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Monday, April 29, 2019

Today's Trumpian Bullshit

Here's Kyler Murray - Heisman Trophy winner, and the #1 pick in the 2019 NFL draft. Also the #9 pick in the MLB draft last year.

And here's Nick Bosa - the #2 pick in the 2019 NFL draft. Also a guy who had to cover some of his social media tracks because he has a tendency to support some sketchy White Supremacist kinda shit.

Oh, and did I mention Bosa called Colin Kaepernick a clown? I wonder if that had anything to do with this:

Congratulations to Nick Bosa on being picked number two in the NFL Draft. You will be a great player for years to come, maybe one of the best. Big Talent! San Francisco will embrace you but most importantly, always stay true to yourself. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 27, 2019

BTW, 45* had exactly nothing to say to Kyler Murray.

And then, Rodney Robinson was named Teacher Of The year...

...and 45* decided he wouldn't be presenting Mr Robinson's award to him - the first time since Truman was president that the winner won't be invited to the White House.

Today's Quote

Stick 'em with the pointy end.

-- Arya Stark

I'll go ahead and throw my obsessive take into this:

The Red Woman asks, "And what do we say to the god of death?"

Arya answers, "Not today."

Just as the Night King is about to kill Bran (wiping out the memory of all humankind, which is the ultimate death of us all), Arya sticks him with the pointy end.

When I superimpose my perception of what's going on currently in politics here in USAmerica Inc, the symbolism gets really thick.

Loosely:

Night King = Trump
The current personification of our very own Daddy State, but interchangeable with any number of authoritarians and wannabe autocrats - Putin, Kim, Erogan, etc. These guys are creatures of our own making, and they're chasing a really perverse version of "freedom".

White Walkers = Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham, Jerry Falwell Jr, Sean Hannity, etc.

Wights = the rubes - mindlessly fighting on behalf of the forces that got them killed in the first fuckin' place - plus anyone who just sits and pretends it's OK; that it's all just a silly distasteful game, and they don't have to do anything but wait for it to change.

Cersei Lannister, The Iron Bank, etc = Bob Mercer, Charles and David Koch, Jamie Dimon, etc - the plutocrats.
Standing aside, watching the others weaken themselves battling it out, waiting to swoop in and take control after the dust settles.

Arya Stark = anybody with a sense of honor; anybody who believes there's justice to be found - but especially those who're under the age of about 30.

Ain't it funny how that one keeps coming around? Young people looking at what their parents have created; seeing it for the willfully self-destructive and delusional bullshit that it is, saying "Not today", and putting everything on the line trying to do something about it.

Sunday, April 28, 2019

Smarten Up

Smarter Every Day - a YouTube series all about the uber-nerdly techno stuff.

The guy knows his shit.

Social media companies are taking down phony accounts (bots, etc) at a rate of 12 per second (over a million every day).

The big takeaway:

BEWARE THE NUDGE

And no matter what else - don't run and hide. Getting us to disengage is pretty much the whole point of the exercise in a Divide-and-Conquer strategy.

Overheard

Being a Trump supporter means you brag about "The Party Of Lincoln" and how great you feel because the Republicans freed the slaves, while at the same time you worship Robert E Lee as some perversely heroic patriot who went to war against the USA to defend the "right" to own slaves.

And that's what passes for reasoning - you half-witted fucking moronic douche nozzles.