... and - on April 6, Miami Herald reported a sudden surge in diagnoses for colon cancer, breast cancer, and lung cancer, and prostate cancer - at the age of 65 - because that when Medicare kicks in and they don't have to worry as much about going broke because of the ghouls and vultures in the insurance companies.
...and - "Papal Indulgences have not gone away - they just went crypto."
Will Republican voters in Texas, at risk of freezing to death &/or dying from contaminated drinking water, &/or facing bankruptcy because their homes are totally fucked up by frozen plumbing that they can't fix - will those Republican voters be able to pull their heads outa their asses and start working to elect people who aren't always pimping for private benefits at public expense?
Voters put those idiots in office - voters have to fix it.
Trump (eg) complains about how unfair it is when Leslie Stahl asks "tough questions".
That's calculated to make it harder for any Democrat to say Breitbart is being unfair when they straight up lie about Hunter Biden (eg).
For now, let's bypass the part about how this technique is useful in setting up your opponent for the hypocrisy slam - ie: how can you cry "unfair" when you denied my claim of unfairness before!?!
So anyway, we've got "one side" saying it's unfair when it isn't. And "the other side" saying it's unfair because it is.
As public awareness starts to come around to where we recognize that Biden is mostly leveling with us about it all, and that Trump is just being a big fay crybaby, it's time for David Brooks to jump in with a column in NYT or go on NPR to tell us that the real problem is that everybody thinks everything is unfair and if we could just stop yelling about it all the time, everything would be so much better - like in the olden days way back before the hippies got us all confused with their blah blah blah.
This is a recurring theme in this fucked up world of corporate media, and something Driftglass works hard to remind us about.
8-9 He said, “Watch out for the doomsday deceivers. Many leaders are going to show up with forged identities claiming, ‘I’m the One,’ or, ‘The end is near.’ Don’t fall for any of that. When you hear of wars and uprisings, keep your head and don’t panic. This is routine history and no sign of the end.”
10-11 He went on, “Nation will fight nation and ruler fight ruler, over and over. Huge earthquakes will occur in various places. There will be famines. You’ll think at times that the very sky is falling.
12-15 “But before any of this happens, they’ll arrest you, hunt you down, and drag you to court and jail. It will go from bad to worse, dog-eat-dog, everyone at your throat because you carry my name. You’ll end up on the witness stand, called to testify. Make up your mind right now not to worry about it. I’ll give you the words and wisdom that will reduce all your accusers to stammers and stutters.
16-19 “You’ll even be turned in by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends. Some of you will be killed. There’s no telling who will hate you because of me. Even so, every detail of your body and soul - even the hairs of your head! - is in my care; nothing of you will be lost. Staying with it - that’s what is required. Stay with it to the end. You won’t be sorry; you’ll be saved.
20-24 “When you see soldiers camped all around Jerusalem, then you’ll know that she is about to be devastated. If you’re living in Judea at the time, run for the hills. If you’re in the city, get out quickly. If you’re out in the fields, don’t go home to get your coat. This is Vengeance Day - everything written about it will come to a head. Pregnant and nursing mothers will have it especially hard. Incredible misery! Torrential rage! People dropping like flies; people dragged off to prisons; Jerusalem under the boot of barbarians until the nations finish what was given them to do.
25-26 “It will seem like all hell has broken loose—sun, moon, stars, earth, sea, in an uproar and everyone all over the world in a panic, the wind knocked out of them by the threat of doom, the powers-that-be quaking.
27-28 “And then - then! - they’ll see the Son of Man welcomed in grand style - a glorious welcome! When all this starts to happen, up on your feet. Stand tall with your heads high. Help is on the way!”
29-33 He told them a story. “Look at a fig tree. Any tree for that matter. When the leaves begin to show, one look tells you that summer is right around the corner. The same here - when you see these things happen, you know God’s kingdom is about here. Don’t brush this off: I’m not just saying this for some future generation, but for this one, too - these things will happen. Sky and earth will wear out; my words won’t wear out.
34-36 “But be on your guard. Don’t let the sharp edge of your expectation get dulled by parties and drinking and shopping. Otherwise, that Day is going to take you by complete surprise, spring on you suddenly like a trap, for it’s going to come on everyone, everywhere, at once. So, whatever you do, don’t go to sleep at the switch. Pray constantly that you will have the strength and wits to make it through everything that’s coming and end up on your feet before the Son of Man.”
Some really tasty morsels this week. "There is great power in calling things by their true names." "The south is no longer a region - it's a state of mind."
The 4 questions for Never-Trumper allies
What do you think the problem is?
What do you think the solution is?
How do you think things got this way?
What was your role in making it this way?
It's not "Trumpism".
Donald Trump did not remake the Republican party in his own image - he's the perfect reflection of what the GOP has become.
