is what the hell is in the mind of the people who want to end American democracy? </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73); color: #494949;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Are they all like Harlan Crow who collects NAZI memorabilia and I can only speculate admires Hitler. He may hope that a new dictatorial regime will get him invited to the home of the President for Life, presumably Trump, as an honored guest. It may or may not be called The White House if it ends up being painted with 18KT metallic gold. This isn't an </span></span><span style="color: #494949;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73);">original thought:</span></span></p><p><span face=""Signika Negative", "Signika Negative-fallback", "Open Sans", "Open Sans-fallback", system-ui, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(20, 20, 20); font-size: 48px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: -1px;"><a href="https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/donald-trump-plans-paint-white-17054330#lneq0ygx83um8oelqvb" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">THE GOLD HOUSE: Does President Donald Trump plan to re-paint the White House?</span></a></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLtdBVu1BHPFcXe7_TpNlIizqWfgr6xYOKn2VIBhaGgANNkGoqDkcdckc2Uate0WoCbn7G2rHEH2BsMDpV-xEaRKJDOjbRBkBn6ct-u-8mluCd8cA-Co-1LrVRzxscFdcHOSgFDdGwjKQ7rK9-MSFMWyj-RcUtVq2jzYhYCm0iaZVjVZLMB9JdNBGDPOY/s1612/Screenshot%202023-10-06%20at%207.47.49%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="wPZNb">• </span>Oct 5</span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="Q0PqBe" jsname="tnsKH" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 1 1 auto; overflow: hidden;"><span class="uZsIBe" style="display: inline-flex; flex: 0 0 auto; margin-left: 12px; margin-right: 12px; z-index: 2;"><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Hal Brown blog" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown blog</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Trump House speaker" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Trump House speaker</span></span></div><div class="HLjbIb" style="margin-right: 12px; z-index: 2;"><div class="Dffgkb" jsname="K5fbyf"></div></div><div class="WNsYxb" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="jLK47" style="display: flex; z-index: 2;"><span class="KFLXgf NY7gZe" jsname="aUc34b" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; padding-right: 4px;">0</span><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Comment Count" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="DPvwYc JB36v" jsname="K9WFBc" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #90a4ae; direction: ltr; display: inline-block; font-family: "Material Icons Extended"; font-feature-settings: "liga"; 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flex: 0 0 auto;"></div></div></div><a class="azat BJi0D" href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/posts/blog/post/edit/6130334533138672012/7444050212539329605" jsaction="click:hopFEe" style="color: #2962ff; cursor: pointer; inset: 0px; position: absolute; text-decoration: none; z-index: 1;"></a></div></div></span></div></div><div class="gNK4lf" jsname="r12Ztd" style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; position: relative; text-align: center;"><div class="LgQiCc vOSR6b oqIa7e" data-disabled="" jsaction="dyRcpb:dyRcpb;mTYWXd:vzWA1d" jscontroller="QeBYfc" jsshadow="" style="background-color: white; border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(207, 216, 220); box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: 0px 0px 8px; overflow: visible; padding: 16px; position: relative; text-align: start; transition-delay: 0ms, 100ms, 0ms, 0ms, 0ms; transition-duration: 200ms, 100ms, 100ms, 150ms, 200ms; transition-property: transform, margin, padding, height, opacity, transform; vertical-align: top; width: 992px;"><span jsslot=""><div class="yGrhUb" jsaction="G8WBad:emf4lc;JgCTQd:MA9ffd;aWRkAb:T6My7c;rcuQ6b:WYd;JIbuQc:DqZcXc(aOAVnd),FN6PZb(nUV0Pd),RgZmSc(vdQQuc),dkUfm(ohAaQc),Q2zPs(K5fbyf),T5bbwb(T5bbwb); click:WB9jdf(mU6ose);" jscontroller="MYxzhc" jsdata="ke6cAf;1055799760013502632,6130334533138672012,1;$807" jsmodel="W9qexb" role="listitem" style="align-items: center; display: flex;"><div class="rb4Lrd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 1 1 auto; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 36px);"><div class="jn15V" style="display: flex;"><img aria-label="Post image thumbnail" class="DMO9ie sRb2Nc" data-iml="213184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_H-7GxEe2tR4fgON_eMujkmgbXssFlHWe6p0qggx_v9xWrJlPNLANsRVDds1b2Xjql-rxMrWyeFDOzjGRVf15AWbmm3jdL09b6Q4cdXws2-c_qZLw9veiM6JMYO2cVZRBp-NOeaYmQ9J_NXaUS-QxaFFcpQCTCgihDINyB4dOPwUXG4YgfDGD74lCvcU/s55-w640-c-h424/Screenshot%202023-10-05%20at%205.06.26%20AM.png" style="border-radius: 4px; border: medium; flex-shrink: 0; height: 64px; object-fit: cover; width: 72px;" /></div><div class="VSOPnd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex: 1 1 0%; min-width: 0px; padding-left: 16px; width: calc(100% - 72px);"><div class="Bv5FY" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; height: 32px;"><div class="hqBifb" style="align-self: center; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><div class="wCHCXe" jsname="d2wxvf" style="cursor: pointer; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;"><span class="UHwcef" style="color: #37474f; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px;">Trump posts unprecedented all-caps call for help in extraordinary wee hours post</span></div></div><div class="rC7DWe" style="align-self: center; z-index: 2;"></div><div class="z0QKhe" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="GLDMfb UHwcef" data-author="Hal Brown" jsname="YKQn2" style="align-self: center; color: #37474f; cursor: pointer; flex: 1 1 auto; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px; overflow: hidden; padding-right: 4px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 150px; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown</div><div class="qlgjDe" style="align-self: center; flex: 1 1 auto; height: 24px; padding: 0px; width: 24px;"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Hal Brown" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/17636022253580117963" style="color: #2962ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Hal Brown" class="odLeEc" data-iml="213184" height="20" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifL8W6RKGC3sDBq7FfJ6MYHfehcbl1qU_pvYr1szmPiGi6JDF80e5GdCBza44MmBXMMOOLu2c1kLhom7-tLBRcKJooOIjM6f_OEom9gMtNAKhJ2aBJ4iigOmjvVyCxvMQ/s56-c/hal-newest.jpg" style="border-radius: 50%; border: medium; height: 24px; width: 24px;" width="20" /></a></span></span></span></div></div></div><div class="IyONgb Gmt5e" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52); display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; font-size: 12px; height: 32px;"><div class="ngYWic" style="align-self: center; flex: 0 0 auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="BNWFs" style="display: flex;"><div class="gRzh8c NY7gZe" jsname="Zb8fBd" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; margin-right: 4px;">Published</div><span class="zmn4M"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Oct 5, 2023, 5:18 AM, Published Date" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span class="NY7gZe" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="wPZNb">• </span>Oct 5</span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="Q0PqBe" jsname="tnsKH" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 1 1 auto; overflow: hidden;"><span class="uZsIBe" style="display: inline-flex; flex: 0 0 auto; margin-left: 12px; margin-right: 12px; z-index: 2;"><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Hal Brown blog" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown blog</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="House Speaker" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">House Speaker</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Trump" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Trump</span></span></div><div class="HLjbIb" style="margin-right: 12px; z-index: 2;"><div class="Dffgkb" jsname="K5fbyf"></div></div><div class="WNsYxb" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="jLK47" style="display: flex; z-index: 2;"><span class="KFLXgf NY7gZe" jsname="aUc34b" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; padding-right: 4px;">0</span><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Comment Count" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="DPvwYc JB36v" jsname="K9WFBc" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #90a4ae; direction: ltr; display: inline-block; font-family: "Material Icons Extended"; font-feature-settings: "liga"; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; overflow-wrap: normal; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></span></span></span></span></div><div class="VkCe5" style="display: flex; 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click:WB9jdf(mU6ose);" jscontroller="MYxzhc" jsdata="ke6cAf;8608245767579299899,6130334533138672012,1;$808" jsmodel="W9qexb" role="listitem" style="align-items: center; display: flex;"><div class="rb4Lrd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 1 1 auto; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 36px);"><div class="jn15V" style="display: flex;"><img aria-label="Post image thumbnail" class="DMO9ie sRb2Nc" data-iml="213184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLC6sz-oWl5rDSdImgIWkqu3GsUHFdBidGLPQaMa5WqGws7Zpm1-BuY-CZHfAGIP9NSN84BDr8TIcK4sk3GuivjnPbHhsmwsJtOwjBBLhNFK1vZgPDardVh4cu8gBuOFmbJpj0j7DKIjhY_F1Sho1WPuexS5JNoNAckBMpdlFQrsSG0xwDXim5kcTvCB0/s55-w640-c-h506/Screenshot%202023-10-04%20at%206.52.00%20AM.png" style="border-radius: 4px; border: medium; flex-shrink: 0; height: 64px; object-fit: cover; width: 72px;" /></div><div class="VSOPnd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex: 1 1 0%; min-width: 0px; padding-left: 16px; width: calc(100% - 72px);"><div class="Bv5FY" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; height: 32px;"><div class="hqBifb" style="align-self: center; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><div class="wCHCXe" jsname="d2wxvf" style="cursor: pointer; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;"><span class="UHwcef" style="color: #37474f; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px;">What Trump and The Fonz don't have in common and what they do</span></div></div><div class="rC7DWe" style="align-self: center; z-index: 2;"></div><div class="z0QKhe" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="GLDMfb UHwcef" data-author="Hal Brown" jsname="YKQn2" style="align-self: center; color: #37474f; cursor: pointer; flex: 1 1 auto; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px; overflow: hidden; padding-right: 4px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 150px; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown</div><div class="qlgjDe" style="align-self: center; flex: 1 1 auto; height: 24px; padding: 0px; width: 24px;"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Hal Brown" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/17636022253580117963" style="color: #2962ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Hal Brown" class="odLeEc" data-iml="213184" height="20" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifL8W6RKGC3sDBq7FfJ6MYHfehcbl1qU_pvYr1szmPiGi6JDF80e5GdCBza44MmBXMMOOLu2c1kLhom7-tLBRcKJooOIjM6f_OEom9gMtNAKhJ2aBJ4iigOmjvVyCxvMQ/s56-c/hal-newest.jpg" style="border-radius: 50%; border: medium; height: 24px; width: 24px;" width="20" /></a></span></span></span></div></div></div><div class="IyONgb Gmt5e" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52); display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; font-size: 12px; height: 32px;"><div class="ngYWic" style="align-self: center; flex: 0 0 auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="BNWFs" style="display: flex;"><div class="gRzh8c NY7gZe" jsname="Zb8fBd" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; margin-right: 4px;">Published</div><span class="zmn4M"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Oct 4, 2023, 6:22 AM, Published Date" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span class="NY7gZe" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="wPZNb">• </span>Oct 4</span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="Q0PqBe" jsname="tnsKH" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 1 1 auto; overflow: hidden;"><span class="uZsIBe" style="display: inline-flex; flex: 0 0 auto; margin-left: 12px; margin-right: 12px; z-index: 2;"><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Fonzie" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Fonzie</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Hal Brown blog" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown blog</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Happy Days" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Happy Days</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="The Fonz" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">The Fonz</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Trump sharks" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Trump sharks</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="culture" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">culture</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="television" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">television</span></span></div><div class="HLjbIb" style="margin-right: 12px; z-index: 2;"><div class="Dffgkb" jsname="K5fbyf"></div></div><div class="WNsYxb" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="jLK47" style="display: flex; z-index: 2;"><span class="KFLXgf NY7gZe" jsname="aUc34b" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; padding-right: 4px;">0</span><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Comment Count" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="DPvwYc JB36v" jsname="K9WFBc" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; 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box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: 0px 0px 8px; overflow: visible; padding: 16px; position: relative; text-align: start; transition-delay: 0ms, 100ms, 0ms, 0ms, 0ms; transition-duration: 200ms, 100ms, 100ms, 150ms, 200ms; transition-property: transform, margin, padding, height, opacity, transform; vertical-align: top; width: 992px;"><span jsslot=""><div class="yGrhUb" jsaction="G8WBad:emf4lc;JgCTQd:MA9ffd;aWRkAb:T6My7c;rcuQ6b:WYd;JIbuQc:DqZcXc(aOAVnd),FN6PZb(nUV0Pd),RgZmSc(vdQQuc),dkUfm(ohAaQc),Q2zPs(K5fbyf),T5bbwb(T5bbwb); click:WB9jdf(mU6ose);" jscontroller="MYxzhc" jsdata="ke6cAf;5324785134367781331,6130334533138672012,1;$809" jsmodel="W9qexb" role="listitem" style="align-items: center; display: flex;"><div class="rb4Lrd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 1 1 auto; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 36px);"><div class="jn15V" style="display: flex;"><img aria-label="Post image thumbnail" class="DMO9ie sRb2Nc" data-iml="213184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwMsdYqcSf8kbr035gNxZVSlNKpopcJSfrBCSBZmT448sFUzNl5NsHUDlpGPiLLdICvZtRo1ocJ2ypLUOIUZ6VoBZXg9RISufZcbRvM2y0GTiGF0F5q9GEST27NflxN28KU2vWDggVtnBlSIQKpbJhaQGs4IANGVFN_LI_8GSryYfuvWjX2lIWxuWYtKQ/s55-c/Screenshot%202023-10-03%20at%207.53.13%20AM.png" style="border-radius: 4px; border: medium; flex-shrink: 0; height: 64px; object-fit: cover; width: 72px;" /></div><div class="VSOPnd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex: 1 1 0%; min-width: 0px; padding-left: 16px; width: calc(100% - 72px);"><div class="Bv5FY" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; height: 32px;"><div class="hqBifb" style="align-self: center; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><div class="wCHCXe" jsname="d2wxvf" style="cursor: pointer; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;"><span class="UHwcef" style="color: #37474f; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px;">What does Trump have in common with Elaine Benes?</span></div></div><div class="rC7DWe" style="align-self: center; z-index: 2;"></div><div class="z0QKhe" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="GLDMfb UHwcef" data-author="Hal Brown" jsname="YKQn2" style="align-self: center; color: #37474f; cursor: pointer; flex: 1 1 auto; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px; overflow: hidden; padding-right: 4px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 150px; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown</div><div class="qlgjDe" style="align-self: center; flex: 1 1 auto; height: 24px; padding: 0px; width: 24px;"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Hal Brown" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/17636022253580117963" style="color: #2962ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Hal Brown" class="odLeEc" data-iml="213184" height="20" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifL8W6RKGC3sDBq7FfJ6MYHfehcbl1qU_pvYr1szmPiGi6JDF80e5GdCBza44MmBXMMOOLu2c1kLhom7-tLBRcKJooOIjM6f_OEom9gMtNAKhJ2aBJ4iigOmjvVyCxvMQ/s56-c/hal-newest.jpg" style="border-radius: 50%; border: medium; height: 24px; width: 24px;" width="20" /></a></span></span></span></div></div></div><div class="IyONgb Gmt5e" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52); display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; font-size: 12px; height: 32px;"><div class="ngYWic" style="align-self: center; flex: 0 0 auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="BNWFs" style="display: flex;"><div class="gRzh8c NY7gZe" jsname="Zb8fBd" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; margin-right: 4px;">Published</div><span class="zmn4M"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Oct 3, 2023, 8:14 AM, Published Date" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span class="NY7gZe" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="wPZNb">• </span>Oct 3</span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="Q0PqBe" jsname="tnsKH" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 1 1 auto; overflow: hidden;"><span class="uZsIBe" style="display: inline-flex; flex: 0 0 auto; margin-left: 12px; margin-right: 12px; z-index: 2;"><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Elaine Benes" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Elaine Benes</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Hal Brown blog" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown blog</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Seinfeld" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Seinfeld</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="The Little Kicks" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">The Little Kicks</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Trump" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Trump</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Trump malignant narcissism" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Trump malignant narcissism</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Trump trial" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Trump trial</span></span></div><div class="HLjbIb" style="margin-right: 12px; z-index: 2;"><div class="Dffgkb" jsname="K5fbyf"></div></div><div class="WNsYxb" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="jLK47" style="display: flex; z-index: 2;"><span class="KFLXgf NY7gZe" jsname="aUc34b" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; padding-right: 4px;">0</span><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Comment Count" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="DPvwYc JB36v" jsname="K9WFBc" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #90a4ae; direction: ltr; display: inline-block; font-family: "Material Icons Extended"; font-feature-settings: "liga"; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; overflow-wrap: normal; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></span></span></span></span></div><div class="VkCe5" style="display: flex; padding-left: 16px; z-index: 2;"><a class="tUIYCc" href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/posts/blog/statspost/all_time/6130334533138672012/5324785134367781331" style="display: flex; text-decoration: none;"><span class="dYZApe NY7gZe" jsname="dVrYmd" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; padding-right: 4px;">35</span><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="View Count" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="DPvwYc rtpUCe JB36v" jsname="iZbhQd" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; 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border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(207, 216, 220); box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: 0px 0px 8px; overflow: visible; padding: 16px; position: relative; text-align: start; transition-delay: 0ms, 100ms, 0ms, 0ms, 0ms; transition-duration: 200ms, 100ms, 100ms, 150ms, 200ms; transition-property: transform, margin, padding, height, opacity, transform; vertical-align: top; width: 992px;"><span jsslot=""><div class="yGrhUb" jsaction="G8WBad:emf4lc;JgCTQd:MA9ffd;aWRkAb:T6My7c;rcuQ6b:WYd;JIbuQc:DqZcXc(aOAVnd),FN6PZb(nUV0Pd),RgZmSc(vdQQuc),dkUfm(ohAaQc),Q2zPs(K5fbyf),T5bbwb(T5bbwb); click:WB9jdf(mU6ose);" jscontroller="MYxzhc" jsdata="ke6cAf;6309260644961201193,6130334533138672012,1;$810" jsmodel="W9qexb" role="listitem" style="align-items: center; display: flex;"><div class="rb4Lrd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 1 1 auto; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 36px);"><div class="jn15V" style="display: flex;"><img aria-label="Post image thumbnail" class="DMO9ie sRb2Nc" data-iml="213184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMgVfCKwFbkJTbGB4drEceDLvSOuSfL8PQcPoMJ8FpwXr_g6baabqskriQsvDDk7nnRzEFaEiC6iPqnvsMZxp2x0_XvqqooHWNbHeJlRT8zREDEZHWrMk3UYK5gVQVlSxvf04ePT1kv6VrFPWWlf9SyX5Qem3GjBEpF3Ye1AIL8lOFjShX6zMDY4lCYUw/s55-c/Screenshot%202023-10-02%20at%208.34.07%20AM.png" style="border-radius: 4px; border: medium; flex-shrink: 0; height: 64px; object-fit: cover; width: 72px;" /></div><div class="VSOPnd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex: 1 1 0%; min-width: 0px; padding-left: 16px; width: calc(100% - 72px);"><div class="Bv5FY" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; height: 32px;"><div class="hqBifb" style="align-self: center; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><div class="wCHCXe" jsname="d2wxvf" style="cursor: pointer; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;"><span class="UHwcef" style="color: #37474f; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px;">This was a bad look in today's New York Trump trial, and Matt Gaetz's pomade</span></div></div><div class="rC7DWe" style="align-self: center; z-index: 2;"></div><div class="z0QKhe" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="GLDMfb UHwcef" data-author="Hal Brown" jsname="YKQn2" style="align-self: center; color: #37474f; cursor: pointer; flex: 1 1 auto; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px; overflow: hidden; padding-right: 4px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 150px; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown</div><div class="qlgjDe" style="align-self: center; flex: 1 1 auto; height: 24px; padding: 0px; width: 24px;"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Hal Brown" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/17636022253580117963" style="color: #2962ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Hal Brown" class="odLeEc" data-iml="213184" height="20" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifL8W6RKGC3sDBq7FfJ6MYHfehcbl1qU_pvYr1szmPiGi6JDF80e5GdCBza44MmBXMMOOLu2c1kLhom7-tLBRcKJooOIjM6f_OEom9gMtNAKhJ2aBJ4iigOmjvVyCxvMQ/s56-c/hal-newest.jpg" style="border-radius: 50%; border: medium; height: 24px; width: 24px;" width="20" /></a></span></span></span></div></div></div><div class="IyONgb Gmt5e" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52); 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB0Ms-6xdH8jwkRfLUJfmpKLOLs2kth75ZTCULpQkGgIerFeIoKAsRqL5kuJ-lZlLSqL20PfMbloEWexmYTsTz8a5hpRB-_CuB2gJhs0ZtOnjhDCk1ZHhBFynsKx0QbL3RSeKhAtX_XL_UUoypi8ZY2TRJSj_fA5DGJ1cjr1z3z-0QItrf-4wwGpPbEns/s2192/Screenshot%202023-10-05%20at%2012.39.20%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="2192" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB0Ms-6xdH8jwkRfLUJfmpKLOLs2kth75ZTCULpQkGgIerFeIoKAsRqL5kuJ-lZlLSqL20PfMbloEWexmYTsTz8a5hpRB-_CuB2gJhs0ZtOnjhDCk1ZHhBFynsKx0QbL3RSeKhAtX_XL_UUoypi8ZY2TRJSj_fA5DGJ1cjr1z3z-0QItrf-4wwGpPbEns/w640-h356/Screenshot%202023-10-05%20at%2012.39.20%20PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6338415121112" target="_blank">Click to view Fox News segment</a></div><div><br /></div><div> O<b>n Trump becoming temporary Speaker of the House.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>By Hal Brown </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>Here's a screen grab of Trump's Truth Social truth, because if he puts onine you know it's the truth.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBWEHHG18tGtIP0uIA0PjQ1InaFJHz8p_xMdXOOTHRFd-5sTyeC9pgtOHmaBpob5swrKpnH_roQ5ImL-_N9cu_k6D4uLSuTxUmmK2kQoYO_zpAoSRwtK2H47KaBHu5A6k0XNZ1HtN1SDrIjb3Ovncd857NwE2FcIKbWnHaaaQ3rf-nKkjN-SYh14j96Og/s1396/Screenshot%202023-10-05%20at%207.03.23%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="806" data-original-width="1396" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBWEHHG18tGtIP0uIA0PjQ1InaFJHz8p_xMdXOOTHRFd-5sTyeC9pgtOHmaBpob5swrKpnH_roQ5ImL-_N9cu_k6D4uLSuTxUmmK2kQoYO_zpAoSRwtK2H47KaBHu5A6k0XNZ1HtN1SDrIjb3Ovncd857NwE2FcIKbWnHaaaQ3rf-nKkjN-SYh14j96Og/w640-h370/Screenshot%202023-10-05%20at%207.03.23%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Click to enlagre (stays on this page)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Trump is hinting or perhaps hurling the idea like wet spaghetti at the wall to see if it sticks, that he'd be willing to act as a temporary, i.e. short term, Speaker of the House until a new one is selected. </div><div><br /></div><div>I don't know if this is meant to be a publicity grabbing stunt or if he'd really do it. Given his ego he just might. </div><div><br /></div><div>It would be problematic in that he'd have to go to work whenever the House was in session. This could put a crimp in his style. Sure he'd be in the spotlight but <i>presumably</i> he'd have to try to make the Republicans in the Houselook good. This would be akin to getting 221 one legged squirrels on meth trying to march in formation to a common destination.</div><div><br /></div><div>Rather than a gavel he might need a .50 cal. machine gun to keep the GOP House in line.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9WLslGvH2jYCigsolEC0e_TRpWtiGkNRIqk08kKk6gJNoUbqYvTtxnfI1Xjrf_WG9H4Eu9lwK6_DpjhmrsBnYfED3UIWLgx0_BpeclunoZjIOX8GT5ftLWB8ELXOqOJ8_27Lfwc1WhPNV45ScHNspVRg7vu7_FiZvfCN-oikD0Thp2W4ectV0xZNbdwk/s1452/Screenshot%202023-10-05%20at%2012.15.48%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="856" data-original-width="1452" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9WLslGvH2jYCigsolEC0e_TRpWtiGkNRIqk08kKk6gJNoUbqYvTtxnfI1Xjrf_WG9H4Eu9lwK6_DpjhmrsBnYfED3UIWLgx0_BpeclunoZjIOX8GT5ftLWB8ELXOqOJ8_27Lfwc1WhPNV45ScHNspVRg7vu7_FiZvfCN-oikD0Thp2W4ectV0xZNbdwk/w640-h378/Screenshot%202023-10-05%20at%2012.15.48%20PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>He might take the job solely because for a change he could be the gavel wielding judge and bang <b>his</b> gavel on Democrats. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMJOdLZaKE0" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="1830" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEQiSFz_VgNS56_CbZCg83IIwWUhjbOi_s79kbp7Wq941NUBZo6ek08qDS2jc4QMt63P0E8fzzYA7ikR2X1xMs5TiBdzspT6wmXWPjoeRQ7mHLecmVaYRp2ZYP4GQ-9onra8mGPWcx_i9X8CPlrjV_9__BGJu2jCUrwOAzn3OUef2plTc4cA4V5zH5NzE/w640-h440/Screenshot%202023-10-05%20at%209.22.05%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Watch classic Laugh-In Sammy Davis Jr. clip above</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_QCISrIemGvBPyxxENX_5pctnB4-k4r0A9E0qfS3N9suqo4fBqhSw4uZMT_2K1lO5_rXGWwJyzlvvlo1tb7bxhTG4BEkiGcxjjcUr7LgXnfLteyZohKLhnsm7qHeRvqN4IlGGbBaop8TvmEw9pEzZpG9Dh8BAg6lYZlKBkS8jM5VNvz2t_HiekLBRQrg/s1440/Screenshot%202023-10-05%20at%201.48.12%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1408" data-original-width="1440" height="626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_QCISrIemGvBPyxxENX_5pctnB4-k4r0A9E0qfS3N9suqo4fBqhSw4uZMT_2K1lO5_rXGWwJyzlvvlo1tb7bxhTG4BEkiGcxjjcUr7LgXnfLteyZohKLhnsm7qHeRvqN4IlGGbBaop8TvmEw9pEzZpG9Dh8BAg6lYZlKBkS8jM5VNvz2t_HiekLBRQrg/w640-h626/Screenshot%202023-10-05%20at%201.48.12%20PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>If he was temporary Speaker he'd probably make the news but he couldn't feed off the energy of his cult crowds at rallies even though Marjorie Taylor Greene thinks otherwise:</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVtRVYruiGDpLG4_d4RwvXCGG6G6UT-c5arJH9wJuDfjaBJTDyGFXcA1S7Fo30KECnV92WBNGkwVLkFH6dlZsImWtOwtcGz1074TVeY3gTHbXUCBQuM1oDvjO_nOSPmHalFz0O9XLs-ybgBgijeTDn08P1g8jyexmJ45ibK6Lfgtp5Dpt9ch_pNIgLxIM/s1446/Screenshot%202023-10-05%20at%2011.47.57%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; 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click:WB9jdf(mU6ose);" jscontroller="MYxzhc" jsdata="ke6cAf;1055799760013502632,6130334533138672012,1;5" jsmodel="W9qexb" role="listitem" style="align-items: center; display: flex;"><div class="rb4Lrd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 1 1 auto; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 36px);"><div class="jn15V" style="display: flex;"><img aria-label="Post image thumbnail" class="DMO9ie sRb2Nc" data-atf="true" data-iml="575.0000000000001" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_H-7GxEe2tR4fgON_eMujkmgbXssFlHWe6p0qggx_v9xWrJlPNLANsRVDds1b2Xjql-rxMrWyeFDOzjGRVf15AWbmm3jdL09b6Q4cdXws2-c_qZLw9veiM6JMYO2cVZRBp-NOeaYmQ9J_NXaUS-QxaFFcpQCTCgihDINyB4dOPwUXG4YgfDGD74lCvcU/s55-w640-c-h424/Screenshot%202023-10-05%20at%205.06.26%20AM.png" style="border-radius: 4px; border: medium; flex-shrink: 0; height: 64px; object-fit: cover; width: 72px;" /></div><div class="VSOPnd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex: 1 1 0%; min-width: 0px; padding-left: 16px; width: calc(100% - 72px);"><div class="Bv5FY" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; height: 32px;"><div class="hqBifb" style="align-self: center; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><div class="wCHCXe" jsname="d2wxvf" style="cursor: pointer; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;"><span class="UHwcef" style="color: #37474f; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px;">Trump posts unprecedented all-caps call for help in extraordinary wee hours post</span></div></div><div class="rC7DWe" style="align-self: center; z-index: 2;"></div><div class="z0QKhe" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="GLDMfb UHwcef" data-author="Hal Brown" jsname="YKQn2" style="align-self: center; color: #37474f; cursor: pointer; flex: 1 1 auto; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px; overflow: hidden; padding-right: 4px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; 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height: 32px;"><div class="ngYWic" style="align-self: center; flex: 0 0 auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="BNWFs" style="display: flex;"><div class="gRzh8c NY7gZe" jsname="Zb8fBd" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; margin-right: 4px;">Published</div><span class="zmn4M"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Oct 5, 2023, 5:18 AM, Published Date" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span class="NY7gZe" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="wPZNb">• </span>Oct 5</span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="Q0PqBe" jsname="tnsKH" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 1 1 auto; overflow: hidden;"><span class="uZsIBe" style="display: inline-flex; flex: 0 0 auto; margin-left: 12px; margin-right: 12px; z-index: 2;"><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Hal Brown blog" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown blog</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="House Speaker" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">House Speaker</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Trump" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Trump</span></span></div><div class="HLjbIb" style="margin-right: 12px; z-index: 2;"><div class="Dffgkb" jsname="K5fbyf"></div></div><div class="WNsYxb" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="jLK47" style="display: flex; z-index: 2;"><span class="KFLXgf NY7gZe" jsname="aUc34b" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; padding-right: 4px;">0</span><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Comment Count" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="DPvwYc JB36v" jsname="K9WFBc" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #90a4ae; direction: ltr; display: inline-block; font-family: "Material Icons Extended"; font-feature-settings: "liga"; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; overflow-wrap: normal; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></span></span></span></span></div><div class="VkCe5" style="display: flex; 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click:WB9jdf(mU6ose);" jscontroller="MYxzhc" jsdata="ke6cAf;8608245767579299899,6130334533138672012,1;6" jsmodel="W9qexb" role="listitem" style="align-items: center; display: flex;"><div class="rb4Lrd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 1 1 auto; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 36px);"><div class="jn15V" style="display: flex;"><img aria-label="Post image thumbnail" class="DMO9ie sRb2Nc" data-atf="true" data-iml="575.0000000000001" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLC6sz-oWl5rDSdImgIWkqu3GsUHFdBidGLPQaMa5WqGws7Zpm1-BuY-CZHfAGIP9NSN84BDr8TIcK4sk3GuivjnPbHhsmwsJtOwjBBLhNFK1vZgPDardVh4cu8gBuOFmbJpj0j7DKIjhY_F1Sho1WPuexS5JNoNAckBMpdlFQrsSG0xwDXim5kcTvCB0/s55-w640-c-h506/Screenshot%202023-10-04%20at%206.52.00%20AM.png" style="border-radius: 4px; border: medium; flex-shrink: 0; height: 64px; object-fit: cover; width: 72px;" /></div><div class="VSOPnd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex: 1 1 0%; min-width: 0px; padding-left: 16px; width: calc(100% - 72px);"><div class="Bv5FY" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; height: 32px;"><div class="hqBifb" style="align-self: center; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><div class="wCHCXe" jsname="d2wxvf" style="cursor: pointer; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;"><span class="UHwcef" style="color: #37474f; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px;">What Trump and The Fonz don't have in common and what they do</span></div></div><div class="rC7DWe" style="align-self: center; z-index: 2;"></div><div class="z0QKhe" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="GLDMfb UHwcef" data-author="Hal Brown" jsname="YKQn2" style="align-self: center; color: #37474f; cursor: pointer; flex: 1 1 auto; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px; overflow: hidden; padding-right: 4px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; 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flex: 0 0 auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="BNWFs" style="display: flex;"><div class="gRzh8c NY7gZe" jsname="Zb8fBd" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; margin-right: 4px;">Published</div><span class="zmn4M"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Oct 4, 2023, 6:22 AM, Published Date" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span class="NY7gZe" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="wPZNb">• </span>Oct 4</span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="Q0PqBe" jsname="tnsKH" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 1 1 auto; overflow: hidden;"><span class="uZsIBe" style="display: inline-flex; flex: 0 0 auto; margin-left: 12px; margin-right: 12px; z-index: 2;"><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Fonzie" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Fonzie</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Hal Brown blog" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown blog</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Happy Days" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Happy Days</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="The Fonz" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">The Fonz</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Trump sharks" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Trump sharks</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="culture" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; 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box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: 0px 0px 8px; overflow: visible; padding: 16px; position: relative; text-align: start; transition-delay: 0ms, 100ms, 0ms, 0ms, 0ms; transition-duration: 200ms, 100ms, 100ms, 150ms, 200ms; transition-property: transform, margin, padding, height, opacity, transform; vertical-align: top; width: 992px;"><span jsslot=""><div class="yGrhUb" jsaction="G8WBad:emf4lc;JgCTQd:MA9ffd;aWRkAb:T6My7c;rcuQ6b:WYd;JIbuQc:DqZcXc(aOAVnd),FN6PZb(nUV0Pd),RgZmSc(vdQQuc),dkUfm(ohAaQc),Q2zPs(K5fbyf),T5bbwb(T5bbwb); click:WB9jdf(mU6ose);" jscontroller="MYxzhc" jsdata="ke6cAf;5324785134367781331,6130334533138672012,1;7" jsmodel="W9qexb" role="listitem" style="align-items: center; display: flex;"><div class="rb4Lrd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 1 1 auto; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 36px);"><div class="jn15V" style="display: flex;"><img aria-label="Post image thumbnail" class="DMO9ie sRb2Nc" data-atf="true" data-iml="575.0000000000001" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwMsdYqcSf8kbr035gNxZVSlNKpopcJSfrBCSBZmT448sFUzNl5NsHUDlpGPiLLdICvZtRo1ocJ2ypLUOIUZ6VoBZXg9RISufZcbRvM2y0GTiGF0F5q9GEST27NflxN28KU2vWDggVtnBlSIQKpbJhaQGs4IANGVFN_LI_8GSryYfuvWjX2lIWxuWYtKQ/s55-c/Screenshot%202023-10-03%20at%207.53.13%20AM.png" style="border-radius: 4px; border: medium; flex-shrink: 0; height: 64px; object-fit: cover; width: 72px;" /></div><div class="VSOPnd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex: 1 1 0%; min-width: 0px; padding-left: 16px; width: calc(100% - 72px);"><div class="Bv5FY" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; height: 32px;"><div class="hqBifb" style="align-self: center; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><div class="wCHCXe" jsname="d2wxvf" style="cursor: pointer; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;"><span class="UHwcef" style="color: #37474f; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px;">What does Trump have in common with Elaine Benes?</span></div></div><div class="rC7DWe" style="align-self: center; z-index: 2;"></div><div class="z0QKhe" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="GLDMfb UHwcef" data-author="Hal Brown" jsname="YKQn2" style="align-self: center; color: #37474f; cursor: pointer; flex: 1 1 auto; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px; overflow: hidden; padding-right: 4px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 150px; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown</div><div class="qlgjDe" style="align-self: center; flex: 1 1 auto; height: 24px; padding: 0px; width: 24px;"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Hal Brown" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/17636022253580117963" style="color: #2962ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Hal Brown" class="odLeEc" data-atf="true" data-iml="575.0000000000001" height="20" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifL8W6RKGC3sDBq7FfJ6MYHfehcbl1qU_pvYr1szmPiGi6JDF80e5GdCBza44MmBXMMOOLu2c1kLhom7-tLBRcKJooOIjM6f_OEom9gMtNAKhJ2aBJ4iigOmjvVyCxvMQ/s56-c/hal-newest.jpg" style="border-radius: 50%; border: medium; height: 24px; width: 24px;" width="20" /></a></span></span></span></div></div></div><div class="IyONgb Gmt5e" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52); display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; font-size: 12px; height: 32px;"><div class="ngYWic" style="align-self: center; flex: 0 0 auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="BNWFs" style="display: flex;"><div class="gRzh8c NY7gZe" jsname="Zb8fBd" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; margin-right: 4px;">Published</div><span class="zmn4M"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Oct 3, 2023, 8:14 AM, Published Date" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span class="NY7gZe" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="wPZNb">• </span>Oct 3</span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="Q0PqBe" jsname="tnsKH" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 1 1 auto; overflow: hidden;"><span class="uZsIBe" style="display: inline-flex; flex: 0 0 auto; margin-left: 12px; margin-right: 12px; z-index: 2;"><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Elaine Benes" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Elaine Benes</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Hal Brown blog" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown blog</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Seinfeld" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Seinfeld</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="The Little Kicks" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">The Little Kicks</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Trump" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Trump</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Trump malignant narcissism" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Trump malignant narcissism</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Trump trial" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Trump trial</span></span></div><div class="HLjbIb" style="margin-right: 12px; z-index: 2;"><div class="Dffgkb" jsname="K5fbyf"></div></div><div class="WNsYxb" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="jLK47" style="display: flex; z-index: 2;"><span class="KFLXgf NY7gZe" jsname="aUc34b" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; padding-right: 4px;">0</span><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Comment Count" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="DPvwYc JB36v" jsname="K9WFBc" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #90a4ae; direction: ltr; display: inline-block; font-family: "Material Icons Extended"; font-feature-settings: "liga"; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; overflow-wrap: normal; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></span></span></span></span></div><div class="VkCe5" style="display: flex; padding-left: 16px; z-index: 2;"><a class="tUIYCc" href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/posts/blog/statspost/all_time/6130334533138672012/5324785134367781331" style="display: flex; text-decoration: none;"><span class="dYZApe NY7gZe" jsname="dVrYmd" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; padding-right: 4px;">35</span><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="View Count" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="DPvwYc rtpUCe JB36v" jsname="iZbhQd" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; 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border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(207, 216, 220); box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: 0px 0px 8px; overflow: visible; padding: 16px; position: relative; text-align: start; transition-delay: 0ms, 100ms, 0ms, 0ms, 0ms; transition-duration: 200ms, 100ms, 100ms, 150ms, 200ms; transition-property: transform, margin, padding, height, opacity, transform; vertical-align: top; width: 992px;"><span jsslot=""><div class="yGrhUb" jsaction="G8WBad:emf4lc;JgCTQd:MA9ffd;aWRkAb:T6My7c;rcuQ6b:WYd;JIbuQc:DqZcXc(aOAVnd),FN6PZb(nUV0Pd),RgZmSc(vdQQuc),dkUfm(ohAaQc),Q2zPs(K5fbyf),T5bbwb(T5bbwb); click:WB9jdf(mU6ose);" jscontroller="MYxzhc" jsdata="ke6cAf;6309260644961201193,6130334533138672012,1;8" jsmodel="W9qexb" role="listitem" style="align-items: center; display: flex;"><div class="rb4Lrd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 1 1 auto; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 36px);"><div class="jn15V" style="display: flex;"><img aria-label="Post image thumbnail" class="DMO9ie sRb2Nc" data-atf="true" data-iml="575.0000000000001" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMgVfCKwFbkJTbGB4drEceDLvSOuSfL8PQcPoMJ8FpwXr_g6baabqskriQsvDDk7nnRzEFaEiC6iPqnvsMZxp2x0_XvqqooHWNbHeJlRT8zREDEZHWrMk3UYK5gVQVlSxvf04ePT1kv6VrFPWWlf9SyX5Qem3GjBEpF3Ye1AIL8lOFjShX6zMDY4lCYUw/s55-c/Screenshot%202023-10-02%20at%208.34.07%20AM.png" style="border-radius: 4px; border: medium; flex-shrink: 0; height: 64px; object-fit: cover; width: 72px;" /></div><div class="VSOPnd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex: 1 1 0%; min-width: 0px; padding-left: 16px; width: calc(100% - 72px);"><div class="Bv5FY" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; height: 32px;"><div class="hqBifb" style="align-self: center; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><div class="wCHCXe" jsname="d2wxvf" style="cursor: pointer; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;"><span class="UHwcef" style="color: #37474f; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px;">This was a bad look in today's New York Trump trial, and Matt Gaetz's pomade</span></div></div><div class="rC7DWe" style="align-self: center; z-index: 2;"></div><div class="z0QKhe" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="GLDMfb UHwcef" data-author="Hal Brown" jsname="YKQn2" style="align-self: center; color: #37474f; cursor: pointer; flex: 1 1 auto; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px; overflow: hidden; padding-right: 4px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 150px; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown</div><div class="qlgjDe" style="align-self: center; flex: 1 1 auto; height: 24px; padding: 0px; width: 24px;"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Hal Brown" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/17636022253580117963" style="color: #2962ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Hal Brown" class="odLeEc" data-atf="true" data-iml="575.0000000000001" height="20" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifL8W6RKGC3sDBq7FfJ6MYHfehcbl1qU_pvYr1szmPiGi6JDF80e5GdCBza44MmBXMMOOLu2c1kLhom7-tLBRcKJooOIjM6f_OEom9gMtNAKhJ2aBJ4iigOmjvVyCxvMQ/s56-c/hal-newest.jpg" style="border-radius: 50%; border: medium; height: 24px; width: 24px;" width="20" /></a></span></span></span></div></div></div><div class="IyONgb Gmt5e" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52); display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; font-size: 12px; height: 32px;"><div class="ngYWic" style="align-self: center; flex: 0 0 auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="BNWFs" style="display: flex;"><div class="gRzh8c NY7gZe" jsname="Zb8fBd" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; margin-right: 4px;">Published</div><span class="zmn4M"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Oct 2, 2023, 8:41 AM, Published Date" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span class="NY7gZe" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="wPZNb">• </span>Oct 2</span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="Q0PqBe" jsname="tnsKH" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 1 1 auto; overflow: hidden;"><span class="uZsIBe" style="display: inline-flex; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_H-7GxEe2tR4fgON_eMujkmgbXssFlHWe6p0qggx_v9xWrJlPNLANsRVDds1b2Xjql-rxMrWyeFDOzjGRVf15AWbmm3jdL09b6Q4cdXws2-c_qZLw9veiM6JMYO2cVZRBp-NOeaYmQ9J_NXaUS-QxaFFcpQCTCgihDINyB4dOPwUXG4YgfDGD74lCvcU/s1502/Screenshot%202023-10-05%20at%205.06.26%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="994" data-original-width="1502" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_H-7GxEe2tR4fgON_eMujkmgbXssFlHWe6p0qggx_v9xWrJlPNLANsRVDds1b2Xjql-rxMrWyeFDOzjGRVf15AWbmm3jdL09b6Q4cdXws2-c_qZLw9veiM6JMYO2cVZRBp-NOeaYmQ9J_NXaUS-QxaFFcpQCTCgihDINyB4dOPwUXG4YgfDGD74lCvcU/w640-h424/Screenshot%202023-10-05%20at%205.06.26%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Click above to enlarge</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Trump posts unprecedented all-caps call for help in extraordinary wee hours post</b></div><div><br /><div>By Hal Brown</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://duckduckgo.com/?q=beatle+help+youtube&t=osx&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D2Q_ZzBGPdqE" target="_blank">Here's the theme song for this blog</a>:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://duckduckgo.com/?q=beatle+help+youtube&t=osx&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D2Q_ZzBGPdqE" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1482" data-original-width="1182" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih53OHXTFsbbyfdxmRq6KngX_r19kET8iwXE9sqzaXhLiM8VEOCprkUAbjHPfdqMFgI3XT3DcH69cZo-h1Mwh6jJysWO5W7p3ILtFGIbQxvn7qJitu2qjymEmG-nvynyDv9fwCbHqrc_mmgptBTcyfMXfl-0yW1k1ZmFgCY4r13tNl8Fbp24nfpEB6EW8/w508-h640/Screenshot%202023-10-05%20at%208.18.59%20AM.png" width="508" /></a></div><div><p></p><p>This was<a href="https://www.rawstory.com/trump-civil-fraud-trial-2665800586/" target="_blank"> the article in Raw Story today</a>:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.rawstory.com/trump-civil-fraud-trial-2665800586/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="2470" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVaN9dUiBrzK5f9f_KBAtTyl-_b-0lpBUDhojljpmNRftIPvh0RmcaT-RKc82iSu7113ztvf-Cgg3n70nKKA6WSWRMG7NLmfzjroGmHDa55gGjgtx3tcgv6YEWptUQz22ZTyjZTDufJkLwnlR8spXIr7rfV7lUmUSF1Np7h5LTgPQvhSafdbN_FFoKap4/w640-h232/Screenshot%202023-10-05%20at%205.11.44%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.salon.com/2023/10/05/help-flails-on-truth-social-over-horror-show-new-york-fraud-trial/?in_brief=true" target="_blank">This is from Salon:</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.salon.com/2023/10/05/help-flails-on-truth-social-over-horror-show-new-york-fraud-trial/?in_brief=true" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1796" data-original-width="1890" height="608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilNiJvjeoxMzUpNbfYcQ8b93BQVFQXkGDSg5vq0iqxzm5pjAuHQvJ4yCDfQLjA3m_A8pA2XE-cw1TNbX-yr9msKaxGWNziYRIWZtmIz-Ke78zI3aOZIVE0tDWpGuHihyfO9HvfirF-yOU6CFmhgz0GzL4WSgOymE5VxGAFM_ulBx1wLALcGlCGuMYjeq8/w640-h608/Screenshot%202023-10-05%20at%207.34.44%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Here's the Truth Social post referred to:<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXD-oPq3BpjqXLM7Y9WJUFDT9jkwAOotU_DLFAI5H287FSGix09NQRg7SIpkpW1oDC7EF6n4LHHUSux54gkql6Q3YSYSCAgWdtBa-WkBIzig_tpbSUTPz4gbaZkoTpIGJN0KzwW23vvEwJrM-W4vTbQujs4zXpDQ46tniKnStIjwNwR-iPERSgZjTAcRA/s1434/Screenshot%202023-10-05%20at%204.52.21%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1198" data-original-width="1434" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXD-oPq3BpjqXLM7Y9WJUFDT9jkwAOotU_DLFAI5H287FSGix09NQRg7SIpkpW1oDC7EF6n4LHHUSux54gkql6Q3YSYSCAgWdtBa-WkBIzig_tpbSUTPz4gbaZkoTpIGJN0KzwW23vvEwJrM-W4vTbQujs4zXpDQ46tniKnStIjwNwR-iPERSgZjTAcRA/w640-h532/Screenshot%202023-10-05%20at%204.52.21%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clicking above to enlarge does not go to Truth Social</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>If you wonder if Letitia James was right in saying Trump was making racist baiting comments (<a href="https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4239004-new-york-ag-denounces-trump-comments-as-race-baiting/" target="_blank">read article</a>) consider that he calls her a racist and then refers to her as Peekaboo James. Here's Mrs. Betty Bowers' explanation as to why that term is racist:</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRHZX6K6oJrEJv95cOVtsz9CsSR2lCl6Bu1nCwthnNACW2Kp8_Rdrl0sMBa7OSjNAhVkEkbZwUqR9pjd15MaFlruIVOBYkwe74n6xX_4j1TppcH3vw9KgiUag85WVol-Xef4YZNTDiFmeTZU33E48aPmV8tY1D1RakF_2ZfdAGkCQwNhU0ApMrGWmMjY0/s1118/Screenshot%202023-10-05%20at%205.30.18%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="1118" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRHZX6K6oJrEJv95cOVtsz9CsSR2lCl6Bu1nCwthnNACW2Kp8_Rdrl0sMBa7OSjNAhVkEkbZwUqR9pjd15MaFlruIVOBYkwe74n6xX_4j1TppcH3vw9KgiUag85WVol-Xef4YZNTDiFmeTZU33E48aPmV8tY1D1RakF_2ZfdAGkCQwNhU0ApMrGWmMjY0/w640-h484/Screenshot%202023-10-05%20at%205.30.18%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clicking to enlarge does not go to X</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Trump's using the term peek-a-boo, however he spells, it makes no sense since it refers to <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 13.44px;">a game played with a young child, which involves hiding </span><span apple_mouseover_highlight="1" style="font-size: 13.44px;">behind</span><span style="font-size: 13.44px;"> something and suddenly </span><span apple_mouseover_highlight="1" style="font-size: 13.44px;">reappearing</span><span style="font-size: 13.44px;">, saying “</span><span apple_mouseover_highlight="1" style="font-size: 13.44px;">peekaboo</span><span style="font-size: 13.44px;">.” </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 13.44px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 13.44px;">Trump, who by the way is White, regularly calls Letitia Jones, who lest you haven't noticed (he certainly has) is Black, a racist. Am I going out on a limb to suggest that any White person who calls a Black person a racist is very likely to be a </span></span>racist themselves?