No Donald, You Are The Oldest President In US History

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From Frances Langum:

We don’t have to go ageist to acknowledge facts. You’d think Donald Trump would brag about being the “oldest president ever in the history of our country,” because he actually is.

There’s no call to be ageist in this race. We’ve got multiple septuagenarians running for president on the Democratic side.

But the illegitimate so-called president insisting that he’s a “young vibrant man”? Well that takes the Egyptian river to new depths, doesn’t it?

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Dead People Making Advertising Endorsements

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From The Journal of Improbable Research:

‘Necro Advertising’ – the pros and cons [new study]

They are known, in advertising circles as ‘Delebs’ (deceased celebrities) . . .

“Unbeknown to them, Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Steve McQueen and Gene Kelly, among others, recently presented products in ads for high- and low-equity brands.”

A new paper in the Journal of Business Ethics describes experiments which have, for the first time, examined whether deleb ads might be a good idea or not.

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How the Most Advanced Civilization Came Apart

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From Glenn R. Geist at MadMikesAmerica:

I read this morning about a local case of the measles, something that was eliminated about 20 years ago, but is returning thanks to the Man-bun Morons with their ignorant and proudly snarky opinions fed by trolls reveling in their power to do harm. I’m sure it feels good to be part of a group that’s “in the know.” Will Polio or Smallpox or any of the plagues that have plagued us for thousands of years be far behind?

Of course vaccines work and have been a cause of our great, unprecedented increase in longevity, but as we pass into a post truth era, I’m not really sure that a new generation of know nothing snark lizards won’t make America Paleolithic again.

I won’t be around to see it of course, but some future generation will surely be writing books and getting their degrees in the history of the Great Failure.

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We Are to Blame for Donald Trump!

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From The Saturday Afternoon Post:

I recently had pizza with an old friend I had not seen for a long time who is a fanatic Trump supporter. Recently retired, he had spent the majority of his adult life working in, and benefiting from, union jobs. He has unfortunately fallen prey to the likes of Rush Limbaugh and far-right Christian evangelicals. By allowing these groups to influence his thinking, he has become a low-information voter who believes myths and old, untrue stereotypes – a perfect foil for ignoramuses like Trump to exploit as they do. This poor guy says he likes Trump because he gives him credit for our strong economy – completely ignoring the fact that our current economic prosperity was begun in Barack Obama’s presidency. Because he hates Obama, he refuses to concede that it has been largely Obama’s doing and that Trump is coasting along taking undue credit for it. He also says that Trump has reached out to foreign dictators like Kim Jong-un and Vladimir Putin, and cites that as good, conveniently misunderstanding how Trump has been manipulated by them. He also supports Trump’s anti-immigrant overtones, and fully believes Trump’s nonsense about a massive foreign invasion from below our borders.

Another woman I know who is a strong Trump supporter says she supports him due to his pro-life positions. As a one-issue voter, she overlooks the fact that, for many years, Trump was strongly pro-choice, until it dawned on him that he would get tons of support from conservative voters if he would abandon the pro-choice people, so he did. Both of these examples are good people, but both are sorely mistaken when it comes to their support for Trump. Both believe what they want to believe and ignore the negative facts about him. They both believe in the Trumpian concept of “fake news”, even though Trump and his crew have manipulated the media to such an extent that it is they, and NOT the media, who have actively been engaged in spreading “fake news”

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I’m With Her, And Her, And Her…

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From Dave Dubya:

18 USC Section 1513: It’s a crime to “knowingly, with the intent to retaliate” take “any action harmful to any person, including interference with the lawful employment or livelihood of any person, for providing…truthful information to law enforcement.”

Remind you of anyone?

Campaign finance felon Individual 1 is a criminal, as well as a liar and racist.

Who has the guts to take a stand against that violence-inciting, white nationalist thug?

Ladies first:

Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, and Rashida Tlaib showed the courage and insight to make the necessary, patriotic, and constitutional call for an impeachment inquiry.

I’m with her…and her…and her.

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If Jesus’ Mother Had a Paternity Test, What Would it Say?

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From The Life and Times of Bruce Gerencser:

According to Evangelicals, Mary, the mother of Jesus, was impregnated by the Holy Ghost and nine months later gave birth to a God-man named Jesus Christ. In any other setting, believing such things would, at the very least, result in you being labeled a nutjob. But because it’s a religious belief, everyone is supposed to accept it without question. Or, at the very least, not criticize or ridicule said belief.

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Education First, Impeachment Second

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From tengrain at Mock Paper Scissors:

Also yesterday, Speaker Pelosi had some sort of conference-wide meeting, and essentially tamped down expectations of impeachment. Pelosi said, “[O]ur views range from proceeding to investigate the findings of the Mueller report or proceeding directly to impeachment,” she wrote. Which seems weird to me because the Mueller Report is already the documented findings. I don’t think they need to fact check that.

But I get it: the Dims must persuade the public that impeachment is a necessary step before they proceed. Because most ‘Murkins will NOT read the Mueller report, Pelosi is probably right that they need to have public hearings to overcome our moronic fellow citizens who only participate in democracy when it comes to voting for those awful talent shows on teevee.

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Providing the Free Electric Juice to Illinois Tourists

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From Wisconsin conservative James Wigderson:

We like Rep. Adam Neylon (R-Pewaukee) and his normally foward-thinking attitude about technology. However, Neylon’s latest “green” proposal is a step backwards.

Neylon and his fellow Assembly Republicans are trying to outbid Gov. Tony Evers on creating charging stations for electric cars, a part of an “Earth Day” plan to have more government intervention in subsidizing renewable energy.

According to the Associated Press:

One bill would create a partnership with a private vendor to set up charging stations for electric vehicles along Wisconsin highways. The proposal would use $10 million from settlement dollars the state is set to receive from Volkswagen. Wisconsin is set to receive $67 million over the next decade from the car manufacturer to offset pollution.

Neylon told Wisconsin Public Radio that the charging stations would first be placed along I-94 to serve tourists from Illinois and Minnesota.

“It’ll be close to the freeway and it’ll give them a fast charge so they can get in, charge up and be out and on their way in less than a half hour,” Neylon told WPR.

Bizarrely, Neylon tried claiming this was the free market at work.

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The Real and the Abstract

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From Infidel753:

One of the most valuable things about being an atheist is that I know my life’s purpose is decided by me alone. My life is not cluttered up with some “plan” or “higher purpose” imposed by a “God” — or in reality, of course, by those humans who claim to speak for that God.

“Society” is not an entity or an organism. It is an abstraction, a word we use to quickly refer to a network of relationships among a vast number of distinct individuals. Society and the nation exist for you, not you for them.

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