A lot of old people watch the news all day. Had an uncle watched the news at 5 a fire in Brooklyn. Then he watched the news at 6 the same fire in Brooklyn. OK so now you're extremely well-informed now go watch a movie. Old people also big on the weather. I don't have to look at my weather app anymore. A customer tells me what it's gonna be.
Being overly or extremely well-informed also means absorbing through a kind of unconscious osmosis the biases of the mainstream press. Watched the PBS Newshour last night. Story about "Rising Hate." They had on an "expert" from the Southern Poverty Law Center who tied it all into MAGA and Trump's cabinet picks. RFK Jr. might be a little quirky but he's a hater? The SPLC is a lot like the ADL. They hate conservatives and conservative groups. No counterpoint on the Newshour of course.
Maybe I'll rename myself the Grouchy Blogger.
SPLC has been around for awhile - about 70+ years. Mostly working with anti-black and anti-Jewish groups, investigating, publishing, prosecuting etc. Doubt they hate conservatives per se. RFK is a little more than 'a bit quirky" IMO and additionally IMO, almost all of his picks are unqualified. It will take a great deal of luck for his admin
ReplyDeleteto be a success. Thing about conservatives (or liberals) is there are different flavors - social, fiscal, size of gov, foreign policy. And they shift around - remember Goldwater? Hated commies more than Solzhenitsyn. If lying was fatal. there would be very few politicians
in this county. Norway yes, Switzerland yes, Canada yes, but no way here. Along the same lines is the concept of hate - dislike? disgust"
disagree? abhor? loath? revulsion? odium? Dunno, take your pick and BTW have a nice Thanksgiving unless God forbid you have to work.
The election has left you bitter.
ReplyDeleteI liked the PBS Newshour better in the Jim Lehrer days. Now they just have a naked bias. What's interesting about the news media is they don't respect the landslide. They're here to tell you you're wrong.
ReplyDeleteYes, the election has left a whole lot of people bitter. At least GeeeeZ is delighted. The 'Landslide? Trump won the popular vote by 2.4 million. Wow! Biden won over trump by7 million. Oh yuck. Clinton had 3 million more votes than Trump. (and didn't riot at the capital. ) Check it out if you like. Judge men by their character, not their boasts. Is it bad to be bitter? Dunno - is it good to boast?
ReplyDeleteKierkegaard 'Either/Or' 'Morton's Fork or a bend in the road?'
Probably not good for your BP.
ReplyDelete114/66 dunno, I'd have to ask NancyRN?
DeleteNot bad. Better than mine. I'm guessing high dosage like 100mg+.
Delete5 mg and at peace with myself. Complain a lot and forget it.
DeleteBack in the day I could run 5 miles and not puff. Now I do that when I get up. Who can complain?
When I was a spring chicken I could get 2-4 hours of sleep and not feel it the next day. Now I'd be a zombie.
DeleteI liked how on J6 the police let the rioters in and many of them walked properly through the velvet ropes like they were at the Louvre. Also how Pelosi said no to Trump's request to send in the National Guard. Some dick in a buffalo helmet supposed to overturn the election results. If Trump was behind this what kind of a half-assed plan was this?
ReplyDeleteJust polite tourists. Ever wonder if Pence was hung and Pelosi was chopped up? Oh, yeah - antifa did it - never apologize, never admit,
ReplyDeleteblame everyone, the new normal.
An Antifa denialist?
ReplyDeleteMy only thing is J6 had no practical value as a plot to overturn the election results so I don't think Trump was behind it. If you wanna talk about the assorted a-holes on that day go ahead.
Pales in comparison to Maddow the serial liar, right?
ReplyDeleteWell she definitely lied about Bhattacharya. Made it sound like he was advocating for herd immunity among the elderly. Either lying or poor resesrch.
ReplyDeleteIs herd immunity a good thing? From the point of view of a herd person.
ReplyDeleteCan't complain - took all shots, stood six feet apart in lines and wore a mask. Probably the only person in the country that didn't catch it. Mayo Clinic said herd immunity is impossible with a rapidly mutating virus like Covid or flu. Mayo ain't bad, saved the life of a little neighbor girl, while folks stayed at Ronald McDonald House for weeks on end. Grew up, got married and moved to MN. All the info is out there - we make our choices. I guess 'choice' is the operating word here - don't make me, it's my body. Oh wait, that's the planned parenthood people. Odd. Humans are enigmatic.
ReplyDeleteAll shots. Not even sure what that means. Less than 17? More than 17? What does fully vaccinated mean? Does that state expire in 3 months? 5-7 months? Then you gotta go to CVS again?
ReplyDeleteAnnual. Went down a line in basic training getting shots in both arms. Went to Dugway and had shots for bioweapon viruses I never heard of. Probably why I got to be so old - and confused. Vaccines create antibodies, so in a way being
Deleteanti vaccine is like being anti antibodies. You can choose not to be vaccinated, but every time you have a cold, your body
has no choice but to make new anitbodies. Yep - confusing.
I remember when the covid vaccine first came out. A few folks got covid after being vaxxed. They called 'em breakthrough cases then the breakthrough cases became so common they stopped calling them breakthrough cases. Then it was expected you'd still get covid. The public doesn't seem that demanding these dsys.
DeleteNo, not too demanding if we look forward to RFK Jr bossing US medicine. Take two aspirins followed by a tablespoon of dead bear cup and shoot some heroin. I would trust Z-man in charge.
DeleteYou could work for Big Pharma.
DeleteLook I didn't nominate the guy. Just trying to make the most of it.