</div><div><br /></div><div>As I write this on "Morning Joe" the panel is disucssing Trump's remark about migrants "poisoning the blood of our country" which can be taken as racist in that it can refer to people who aren't White having babies with White people. Read <a href="https://www.snopes.com/news/2023/10/04/trump-poison-blood-quote/" style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Did Trump Echo Hitler with Remark About Migrants: 'Poisoning the Blood of Our Country'?</a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg32qFVlGDw09fBv3GGNm8cVzw6XPgk5ctXSUBFO8y364C2GRPSB1KchcAzdvd_6KblVVYJxE42cvrzAnjumLjJnvZbtNCSNO25_LDdYVUSd1nGmocQrhAAik2OYmFZgTul0j_1d1fQvjFZY0TeVsC0v335QJJJOxpPjYapIU_MV-gYqm6Ng-JCXNzIQ4g/s1696/Screenshot%202023-10-05%20at%206.15.18%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="812" data-original-width="1696" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg32qFVlGDw09fBv3GGNm8cVzw6XPgk5ctXSUBFO8y364C2GRPSB1KchcAzdvd_6KblVVYJxE42cvrzAnjumLjJnvZbtNCSNO25_LDdYVUSd1nGmocQrhAAik2OYmFZgTul0j_1d1fQvjFZY0TeVsC0v335QJJJOxpPjYapIU_MV-gYqm6Ng-JCXNzIQ4g/w640-h306/Screenshot%202023-10-05%20at%206.15.18%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 13.44px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 13.44px;">Meanwhile back into the dark recesses of Trump brain, beware all ye that dare to enter there, we can </span></span>justifiably ask ourselves why he went from his usual attack and revenge mode into his all-caps exclamation point "HELP!".</div><div><br /></div><div>The wall between Trump conscious mind and his unconscious where his alien anxiety provoking fears reside is almost as formidable and imprenetrable as he pretends his US/Mexico wall was.</div><div><br /></div><div>Trump, as I have pointed our many times, is actually a human being. While his personalty dynamics are unusual, like anyone he has a breaking point. He is currently under more stress than he's ever been. Everyone uses psychological defense mechanisms to protect themselves from their fears. Not to detract from this blog with details (<a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=defense+mechanisms" target="_blank">you can read about defense mechanisms in many articles with a web search here</a>) denial is the least healthy and the most primitive. </div><div><br /></div><div>Many pundits note he uses projection all of the time but my sense is that he does this to some extent deliberately and to provoke a reaction. Denial is always unconscious. </div><div><br /></div><div>When there are cracks in the dike of denial you can see some leakage. </div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 13.44px;"><br /></span></span></div><div>Trump could be like the Little Dutch Boy trying to plug that leak.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmvehSM18T-rYBMphUrzUdtnE9TS6tl97_1QV0lgKC4D7UtSfu_pspM5Uaf7UvrPcIZ5Y28QIibHHZxPxq7rpP61A6EHMfSV-cS_zKifg5cIgWCyAsj_9eY95Y65wSRZ7xSPZWjWLebLmv6KPFYrqzoxOrO5pHfGLbvyoSCyTUg94v3pOBM5XH3kWjh6I/s750/Screenshot%202023-10-05%20at%205.56.49%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="606" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmvehSM18T-rYBMphUrzUdtnE9TS6tl97_1QV0lgKC4D7UtSfu_pspM5Uaf7UvrPcIZ5Y28QIibHHZxPxq7rpP61A6EHMfSV-cS_zKifg5cIgWCyAsj_9eY95Y65wSRZ7xSPZWjWLebLmv6KPFYrqzoxOrO5pHfGLbvyoSCyTUg94v3pOBM5XH3kWjh6I/w516-h640/Screenshot%202023-10-05%20at%205.56.49%20AM.png" width="516" /></a></div><br /><div>Of course if there's a small leak in a dike or dam it's imperative to plug it in time. However, this doesn't always work.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-TyzZrbQZVjTjFbjDOU08kqrS3dRY4OE-CXT6tPvLlNU4KhQJGOH-YjuMUjeGImcH3IyQvvSz3kYaqxk4jRdE8E691tzxVyRzupu_MlRzdDQPYEnitzh7Qsp0Q5qL6NnwmpF6YAPAVJYS9j22vXymWzHj3pFFbSk5N41aYP_zZs7Hxa34D34UENEjQbk/s850/Screenshot%202023-10-05%20at%206.10.47%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="850" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-TyzZrbQZVjTjFbjDOU08kqrS3dRY4OE-CXT6tPvLlNU4KhQJGOH-YjuMUjeGImcH3IyQvvSz3kYaqxk4jRdE8E691tzxVyRzupu_MlRzdDQPYEnitzh7Qsp0Q5qL6NnwmpF6YAPAVJYS9j22vXymWzHj3pFFbSk5N41aYP_zZs7Hxa34D34UENEjQbk/w640-h516/Screenshot%202023-10-05%20at%206.10.47%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></div>If Trump's dam is failing what we can expect to observe is an increase in his demonstrating self-defeating behavior and his expressing thoughts that seem weird and nonsensical like, for a recent example, ranting about preferring to be electrocuted rather than eaten by a shark.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.halbrown.org/2023/10/what-trump-and-fonz-dont-have-in-common.html" target="_blank">I wrote about this yesterday here:</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.halbrown.org/2023/10/what-trump-and-fonz-dont-have-in-common.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1566" data-original-width="1252" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLHhQJhR-raT4u3JaRKlKtTqLWFsphfb8fscuSrfASYabIGFNQxIocJyMCGdc1txvXKnGgBTZua69Ve_iqz9SNa2r8siqNzM7bitrpJ3OeJEaTc_MNM9a3M4HiZIndFEDkiZXfHc0MCE-U5oz6yKkQsxZQZEpKoNiOEh1L4chf4WW7orxC4zPyBKE9zmc/w512-h640/Screenshot%202023-10-05%20at%206.30.29%20AM.png" width="512" /></a></div><b>Addendum/Update on Trump becoming temporary Speaker of the House.</b></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6338415121112" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="922" data-original-width="1154" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Xg-om6z5dOY6G1UNLayeSj7Ko15_LNe0fODINFxrr9Lu2e4zpF8v62XAuQtpD-r8bva1tXFpQehGVA3H6Ipx8JMZUJLY2wOTQeuWs_NmeIZ1Dj-IY8nBwIBfeVk7gS26vbxFDbyXWFbmXGN3Vla5djVdOvWpuVxUFCUhlk_FgyhIbpTc1DKVw-IyBNE/w640-h512/Screenshot%202023-10-05%20at%209.12.57%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Click above to go to Fox News article</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>Perhaps by total coincidence Trump used the word "help" but in lower case in another post today:</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBWEHHG18tGtIP0uIA0PjQ1InaFJHz8p_xMdXOOTHRFd-5sTyeC9pgtOHmaBpob5swrKpnH_roQ5ImL-_N9cu_k6D4uLSuTxUmmK2kQoYO_zpAoSRwtK2H47KaBHu5A6k0XNZ1HtN1SDrIjb3Ovncd857NwE2FcIKbWnHaaaQ3rf-nKkjN-SYh14j96Og/s1396/Screenshot%202023-10-05%20at%207.03.23%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="806" data-original-width="1396" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBWEHHG18tGtIP0uIA0PjQ1InaFJHz8p_xMdXOOTHRFd-5sTyeC9pgtOHmaBpob5swrKpnH_roQ5ImL-_N9cu_k6D4uLSuTxUmmK2kQoYO_zpAoSRwtK2H47KaBHu5A6k0XNZ1HtN1SDrIjb3Ovncd857NwE2FcIKbWnHaaaQ3rf-nKkjN-SYh14j96Og/w640-h370/Screenshot%202023-10-05%20at%207.03.23%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Click to enlagre (stays on this page)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Here he is hinting that he'd be willing to act as a temporary, i.e. short term, Speaker of the House until a new one is selected. I don't know if this is meant to be a publicity grabbing stunt or if he'd really do it. Given his ego he just might. It would be problematic in that he'd have to go to work and in addition to hogging the spotlight he'd have try to make the Republicans look good whenever the House was in session.</div><div><br /></div><div>He might take the job so for a change he could be the gavel wielding judge and bang <b>his</b> gavel on Democrats. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMJOdLZaKE0" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="1830" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEQiSFz_VgNS56_CbZCg83IIwWUhjbOi_s79kbp7Wq941NUBZo6ek08qDS2jc4QMt63P0E8fzzYA7ikR2X1xMs5TiBdzspT6wmXWPjoeRQ7mHLecmVaYRp2ZYP4GQ-9onra8mGPWcx_i9X8CPlrjV_9__BGJu2jCUrwOAzn3OUef2plTc4cA4V5zH5NzE/w640-h440/Screenshot%202023-10-05%20at%209.22.05%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Watch classic Laugh In Sammy Davis Jr. clip</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>If he was temporary Speaker he'd probably make the news but he couldn't feed off the energy of his cult crowds at rallies even thought Marjorie Taylor Greene thinks otherwise:</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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width: calc(100% - 72px);"><div class="Bv5FY" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; height: 32px;"><div class="hqBifb" style="align-self: center; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><div class="wCHCXe" jsname="d2wxvf" style="cursor: pointer; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;"><span class="UHwcef" style="color: #37474f; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px;">What Trump and The Fonz don't have in common and what they do</span></div></div><div class="rC7DWe" style="align-self: center; z-index: 2;"></div><div class="z0QKhe" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="GLDMfb UHwcef" data-author="Hal Brown" jsname="YKQn2" style="align-self: center; color: #37474f; cursor: pointer; flex: 1 1 auto; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px; overflow: hidden; padding-right: 4px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 150px; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown</div><div class="qlgjDe" style="align-self: center; flex: 1 1 auto; height: 24px; padding: 0px; width: 24px;"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Hal Brown" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/17636022253580117963" style="color: #2962ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Hal Brown" class="odLeEc" data-atf="true" data-iml="575.0000000000001" height="20" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifL8W6RKGC3sDBq7FfJ6MYHfehcbl1qU_pvYr1szmPiGi6JDF80e5GdCBza44MmBXMMOOLu2c1kLhom7-tLBRcKJooOIjM6f_OEom9gMtNAKhJ2aBJ4iigOmjvVyCxvMQ/s56-c/hal-newest.jpg" style="border-radius: 50%; border: medium; height: 24px; width: 24px;" width="20" /></a></span></span></span></div></div></div><div class="IyONgb Gmt5e" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52); display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; font-size: 12px; height: 32px;"><div class="ngYWic" style="align-self: center; flex: 0 0 auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="BNWFs" style="display: flex;"><div class="gRzh8c NY7gZe" jsname="Zb8fBd" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; margin-right: 4px;">Published</div><span class="zmn4M"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Oct 4, 2023, 6:22 AM, Published Date" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span class="NY7gZe" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="wPZNb">• </span>Oct 4</span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="Q0PqBe" jsname="tnsKH" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 1 1 auto; overflow: hidden;"><span class="uZsIBe" style="display: inline-flex; flex: 0 0 auto; margin-left: 12px; margin-right: 12px; z-index: 2;"><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Fonzie" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Fonzie</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Hal Brown blog" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown blog</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Happy Days" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Happy Days</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="The Fonz" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">The Fonz</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Trump sharks" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Trump sharks</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="culture" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">culture</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="television" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">television</span></span></div><div class="HLjbIb" style="margin-right: 12px; z-index: 2;"><div class="Dffgkb" jsname="K5fbyf"></div></div><div class="WNsYxb" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="jLK47" style="display: flex; z-index: 2;"><span class="KFLXgf NY7gZe" jsname="aUc34b" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; padding-right: 4px;">0</span><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Comment Count" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="DPvwYc JB36v" jsname="K9WFBc" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #90a4ae; direction: ltr; display: inline-block; font-family: "Material Icons Extended"; font-feature-settings: "liga"; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; overflow-wrap: normal; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></span></span></span></span></div><div class="VkCe5" style="display: flex; padding-left: 16px; z-index: 2;"><a class="tUIYCc" href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/posts/blog/statspost/all_time/6130334533138672012/8608245767579299899" style="display: flex; text-decoration: none;"><span class="dYZApe NY7gZe" jsname="dVrYmd" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; padding-right: 4px;">74</span><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="View Count" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="DPvwYc rtpUCe JB36v" jsname="iZbhQd" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #90a4ae; direction: ltr; display: inline-block; font-family: "Material Icons Extended"; 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box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: 0px 0px 8px; overflow: visible; padding: 16px; position: relative; text-align: start; transition-delay: 0ms, 100ms, 0ms, 0ms, 0ms; transition-duration: 200ms, 100ms, 100ms, 150ms, 200ms; transition-property: transform, margin, padding, height, opacity, transform; vertical-align: top; width: 992px;"><span jsslot=""><div class="yGrhUb" jsaction="G8WBad:emf4lc;JgCTQd:MA9ffd;aWRkAb:T6My7c;rcuQ6b:WYd;JIbuQc:DqZcXc(aOAVnd),FN6PZb(nUV0Pd),RgZmSc(vdQQuc),dkUfm(ohAaQc),Q2zPs(K5fbyf),T5bbwb(T5bbwb); click:WB9jdf(mU6ose);" jscontroller="MYxzhc" jsdata="ke6cAf;5324785134367781331,6130334533138672012,1;7" jsmodel="W9qexb" role="listitem" style="align-items: center; display: flex;"><div class="rb4Lrd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 1 1 auto; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 36px);"><div class="jn15V" style="display: flex;"><img aria-label="Post image thumbnail" class="DMO9ie sRb2Nc" data-atf="true" data-iml="575.0000000000001" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwMsdYqcSf8kbr035gNxZVSlNKpopcJSfrBCSBZmT448sFUzNl5NsHUDlpGPiLLdICvZtRo1ocJ2ypLUOIUZ6VoBZXg9RISufZcbRvM2y0GTiGF0F5q9GEST27NflxN28KU2vWDggVtnBlSIQKpbJhaQGs4IANGVFN_LI_8GSryYfuvWjX2lIWxuWYtKQ/s55-c/Screenshot%202023-10-03%20at%207.53.13%20AM.png" style="border-radius: 4px; border: medium; flex-shrink: 0; height: 64px; object-fit: cover; width: 72px;" /></div><div class="VSOPnd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex: 1 1 0%; min-width: 0px; padding-left: 16px; width: calc(100% - 72px);"><div class="Bv5FY" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; height: 32px;"><div class="hqBifb" style="align-self: center; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><div class="wCHCXe" jsname="d2wxvf" style="cursor: pointer; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;"><span class="UHwcef" style="color: #37474f; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px;">What does Trump have in common with Elaine Benes?</span></div></div><div class="rC7DWe" style="align-self: center; z-index: 2;"></div><div class="z0QKhe" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="GLDMfb UHwcef" data-author="Hal Brown" jsname="YKQn2" style="align-self: center; color: #37474f; cursor: pointer; flex: 1 1 auto; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px; overflow: hidden; padding-right: 4px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 150px; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown</div><div class="qlgjDe" style="align-self: center; flex: 1 1 auto; height: 24px; padding: 0px; width: 24px;"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Hal Brown" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/17636022253580117963" style="color: #2962ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Hal Brown" class="odLeEc" data-atf="true" data-iml="575.0000000000001" height="20" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifL8W6RKGC3sDBq7FfJ6MYHfehcbl1qU_pvYr1szmPiGi6JDF80e5GdCBza44MmBXMMOOLu2c1kLhom7-tLBRcKJooOIjM6f_OEom9gMtNAKhJ2aBJ4iigOmjvVyCxvMQ/s56-c/hal-newest.jpg" style="border-radius: 50%; border: medium; height: 24px; width: 24px;" width="20" /></a></span></span></span></div></div></div><div class="IyONgb Gmt5e" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52); display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; font-size: 12px; height: 32px;"><div class="ngYWic" style="align-self: center; flex: 0 0 auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="BNWFs" style="display: flex;"><div class="gRzh8c NY7gZe" jsname="Zb8fBd" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; margin-right: 4px;">Published</div><span class="zmn4M"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Oct 3, 2023, 8:14 AM, Published Date" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span class="NY7gZe" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="wPZNb">• </span>Oct 3</span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="Q0PqBe" jsname="tnsKH" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 1 1 auto; overflow: hidden;"><span class="uZsIBe" style="display: inline-flex; flex: 0 0 auto; margin-left: 12px; margin-right: 12px; z-index: 2;"><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Elaine Benes" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Elaine Benes</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Hal Brown blog" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown blog</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Seinfeld" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Seinfeld</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="The Little Kicks" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">The Little Kicks</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Trump" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Trump</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Trump malignant narcissism" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Trump malignant narcissism</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Trump trial" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Trump trial</span></span></div><div class="HLjbIb" style="margin-right: 12px; z-index: 2;"><div class="Dffgkb" jsname="K5fbyf"></div></div><div class="WNsYxb" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="jLK47" style="display: flex; z-index: 2;"><span class="KFLXgf NY7gZe" jsname="aUc34b" style="color: #546e7a; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLC6sz-oWl5rDSdImgIWkqu3GsUHFdBidGLPQaMa5WqGws7Zpm1-BuY-CZHfAGIP9NSN84BDr8TIcK4sk3GuivjnPbHhsmwsJtOwjBBLhNFK1vZgPDardVh4cu8gBuOFmbJpj0j7DKIjhY_F1Sho1WPuexS5JNoNAckBMpdlFQrsSG0xwDXim5kcTvCB0/s1456/Screenshot%202023-10-04%20at%206.52.00%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="1456" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLC6sz-oWl5rDSdImgIWkqu3GsUHFdBidGLPQaMa5WqGws7Zpm1-BuY-CZHfAGIP9NSN84BDr8TIcK4sk3GuivjnPbHhsmwsJtOwjBBLhNFK1vZgPDardVh4cu8gBuOFmbJpj0j7DKIjhY_F1Sho1WPuexS5JNoNAckBMpdlFQrsSG0xwDXim5kcTvCB0/w640-h506/Screenshot%202023-10-04%20at%206.52.00%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Olga Ernst (Great white shark in Wikipedia) <br /><a class="mw-mmv-license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0" style="background: repeat; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #795cb2; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 0.85em; text-align: right; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">CC BY-SA 4.0</a><span face="sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 0.85em; text-align: left;"> adapted by Hal Brown with Trump's hand and tie</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRaj3IOeuWaB2D7o5cmvqIUHRcGrAWMkDxkrQkImnuOiYErM0nlRqY6Va8rH3YRNdJVCUZVd3c-cKjq8mYLrweLJZQzeStBX7AZLyRLzAhfFzW2u-bTspjZDftQWGPVh_WOFLcRppxP3nprE_La7SnI0rUwpZRKrJ9FCvRw0bEHnrZt_dqBLEkAESlo98/s1970/Screenshot%202023-10-04%20at%205.36.08%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1478" data-original-width="1970" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRaj3IOeuWaB2D7o5cmvqIUHRcGrAWMkDxkrQkImnuOiYErM0nlRqY6Va8rH3YRNdJVCUZVd3c-cKjq8mYLrweLJZQzeStBX7AZLyRLzAhfFzW2u-bTspjZDftQWGPVh_WOFLcRppxP3nprE_La7SnI0rUwpZRKrJ9FCvRw0bEHnrZt_dqBLEkAESlo98/w640-h480/Screenshot%202023-10-04%20at%205.36.08%20AM.png" width="640" /></a>Click to enlarge images</span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div><br /></div>By Hal Brown</span><div><br /></div><div>This is Wednesday's blog. Thursday I posted the same illustration with these captions. <a href="https://www.halbrown.org/2023/10/trump-posts-unprecedented-all-caps-call.html" target="_blank">Read that blog here.</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh55oeFCJbiw3S820zDdh83Lj5sdxmYoCVET5rFzhCGSTXpwYNynOLeJGoOM06rHpB0Q5lX1UTMH0XFnQBtvloMbadsWtRZk131am7OQzBZvsbw-b8SFOonERud-WMs4elxOBhcjZld-wvWLbkMZWnh459_Mky06NhOrAid86TxPqTOtHDRhYxeLN9sqP8/s1062/Screenshot%202023-10-05%20at%205.21.36%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="1062" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh55oeFCJbiw3S820zDdh83Lj5sdxmYoCVET5rFzhCGSTXpwYNynOLeJGoOM06rHpB0Q5lX1UTMH0XFnQBtvloMbadsWtRZk131am7OQzBZvsbw-b8SFOonERud-WMs4elxOBhcjZld-wvWLbkMZWnh459_Mky06NhOrAid86TxPqTOtHDRhYxeLN9sqP8/w640-h514/Screenshot%202023-10-05%20at%205.21.36%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>Wednesday blog:<br /><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Read: </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-electrocution-sharks_n_651a29cce4b094f840214b06" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1864" data-original-width="2332" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Q4vaFvuAKecyOIMhOXPczbT3B-U2PXvV8x2qAyjwnaM9Fv2pwztdXbpl9kKCjTF9xjSnhPP3L_r7rUxU6yMV4IKTn1N7IQ3_Mk82xz9j9x571L4IbX933sYoN5B9JXINJg7akWU9QWcLoxnREF65m2SNKp9lTLjwFkfSMOVyIliQfGhCZ0ZZTB8QUMs/w640-h512/Screenshot%202023-10-04%20at%206.29.18%20AM.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><h1 class="title" data-reader-unique-id="titleElement" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; line-height: 1.2141em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%;"><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-electrocution-sharks_n_651a29cce4b094f840214b06" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Trump Chooses His Own Shocking Cause Of Death In Bonkers New Rant</span></a></h1><h2 class="subhead" data-reader-unique-id="subheadElement" style="color: rgba(27, 27, 27, 0.65); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.27275em; margin-top: -0.35em; max-width: 100%;"><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-electrocution-sharks_n_651a29cce4b094f840214b06" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">The former president went off on one of his strangest tangents yet during a campaign event in Iowa.</span></a></h2></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Excerpt:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p></div><blockquote><div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The former president turned a rant against renewable energy into a wild explanation of how he’d rather die if he were on a sinking electric boat.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“But if I’m sitting down, and that boat’s going down, and I’m on top of a battery, and the water starts flooding in, I’m getting concerned,” Trump said at an event in Iowa in Sunday. “But then I look 10 yards to my left and there’s a shark over there. So I have a choice of electrocution or shark, you know what I’m gonna take? Electrocution. I will take electrocution every single time.”</span></p></div><div></div></blockquote><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">If anyone hasn't seen a video of Trump's insane rant about electric boats, sharks, and how he'd chose to die, here it is:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1708587099706830853" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="1048" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5uPLIRqFv2iTXWFHQjRSDa8EFlqsHUtj22YgwoZLMRYJvFUITyn3ZU4eT5Vgt4r2Cw-VEsVLb5zhLCNa1qSOpryW_1w-aUOAAf1XJBYpo6Uv_OaBtcHlGvK3nEB-AXNBK9y-ffniVjSPC3zDb3MWQDLKnIRjhJIoIEsFixqVhP_I8GFJBwweEi9fX1bA/w640-h548/Screenshot%202023-10-04%20at%205.41.15%20AM.png" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Click to view</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">What Trump and The Fonz don't have in common.</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">According to someone who had a <i><b>very</b></i> close relationship with him, Trump is obsessed with sharks and is terrified of them.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Raleway Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"> The strangest thing about that night — this was the best thing ever. You could see the television from the little dining room table and he was watching </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Shark Week</em><span face=""Raleway Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"> and he was watching a special about the U.S.S. something and it sank and it was like the worst shark attack in history. He is obsessed with sharks. Terrified of sharks. He was like, “I donate to all these charities and I would never donate to any charity that helps sharks. I hope all the sharks die.” He was like riveted. He was like obsessed. It’s so strange, I know. <a href="https://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/stormy-daniels-full-interview-151788/" target="_blank">Stormy </a></span><span face="Raleway Regular, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/stormy-daniels-full-interview-151788/" target="_blank">Daniels interview in Touch Magazine.</a></span></span></blockquote></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Fonz wasn't afraid of anything and if he knew there was a shark in the water in the iconic episode which led to the term "jumping the shark" being added to the lexicon, meaning the beginning of the end (as follows), he wouldn't have be fazed.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">The idiom "</span><b style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">jumping the shark</b><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">" or "</span><b style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">jump the shark</b><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">" is a pejorative that is used to argue that a creative work or entity has reached a point in which it has exhausted its core intent and is introducing new ideas that are discordant with, or an overexaggeration of, its original purpose. The phrase was coined in 1985 by radio personality </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Hein" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Jon Hein">Jon Hein</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;"> in response to a 1977 episode from the fifth season of the American </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitcom" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Sitcom">sitcom</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;"> </span><i style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Days" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Happy Days">Happy Days</a></i><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">, in which the character of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fonzie" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Fonzie">Fonzie</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;"> (</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Winkler" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Henry Winkler">Henry Winkler</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">) jumps over a live shark while on water-skis. (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_the_shark" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>)</span></span></blockquote><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">What do Trump and Fonzie have in common?</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Fonzie jumped the shark. However, this happened in the fifth season of Happy Days and it went on to air for six more years. It is unsettling to think that Trump will wield power for six more years. There are critics who argue that in spite of Happy Days' longevity the level of creativity declined in its final seasons. Likewise, there are those who may look back years from now and say the same thing about Trump in his later years.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Trump in his rant about sharks proved once and for all that he has gone irrovocably into the delusional drink. His boat is sinking and he's just admitted to this fantasy suggesting that in some recess of his mind he has this knowledge and fear.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">He said it. This means it is in his mind. The unconscious percolated up into his conscious and this is why he speculated on the way he'd chose to meet his demise.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">He sensibly sensibly chose execution as the way he'd want to die if he was on a sinking boat between the choice of a quick death and being riped apart by apex ocean predators. However, dead is dead, and not to be too graphic, once you're dead in shark infested waters the disposal your corpse is taken care of.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130334533138672012.post-53247851343677813312023-10-03T08:14:00.034-07:002023-10-03T15:19:30.289-07:00What does Trump have in common with Elaine Benes?<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwMsdYqcSf8kbr035gNxZVSlNKpopcJSfrBCSBZmT448sFUzNl5NsHUDlpGPiLLdICvZtRo1ocJ2ypLUOIUZ6VoBZXg9RISufZcbRvM2y0GTiGF0F5q9GEST27NflxN28KU2vWDggVtnBlSIQKpbJhaQGs4IANGVFN_LI_8GSryYfuvWjX2lIWxuWYtKQ/s1602/Screenshot%202023-10-03%20at%207.53.13%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1602" data-original-width="894" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwMsdYqcSf8kbr035gNxZVSlNKpopcJSfrBCSBZmT448sFUzNl5NsHUDlpGPiLLdICvZtRo1ocJ2ypLUOIUZ6VoBZXg9RISufZcbRvM2y0GTiGF0F5q9GEST27NflxN28KU2vWDggVtnBlSIQKpbJhaQGs4IANGVFN_LI_8GSryYfuvWjX2lIWxuWYtKQ/s16000/Screenshot%202023-10-03%20at%207.53.13%20AM.png" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Click to watch video</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">By Hal Brown</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">There are several classic moments from Seinfeld. One is the Soup NAZI's "no soup for you" segment and another is the segment with Elaine dancing in the episode "The Little Kicks" which <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Kicks." target="_blank">is described on Wikipedia here.</a> In the segment she dances horribly at a staff party.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">In order to perform the dance as badly as the script called for Juila Louis-Dryfus, who choreographed the dance herself, had to dance with without the music since that distracted her. The music was added later.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">After George watches her spastic dancing George says "sweet fancy Moses."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Less well known is how <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5dogmMj-s0" target="_blank">Jerry told Elaine that she couldn't dance</a>.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5dogmMj-s0" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1184" height="588" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUqEWcFn3XLbyWbc1KIcXEI_c3iK8UH4ak5yzcRfKVaCdGfovmxKqmNIN_rFr7dGC9ukaqLhH4hryKgRA92nj8B_D1u8PWk4u81Ue9gRCTaq5LM-72k3QrtsVYhagPdseSr_nvBpzE8ttJPhXSw-iyMEkJ9Pu8a54HJl1cFS4BId7O3r36du64kkXIA1w/w640-h588/Screenshot%202023-10-03%20at%207.47.55%20AM.png" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Click to watch</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">When she complains to Jerry that the next day she'd lost complete control with her staff who were at the party he has to explain to her that she was a horrible dancer. Kramer tells her that her dancing stinks and leaves the apartment. Then she asks Jerry if she really stinks and with trepidation he tells her that her dancing is beyond stink.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Elaine's reaction (below upper left) was shock, and she exclaims "it was that bad? (below lower right).</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCjncY_78qdIwiNbVCChTeJ8o3RS7oErQvCYrQTSzytXSkq0siF6RCKHczguwfFzVOBeVJGOK3GBptO1f7ndkUglAAvAvPZUo-n7A0_ugPS29o-bdYHjWwq-8mzpThHyFsKiXSOG_hQikgqGP-t1BofD94t95W03gCdOs5Z_Se502Rrt_21OhjT4YJC7g/s1790/Screenshot%202023-10-03%20at%208.25.29%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1406" data-original-width="1790" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCjncY_78qdIwiNbVCChTeJ8o3RS7oErQvCYrQTSzytXSkq0siF6RCKHczguwfFzVOBeVJGOK3GBptO1f7ndkUglAAvAvPZUo-n7A0_ugPS29o-bdYHjWwq-8mzpThHyFsKiXSOG_hQikgqGP-t1BofD94t95W03gCdOs5Z_Se502Rrt_21OhjT4YJC7g/w640-h500/Screenshot%202023-10-03%20at%208.25.29%20AM.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Elaine believed she had all the right moves. When she was told she had anything but the right dance moves she seems to reluctantly accept this and when Jerry leaves to take the garbage out she looks at the camera on a counter so she can view a tape of herself.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8UhvJ_fYQBlKVfFWS4HZSq1N4bc7SigiH-aeiLVVz4Sd5FXOB9ttb8PyQGSgs-6_GiV6rn2oSIsYSnq1FTFGNBpO20V2JkNsfZYDaSxCSaWuZ3vbTvYSmzIzICRCq_qo1pl6x_FfYz7l0E5vp4OCi1UUmOg4HKd2H6oh6t9s8rhEf1JLMOCptLySAzb0/s1286/Screenshot%202023-10-03%20at%208.30.44%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1286" data-original-width="1026" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8UhvJ_fYQBlKVfFWS4HZSq1N4bc7SigiH-aeiLVVz4Sd5FXOB9ttb8PyQGSgs-6_GiV6rn2oSIsYSnq1FTFGNBpO20V2JkNsfZYDaSxCSaWuZ3vbTvYSmzIzICRCq_qo1pl6x_FfYz7l0E5vp4OCi1UUmOg4HKd2H6oh6t9s8rhEf1JLMOCptLySAzb0/w508-h640/Screenshot%202023-10-03%20at%208.30.44%20AM.png" width="508" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">It is unfair to compare Elaine's illusion with Trump's delusion. After all Elaine was willing to consider that Kramer and Jerry were right.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Trump thinks he has all the right moves. He also thinks he can dance:</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXN8xxCxA5s" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1240" data-original-width="1698" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLX5QJ-H2IY6AdhRvLvecYRPVIZNzVxTvJG4RpxSdU_8erOYy25cANFIu0eOh2RYXsv4Vr43Ge3WQC0la6qtFuPutx0zSUMpeww__KZ1Pps2nRSSVQRro7WgAHxfvJ4-b35hxqaOEMbZi0i3Wsc3cmblohAXlHyQdPMHSJMa0NS8bBljZpRTuqcROQZBQ/w640-h468/Screenshot%202023-10-03%20at%208.43.25%20AM.png" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here he is dancing to YMCA</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Read: <a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-ymca-dance-rallies-05da758dfeb2dd9c2ed22ebb88610b24" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27);" target="_blank"><span>Trump the dancer? His moves to ‘YMCA’ at rallies are a hit</span></a></span></i></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">While all the main Seinfeld characters are in various ways narcissistic and they often hurt the feelings of people they associate with, none of them are sociopathic malignant narcissists.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">When it comes to what Trump did in his trial yesterday, it was beyond stink even though the vainglorious egomaniac thought he put on an glorious performance.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">I doubt any of his lawyers, his sons, his daughter, or his wife, have the guts to tell him his actions in court were beyond stink.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Glaring at Letitia James when he walked by her was a bad idea. He could have simply maintained some class and dignity and walked by her. <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-size: 18px;">Eric Trump stopped and shook her hands using both of his hands as he followed his father out of the courtroom (<a href="https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-fraud-trial-new-york-10-02-23/h_43a85564e0b5c9d9665c6c781bffba25" target="_blank">Reference</a>).</span> Blasting the judge outisde the courtroom was downright stupid.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Trump refuses to recognize the power that the judge in this trial or judges in his other trials have over him. His delusional arrogance and ignorance hopefully will come back to bite him bigly if, and hopefully when, a judge holds him in contempt.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Update:</span></p><div data-qa="article-body" data-reader-unique-id="28" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;"><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="29" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="max-width: 100%;"></p></div><blockquote><div data-qa="article-body" data-reader-unique-id="28" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;"><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="29" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="max-width: 100%;">NEW YORK — The judge overseeing a civil trial over alleged business fraud committed by <a data-reader-unique-id="30" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/donald-trump/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Donald Trump</a> and his company issued a gag order in the case Tuesday barring the former president from making public comments about his court staff. </p></div><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div data-qa="article-body" data-reader-unique-id="41" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;"><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="42" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="max-width: 100%;">The decision by Judge Arthur Engoron, announced about a day and a half into the trial, came soon after Trump posted on social media about a staffer for the judge and included a picture of the person.</p><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="42" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="max-width: 100%;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-family: georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20px;">Engoron announced his decision publicly following multiple closed-door sessions with Trump, James and their attorneys. The judge said he had ordered the post deleted, and it appeared to be removed from Trump’s TruthSocial site by Tuesday afternoon. Engoron also said that violating his gag order would lead to “serious sanctions.</span></p><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="42" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="max-width: 100%;"> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/03/trump-civil-fraud-trial-ny/" target="_blank">Washington Post</a></p></div><p></p></blockquote><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130334533138672012.post-63092606449612011932023-10-02T08:41:00.029-07:002023-10-02T15:38:43.174-07:00This was a bad look in today's New York Trump trial, and Matt Gaetz's pomade<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMgVfCKwFbkJTbGB4drEceDLvSOuSfL8PQcPoMJ8FpwXr_g6baabqskriQsvDDk7nnRzEFaEiC6iPqnvsMZxp2x0_XvqqooHWNbHeJlRT8zREDEZHWrMk3UYK5gVQVlSxvf04ePT1kv6VrFPWWlf9SyX5Qem3GjBEpF3Ye1AIL8lOFjShX6zMDY4lCYUw/s788/Screenshot%202023-10-02%20at%208.34.07%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMgVfCKwFbkJTbGB4drEceDLvSOuSfL8PQcPoMJ8FpwXr_g6baabqskriQsvDDk7nnRzEFaEiC6iPqnvsMZxp2x0_XvqqooHWNbHeJlRT8zREDEZHWrMk3UYK5gVQVlSxvf04ePT1kv6VrFPWWlf9SyX5Qem3GjBEpF3Ye1AIL8lOFjShX6zMDY4lCYUw/s16000/Screenshot%202023-10-02%20at%208.34.07%20AM.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOh5AU0XrJ6r8jcr9n6cs3EhWrs0nD7N3EUPxBlUslIZ4QPmWAbIAxeuZyagSrGvfxkplEL5-ZLpwSbMm8VAsOBwVPaiitCSeTSyKrpUETLxE9_lBzdOZGjankatr8qsaHnnBFx6NWmmSkcYYKsk8xIGeiLoPjo1r1bX1ZoOlroXmV6QXIpuP34AVL1iY/s566/Screenshot%202023-10-02%20at%208.45.27%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="566" data-original-width="478" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOh5AU0XrJ6r8jcr9n6cs3EhWrs0nD7N3EUPxBlUslIZ4QPmWAbIAxeuZyagSrGvfxkplEL5-ZLpwSbMm8VAsOBwVPaiitCSeTSyKrpUETLxE9_lBzdOZGjankatr8qsaHnnBFx6NWmmSkcYYKsk8xIGeiLoPjo1r1bX1ZoOlroXmV6QXIpuP34AVL1iY/w540-h640/Screenshot%202023-10-02%20at%208.45.27%20AM.png" width="540" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpWO7yUq08OSAvP66-XPVdYzLLXasIJHVfwV3QL9OeJ53psjUp-3Ces5rG2fOTrDzDDrsU9kTN5LLswRRt77cE0NjuE-1u3Rxda4ATev-cBA-xmM8WUmqdIG4jHZegp46layfrgvzh2NtfcYk3XnkJvzH-KXw3QyV7leVURqts99dtOKDIZ1jl_VUdtyI/s412/Screenshot%202023-10-02%20at%209.49.17%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="412" data-original-width="370" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpWO7yUq08OSAvP66-XPVdYzLLXasIJHVfwV3QL9OeJ53psjUp-3Ces5rG2fOTrDzDDrsU9kTN5LLswRRt77cE0NjuE-1u3Rxda4ATev-cBA-xmM8WUmqdIG4jHZegp46layfrgvzh2NtfcYk3XnkJvzH-KXw3QyV7leVURqts99dtOKDIZ1jl_VUdtyI/w572-h640/Screenshot%202023-10-02%20at%209.49.17%20AM.png" width="572" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>By Hal Brown<div><br /></div><div><i>I try to share an original take on a serious topic on my blog. Occasionally something strikes me as interesting while not particularly earthshaking. Two things in this category stood out this morning.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>This is the video version of a hot mike.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; text-align: start;">A special case of hot mic is the </span><b style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; text-align: start;">microphone gaffe</b><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; text-align: start;">, in which the microphone is actively collecting and transmitting sound gathered near a subject who is unaware that their remarks are being transmitted and recorded, allowing unintended listeners to hear cononversations not meant for public consumption. </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; text-align: start;">Such errors usually involve live broadcasting in radio or television, and sometimes material is recorded and played back via media outlets. Such events can cause embarrassment for the person or organization involved, sometimes resulting in serious confrontations and employment termination. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_mic" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></span></div><p></p><p>Pictured above is a New York State assistant attorney general who was shown as she talked to the lawyer next to her in the brief video the judge allowed prior to beginning the Letitia James Trump fraud trial. She appears to be laughing.</p><p>Everyone else in the room remained more or less motionless and had a serious expression on their face including James who was sitting a few rows back on an aisle seat with her ankles crossed and one hand holding her wrist on her lap, and Trump in the front row on the defense side looking very serious.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPpCuFXQn4-2sxlRyUdJXkp5xfVAtMAjP1xJ1h1nqHMIt91SDDF-YHHcBrsedp15vU-FL1yHjBc8q-DlggBXkr_Unaapz6-VAk0ev8C2Ms_jxoP7OQOeB8ynBOYxjbL64v8gOgtNPVbnRhyphenhyphendLb_hXxTSQiHNH4M7JurFPYzvxroRBdDT3m5ssfhhHxL30/s662/Screenshot%202023-10-02%20at%2011.33.24%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="662" data-original-width="504" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPpCuFXQn4-2sxlRyUdJXkp5xfVAtMAjP1xJ1h1nqHMIt91SDDF-YHHcBrsedp15vU-FL1yHjBc8q-DlggBXkr_Unaapz6-VAk0ev8C2Ms_jxoP7OQOeB8ynBOYxjbL64v8gOgtNPVbnRhyphenhyphendLb_hXxTSQiHNH4M7JurFPYzvxroRBdDT3m5ssfhhHxL30/w488-h640/Screenshot%202023-10-02%20at%2011.33.24%20AM.png" width="488" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvmJmG_P3vRXCwdDcAF0q1bfHqZmY09K7wku98icidvfO8W6KtbU0vhaxcp4hhzt03rm205d_9idLygMFqU-X-iWMM4fEiDkwrapirqxdvPkn1he8DVDO0cmfjmVzS60ELkuWmARBzSS2nzqUv5TcymDZUMBkedyTJd76wdmPoaOy51FkHEqxaevWxewk/s896/Screenshot%202023-10-02%20at%208.34.50%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="896" data-original-width="894" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvmJmG_P3vRXCwdDcAF0q1bfHqZmY09K7wku98icidvfO8W6KtbU0vhaxcp4hhzt03rm205d_9idLygMFqU-X-iWMM4fEiDkwrapirqxdvPkn1he8DVDO0cmfjmVzS60ELkuWmARBzSS2nzqUv5TcymDZUMBkedyTJd76wdmPoaOy51FkHEqxaevWxewk/s16000/Screenshot%202023-10-02%20at%208.34.50%20AM.png" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I don't know who this attorney is. The Office of the NY State Attorney General has over 700 assistant attorney's general. I read that there were a dozen in the courtroom today. I assume that A.G. James picked the best of the best for this kind of case to front row the trial.<div><br /></div><div>It may seem like a small thing but I wish she'd advised the attorneys who would be seen again and again when the judge allowed camera to maintain the utmost of seriousness in their demeanor.</div><div><br /></div><div>I wouldn't be surprised if this lawyer whose name I expect won't be unknown for long (I tried to find her but couldn't) will be given a rather uncomfortable talking to once James see this video clip.</div><div><br /></div><div>My hunch is that she didn't know she was on camera and when she sees it herself she'll be embarrassed.</div><div><br /></div><div>I don't know what struck her as funny since for a time she looked very serious.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN5CqU8IaeWQwt_tJiVFmZQNoS6XzDZorB4-_9khf6J3UDrhNWPw2hO3yHEFhamKeum-xnJhuXJVeM3NQ-k_Wh0y2935b3aZbUYN-i-vFRL4SxSUSZ2Yug4NZ_051fhUYnOPFGdyJfzYB3XzEPZhz8GdbMCTnUZw2yPLYbR4Q81CsZhdjjcFyDTUn775E/s1806/Screenshot%202023-10-02%20at%209.15.00%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="1806" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN5CqU8IaeWQwt_tJiVFmZQNoS6XzDZorB4-_9khf6J3UDrhNWPw2hO3yHEFhamKeum-xnJhuXJVeM3NQ-k_Wh0y2935b3aZbUYN-i-vFRL4SxSUSZ2Yug4NZ_051fhUYnOPFGdyJfzYB3XzEPZhz8GdbMCTnUZw2yPLYbR4Q81CsZhdjjcFyDTUn775E/w640-h436/Screenshot%202023-10-02%20at%209.15.00%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></div>While we'll probably never know my hunch is that Letitia James will find out.<div><br /></div><div>While on the subject of appearances on television, someone should tell Matt Gaetz that the pomade he uses on his hair looks terrible. For someone who loves to be in the spotlight he ouught to know that the spotlight makes him look like </div><div><br /></div><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgytwSrCSWVR0JgejEyJh7B6iGnE16UgjF-5vmfYw8XoFmCX_CEY8ZNCy-Z_ZOetFlM5zAGuVLLtFFhqmYAVoxeHxgRS0SDbV08gnkXM5HqOJh9BGsQDDFN_NhOLo81AcqkM_rdPJAxGmF3JZuFEQ8kC_AzBHWplicYaxr-jmSdUQ5GTKpog4N2gsC9bfY/s948/Screenshot%202023-10-02%20at%209.29.25%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="948" data-original-width="892" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgytwSrCSWVR0JgejEyJh7B6iGnE16UgjF-5vmfYw8XoFmCX_CEY8ZNCy-Z_ZOetFlM5zAGuVLLtFFhqmYAVoxeHxgRS0SDbV08gnkXM5HqOJh9BGsQDDFN_NhOLo81AcqkM_rdPJAxGmF3JZuFEQ8kC_AzBHWplicYaxr-jmSdUQ5GTKpog4N2gsC9bfY/w602-h640/Screenshot%202023-10-02%20at%209.29.25%20AM.png" width="602" /></a></div><br /></div><div>For someone who loves to be in the spotlight he ouught to know that the spotlight makes him look worse than the original greaser on a bad hair day:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-uBED-Gy88UkkEcIppyDWhJWN7SdjE2Ds0gcgrEsKQoEkMaTwCqadG5Y6EbTneAQfGVXTwvF1tr3fwbXfOKeJRIRqFFzmDdPmbzf7lHvOoG2DCEhZilbcMfmpzV-NAGb-UJ0f5l555KBM46kuNXd73CRzJgh756a3sF1677Ug9nEoxIq4pqQlq1jwbl8/s666/Screenshot%202023-10-02%20at%209.24.19%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="578" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-uBED-Gy88UkkEcIppyDWhJWN7SdjE2Ds0gcgrEsKQoEkMaTwCqadG5Y6EbTneAQfGVXTwvF1tr3fwbXfOKeJRIRqFFzmDdPmbzf7lHvOoG2DCEhZilbcMfmpzV-NAGb-UJ0f5l555KBM46kuNXd73CRzJgh756a3sF1677Ug9nEoxIq4pqQlq1jwbl8/w556-h640/Screenshot%202023-10-02%20at%209.24.19%20AM.png" width="556" /></a></div><br /><div>Only in his dreams could Gaetz be as cool as The Fonz.<br /><div><br /><p><br /></p></div></div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130334533138672012.post-50069066885019741692023-10-01T10:58:00.025-07:002023-10-02T07:09:26.542-07:00The best choice to temporarily fill Diane Feinstein's seat may be UCLA Professor Lorrie Frasure (he didn'<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhECc3oF-umXvZEL0og86iHug8xUSH0DbKbgFId8Fdn7tixb5nGlkwMg0AMW0Ub5wB4Qk0K52eetzwyVBLLzrEKnX563-klYJBr9S5LSWZ4sxyeg31rTd0ixyioTC2Li0hWJX_LY9_zMzKPyKtrRpx0202vrwcS6fbzmR89M_SPDie_8WFvKdcwV_NdU_0/s1140/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%2011.30.58%20AM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1140" data-original-width="916" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhECc3oF-umXvZEL0og86iHug8xUSH0DbKbgFId8Fdn7tixb5nGlkwMg0AMW0Ub5wB4Qk0K52eetzwyVBLLzrEKnX563-klYJBr9S5LSWZ4sxyeg31rTd0ixyioTC2Li0hWJX_LY9_zMzKPyKtrRpx0202vrwcS6fbzmR89M_SPDie_8WFvKdcwV_NdU_0/s16000/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%2011.30.58%20AM.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/newsom-dianne-feinstein-replacement-laphonza-butler_n_65171514e4b0acbe63fa8723" target="_blank">Update: I thought this suggestion was a good idea. I wasn't familiar with the Black woman, Laphonza Butler, he did appoint (read article). She seems like an excellent choice too,</a> although I think Frasure was more qualified. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I expect there will be some attention paid to the new California sneator being a lesbian where she will join Sen. Tammy Baldwin (W) as the second openly lesbian senator.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laphonza_Butler " target="_blank">Here's up up-to-date Wiki profile.</a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhelvMNW5wFTQgIQAyzbCrYQM4fBAX9MAB1m3v3MlMMj3tqM_SFFTWdJ6p_cTDlRaVig0D4FxB2BecnnNwN1lW3gPcbw1bFAeWI_MzhkKgscJ0WWHwAnyW43bJxwJgJF5DkIEafRp1Tjc5rbvasd-tnUgyOlHQ3Y71baxSlWNG5WS5S647SPMsMaSTDKpo/s974/Screenshot%202023-10-02%20at%206.59.24%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="974" data-original-width="780" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhelvMNW5wFTQgIQAyzbCrYQM4fBAX9MAB1m3v3MlMMj3tqM_SFFTWdJ6p_cTDlRaVig0D4FxB2BecnnNwN1lW3gPcbw1bFAeWI_MzhkKgscJ0WWHwAnyW43bJxwJgJF5DkIEafRp1Tjc5rbvasd-tnUgyOlHQ3Y71baxSlWNG5WS5S647SPMsMaSTDKpo/w512-h640/Screenshot%202023-10-02%20at%206.59.24%20AM.png" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p><p>By Hal Brown</p><p>With talk of celebrities from <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/gov-newsom-reportedly-floated-oprah-235539993.html" target="_blank">Ophra Winfrey (article)</a> who in May said though a spokesperson she wouldn't consider it to <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/meghan-markle-2665775347/" target="_blank">Megan Markel (article) </a>being apponted to be the Black female placeholder for Diane Feinstein's Senate seat I want to suggest that Gavin Newsom might find the least controversial and most qualitifed woman to fill the seat who won't want to run against the current field is an esteemed political science university professor.</p><p>There may be others but I found one who seems to be an outstanding choice.</p><p>She is Lorrie Frasure. <a href="https://polisci.ucla.edu/person/lorrie-frasure/" target="_blank">Here's her UCLA biography.</a></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #484848; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 11px;"></p><blockquote><p style="background-color: white; color: #484848; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 11px;">Dr. Lorrie Frasure is the inaugural Ralph J. Bunche Endowed Chair at the University of California-Los Angeles. She is a Professor of Political Science and African American Studies. From 2019-2022 she served as Vice Chair for Graduate Studies in the Department of Political Science at UCLA. She also served as the Acting Director of the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA from 2019-2020.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #484848; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 11px;">Her research interests include racial/ethnic political behavior, African American politics, women and politics, immigrant political incorporation, and state and local politics. In 2015, she became the first African American female and the first woman of color to earn tenure and promotion in the Political Science Department at UCLA. Her book, <span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><i>Racial and Ethnic Politics in American Suburbs</i></span> (Cambridge University Press) is the 2016 winner of two national book awards by the American Political Science Association (APSA), including the Best Book about Race Relations in the United States from the Race, Ethnicity and Politics (REP) Section, and the Dennis Judd Best Book Award in Urban and Local Politics. She examines international and domestic migration to American suburbs and the responsiveness of state and local institutions to the political and policy concerns of immigrant and ethnic minority groups.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #484848; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 11px;">Since 2008, she has served as co-Principal Investigator of the <a href="https://cmpsurvey.org/"><span style="color: #d7000b;">Collaborative Multiracial Post-Election Survey (CMPS)</span></a> the first multiracial/ethnic, multilingual post-election study of political preferences and behavior among registered voters in a presidential election. In 2016, the CMPS brought together a consortium of over 80 scholars, across 55 universities/colleges to create the first national, cooperative, 100% user content driven, post-election survey of adult voters or non-voters in a presidential election. With over 350 electoral, civic and policy-related survey questions, the CMPS queried more than 10,000 people in five languages — English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese. The most recent 2020 CMPS brought together over 200 scholars from nearly 100 universities/colleges to develop the survey, which contains over 800 unique questions. The <a href="https://cmpsurvey.org/2020-survey/"><span style="color: #d7000b;">2020 CMPS</span></a> was offered in English, Spanish, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Korean, Vietnamese, Arabic, Urdu, Farsi and Haitian Creole. The survey dataset includes nearly 15,000 Black, White, Latino and Asian respondents as well as oversamples of nearly 5,000 respondents from hard-to-reach populations including, Afro-Latinos, Black immigrants, Native Americans, Native Hawaiians, Muslims and people who identify as LGBTQ. The 2020 CMPS also include a sample of 16- and 17-year old youth. Through its inclusive model of resource-sharing, workshops, research and publication opportunities, the CMPS has changed the way data is collected and shared between an interdisciplinary group of researchers, and collaboratively builds a diverse and dynamic academic pipeline of scholars in the social sciences and related fields.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #484848; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 11px;">Professor Frasure’s research projects and initiatives have received grant support from numerous funders, including over $1.2 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF), as well as a multi-year research grant from the American Political Science Association’s (APSA) Centennial Center. She is the recipient of several local and national awards including the Ford Foundation Dissertation and Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards from the National Research Council of the National Academies, and the Clarence Stone Young Scholars Award of the American Political Science Association’s Urban Politics Section.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #484848; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 11px;">In 2018, she was awarded the Distinguished Teaching Award for Senate Faculty, with a special “Distinction in Teaching at the Graduate Level.” Preceded by only 8 awardees, she is the first woman and the first person of color in the history of the Political Science Department to have earned UCLA’s highest campus-wide teaching recognition (since developed in 1961).</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #484848; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 11px;">Professor Frasure was featured in the <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-faculty-mentors-can-help-first-generation-students-succeed#transcript"><span style="color: #d7000b;">PBS Newshour</span></a> “Rethinking College” segment highlighting her teaching and mentorship with First Generation College Students at UCLA. Frasure was also featured in the <a href="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/ucla-faculty-who-were-first-generation-college-grads-aim-to-encourage-inspire"><span style="color: #d7000b;">UCLA First-Generation Faculty Initiative</span></a>, to encourage and inspire first-generation college students. She was awarded the University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy–Rising Star Alumni Award, for “extraordinary work addressing racial and ethnic politics in America.”</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #484848; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 11px;">She received her Ph.D. and MA in Political Science from the University of Maryland-College Park, a Master in Public Policy (MPP) from the University of Chicago, and a BA in Political Science from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Prior to joining the faculty of UCLA, she was a Postdoctoral Associate and Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Government at Cornell University.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #484848; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 11px;">She is a proud first-generation college graduate, born and raised on the Southside of Chicago.</p></blockquote><p style="background-color: white; color: #484848; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 11px;"></p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorrie-frasure-15b18ab4/" target="_blank"> Here's her Linked In profile.</a></p><p>California is home to some of the top American political science programs (UCLA at 12 trails UC Berkeley at 4 and UC San Diego at 8). I am sure there are other Black female professors with similar stature so if Newsom doesn't chose Prof. Frasure he may decide on another one.</p><p>I didnt have the time or inclination to look through the faculty lists of all the university poltical science departments in California. I did scan through Berkely <a href="https://polisci.berkeley.edu/people/faculty" target="_blank">(here)</a> and none caught my attention because they appeared to be Black since, for example <a href="https://polisci.berkeley.edu/people/person/marika-landau-wells" target="_blank">Marika Landau Wells</a> is only an assistant teaching professor. I couldn't find a Black female in the <a href="https://ps.ucdavis.edu/people/faculty" target="_blank">poltical science department of UC Davis.</a> The<a href="https://politicalscience.stanford.edu/people/faculty" target="_blank"> top political science department in the country is Stanford</a> but the only Black woman there is Condoleeza Rice. I doubt she'd caucus with Senate Democrats.</p><p>If Newsom does appointment a political science professor I will claim my bragging right s for predicting this.</p><p>Recent blogs:</p><div class="gNK4lf" jsname="r12Ztd" style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; position: relative; text-align: center;"><div class="LgQiCc vOSR6b oqIa7e" data-disabled="" jsaction="dyRcpb:dyRcpb;mTYWXd:vzWA1d" jscontroller="QeBYfc" jsshadow="" style="background-color: white; border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(207, 216, 220); box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: 0px 0px 8px; overflow: visible; padding: 16px; position: relative; text-align: start; transition-delay: 0ms, 100ms, 0ms, 0ms, 0ms; transition-duration: 200ms, 100ms, 100ms, 150ms, 200ms; transition-property: transform, margin, padding, height, opacity, transform; 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border: medium; flex-shrink: 0; height: 64px; object-fit: cover; width: 72px;" /></div><div class="VSOPnd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex: 1 1 0%; min-width: 0px; padding-left: 16px; width: calc(100% - 72px);"><div class="Bv5FY" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; height: 32px;"><div class="hqBifb" style="align-self: center; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><div class="wCHCXe" jsname="d2wxvf" style="cursor: pointer; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;"><span class="UHwcef" style="color: #37474f; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px;">The best choice to temporarily fill Diane Feinstein's seat may be UCLA Professor Lorrie Frasure</span></div></div><div class="rC7DWe" style="align-self: center; z-index: 2;"></div><div class="z0QKhe" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="GLDMfb UHwcef" data-author="Hal Brown" jsname="YKQn2" style="align-self: center; 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border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(207, 216, 220); box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: 0px 0px 8px; overflow: visible; padding: 16px; position: relative; text-align: start; transition-delay: 0ms, 100ms, 0ms, 0ms, 0ms; transition-duration: 200ms, 100ms, 100ms, 150ms, 200ms; transition-property: transform, margin, padding, height, opacity, transform; vertical-align: top; width: 992px;"><span jsslot=""><div class="yGrhUb" jsaction="G8WBad:emf4lc;JgCTQd:MA9ffd;aWRkAb:T6My7c;rcuQ6b:WYd;JIbuQc:DqZcXc(aOAVnd),FN6PZb(nUV0Pd),RgZmSc(vdQQuc),dkUfm(ohAaQc),Q2zPs(K5fbyf),T5bbwb(T5bbwb); click:WB9jdf(mU6ose);" jscontroller="MYxzhc" jsdata="ke6cAf;3934702626902579090,6130334533138672012,1;7" jsmodel="W9qexb" role="listitem" style="align-items: center; display: flex;"><div class="rb4Lrd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 1 1 auto; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 36px);"><div class="jn15V" style="display: flex;"><img aria-label="Post image thumbnail" class="DMO9ie sRb2Nc" data-atf="true" data-iml="1425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3rLe4jFt-YYu4mgV2wfo11Hu3zb2YqCI8g6VQ9yTz9m_6b8IEr5ZtLe8t11ne4WlZ939FDFnLalkPdi_BRfm0J5A4WmqBpXauqFWBOmBoRkZCaWE-bhEqAQfm7XgQNPT5vgm80T3wRT2IP2uUHB8SaSYt00_frpIV3AGE-pjQJ0Z-AAq9x5op7wFt3JY/s55-c/Screenshot%202023-09-29%20at%2010.40.58%20AM.png" style="border-radius: 4px; border: medium; flex-shrink: 0; height: 64px; object-fit: cover; width: 72px;" /></div><div class="VSOPnd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex: 1 1 0%; min-width: 0px; padding-left: 16px; width: calc(100% - 72px);"><div class="Bv5FY" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; height: 32px;"><div class="hqBifb" style="align-self: center; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><div class="wCHCXe" jsname="d2wxvf" style="cursor: pointer; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;"><span class="UHwcef" style="color: #37474f; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px;">Milley, Miley, and Taylor too: Where pop culture and politics intersect: - Convincing people that MAGA is deadly for democracy</span></div></div><div class="rC7DWe" style="align-self: center; z-index: 2;"></div><div class="z0QKhe" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="GLDMfb UHwcef" data-author="Hal Brown" jsname="YKQn2" style="align-self: center; color: #37474f; cursor: pointer; flex: 1 1 auto; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px; overflow: hidden; padding-right: 4px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 150px; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown</div><div class="qlgjDe" style="align-self: center; flex: 1 1 auto; height: 24px; padding: 0px; width: 24px;"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Hal Brown" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/17636022253580117963" style="color: #2962ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Hal Brown" class="odLeEc" data-atf="true" data-iml="1425" height="20" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifL8W6RKGC3sDBq7FfJ6MYHfehcbl1qU_pvYr1szmPiGi6JDF80e5GdCBza44MmBXMMOOLu2c1kLhom7-tLBRcKJooOIjM6f_OEom9gMtNAKhJ2aBJ4iigOmjvVyCxvMQ/s56-c/hal-newest.jpg" style="border-radius: 50%; border: medium; height: 24px; width: 24px;" width="20" /></a></span></span></span></div></div></div><div class="IyONgb Gmt5e" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52); 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border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Democracy</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Gen. 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color: #37474f; cursor: pointer; flex: 1 1 auto; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px; overflow: hidden; padding-right: 4px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 150px; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown</div><div class="qlgjDe" style="align-self: center; flex: 1 1 auto; height: 24px; padding: 0px; width: 24px;"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Hal Brown" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/17636022253580117963" style="color: #2962ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Hal Brown" class="odLeEc" data-atf="true" data-iml="1425" height="20" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifL8W6RKGC3sDBq7FfJ6MYHfehcbl1qU_pvYr1szmPiGi6JDF80e5GdCBza44MmBXMMOOLu2c1kLhom7-tLBRcKJooOIjM6f_OEom9gMtNAKhJ2aBJ4iigOmjvVyCxvMQ/s56-c/hal-newest.jpg" style="border-radius: 50%; border: medium; height: 24px; width: 24px;" width="20" /></a></span></span></span></div></div></div><div class="IyONgb Gmt5e" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52); display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; font-size: 12px; height: 32px;"><div class="ngYWic" style="align-self: center; flex: 0 0 auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="BNWFs" style="display: flex;"><div class="gRzh8c NY7gZe" jsname="Zb8fBd" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; margin-right: 4px;">Published</div><span class="zmn4M"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Sep 26, 2023, 8:26 AM, Published Date" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span class="NY7gZe" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="wPZNb">• </span>Sep 26</span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="Q0PqBe" jsname="tnsKH" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 1 1 auto; overflow: hidden;"><span class="uZsIBe" style="display: inline-flex; flex: 0 0 auto; margin-left: 12px; margin-right: 12px; z-index: 2;"><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="2024" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">2024</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Chris Christi" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Chris Christi</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="GOP" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">GOP</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Hal Brown blog" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown blog</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="MAGA" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">MAGA</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Trump malignant narcissism" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Trump malignant narcissism</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="malignant narcissism" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">malignant narcissism</span></span></div><div class="HLjbIb" style="margin-right: 12px; z-index: 2;"><div class="Dffgkb" jsname="K5fbyf"></div></div><div class="WNsYxb" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="jLK47" style="display: flex; z-index: 2;"><span class="KFLXgf NY7gZe" jsname="aUc34b" style="color: #546e7a; 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border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(207, 216, 220); box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: 0px 0px 8px; overflow: visible; padding: 16px; position: relative; text-align: start; transition-delay: 0ms, 100ms, 0ms, 0ms, 0ms; transition-duration: 200ms, 100ms, 100ms, 150ms, 200ms; transition-property: transform, margin, padding, height, opacity, transform; vertical-align: top; width: 992px;"><span jsslot=""><div class="yGrhUb" jsaction="G8WBad:emf4lc;JgCTQd:MA9ffd;aWRkAb:T6My7c;rcuQ6b:WYd;JIbuQc:DqZcXc(aOAVnd),FN6PZb(nUV0Pd),RgZmSc(vdQQuc),dkUfm(ohAaQc),Q2zPs(K5fbyf),T5bbwb(T5bbwb); click:WB9jdf(mU6ose);" jscontroller="MYxzhc" jsdata="ke6cAf;2130709222006945958,6130334533138672012,1;11" jsmodel="W9qexb" role="listitem" style="align-items: center; display: flex;"><div class="rb4Lrd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 1 1 auto; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 36px);"><div class="jn15V" style="display: flex;"><img aria-label="Post image thumbnail" class="DMO9ie sRb2Nc" data-atf="true" data-iml="1425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs9HIss5mKWAqyrprqln1FKpRweXlo-S5cJWrUL03OyWDqzF-_alzdzUKS9f78NKtCv7ipp2TGPDo_S53aKhl1vMV6lsX2PW7jF4JdcvyBYI5C1L0NzHlXI9wnY9hqP4HMvXeCKf1GnZIONJMwcxiX941R--EDll96uUxTPrRXya2uPyVmt4R72und0yg/s55-c/Screenshot%202023-09-25%20at%206.33.04%20AM.png" style="border-radius: 4px; 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color: #37474f; cursor: pointer; flex: 1 1 auto; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px; overflow: hidden; padding-right: 4px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 150px; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown</div><div class="qlgjDe" style="align-self: center; flex: 1 1 auto; height: 24px; padding: 0px; width: 24px;"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Hal Brown" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/17636022253580117963" style="color: #2962ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Hal Brown" class="odLeEc" data-atf="true" data-iml="1425" height="20" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifL8W6RKGC3sDBq7FfJ6MYHfehcbl1qU_pvYr1szmPiGi6JDF80e5GdCBza44MmBXMMOOLu2c1kLhom7-tLBRcKJooOIjM6f_OEom9gMtNAKhJ2aBJ4iigOmjvVyCxvMQ/s56-c/hal-newest.jpg" style="border-radius: 50%; border: medium; height: 24px; width: 24px;" width="20" /></a></span></span></span></div></div></div><div class="IyONgb Gmt5e" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52); 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/1QNopXwH0f4" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1184" data-original-width="2272" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyWn7EE2FlPiZNDbPlLpxf2KPyvrb6zs2W805kCk-ujAZ1oH__y5E7djjioHOgp93YYREbyreJxfpJYJdhRI0AZVTj3CyvXh2GTYHg_uhb7o5tWN67FsEIQk-s4fNExO1sONCrQseM88SNBRck9eWraKic9Fu93omxtVDTCX5YxZXKmOmHJJyjvQuXMQA/w640-h332/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%205.30.23%20AM.png" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Click to view above commercial</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://www.ispot.tv/brands/11d/shingrix" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You can view more Shingrix commericals here.</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">By Hal Brown</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><i><span style="color: #800180; font-size: x-small;">Authors note: I dropped out of college at the start of my junior year where I was a psychology major and lived in New York City for two years. I thought I could put my knoweldge of psychology to good use working for an advertising to good use and make tons of money if I got a job with an ad agency. I'd heard a few people made it from a mailroom job to becoming a hotshot ad executive so I applied for one. I didn't get it.</span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>A TV commercial for the heavily advertised shingles vaccine Shingrix came on just after I heard a news story about Trump on MSNBC. This is when I got the idea for my Sunday blog. </span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">These ads may be played less frequently on Fox News considering how many anti-vaxxers watch that station as often as it is on MSNBC. I could be wrong since the anti-vaccination movement was mounted against the Covid vaccine and people who are against that vaccine for poltical reasons may have no problems with other vaccines.</span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">From what I can tell the same actor narrates all of the commercials. He has a great authorative voice but his tag line "Shingles does care" is used though each commercial to a persuasive effect. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The theme of each commercial is the same, telling viewers that no matter what they do thinking it will help them avoid shingles, shingles doesn't care.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDhAjPnxT22ODlujWaOnImuCjx06azsSvbffdEUq5tOXBIdkN7Rz5lLteHlLzioSrYhk2pLvbZpBdowJIww_nYvTF0ppEfWW2VkHaebfzzNBUShRZciFzajnX1r-c8goU1O72dKAqwn67cGO1GD_rM1HIo95rZhtqcErrIbl1o-S7Zh5_v4O2uRuT1gnU/s1446/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%205.42.22%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1422" data-original-width="1446" height="628" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDhAjPnxT22ODlujWaOnImuCjx06azsSvbffdEUq5tOXBIdkN7Rz5lLteHlLzioSrYhk2pLvbZpBdowJIww_nYvTF0ppEfWW2VkHaebfzzNBUShRZciFzajnX1r-c8goU1O72dKAqwn67cGO1GD_rM1HIo95rZhtqcErrIbl1o-S7Zh5_v4O2uRuT1gnU/w640-h628/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%205.42.22%20AM.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">No matter whether a viewer has seen the commercial before or not, the man has a fantastic voice for warning about the dire consequences of a disease. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhADp4VF1WqWC4iUWQLNBTr93LvRyLKero3hlE72BbiRHl-UG_y-BPy9WnGJm0GN3N-QyHhOVFgZZ35njLsUKobELg_9kcIplBz7OnQjEHJeQh9oT8fy7j-Wst1yPGnkahvuPNlkbKR7wHTQB58apCoeIiMm2I9HS3TQsrMBlCX00WzRgSgmpZEi-njdXw/s662/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%208.03.45%20AM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="662" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhADp4VF1WqWC4iUWQLNBTr93LvRyLKero3hlE72BbiRHl-UG_y-BPy9WnGJm0GN3N-QyHhOVFgZZ35njLsUKobELg_9kcIplBz7OnQjEHJeQh9oT8fy7j-Wst1yPGnkahvuPNlkbKR7wHTQB58apCoeIiMm2I9HS3TQsrMBlCX00WzRgSgmpZEi-njdXw/w290-h320/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%208.03.45%20AM.png" width="290" /></a></div>Since he may be under contract to do these commercials he probably won't be able to do other voice-over commercials, and I doubt the DNC could pay his as much as he now gets, but finding an actor like, an unknown or a famous one like Sam Elliott (left) with a similar powerful baritone voice shouldn't be diffcult. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnL0meg2ybc&t=27s" target="_blank">Watch Sam Elliott talk about his voice to Steven Colbert here</a>. The actor with the famous voice has already been featured in a Joe Biden ad aired during the MLB World Series which went viral.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2Xufahbaq4" target="_blank"> You can watch the one minute ad here.</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">I envision the depiction of problems in ordinary people's lives followed by tag line "Trump doesn't care" which would be used in each commercial that would have the most impact. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">It would be the most effective for those familiar with the Shingrix commercials. Those in the over 50 age group are more likely to have seen them since they probably are aired on shows with large audiences in that demographic. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div>One part of the commercials could also deal with Covid and how Trump's not caring cost tens of thousands of lives and so much suffering. That would key right in with the disease idea.</div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Even for those who haven't seen the Shingrix ads the idea that you have been dealing with a major life problem and Trump doesn't care is the message that President Biden has to get across if he runs against him. If DeSantis is the candidate the same approach could be used, and with other GOP wannabe candidates it should be effective to varying degrees. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div>The thrust of these commericals is a timeworn technique. Since the beginning of poltical advertising competing candidates have tried to convince voters they care more about them than their opponent does. By getting enough votes in the Electoral College this is how Trump won. </div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The end of the each commercial would feature a photo of Trump like this:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqUU6Nzz81QhmF_yGmyNvI3C7YONkfZ-HO1i53V7e4_C8TZ7yxM_XXTxCeYJpEPsG4IAv67U27gqP3LrvbTL6cDrryDNQbbw6ypFxdZEWck_pFdz6zRpYTpOSbZE_sjQuzRkzvTwlTdoN9QK227hvPLm3_dFfrccgiqP4gwpVvV1DdvOrhQ0nGd_Ot4iw/s1312/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%206.42.30%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="958" data-original-width="1312" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqUU6Nzz81QhmF_yGmyNvI3C7YONkfZ-HO1i53V7e4_C8TZ7yxM_XXTxCeYJpEPsG4IAv67U27gqP3LrvbTL6cDrryDNQbbw6ypFxdZEWck_pFdz6zRpYTpOSbZE_sjQuzRkzvTwlTdoN9QK227hvPLm3_dFfrccgiqP4gwpVvV1DdvOrhQ0nGd_Ot4iw/w640-h468/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%206.42.30%20AM.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">It would be followed by a photo of Joe Biden like this:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAMR0AmQLyuDiavJO7RXOtA5Rka-Ty6GdBZH4bwXZqdKUc71Y6b5AxzwzsxjNjC3KpyKNjyYhE76oBVhSn6ZcZnkw1Cnohm1zgQ2fQsOdEnZIqqHNyeCi5q0OyDFnwiQq2IL-ch0EUpMxV6mFCF_xY05hXc4l5-_Zfgge962f0nYYvsC90gJD4AR8jf7g/s1174/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%206.46.11%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1174" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAMR0AmQLyuDiavJO7RXOtA5Rka-Ty6GdBZH4bwXZqdKUc71Y6b5AxzwzsxjNjC3KpyKNjyYhE76oBVhSn6ZcZnkw1Cnohm1zgQ2fQsOdEnZIqqHNyeCi5q0OyDFnwiQq2IL-ch0EUpMxV6mFCF_xY05hXc4l5-_Zfgge962f0nYYvsC90gJD4AR8jf7g/w640-h504/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%206.46.11%20AM.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Addendum:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">This is what <a href="https://www.womenshealthmag.com/health/a19936091/shingles-risk/" target="_blank">an article in Women's Health</a> says about both the commercial and the disease (my bold):</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 19px;"></p><blockquote><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sometimes TV commercials, like the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0AoauuOY2w">one with the Shock Top mascot who talks</a>, are really funny. Sometimes they make you tear up (even Sarah McLachlan<i> </i>probably cries when her SPCA ad comes on). <b>And sometimes they're just plain gross. Anyone seen that shingles commercial running all over cable lately? Cuz it's pretty impossible to ignore.</b></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So what <i>is</i> shingles? The quick and dirty is that it’s a <a href="https://www.womenshealthmag.com/health/a19916734/butt-rashes/">painful rash</a> that pops up when the varicella zoster virus—the cause of <a href="https://www.womenshealthmag.com/health/a19951330/childhood-diseases-chicken-pox/">chicken pox</a>—reactivates in your body, says Sam Altstein, doctor of osteopathy, an assistant professor of family medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates about 10 to 20 percent of us will develop it at some point in our lives. <i>Great</i>.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you’re infected, small red bumps appear all over a specific part of one side of your body. And these can transform into blisters, which eventually dry up into scabs, he says. The rash hurts, too—compare the pain to that of a <a href="https://www.womenshealthmag.com/beauty/a19902329/you-have-a-sunburn-now-what/">sunburn</a>, says Altstein.</span></p></blockquote><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 19px;"></p></div><div><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you're reading this you don't want to get shingles and you don't want to get Donald Trump as the next president of the United States.</span></p><p>Recent blogs:</p><div class="gNK4lf" jsname="r12Ztd" style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; 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text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><div class="wCHCXe" jsname="d2wxvf" style="cursor: pointer; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;"><span class="UHwcef" style="color: #37474f; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px;">The best choice to temporarily fill Diane Feinstein's seat may be UCLA Professor Lorrie Frasure</span></div></div><div class="rC7DWe" style="align-self: center; z-index: 2;"></div><div class="z0QKhe" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="GLDMfb UHwcef" data-author="Hal Brown" jsname="YKQn2" style="align-self: center; color: #37474f; cursor: pointer; flex: 1 1 auto; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px; overflow: hidden; padding-right: 4px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 150px; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown</div><div class="qlgjDe" style="align-self: center; flex: 1 1 auto; height: 24px; padding: 0px; width: 24px;"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Hal Brown" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/17636022253580117963" style="color: #2962ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Hal Brown" class="odLeEc" data-atf="true" data-iml="1425" height="20" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifL8W6RKGC3sDBq7FfJ6MYHfehcbl1qU_pvYr1szmPiGi6JDF80e5GdCBza44MmBXMMOOLu2c1kLhom7-tLBRcKJooOIjM6f_OEom9gMtNAKhJ2aBJ4iigOmjvVyCxvMQ/s56-c/hal-newest.jpg" style="border-radius: 50%; border: medium; height: 24px; width: 24px;" width="20" /></a></span></span></span></div></div></div><div class="IyONgb Gmt5e" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52); display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; font-size: 12px; height: 32px;"><div class="ngYWic" style="align-self: center; flex: 0 0 auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="BNWFs" style="display: flex;"><div class="gRzh8c NY7gZe" jsname="Zb8fBd" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; margin-right: 4px;">Published</div><span class="zmn4M"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Oct 1, 2023, 10:58 AM, Published Date" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span class="NY7gZe" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="wPZNb">• </span>Oct 1</span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="Q0PqBe" jsname="tnsKH" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 1 1 auto; overflow: hidden;"><span class="uZsIBe" style="display: inline-flex; flex: 0 0 auto; margin-left: 12px; margin-right: 12px; z-index: 2;"><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Diane Feinstein" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Diane Feinstein</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Hal Brown blog" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown blog</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Lorrie Frasure" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Lorrie Frasure</span></span></div><div class="HLjbIb" style="margin-right: 12px; z-index: 2;"><div class="Dffgkb" jsname="K5fbyf"></div></div><div class="WNsYxb" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="jLK47" style="display: flex; z-index: 2;"><span class="KFLXgf NY7gZe" jsname="aUc34b" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; padding-right: 4px;">0</span><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Comment Count" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="DPvwYc JB36v" jsname="K9WFBc" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #90a4ae; direction: ltr; display: inline-block; font-family: "Material Icons Extended"; font-feature-settings: "liga"; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; overflow-wrap: normal; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></span></span></span></span></div><div class="VkCe5" style="display: flex; padding-left: 16px; z-index: 2;"><a class="tUIYCc" href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/posts/blog/statspost/all_time/6130334533138672012/5006906688501974169" style="display: flex; text-decoration: none;"><span class="dYZApe NY7gZe" jsname="dVrYmd" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; padding-right: 4px;">1</span><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="View Count" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="DPvwYc rtpUCe JB36v" jsname="iZbhQd" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #90a4ae; direction: ltr; display: inline-block; font-family: "Material Icons Extended"; font-feature-settings: "liga"; font-size: 18px; line-height: 20px; overflow-wrap: normal; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></span></span></span></span></a></div></div><div class="iTjaCd" style="align-self: center; flex: 0 0 auto;"></div></div></div><a class="azat BJi0D" href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/posts/blog/post/edit/6130334533138672012/5006906688501974169" jsaction="click:hopFEe" style="color: #2962ff; cursor: pointer; inset: 0px; position: absolute; text-decoration: none; z-index: 1;"></a></div></div></span></div></div><div class="gNK4lf" jsname="r12Ztd" style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; position: relative; text-align: center;"><div class="LgQiCc vOSR6b oqIa7e" data-disabled="" jsaction="dyRcpb:dyRcpb;mTYWXd:vzWA1d" jscontroller="QeBYfc" jsshadow="" style="background-color: white; border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(207, 216, 220); box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: 0px 0px 8px; overflow: visible; padding: 16px; position: relative; text-align: start; transition-delay: 0ms, 100ms, 0ms, 0ms, 0ms; transition-duration: 200ms, 100ms, 100ms, 150ms, 200ms; transition-property: transform, margin, padding, height, opacity, transform; vertical-align: top; width: 992px;"><span jsslot=""><div class="yGrhUb" jsaction="G8WBad:emf4lc;JgCTQd:MA9ffd;aWRkAb:T6My7c;rcuQ6b:WYd;JIbuQc:DqZcXc(aOAVnd),FN6PZb(nUV0Pd),RgZmSc(vdQQuc),dkUfm(ohAaQc),Q2zPs(K5fbyf),T5bbwb(T5bbwb); click:WB9jdf(mU6ose);" jscontroller="MYxzhc" jsdata="ke6cAf;2745091656813803247,6130334533138672012,1;5" jsmodel="W9qexb" role="listitem" style="align-items: center; display: flex;"><div class="rb4Lrd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 1 1 auto; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 36px);"><div class="jn15V" style="display: flex;"><img aria-label="Post image thumbnail" class="DMO9ie sRb2Nc" data-atf="true" data-iml="1425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnwmIMXgCtl14b72DmZ9DvsM701zZaxRN-Yu0mEuO09aFqak6VKJwOaLC9DyYNBmCd1DNK2gXARYpNkIVce88Yif47GjdDwmjOwbunPO1cmL8nAMVgA4YtIeg2byIJPmVPuBg2T6JqB67dK3kbSiVU1nm11-e047VtYCCjJw60jdU0g_GqKmr0OL2nmZY/s55-c/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%207.57.06%20AM.png" style="border-radius: 4px; border: medium; flex-shrink: 0; height: 64px; object-fit: cover; width: 72px;" /></div><div class="VSOPnd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex: 1 1 0%; min-width: 0px; padding-left: 16px; width: calc(100% - 72px);"><div class="Bv5FY" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; height: 32px;"><div class="hqBifb" style="align-self: center; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><div class="wCHCXe" jsname="d2wxvf" style="cursor: pointer; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;"><span class="UHwcef" style="color: #37474f; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px;">Use the "SHINGLES DOESN'T CARE" model for Biden commercials</span></div></div><div class="rC7DWe" style="align-self: center; z-index: 2;"></div><div class="z0QKhe" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="GLDMfb UHwcef" data-author="Hal Brown" jsname="YKQn2" style="align-self: center; color: #37474f; cursor: pointer; flex: 1 1 auto; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px; overflow: hidden; padding-right: 4px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 150px; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown</div><div class="qlgjDe" style="align-self: center; flex: 1 1 auto; height: 24px; padding: 0px; width: 24px;"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Hal Brown" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/17636022253580117963" style="color: #2962ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Hal Brown" class="odLeEc" data-atf="true" data-iml="1425" height="20" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifL8W6RKGC3sDBq7FfJ6MYHfehcbl1qU_pvYr1szmPiGi6JDF80e5GdCBza44MmBXMMOOLu2c1kLhom7-tLBRcKJooOIjM6f_OEom9gMtNAKhJ2aBJ4iigOmjvVyCxvMQ/s56-c/hal-newest.jpg" style="border-radius: 50%; border: medium; height: 24px; width: 24px;" width="20" /></a></span></span></span></div></div></div><div class="IyONgb Gmt5e" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52); display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; font-size: 12px; height: 32px;"><div class="ngYWic" style="align-self: center; flex: 0 0 auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="BNWFs" style="display: flex;"><div class="gRzh8c NY7gZe" jsname="Zb8fBd" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; margin-right: 4px;">Published</div><span class="zmn4M"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Oct 1, 2023, 7:03 AM, Published Date" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span class="NY7gZe" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="wPZNb">• </span>Oct 1</span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="Q0PqBe" jsname="tnsKH" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 1 1 auto; overflow: hidden;"><span class="uZsIBe" style="display: inline-flex; flex: 0 0 auto; margin-left: 12px; margin-right: 12px; z-index: 2;"><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Biden" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Biden</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Sam Elliott" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Sam Elliott</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Trump" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Trump</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="adverttising" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">adverttising</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="political advertising" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">political advertising</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="political commercials" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">political commercials</span></span></div><div class="HLjbIb" style="margin-right: 12px; z-index: 2;"><div class="Dffgkb" jsname="K5fbyf"></div></div><div class="WNsYxb" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="jLK47" style="display: flex; z-index: 2;"><span class="KFLXgf NY7gZe" jsname="aUc34b" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; padding-right: 4px;">0</span><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Comment Count" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="DPvwYc JB36v" jsname="K9WFBc" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #90a4ae; direction: ltr; display: inline-block; font-family: "Material Icons Extended"; font-feature-settings: "liga"; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; overflow-wrap: normal; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></span></span></span></span></div><div class="VkCe5" style="display: flex; padding-left: 16px; z-index: 2;"><a class="tUIYCc" href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/posts/blog/statspost/all_time/6130334533138672012/2745091656813803247" style="display: flex; text-decoration: none;"><span class="dYZApe NY7gZe" jsname="dVrYmd" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; padding-right: 4px;">10</span><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="View Count" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="DPvwYc rtpUCe JB36v" jsname="iZbhQd" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #90a4ae; direction: ltr; display: inline-block; font-family: "Material Icons Extended"; font-feature-settings: "liga"; font-size: 18px; line-height: 20px; overflow-wrap: normal; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></span></span></span></span></a></div></div><div class="iTjaCd" style="align-self: center; flex: 0 0 auto;"></div></div></div><a class="azat BJi0D" href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/posts/blog/post/edit/6130334533138672012/2745091656813803247" jsaction="click:hopFEe" style="color: #2962ff; cursor: pointer; inset: 0px; position: absolute; text-decoration: none; z-index: 1;"></a></div></div></span></div></div><div class="gNK4lf" jsname="r12Ztd" style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; position: relative; text-align: center;"><div class="LgQiCc vOSR6b oqIa7e" data-disabled="" jsaction="dyRcpb:dyRcpb;mTYWXd:vzWA1d" jscontroller="QeBYfc" jsshadow="" style="background-color: white; border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(60, 64, 67, 0.3) 0px 1px 2px 0px, rgba(60, 64, 67, 0.15) 0px 2px 6px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: 0px 0px 8px; overflow: visible; padding: 16px; position: relative; text-align: start; transition-delay: 0ms, 100ms, 0ms, 0ms, 0ms; transition-duration: 200ms, 100ms, 100ms, 150ms, 200ms; transition-property: transform, margin, padding, height, opacity, transform; vertical-align: top; width: 992px;"><span jsslot=""><div class="yGrhUb" jsaction="G8WBad:emf4lc;JgCTQd:MA9ffd;aWRkAb:T6My7c;rcuQ6b:WYd;JIbuQc:DqZcXc(aOAVnd),FN6PZb(nUV0Pd),RgZmSc(vdQQuc),dkUfm(ohAaQc),Q2zPs(K5fbyf),T5bbwb(T5bbwb); click:WB9jdf(mU6ose);" jscontroller="MYxzhc" jsdata="ke6cAf;8443208914428994993,6130334533138672012,1;6" jsmodel="W9qexb" role="listitem" style="align-items: center; display: flex;"><div class="rb4Lrd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 1 1 auto; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 36px);"><div class="jn15V" style="display: flex;"><img aria-label="Post image thumbnail" class="DMO9ie sRb2Nc" data-atf="true" data-iml="1425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-V-vv926J19TFzRUf-los_Ee_3Ot03i2AeXDbI3daXoQD4THLcNF4bb5R-93KhLRozORABuqcEw-lBYq_LfiBZu_ezxvIPoo2vS1sElq1ft-TQIpaLF_pfi1xDYC1BV19QiuLL3QiKqARUFJ01b9ZhzMhLAs48lHfeVgTBUN7h96wUjDfGfCcUz1OMa4/s55-c/Screenshot%202023-09-30%20at%209.39.25%20AM.png" style="border-radius: 4px; border: medium; flex-shrink: 0; height: 64px; object-fit: cover; width: 72px;" /></div><div class="VSOPnd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex: 1 1 0%; min-width: 0px; padding-left: 16px; width: calc(100% - 72px);"><div class="Bv5FY" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; height: 32px;"><div class="hqBifb" style="align-self: center; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><div class="wCHCXe" jsname="d2wxvf" style="cursor: pointer; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;"><span class="UHwcef" style="color: #37474f; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px;">Biden finds his voice but who will hear him?</span></div></div><div class="rC7DWe" style="align-self: center; z-index: 2;"></div><div class="z0QKhe" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="GLDMfb UHwcef" data-author="Hal Brown" jsname="YKQn2" style="align-self: center; color: #37474f; cursor: pointer; flex: 1 1 auto; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px; overflow: hidden; padding-right: 4px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; visibility: hidden; white-space: nowrap; width: 150px; z-index: 2;"></div><div class="qlgjDe" style="align-self: center; flex: 1 1 auto; height: 24px; padding: 0px; width: 24px;"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Hal Brown" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/17636022253580117963" style="color: #2962ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Hal Brown" class="odLeEc" data-atf="true" data-iml="1425" height="20" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifL8W6RKGC3sDBq7FfJ6MYHfehcbl1qU_pvYr1szmPiGi6JDF80e5GdCBza44MmBXMMOOLu2c1kLhom7-tLBRcKJooOIjM6f_OEom9gMtNAKhJ2aBJ4iigOmjvVyCxvMQ/s56-c/hal-newest.jpg" style="border-radius: 50%; border: medium; height: 24px; width: 24px;" width="20" /></a></span></span></span></div></div></div><div class="IyONgb Gmt5e" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52); 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border: medium; flex-shrink: 0; height: 64px; object-fit: cover; width: 72px;" /></div><div class="VSOPnd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex: 1 1 0%; min-width: 0px; padding-left: 16px; width: calc(100% - 72px);"><div class="Bv5FY" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; height: 32px;"><div class="hqBifb" style="align-self: center; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><div class="wCHCXe" jsname="d2wxvf" style="cursor: pointer; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;"><span class="UHwcef" style="color: #37474f; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px;">Milley, Miley, and Taylor too: Where pop culture and politics intersect: - Convincing people that MAGA is deadly for democracy</span></div></div><div class="rC7DWe" style="align-self: center; z-index: 2;"></div><div class="z0QKhe" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="GLDMfb UHwcef" data-author="Hal Brown" jsname="YKQn2" style="align-self: center; 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border: medium; flex-shrink: 0; height: 64px; object-fit: cover; width: 72px;" /></div><div class="VSOPnd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex: 1 1 0%; min-width: 0px; padding-left: 16px; width: calc(100% - 72px);"><div class="Bv5FY" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; height: 32px;"><div class="hqBifb" style="align-self: center; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><div class="wCHCXe" jsname="d2wxvf" style="cursor: pointer; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;"><span class="UHwcef" style="color: #37474f; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px;">MAGA World loves that Trump's a malginant narcissist, will they care that he's become cognitively impaired?</span></div></div><div class="rC7DWe" style="align-self: center; z-index: 2;"></div><div class="z0QKhe" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="GLDMfb UHwcef" data-author="Hal Brown" jsname="YKQn2" style="align-self: center; 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z-index: 2;">Hal Brown</div><div class="qlgjDe" style="align-self: center; flex: 1 1 auto; height: 24px; padding: 0px; width: 24px;"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Hal Brown" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/17636022253580117963" style="color: #2962ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Hal Brown" class="odLeEc" data-atf="true" data-iml="1436" height="20" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifL8W6RKGC3sDBq7FfJ6MYHfehcbl1qU_pvYr1szmPiGi6JDF80e5GdCBza44MmBXMMOOLu2c1kLhom7-tLBRcKJooOIjM6f_OEom9gMtNAKhJ2aBJ4iigOmjvVyCxvMQ/s56-c/hal-newest.jpg" style="border-radius: 50%; border: medium; height: 24px; width: 24px;" width="20" /></a></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130334533138672012.post-84432089144289949932023-09-30T09:55:00.003-07:002023-10-01T11:49:08.882-07:00Biden finds his voice but who will hear him?<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-V-vv926J19TFzRUf-los_Ee_3Ot03i2AeXDbI3daXoQD4THLcNF4bb5R-93KhLRozORABuqcEw-lBYq_LfiBZu_ezxvIPoo2vS1sElq1ft-TQIpaLF_pfi1xDYC1BV19QiuLL3QiKqARUFJ01b9ZhzMhLAs48lHfeVgTBUN7h96wUjDfGfCcUz1OMa4/s1054/Screenshot%202023-09-30%20at%209.39.25%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1052" data-original-width="1054" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-V-vv926J19TFzRUf-los_Ee_3Ot03i2AeXDbI3daXoQD4THLcNF4bb5R-93KhLRozORABuqcEw-lBYq_LfiBZu_ezxvIPoo2vS1sElq1ft-TQIpaLF_pfi1xDYC1BV19QiuLL3QiKqARUFJ01b9ZhzMhLAs48lHfeVgTBUN7h96wUjDfGfCcUz1OMa4/s16000/Screenshot%202023-09-30%20at%209.39.25%20AM.png" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">By Hal Brown</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Joe Biden has gone from expressing his alarm depicted in the top image where one can imagine him holding it in, to the bottom one where he is expressing it?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">His most recent speeches demonstrate that he is going to take on the MAGA assualt on democracy head on. For example:</span></p><h1 class="headline__text inline-placeholder" data-editable="headlineText" id="maincontent" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--theme-headline__text-color); font-size: var(--theme-headline__font-size); line-height: var(--theme-headline__line-height); margin: 0px 0px 24px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/28/politics/joe-biden-democracy-speech-arizona/index.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Biden previews 2024 message by warning that Trump’s movement is a threat to American democracy</span></a></h1><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Excerpt:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="off" data-article-gutter="true" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_8CC18645-6CF3-2990-5C3F-DD2D4A8A68A8@published" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; left: 118.300003px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: var(--theme-paragraph__line-height--from-small); margin: 0px 0px 16px; max-width: 676px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“There’s something dangerous happening in America now,” Biden said during his speech in Arizona, where he was also honoring his friend, the late Republican Sen. John McCain. “There’s an extremist movement that does not share the basic beliefs of our democracy: The MAGA movement.”</span></p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="off" data-article-gutter="true" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_142B16E4-2C99-B78E-E8CB-DD3F6C135892@published" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; left: 118.300003px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: var(--theme-paragraph__line-height--from-small); margin: 0px 0px 16px; max-width: 676px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“There’s no question that today’s Republican Party is driven and intimidated by MAGA Republican extremists,” he said, using the acronym for Trump’s political movement. “Their extreme agenda, if carried out, would fundamentally alter the institutions of American democracy as we know it.”</span></p></div><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">The people who want the next president to usher in an America first White privilege autocracy are beyond redemption.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">My problem is with those who care about our democracy but who only watch right-wing and won't see and hear him.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #f0f2f5; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: 15.652174px;">Somehow Biden needs to get his message to Fox News viewers and since they won't cover his speeches the DNC will have to buy ads. The <a href=" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FCC_fairness_doctrine" target="_blank">fairness doctrine</a></span><span style="background-color: #f0f2f5; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: 15.652174px;"> compells neworks to give equal time to competing political parties so Fox can't refused Democratic ads.</span></span></p><p>Recent blogs:</p><div class="gNK4lf" jsname="r12Ztd" style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; position: relative; text-align: center;"><div class="LgQiCc vOSR6b oqIa7e" data-disabled="" jsaction="dyRcpb:dyRcpb;mTYWXd:vzWA1d" jscontroller="QeBYfc" jsshadow="" style="background-color: white; border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(207, 216, 220); box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: 0px 0px 8px; overflow: visible; padding: 16px; position: relative; text-align: start; transition-delay: 0ms, 100ms, 0ms, 0ms, 0ms; 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border: medium; flex-shrink: 0; height: 64px; object-fit: cover; width: 72px;" /></div><div class="VSOPnd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex: 1 1 0%; min-width: 0px; padding-left: 16px; width: calc(100% - 72px);"><div class="Bv5FY" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; height: 32px;"><div class="hqBifb" style="align-self: center; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><div class="wCHCXe" jsname="d2wxvf" style="cursor: pointer; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;"><span class="UHwcef" style="color: #37474f; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px;">The best choice to temporarily fill Diane Feinstein's seat may be UCLA Professor Lorrie Frasure</span></div></div><div class="rC7DWe" style="align-self: center; z-index: 2;"></div><div class="z0QKhe" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="GLDMfb UHwcef" data-author="Hal Brown" jsname="YKQn2" style="align-self: center; color: #37474f; cursor: pointer; flex: 1 1 auto; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px; overflow: hidden; padding-right: 4px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 150px; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown</div><div class="qlgjDe" style="align-self: center; flex: 1 1 auto; height: 24px; padding: 0px; width: 24px;"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Hal Brown" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/17636022253580117963" style="color: #2962ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Hal Brown" class="odLeEc" data-atf="true" data-iml="1425" height="20" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifL8W6RKGC3sDBq7FfJ6MYHfehcbl1qU_pvYr1szmPiGi6JDF80e5GdCBza44MmBXMMOOLu2c1kLhom7-tLBRcKJooOIjM6f_OEom9gMtNAKhJ2aBJ4iigOmjvVyCxvMQ/s56-c/hal-newest.jpg" style="border-radius: 50%; border: medium; height: 24px; width: 24px;" width="20" /></a></span></span></span></div></div></div><div class="IyONgb Gmt5e" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52); display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; font-size: 12px; height: 32px;"><div class="ngYWic" style="align-self: center; flex: 0 0 auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="BNWFs" style="display: flex;"><div class="gRzh8c NY7gZe" jsname="Zb8fBd" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; margin-right: 4px;">Published</div><span class="zmn4M"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Oct 1, 2023, 10:58 AM, Published Date" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span class="NY7gZe" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="wPZNb">• </span>Oct 1</span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="Q0PqBe" jsname="tnsKH" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 1 1 auto; overflow: hidden;"><span class="uZsIBe" style="display: inline-flex; flex: 0 0 auto; margin-left: 12px; margin-right: 12px; z-index: 2;"><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Diane Feinstein" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Diane Feinstein</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Hal Brown blog" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown blog</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Lorrie Frasure" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Lorrie Frasure</span></span></div><div class="HLjbIb" style="margin-right: 12px; z-index: 2;"><div class="Dffgkb" jsname="K5fbyf"></div></div><div class="WNsYxb" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="jLK47" style="display: flex; z-index: 2;"><span class="KFLXgf NY7gZe" jsname="aUc34b" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; padding-right: 4px;">0</span><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Comment Count" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="DPvwYc JB36v" jsname="K9WFBc" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #90a4ae; direction: ltr; display: inline-block; font-family: "Material Icons Extended"; font-feature-settings: "liga"; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; overflow-wrap: normal; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></span></span></span></span></div><div class="VkCe5" style="display: flex; padding-left: 16px; z-index: 2;"><a class="tUIYCc" href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/posts/blog/statspost/all_time/6130334533138672012/5006906688501974169" style="display: flex; text-decoration: none;"><span class="dYZApe NY7gZe" jsname="dVrYmd" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; padding-right: 4px;">1</span><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="View Count" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="DPvwYc rtpUCe JB36v" jsname="iZbhQd" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #90a4ae; direction: ltr; display: inline-block; font-family: "Material Icons Extended"; font-feature-settings: "liga"; font-size: 18px; line-height: 20px; overflow-wrap: normal; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></span></span></span></span></a></div></div><div class="iTjaCd" style="align-self: center; flex: 0 0 auto;"></div></div></div><a class="azat BJi0D" href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/posts/blog/post/edit/6130334533138672012/5006906688501974169" jsaction="click:hopFEe" style="color: #2962ff; 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click:WB9jdf(mU6ose);" jscontroller="MYxzhc" jsdata="ke6cAf;2745091656813803247,6130334533138672012,1;5" jsmodel="W9qexb" role="listitem" style="align-items: center; display: flex;"><div class="rb4Lrd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 1 1 auto; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 36px);"><div class="jn15V" style="display: flex;"><img aria-label="Post image thumbnail" class="DMO9ie sRb2Nc" data-atf="true" data-iml="1425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnwmIMXgCtl14b72DmZ9DvsM701zZaxRN-Yu0mEuO09aFqak6VKJwOaLC9DyYNBmCd1DNK2gXARYpNkIVce88Yif47GjdDwmjOwbunPO1cmL8nAMVgA4YtIeg2byIJPmVPuBg2T6JqB67dK3kbSiVU1nm11-e047VtYCCjJw60jdU0g_GqKmr0OL2nmZY/s55-c/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%207.57.06%20AM.png" style="border-radius: 4px; border: medium; flex-shrink: 0; height: 64px; object-fit: cover; width: 72px;" /></div><div class="VSOPnd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex: 1 1 0%; min-width: 0px; padding-left: 16px; width: calc(100% - 72px);"><div class="Bv5FY" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; height: 32px;"><div class="hqBifb" style="align-self: center; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><div class="wCHCXe" jsname="d2wxvf" style="cursor: pointer; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;"><span class="UHwcef" style="color: #37474f; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px;">Use the "SHINGLES DOESN'T CARE" model for Biden commercials</span></div></div><div class="rC7DWe" style="align-self: center; z-index: 2;"></div><div class="z0QKhe" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="GLDMfb UHwcef" data-author="Hal Brown" jsname="YKQn2" style="align-self: center; color: #37474f; cursor: pointer; flex: 1 1 auto; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px; overflow: hidden; padding-right: 4px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 150px; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown</div><div class="qlgjDe" style="align-self: center; 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font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; margin-right: 4px;">Published</div><span class="zmn4M"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Oct 1, 2023, 7:03 AM, Published Date" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span class="NY7gZe" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="wPZNb">• </span>Oct 1</span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="Q0PqBe" jsname="tnsKH" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 1 1 auto; overflow: hidden;"><span class="uZsIBe" style="display: inline-flex; flex: 0 0 auto; margin-left: 12px; margin-right: 12px; z-index: 2;"><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Biden" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Biden</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Sam Elliott" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Sam Elliott</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Trump" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Trump</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="adverttising" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">adverttising</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="political advertising" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">political advertising</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="political commercials" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; 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display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; font-size: 12px; height: 32px;"><div class="ngYWic" style="align-self: center; flex: 0 0 auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="BNWFs" style="display: flex;"><div class="gRzh8c NY7gZe" jsname="Zb8fBd" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; margin-right: 4px;">Published</div><span class="zmn4M"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Sep 30, 2023, 9:55 AM, Published Date" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span class="NY7gZe" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="wPZNb">• </span>Sep 30</span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="Q0PqBe" jsname="tnsKH" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 1 1 auto; overflow: hidden;"><span class="uZsIBe" style="display: inline-flex; flex: 0 0 auto; margin-left: 12px; margin-right: 12px; z-index: 2;"></span></div><div class="HLjbIb" style="margin-right: 12px; 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border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(207, 216, 220); box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: 0px 0px 8px; overflow: visible; padding: 16px; position: relative; text-align: start; transition-delay: 0ms, 100ms, 0ms, 0ms, 0ms; transition-duration: 200ms, 100ms, 100ms, 150ms, 200ms; transition-property: transform, margin, padding, height, opacity, transform; vertical-align: top; width: 992px;"><span jsslot=""><div class="yGrhUb" jsaction="G8WBad:emf4lc;JgCTQd:MA9ffd;aWRkAb:T6My7c;rcuQ6b:WYd;JIbuQc:DqZcXc(aOAVnd),FN6PZb(nUV0Pd),RgZmSc(vdQQuc),dkUfm(ohAaQc),Q2zPs(K5fbyf),T5bbwb(T5bbwb); click:WB9jdf(mU6ose);" jscontroller="MYxzhc" jsdata="ke6cAf;3934702626902579090,6130334533138672012,1;7" jsmodel="W9qexb" role="listitem" style="align-items: center; display: flex;"><div class="rb4Lrd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 1 1 auto; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 36px);"><div class="jn15V" style="display: flex;"><img aria-label="Post image thumbnail" class="DMO9ie sRb2Nc" data-atf="true" data-iml="1425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3rLe4jFt-YYu4mgV2wfo11Hu3zb2YqCI8g6VQ9yTz9m_6b8IEr5ZtLe8t11ne4WlZ939FDFnLalkPdi_BRfm0J5A4WmqBpXauqFWBOmBoRkZCaWE-bhEqAQfm7XgQNPT5vgm80T3wRT2IP2uUHB8SaSYt00_frpIV3AGE-pjQJ0Z-AAq9x5op7wFt3JY/s55-c/Screenshot%202023-09-29%20at%2010.40.58%20AM.png" style="border-radius: 4px; border: medium; flex-shrink: 0; height: 64px; object-fit: cover; width: 72px;" /></div><div class="VSOPnd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex: 1 1 0%; min-width: 0px; padding-left: 16px; width: calc(100% - 72px);"><div class="Bv5FY" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; height: 32px;"><div class="hqBifb" style="align-self: center; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><div class="wCHCXe" jsname="d2wxvf" style="cursor: pointer; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;"><span class="UHwcef" style="color: #37474f; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px;">Milley, Miley, and Taylor too: Where pop culture and politics intersect: - Convincing people that MAGA is deadly for democracy</span></div></div><div class="rC7DWe" style="align-self: center; z-index: 2;"></div><div class="z0QKhe" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="GLDMfb UHwcef" data-author="Hal Brown" jsname="YKQn2" style="align-self: center; color: #37474f; cursor: pointer; flex: 1 1 auto; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px; overflow: hidden; padding-right: 4px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 150px; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown</div><div class="qlgjDe" style="align-self: center; flex: 1 1 auto; height: 24px; padding: 0px; width: 24px;"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Hal Brown" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/17636022253580117963" style="color: #2962ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Hal Brown" class="odLeEc" data-atf="true" data-iml="1425" height="20" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifL8W6RKGC3sDBq7FfJ6MYHfehcbl1qU_pvYr1szmPiGi6JDF80e5GdCBza44MmBXMMOOLu2c1kLhom7-tLBRcKJooOIjM6f_OEom9gMtNAKhJ2aBJ4iigOmjvVyCxvMQ/s56-c/hal-newest.jpg" style="border-radius: 50%; border: medium; height: 24px; width: 24px;" width="20" /></a></span></span></span></div></div></div><div class="IyONgb Gmt5e" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52); display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; font-size: 12px; height: 32px;"><div class="ngYWic" style="align-self: center; flex: 0 0 auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="BNWFs" style="display: flex;"><div class="gRzh8c NY7gZe" jsname="Zb8fBd" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; margin-right: 4px;">Published</div><span class="zmn4M"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Sep 29, 2023, 8:22 AM, Published Date" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span class="NY7gZe" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="wPZNb">• </span>Sep 29</span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="Q0PqBe" jsname="tnsKH" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 1 1 auto; overflow: hidden;"><span class="uZsIBe" style="display: inline-flex; flex: 0 0 auto; margin-left: 12px; margin-right: 12px; z-index: 2;"><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Democracy" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Democracy</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Gen. Milley" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Gen. Milley</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Hal Brown blog" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown blog</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="MAGA" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">MAGA</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Mark Milley" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Mark Milley</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Myley Cyrus" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Myley Cyrus</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Taylor With" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Taylor With</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="politics" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">politics</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="pop culture" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">pop culture</span></span></div><div class="HLjbIb" style="margin-right: 12px; z-index: 2;"><div class="Dffgkb" jsname="K5fbyf"></div></div><div class="WNsYxb" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="jLK47" style="display: flex; z-index: 2;"><span class="KFLXgf NY7gZe" jsname="aUc34b" style="color: #546e7a; 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border: medium; flex-shrink: 0; height: 64px; object-fit: cover; width: 72px;" /></div><div class="VSOPnd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex: 1 1 0%; min-width: 0px; padding-left: 16px; width: calc(100% - 72px);"><div class="Bv5FY" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; height: 32px;"><div class="hqBifb" style="align-self: center; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><div class="wCHCXe" jsname="d2wxvf" style="cursor: pointer; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;"><span class="UHwcef" style="color: #37474f; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px;">MAGA World loves that Trump's a malginant narcissist, will they care that he's become cognitively impaired?</span></div></div><div class="rC7DWe" style="align-self: center; z-index: 2;"></div><div class="z0QKhe" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="GLDMfb UHwcef" data-author="Hal Brown" jsname="YKQn2" style="align-self: center; color: #37474f; cursor: pointer; flex: 1 1 auto; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px; overflow: hidden; padding-right: 4px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 150px; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown</div><div class="qlgjDe" style="align-self: center; flex: 1 1 auto; height: 24px; padding: 0px; width: 24px;"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Hal Brown" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/17636022253580117963" style="color: #2962ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Hal Brown" class="odLeEc" data-atf="true" data-iml="1425" height="20" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifL8W6RKGC3sDBq7FfJ6MYHfehcbl1qU_pvYr1szmPiGi6JDF80e5GdCBza44MmBXMMOOLu2c1kLhom7-tLBRcKJooOIjM6f_OEom9gMtNAKhJ2aBJ4iigOmjvVyCxvMQ/s56-c/hal-newest.jpg" style="border-radius: 50%; border: medium; height: 24px; width: 24px;" width="20" /></a></span></span></span></div></div></div><div class="IyONgb Gmt5e" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52); 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border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">2024</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Chris Christi" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Chris Christi</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="GOP" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">GOP</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Hal Brown blog" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown blog</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="MAGA" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">MAGA</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Trump malignant narcissism" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Trump malignant narcissism</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="malignant narcissism" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">malignant narcissism</span></span></div><div class="HLjbIb" style="margin-right: 12px; z-index: 2;"><div class="Dffgkb" jsname="K5fbyf"></div></div><div class="WNsYxb" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="jLK47" style="display: flex; z-index: 2;"><span class="KFLXgf NY7gZe" jsname="aUc34b" style="color: #546e7a; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3rLe4jFt-YYu4mgV2wfo11Hu3zb2YqCI8g6VQ9yTz9m_6b8IEr5ZtLe8t11ne4WlZ939FDFnLalkPdi_BRfm0J5A4WmqBpXauqFWBOmBoRkZCaWE-bhEqAQfm7XgQNPT5vgm80T3wRT2IP2uUHB8SaSYt00_frpIV3AGE-pjQJ0Z-AAq9x5op7wFt3JY/s1470/Screenshot%202023-09-29%20at%2010.40.58%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1220" data-original-width="1470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3rLe4jFt-YYu4mgV2wfo11Hu3zb2YqCI8g6VQ9yTz9m_6b8IEr5ZtLe8t11ne4WlZ939FDFnLalkPdi_BRfm0J5A4WmqBpXauqFWBOmBoRkZCaWE-bhEqAQfm7XgQNPT5vgm80T3wRT2IP2uUHB8SaSYt00_frpIV3AGE-pjQJ0Z-AAq9x5op7wFt3JY/s16000/Screenshot%202023-09-29%20at%2010.40.58%20AM.png" /></a></div><br /><p></p>By Hal Brown<p>The idea that high profile people from two very different worlds are publically very much equating Donald Trump with dictatorship and anti-democracy may be what ultimately saves the country.</p><p>While Taylor has bumped Miley out of the media spotlight with her political activity and her dating Travis Kelce, it is worthwhile to recall how Miley made the news a few years ago with her 2019 comments about Trump:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/431031-miley-cyrus-trump-is-a-completely-racist-sexist-hateful-asshole/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="1450" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC6X_strX7hVNcD9Kp3HB3aBE3Xoj1gLhS1NhUNnrnwCL_90J1RpXTjDAC9t7nlCYZ9tMr6TWe1xLsfsHoZLcsa4DWRTgnQ_Sqqg5uNUER8fXBnLnOAMidvF7FkFezZDSH2O5biCDD-FlYj0F_RYnbf0rGctvWT_vMCXR6K8ipdz4cXGgI-JNFa1J-4dY/w640-h492/Screenshot%202023-09-29%20at%206.34.38%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Click to read</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Now that Taylor Swift has gone into poltics, albeit in a more restrained way than her fellow chart-busting artist and close friend Miley Cyrus the two can be said to be political allies in the war against Trump and MAGA.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHFdUb1cRFoRGdAjDvVhWIPS26s-4eSbaT2L_DAaxyISk9L1b2-UXLvF5yvyB-lturUfsW7FZAoaRi2QxmU4bEFbaiuETcT10QSD-OiPuAk8hbIM6FMqx6xHCrGk1rjjxjLbxZeooRpv9GNay9CEY4FKG9t-tBfDDcwBlyuhqOg-5oHd9RzszVYxVpDl4/s1826/Screenshot%202023-09-29%20at%206.40.11%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1826" data-original-width="1662" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHFdUb1cRFoRGdAjDvVhWIPS26s-4eSbaT2L_DAaxyISk9L1b2-UXLvF5yvyB-lturUfsW7FZAoaRi2QxmU4bEFbaiuETcT10QSD-OiPuAk8hbIM6FMqx6xHCrGk1rjjxjLbxZeooRpv9GNay9CEY4FKG9t-tBfDDcwBlyuhqOg-5oHd9RzszVYxVpDl4/w580-h640/Screenshot%202023-09-29%20at%206.40.11%20AM.png" width="580" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Click to read</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>I doubt my 10 year old unofficial granddaughter who knows the lyrics to many Taylor Swift songs and knows very well who Miley Cyrus is ever heard of Gen. Milley. That isn't the point. The point is that Trump is up against the predominate military culture which is removed from politics, and pop culture where with the exception of parts of country music stars are usually liberal.<div><br /></div><div>While DeSantis invented the war against woke Trump has glommed onto it and neither of them understand that pop culture is decidely woke and it is incredibly powerful.<br /><div><br /></div><div>The realm of politics and pop culture can't be separated. Consider the fact that <a href="https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/rolling-stone/" target="_blank">Rolling Stone which has always covered some politics from a very liberal position </a>is now often breaking or writing about political news.</div><div><br /></div><div>When Taylor Swift asked her fans to register to vote something like 35,000 did so within an hour. </div><div><br /></div><div>Whether or not the typical Trump cultist knows much about Gen. Milley they know what he looks like even though they don't read Politico or Military Times.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/28/gop-candidates-bash-trump-milley-comment-00118900" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1406" data-original-width="1280" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRTZahc4YeQVOtfXSA0InBLIWSFL268DLFQVxYrgd20KoLQMAkJNXxnTg4o2T9sfnbyNyAGw0Qrb1YgtNXbvem7yARD8yYF2lPPy7hpkyvnw0e4mcdV85XYlNFT8cJGWfBv7BaMRP9y9zH3pEjBJ49PmxUQ7hcFRdy_Qj99Khw2kdFhqNLx8CEYURZidQ/w580-h640/Screenshot%202023-09-29%20at%206.55.21%20AM.png" width="580" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/28/gop-candidates-bash-trump-milley-comment-00118900" target="_blank">Read article</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.militarytimes.com/news/2022/08/08/milley-almost-quit-over-trump-wrote-biting-resignation-letter-new-book-reveals/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1718" data-original-width="1754" height="626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnl87Gzk4CPE6TRqp5qRIuebcENu7xBtm_4eHacCQ-lTIM1AXeJX7KwCVZGSXLa4nT5lRO_vHoCh0Tg4u6q5A2FK7OITBfnadfSIUPL_ojQWxPj8D_r_l_i_YWAhBE0QA9nYI11FkInb7u3gNDwdo8FMBlHGarY-QOQPCtFOTlYlizGdACF4Oa8I2M3RI/w640-h626/Screenshot%202023-09-29%20at%206.59.14%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Read another article which used a photo from the same meeting</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-comment-punishing-gen-milley-death-causes-major-outcry-gop" target="_blank">This is how Fox News covered the story online today with the photo from the article.</a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-comment-punishing-gen-milley-death-causes-major-outcry-gop" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1474" data-original-width="1472" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYqFfhR9pxqOdUOhtiDTS_h1UBf7lUashqna7LlZn9dfSsqlZARbYt6HDcKmcb0TSdIJbCCrxJrrJadoy6ofeRAcLwSg065mVk78dL9QthI9BzxFPeTycvAWQ69NTJqxPmvO0Qvd3Zr5OJCsjVO-3d7UiXhbrW9FSBFGNXbP8UDG_7xXbC4ySKZT22gyk/w640-h640/Screenshot%202023-09-29%20at%207.09.10%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">By now anyone in the cult camp who follows the news knows what Gen. Milley looks like. Appearance make a difference in how people are able to influence people.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The general may not be able to carry a tune (who knows?) but you can just look at him to take what he says </span>seriously<span style="font-family: inherit;">.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">He doesn't scream like Trump does, but when he's deadly serious you can see it in his face.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG1gJnGeX0saxa9E2OlhkJvKPGFAv2SjYioxCg6ASoxU3HT5cxBaWLpqCe__JMqxhXdJGSk4nFJakCQskktQale4Nzt11ImtY0UegwN5XU5y6DbIUNszQnW9OKc-Lo4FyDVnQncWstTncIJ0TCsMkEFkyhiHcSeltNQMNia2AAr5YnZFKJLqkN4orbf6M/s1448/Screenshot%202023-09-29%20at%207.51.24%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1448" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG1gJnGeX0saxa9E2OlhkJvKPGFAv2SjYioxCg6ASoxU3HT5cxBaWLpqCe__JMqxhXdJGSk4nFJakCQskktQale4Nzt11ImtY0UegwN5XU5y6DbIUNszQnW9OKc-Lo4FyDVnQncWstTncIJ0TCsMkEFkyhiHcSeltNQMNia2AAr5YnZFKJLqkN4orbf6M/w636-h640/Screenshot%202023-09-29%20at%207.51.24%20AM.png" width="636" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Trump rules over a cult of personality who find him charismatic. The last American president to have anything one could call charisma is Barack Obama and you have to go back to JFK to find another president who could be described this way.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Alas, it's an oxymoron to juxtapose Joe Biden and charisma in the same sentence. Biden has only recent shown that he has the ability to express outrage:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><h1 class="title" data-reader-unique-id="titleElement" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 1.95552em; line-height: 1.2141em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%;"><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-democracy-trump-maga_n_6515e92fe4b0a69113b49bff" target="_blank">Joe Biden Slams Plans By Trump And 'MAGA Extremists' To Gut Democratic Institutions</a></h1></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">When it comes to generals supporting him, this is the best Trump can do:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit9nilE0yWXOq-g6eaUY0SKCZ_HFtQ50jXLbcliHdorVkg2OgkX6WZQMzITClLLxEDfBsTSdk8zxQcvJguMbUK3qW1N85DhqbXYtCZ5lYFz7Vn6QYZKFPprXE6k1ZTftVTOGYjS0vSTyaT9k4mqw81axJxLomzamuKLUIWAj1fv9RoWg1Lt_At_CAQJZc/s924/Screenshot%202023-09-29%20at%207.54.16%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="814" data-original-width="924" height="564" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit9nilE0yWXOq-g6eaUY0SKCZ_HFtQ50jXLbcliHdorVkg2OgkX6WZQMzITClLLxEDfBsTSdk8zxQcvJguMbUK3qW1N85DhqbXYtCZ5lYFz7Vn6QYZKFPprXE6k1ZTftVTOGYjS0vSTyaT9k4mqw81axJxLomzamuKLUIWAj1fv9RoWg1Lt_At_CAQJZc/w640-h564/Screenshot%202023-09-29%20at%207.54.16%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Michael Flynn</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div>As for musicians supporting Trump, you can't call Ted Nugent and Kid Rock pop stars.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJ71khJ-ol2tS1bzd5fVCxdre4E7hPfEGjp3bdX64GolUrsMkb2Ynsf3zwTpXaQYm2q_hb0IHg2M7LEMSdcs5g7vwbj-WVB_GZr-8FaoduIoFVls9ydfi6ntzBgYcVuhexE02J2lqAtLSZC5PFvkSh7GWW1gXjv9ur5xHYkcyH72erTsz5qENGNdgQnY/s1814/Screenshot%202023-09-29%20at%207.59.24%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1494" data-original-width="1814" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJ71khJ-ol2tS1bzd5fVCxdre4E7hPfEGjp3bdX64GolUrsMkb2Ynsf3zwTpXaQYm2q_hb0IHg2M7LEMSdcs5g7vwbj-WVB_GZr-8FaoduIoFVls9ydfi6ntzBgYcVuhexE02J2lqAtLSZC5PFvkSh7GWW1gXjv9ur5xHYkcyH72erTsz5qENGNdgQnY/w640-h528/Screenshot%202023-09-29%20at%207.59.24%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>People respond to messaging images whether they are used in advertising or politics. Without recognizing it their opinions and behaviors are shaped by images. Ads and commercials for Marlboro or Virgina Slims show how advertising gurus used this to sell the same deadly products to different groups.</div><div><br /></div><div>Trump and the MAGA GOP is no less deadly for democracy than cigarettes are for health. Hopefully people like General Milley, Miley Cyrus, and Taylor Swift can help break the hold Trump and other autocratic GOP candidates have on people who are unable to see this threat.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Addendum:</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Unfortunately those watching Fox News this morning won't see President Biden paying trubute to Gen. Milley on his retirement. Instead they will see a replay about the debate.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUn3Lt_XwSKy9OVdLp0mtVHZECYY1Cr-txTYPPXR2iq9FIwPVfJnYGvYyXT_NVCfNxtYPzWwm8stnKxA1KT0xmGQxduj7fm0OUXPVyuMRJPqNWUelFH0XGtAy3DPetnyprj5KM7-1rC1YS2qgGWN0L-cJRZVygvAW_wH7ZAFm9mw5691v8CABuZB8-4zw/s1518/Screenshot%202023-09-29%20at%208.28.42%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1518" data-original-width="1248" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUn3Lt_XwSKy9OVdLp0mtVHZECYY1Cr-txTYPPXR2iq9FIwPVfJnYGvYyXT_NVCfNxtYPzWwm8stnKxA1KT0xmGQxduj7fm0OUXPVyuMRJPqNWUelFH0XGtAy3DPetnyprj5KM7-1rC1YS2qgGWN0L-cJRZVygvAW_wH7ZAFm9mw5691v8CABuZB8-4zw/w524-h640/Screenshot%202023-09-29%20at%208.28.42%20AM.png" width="524" /></a></div><br /><div>They probably won't hear, or read, these words from Gen. Milley:</div><div><br /></div><div><p style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(49, 68, 93); color: #31445d; font-family: Akkurat, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 20px; max-width: 700px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><blockquote>“We don’t take an oath to a king or a queen or to a tyrant or a dictator. And we don’t take an oath to a wannabe dictator. We don’t take an oath to an individual. We take an oath to the Constitution, and we take an oath to the idea that is America, and we’re willing to die to protect it.”</blockquote><p></p></div><div><br /></div><div>They won't see Biden expressing outrage with unusual vigor about how Tommy Tuberville (without calling him out by name) is holding up other military promotions and how the House is about shut down the government and how this will impact the military.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><p>Updates: I wrote this before this was posted as the lead story on Salon:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://www.salon.com/2023/09/29/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-conservative/" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="1252" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil8_cQAhVDvjQin2X_X2a6IUzUyKBc6j_Z1shWxWoHBkb78gmhyphenhyphennAqqfP8Np9gChT1et8nCFpcNuoamG-hU3WOUTTWWxFitPBbzr87-FUh-KlKsIXXHaNZWHRctS_xFK6EG21E0Z-cz92FN9q8i8V2UNuAAO_NgDmFK3WUEWmMDEESlEXfpiMEoAxiCmA/w596-h640/Screenshot%202023-09-29%20at%2010.30.21%20AM.png" width="596" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.salon.com/2023/09/29/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-conservative/" target="_blank">Click to read</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The article concludes:</p><p><span face="-apple-system-font" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-size: 18px;"></span></p><blockquote><span face="-apple-system-font" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-size: 18px;"></span></blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><span face="-apple-system-font" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-size: 18px;">I get that Swift is the center of the news cycle and Republicans hate when women have autonomy, but she is one person who is untouchable. As long as she can register thousands of voters by sharing a simple vote.org link to social media, she's also a threat. In this moment, Swift has amassed enough cultural power that angry men's opinions about her just don't matter, which just so happens to be something that she has worked toward her entire career. Between her frenzied fans, billion dollars and perfectly calculated every move, the right doesn't stand a chance and is backing themselves into an unpopular corner. Just ask </span><a data-reader-unique-id="86" href="https://www.salon.com/2023/08/23/scooter-braun/" style="color: #416ed2; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;">Scooter Braun</a><span face="-apple-system-font" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-size: 18px;"> and </span><a data-reader-unique-id="87" href="https://www.salon.com/2022/12/28/kanye-west-done-2022/" style="color: #416ed2; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;">Kanye West</a> <span face="-apple-system-font" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-size: 18px;">if they'd recommend going up against her. </span></blockquote></blockquote></div><div>You need a subscription to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/29/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-romance-trump/" target="_blank">The Washington Post to read this</a>, but even without one you you get the idea here:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(207, 216, 220); box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: 0px 0px 8px; overflow: visible; padding: 16px; position: relative; text-align: start; transition-delay: 0ms, 100ms, 0ms, 0ms, 0ms; transition-duration: 200ms, 100ms, 100ms, 150ms, 200ms; transition-property: transform, margin, padding, height, opacity, transform; vertical-align: top; width: 992px;"><span jsslot=""><div class="yGrhUb" jsaction="G8WBad:emf4lc;JgCTQd:MA9ffd;aWRkAb:T6My7c;rcuQ6b:WYd;JIbuQc:DqZcXc(aOAVnd),FN6PZb(nUV0Pd),RgZmSc(vdQQuc),dkUfm(ohAaQc),Q2zPs(K5fbyf),T5bbwb(T5bbwb); click:WB9jdf(mU6ose);" jscontroller="MYxzhc" jsdata="ke6cAf;3934702626902579090,6130334533138672012,1;7" jsmodel="W9qexb" role="listitem" style="align-items: center; display: flex;"><div class="rb4Lrd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 1 1 auto; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 36px);"><div class="jn15V" style="display: flex;"><img aria-label="Post image thumbnail" class="DMO9ie sRb2Nc" data-atf="true" data-iml="1425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3rLe4jFt-YYu4mgV2wfo11Hu3zb2YqCI8g6VQ9yTz9m_6b8IEr5ZtLe8t11ne4WlZ939FDFnLalkPdi_BRfm0J5A4WmqBpXauqFWBOmBoRkZCaWE-bhEqAQfm7XgQNPT5vgm80T3wRT2IP2uUHB8SaSYt00_frpIV3AGE-pjQJ0Z-AAq9x5op7wFt3JY/s55-c/Screenshot%202023-09-29%20at%2010.40.58%20AM.png" style="border-radius: 4px; border: medium; flex-shrink: 0; height: 64px; object-fit: cover; width: 72px;" /></div><div class="VSOPnd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex: 1 1 0%; min-width: 0px; padding-left: 16px; width: calc(100% - 72px);"><div class="Bv5FY" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; height: 32px;"><div class="hqBifb" style="align-self: center; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><div class="wCHCXe" jsname="d2wxvf" style="cursor: pointer; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;"><span class="UHwcef" style="color: #37474f; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px;">Milley, Miley, and Taylor too: Where pop culture and politics intersect: - Convincing people that MAGA is deadly for democracy</span></div></div><div class="rC7DWe" style="align-self: center; z-index: 2;"></div><div class="z0QKhe" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="GLDMfb UHwcef" data-author="Hal Brown" jsname="YKQn2" style="align-self: center; color: #37474f; cursor: pointer; flex: 1 1 auto; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px; overflow: hidden; padding-right: 4px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 150px; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown</div><div class="qlgjDe" style="align-self: center; flex: 1 1 auto; height: 24px; padding: 0px; width: 24px;"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Hal Brown" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/17636022253580117963" style="color: #2962ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Hal Brown" class="odLeEc" data-atf="true" data-iml="1425" height="20" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifL8W6RKGC3sDBq7FfJ6MYHfehcbl1qU_pvYr1szmPiGi6JDF80e5GdCBza44MmBXMMOOLu2c1kLhom7-tLBRcKJooOIjM6f_OEom9gMtNAKhJ2aBJ4iigOmjvVyCxvMQ/s56-c/hal-newest.jpg" style="border-radius: 50%; border: medium; height: 24px; width: 24px;" width="20" /></a></span></span></span></div></div></div><div class="IyONgb Gmt5e" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52); 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border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Democracy</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Gen. 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border: medium; flex-shrink: 0; height: 64px; object-fit: cover; width: 72px;" /></div><div class="VSOPnd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex: 1 1 0%; min-width: 0px; padding-left: 16px; width: calc(100% - 72px);"><div class="Bv5FY" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; height: 32px;"><div class="hqBifb" style="align-self: center; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><div class="wCHCXe" jsname="d2wxvf" style="cursor: pointer; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;"><span class="UHwcef" style="color: #37474f; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px;">MAGA World loves that Trump's a malginant narcissist, will they care that he's become cognitively impaired?</span></div></div><div class="rC7DWe" style="align-self: center; z-index: 2;"></div><div class="z0QKhe" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="GLDMfb UHwcef" data-author="Hal Brown" jsname="YKQn2" style="align-self: center; color: #37474f; cursor: pointer; flex: 1 1 auto; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px; overflow: hidden; padding-right: 4px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 150px; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown</div><div class="qlgjDe" style="align-self: center; flex: 1 1 auto; height: 24px; padding: 0px; width: 24px;"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Hal Brown" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/17636022253580117963" style="color: #2962ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Hal Brown" class="odLeEc" data-atf="true" data-iml="1425" height="20" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifL8W6RKGC3sDBq7FfJ6MYHfehcbl1qU_pvYr1szmPiGi6JDF80e5GdCBza44MmBXMMOOLu2c1kLhom7-tLBRcKJooOIjM6f_OEom9gMtNAKhJ2aBJ4iigOmjvVyCxvMQ/s56-c/hal-newest.jpg" style="border-radius: 50%; border: medium; height: 24px; width: 24px;" width="20" /></a></span></span></span></div></div></div><div class="IyONgb Gmt5e" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52); display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; font-size: 12px; height: 32px;"><div class="ngYWic" style="align-self: center; flex: 0 0 auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="BNWFs" style="display: flex;"><div class="gRzh8c NY7gZe" jsname="Zb8fBd" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; margin-right: 4px;">Published</div><span class="zmn4M"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Sep 26, 2023, 8:26 AM, Published Date" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span class="NY7gZe" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="wPZNb">• </span>Sep 26</span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="Q0PqBe" jsname="tnsKH" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 1 1 auto; overflow: hidden;"><span class="uZsIBe" style="display: inline-flex; flex: 0 0 auto; margin-left: 12px; margin-right: 12px; z-index: 2;"><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="2024" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">2024</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Chris Christi" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Chris Christi</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="GOP" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">GOP</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Hal Brown blog" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown blog</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="MAGA" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">MAGA</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Trump malignant narcissism" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Trump malignant narcissism</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="malignant narcissism" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">malignant narcissism</span></span></div><div class="HLjbIb" style="margin-right: 12px; z-index: 2;"><div class="Dffgkb" jsname="K5fbyf"></div></div><div class="WNsYxb" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="jLK47" style="display: flex; z-index: 2;"><span class="KFLXgf NY7gZe" jsname="aUc34b" style="color: #546e7a; 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border: medium; flex-shrink: 0; height: 64px; object-fit: cover; width: 72px;" /></div><div class="VSOPnd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex: 1 1 0%; min-width: 0px; padding-left: 16px; width: calc(100% - 72px);"><div class="Bv5FY" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; height: 32px;"><div class="hqBifb" style="align-self: center; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><div class="wCHCXe" jsname="d2wxvf" style="cursor: pointer; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;"><span class="UHwcef" style="color: #37474f; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px;">I have an idea for Morning Joe: The red TRUMPLINE phone for him to call in live</span></div></div><div class="rC7DWe" style="align-self: center; z-index: 2;"></div><div class="z0QKhe" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="GLDMfb UHwcef" data-author="Hal Brown" jsname="YKQn2" style="align-self: center; color: #37474f; cursor: pointer; flex: 1 1 auto; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px; overflow: hidden; padding-right: 4px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 150px; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown</div><div class="qlgjDe" style="align-self: center; flex: 1 1 auto; height: 24px; padding: 0px; width: 24px;"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Hal Brown" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/17636022253580117963" style="color: #2962ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Hal Brown" class="odLeEc" data-atf="true" data-iml="1425" height="20" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifL8W6RKGC3sDBq7FfJ6MYHfehcbl1qU_pvYr1szmPiGi6JDF80e5GdCBza44MmBXMMOOLu2c1kLhom7-tLBRcKJooOIjM6f_OEom9gMtNAKhJ2aBJ4iigOmjvVyCxvMQ/s56-c/hal-newest.jpg" style="border-radius: 50%; border: medium; height: 24px; width: 24px;" width="20" /></a></span></span></span></div></div></div><div class="IyONgb Gmt5e" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52); 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flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; height: 32px;"><div class="hqBifb" style="align-self: center; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><div class="wCHCXe" jsname="d2wxvf" style="cursor: pointer; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;"><span class="UHwcef" style="color: #37474f; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px;">WaPo column: Black history now being taught in Florida churches, comment moderator rejects a racist post,</span></div></div><div class="rC7DWe" style="align-self: center; z-index: 2;"></div><div class="z0QKhe" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="GLDMfb UHwcef" data-author="Hal Brown" jsname="YKQn2" style="align-self: center; color: #37474f; cursor: pointer; flex: 1 1 auto; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px; overflow: hidden; padding-right: 4px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 150px; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKlgMDFfc3b2H7yG8AOs582tjdsSzDLZI78FHg-tRmucNGFHSmKTSx-2e5rl7KNisqnfTJdQWqlLP4WxIYyUO_4YlKCzynDYMbbdK-rqQRxZgJ9KOpjdchidmQBhs0gTn6nNcwMqJBABdFI4_0RvXM95Nj9caqv3s-1k-v77_GHiAq8mVEN7x-jkdkXsQ/s1390/Screenshot%202023-09-28%20at%206.32.55%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="922" data-original-width="1390" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKlgMDFfc3b2H7yG8AOs582tjdsSzDLZI78FHg-tRmucNGFHSmKTSx-2e5rl7KNisqnfTJdQWqlLP4WxIYyUO_4YlKCzynDYMbbdK-rqQRxZgJ9KOpjdchidmQBhs0gTn6nNcwMqJBABdFI4_0RvXM95Nj9caqv3s-1k-v77_GHiAq8mVEN7x-jkdkXsQ/w640-h424/Screenshot%202023-09-28%20at%206.32.55%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></div>By Hal Brown<p></p><p>It should be a no-brainer to say that anyone in public office who has allowed themsleves to be portrayed as Donald Trump has as a mythic muscular macho man is deeply insecure. The real Trump of today physically is the one that we see in his full heft in all those golfing photos. </p><p>When Trump has to heave his protruding posteria out of his bed I can see him huffing a puffing at the effort. </p><p>His self-delusion about his buff body was so entrenched that he thoughtlessly allowed photographers to take his picture when he played golf and those wonderful photos were taken. </p><p>Some were altered to make him look like he had a fatter rear, one had a brown stain added to it (<a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-trumpgolfing-altered-idUSL1N2Q51BI" target="_blank">Reuters article</a>), but the true photos aren't something a preening narcissist like Trump would appreciate.</p><p>I wonder if Trump saw some of the barechested Putin pics and had a moment of jealousy. I am sure Vlad cracked up when he saw all the Trump altered images he sold as digital trading cards.</p><p>For that matter it may register, if barely, in Trump's mind that Joe Biden's body hasn't changed signficantly since he was a young man.</p><p>If I was a Putin pal I would have given him a Trump baby balloon as a present telling him that even though he already owned him he could literally own him.</p><p>We haven't seen the Trump baby balloon much recently. It is iconic. It is unique. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_baby_balloon" target="_blank">It has it's own Wiki page:</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP0NuisBYAjo16PQg418-1mWV8U9BHR2R-w4aKZyZuY4_EVfBh_VKuEO8sm-8BvZZrMLThXIjARMddXu9saMWuuy3X3hpTKCV50UuNuh-d7ew0R9kfZgvIDGINSEF3GM0VDZc4JuNtG3to3WGLt6J1TrAQbcQ7dcZ_69x6KsjRPQjBIFbEPIlzLSPvag8/s3338/Screenshot%202023-09-28%20at%207.10.18%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="3338" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP0NuisBYAjo16PQg418-1mWV8U9BHR2R-w4aKZyZuY4_EVfBh_VKuEO8sm-8BvZZrMLThXIjARMddXu9saMWuuy3X3hpTKCV50UuNuh-d7ew0R9kfZgvIDGINSEF3GM0VDZc4JuNtG3to3WGLt6J1TrAQbcQ7dcZ_69x6KsjRPQjBIFbEPIlzLSPvag8/w640-h372/Screenshot%202023-09-28%20at%207.10.18%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_baby_balloon" target="_blank">The original was aquired by the Museum of London</a>: </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYRmUp6CNEMMblSUPTc8GrL-h6kUIkLjiVkVSMmO-pEiBuGhn4zlQo9KuPUESfWx3r-Hsj8w-M1NDto5SrR9oQDGHqSTnKaMlvEEwbptJIJ2zB6aIqaOXaLiGb_pl9xBu2bDqfDaS3Q35dvN8xRpCrLHMxgpnqI9WMz8AY0M2QVIFyVBiRmsIR-90gJq0/s1974/Screenshot%202023-09-28%20at%207.11.46%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1798" data-original-width="1974" height="580" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYRmUp6CNEMMblSUPTc8GrL-h6kUIkLjiVkVSMmO-pEiBuGhn4zlQo9KuPUESfWx3r-Hsj8w-M1NDto5SrR9oQDGHqSTnKaMlvEEwbptJIJ2zB6aIqaOXaLiGb_pl9xBu2bDqfDaS3Q35dvN8xRpCrLHMxgpnqI9WMz8AY0M2QVIFyVBiRmsIR-90gJq0/w640-h580/Screenshot%202023-09-28%20at%207.11.46%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Click for article, lots of photos</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>More images:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk58cFRFM1XYu9J7KKyUa6N3cJrHmkRccP1e-Ms7ldebekGcwObHPyMOF2zBCzgeeiyY2DIzalUIlmpKUqmxVMvdhKy8Mn9mgc6vAy-2f3xo8cybWvWcv5zO6_7NuyEk-F26-wK3rl_xnuRLJfq3UiTshsmku-eKGS0NLxeMKrX0UaQBZlPJzoStt2FxU/s1456/Screenshot%202023-09-28%20at%208.13.45%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1448" data-original-width="1456" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk58cFRFM1XYu9J7KKyUa6N3cJrHmkRccP1e-Ms7ldebekGcwObHPyMOF2zBCzgeeiyY2DIzalUIlmpKUqmxVMvdhKy8Mn9mgc6vAy-2f3xo8cybWvWcv5zO6_7NuyEk-F26-wK3rl_xnuRLJfq3UiTshsmku-eKGS0NLxeMKrX0UaQBZlPJzoStt2FxU/w640-h636/Screenshot%202023-09-28%20at%208.13.45%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Click to enlarge </td></tr></tbody></table><p>The balloons are<a href="https://www.amazon.com/baby-trump-balloons/s?k=baby+trump+balloons" target="_blank"> readily availabe on Amazon.</a> You can have them in a day or two. Note that the mini-balloons (top right below) are almost sold out.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicbNmEnoKfOV83ru8BjCagBiAkkx9eZ-ZdcYUu0znhw7TK2rRxltNWGKPvt7sNXML3sXZEg-lLHMLEdQcaNfiq2DJbkx_riZkZYrSPVvAGRTE4kwm2lSHy0WtaNZ1WfdLtwihuJxDYfFkJeGltplVXwvtlvCCxYHpQIpov0Y22MHSJxaf-fUsnYkjvc8s/s1300/Screenshot%202023-09-28%20at%207.15.19%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1194" data-original-width="1300" height="588" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicbNmEnoKfOV83ru8BjCagBiAkkx9eZ-ZdcYUu0znhw7TK2rRxltNWGKPvt7sNXML3sXZEg-lLHMLEdQcaNfiq2DJbkx_riZkZYrSPVvAGRTE4kwm2lSHy0WtaNZ1WfdLtwihuJxDYfFkJeGltplVXwvtlvCCxYHpQIpov0Y22MHSJxaf-fUsnYkjvc8s/w640-h588/Screenshot%202023-09-28%20at%207.15.19%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Aside from Chris Christi's crack about Trump being called Donald Duck the man is a rare duck psychologically. He is notoriously<b> thin skinned</b> but has honed his ability to engage in psycholgical denial to a degree that is pathological and thus in other ways is <b>thick skinned</b>.</p><p>Things that would make a normal person break down in tears or break out in hives don't register with him.</p><p>I doubt Trump sees the numerous unflattering cartoons of him golfing.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig567JJIZSW9_rINiI92oBIdgQFxH0si0WIVuq4ZbQvTR0ntMf33jGYZY2Cc7E961XuABIna6nQbc9CBolDWtnZ90kaIVdF7y1zbRBalAIUMp2tWChIWu8qPnuo0RMFnT9qWFr2l8rv39O69Gv-5MFhzatJNJ_o7Yoj68YpLQh4N_QsFSY2HN9J-UAS4c/s1370/Screenshot%202023-09-28%20at%207.27.28%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="770" data-original-width="1370" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig567JJIZSW9_rINiI92oBIdgQFxH0si0WIVuq4ZbQvTR0ntMf33jGYZY2Cc7E961XuABIna6nQbc9CBolDWtnZ90kaIVdF7y1zbRBalAIUMp2tWChIWu8qPnuo0RMFnT9qWFr2l8rv39O69Gv-5MFhzatJNJ_o7Yoj68YpLQh4N_QsFSY2HN9J-UAS4c/w640-h360/Screenshot%202023-09-28%20at%207.27.28%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Click to enlarge</td></tr></tbody></table><p>I think the one depiction of him that might break through his defenses enough to bother him is the baby balloon. The more people who bring it to events likely to be covered by the media the better. Rather than lining a route of his motorcade to one of his court appearances with protest signs I think anti-Trumpers should hold the baby balloon.</p><p>This may seem to be a useless endeavor. However aside from the personal satisfaction you may get should you have a chance to do it, you may actually be adding yet one more straw, albeit a small one, the the accumlated load that eventually causes Trump's back to break.</p><p>Trump is responding to the stress of his legal jeopardy as evidenced by his more and more unhinged speeches and Truth Social posts. While he fancies himself to be super-human he is, newsflash, human.</p><p>Stress can be acute or chronic, and with the latter it can gradually build up to the point that someone suffers a breakdown.</p><p>If he cracks it may be in a manner that is so obvious that only his equally deranged supporters will be able to deny it.</p><p>If everytime he goes out where he can see the public he also sees a lot of baby balloons this may at the least have a subliminal effect on him. If it is on the way to or from a court appearance all the better.</p><p>What if it is <i>your </i>baby balloon that leads Trump to have a his undeniable MAGA madman moment? </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqA6UhLlxyYB53KFuMQ2YlgNx1ziR4sZdCxA2iH0U33PlP17yWAizwVOA_u7mC9ows781RJOnEUa5I-o8bYf-gObfxC7d3X_Xb_Sk3J0UmrKF8wE5Mh6EWquNjT-jeSFsMJAE9QAI_uCIpzZKRqSX-_kRtzEDZGFuw4KiPd4vnDADELRVzSxlLcb2FINM/s1452/Screenshot%202023-09-28%20at%208.07.30%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1086" data-original-width="1452" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqA6UhLlxyYB53KFuMQ2YlgNx1ziR4sZdCxA2iH0U33PlP17yWAizwVOA_u7mC9ows781RJOnEUa5I-o8bYf-gObfxC7d3X_Xb_Sk3J0UmrKF8wE5Mh6EWquNjT-jeSFsMJAE9QAI_uCIpzZKRqSX-_kRtzEDZGFuw4KiPd4vnDADELRVzSxlLcb2FINM/w640-h476/Screenshot%202023-09-28%20at%208.07.30%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130334533138672012.post-9421140877511308712023-09-27T06:45:00.009-07:002023-09-27T16:56:30.026-07:00If Menendez was savng cash and gold bars for the apocalypse he'd have done better with canned goods and .22 cal. bullets<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixZ4PM668Lu0TD6DGL77No6C-rMnkC2e7cHzk6SNX2Jg9eMLt8jfQTGE51eKhjuGuLa0BOaRxKLzWSkFpstcLEahWuyFRJPbn93C4KY3CYK0RZDlmYq7jE58uSRWBOXkeZBxgSGYEk3COsvGOEAUueq9eTWYRJxkNhJer7MKiJhLFw9IKPBNHSD-jk1dU/s1426/Screenshot%202023-09-27%20at%206.59.20%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixZ4PM668Lu0TD6DGL77No6C-rMnkC2e7cHzk6SNX2Jg9eMLt8jfQTGE51eKhjuGuLa0BOaRxKLzWSkFpstcLEahWuyFRJPbn93C4KY3CYK0RZDlmYq7jE58uSRWBOXkeZBxgSGYEk3COsvGOEAUueq9eTWYRJxkNhJer7MKiJhLFw9IKPBNHSD-jk1dU/s16000/Screenshot%202023-09-27%20at%206.59.20%20AM.png" /></a></div><br /><p></p>By Hal Brown<div><i><span style="color: #800180;">Sorta Satire</span></i><br /><p></p><p>For reasons yet unknown Senator Menendez and his wife felt they needed to keep about $500,000 in cash and a number of gold bars at home.</p><p>Occam's razor would suggest that the simplest explanation is most likely the correct one, i.e., he was taking bribes from Egypt and wanted to hide this from the authorities.</p><p>While those ready to jump to morally disreputable, and illegal, reasons the couple wanted to keep so much cash and gold on hand there may be a benign explanation.</p><p>It occurred to me that another reason they did this might that they wanted to be prepared in case of an apocalypse, zombie or another kind event causing a breakdown of civilized society. </p><p>Living in Western Oregon where experts predict a major earthquake, known as The Big One, at some unknown time in the future, I keep more canned goods than I normally would (shown above).</p><p>In real life, if there was a total breakdown of society cash would be worthless and even gold bars wouldn't be useful to barter with for essentials.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuta4C6x-6RWE53b6x1aLP5ObZcu8xoc9RhhEgAwhySIIkhsHnhpqbi9J6zSrFEL3mTffrsCscjQvRV7BRgD9tVsoQ52ifQEqQusOtwii6-Eha_9rt4jAzy4dr1araHUMahzqdrYXnUKjI-hXs0LN33OX1a-0T7PzW2gfN_xXhMzhZnCVFoqohcj6_YP0/s704/Screenshot%202023-09-27%20at%206.07.27%20AM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="704" data-original-width="494" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuta4C6x-6RWE53b6x1aLP5ObZcu8xoc9RhhEgAwhySIIkhsHnhpqbi9J6zSrFEL3mTffrsCscjQvRV7BRgD9tVsoQ52ifQEqQusOtwii6-Eha_9rt4jAzy4dr1araHUMahzqdrYXnUKjI-hXs0LN33OX1a-0T7PzW2gfN_xXhMzhZnCVFoqohcj6_YP0/s320/Screenshot%202023-09-27%20at%206.07.27%20AM.png" width="225" /></a></div>I'd always considered the cheap .22 caliber bullets to be the easiest and most valuable to hoard for the end of the world as we know it since small caliber weapons would be best for small game hunting and good to barter with.<p></p><p>I figure those people who want to protect themselves against other people already have plenty of larger caliber ammunition. You could stockpile the .223 cal. high velocity bullets used in AR-15's but these cost more than 10 times the cost of .22 cal. bullets.</p><p>Of course, if you wanted to trade with people afraid of zombies larger caliber ammunition would be necessary, probably shotgun shells. </p><p>Throwing a gold bar at anyone, human or zombie, wouldn't be the weapon of choice. If you had good aim you might be able to nail a rabbit with one.</p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/things-you-can-use-as-money-after-the-apocalypse/87103381/" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="662" data-original-width="1616" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgxayEGFrJquORKHTwrMMu4g3khrP8GkRnkfUpzieFpA9esrUbEGRWFrPXNY9bKCKJlHKmeAd66r_2pPYgWYK3iWucmwLFvpdTMJ0kSmUX4epQMbhKB6rnkcQ_rhhcrHwCgrAI-Rfr7jrYEBb5yEC6UUH6hlwWrkNHywIbvRc9a_atClF-5T_1Gj6_ZAo/s16000/Screenshot%202023-09-27%20at%206.22.20%20AM.png" /></a></div>As with just about any subject I end up writing about there are websites about what items would be best to stock up on to use in the place of cash. For example <a href="https://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/things-you-can-use-as-money-after-the-apocalypse/87103381/" target="_blank"><b>this article</b> which is meant to be funny, but maybe not:</a><p></p><span face=""Fira Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f4f4f4; caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 61); color: #26283d; font-size: 18px;">Everyone needs money. And we use everything from cash to crypto to NFTs as modern currency. </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 61); color: #26283d; font-family: "Fira Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 61); color: #26283d; font-family: "Fira Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;" /><span face=""Fira Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f4f4f4; caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 61); color: #26283d; font-size: 18px;">But what if society goes to hell and you wind up in an </span><strong style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 61); color: #26283d; font-family: "Fira Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://gaming.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/key-differences-between-apocalyptic-game-settings-and-our-actual-dystopia/86983503/" style="color: #26283d; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">apocalypse</a></strong><span face=""Fira Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f4f4f4; caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 61); color: #26283d; font-size: 18px;">? You're going to need a new kind of money, and here are just a few of the things you can use.</span><br /><p>Bullets are number four on this list and gold at 25 is the last.</p><p>Here's another article: </p><h1 class="flex-grow font-headline text-3xl md:text-5xl text-royal-blue leading-tighter" style="border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(43 43 92/var(--tw-text-opacity)); flex-grow: 1; font-family: Lato, Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 3rem; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://money.howstuffworks.com/12-things-that-will-skyrocket-in-value-once-the-apocalypse-hits.htm" target="_blank">12 Things That Will Skyrocket In Value Once The Apocalypse Hits</a></h1><div><br /></div><div><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="background-color: #151538; border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(247, 247, 247); color: #f7f7f7; font-size: 24px;">Contents</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="background-color: #151538; caret-color: rgb(247, 247, 247); color: #f7f7f7; font-size: 24px;"></span><ol class="list-outside list-decimal text-lg mt-2 ml-8 text-primary font-bold" style="background-color: #151538; border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--color-primary); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 1.125rem; font-weight: 700; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0.5rem 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px;"><li class="pb-2 pl-2 text-lg" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; padding-bottom: 0.5rem; padding-left: 0.5rem;"><a class="text-lighter-gray hover:text-green font-normal" data-target="pt1" href="https://money.howstuffworks.com/12-things-that-will-skyrocket-in-value-once-the-apocalypse-hits.htm#pt1" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(247 247 247/var(--tw-text-opacity)); font-weight: 400; text-decoration: inherit; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-property: color, background-color, border-color, text-decoration-color, fill, stroke, text-decoration-color; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);"><span style="color: white;">Sugar</span></a></li><li class="pb-2 pl-2 text-lg" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; padding-bottom: 0.5rem; padding-left: 0.5rem;"><a class="text-lighter-gray hover:text-green font-normal" data-target="pt2" href="https://money.howstuffworks.com/12-things-that-will-skyrocket-in-value-once-the-apocalypse-hits.htm#pt2" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(247 247 247/var(--tw-text-opacity)); font-weight: 400; text-decoration: inherit; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-property: color, background-color, border-color, text-decoration-color, fill, stroke, text-decoration-color; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);"><span style="color: white;">Candles</span></a></li><li class="pb-2 pl-2 text-lg" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; padding-bottom: 0.5rem; padding-left: 0.5rem;"><a class="text-lighter-gray hover:text-green font-normal" data-target="pt3" href="https://money.howstuffworks.com/12-things-that-will-skyrocket-in-value-once-the-apocalypse-hits.htm#pt3" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(247 247 247/var(--tw-text-opacity)); font-weight: 400; text-decoration: inherit; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-property: color, background-color, border-color, text-decoration-color, fill, stroke, text-decoration-color; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);"><span style="color: white;">Books</span></a></li><li class="pb-2 pl-2 text-lg" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; padding-bottom: 0.5rem; padding-left: 0.5rem;"><a class="text-lighter-gray hover:text-green font-normal" data-target="pt4" href="https://money.howstuffworks.com/12-things-that-will-skyrocket-in-value-once-the-apocalypse-hits.htm#pt4" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(247 247 247/var(--tw-text-opacity)); font-weight: 400; text-decoration: inherit; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-property: color, background-color, border-color, text-decoration-color, fill, stroke, text-decoration-color; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);"><span style="color: white;">Footwear</span></a></li><li class="pb-2 pl-2 text-lg" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; padding-bottom: 0.5rem; padding-left: 0.5rem;"><a class="text-lighter-gray hover:text-green font-normal" data-target="pt5" href="https://money.howstuffworks.com/12-things-that-will-skyrocket-in-value-once-the-apocalypse-hits.htm#pt5" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(247 247 247/var(--tw-text-opacity)); font-weight: 400; text-decoration: inherit; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-property: color, background-color, border-color, text-decoration-color, fill, stroke, text-decoration-color; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);"><span style="color: white;">Salt and Other Spices</span></a></li><li class="pb-2 pl-2 text-lg" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; padding-bottom: 0.5rem; padding-left: 0.5rem;"><a class="text-lighter-gray hover:text-green font-normal" data-target="pt6" href="https://money.howstuffworks.com/12-things-that-will-skyrocket-in-value-once-the-apocalypse-hits.htm#pt6" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(247 247 247/var(--tw-text-opacity)); font-weight: 400; text-decoration: inherit; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-property: color, background-color, border-color, text-decoration-color, fill, stroke, text-decoration-color; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);"><span style="color: white;">Honey</span></a></li><li class="pb-2 pl-2 text-lg" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; padding-bottom: 0.5rem; padding-left: 0.5rem;"><a class="text-lighter-gray hover:text-green font-normal" data-target="pt7" href="https://money.howstuffworks.com/12-things-that-will-skyrocket-in-value-once-the-apocalypse-hits.htm#pt7" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(247 247 247/var(--tw-text-opacity)); font-weight: 400; text-decoration: inherit; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-property: color, background-color, border-color, text-decoration-color, fill, stroke, text-decoration-color; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);"><span style="color: white;">Alcohol</span></a></li><li class="pb-2 pl-2 text-lg" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; padding-bottom: 0.5rem; padding-left: 0.5rem;"><a class="text-lighter-gray hover:text-green font-normal" data-target="pt8" href="https://money.howstuffworks.com/12-things-that-will-skyrocket-in-value-once-the-apocalypse-hits.htm#pt8" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(247 247 247/var(--tw-text-opacity)); font-weight: 400; text-decoration: inherit; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-property: color, background-color, border-color, text-decoration-color, fill, stroke, text-decoration-color; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);"><span style="color: white;">Cigarettes</span></a></li><li class="pb-2 pl-2 text-lg" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; padding-bottom: 0.5rem; padding-left: 0.5rem;"><a class="text-lighter-gray hover:text-green font-normal" data-target="pt9" href="https://money.howstuffworks.com/12-things-that-will-skyrocket-in-value-once-the-apocalypse-hits.htm#pt9" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(247 247 247/var(--tw-text-opacity)); font-weight: 400; text-decoration: inherit; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-property: color, background-color, border-color, text-decoration-color, fill, stroke, text-decoration-color; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);"><span style="color: white;">Guns and Ammo</span></a></li><li class="pb-2 pl-2 text-lg" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; 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--tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(247 247 247/var(--tw-text-opacity)); font-weight: 400; text-decoration: inherit; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-property: color, background-color, border-color, text-decoration-color, fill, stroke, text-decoration-color; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);"><span style="color: white;">Knives and Hatchets</span></a></li><li class="pb-2 pl-2 text-lg" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; padding-bottom: 0.5rem; padding-left: 0.5rem;"><a class="text-lighter-gray hover:text-green font-normal" data-target="pt11" href="https://money.howstuffworks.com/12-things-that-will-skyrocket-in-value-once-the-apocalypse-hits.htm#pt11" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(247 247 247/var(--tw-text-opacity)); font-weight: 400; text-decoration: inherit; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-property: color, background-color, border-color, text-decoration-color, fill, stroke, text-decoration-color; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);"><span style="color: white;"> Gasoline</span></a></li><li class="pb-2 pl-2 text-lg" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; padding-bottom: 0.5rem; padding-left: 0.5rem;"><a class="text-lighter-gray hover:text-green font-normal" data-target="pt12" href="https://money.howstuffworks.com/12-things-that-will-skyrocket-in-value-once-the-apocalypse-hits.htm#pt12" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(247 247 247/var(--tw-text-opacity)); font-weight: 400; text-decoration: inherit; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-property: color, background-color, border-color, text-decoration-color, fill, stroke, text-decoration-color; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);"><span style="color: white;">Seeds</span></a></li></ol></div><p><br /></p><p>If Senator and Mrs. Menendez are reading this, I'll happily save them a trip to the supermarket and send them my stock of canned goods for a mere $1000. Of course, being a law abiding citizen I would report this as income on my taxes.</p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130334533138672012.post-44789036367597562302023-09-26T08:26:00.028-07:002023-09-26T12:28:13.301-07:00MAGA World loves that Trump's a malginant narcissist, will they care that he's become cognitively impaired?<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn41JiS05J__KLnFlYEeY8D7Re8NnEZmSpXP4XUJC7p9EbtV_nrO8NrgJ3UKK9IRSdJ3acuBraFT8NELu2CFhShzq9QinSgx6TOHXD3M9rhCosdlKXyTGNmloRIhhZWdDDGvF-AkXrvW50b34tbURa0ei2JI7O78btjOAjjI2Z2ZtWJPZrm-YvkLplBSw/s1216/Screenshot%202023-09-26%20at%208.19.18%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1126" data-original-width="1216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn41JiS05J__KLnFlYEeY8D7Re8NnEZmSpXP4XUJC7p9EbtV_nrO8NrgJ3UKK9IRSdJ3acuBraFT8NELu2CFhShzq9QinSgx6TOHXD3M9rhCosdlKXyTGNmloRIhhZWdDDGvF-AkXrvW50b34tbURa0ei2JI7O78btjOAjjI2Z2ZtWJPZrm-YvkLplBSw/s16000/Screenshot%202023-09-26%20at%208.19.18%20AM.png" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">By Hal Brown, MSW, Retired </span>psychotherapist</p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Few residents of MAGA World read HUFFPOST. I can tell this from from the few trolls who comment of their articles. I doubt many will read this article: </span></p><h1 class="headline" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 3.25rem; letter-spacing: 0.03125rem; line-height: 3.25rem; margin: 0px; max-width: 1024px; padding: 0px 0px 16px;"><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-jeb-bush-gaffe_n_65124c8be4b060f32d3ae978" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Befuddled Trump Can't Figure Out Which Bush Did What In Bizarre Rant</span></a></h1><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">I won't even excerpt the article since this wouldn't do it justise. Vox associate editor sums it up in his post on X: </span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); color: #0f1419; font-size: 21.17647px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); color: #0f1419; font-size: 21.17647px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><blockquote>if Joe Biden confused Jeb and George W. Bush, Hannity would anchor special coverage that would last until the 2024 election</blockquote></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); color: #0f1419; font-size: 21.17647px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here's another article:</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); color: #0f1419; font-size: 21.17647px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); color: #0f1419; font-size: 21.17647px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><h1 class="widget__headline h1" style="caret-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); color: #1f1f1f; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1; margin: 10px 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; white-space: normal;"><span class="widget__headline-text custom-post-headline" data-type="text" style="color: black; font-family: Oswald; font-size: 56px; line-height: 1.1; word-break: break-word;"><a href="https://www.rawstory.com/morning-joe-trump-2024-2665734191/" target="_blank">'Terribly confused' Trump's rant about whales could be sign of cognitive decline: Morning Joe</a></span></h1></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); color: #0f1419; font-size: 21.17647px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); color: #0f1419; font-size: 21.17647px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you do a <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Trump+malignant+narcissim" target="_blank">search on Google with the words Trump malignant narcissism (here)</a> you find numerious articles. Scroll down to the 32rd and you'll find one of mine.</span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg12alHgmNRIWmhSCm8crl6_0nMJ8fDRW0Dz3awqsTrXhUh-NBWAZTgxQU9jXAegypISkc6YB4WAkK8tzrudQc0EJuO2C05NIhum6camDsHg1D2XgAQRKlksAil98wBBegmfpicNB_jQznBxVD1bJtVkgCaKnMtrTpNK3ZP1L3J_5cUjxIfGuz_4DC0_Y4/s1554/Screenshot%202023-09-26%20at%208.04.29%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1554" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg12alHgmNRIWmhSCm8crl6_0nMJ8fDRW0Dz3awqsTrXhUh-NBWAZTgxQU9jXAegypISkc6YB4WAkK8tzrudQc0EJuO2C05NIhum6camDsHg1D2XgAQRKlksAil98wBBegmfpicNB_jQznBxVD1bJtVkgCaKnMtrTpNK3ZP1L3J_5cUjxIfGuz_4DC0_Y4/w640-h428/Screenshot%202023-09-26%20at%208.04.29%20AM.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); color: #0f1419; font-size: 21.17647px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here's what I posted on Daily Kos.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); color: #0f1419; font-size: 21.17647px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/6/27/2037295/-Trump-s-malignant-narcissistic-illeism-You-must-hate-Trump-You-must-hate-Trump" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1886" data-original-width="2804" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5q4RzCaZI0B_NPsrYArACYKOnhDyac8tTPBzi22XnCS1K2YOhMPZ8nbaSRWzi2ylmbRNu_yTs42c3ef10Nh_fHKQ9Zlm88SP99sKTyGWfq1RzzI_pEX9s0WUS28ebIj1Gp8E8guPeEMyIE8W3t2zXJIo4dfCFDdiueCWsIxgG2rxWPB4Y6IqC9zIA9OM/w640-h428/Screenshot%202023-09-26%20at%208.04.59%20AM.png" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Click above to read</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">For this blog I've changed the illustration.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); color: #0f1419; font-size: 21.17647px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); color: #0f1419; font-size: 21.17647px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The HUFFPOST article decribes the most recent example of </span><span style="color: #0f1419;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); white-space: pre-wrap;">cognitive confusion that any objective clinician would see as alarming indications that their patient <u>might</u> be suffering from early dementia. The only other explanation that I can see is that Trump's confusion about which Bush was which is due to his being under extreme stress. Of couse one explanation doesn't preclude the other.</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #0f1419;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #0f1419;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); white-space: pre-wrap;">I am not a medical </span></span></span><span style="color: #0f1419;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); white-space: pre-wrap;">clinician but I have been trained to know when a patient has symptoms that require a referral to a neurologist for an assessment. If Trump was my patient this is what I would have done when I was in practice. A neurologist would do more than administer the MOCA.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1419;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1419;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUpaCjeyeVRQMZRL4EHyk6bMmLtCHQIuvcV1znGkcT8BJdE1PXXFmz_iYUB4seZvXcNkmkMHpiZmH_eVOZQRCs-bF33vpJppF4xyVMoDPytHHuZZlcIEhj63HEAsPEJomTUTYYc8llLMRD5PwcE9d2FzgfFUyw3o93NFwxzqluLmKQXTjA9bfEDXtYpdc/s1068/Screenshot%202023-09-26%20at%208.35.31%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="832" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUpaCjeyeVRQMZRL4EHyk6bMmLtCHQIuvcV1znGkcT8BJdE1PXXFmz_iYUB4seZvXcNkmkMHpiZmH_eVOZQRCs-bF33vpJppF4xyVMoDPytHHuZZlcIEhj63HEAsPEJomTUTYYc8llLMRD5PwcE9d2FzgfFUyw3o93NFwxzqluLmKQXTjA9bfEDXtYpdc/w498-h640/Screenshot%202023-09-26%20at%208.35.31%20AM.png" width="498" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1419;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); white-space: pre-wrap;">I am not even sure that if Trump took the MOCA test (above) now he would be given a clean bill of health as far as signs of early dementia.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1419;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1419;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); white-space: pre-wrap;">The question as to whether his hard-core MAGA cult would care about this is something to consider. The typical member of the Trump cult is White and poorly educated. Part of the - love is not too strong a word - for him comes from his being a grandiose narcissist who rants about vegeance against his enemies. They vicarously enjoy how he relishes expressing how he'd destroy his enemies if he become president again. They not only care about him wanting to also destroy democracy but practically drool over the idea he'd become a dictator who whould empower them and push policies that express their bigotted beliefs.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1419;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1419;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); white-space: pre-wrap;">Trump has built a cult of personality. It is difficult to imagine MAGA World with anyone else as its ruler. Unlike Trump's good pal Kim Jung Un he wasn't groomed to be successor to a dynasty. </span></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1419;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLpqsETFhMziSaLtXlprXl2IQ2xv6gGt7rc7r2AiUzDsh3mUjc78jX_zHhPKvfmO49-fvVvLeZpEIACgk5czQfWXiKbTVaLhlLZZGyWMvswsHS3bDbb7rYNXMw5y7-va8lddaXiztE5FgZSh4ZUdeFG2K3wXqAZOa_jhu6oQ11S7H_GhTDUa9Ft_I4mgc/s612/Screenshot%202023-09-26%20at%209.36.36%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="548" data-original-width="612" height="572" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLpqsETFhMziSaLtXlprXl2IQ2xv6gGt7rc7r2AiUzDsh3mUjc78jX_zHhPKvfmO49-fvVvLeZpEIACgk5czQfWXiKbTVaLhlLZZGyWMvswsHS3bDbb7rYNXMw5y7-va8lddaXiztE5FgZSh4ZUdeFG2K3wXqAZOa_jhu6oQ11S7H_GhTDUa9Ft_I4mgc/w640-h572/Screenshot%202023-09-26%20at%209.36.36%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></div>There's no way Donald Jr. and certainly not Eric, could out-Trump or eve come close to equal-Trumping the original.</span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1419;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1419;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); white-space: pre-wrap;">The salient question for Trump's reelection is whether his cult wants someone who is the embodiment of the mad king from The Game of Thrones as their leader but who is also becoming senile.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1419;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/fantasy/game-thrones-mad-king-aerys-targaryen-explained/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1412" data-original-width="1360" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRqaZ9M67jTehV8jFZphjGO9Cn6EoVSIy6vD1q0izC4k4t7LccdPqc84WIkmntlEz8UMMIDR1b3tuwOIiCLIYGF9pHxu4PJkkri6n4sOT_2Dhk3dNw4tnSmZ5WEeyzVWY7B1zjqUSjfKvDVDiktX3n6T_0HiEKs2hHu9IcT9Xz8IumGUCzfd8WrFUmllk/w616-h640/Screenshot%202023-09-26%20at%208.47.32%20AM.png" width="616" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Click to read article</td></tr></tbody></table><br />I can't see any of the other GOP presidential candiates coming close to having the kind of charisma Trump exudes for his cult. Trump's madness is his brand.</span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1419;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1419;">If you add senility, or fast developing dementia, to his madness it will be fascinating to see if he can keep a grip on the hold he exerts over his cult.</span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1419;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1419;">Addendum:</span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1419;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Vbzd7i0vFEk2XCsofm3T3LH2cLRbZmHRgw0Buu9IY4XNlBM0HaQ370prOEEqaf5jRYnpE3Ih423gyXkU_iwtF0iBZXX45YnamGSbuug3kq2HtLVqlG_QH8tehfneFuXcAbiExzY7Sea3cK5tugTt5rGNTa0VrbXxA61eV7dTduLCSPUM30hvIC4a14w/s972/Screenshot%202023-09-26%20at%209.09.29%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="972" data-original-width="646" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Vbzd7i0vFEk2XCsofm3T3LH2cLRbZmHRgw0Buu9IY4XNlBM0HaQ370prOEEqaf5jRYnpE3Ih423gyXkU_iwtF0iBZXX45YnamGSbuug3kq2HtLVqlG_QH8tehfneFuXcAbiExzY7Sea3cK5tugTt5rGNTa0VrbXxA61eV7dTduLCSPUM30hvIC4a14w/w426-h640/Screenshot%202023-09-26%20at%209.09.29%20AM.png" width="426" /></a></div></div><div><span style="color: #0f1419;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1419;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25);">The only GOP candidate who actually has their own kind of charisma is Chris Christi. I think this is why Trump fears him the most. While he can never be a cult leader, and I doubt he aspires to be one, there's no doubt that the man is a commanding pressense.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1419;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1419;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25);">Christi can equal or better the bloviating of Trump, and he does so with a razor sharp wit using fresh rather than stale retorts and talking points the way Trump does.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1419;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1419;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25);">If it comes down to Republicans wanting a Trump-lite candidate who promises a renewal of Trump's policies only from someone who has full command of their mental faculties they will go with </span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); color: #0f1419;">DeSantis or Ramaswamy.</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); color: #0f1419;"> They could want someone more in the middle like Nikki Haley. They won't want Christi who is more of a Republican like John McCain was or Mitt Romney is today. Christi doesn't represent today's MAGA Republican Party.</span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); color: #0f1419;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1419;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25);">If I was a small government Republican rather than a big and effective government liberal Democrat I'd favor Chris Christi. He doesn't believe in America First nationalism and he doesn't want to dismantle democracy and replace it with autocracy. He is also very, very smart.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1419;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1419;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25);">Since the GOP has done an effective job of demonizing President Biden I actually think Christi would stand a good chance of becoming the next president if he pulled a rabbit out of the hat and won the GOP nomination.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1419;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1419;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25);">It is possible if Trump's cognitive decline contiunes to the point that it is impossible to deny unless one is a totally brainwashed member of his cult. This will leave the GOP candidates to battle it out among thmselves and Christi will then have an opportunity, to use the Mafia term popularized in The Godfather, to make his bones, and take out the other candidates.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1419;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibnfhdryppHrhH5Z_DoLS7JV3tpk972ZQhOK1lP7UUs9eXqwSrzxSjjMCcadwLuZ0jywDqL1XcG9gKyCMeNnTtmSdURdG58EbkcGwtMjSgN7s7hyosKxUpbYuC55B97oAwOnedxTxePcUBnndd7YgkmWCxE4K84Sb-iQHx34gv6CspAA5onfao5AS3FoA/s1470/Screenshot%202023-09-26%20at%209.27.46%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1470" data-original-width="1258" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibnfhdryppHrhH5Z_DoLS7JV3tpk972ZQhOK1lP7UUs9eXqwSrzxSjjMCcadwLuZ0jywDqL1XcG9gKyCMeNnTtmSdURdG58EbkcGwtMjSgN7s7hyosKxUpbYuC55B97oAwOnedxTxePcUBnndd7YgkmWCxE4K84Sb-iQHx34gv6CspAA5onfao5AS3FoA/w548-h640/Screenshot%202023-09-26%20at%209.27.46%20AM.png" width="548" /></a></div><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); color: #0f1419; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1419;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1419;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1419;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #0f1419;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #0f1419;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span face="TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); color: #0f1419; font-size: 21.17647px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); color: #0f1419; font-size: 21.17647px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130334533138672012.post-21307092220069459582023-09-25T07:27:00.008-07:002023-09-25T09:32:46.410-07:00I have an idea for Morning Joe: The red TRUMPLINE phone for him to call in live<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs9HIss5mKWAqyrprqln1FKpRweXlo-S5cJWrUL03OyWDqzF-_alzdzUKS9f78NKtCv7ipp2TGPDo_S53aKhl1vMV6lsX2PW7jF4JdcvyBYI5C1L0NzHlXI9wnY9hqP4HMvXeCKf1GnZIONJMwcxiX941R--EDll96uUxTPrRXya2uPyVmt4R72und0yg/s1528/Screenshot%202023-09-25%20at%206.33.04%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1528" data-original-width="1358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs9HIss5mKWAqyrprqln1FKpRweXlo-S5cJWrUL03OyWDqzF-_alzdzUKS9f78NKtCv7ipp2TGPDo_S53aKhl1vMV6lsX2PW7jF4JdcvyBYI5C1L0NzHlXI9wnY9hqP4HMvXeCKf1GnZIONJMwcxiX941R--EDll96uUxTPrRXya2uPyVmt4R72und0yg/s16000/Screenshot%202023-09-25%20at%206.33.04%20AM.png" /></a></div>By Hal Brown<p></p><p>I just read the following:</p><h1 class="widget__headline h1" style="caret-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1; margin: 10px 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><span class="widget__headline-text custom-post-headline" data-type="text" style="font-family: Oswald; font-size: 56px; line-height: 1.1; word-break: break-word;"><a href="https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2024-nbc/" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">'They are a true threat': Trump threatens to go after NBC News if re-elected</span></a></span></h1><div><br /></div><div>Excerpt (my bold):</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Serif", serif; font-size: 19px;"><blockquote>They are almost all dishonest and corrupt, but Comcast, with its one-side and vicious coverage by NBC NEWS, and<b> in particular MSNBC, often and correctly referred to as MSDNC (Democrat National Committee!)</b>, should be investigated for its 'Country Threatening Treason,'" Trump wrote on Sunday. (<a href="https://www.halbrown.org/2023/09/i-have-idea-for-morning-joe-red.html#more" target="_blank">Another excerpt here</a>)</blockquote></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In October Trump said that it is</span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-family: inherit;"> ‘disgusting’ that press was able to write whatever it wants. He also </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(43, 44, 48); color: #2b2c30; font-family: inherit;">threatened to pull NBC’s broadcasting license over a story he said was false.</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-family: inherit;"> </span><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-threatens-news-media-critical-of-him_n_651189ffe4b088d5608c6c94" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Reference</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-family: inherit;"> </span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: PT Serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: PT Serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px;">This gave me the idea for this blog. While there was no real red phone connecting the leader of the United States with the leader of Russia the myth persists that there was. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow–Washington_hotline" target="_blank">There was and is, however, a Moscow - Washington hotline.</a></span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: PT Serif, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcSUDTbi9NOB-CgokZpt4csvsUb27M6zhPGDc9Gjlym6AFiJP_b1EuNPb1Hc8pRNol3S9iTt6TgH7Njs0m6PTaJySsqtwtONPRjx3MgO2pWg-DU8TNqF2W_1i9rkDoLbKYGuufbp5-gxT14-DW5NBnGBLp90oNpVVrRa8qfldQqMOHv9FBw4fzZvfWS_4/s1178/Screenshot%202023-09-25%20at%207.15.37%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1178" data-original-width="558" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcSUDTbi9NOB-CgokZpt4csvsUb27M6zhPGDc9Gjlym6AFiJP_b1EuNPb1Hc8pRNol3S9iTt6TgH7Njs0m6PTaJySsqtwtONPRjx3MgO2pWg-DU8TNqF2W_1i9rkDoLbKYGuufbp5-gxT14-DW5NBnGBLp90oNpVVrRa8qfldQqMOHv9FBw4fzZvfWS_4/w304-h640/Screenshot%202023-09-25%20at%207.15.37%20AM.png" width="304" /></a></div></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: PT Serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: PT Serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px;">Could Trump resist calling in to the show when they are talking about him? He'd know this would boost their ratings but since he'd take credit for this he might not care, especially when this is balanced against the chance to rant at its 1.2 million </span>weekly<span style="font-size: 19px;"> viewers. While Fox and Friends has about 1.38 million viewers (<a href="https://www.thewrap.com/morning-joe-beat-fox-and-friends-viewers-first-time-since-2001-ratings/" target="_blank">and sometimes Morning Joe has beat them</a>) he knows he'd preaching to the choir if he called them as he did in 2020. (See</span></span></span></div><div><span face="cnn_sans_display, helveticaneue, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif" style="font-size: var(--theme-headline__font-size);"><span style="color: red;">"Trump says weekly calls on ‘Fox & Friends’ are returning; Fox says maybe not"</span></span><span color="var(--theme-headline__text-color)" face="cnn_sans_display, helveticaneue, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif" style="font-size: var(--theme-headline__font-size);">)</span></div><div><span color="var(--theme-headline__text-color)" face="cnn_sans_display, helveticaneue, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif" style="font-size: var(--theme-headline__font-size);"><br /></span></div><div><span color="var(--theme-headline__text-color)" face="cnn_sans_display, helveticaneue, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif" style="font-size: var(--theme-headline__font-size);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguvzvIfsGOGIdO666oIsnKmFuoSIH8waC9yCBqSyokji_SmJgUTdn0j6GlFR2hDSU_0pM7HLbaGPr9ylZQ_h5SJm9q26hDwH7vnIiXynpdAIDna0RGbLxDHjgGTRSf33hI7uJlZR8JfxAuvHmT7J3rOT17MVd86Q4Kq9k_ACOgtcwVmfYbtJwqi4nOG-o/s1314/Screenshot%202023-09-25%20at%207.00.37%20AM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span color="var(--theme-headline__text-color)" style="clear: left; float: left; font-size: var(--theme-headline__font-size); margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1204" data-original-width="1314" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguvzvIfsGOGIdO666oIsnKmFuoSIH8waC9yCBqSyokji_SmJgUTdn0j6GlFR2hDSU_0pM7HLbaGPr9ylZQ_h5SJm9q26hDwH7vnIiXynpdAIDna0RGbLxDHjgGTRSf33hI7uJlZR8JfxAuvHmT7J3rOT17MVd86Q4Kq9k_ACOgtcwVmfYbtJwqi4nOG-o/w200-h182/Screenshot%202023-09-25%20at%207.00.37%20AM.png" width="200" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguvzvIfsGOGIdO666oIsnKmFuoSIH8waC9yCBqSyokji_SmJgUTdn0j6GlFR2hDSU_0pM7HLbaGPr9ylZQ_h5SJm9q26hDwH7vnIiXynpdAIDna0RGbLxDHjgGTRSf33hI7uJlZR8JfxAuvHmT7J3rOT17MVd86Q4Kq9k_ACOgtcwVmfYbtJwqi4nOG-o/s1314/Screenshot%202023-09-25%20at%207.00.37%20AM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span color="var(--theme-headline__text-color)" face="cnn_sans_display, helveticaneue, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif" style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></a></div></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguvzvIfsGOGIdO666oIsnKmFuoSIH8waC9yCBqSyokji_SmJgUTdn0j6GlFR2hDSU_0pM7HLbaGPr9ylZQ_h5SJm9q26hDwH7vnIiXynpdAIDna0RGbLxDHjgGTRSf33hI7uJlZR8JfxAuvHmT7J3rOT17MVd86Q4Kq9k_ACOgtcwVmfYbtJwqi4nOG-o/s1314/Screenshot%202023-09-25%20at%207.00.37%20AM.png" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><span color="var(--theme-headline__text-color)" style="font-size: var(--theme-headline__font-size); text-align: left;">Trump relishes a good fight. In fact, this charateristic is baked into </span><span color="var(--theme-headline__text-color)" face="cnn_sans_display, helveticaneue, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif" style="text-align: left;">his diagnosis as a malignant narcissist (my bold):</span></span></a> </div><div><blockquote><span face="sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14.4px;">Malignant narcissism</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14.4px;"> is a psychological syndrome comprising an extreme mix of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissism" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Narcissism">narcissism</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14.4px;">, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-social_behaviour" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Anti-social behaviour">antisocial behavior</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14.4px;">, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggression" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Aggression">aggression</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14.4px;">, and </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadistic_personality_disorder" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Sadistic personality disorder">sadism</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14.4px;">. </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandiosity" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Grandiosity">Grandiose</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14.4px;">, and <b>always ready to raise hostility levels</b>, the malignant narcissist undermines families and organizations in which they are involved, and dehumanizes the people with whom they associate. </span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #202122;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malignant_narcissism" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></span></span></blockquote><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14.4px;"></span></div><div><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14.4px;">Besides this Trump is currently on the outs with Fox News. I think he has a begrudging respect for Joe and may have the hots for Mika.</span></div><div><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14.4px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14.4px;">The TRUMPLINE phone wouldn't be on the desk all the time, in fact it could be put there as a dramatic gesture and as a challenge for him to call in at particular times. Even if Trump never called this would represent him in abstentia. His not calling would be symbolic of his talking a tough game but being a big orange chicken.</span></div><div><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14.4px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14.4px;">Now, before you suggest that this would just give Trump another chance to bloviate with his self-aggrandizing lies and insults and pull what we could call another Wack-a-Welker (named forwhat he did to Kristin Welker on her 60 MInutes deput interview) I'd see major differences.</span></div><div><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14.4px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14.4px;">For one thing, any call-in wouldn't be an interview. Joe and Mika would be in total control. They could also have a one minute limit for him to speak with a count-down clock on the screen. They could also have a buzzer to cut him off when they had to challenge any lie. The could mute him at any time they thought was approrpriate.</span></div><div><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14.4px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #202122;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">I'd also like to see him called by his proper title, Mr. Trump, instead of Mr. President, as Kristin Welker did in her interview with him. I think being called "MISTER Trump" with an emphasis on ""Mister" would get to him.</span></span></div><div><span face="cnn_sans_display, helveticaneue, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span><a name='more'></a></span><span><!--more--></span><span face="cnn_sans_display, helveticaneue, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span face="cnn_sans_display, helveticaneue, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Serif", serif; font-size: 19px;">Another excerpt from Raw Story from Trump's Truth Social posts:</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Serif", serif; font-size: 19px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Serif", serif; font-size: 19px;"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><blockquote>"I say up front, openly, and proudly, that when I WIN the Presidency of the United States, they and others of the LameStream Media will be thoroughly scrutinized for their knowingly dishonest and corrupt coverage of people, things, and events," he said, arguably challenging the very notion of an American free press. "Why should NBC, or any other of the corrupt & dishonest media companies, be entitled to use the very valuable Airwaves of the USA, FREE? They are a true threat to Democracy and are, in fact, THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE! The Fake News Media should pay a big price for what they have done to our once great Country!"</blockquote></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Serif", serif; font-size: 19px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Serif", serif; font-size: 19px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Serif", serif; font-size: 19px;"><br /></span></div><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130334533138672012.post-40299287691441292452023-09-24T05:32:00.037-07:002023-09-24T13:11:14.981-07:00WaPo column: Black history now being taught in Florida churches, comment moderator rejects a racist post, <p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-HHWdrDwwgNPlAEk4bimLaU7KsGCcSfP6AxKs5p1vQnmxkqwTpyu9YAcn_d-kXO9crNIDYER2vahQIV9GX7vu4bf4reAaBVMMfVAsUS0foCHeA6x8oyR3FcM-m0wGSpJUOLhfPPTQKMDnu9IxN2EeUZDyL46Vd43vqA8zcCZ-XoZCYFmEe77GBJhb0VE/s1474/Screenshot%202023-09-24%20at%2011.29.45%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1474" data-original-width="872" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-HHWdrDwwgNPlAEk4bimLaU7KsGCcSfP6AxKs5p1vQnmxkqwTpyu9YAcn_d-kXO9crNIDYER2vahQIV9GX7vu4bf4reAaBVMMfVAsUS0foCHeA6x8oyR3FcM-m0wGSpJUOLhfPPTQKMDnu9IxN2EeUZDyL46Vd43vqA8zcCZ-XoZCYFmEe77GBJhb0VE/s16000/Screenshot%202023-09-24%20at%2011.29.45%20AM.png" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(17, 17, 17); color: #111111; font-family: Postoni, garamond, serif; font-size: 56px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"> Above: This is all part of the history of America</span></span><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/09/24/florida-black-history-churches-teaching/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="1466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRrO77crSzcpOakAGOSPpCChss3saFbCo8GM5pFVPReRtllDIEp3Vlj9qpntYPgp01aMs4YHANV5Ngr20w2cTXA4as5xPhY3ZKRW5X1wfiIYuwW5WOwuOln_0JGy0o1dpAanb_6eo2kARGsviwm7DjXewrICr_AsH9oAlmSSj4UvjZFCRBRTIoRj2cgHU/s16000/Screenshot%202023-09-24%20at%205.11.02%20AM.png" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Click to read, subscription required</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(17, 17, 17); color: #111111; font-family: Postoni, garamond, serif; font-size: 56px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/09/24/florida-black-history-churches-teaching/" target="_blank">After Florida restricts Black history, churches step up to teach it</a> by Brittany Shammas, Washington Post</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">By Hal Brown</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">When I looked at the Washington Post website the above article was down the right column of the page where it could be easily missed:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_TasijFvzfFznHcIGILOEeJBx7RCDuN-B316G782QU_2kZhAUa7qOiyfa52FoQdb3aFjNC6kUqqn9Levz-qPKWR1kcW9agRoyjKZCuaTF5ary35Ozx-M8ugZ1wEPPnjTX4PhoxUnJMdBsIrEDi6U_KKB44mcEe3mNrkhHAnMbAVT9_-9dDbMtpN-4eBM/s2992/Screenshot%202023-09-24%20at%205.19.26%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1824" data-original-width="2992" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_TasijFvzfFznHcIGILOEeJBx7RCDuN-B316G782QU_2kZhAUa7qOiyfa52FoQdb3aFjNC6kUqqn9Levz-qPKWR1kcW9agRoyjKZCuaTF5ary35Ozx-M8ugZ1wEPPnjTX4PhoxUnJMdBsIrEDi6U_KKB44mcEe3mNrkhHAnMbAVT9_-9dDbMtpN-4eBM/w640-h388/Screenshot%202023-09-24%20at%205.19.26%20AM.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">I think it is a sad sign of the times that not only Black churches but other churches and houses of worship are stepping in where in some GOP controlled states public education has become polticized to prohibit the teaching of accurate history because leaders consider it woke indoctrination. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">The following comment to the article above was deleted by a moderator of the comments section. Note the commenter's use of the work indoctrinate. This as well as the tone of the comment prompted me to try to reply to them:</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2m_3nybPCaXaeFqiR91A5hFyB264RoOobEaYIeMKYMOY5LB9XoOWYavqv-fHsEa_nL_s0pq23q4TVyhBmdzY5GC-PR4EiONTso9WkbMoxYN4JqmD5eW2cmrxdrrW3OBSHp6sb8f8GOCO4QA7u_5VZwzd1o5QiZhD95jWsVjtB_kORI1xzYzV5F6BerXs/s1460/Screenshot%202023-09-24%20at%205.03.24%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="940" data-original-width="1460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2m_3nybPCaXaeFqiR91A5hFyB264RoOobEaYIeMKYMOY5LB9XoOWYavqv-fHsEa_nL_s0pq23q4TVyhBmdzY5GC-PR4EiONTso9WkbMoxYN4JqmD5eW2cmrxdrrW3OBSHp6sb8f8GOCO4QA7u_5VZwzd1o5QiZhD95jWsVjtB_kORI1xzYzV5F6BerXs/s16000/Screenshot%202023-09-24%20at%205.03.24%20AM.png" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 18px;"><div class="I_ZkbNhI D_FY W_6D6F" data-test-id="message-view-body" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(29, 34, 40); color: #1d2228; display: table; font-family: YahooSans, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; outline: currentcolor; width: 1073px;"><div class="msg-body P_wpofO mq_AS" data-test-id="message-view-body-content" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal; outline: currentcolor; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 2px 0px 0px; position: relative; word-break: break-word;"><div class="jb_0 X_6MGW N_6Fd5" style="outline: currentcolor; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 16px;"><div style="outline: currentcolor;"><div dir="ltr" style="outline: currentcolor;"></div><blockquote><div dir="ltr" style="outline: currentcolor;">Smith said, <i>"We cannot be apathetic, we cannot sit back, we cannot be nonvocal. We have to speak up for those. I cannot speak up for themselves. "</i></div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: currentcolor;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: currentcolor;">I know I’m swimming against the stream here but a statement like that would be more appropriate if it had been directed at the present day rather than 1964. The number of Black on Black murders, carjackings, assaults etc. occurring every day is nothing short of evil personified and yes, the six years old or the 70 year old woman killed by stray bullets fired by rival gangs at a busy intersection need someone to speak for them.</div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: currentcolor;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: currentcolor;"> As for teaching "Black history" in Black churches, fine. But White parents don’t want their children to be indoctrinated at public schools into believing that they are inherently racist or something they had nothing to do with any more than Black parents would want their children to be held in a negative light, because of rampant, crimes disproportionately committed by Blacks. That would be sadistic . </div></blockquote><div dir="ltr" style="outline: currentcolor;"><br /><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Smith he refers to is Rev. Gaston Smith who is quoted in the article and pictured in the top of the page photo. The entire quote is:</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20px;"><blockquote>“Whenever there has been any kind of movement, particularly in the African American community, it started in the house of God. We cannot be apathetic, we cannot sit back, we cannot be nonvocal. We have to stand our ground, because the Bible says we have to speak up for those that cannot speak up for themselves.”</blockquote></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> I don't know where the DSmith994 reference to 1964 comes from.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I tried to put the following as a reply to the comment (shown above) which was rejected by a moderator, I think for good cause, so it wasn't posted. Therefore my reply couldn't be seen. Instead I posted it as my own comment (expanded on for this blog) below:</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbVgxxSnP91u6EgbXf_nEzJQto_o-vMjPHzi_wrBkOyaVvl0nai3GdmxslAWZhUG3gxdJbyOz7Ufxdnrunpzt06yZOVZlsNs9igJas_yJFAIwY1c7w4a7QcMJ8woVrPXMhjOpi0k-9nRn4YIdThjiPkN-P4ep0l2Q5pK4FZozpk0Nfv8tTnmEeiuc_-A0/s1448/Screenshot%202023-09-24%20at%205.03.34%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="230" data-original-width="1448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbVgxxSnP91u6EgbXf_nEzJQto_o-vMjPHzi_wrBkOyaVvl0nai3GdmxslAWZhUG3gxdJbyOz7Ufxdnrunpzt06yZOVZlsNs9igJas_yJFAIwY1c7w4a7QcMJ8woVrPXMhjOpi0k-9nRn4YIdThjiPkN-P4ep0l2Q5pK4FZozpk0Nfv8tTnmEeiuc_-A0/s16000/Screenshot%202023-09-24%20at%205.03.34%20AM.png" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The commenter misused the term "indoctrinated" in expressing their opinion about teaching Black history. In my opinion the comment was an expression of barely masked racist attutides which have no place in this venue. <br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The use of the term "indoctrinated" was telling. The meaning of the word is simple: to teach a person or group to accept a set of beliefs uncritically, the key word being uncritically. There is no indoctrination being attempted by those in churches and elsewhere in the teaching of Black history.<br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Indoctrination is the key to promulgating propaganda. It can be subtle or blatant, but done purposefully has been a powerful tool for despots to control the population. Teaching factual history as it should be done, that is, without bias or an agenda beyond education, is <i>not</i> indoctrination it is education. <br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The history of slavery and the civil rights movement is also related to, but separate from, teaching more broadly about the various types of racism. The later may belong in a social studies class rather than a history class. In college courses in racism might fit into a social psychology, sociology, or even criminal justice curriculum. It is a complex subject that shouldn't be reduced to political talking points. <br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For example, advanced teaching about the underlying causes of Black crime which experts have attributed mostly to poverty, broken families, poor educational opportunities, and ghettoized neighborhoods where gang membership often gives kids a sense of identity I'd see coming in AP high school social science classes or college.<br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It is a sad state of our education system that Black churches have to fill in a void created in public education caused by the political pressure which has equated the teaching of Black history with the promotion of so-called woke beliefs which the MAGA GOP considers un-American.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Post article, which includes many interviews with clergy and parishioners, and their photos, begins:</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div data-reader-unique-id="56" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;"><div data-qa="article-body" data-reader-unique-id="57" style="max-width: 100%;"><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="58" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="max-width: 100%;"></p></div></div><blockquote style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 18px;"><div data-reader-unique-id="56" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;"><div data-qa="article-body" data-reader-unique-id="57" style="max-width: 100%;"><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="58" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="max-width: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">MIAMI — They filed into the pews one after the other on a sweltering Wednesday night,<b data-reader-unique-id="59" style="max-width: 100%;"> </b>clutching Bibles and notepads, ready to learn at church what they no longer trusted would be taught at school.</span></p></div><div data-qa="article-body" data-reader-unique-id="60" style="max-width: 100%;"><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="61" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="max-width: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“BLACK HISTORY MATTERS” proclaimed television screens facing the several dozen men and women settling in at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church. An institution in the predominantly Black neighborhood of Liberty City, “The Ship” had borne witness to many of the seminal events of the past century, shepherding<b data-reader-unique-id="62" style="max-width: 100%;"> </b>its followers during Jim Crow and the heyday of the KKK, through the civil rights movement to the racial justice protests of recent years.</span></p></div></div><div data-qa="article-body" data-reader-unique-id="64" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;"><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="65" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="max-width: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now, as a new school year started,<b data-reader-unique-id="66" style="max-width: 100%;"> </b>the Rev. Gaston Smith was standing at the pulpit with a lesson on one of those chapters.<b data-reader-unique-id="67" style="max-width: 100%;"> </b>After months of controversy over new directives governing classroom instruction in Florida — changes that critics said sanitized or even distorted the past — he and other Black pastors across the state agreed their churches had no choice but to respond.</span></p></div><div data-qa="article-body" data-reader-unique-id="68" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;"><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="69" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="max-width: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">They would teach Black history themselves.</span></p></div></blockquote><div data-qa="article-body" data-reader-unique-id="68" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;"><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="69" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="max-width: 100%;"></p><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="69" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="max-width: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here's an excerpt:</span></p><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="195" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;"></p><blockquote><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="195" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">While creating the tool kit,<b data-reader-unique-id="196" style="max-width: 100%;"> </b>the members of a special task force<b data-reader-unique-id="197" style="max-width: 100%;"> </b>had a few goals in mind. They wanted to cover a timespan from before slavery to modern times, including the Middle Passage, white supremacy and race riots, the Black Panther Party and what they called the “criminal injustice system.”</span></p><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="198" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“We don’t want to whitewash anything,” said task force member Marlowe Jones, a Faith in Florida organizer in Pasco County. “We want to tell the truth.”</span></p><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="199" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The response since July has been overwhelming. As of this month, more than 260 religious institutions have filled out a pledge to teach Black history. And it isn’t just Black congregations responding: There also are synagogues, Catholic churches and mosques. Nor is it only in-state houses of worship.</span></p><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="200" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Faith in Florida is now getting requests to build out an entire curriculum<b data-reader-unique-id="201" style="max-width: 100%;"> —</b>something Thomas hopes to tackle in time for the second half of the school year. “I had no idea it was going to go this far,” she said.</span></p></blockquote><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="200" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;"></p><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="200" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;">I wanted to view other comments from DSmith994 to see if I could get a sense of their views on similar matters, but since their comment had been deleted I was not able to do this.</p><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="200" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;">This leaves me to speculate about them.</p><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="200" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;">I think that their comment demonstrates what is often decribed as <a href="https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/implicit-racism" target="_blank">implicit racism (see article)</a>, excerpt here:</p><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="200" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;"><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(87, 87, 87); color: #575757; font-size: 22px;"></span></p><blockquote>Implicit racism is an automatic negative reaction to someone of a different race or ethnicity than one’s own. Underlying and unconscious racist attitudes are brought forth when a person is faced with race-related triggers, including preconceived phenotypic differences or assumed cultural or environmental associations. Since this type of racism lies beyond the awareness of the person displaying the attitudes or actions, it is quite possible for someone to report that they hold few, if any, overt racist ideologies and yet display implicit racism in their everyday interactions with people of different racial groups.</blockquote><p></p><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="200" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;">That DSmith may not think they are racist doesn't mean that they don't have racist beliefs they are not aware of. Why, for example, did they decide to even bring up Black crime? This is irrelevant to the topic of the article which they are commenting on.</p><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="200" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;">America from Colonial tome to the recent past like all countries does not have a pristine pure history. From how Native Americans to all minorities were disenfranchised and marginalized to in some cases the victims violence this is part of our national history. We don't use the term "heritage" to describe this part of our history. We usually save this word to describe things the country is rightfully proud of, but part of our heritage should be that we are able to look unflinchingly at the things done that had morallity been our national touchstone we never would had engage in these acts.</p><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="200" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;"><b>On a personal note... my first experience with what heritage meant and with a Black person.</b></p><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="200" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;">When I was a child to get me and two of my friends were starting a club. We were trying to find a name for it to call it. My father suggested "The Heritage Club." I remember he really seemed invested in wanting us to chose that name. I didn't know what the word meant until he explained it and how important respecting one's heitage was.</p><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="200" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;">Bruce Steinberg, Bobby Silver, and I did start a club. We met in our furnished attic.</p><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="200" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">I am embarrassed to write that we ended up calling our little group The Boy Geniuses Club, or BG's for short. </span></p><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="200" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">The attic room we met in w</span><span style="font-size: 18px;">as once called "the maid's room."</span></p><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="200" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;">When I was younger even though we didn't have much money somehow we had a series of three live-in maids who lived in the attic. This was during the mid-40's to mid-50's. </p><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="200" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;">The first maids, were Flossie (I had a photo of her holding me when I was a baby) and Edna. They were White. <span style="font-size: 18px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 18px;">I never knew their last names.</span><span style="font-size: 18px;"> </span></p><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="200" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">When Edna left - in rerospect I think she may have gotten pregnant - I gave her almost all of my precious comic books.</span></p><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="200" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;">The last one was Black. Her name was Alma. I got to know her the best. Alma was the first Black person I'd even even talked to, let alone become friends with. In those days we used the word "colored" but in my household the n-work was never uttered.</p><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="200" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;">I remember we talked about her race and that she told me something about how she felt about the color of her skin. Something she said stuck with me but while it's there I can't quite grab ahold of what the exact words were but they were something about her being chocolate and me being vanilla. I recall I found that amusing.</p><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="200" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;">Even though we thought the Heritage Club name was lame, my father's ethical and moral values always stayed with me. The primary ones were never to lie, to treat all people equally, and to respect my own and the county's heritage. At the time I doubt many of my peers even knew the meaning of the word heritage. Nowadays it is vital that children learn at an early age about what the word means and that it encompasses both the good and the bad about our past.</p><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="200" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;">Addendum: </p><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="200" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;">As of 7AM Pacific time this was the most liked of the 314 comments:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHleLfjeZDxdVYfdCGYw6DCL55YYIzyL9HUhm2FKU-EOoKsBX20HRltkCtCx7xvmoLAdwNG7Tv3txVB3No_CYVfBg6lPWGm2-dVnwTXI2P8fg5Tb3nF3z3oQfVLn-upz9bnwqOwBRH68N4-_TPz52EhgvO_HzE8WEI-AzSTWEHr7arjMqysCLJz0AojzY/s1390/Screenshot%202023-09-24%20at%206.54.45%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="860" data-original-width="1390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHleLfjeZDxdVYfdCGYw6DCL55YYIzyL9HUhm2FKU-EOoKsBX20HRltkCtCx7xvmoLAdwNG7Tv3txVB3No_CYVfBg6lPWGm2-dVnwTXI2P8fg5Tb3nF3z3oQfVLn-upz9bnwqOwBRH68N4-_TPz52EhgvO_HzE8WEI-AzSTWEHr7arjMqysCLJz0AojzY/s16000/Screenshot%202023-09-24%20at%206.54.45%20AM.png" /></a></div><span face="Franklin, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 18px;"></span></div><blockquote><div data-qa="article-body" data-reader-unique-id="68" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;"><span face="Franklin, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 18px;">White kids do not feel “bad about themselves” when learning about the atrocities this country has committed. I have taught children as young as kindergarten. They recognize unfairness and ask why these things happened. They find it strange that had they been living in the era of strict segregation, they wouldn’t have been permitted to have Black, Latino or Asian friends, classmates or neighbors. I know this to be true because I taught here in NOVA public schools for 20+ years. Adults who object to the teaching of Black history don’t want an inclusive teaching of what is AMERICAN history. Kids have an innate sense of fairness. Kids are resilient. Kids aren’t the problem. Racists adults seeking to maintain the status quo are the problem.</span></div><div data-qa="article-body" data-reader-unique-id="68" style="font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;"></div></blockquote><div data-qa="article-body" data-reader-unique-id="68" style="font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;"><span face="Franklin, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42);"><br /></span></span></div><div data-qa="article-body" data-reader-unique-id="68" style="max-width: 100%;"><span face="Franklin, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I think the commenter is referring to schools in Nova, which is in Broward County, </span>Florida.<br /></span></span><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="200" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;"><br /></p></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130334533138672012.post-74188548724735427132023-09-23T05:50:00.012-07:002023-09-23T07:31:52.451-07:00Wash. Post exposed Jim Jordan as the Disinformation Devil<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOKDxa7UCeApIf4UZ8AdECZQvJyJt5Wh1zoQsvnzWYVnfAIAKM8YzIIT2p8rGVH1X0_xTmOVgByLwX0z6w7KaGYjM6VB_oDquR_MEzLqyetwZix7eoytZFJ8gZy_pZz1bV_2qldzle3cYPXRB3A3TrA334JS-Lu9a57lje2T0TwwaX_LLVhhKazPaPNs8/s1540/Screenshot%202023-09-23%20at%205.28.48%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1016" data-original-width="1540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOKDxa7UCeApIf4UZ8AdECZQvJyJt5Wh1zoQsvnzWYVnfAIAKM8YzIIT2p8rGVH1X0_xTmOVgByLwX0z6w7KaGYjM6VB_oDquR_MEzLqyetwZix7eoytZFJ8gZy_pZz1bV_2qldzle3cYPXRB3A3TrA334JS-Lu9a57lje2T0TwwaX_LLVhhKazPaPNs8/s16000/Screenshot%202023-09-23%20at%205.28.48%20AM.png" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Background:<br /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(115, 115, 115); color: #737373; font-size: 18px; font-style: italic;">Hieronymus Bosch/The Last Judgment</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;">If it's on Amazon and Red Bubble does this mean it's true?</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Wabegz9AJ90itlHQProxD6aNWfnMtQrl6OfE83Ka3M21Rvj7yxQkbVMgpSaanMCaMTwNJIdhDissnWvhnm9t4LpgWNYwCzt_7DlNqmRk751F3vrsjWbYDHXnq1g72u2NiMIAa54cH6JD2whxw0fGui49t0wT0gI_HMB4BQALDasxciYpESc8OL_OGak/s1396/Screenshot%202023-09-23%20at%205.10.48%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1396" data-original-width="1352" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Wabegz9AJ90itlHQProxD6aNWfnMtQrl6OfE83Ka3M21Rvj7yxQkbVMgpSaanMCaMTwNJIdhDissnWvhnm9t4LpgWNYwCzt_7DlNqmRk751F3vrsjWbYDHXnq1g72u2NiMIAa54cH6JD2whxw0fGui49t0wT0gI_HMB4BQALDasxciYpESc8OL_OGak/w620-h640/Screenshot%202023-09-23%20at%205.10.48%20AM.png" width="620" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjai32L6BvV4BV26gPO_MQQvmRoECOEp5CWlUO-v1fE7U_35I5C8J6sz7HvEeAVk4ukHZI6BJADZOn9BSUnJlallCgTvBkvnUMXe7UTrq6cXqxznk5aUhNcosUO2_0UiI9ycBn3xe4xIf08S6XNFzun-zbvq0zVDVd9pBsPoljfaa3M2-qEV3dEk3_4nyw/s1324/Screenshot%202023-09-23%20at%205.12.55%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="1324" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjai32L6BvV4BV26gPO_MQQvmRoECOEp5CWlUO-v1fE7U_35I5C8J6sz7HvEeAVk4ukHZI6BJADZOn9BSUnJlallCgTvBkvnUMXe7UTrq6cXqxznk5aUhNcosUO2_0UiI9ycBn3xe4xIf08S6XNFzun-zbvq0zVDVd9pBsPoljfaa3M2-qEV3dEk3_4nyw/w640-h540/Screenshot%202023-09-23%20at%205.12.55%20AM.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">By Hal Brown</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">There's a good lead article in The Washington Post (which unfortunately you need a subscription to read) which I posted a comment to.</span></p><div class="PJLV PJLV-iPJLV-css grid-center w-100" style="box-sizing: border-box; grid-column-end: 3; grid-column-start: 2; text-align: center; width: 1200px;"><h1 class="PJLV PJLV-ijomtoF-css ml-auto mr-auto font--headline offblack headline" id="main-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 3.5rem; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: var(--wpds-space-050); margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 1000px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-025);"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/09/23/online-misinformation-jim-jordan/" target="_blank"><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit;">Misinformation research is buckling under GOP legal attacks</span></a></h1></div><div class="PJLV PJLV-iPJLV-css grid-center w-100" style="box-sizing: border-box; grid-column-end: 3; grid-column-start: 2; text-align: center; width: 1200px;"><h2 class="PJLV ma-auto font--subhead font-light offblack subheadline mb-sm mb-md-ns" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray20); font-size: 1.25rem; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.25; margin: auto auto 24px; max-width: 1000px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">An escalating campaign, led by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and other Republicans, has cast a pall over programs that study political disinformation and the quality of medical information online</span></h2></div><div class="PJLV PJLV-iPJLV-css grid-center w-100" style="box-sizing: border-box; grid-column-end: 3; grid-column-start: 2; text-align: center; width: 1200px;"><div class="flex print-byline print-mt-none justify-center-ns" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; justify-content: center;"><div class="byline-wrapper flex-column flex items-center" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; max-width: 600px;"><div class="PJLV PJLV-ihSmMVC-css" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="PJLV PJLV-iPJLV-css mb-xxs flex overrideStyles" data-qa="author-byline" style="box-sizing: border-box; column-gap: 0.5rem; display: flex; margin-bottom: 4px; row-gap: 0.5rem;"><span class="wpds-c-PJLV" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="dib items-center" data-qa="author-byline" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block;"><span class="left" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;"><div class="dib font-xxs" data-cy="name-with-optional-link" data-qa="name-with-optional-link" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-size: 1rem;"><span class="wpds-c-cNdzuP" color="var(--wpds-colors-gray40)" data-qa="attribution-text" style="box-sizing: border-box;">NBy </span><a class="wpds-c-cNdzuP wpds-c-cNdzuP-ejzZdU-isLink-true" data-qa="author-name" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/naomi-nix/?itid=ai_top_nixn" rel="author" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); cursor: pointer; text-decoration-color: var(--wpds-colors-gray0); text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underline-offset: 1px;">Naomi Nix</a></div><span class="wpds-c-kpjDGe wpds-c-kpjDGe-fSGdIc-isSmall-false wpds-c-kpjDGe-icNdzuP-css" color="var(--wpds-colors-gray40)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-100);">, </span></span></div><div class="dib items-center" data-qa="author-byline" style="align-items: center; 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display: inline-block;"><span class="left" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;"><div class="dib font-xxs" data-cy="name-with-optional-link" data-qa="name-with-optional-link" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-size: 1rem;"><a class="wpds-c-cNdzuP wpds-c-cNdzuP-ejzZdU-isLink-true" data-qa="author-name" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/joseph-menn/?itid=ai_top_mennj" rel="author" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); cursor: pointer; text-decoration-color: var(--wpds-colors-gray0); text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underline-offset: 1px;">Joseph Menn</a></div></span></div></span></span></div></div></div></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-cDyVZjCyF_4jNP7jRRSpWJeaw2jP5jtFoxfOeTln3iqD_Z4e6djReGZrC22OmCg4znN9o-PbYwgKahLF7nytELDBIxRrhGph-bSgsgUiaAozbNN8qneH9ezYonlBzOJB_rfIeLlDrZiBlZblQ3-TGdmQpmrl7Z3cxamGbXjHEhdjQC8_KFB05mj0Ywc/s1006/Screenshot%202023-09-23%20at%204.49.53%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1006" data-original-width="984" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-cDyVZjCyF_4jNP7jRRSpWJeaw2jP5jtFoxfOeTln3iqD_Z4e6djReGZrC22OmCg4znN9o-PbYwgKahLF7nytELDBIxRrhGph-bSgsgUiaAozbNN8qneH9ezYonlBzOJB_rfIeLlDrZiBlZblQ3-TGdmQpmrl7Z3cxamGbXjHEhdjQC8_KFB05mj0Ywc/s16000/Screenshot%202023-09-23%20at%204.49.53%20AM.png" /></a></div>This morning this was the main story on the website:<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDxIRjdz50oGwSUlaIdCQIhUNgqavjpLfBLmUPqRRnJaHx5U_Ap0iA1JxGsAL01L63EbVblcA3-UNNnCoGazJO9S6IEYEXhyK4YzlFmOp0JFZSJMk4JkU3i_E_2Z1Ln0NUNoGXvn45GqshrAvE0wGJ6BF-qzMp9T8_9jTePRUA7h1oLQ1F7Gngg4WdQXQ/s3312/Screenshot%202023-09-23%20at%206.07.29%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1888" data-original-width="3312" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDxIRjdz50oGwSUlaIdCQIhUNgqavjpLfBLmUPqRRnJaHx5U_Ap0iA1JxGsAL01L63EbVblcA3-UNNnCoGazJO9S6IEYEXhyK4YzlFmOp0JFZSJMk4JkU3i_E_2Z1Ln0NUNoGXvn45GqshrAvE0wGJ6BF-qzMp9T8_9jTePRUA7h1oLQ1F7Gngg4WdQXQ/w640-h364/Screenshot%202023-09-23%20at%206.07.29%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The Post uses the term misinformation while I use disinformation mostly because it sounds better with Devil. There is a subtle diffeence between the two. Misinformation is defined as <span apple_mouseover_highlight="1" style="font-size: 13.44px;">false</span><span style="font-size: 13.44px;"> </span><span apple_mouseover_highlight="1" style="font-size: 13.44px;">or</span><span style="font-size: 13.44px;"> </span><span apple_mouseover_highlight="1" style="font-size: 13.44px;">inaccurate</span><span style="font-size: 13.44px;"> information, especially that which is </span><span apple_mouseover_highlight="1" style="font-size: 13.44px;">deliberately</span><span style="font-size: 13.44px;"> </span><span apple_mouseover_highlight="1" style="font-size: 13.44px;">intended</span><span style="font-size: 13.44px;"> </span><span apple_mouseover_highlight="1" style="font-size: 13.44px;">to</span><span style="font-size: 13.44px;"> </span><span apple_mouseover_highlight="1" style="font-size: 13.44px;">deceive while disinformation is defined as </span><span apple_mouseover_highlight="1" style="font-size: 13.44px;">false</span><span style="font-size: 13.44px;"> </span><span apple_mouseover_highlight="1" style="font-size: 13.44px;">information</span><span style="font-size: 13.44px;"> which is intended to mislead, especially propaganda issued by a government organization to a rival power or the </span><span apple_mouseover_highlight="1" style="font-size: 13.44px;">media.</span></i><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here's my comment:</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Critical thinking should be taught early in primary school. Children are exposed at an early age to lies and distortions in television advertising so when they become consumers themselves they will believe commercials which sell products with exaggerated or bogus claims. The tendency for people to believe what they want to believe, at its most benign is exploited by companies that want to sell their new improved product when hasn't really changed for 50 years. Societally the way this human characteristic is taken advantage of by people who want not only your money (which they do want) but your votes is far from harmless. <br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In the Bible Jesus says about Satan, “You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies” (John 8:44).<br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Devil is in the details and when the details are distorted, twisted, turned upside-down and inside-out the Devil wins and truth and, dare I say, humankind is harmed.<br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Full disclosure: I am an atheist so this is meant to be a metaphor, though if the Devil existed I think Jim Jordan would have made a deal with him.)</span></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The three comments that preceded mine:</span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg952T_eS8mxw2HR-sBXQMgjC0IzvZlgwzdI3TYTMGRRJeOXOr_P09oy9ZJ-meovq66gsGO-JhpPmI1GjVsWvTVPdwFESxMtEAlPVq680dABVqX8Ny1_bnmtgQ-ddgozCcCw989aycXcmPBlkgCIjCyjuyjrNkSmuGhgZBqibYMf6hsGM4eIL2Tx9OSSzc/s1866/Screenshot%202023-09-23%20at%204.52.34%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1866" data-original-width="1064" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg952T_eS8mxw2HR-sBXQMgjC0IzvZlgwzdI3TYTMGRRJeOXOr_P09oy9ZJ-meovq66gsGO-JhpPmI1GjVsWvTVPdwFESxMtEAlPVq680dABVqX8Ny1_bnmtgQ-ddgozCcCw989aycXcmPBlkgCIjCyjuyjrNkSmuGhgZBqibYMf6hsGM4eIL2Tx9OSSzc/s16000/Screenshot%202023-09-23%20at%204.52.34%20AM.png" /></span></a></div></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Post article begins:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="article-body grid-center grid-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; grid-column-end: 3; grid-column-start: 2; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; width: 640px;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Academics, universities and government agencies are overhauling or ending research programs designed to counter the spread of online misinformation amid a legal campaign from conservative politicians and activists who accuse them of colluding with tech companies to censor right-wing views.</span></p><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="article-body grid-center grid-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; grid-column-end: 3; grid-column-start: 2; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; width: 640px;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The escalating campaign — led by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and other Republicans in Congress and state government — has cast a pall over programs that study not just political falsehoods<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>but also the quality of medical information online.</span></p><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It includes a photo of Jim Jordan surrounded by reporterswith the caption: <span color="var(--wpds-colors-gray40)" style="font-size: 1.25rem;">Academics, universities and government agencies are overhauling or ending research programs designed to counter the spread of online misinformation amid a legal campaign from conservative politicians and activists who accuse them of colluding with tech companies to censor right-wing views.</span></span></p><div class="article-body grid-center grid-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; grid-column-end: 3; grid-column-start: 2; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; width: 640px;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The escalating campaign — led by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and other Republicans in Congress and state government — has cast a pall over programs that study not just political falsehoods<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>but also the quality of medical information online.</span></p><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The authors of the article i<span style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 20px;">nterviewed more than two dozen professors, government officials, physicians, nonprofits and research funders. Many of them spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss their internal deliberations freely, describe an escalating campaign emerging as online propaganda is rising.</span></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 20px;">They note that "</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 20px;">public health officials are </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/07/26/covid-misinformation-doctor-discipline/?itid=lk_inline_manual_13" style="border-bottom-color: currentcolor; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 20px; text-decoration-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); text-decoration-thickness: 0.0625em; text-underline-offset: 0.125em;" target="_blank">grappling with medical misinformation</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 20px;">, as the United States </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/09/13/questions-answers-coronavirus-vaccine/?itid=lk_inline_manual_13" style="border-bottom-color: currentcolor; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 20px; text-decoration-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); text-decoration-thickness: 0.0625em; text-underline-offset: 0.125em;" target="_blank">heads into the fall and winter </a><span style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 20px;">virus season."</span></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: inherit;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42);">If you think it's hyperbole for me to call Rep. Jordan the Devil of Disinformation consider this:</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: inherit;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42);"><br /></span></span></div><div><div class="article-body grid-center grid-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; grid-column-end: 3; grid-column-start: 2; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; width: 640px;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In recent weeks, Jordan has sent a new round of record requests to<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>at least two recipients of grants from the National Science Foundation’s Convergence Accelerator program, according to three people familiar with the matter.</span></p></div><div class="article-body grid-center grid-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; grid-column-end: 3; grid-column-start: 2; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; width: 640px;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The program, one of many run by the independent agency to promote research, awards funding to groups creating tools or techniques to mitigate misinformation, such as software for journalists to identify misinformation trending online.</span></p></div></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The article concludes with the following:</span></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div data-qa="article-body" data-reader-unique-id="363" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;"><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="364" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="max-width: 100%;"></p></div><blockquote><div data-qa="article-body" data-reader-unique-id="363" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;"><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="364" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="max-width: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Many academics, independent scholars and philanthropic funders are discussing how to collectively defend the disinformation research field. One proposal would create a group to gather donations into a central fund to pay for crisis communications and — most critically — legal support if one of them gets sued or subpoenaed in a private case or by Congress. The money could also fund cybersecurity counseling to ward off hackers and stalkers and perhaps physical security as well.</span></p></div><div data-qa="article-body" data-reader-unique-id="365" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;"><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="366" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="max-width: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“There is this growing sense that there need to be resources to allow for freedom of thought and academic independence,” said one longtime philanthropy grant maker who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal matters.</span></p></div><div data-qa="article-body" data-reader-unique-id="377" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;"><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="378" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="max-width: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">University academics are also mulling ways to rebrand their work to attract less controversy. One leader in a university disinformation research center said scholars have discussed using more generic terms to describe their work such as “information integrity” or “civic participation online.” Those terms “have less of a bite to them,” said a person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to speak on the private discussions. Similar conversations are occurring within public health agencies, another person said.</span></p></div><div data-qa="article-body" data-reader-unique-id="379" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;"><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="380" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="max-width: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“This whole area of research has become radioactive,” the person said.</span></p></div></blockquote><div data-qa="article-body" data-reader-unique-id="379" style="max-width: 100%;"><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="380" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;"></p><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="380" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0BH3qyyV4EetnDXYx5833v2QCpnzzQ4VMCiqVfeDUVKzN2w4k03HTIi3hICMyuTcWDsjT3ZfIHQlew9MpwyTKp-5JO3oFERlkQ2rx7v2zlVV06Tx0wroC6f2J3aqcashL-NOgrPMSE-c6KzKidz62HPThcIAgcTjlGDFfPLEPnm_QrSOe_o4sJtdnHJQ/s782/Screenshot%202023-09-23%20at%205.39.24%20AM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="782" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0BH3qyyV4EetnDXYx5833v2QCpnzzQ4VMCiqVfeDUVKzN2w4k03HTIi3hICMyuTcWDsjT3ZfIHQlew9MpwyTKp-5JO3oFERlkQ2rx7v2zlVV06Tx0wroC6f2J3aqcashL-NOgrPMSE-c6KzKidz62HPThcIAgcTjlGDFfPLEPnm_QrSOe_o4sJtdnHJQ/s320/Screenshot%202023-09-23%20at%205.39.24%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div>Literal radioactivity can kill whether it is gamma radiation from a bomb, lingering radioactive dust, nuclear plant meltdown like occured after the <span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14.4px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Chernobyl disaster,</span></span><span style="font-size: 18px;"> or polonium-210 which was used as an assassination weapon against </span><span style="background-color: #f8f9fa; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Alexander Litvinenko. </span></span><p></p><p data-el="text" data-reader-unique-id="380" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="max-width: 100%;"><span style="background-color: #f8f9fa; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The kind of radioactivty described in the article can not only kill research it can also kill people whether it comes from </span></span>convincing people they don't need to get Covid and other vaccinations or from thwarting climate and medical research and sharing factual information and stopping the promulgation of lies about science.</p></div></div><div><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42);">Addendum:</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42);">Apparently a MAGA troll has a subscription to the Post and posted this. Note the two replies.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPd-Yp9HJfXocPEt6hA_KNVuvVWa_fKShTI9IGaCJNFzRJO_O46YOekA3l86f-di4jCR5Tpe11wbzwmR-t3Y0wRS43DWbbY0ZtskxrpcXh1La760piaiu0i_eIFRl-18eSDbou-iGvg6dCyV0e89Q4KT13vhzhrBYWT88dz2oF5v5WBQhz7vcKWIU8wgw/s1420/Screenshot%202023-09-23%20at%206.14.13%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1122" data-original-width="1420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPd-Yp9HJfXocPEt6hA_KNVuvVWa_fKShTI9IGaCJNFzRJO_O46YOekA3l86f-di4jCR5Tpe11wbzwmR-t3Y0wRS43DWbbY0ZtskxrpcXh1La760piaiu0i_eIFRl-18eSDbou-iGvg6dCyV0e89Q4KT13vhzhrBYWT88dz2oF5v5WBQhz7vcKWIU8wgw/s16000/Screenshot%202023-09-23%20at%206.14.13%20AM.png" /></a></div>The commenter "Lecrtius do good" in a somewhat different way said what I said:</span></div><div><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Franklin, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 18px;"></span><blockquote><span face="Franklin, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 18px;">When everyone decided "liberal arts" was useless and education just became a worker job factory to learn "skills" and "earning power" then the path was set.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Franklin, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Franklin, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" /><div style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Franklin, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Whoever thought philosophy in high school and university was useless, well this is what we got. Usually this was pumped by the Right because (according to them) money is a value in and of itself and truth isn't a value. The Left jumped in the fray promoting postmodernism at the expense of thoughts of objectivity.</div></blockquote><div style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Franklin, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"></div><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42);">Afterword:</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42);">When people learn to engage in critical thinking from an early age they are less likely to be taken in by the propaganda promulgated by pros whether they work in government or for advertising agencies. When children pester their parents to buy sugary treats it may seem harmless for them to give in, but as adults they will waste their money buying useless products like Prevagen which is selling well enough so they can afford to pay for commercials on MSNBC where I'd hope viewers are more adept at critical thinking than those who watch Fox News.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42);">For more on this read my blog:</span></span></div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://www.halbrown.org/2023/07/gullible-people-who-believe-donald.html" target="_blank">Gullible people who believe Donald Trump may also believe anti-vaxxers like RFK Jr. and Dr. Zach Bush, and snake oil salespeople pushing products like Prevagen</a></h3><div><br /></div><div>Related: This was my New Yorker daily calendar cartoon yesterday:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ2noUhV-xHj0fqu1BH57eYHSzjbKaodBq-KnLFx-HYu5TmsW-Q7IM603rg0dfYnbzfrYjCZtbgkz3EE7v06C_0Jg0CxYs0Ckyvdgv8ihVLl6hgMDO1tEb8131Z8Q3VLcxxyWy93ATRfGBjfWPIsUbndCxWCHpw3zxJrZi6-OcH184e23R-I-BVDnaa2Q/s1080/Screenshot%202023-09-23%20at%207.05.29%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="860" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ2noUhV-xHj0fqu1BH57eYHSzjbKaodBq-KnLFx-HYu5TmsW-Q7IM603rg0dfYnbzfrYjCZtbgkz3EE7v06C_0Jg0CxYs0Ckyvdgv8ihVLl6hgMDO1tEb8131Z8Q3VLcxxyWy93ATRfGBjfWPIsUbndCxWCHpw3zxJrZi6-OcH184e23R-I-BVDnaa2Q/s16000/Screenshot%202023-09-23%20at%207.05.29%20AM.png" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); color: #2a2a2a; font-family: georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 20px;"><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130334533138672012.post-166784980917566072023-09-22T05:58:00.009-07:002023-09-22T08:48:15.807-07:00Trump dragged through the mud at Mt. Rushmore<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTPej-DAM4mV0UUFDLDcyXxp3ygFFtPNc9wdL9cbhwyUAXcVegDHYOyoFMxKqyC5OkLiSwubv_kkyECLAXlkqMfhypTt-Pq9z5eheABk-rqXw745hLyAthlxbUAKCYKV1osF5Tiqk5VswcxIHg3pGF2rw2Jb6nIezHDkLwd10nvXCM8yTY-MC_b7fxfKc/s1314/Screenshot%202023-09-22%20at%205.38.22%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="970" data-original-width="1314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTPej-DAM4mV0UUFDLDcyXxp3ygFFtPNc9wdL9cbhwyUAXcVegDHYOyoFMxKqyC5OkLiSwubv_kkyECLAXlkqMfhypTt-Pq9z5eheABk-rqXw745hLyAthlxbUAKCYKV1osF5Tiqk5VswcxIHg3pGF2rw2Jb6nIezHDkLwd10nvXCM8yTY-MC_b7fxfKc/s16000/Screenshot%202023-09-22%20at%205.38.22%20AM.png" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: #2a2e2e; font-size: 15px;">I read this article in Raw Story:</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq6xABROoY-gTSz3TC9Ol34ML0QP5tKtkDOlrsmz5dRFm_HUk-JF6Nr7IaMZHvlZs_xqzUIRVT4phga5tFph5yGP5aZ42ETku_vKpqRJ2dQntFxI9zWCICcd7dxK0Y55e5-cgPwvj6NSd5FCCsKx6lcWEGXDlxA31zVRtD7cJ5b9m2JspKcSF1BaEiy9g/s1334/Screenshot%202023-09-22%20at%205.42.52%20AM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="858" data-original-width="1334" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq6xABROoY-gTSz3TC9Ol34ML0QP5tKtkDOlrsmz5dRFm_HUk-JF6Nr7IaMZHvlZs_xqzUIRVT4phga5tFph5yGP5aZ42ETku_vKpqRJ2dQntFxI9zWCICcd7dxK0Y55e5-cgPwvj6NSd5FCCsKx6lcWEGXDlxA31zVRtD7cJ5b9m2JspKcSF1BaEiy9g/s320/Screenshot%202023-09-22%20at%205.42.52%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><a href="https://www.rawstory.com/trump-georgia-racketeering-2665715933/" style="caret-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: Oswald; font-size: 56px;" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">First Georgia trial will cripple Trump's odds of escaping unscathed: legal expert</span></a><p></p><p><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: #2a2e2e; font-size: 15px;">This is the portion I wanted to comment on:</span></p><p><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: #2a2e2e; font-size: 15px;">My bold:</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: #2a2e2e; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"></p><blockquote style="border-color: currentcolor currentcolor currentcolor rgb(104, 122, 134); border-image: none; border-style: none none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 4px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: #2a2e2e; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 12px;">With Powell and Chesebro's trail expected to be televised, the former president and the public will watch his reputation, <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">such as it is</b>, dragged through the mud and there will be little he can do about it.</blockquote><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: #2a2e2e; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: #2a2e2e; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">I wrote the following:</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: #2a2e2e; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"></p><blockquote><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: #2a2e2e; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">There are two elements to this.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: #2a2e2e; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">One, the former president may or may not watch any of these trials so he may literally not be watching his reputation dragged through the mud. What we can assume knowing his personality is that he won't percieve this as a negative. As far as he believes he is the greatest president and the greatest human being to drive a golf cart on the Earth ever.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: #2a2e2e; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">The second regards the phrase "such as it is" because those members of the public who have had an open mind (not in his cult) already consider him to have committed crimes and to be an inveterate liar. How many times can his reputation be dragged through the mud?</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: #2a2e2e; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">I think what the salient point here is that there's a small but electorally important group of people who may not follow politics closely but for will respond to a drip-drip-drip of accumulating negative information about Trump's lawlessness and his unsavory character coming from this and subsequent trials.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: #2a2e2e; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">In the GOP primaries they may vote for another candidate. They may decide he isn't the best candidate to beat Biden. If Trump runs against Biden, I can more see them just not voting rather than breaking the habit of a lifetime by voting for a Democrat. That's not a direct vote for Biden, but also not a vote against him, so it obviously is an important factor in who wins.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: #2a2e2e; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Trump thinks he belongs on Mt. Rushmore. In truth, if there was mud in front of the monument, that's where he should be.</p></blockquote><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: #2a2e2e; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: #2a2e2e; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #2a2e2e;">Then I decided th make the illustration on the top of this page. I figured why let it go to waste lost the comments section where at least two people saw and replied to it (below)</span><a href="https://www.rawstory.com/trump-georgia-racketeering-2665715933/" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;"> </span></a><span style="color: #2a2e2e;">of a RawStory article, hence this blog. If you want to have a comment seen by readers of Raw Story mine is near the top of the page when you click </span><span style="color: red;">Best.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy286t2OWbV9eJSt2q1eBWbxCxsStghsYvmtMCgU58q0R5FR4I1k0nqJYfyRmJLJmnLhKJ81W3oYpUkO7TyPdIZn8r0okNo7m9LKd48JRWfUxpA0rMLEpi4rPfZ3YggK4ak5Fwr-VHeKCs19jTdIDRuhgHfco550wf1eYos19ztH7jUcnQoUBFiGQ9M6Y/s494/Screenshot%202023-09-22%20at%206.20.11%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="138" data-original-width="494" height="89" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy286t2OWbV9eJSt2q1eBWbxCxsStghsYvmtMCgU58q0R5FR4I1k0nqJYfyRmJLJmnLhKJ81W3oYpUkO7TyPdIZn8r0okNo7m9LKd48JRWfUxpA0rMLEpi4rPfZ3YggK4ak5Fwr-VHeKCs19jTdIDRuhgHfco550wf1eYos19ztH7jUcnQoUBFiGQ9M6Y/s320/Screenshot%202023-09-22%20at%206.20.11%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #2a2e2e;"><br /></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPbFU1EFclkTEwmDAoJPto7CP5rAsreb6Vu2ZPqHbb76IdmSuffbWjiPqgb0G_NfxEljzLZMY-z3RVitYdkKX3D4mGgr4RNWWAN-Fq_1Y-wXDlJVM5H2Z6t9cicmAQa6K9foKuPdpSjB20QU5b9TSusQDVQEBEsYQbUcJcH_DXfuLixTGccZB4R65J2-Y/s1222/Screenshot%202023-09-22%20at%205.56.19%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1222" data-original-width="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPbFU1EFclkTEwmDAoJPto7CP5rAsreb6Vu2ZPqHbb76IdmSuffbWjiPqgb0G_NfxEljzLZMY-z3RVitYdkKX3D4mGgr4RNWWAN-Fq_1Y-wXDlJVM5H2Z6t9cicmAQa6K9foKuPdpSjB20QU5b9TSusQDVQEBEsYQbUcJcH_DXfuLixTGccZB4R65J2-Y/s16000/Screenshot%202023-09-22%20at%205.56.19%20AM.png" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhciAn3X1KcUStYh4bUKB6iBzXPKj5oOYpnWZhDJA6nLrtWK-dNfBBZ1mer2uDeb30fAuch6AftsAHBRd093Azri9tOUtTyd6oH6t7w3OWAlNkrRIXcqt5YG-7oyvaB5aNBP3mQR6K8Lsj5tyfBMUci8hITa6lA10mHOlmn1vZJ8GEvGFrg1S69yyZZJL4/s1322/Screenshot%202023-09-22%20at%205.53.09%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="1322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhciAn3X1KcUStYh4bUKB6iBzXPKj5oOYpnWZhDJA6nLrtWK-dNfBBZ1mer2uDeb30fAuch6AftsAHBRd093Azri9tOUtTyd6oH6t7w3OWAlNkrRIXcqt5YG-7oyvaB5aNBP3mQR6K8Lsj5tyfBMUci8hITa6lA10mHOlmn1vZJ8GEvGFrg1S69yyZZJL4/s16000/Screenshot%202023-09-22%20at%205.53.09%20AM.png" /></a></div>Addendum:<div><br /></div><div>File this under the pinacles of narcissism for a Republican: </div><div><span style="background-color: #f0f2f5; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15.652174px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #f0f2f5; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15.652174px;"> “ 'We liked Ronald Reagan, right?' Trump said to chants of 'We love you' at a rally in Michigan in the final days of his 2020 campaign. But nobody ever said, ‘We love you. We love you.’” from </span><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/09/22/ronald-reagan-library-donald-trump-feud-00116983" style="background-color: #f0f2f5; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15.652174px;" target="_blank">Politco</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130334533138672012.post-9320765226211462602023-09-21T06:42:00.015-07:002023-10-05T05:40:24.236-07:00Morning Joe says Trump's "fretting" about prison, but is he even capable of fretting?<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOdLDEU_0FgDK8vLLDv04_fjfjqxf4WTWObsnMW8GxvM7xkNGRUYyyC92BObG9YmNLFAc0Of9VXOrOTkL_KvSQzwIZOlHFNBhrrqGjFIGq_NUQ1SKN710VAIbWJh1okkszpvMG1Dz6FijmsXoqw-1OI2GCFCfGjSP_NFaSfG7dtApj5USgnedebhQK3Aw/s1494/Screenshot%202023-09-21%20at%205.30.46%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1494" data-original-width="1322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOdLDEU_0FgDK8vLLDv04_fjfjqxf4WTWObsnMW8GxvM7xkNGRUYyyC92BObG9YmNLFAc0Of9VXOrOTkL_KvSQzwIZOlHFNBhrrqGjFIGq_NUQ1SKN710VAIbWJh1okkszpvMG1Dz6FijmsXoqw-1OI2GCFCfGjSP_NFaSfG7dtApj5USgnedebhQK3Aw/s16000/Screenshot%202023-09-21%20at%205.30.46%20AM.png" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">By Hal Brown, MSW, Retired psychotherapist</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">There was a discussion on Morning Joe where Joe Scarbourgh said that there were reports that Donald Trump was "privately frettiing" over the propsect of going to prison.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVeS85sQrF8" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1240" data-original-width="898" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPiQ7X6mkYo4ViuBRnMvlgZcnIw5B8eny_3KayTLLC0SqLlJj1hxnL_8jlm18EMxGCyDxWbXzAI403kzNM5b8kti9v7YJvvB__xfDCnMDEloKABKO_aG5GX-ken3bPB1JDYxtW5V43SHndaVG07hNSi56I-Z8q0AVQM2u6DAPj5hzE9ijMyExxZTKpa8A/s16000/Screenshot%202023-09-21%20at%205.15.37%20AM.png" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Click to view</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">There it is, Trump "fretting" actually made the chryon so those who had their sound muted could see it. If Trump had the show on one of several TVs in his bedroom he could see it. He might have decided to turn off the sound on Fox News and watch MSNBC.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here's some of what Joe said:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 19px;"><blockquote>"He's the most insecure guy on the face of the earth behind that facade. He has to know what his fiercest defenders on Fox News say. Ninety-one counts – if he goes 90-1, he's going to jail for the rest of his life, 90-1. He could win 90 and lose one, every one of those counts, basically, at Donald Trump's age, that equals a life sentence, so, yeah, the guy is worried.</blockquote><p>.... </p></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 19px;"><p><span style="font-size: 19px;"></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-size: 19px;">"I mean, we'd be throwing people's names around – 91 counts, every one of them is a life sentence. The guy, obviously, is cracking. I think he's losing it, which is why the last thing he wants to do, the last thing his lawyers want him to do, is go out and debate. He may give admissions, and his political people don't want him to lose his mind onstage."</span> </blockquote><p></p></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Trump wants to consider himself to be a rock star. Havig a big article in Rolling Stone is a milestone in a performer's career. I rather doubt Trump is happy that he and is mugshot are here:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFjnFVmKglCsZKegcZpmrsaBvio_crsMvWQDrVLT1cKTqlLFxEltzvZw5p2byS1r-3Fe-7o6Y0McPYPLsm0z5xBI8QPqyuvsTJlqBJ12tVH0aX3KVV4DiEXHptOrOm-aRHXhTvOMY-nUsPWzsFNo8SEdMluE22fLxhvnh0oiUKW8qzLHVUCis7ozs19cU/s1678/Screenshot%202023-09-21%20at%205.58.26%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1256" data-original-width="1678" height="479" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFjnFVmKglCsZKegcZpmrsaBvio_crsMvWQDrVLT1cKTqlLFxEltzvZw5p2byS1r-3Fe-7o6Y0McPYPLsm0z5xBI8QPqyuvsTJlqBJ12tVH0aX3KVV4DiEXHptOrOm-aRHXhTvOMY-nUsPWzsFNo8SEdMluE22fLxhvnh0oiUKW8qzLHVUCis7ozs19cU/w640-h479/Screenshot%202023-09-21%20at%205.58.26%20AM.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">There it is, that pesky word again.<br /></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">I've heard Joe mention that he was aware that Donald Trump sometimes watched the show. I wonder what he would have thought if he watched this segment. Joe, Mika, and the crew have called Trump lots of things but saying he's insecure and that he's fretting over the chance of going to prison may get to him more than being called a buffoon or a clown.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">As one of the top 1000 mental health experts (but then who's counting) who has publically expressed their opnion about Trump's psychopathology I feel complelled to correct the Morning Joe panel. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">If Trump was fretting it would be a rare indication that he had lapsed, not into florid psychosis, but into the realm of mental health.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">If Trump worked in academia he'd be the Dean of Denial and be in charge of assuring that students only were taught things that they were comfortable with.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW-gEPI-uTZYAmthG9-l51M9N_V_JsfQjBGTjBz9xOsc1CbeI4Ig3J58yKkXFNvmLpN-F6JUU5ys87fwmUZlBZKXIj5p0Jdgg5PwQGwsIw0qbKrA4xvO78hD_rxoZLMHpf34-NrJPRPUNJp_se67mVYMKkM1OUseSuYgFXlqlLTzr8JK1zL7pQESUnNX0/s1412/Screenshot%202023-09-21%20at%206.16.55%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="954" data-original-width="1412" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW-gEPI-uTZYAmthG9-l51M9N_V_JsfQjBGTjBz9xOsc1CbeI4Ig3J58yKkXFNvmLpN-F6JUU5ys87fwmUZlBZKXIj5p0Jdgg5PwQGwsIw0qbKrA4xvO78hD_rxoZLMHpf34-NrJPRPUNJp_se67mVYMKkM1OUseSuYgFXlqlLTzr8JK1zL7pQESUnNX0/w640-h432/Screenshot%202023-09-21%20at%206.16.55%20AM.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Photo adapted from illustration in <a href="https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/reed-college-students-protest-video-racist-remarks/283-d07d32b4-67eb-4af7-9f0c-5d1c425a8d02" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27);" target="_blank">Reed College students stage multi-day protest over video that showed a professor making racist remarks</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">This isn't the first time pundits have ascribed normal psycholgical reactions to Donald Trump. For example this was from March:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><h1 class="title" data-reader-unique-id="titleElement" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-size: 1.95552em; line-height: 1.2141em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%;"><a href="https://www.rawstory.com/trump-indictment-manhattan-2659618657/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Trump is 'very anxious' about being finger-printed and asking for bail in Manhattan: NYT's Haberman</span></a></h1></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Plain and simple we don't know what Trump is experiencing. Is he anxious? Is he fretting? We just don't know. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Denial is the most primative or basic psychological defense mechanism. Freud first postulated it as a way some people dealt with facing extremely difficult facts of their personal reality:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><p style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0.5em 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Denial</b> is a <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Psychological">psychological</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_mechanism" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Defense mechanism">defense mechanism</a> postulated by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychoanalysis" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Psychoanalysis">psychoanalyst</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Sigmund Freud">Sigmund Freud</a>, in which a person is faced with a fact that is too uncomfortable to accept and rejects it instead, insisting that it is not true despite what may be overwhelming <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evidence" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Evidence">evidence</a>.</span></i></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0.5em 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">The subject may use:</span></i></p><ul style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14.4px; list-style-image: url("/w/skins/Vector/resources/common/images/bullet-icon.svg?d4515"); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denialism" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Denialism">simple denial</a>: deny the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Reality">reality</a> of the unpleasant fact altogether</span></i></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimisation_(psychology)" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Minimisation (psychology)">minimisation</a>: admit the fact but deny its seriousness (a combination of denial and <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rationalization_(making_excuses)" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Rationalization (making excuses)">rationalization</a>)</span></i></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Psychological projection">projection</a>: admit both the fact and seriousness but deny <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_responsibility" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Moral responsibility">responsibility</a> by <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaming" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Blaming">blaming</a> somebody or something else</span></i></li></ul><div><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial_(Freud)" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></span></span></div></div><div><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;">You can see Trump using all three types of denial. The more he uses simple denial the more psychogically impaired he is. Judging a the capacity for reality </span><span style="color: #202122;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">testing is a measure used in psychology to determine how dysfuntional a person is. It is called reality testing and defined as follows:</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #202122;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><br /></span></span></div><div><b style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;"></b><blockquote><b style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">Reality testing</b><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14.4px;"> is the psychotherapeutic function by which the objective or real world and one's relationship to it are reflected on and evaluated by the observer. This process of distinguishing the internal world of thoughts and feelings from the external world is a technique commonly used in </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychoanalysis" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Psychoanalysis">psychoanalysis</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14.4px;"> and </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavior_therapy" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Behavior therapy">behavior therapy</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14.4px;">, and was originally devised by </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Sigmund Freud">Sigmund Freud</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_testing" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></blockquote><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_testing" target="_blank"></a></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Most of you are familiar<span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73); color: #494949; font-size: 18px;"> the Kübler-Ross model of </span><b style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73); color: #494949; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">grief</b><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73); color: #494949; font-size: 18px;">, which describes the five emotions that people experience when they cope with death. (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_stages_of_grief" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>). The first stage is denial. Pyshologically healthy people go on throough the next three stages, anger, bargaining, and depression before reaching the final stage of acceptance.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #494949; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #494949; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73);">Denial is the first because it is the very most basic defense. </span></span></div><div><span style="color: #494949; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #494949;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I wonder if we'll see Trump go through these stages if he is sentenced to prison. I have my doubts because he is far from being a psychogically healthy person.</span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #494949;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #494949;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73);">If Trump is anxious, if he's fretting, it would mean reality is percolating into his conscious awareness. If he's repressing this thoughts and feelings he is at risk of them manifesting </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73);">themselves in somatic ways. </span></span></div></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #494949;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73);">I'm a clinical social worker and not a physician but I think I am on firm ground in speculating that as the chance of being incarcerated increases Trump is at higher risk of succumbing to some of the stress related physical illnesses.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #494949;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #494949;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73);">Update:</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #494949;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #494949;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73);">Far be it from me to dispute Mary Trump who is the only mental health professional who actually knows (or knew) Donald Trump up close and personal, buit I think she is describing him as if he was normal.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #494949;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #494949;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.rawstory.com/trump-mary-v-donald/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="2840" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjLK-BOReBb03U9dozG72fVBRmyy9jprXrBZJwP2GUtB4ukgD9yGsDs2nYhHAeNG9wQfhikg9_CX_Mx8hyBfm6MYudPY6Nv1qnpYhdcFYtCfJO53Qjm8h_talUB3lEzJzPm61L8X0uPW1luftaq4aT8q_ZZ2ZQqy1GgXbr_3epkQHCvZ_K5fEue3600Ao/s16000/Screenshot%202023-09-21%20at%205.15.53%20PM.png" /></a></div><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73);">I doubt Donald Trump reads what his psychologist neices writes about him. If he reads this piece here's what I think would bother him the most (in bold)</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #494949;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #494949;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "PT Serif", serif; font-size: 19px;"></p><blockquote><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "PT Serif", serif; font-size: 19px;">"I’m sorry Donald, but calling Charles Koch a 'very stupid, awkward, and highly overrated globalist,; is a clear sign to me… You must be getting nervous that Koch has already raised more than $70 million to oppose you in the Republican presidential primary. And there’s more coming," she said. "I can only imagine how off-the-charts your anxiety is especially since you know there is so much more trouble coming your way. Your childish name calling can only take you so far."</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "PT Serif", serif; font-size: 19px;">Mary Trump added: </p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "PT Serif", serif; font-size: 19px;">"Even more transparent than your anxiety is your jealousy. <b>Charles Koch is at least 24x richer than you. </b>You really shouldn't let your emotions take over like this Donald. Your pattern of name-calling and grievance is wearing thin and it just makes you look like the weak loser you are.</p></blockquote><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "PT Serif", serif; font-size: 19px;"></p></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #494949;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73);">Koch isestimated to be worth about $60 billion making him the 20th richest person in the world. Forbes estimates Trump's worth as a paulty $2 ½ billion.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #494949;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #494949;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #494949;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73);">Recent blogs:</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #494949;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #494949;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><div class="gNK4lf" jsname="r12Ztd" style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; position: relative; text-align: center;"><div class="LgQiCc vOSR6b oqIa7e" data-disabled="" jsaction="dyRcpb:dyRcpb;mTYWXd:vzWA1d" jscontroller="QeBYfc" jsshadow="" style="background-color: white; border-radius: 4px; 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text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">God</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Hal Brown blog" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown blog</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Jesus" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Jesus</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="religion" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">religion</span></span></div><div class="HLjbIb" style="margin-right: 12px; z-index: 2;"><div class="Dffgkb" jsname="K5fbyf"></div></div><div class="WNsYxb" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="jLK47" style="display: flex; z-index: 2;"><span class="KFLXgf NY7gZe" jsname="aUc34b" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; padding-right: 4px;">0</span><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Comment Count" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="DPvwYc JB36v" jsname="K9WFBc" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #90a4ae; direction: ltr; display: inline-block; font-family: "Material Icons Extended"; 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overflow: visible; padding: 16px; position: relative; text-align: start; transition-delay: 0ms, 100ms, 0ms, 0ms, 0ms; transition-duration: 200ms, 100ms, 100ms, 150ms, 200ms; transition-property: transform, margin, padding, height, opacity, transform; vertical-align: top; width: 992px;"><span jsslot=""><div class="yGrhUb" jsaction="G8WBad:emf4lc;JgCTQd:MA9ffd;aWRkAb:T6My7c;rcuQ6b:WYd;JIbuQc:DqZcXc(aOAVnd),FN6PZb(nUV0Pd),RgZmSc(vdQQuc),dkUfm(ohAaQc),Q2zPs(K5fbyf),T5bbwb(T5bbwb); click:WB9jdf(mU6ose);" jscontroller="MYxzhc" jsdata="ke6cAf;8071762711090291579,6130334533138672012,1;9" jsmodel="W9qexb" role="listitem" style="align-items: center; display: flex;"><div class="rb4Lrd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 1 1 auto; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 36px);"><div class="jn15V" style="display: flex;"><img aria-label="Post image thumbnail" class="DMO9ie sRb2Nc" data-atf="true" data-iml="637" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Ht1m3AsAnCOKuWlttsMe_bTu_IRGkAZIBz0ujmzGoRDLt6Ul3qyCQitnq9NkzsE0kQPGaNEzyyzuEEnqZsvMbxqiBMrzWjFmYCOOblax_HtbERWjLKx1qBPDuKVkUbXN4ewsWybWPI9oDadV-DIRW90-ZfL7JL2JtOkqoJDUDvgEfH2D7SG80wuMKU0/s55-c/Screenshot%202023-09-16%20at%205.41.53%20AM.png" style="border-radius: 4px; border: medium; flex-shrink: 0; height: 64px; object-fit: cover; width: 72px;" /></div><div class="VSOPnd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex: 1 1 0%; min-width: 0px; padding-left: 16px; width: calc(100% - 72px);"><div class="Bv5FY" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; height: 32px;"><div class="hqBifb" style="align-self: center; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><div class="wCHCXe" jsname="d2wxvf" style="cursor: pointer; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;"><span class="UHwcef" style="color: #37474f; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px;">"Listen up GOP candidates and your pious flock, according to me and my son, woke is good." God*</span></div></div><div class="rC7DWe" style="align-self: center; z-index: 2;"></div><div class="z0QKhe" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="GLDMfb UHwcef" data-author="Hal Brown" jsname="YKQn2" style="align-self: center; color: #37474f; cursor: pointer; flex: 1 1 auto; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px; overflow: hidden; padding-right: 4px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 150px; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown</div><div class="qlgjDe" style="align-self: center; flex: 1 1 auto; height: 24px; padding: 0px; width: 24px;"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Hal Brown" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/17636022253580117963" style="color: #2962ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Hal Brown" class="odLeEc" data-atf="true" data-iml="637" height="20" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifL8W6RKGC3sDBq7FfJ6MYHfehcbl1qU_pvYr1szmPiGi6JDF80e5GdCBza44MmBXMMOOLu2c1kLhom7-tLBRcKJooOIjM6f_OEom9gMtNAKhJ2aBJ4iigOmjvVyCxvMQ/s56-c/hal-newest.jpg" style="border-radius: 50%; border: medium; height: 24px; width: 24px;" width="20" /></a></span></span></span></div></div></div><div class="IyONgb Gmt5e" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52); display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; font-size: 12px; height: 32px;"><div class="ngYWic" style="align-self: center; flex: 0 0 auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="BNWFs" style="display: flex;"><div class="gRzh8c NY7gZe" jsname="Zb8fBd" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; margin-right: 4px;">Published</div><span class="zmn4M"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Sep 16, 2023, 6:54 AM, Published Date" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span class="NY7gZe" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="wPZNb">• </span>Sep 16</span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="Q0PqBe" jsname="tnsKH" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 1 1 auto; overflow: hidden;"><span class="uZsIBe" style="display: inline-flex; flex: 0 0 auto; margin-left: 12px; margin-right: 12px; z-index: 2;"><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Christian right" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Christian right</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Evangelicals" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Evangelicals</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="God" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">God</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Hal Brown blog" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown blog</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Jesus" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Jesus</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Mt. Vernon NY" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Mt. Vernon NY</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="atheism" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">atheism</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="prayer" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">prayer</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="religion" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">religion</span></span></div><div class="HLjbIb" style="margin-right: 12px; z-index: 2;"><div class="Dffgkb" jsname="K5fbyf"></div></div><div class="WNsYxb" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="jLK47" style="display: flex; z-index: 2;"><span class="KFLXgf NY7gZe" jsname="aUc34b" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; padding-right: 4px;">0</span><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Comment Count" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="DPvwYc JB36v" jsname="K9WFBc" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #90a4ae; direction: ltr; display: inline-block; font-family: "Material Icons Extended"; font-feature-settings: "liga"; font-size: 14px; 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transition-duration: 200ms, 100ms, 100ms, 150ms, 200ms; transition-property: transform, margin, padding, height, opacity, transform; vertical-align: top; width: 992px;"><span jsslot=""><div class="yGrhUb" jsaction="G8WBad:emf4lc;JgCTQd:MA9ffd;aWRkAb:T6My7c;rcuQ6b:WYd;JIbuQc:DqZcXc(aOAVnd),FN6PZb(nUV0Pd),RgZmSc(vdQQuc),dkUfm(ohAaQc),Q2zPs(K5fbyf),T5bbwb(T5bbwb); click:WB9jdf(mU6ose);" jscontroller="MYxzhc" jsdata="ke6cAf;5373090118537627412,6130334533138672012,1;10" jsmodel="W9qexb" role="listitem" style="align-items: center; display: flex;"><div class="rb4Lrd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 1 1 auto; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 36px);"><div class="jn15V" style="display: flex;"><img aria-label="Post image thumbnail" class="DMO9ie sRb2Nc" data-atf="true" data-iml="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnTkthJY_UkqLolKbuW5FMJbeMUJPiMGZwLkTP9lIcGqjrA-60cBjVZSMwpUKOmAExZ0gAXdh4f6DbYsBJINIafI0TjH4ujMnuF7o8GV0zcN5iAQi5MSWTZJk_wSthTFuSILiZYGb3N_kD1oW_yMah6bIgA329qTQlYi1KRo-LgZjFrnK6P4fYh__kSKI/s55-w640-c-h566/Screenshot%202023-09-15%20at%206.27.14%20AM.png" style="border-radius: 4px; border: medium; flex-shrink: 0; height: 64px; object-fit: cover; width: 72px;" /></div><div class="VSOPnd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex: 1 1 0%; min-width: 0px; padding-left: 16px; width: calc(100% - 72px);"><div class="Bv5FY" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; height: 32px;"><div class="hqBifb" style="align-self: center; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><div class="wCHCXe" jsname="d2wxvf" style="cursor: pointer; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;"><span class="UHwcef" style="color: #37474f; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px;">Kevin McCarthy is no Tony Soprano. (He's also not Hadleyville Marshall Will Kane.)</span></div></div><div class="rC7DWe" style="align-self: center; z-index: 2;"></div><div class="z0QKhe" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="GLDMfb UHwcef" data-author="Hal Brown" jsname="YKQn2" style="align-self: center; color: #37474f; cursor: pointer; flex: 1 1 auto; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px; overflow: hidden; padding-right: 4px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 150px; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown</div><div class="qlgjDe" style="align-self: center; flex: 1 1 auto; height: 24px; padding: 0px; width: 24px;"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Hal Brown" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/17636022253580117963" style="color: #2962ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Hal Brown" class="odLeEc" data-atf="true" data-iml="638" height="20" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifL8W6RKGC3sDBq7FfJ6MYHfehcbl1qU_pvYr1szmPiGi6JDF80e5GdCBza44MmBXMMOOLu2c1kLhom7-tLBRcKJooOIjM6f_OEom9gMtNAKhJ2aBJ4iigOmjvVyCxvMQ/s56-c/hal-newest.jpg" style="border-radius: 50%; border: medium; height: 24px; width: 24px;" width="20" /></a></span></span></span></div></div></div><div class="IyONgb Gmt5e" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52); display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; font-size: 12px; height: 32px;"><div class="ngYWic" style="align-self: center; flex: 0 0 auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="BNWFs" style="display: flex;"><div class="gRzh8c NY7gZe" jsname="Zb8fBd" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; margin-right: 4px;">Published</div><span class="zmn4M"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Sep 15, 2023, 7:11 AM, Published Date" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span class="NY7gZe" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="wPZNb">• </span>Sep 15</span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="Q0PqBe" jsname="tnsKH" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 1 1 auto; 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border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(207, 216, 220); box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: 0px 0px 8px; overflow: visible; padding: 16px; position: relative; text-align: start; transition-delay: 0ms, 100ms, 0ms, 0ms, 0ms; transition-duration: 200ms, 100ms, 100ms, 150ms, 200ms; transition-property: transform, margin, padding, height, opacity, transform; vertical-align: top; width: 992px;"><span jsslot=""><div class="yGrhUb" jsaction="G8WBad:emf4lc;JgCTQd:MA9ffd;aWRkAb:T6My7c;rcuQ6b:WYd;JIbuQc:DqZcXc(aOAVnd),FN6PZb(nUV0Pd),RgZmSc(vdQQuc),dkUfm(ohAaQc),Q2zPs(K5fbyf),T5bbwb(T5bbwb); click:WB9jdf(mU6ose);" jscontroller="MYxzhc" jsdata="ke6cAf;8637621857933516390,6130334533138672012,1;11" jsmodel="W9qexb" role="listitem" style="align-items: center; display: flex;"><div class="rb4Lrd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 1 1 auto; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 36px);"><div class="jn15V" style="display: flex;"><img aria-label="Post image thumbnail" class="DMO9ie sRb2Nc" data-atf="true" data-iml="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwUmfDvO-AFDa6uDovb91TSWClhU1t1UxTmlpocyV56Er7tTp3eqDVsipIkS_akFrKhygRkSwF_i1ZMKRC6TLp6Ak9TR3b3UWkbK--W-2fn9stAl6FJ_MBpHOn0BFZALUDSzqngEWaB1pf7qJ7SwCQyXabrQE3l8bcnIvayqx4AcgMxtD45kcuFHCDvic/s55-c/Screenshot%202023-09-14%20at%205.55.59%20AM.png" style="border-radius: 4px; 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The Democrats need to be buzzards.</span></div></div><div class="rC7DWe" style="align-self: center; z-index: 2;"></div><div class="z0QKhe" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="GLDMfb UHwcef" data-author="Hal Brown" jsname="YKQn2" style="align-self: center; color: #37474f; cursor: pointer; flex: 1 1 auto; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px; overflow: hidden; padding-right: 4px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 150px; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown</div><div class="qlgjDe" style="align-self: center; flex: 1 1 auto; height: 24px; padding: 0px; width: 24px;"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Hal Brown" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/17636022253580117963" style="color: #2962ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Hal Brown" class="odLeEc" data-atf="true" data-iml="638" height="20" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifL8W6RKGC3sDBq7FfJ6MYHfehcbl1qU_pvYr1szmPiGi6JDF80e5GdCBza44MmBXMMOOLu2c1kLhom7-tLBRcKJooOIjM6f_OEom9gMtNAKhJ2aBJ4iigOmjvVyCxvMQ/s56-c/hal-newest.jpg" style="border-radius: 50%; border: medium; height: 24px; width: 24px;" width="20" /></a></span></span></span></div></div></div><div class="IyONgb Gmt5e" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52); display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; font-size: 12px; height: 32px;"><div class="ngYWic" style="align-self: center; flex: 0 0 auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="BNWFs" style="display: flex;"><div class="gRzh8c NY7gZe" jsname="Zb8fBd" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; margin-right: 4px;">Published</div><span class="zmn4M"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Sep 14, 2023, 8:06 AM, Published Date" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span class="NY7gZe" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="wPZNb">• </span>Sep 14</span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="Q0PqBe" jsname="tnsKH" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 1 1 auto; overflow: hidden;"><span class="uZsIBe" style="display: inline-flex; flex: 0 0 auto; margin-left: 12px; margin-right: 12px; z-index: 2;"><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="GOP. 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Hal Brown's Blog</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="politics" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">politics</span></span></div><div class="HLjbIb" style="margin-right: 12px; z-index: 2;"><div class="Dffgkb" jsname="K5fbyf"></div></div><div class="WNsYxb" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="jLK47" style="display: flex; z-index: 2;"><span class="KFLXgf NY7gZe" jsname="aUc34b" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; padding-right: 4px;">0</span><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Comment Count" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="DPvwYc JB36v" jsname="K9WFBc" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; 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border: medium; flex-shrink: 0; height: 64px; object-fit: cover; width: 72px;" /></div><div class="VSOPnd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex: 1 1 0%; min-width: 0px; padding-left: 16px; width: calc(100% - 72px);"><div class="Bv5FY" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; height: 32px;"><div class="hqBifb" style="align-self: center; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><div class="wCHCXe" jsname="d2wxvf" style="cursor: pointer; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;"><span class="UHwcef" style="color: #37474f; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px;">Loudmouth Legislators in House GOP on Dynamite Fishing Expedition</span></div></div><div class="rC7DWe" style="align-self: center; z-index: 2;"></div><div class="z0QKhe" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="GLDMfb UHwcef" data-author="Hal Brown" jsname="YKQn2" style="align-self: center; color: #37474f; cursor: pointer; flex: 1 1 auto; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px; overflow: hidden; padding-right: 4px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 150px; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown</div><div class="qlgjDe" style="align-self: center; flex: 1 1 auto; height: 24px; padding: 0px; width: 24px;"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Hal Brown" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/17636022253580117963" style="color: #2962ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Hal Brown" class="odLeEc" data-atf="true" data-iml="638" height="20" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifL8W6RKGC3sDBq7FfJ6MYHfehcbl1qU_pvYr1szmPiGi6JDF80e5GdCBza44MmBXMMOOLu2c1kLhom7-tLBRcKJooOIjM6f_OEom9gMtNAKhJ2aBJ4iigOmjvVyCxvMQ/s56-c/hal-newest.jpg" style="border-radius: 50%; border: medium; height: 24px; width: 24px;" width="20" /></a></span></span></span></div></div></div><div class="IyONgb Gmt5e" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52); 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border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Biden impeachment</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="House GOP" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">House GOP</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="impeachment" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; 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padding-left: 16px; z-index: 2;"><a class="tUIYCc" href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/posts/blog/statspost/all_time/6130334533138672012/3784792957816910520" style="display: flex; text-decoration: none;"><span class="dYZApe NY7gZe" jsname="dVrYmd" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; padding-right: 4px;">38</span><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="View Count" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="DPvwYc rtpUCe JB36v" jsname="iZbhQd" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #90a4ae; direction: ltr; display: inline-block; font-family: "Material Icons Extended"; font-feature-settings: "liga"; font-size: 18px; line-height: 20px; overflow-wrap: normal; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></span></span></span></span></a></div></div><div class="iTjaCd" style="align-self: center; flex: 0 0 auto;"></div></div></div><a class="azat BJi0D" href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/posts/blog/post/edit/6130334533138672012/3784792957816910520" jsaction="click:hopFEe" style="color: #2962ff; 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click:WB9jdf(mU6ose);" jscontroller="MYxzhc" jsdata="ke6cAf;7491291904497880243,6130334533138672012,1;13" jsmodel="W9qexb" role="listitem" style="align-items: center; display: flex;"><div class="rb4Lrd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 1 1 auto; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 36px);"><div class="jn15V" style="display: flex;"><img aria-label="Post image thumbnail" class="DMO9ie sRb2Nc" data-atf="true" data-iml="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoT_P1AQ-lLsRjzG4I9psYIOZQ6ejTI9OUilq7VB8y9aELtyTk5pdWahi6iCcymLB7rDjMh7xBGVbZ0h6zkj3RJnLrA7sM3KHiGEGZnH8uYlfX2iCXmwNFeCkQ7TWln1zxRhP3c7afEm41zXfWd2FxHh4hjKmtffCrrMHPItyfiCreJV6hogOxJ6MAAU8/s55-c/Screenshot%202023-09-12%20at%207.47.39%20AM.png" style="border-radius: 4px; border: medium; flex-shrink: 0; height: 64px; object-fit: cover; width: 72px;" /></div><div class="VSOPnd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex: 1 1 0%; min-width: 0px; padding-left: 16px; width: calc(100% - 72px);"><div class="Bv5FY" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; height: 32px;"><div class="hqBifb" style="align-self: center; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><div class="wCHCXe" jsname="d2wxvf" style="cursor: pointer; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;"><span class="UHwcef" style="color: #37474f; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px;">Split screen: Impeachment is all about counter-programming against Georgia trial</span></div></div><div class="rC7DWe" style="align-self: center; z-index: 2;"></div><div class="z0QKhe" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="GLDMfb UHwcef" data-author="Hal Brown" jsname="YKQn2" style="align-self: center; color: #37474f; cursor: pointer; flex: 1 1 auto; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px; overflow: hidden; padding-right: 4px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 150px; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown</div><div class="qlgjDe" style="align-self: center; flex: 1 1 auto; height: 24px; padding: 0px; width: 24px;"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Hal Brown" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/17636022253580117963" style="color: #2962ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Hal Brown" class="odLeEc" data-atf="true" data-iml="638" height="20" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifL8W6RKGC3sDBq7FfJ6MYHfehcbl1qU_pvYr1szmPiGi6JDF80e5GdCBza44MmBXMMOOLu2c1kLhom7-tLBRcKJooOIjM6f_OEom9gMtNAKhJ2aBJ4iigOmjvVyCxvMQ/s56-c/hal-newest.jpg" style="border-radius: 50%; border: medium; height: 24px; width: 24px;" width="20" /></a></span></span></span></div></div></div><div class="IyONgb Gmt5e" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52); display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; font-size: 12px; height: 32px;"><div class="ngYWic" style="align-self: center; flex: 0 0 auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="BNWFs" style="display: flex;"><div class="gRzh8c NY7gZe" jsname="Zb8fBd" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; margin-right: 4px;">Published</div><span class="zmn4M"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Sep 12, 2023, 7:10 AM, Published Date" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span class="NY7gZe" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="wPZNb">• </span>Sep 12</span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="Q0PqBe" jsname="tnsKH" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 1 1 auto; overflow: hidden;"><span class="uZsIBe" style="display: inline-flex; flex: 0 0 auto; margin-left: 12px; margin-right: 12px; z-index: 2;"><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Biden" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Biden</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Hal Brown's blog" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown's blog</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Hunter Biden" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Hunter Biden</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="James Comer" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">James Comer</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Jim Jordan" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Jim Jordan</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Marjorie Taylor Greene" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">Marjorie Taylor Greene</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="impeachment" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">impeachment</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="journalism" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">journalism</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="media" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">media</span><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="politics" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(176, 190, 197); color: #78909c; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 8px; max-width: none; min-width: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 6px 12px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; z-index: 2;">politics</span></span></div><div class="HLjbIb" style="margin-right: 12px; z-index: 2;"><div class="Dffgkb" jsname="K5fbyf"></div></div><div class="WNsYxb" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="jLK47" style="display: flex; z-index: 2;"><span class="KFLXgf NY7gZe" jsname="aUc34b" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; padding-right: 4px;">0</span><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Comment Count" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="DPvwYc JB36v" jsname="K9WFBc" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #90a4ae; direction: ltr; display: inline-block; font-family: "Material Icons Extended"; font-feature-settings: "liga"; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; overflow-wrap: normal; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></span></span></span></span></div><div class="VkCe5" style="display: flex; padding-left: 16px; z-index: 2;"><a class="tUIYCc" href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/posts/blog/statspost/all_time/6130334533138672012/7491291904497880243" style="display: flex; text-decoration: none;"><span class="dYZApe NY7gZe" jsname="dVrYmd" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; padding-right: 4px;">12</span><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="View Count" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="DPvwYc rtpUCe JB36v" jsname="iZbhQd" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #90a4ae; direction: ltr; display: inline-block; font-family: "Material Icons Extended"; font-feature-settings: "liga"; font-size: 18px; line-height: 20px; overflow-wrap: normal; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></span></span></span></span></a></div></div><div class="iTjaCd" style="align-self: center; flex: 0 0 auto;"></div></div></div><a class="azat BJi0D" href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/posts/blog/post/edit/6130334533138672012/7491291904497880243" jsaction="click:hopFEe" style="color: #2962ff; cursor: pointer; inset: 0px; position: absolute; text-decoration: none; z-index: 1;"></a></div></div></span></div></div><div class="gNK4lf" jsname="r12Ztd" style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; position: relative; text-align: center;"><div class="LgQiCc vOSR6b oqIa7e" data-disabled="" jsaction="dyRcpb:dyRcpb;mTYWXd:vzWA1d" jscontroller="QeBYfc" jsshadow="" style="background-color: white; border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(207, 216, 220); box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: 0px 0px 8px; overflow: visible; padding: 16px; position: relative; text-align: start; transition-delay: 0ms, 100ms, 0ms, 0ms, 0ms; transition-duration: 200ms, 100ms, 100ms, 150ms, 200ms; transition-property: transform, margin, padding, height, opacity, transform; vertical-align: top; width: 992px;"><span jsslot=""><div class="yGrhUb" jsaction="G8WBad:emf4lc;JgCTQd:MA9ffd;aWRkAb:T6My7c;rcuQ6b:WYd;JIbuQc:DqZcXc(aOAVnd),FN6PZb(nUV0Pd),RgZmSc(vdQQuc),dkUfm(ohAaQc),Q2zPs(K5fbyf),T5bbwb(T5bbwb); click:WB9jdf(mU6ose);" jscontroller="MYxzhc" jsdata="ke6cAf;7247455398879897984,6130334533138672012,1;14" jsmodel="W9qexb" role="listitem" style="align-items: center; display: flex;"><div class="rb4Lrd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 1 1 auto; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 36px);"><div class="jn15V" style="display: flex;"><img aria-label="Post image thumbnail" class="DMO9ie sRb2Nc" data-atf="true" data-iml="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB3E2RCqCkPnVDxcZTm17Drgkpa-owLJM_To2GlNUojhWNyVcbaP1dQ9DTrWCdPAkKEauCHH-1_MUvpknNH90Vr3EsoAudrKvLZkBp56oW1OfGMzjPeBEWVO1eLjEoaQs1Pe36ctqSkGVyIUuGTn4WaPFvQJUvchmtqDkTsOn4cPL9SMH57G27eDHfiGY/s55-c/Screenshot%202023-09-11%20at%2012.36.39%20PM.png" style="border-radius: 4px; border: medium; flex-shrink: 0; height: 64px; object-fit: cover; width: 72px;" /></div><div class="VSOPnd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex: 1 1 0%; min-width: 0px; padding-left: 16px; width: calc(100% - 72px);"><div class="Bv5FY" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; height: 32px;"><div class="hqBifb" style="align-self: center; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><div class="wCHCXe" jsname="d2wxvf" style="cursor: pointer; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;"><span class="UHwcef" style="color: #37474f; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px;">Something about self-awareness</span></div></div><div class="rC7DWe" style="align-self: center; z-index: 2;"></div><div class="z0QKhe" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="GLDMfb UHwcef" data-author="Hal Brown" jsname="YKQn2" style="align-self: center; color: #37474f; cursor: pointer; flex: 1 1 auto; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 21px; overflow: hidden; padding-right: 4px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 150px; z-index: 2;">Hal Brown</div><div class="qlgjDe" style="align-self: center; flex: 1 1 auto; height: 24px; padding: 0px; width: 24px;"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Hal Brown" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/17636022253580117963" style="color: #2962ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Hal Brown" class="odLeEc" data-atf="true" data-iml="638" height="20" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifL8W6RKGC3sDBq7FfJ6MYHfehcbl1qU_pvYr1szmPiGi6JDF80e5GdCBza44MmBXMMOOLu2c1kLhom7-tLBRcKJooOIjM6f_OEom9gMtNAKhJ2aBJ4iigOmjvVyCxvMQ/s56-c/hal-newest.jpg" style="border-radius: 50%; border: medium; height: 24px; width: 24px;" width="20" /></a></span></span></span></div></div></div><div class="IyONgb Gmt5e" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52); display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; font-size: 12px; height: 32px;"><div class="ngYWic" style="align-self: center; flex: 0 0 auto; z-index: 2;"><div class="BNWFs" style="display: flex;"><div class="gRzh8c NY7gZe" jsname="Zb8fBd" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px; margin-right: 4px;">Published</div><span class="zmn4M"><span jsshadow=""><span data-tooltip="Sep 11, 2023, 9:49 AM, Published Date" jsaction="mouseover:sbHm2b" jscontroller="CJwVld"><span class="jLa83d" jsslot="" style="display: flex;"><span class="NY7gZe" style="color: #546e7a; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="wPZNb">• </span>Sep 11</span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="Q0PqBe" jsname="tnsKH" style="align-self: center; display: flex; flex: 1 1 auto; overflow: hidden;"><span class="uZsIBe" style="display: inline-flex; flex: 0 0 auto; margin-left: 12px; margin-right: 12px; z-index: 2;"><span class="YQgXbc qtvRHc" data-label="Elon Musk" jsname="mU6ose" style="border-radius: 32px; 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box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(35, 31, 32); color: #231f20; font-family: "Proxima Nova", "Proxima Nova Fallback", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 25px; margin-top: 25px;"></p><blockquote><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(35, 31, 32); color: #231f20; font-size: 18px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 25px; margin-top: 25px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Prolonged stress puts your body in a continuous state readiness for physical action. When your body has no time to re-establish equilibrium, it becomes overworked and your immune system weakens, making you susceptible to sickness. Many essential bodily processes are disrupted and your risk of health problems increases.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(35, 31, 32); color: #231f20; font-size: 18px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 25px; margin-top: 25px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Some common physical effects of stress include (<a href="https://www.healthline.com/health/what-is-stress-related-illness#stressrelated-illness" target="_blank">reference</a>):</span></p><ul style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(35, 31, 32); color: #231f20; font-size: 18px; list-style-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg width='10' height='10' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%3E%3Ccircle cx='5' cy='5' r='2.5' fill='%23EC1C82'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");"><li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><a class="content-link css-5r4717" href="https://www.healthline.com/health/memory-loss" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border-color: currentcolor; box-sizing: inherit; color: #02838d; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">memory impairment</span></a></li><li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><a class="content-link css-5r4717" href="https://www.healthline.com/health/depression" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border-color: currentcolor; box-sizing: inherit; color: #02838d; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">depression</span></a></li><li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">skin conditions, such as eczema</span></li><li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><a class="content-link css-5r4717" href="https://www.healthline.com/symptom/difficulty-sleeping" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border-color: currentcolor; box-sizing: inherit; color: #02838d; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">difficulty sleeping</span></a></li><li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><a class="content-link css-5r4717" href="https://www.healthline.com/health/weight-loss/obesity" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border-color: currentcolor; box-sizing: inherit; color: #02838d; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">obesity</span></a></li><li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><a class="content-link css-5r4717" href="https://www.healthline.com/health/heart-disease" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border-color: currentcolor; box-sizing: inherit; color: #02838d; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">heart disease</span></a></li><li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; 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font-size: 18px; list-style-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg width='10' height='10' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%3E%3Ccircle cx='5' cy='5' r='2.5' fill='%23EC1C82'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");"><li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><a class="content-link css-5r4717" href="https://www.healthline.com/health/autoimmune-disorders" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border-color: currentcolor; box-sizing: inherit; color: #02838d; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a></li></ul></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130334533138672012.post-63781064819529578572023-09-20T07:23:00.033-07:002023-09-21T09:53:17.179-07:00In MAGAland there's no such thing as bad publicity but this Democrat probably will benefit<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvmEaumVwHzNoimHFgER9C2rnHr8Sb_NZEB9qR-9HqWYqYCAdwXSZP56jpcUqv7FDJJYgvFLRs-gWREn-KbvsHuv5CFUhwkabkdbHNkxzfJ6ZoE98rpTlVT8OotmRmjrOEMyc__C3wVNZRfDCbisIL65aYHf14lcJYXgzRizIhcz_lB63tIR8eMm__yLw/s1462/Screenshot%202023-09-20%20at%208.10.01%20AM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1276" data-original-width="1462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvmEaumVwHzNoimHFgER9C2rnHr8Sb_NZEB9qR-9HqWYqYCAdwXSZP56jpcUqv7FDJJYgvFLRs-gWREn-KbvsHuv5CFUhwkabkdbHNkxzfJ6ZoE98rpTlVT8OotmRmjrOEMyc__C3wVNZRfDCbisIL65aYHf14lcJYXgzRizIhcz_lB63tIR8eMm__yLw/s16000/Screenshot%202023-09-20%20at%208.10.01%20AM.png" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">By Hal Brown</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib-uaQHNmdYNCNQfTF-d3ZinUVhdkaVwBYBg2PNF9sXBcz_tsxg1ixI1K-gqJNn3YRdX0I_1TQPynRJTS7QsdPtE0hFsZQSaTA_Kb8BccAOA9PAQ62qw-4wFvu-8aSPONNc4ET58pTrWo53Z7HvKlUBJ1q9DqGwgiy4AMN7FdvNYoMzenN7bQ8ZXGJnwM/s1964/Screenshot%202023-09-20%20at%206.47.40%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1964" data-original-width="1522" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib-uaQHNmdYNCNQfTF-d3ZinUVhdkaVwBYBg2PNF9sXBcz_tsxg1ixI1K-gqJNn3YRdX0I_1TQPynRJTS7QsdPtE0hFsZQSaTA_Kb8BccAOA9PAQ62qw-4wFvu-8aSPONNc4ET58pTrWo53Z7HvKlUBJ1q9DqGwgiy4AMN7FdvNYoMzenN7bQ8ZXGJnwM/w496-h640/Screenshot%202023-09-20%20at%206.47.40%20AM.png" width="496" /></a></span></div><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.tmz.com/2023/09/20/rep-lauren-boebert-theater-date-bar-negative-reviews-yelp-aspen-colorado/" target="_blank">Read article in TMZ here.</a></span><div><span style="color: red;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: red;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><a href="https://www.tmz.com/2023/09/20/rep-lauren-boebert-theater-date-bar-negative-reviews-yelp-aspen-colorado/" target="_blank">The Yelp reviews are like these (click to read a few), and don't address whether or not the bar serves good food and has enjoyable enetertainment.</a></span></span></div><div><span style="color: red;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.yelp.com/biz/hooch-craft-cocktail-bar-aspen" target="_blank">Here's the current Yelp review page:</a> </span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQdrLwmG_WpM2S-oCIReZqLsQak4Cey8WdSpTHxOezl60rH2tAlluPKmhzFfaeE6iNNGgyGhGuEu0zBCEdN-Vog5_PBiZZHgE50zI0fEy8W3u-Tz2ZVjvBlGEfAcW0ybJIxvHZ6zptKFHzIodDtOuy6svtFz1DxI2ugs31xiTC82SeCo4t-oaWQlEBHok/s1804/Screenshot%202023-09-20%20at%208.20.26%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="986" data-original-width="1804" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQdrLwmG_WpM2S-oCIReZqLsQak4Cey8WdSpTHxOezl60rH2tAlluPKmhzFfaeE6iNNGgyGhGuEu0zBCEdN-Vog5_PBiZZHgE50zI0fEy8W3u-Tz2ZVjvBlGEfAcW0ybJIxvHZ6zptKFHzIodDtOuy6svtFz1DxI2ugs31xiTC82SeCo4t-oaWQlEBHok/w640-h348/Screenshot%202023-09-20%20at%208.20.26%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Note that even with the bad reviews it gets 4 ½ stars.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><p><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.tmz.com/2023/09/17/lauren-boebert-boyfriend-drag-shows-bar-beetlejuice/" target="_blank">Here's another TMZ article:</a></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.tmz.com/2023/09/17/lauren-boebert-boyfriend-drag-shows-bar-beetlejuice/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1914" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimZivlaE1GnUgGxlDVPjBQ_792k4GG5Md18YpJFCaETAVbhUUB6-W8tXTyWwiwnbSc1jp_uPqQBQSmekuyohMJaKV7wzFqcEPrX5jTqHqjet3W-WlpDBf21JJBzcDWG9n-9aLoqCaZRtqAH08Pal-4GdA_pSCA8e4fEwLqJflaukf-baiVkOUvDFBvCvc/w506-h640/Screenshot%202023-09-20%20at%207.58.08%20AM.png" width="506" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I modified this photo for my illustration.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=the+hooch+craft+cocktail+bar" target="_blank"><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit;">This is a Google search of The Hooch Craft Cocktail Bar. I shows how the search is trending..</span></a></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9HvyIT3C7zya8cebV6qat7WfBTj7ltCIWSRW7RXbQ4zY2nMAZWjQ-r4HTSWa7QFBLm7Wdcq2XjhnfDB8ZCFbhZKPrZHnxIBCmus3UASAiArJlTKIEAuS-dgQxwRAdhXyNPmxEbspa2I-PzNXfC-6F_pZN2T4FQ6JqUad3kKwn0q96TfUktbQfVWwUVVU/s1606/Screenshot%202023-09-20%20at%206.54.40%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1018" data-original-width="1606" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9HvyIT3C7zya8cebV6qat7WfBTj7ltCIWSRW7RXbQ4zY2nMAZWjQ-r4HTSWa7QFBLm7Wdcq2XjhnfDB8ZCFbhZKPrZHnxIBCmus3UASAiArJlTKIEAuS-dgQxwRAdhXyNPmxEbspa2I-PzNXfC-6F_pZN2T4FQ6JqUad3kKwn0q96TfUktbQfVWwUVVU/w640-h404/Screenshot%202023-09-20%20at%206.54.40%20AM.png" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Click to enlarge image</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p><span style="background-color: red; font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=The+Hooch+Craft+Cocktail+Bar&tbm=isch&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiZ6ebTrbmBAxWtNzQIHRADA9EQBXoECAEQVA&biw=2032&bih=1148" target="_blank">This is what you see on Google Image search</a>:</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1mkQ-jQG8jmDmlFnImT2ufx2EiwMKG3RvrcXHKvc1ZWyk-q1ofkxbQeBakOqx_ZTVzlBp9zoxcODObp-craq5mkO0NNKQVqgyfffYyUtnDhYL4X03Ypm-ewc2pCj9oRt1A2JlvYD8s-g7H9X0a-5uaEwg8hgOQv5OlScstctXZiUQ0LuJlyHUWPuoJAM/s3440/Screenshot%202023-09-20%20at%207.06.19%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1942" data-original-width="3440" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1mkQ-jQG8jmDmlFnImT2ufx2EiwMKG3RvrcXHKvc1ZWyk-q1ofkxbQeBakOqx_ZTVzlBp9zoxcODObp-craq5mkO0NNKQVqgyfffYyUtnDhYL4X03Ypm-ewc2pCj9oRt1A2JlvYD8s-g7H9X0a-5uaEwg8hgOQv5OlScstctXZiUQ0LuJlyHUWPuoJAM/w640-h362/Screenshot%202023-09-20%20at%207.06.19%20AM.png" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Click to enlarge</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><a href="https://www.advocate.com/politicians/lauren-boebert-date-drag-shows" target="_blank"><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit;">One article that got my attention was this one from the gay publication The Advocate.</span></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2tIkumsc92_lWo__3AiuX12NtoGkT3260Cm3ehDnjmBCisW7i8Usv3pcZ3hNAXUP0rQDtJbCshRZomVpt8CaL--AJtUNW2T5EYCJpu4W_ifBpSwfhGVi5OlQkwqfjstCFBmN-9MWjfsu37k4Os0sHP_sOyO5K8HN1bxG1S9oV4THMvZ4aeEebMbXirKA/s1740/Screenshot%202023-09-20%20at%207.09.06%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1682" data-original-width="1740" height="618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2tIkumsc92_lWo__3AiuX12NtoGkT3260Cm3ehDnjmBCisW7i8Usv3pcZ3hNAXUP0rQDtJbCshRZomVpt8CaL--AJtUNW2T5EYCJpu4W_ifBpSwfhGVi5OlQkwqfjstCFBmN-9MWjfsu37k4Os0sHP_sOyO5K8HN1bxG1S9oV4THMvZ4aeEebMbXirKA/w640-h618/Screenshot%202023-09-20%20at%207.09.06%20AM.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here's an excerpt:</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.428571; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;"></p><blockquote><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.428571; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The man with Boebert has now been identified as Gallagher, co-owner of Hooch Craft Cocktail Bar in Aspen. The U.K.’s <em style="color: #980000; font-size: 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;"><a class="rm-stats-tracked" href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12513549/Lauren-Boebert-mystery-man-revealed-DEMOCRAT-bar-owner-Quinn-Gallagher-secretly-dating-month.html" style="color: #980000; font-size: 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Daily Mail</a> </em>was the first to report the news.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.428571; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The fact that they are dating is “very surprising,” someone described as “a well-placed source” told the <em>Mail.</em> “I always thought Quinn was a cool guy and a Democrat. His parents would be horrified because they are definitely blue,” the source said.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.428571; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Social media posts show Hooch has <a class="rm-stats-tracked" href="https://www.instagram.com/hoochaspen/" style="color: #980000; font-size: 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">hosted LGBTQ+ events,</a> such as a women’s party for Aspen Gay Ski Week and a drag performance called “A Winter Wonderland Burlesque & Drag Show.”</span></p></blockquote><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTAvRhatQMfByrtKoK4UBV-ECq9eThUFrb5XX_CS_46BBdf-8XXb_og12z51WqyQ2owxAJyFhAt3LZBlLzcVbwF7ks1ctMbwqeKbCcmb-7PGAdbOvWip4VJlHFEoaHlbnimazydEOaLj8M8CsbAaipC774oc7VfO2gYQ5Vbn6B1_p8CLaCY07a54BuvOM/s1220/Screenshot%202023-09-20%20at%207.10.56%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1142" data-original-width="1220" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTAvRhatQMfByrtKoK4UBV-ECq9eThUFrb5XX_CS_46BBdf-8XXb_og12z51WqyQ2owxAJyFhAt3LZBlLzcVbwF7ks1ctMbwqeKbCcmb-7PGAdbOvWip4VJlHFEoaHlbnimazydEOaLj8M8CsbAaipC774oc7VfO2gYQ5Vbn6B1_p8CLaCY07a54BuvOM/w640-h600/Screenshot%202023-09-20%20at%207.10.56%20AM.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><p></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.428571; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;"></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Unfortunately I can't compare the same search from before it became nationally know that to the grab and grope Beetlejuice sideshow put on by the bars owner, Quinn Gallagher, and the Charismatic Christian queen of Congress, Lauren "Bible Babe" Boebert.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">What most rational people would consider bad publicity never seems to hurt Republicans, especially diehard MAGA Republicans. The Boebert brouhaha may end up in an election loss for her but then again the sympathy vote may help her eke out another narrow victory. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Finally we have an incident where a Democrat, and a very progressive Democrat at that who is clearly woke, may benefit from what could be looked at as bad public behavior. In his defense, he thought he was making out with his date in the dark probably thinking nobody could see them unaware that he was being recorded by a sensitive low-light camera theater camera. Since he didn't think anyone could see this so one could make the case that this wasn't really public even though it happened in a public venue.</span></p><p><a href="https://www.aspentimes.com/news/aspen-service-industry-workers-finding-strength-relief-in-mental-health-gathering/" target="_blank"><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit;">Here's more about Gallagher and his bar:</span></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.aspentimes.com/news/aspen-service-industry-workers-finding-strength-relief-in-mental-health-gathering/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1308" data-original-width="1470" height="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6FDv2mEXiA_YFUQVT1ZNrmcDmkSW1dAb3MLBhQBUjrvppg6QG8GnW7EVC9WFkD6d0F6hw8FHHUyZjZTb6jVx03fY2aWLCExYyUeBSjEV7qDZDRvSVXHIyMhhTm20UO42P_1aXTU5tMssB1H5aHeafwzqkOuRJfmtvTwyvw7sGs8sS99djkwdslJf_GMw/w640-h570/Screenshot%202023-09-20%20at%207.32.51%20AM.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Excerpt:</span></p><p data-reader-unique-id="8" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: inherit;">Just before 11:30 a.m. Monday, more than 20 people sat in chairs and on couches bunched together in the Hooch Craft Cocktail Bar. <i>Note, Gallager is currently a co-owner of the bar.</i></span></blockquote><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i></i></span><p></p><p data-reader-unique-id="9" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;"></p><blockquote><p data-reader-unique-id="9" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Most greeted each other with hugs and hellos; others settled in right away.</span></p><p data-reader-unique-id="10" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">They were there for another Hospitality Matters meeting, an awareness effort started by Lindze Letherman, general manager at Hooch, and Quinn Gallagher, bartender at Hooch, in response to losing several of their friends and service industry colleagues to suicide. </span></p><p data-reader-unique-id="26" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Through the bi-monthly meetings in the Hooch bar space, which feature guest speakers and open-ended conversation, Letherman and Gallagher hope to create a more conducive environment to discussing mental well-being with their peers. Monday’s meeting was the fifth one in the past few months.</span></p><p data-reader-unique-id="27" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“We wanted to at least try to get the community together to start talking and realizing that it’s OK to not be OK,” Letherman said.</span></p></blockquote><p data-reader-unique-id="27" style="caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: #1b1b1b; font-size: 18px; max-width: 100%;"></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now he and his bar are famous, not just nationally but internationally considering <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12513549/Lauren-Boebert-mystery-man-revealed-DEMOCRAT-bar-owner-Quinn-Gallagher-secretly-dating-month.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">the incident was first reported in the UK Daily Mail (here</span>)</a>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here's a tidbit from that article:</span></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 21.17647px; letter-spacing: -0.211765px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"></p><blockquote><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="font-size: 21.17647px; letter-spacing: -0.211765px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The hospitality business is something Gallagher and Boebert have in common. </span></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="font-size: 21.17647px; letter-spacing: -0.211765px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Boebert had a brief foray into the industry as the owner of <span data-track-module="internal-body-link" style="font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: -0.01em;"><a class="class" href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10924213/Lauren-Boebert-pointed-loaded-gun-restaurant-employee.html" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_self">Shooter's Grill</a></span> in Rifle where customers could have their cheeseburger and onion rings served by a waitress with a 9mm on her hip.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="font-size: 21.17647px; letter-spacing: -0.211765px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The restaurant, which encouraged patrons to come armed, was shuttered in July 2022 after the landlord declined to renew Boebert's lease.</span></p></blockquote><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 21.17647px; letter-spacing: -0.211765px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Despite bad Yelp reviews about Gallagher's business I would venture to suggest that it will help attract new customers if only out of curiosity. Residents </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">I can see him having a profitable side hustle selling autographed photos of the groping picture.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYVBz16OjZQlgyKUAU5HCMBHpjzust9S9-cJr49RWD7u0T6eqmgV-u01nSBFr92kVFyf9AlHfDDXIGHSmlf870W6z2qYEzYq7p2R8sHuqyg4H41krVOEa8MsMf7M8b9xQ6xG9RorqComZJK3Gg3ofMm_g3ONs-m1j12l2beSSrirPVYFMQA4IQiAfcOxA/s1192/Screenshot%202023-09-20%20at%207.29.18%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1192" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYVBz16OjZQlgyKUAU5HCMBHpjzust9S9-cJr49RWD7u0T6eqmgV-u01nSBFr92kVFyf9AlHfDDXIGHSmlf870W6z2qYEzYq7p2R8sHuqyg4H41krVOEa8MsMf7M8b9xQ6xG9RorqComZJK3Gg3ofMm_g3ONs-m1j12l2beSSrirPVYFMQA4IQiAfcOxA/w640-h428/Screenshot%202023-09-20%20at%207.29.18%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><p>Addendum:</p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hoochaspen/" target="_blank">This is what I posted on the bar's Facebook page which you can view here:</a></p><p><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15.652174px;">This will be an example of the truth of the saying that there's no such thing as bad publicity and I am glad to see this will prove that it works for progressive Democrats and much as it does for MAGA Republicans. Bad Yelp reviews won't hurt, in fact they will serve to give the bar even more publicity. More people will check out the bar just out of curiosity. After all, the bar still gets 4 ½ Yelp stars and similar rating elsewhere. I appreciate that Quinn and Lauren were attracted to each other and tried to put politcal views aside and see if their relationship could work despite being what I'd call strange bedfellows. </span></p><p><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15.652174px;"><b>A bit of snark:</b></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOCmwYMVVe9Mrzzml3uEnvsYxSQh5xToCExMXBzvCrqMadwZWP0WhiXkkwvGsrl-Apu_Qvp8GaW42seFYTtHwgS5RFXohRis8XQrETmivhQgmBtPG1g2kE0CzOMQBLBiyTRB0wCZlROfY0hAPvJeXAaEQGu2r2fAlZfSRSvbUdVthWp18YO0smm8fSTfY/s1442/Screenshot%202023-09-20%20at%2010.03.52%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1442" data-original-width="1074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOCmwYMVVe9Mrzzml3uEnvsYxSQh5xToCExMXBzvCrqMadwZWP0WhiXkkwvGsrl-Apu_Qvp8GaW42seFYTtHwgS5RFXohRis8XQrETmivhQgmBtPG1g2kE0CzOMQBLBiyTRB0wCZlROfY0hAPvJeXAaEQGu2r2fAlZfSRSvbUdVthWp18YO0smm8fSTfY/s16000/Screenshot%202023-09-20%20at%2010.03.52%20AM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Replica of<br /><span face="proxima-nova, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 600; text-align: start;">The Continental Congress Mirror</span></td></tr></tbody></table>Update: Related from Salon:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.salon.com/2023/09/21/fettermans-hoodie-vs-boeberts-handsy-night-why-cant-see-their-own-hypocrisy/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1550" data-original-width="2582" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcKP0PBeMcFYn4JuYxxZK0oNQcWbniODaZ4kKg7IJ9YAfyiDDUKNLDOBQ377wJto-9kUTLYkpoVabIbX76vBaEV5XwDGxnvAGMVr1uau7HEtHLNuarWe2q2DUBfAjFcs9y451vAaB0FRqV5BtFBzYUv6rXDjk8rMslAhphGbcXmCUg607pmKPEajBXKmE/s16000/Screenshot%202023-09-21%20at%209.52.08%20AM.png" /></a></div>Click above to read<br /><div><br /><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p></div><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130334533138672012.post-60858198689695160772023-09-19T09:42:00.012-07:002023-09-19T12:14:41.707-07:00Too bad for House GOP that Biden isn't God since he just wished them lots of luck in impeachment<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDeOtXBTxTqyPi8jQsptZ2XqPp_-x081wDHQ521PAr2cP8AtQUJ2TdW4sr3nVCaxQDZBxSiuxq9MERMDDCJXSTPbstJm_pll5QvQym5lY97MEXbzDCaZ9WdCdnX81OxILGtmaWEbHzddiXreqNxoaN_65evichPgCHjKafKsvoxidXGcGx7_2akRPcZqs/s1462/Screenshot%202023-09-19%20at%209.17.01%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1462" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDeOtXBTxTqyPi8jQsptZ2XqPp_-x081wDHQ521PAr2cP8AtQUJ2TdW4sr3nVCaxQDZBxSiuxq9MERMDDCJXSTPbstJm_pll5QvQym5lY97MEXbzDCaZ9WdCdnX81OxILGtmaWEbHzddiXreqNxoaN_65evichPgCHjKafKsvoxidXGcGx7_2akRPcZqs/s16000/Screenshot%202023-09-19%20at%209.17.01%20AM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Who knows what Bible these MAGA Republicans pray to. <br />Perhaps it's the Bible According to Boebert.</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><br /></p><span style="font-family: inherit;">By Hal Brown</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Not to split hairs, and far be it from me as a far </span>from religious (okay, an atheist) Jew to get into a Talmudic discussion,<span style="font-family: inherit;"> but if Biden actually was an all-powerful diety he wouldn't have to wish the House Republicans "lots of luck" in their trying to impeach him. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">He could just either make it happen or stop it from happening. He could also make them look like abject fools in a futile attempt hurling screaming diatribes at him and trying to do a public <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73); color: #494949; font-size: 18px;">Jamal Khashoggi on his son Hunter</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73); color: #494949; font-size: 18px;">.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73); color: #494949; font-size: 18px;">Of course</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73); color: #494949; font-size: 18px;"> the same Republicans frothing at the mouth to strut their stuff, pounding their chests and bellowing like great apes, as they play out their impeachment game to the final buzzer if they believe anyone has Heaven sent supreme powers it's Donald Trump.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLP_w4oBv-ypa35Wu8VzPZU0DoLQj8yWjzGaYJYqu80u6q62UlRkVqpuDTdoFYZqTln8kkyXtU6RSLz6vhLEKgmZ6zziEyq7EQu5IgqDqxSNFg5f66fZN8CTThaiDNRmhGJov3y7_MEwf4Ljgr2lJNkmvm0xUPmK6pP8mhw9QrWnJ7U0wo8u_k1NS0Ykw/s1208/Screenshot%202023-09-19%20at%2011.31.21%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1208" data-original-width="1014" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLP_w4oBv-ypa35Wu8VzPZU0DoLQj8yWjzGaYJYqu80u6q62UlRkVqpuDTdoFYZqTln8kkyXtU6RSLz6vhLEKgmZ6zziEyq7EQu5IgqDqxSNFg5f66fZN8CTThaiDNRmhGJov3y7_MEwf4Ljgr2lJNkmvm0xUPmK6pP8mhw9QrWnJ7U0wo8u_k1NS0Ykw/w538-h640/Screenshot%202023-09-19%20at%2011.31.21%20AM.png" width="538" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73); color: #494949; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73); color: #494949; font-size: 18px;"> For the believers among them </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73); color: #494949; font-size: 18px;">impeachment is assured. God/Trump will have ordained it.</span></span></p><p><span face="DDG_ProximaNova, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_0, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_1, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_2, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_3, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_4, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_5, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_6, "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Segoe UI", "Nimbus Sans L", "Liberation Sans", "Open Sans", FreeSans, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73); color: #494949; font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/02/18/how-christian-prophets-give-credence-to-trumps-election-fantasies-469598" target="_blank">Related article,</a> with my Trump thought bubble added.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/02/18/how-christian-prophets-give-credence-to-trumps-election-fantasies-469598" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1286" data-original-width="1310" height="628" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJC5P98kIIrfApnMR-d03XltiTaQExwMagnYYAmiul40Ln4MccEI1d96jYGSeedWvKtkx4cTSUTk8nNxjAhQkyi3PB3lIXflN3Sdx-uC4XnEa8vhLvRvgFplJN6KJwcVHW3SjfejH8b0ob2a_jjBmiBnwLNUszlmsz2qw6kSPU3OvrdqaTAR_eVu2w2O8/w640-h628/Screenshot%202023-09-19%20at%2011.46.45%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span face="DDG_ProximaNova, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_0, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_1, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_2, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_3, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_4, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_5, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_6, "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Segoe UI", "Nimbus Sans L", "Liberation Sans", "Open Sans", FreeSans, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73); color: #494949; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span face="DDG_ProximaNova, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_0, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_1, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_2, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_3, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_4, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_5, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_6, "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Segoe UI", "Nimbus Sans L", "Liberation Sans", "Open Sans", FreeSans, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73); color: #494949; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></p><p><span face="DDG_ProximaNova, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_0, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_1, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_2, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_3, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_4, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_5, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_6, "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Segoe UI", "Nimbus Sans L", "Liberation Sans", "Open Sans", FreeSans, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73); color: #494949; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></p><p><span face="DDG_ProximaNova, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_0, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_1, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_2, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_3, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_4, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_5, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_6, "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Segoe UI", "Nimbus Sans L", "Liberation Sans", "Open Sans", FreeSans, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73); color: #494949; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130334533138672012.post-40770148569418593202023-09-18T05:14:00.013-07:002023-09-18T06:24:13.996-07:00What does Trump's gaffe-filled speech tell us about him? Is it psychology or physiology, or both?<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfEHhSG_XmhUdYcSFh84MOjukR9-Q2ULuHwUPmddApOOlB-P3BMOFHJaKbNp-bKNBzzkorN4b4RXEGBAjEcgL-v32ZxvxWg-v4OLmINnsh5uGL8VSpSAUxgG0VrGJKKMMR9IqafkAZoJkv4Zd2p9rhBF6mkKR4sJYjIh_82QAwOoFzxFoHY__e_OnBS9U/s1480/Screenshot%202023-09-18%20at%204.45.18%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1480" data-original-width="1010" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfEHhSG_XmhUdYcSFh84MOjukR9-Q2ULuHwUPmddApOOlB-P3BMOFHJaKbNp-bKNBzzkorN4b4RXEGBAjEcgL-v32ZxvxWg-v4OLmINnsh5uGL8VSpSAUxgG0VrGJKKMMR9IqafkAZoJkv4Zd2p9rhBF6mkKR4sJYjIh_82QAwOoFzxFoHY__e_OnBS9U/s16000/Screenshot%202023-09-18%20at%204.45.18%20AM.png" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Adapted from <span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: #f8f9fa; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">Hypnotic seance,</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: #f8f9fa; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;"> by </span><a class="new" href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Bergh&action=edit&redlink=1" style="background: repeat rgb(248, 249, 250); color: #a55858; font-size: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;" title="Richard Bergh (not yet started)">Richard Bergh</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: #f8f9fa; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">, 1887<br /></span><br /></span></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: #2a2e2e; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">By Hal Brown, MSW, Retired psychotherapist</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #2a2e2e;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Trump's gaffe-filled speech yesterday where he said he beat Obama before and will beat him </span></span><span style="color: #2a2e2e;"><span>again and will prevent World War II</span></span><span style="color: #2a2e2e;"><span><span style="font-size: 15px;"> was covered, and mocked, on "Morning Joe" as examples of </span></span>declining cognitive ability tied in with his age, that is, his physiology.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR_IAWqd5hQ&t=1s" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1486" data-original-width="1230" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9MueDiFbLIjvFdQdRc8LV54SrdZPWlaI7eQ2C0_WcZ0ZwkNlYQpZYoCVo7u50jI0CDYdcM64yII6xugSByiX35wOmHrQQoFB_w4Uw4_kBoF_CBHhcVi4bCuCIHZreBfs2SEsX91Wlji7RREINHj9Qq7bvUzM5Y0If5yHokyhhQoiCdIm0YlRQFry90K0/w530-h640/Screenshot%202023-09-18%20at%205.08.27%20AM.png" width="530" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Click above to watch Morning Joe segment</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #2a2e2e;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: #2a2e2e; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2a2e2e; font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-size: 15px;">There's another way of looking at this which Mika did allude to, his psychology. What we may be seeing is that this off-the-wall speech was an indication that his anxiety over his legal </span></span>jeopardy is manifesting itself and he isn't thinking clearly due to this.<span><span style="font-size: 15px;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2a2e2e; font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-size: 15px;">Later on Morning Joe Al Sharpton spoke directly to this:</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2a2e2e; font-family: inherit;"><span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbYcJUUnKhQ&t=17s" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1146" data-original-width="1466" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjoIsM9MEtptSmyJ-MVbRcUUfahaCKjkvsTBvJFA1EVnFGUALS3dV5mTpmTerEN61nkfDzaXkQsm3ssxIAnypDeWF26k_7nKsgH_kZkppz0QeR-8QWLX--z0wnEzjiZ6BFE8aYkcdRzjU-VuzmSy4e0l30DpbNiOXqqZoY2Cwiv0k4GlRFLL04sxcfImo/w640-h500/Screenshot%202023-09-18%20at%206.23.10%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Click to view</td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 19px;">This is what former federal prosecutor Harry Litman said on Sunday on "Meet the Press" </span><span style="background-color: white;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: #2a2e2e; font-size: 15px;" /></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: #2a2e2e; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: #2a2e2e; font-size: 15px;"></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: inherit;"> He's not afraid of prison and doesn't even think about it.</span></blockquote><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: #2a2e2e; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: #2a2e2e; font-size: 15px;">Here's the thing about this notion. It is true that if someone doesn't think about having something horrible happen to them, prison in Trump's case, they may not experience fear. Prison for Trump, after all, isn't inevitable like death. Thoughtful self-aware people think about their own mortality from time to time, and as death from disease or merely old age gets closer they think about it more often.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: #2a2e2e; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: #2a2e2e; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: #2a2e2e; font-size: 15px;">They key term above is <i>thoughtful self-aware people. </i> I defy anyone to give indesputable examples of Trump having this characteristic. </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: #2a2e2e; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: #2a2e2e; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: #2a2e2e; font-size: 15px;">Depth psychology tells us that the unconscious mind exists. Harry Litman opined the following about what Trump thinks:</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: #2a2e2e; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: #2a2e2e; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: #2a2e2e; font-size: 15px;"><blockquote>Instead, it's nothing more than a political witch hunt he assumes will disappear under the law.</blockquote></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: #2a2e2e; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: #2a2e2e; font-size: 15px;">I suspect that this indeed is what is in Trump's conscious mind. </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2a2e2e;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); font-size: 15px;">He has had minor setbacks with the law but for him these were nothing more than what for a normal person would be a $25 parking ticket that wouldn't raise our auto insurance costs or add driving </span></span><span style="color: #2a2e2e;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46);">infraction</span></span><span style="color: #2a2e2e;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); font-size: 15px;"> points. It costs as much as a meal at </span></span></span><span style="color: #2a2e2e;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46);">Applebee's but won't break the bank.</span></span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0p7hFiYGEsAq_QmeQqKFmvcNiD3gfEuMgasYLBL_X1oi3Er1hXyRyPqiRtZGwG-S0577maZ1Dweu9YqXhkaKHno7uf-Qa-4zzK2rpaLM3oiQnRKMS_KhpG19c9zjLsjAQcNagnludfkxYrVv1_5fGhDfDesfvKynH5VLRLoIZV9ie742bYva31KbD8eA/s1454/Screenshot%202023-09-18%20at%204.07.27%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="908" data-original-width="1454" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0p7hFiYGEsAq_QmeQqKFmvcNiD3gfEuMgasYLBL_X1oi3Er1hXyRyPqiRtZGwG-S0577maZ1Dweu9YqXhkaKHno7uf-Qa-4zzK2rpaLM3oiQnRKMS_KhpG19c9zjLsjAQcNagnludfkxYrVv1_5fGhDfDesfvKynH5VLRLoIZV9ie742bYva31KbD8eA/w640-h400/Screenshot%202023-09-18%20at%204.07.27%20AM.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: #2a2e2e; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: #2a2e2e; font-size: 15px;">Trump has believed he's so far above the law he'd need a powerful telescope to see it, and that's even if he cared enough to look. He doesn't look because at some level in his unconscious there's an awareness that he'd see it if he looked hard enough. It may seem far away and impotent to him but he should learn about trying to fight the law from the song </span></span><span face="Programme, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 18px;">“I Fought the Law”.</span></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWgkRRthkTC8grTPNjBsvP0PV0Wb8mZ8TmDDZrCvfZcs9wgpQsb-8Pek8J_SJ48sWcYApq609lautRlvC91Wg9QbjhqL4bKBffZdD4gxdhZnGbWgrPneSOXf2mrySbsdNWZvysUvpFPMnJ2HFSLRVsBBm9fxwlh5_EwXBxPzOAeQ0KFb4DVQh-iZ7F_kc/s1370/Screenshot%202023-09-18%20at%205.01.01%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1370" data-original-width="694" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWgkRRthkTC8grTPNjBsvP0PV0Wb8mZ8TmDDZrCvfZcs9wgpQsb-8Pek8J_SJ48sWcYApq609lautRlvC91Wg9QbjhqL4bKBffZdD4gxdhZnGbWgrPneSOXf2mrySbsdNWZvysUvpFPMnJ2HFSLRVsBBm9fxwlh5_EwXBxPzOAeQ0KFb4DVQh-iZ7F_kc/s16000/Screenshot%202023-09-18%20at%205.01.01%20AM.png" /></span></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="Programme, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 18px;"> The song was </span><a data-api_path="/songs/1084439" href="https://genius.com/The-crickets-i-fought-the-law-lyrics" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-style: solid;">written by Sonny Curtis of the Crickets</a><span face="Programme, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 18px;"> which became popularized by </span><a data-api_path="/songs/663518" href="https://genius.com/Bobby-fuller-four-i-fought-the-law-lyrics" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-style: solid;">the Bobby Fuller Four</a><span face="Programme, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 18px;">, who had a top-ten hit with it in 1966.</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: #2a2e2e; font-size: 15px;"> Below is the 1979 version from The Clash:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AL8chWFuM-s" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1130" data-original-width="1474" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRE1B0JLOOrvSU4HnB8YepXecy7yp_xRcjxQv9J-1kNkk7Vq-_HWSEFux3tGyTeuhrT-ywiYTfSvy_4TjufFfVIMD66ab06IdqMWCdIGN9UoGbc80Z3RqhEiuz6U6nQlVteH6iHbup41fr8KNgLTW5ml-R3t7y9yV3bDjHC8EuwQQAeD4p-0zAiHP6HIs/w640-h490/Screenshot%202023-09-18%20at%204.54.55%20AM.png" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Click for video</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: #2a2e2e; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: #2a2e2e; font-size: 15px;">Trump seems to be playing a version of the song which goes "I </span></span><span style="color: #2a2e2e;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46);">fought the law and I won" in his mind.</span></span></span><p></p><p><span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: #2a2e2e; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;">This is the belief system of a grandiose narcissist who has his belief in his invulnerability from the consequences of bad acts baked in.</span></span></p><p><span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: #2a2e2e; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;">Addendum: </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">I nominate "I Fought the Law" as the official theme song for Trump. It's has been ranked<span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> No. 175 on the </span><i style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> list of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone%27s_500_Greatest_Songs_of_All_Time" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time">The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> in 2004, and the same year was named one of the 500 "Songs that Shaped Rock" by the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Rock and Roll Hall of Fame">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">. It can only help its standing as a rock classic if it is played at Trump on loudspeakers outside of his rallies. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">Perhaps someone can record a version that goes "he fought the law, and the law won" sometime soon.</span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0