The Inevitable What About The Inevitable You-Know-Who Thread Thread

Trump actually cosplayed as a garbage man and drove a garbage truck with “Trump” emblazoned on it. It is a campaign run by idiots.

Also, Trump had another right leg glitch trying to climb up into the truck.

They don’t care. What do you expect from a politicized version of the KKK?

You have Elon Musk turning Twitter into another Truth Social and trying to use the platform and his means to swing this election for Donald Trump.

You have a comic telling racist jokes at a Trump rally.

You have Mark Robinson, who is running for governor of North Carolina, caught making inflammatory comments towards women on a porn site among other things.

These are just three of numerous examples.

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It took him four tries to grab the door handle…

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Wishful thinking from the same self proclaimed medical experts/hypocrites who all voted for Biden in the primaries and told us that he was in perfect health and fit to serve another 4 years. They all would love to see Trump dead. They just hate to see that Trump is doing great.

It had to be said:

Notice how his bodyguard is hovering while he struggles to climb up into the cab? They weren’t sure he was going to make it.

I thought Nichols from The Atlantic had some interesting thoughts about how experts are perceived these days. It’s a 4 minute listen:

Edited to add: I’ve seen some of the expertise disregard firsthand in two separate domains I operate in; meteorology/climatology and civictech. In both cases, it follows a couple of repeatable patterns: 1) If what is being said does not fit with a preconceived notion, it must be intentionally biased. The classic “deep state” trope. And, 2) Easy access to synopsis-level information has inflated people’s thinking that they can understand the deep nuance of profoundly complex things in very short timescales.

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This is one of the fundamental tenets of the Dilbert Principle. You don’t have to understand highly advanced technology in order to take advantage of its uses. We think because we use technology we understand it, which makes us pretty much a world of idiots. The reason we survive is because we’re not all complete idiots at the same time. Adams blamed the printing press for this madness, as it was before widespread internet access. The latter has only exacerbated the problem to the point where we can all be complete idiots at the same time, or at least enough of us to topple the delicate balance of survival (COVID misinformation is prime example. Suddenly everyone claims to have “done their research”). It’s just a matter of time now.

I actually said in sworn testimony on the Hill once, “just because your phone uses GPS satellites to help you navigate roadways does not make you an expert in GPS satellites”. It got a chuckle from everyone except the legislator to whom I was talking. And, a deep glare from my Comms handler.

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How many people who buy a plane ticket understand how aerodynamic lift works? Not many…

We’re doomed. Doomed, I tells ya!

On a completely unrelated note: I’ve never had to testify on the Hill, but have been deposed and had to testify in less high profile matters. “Don’t say anything” is pretty much the mantra from the internal lawyers. It boils down to “well, Senator…I don’t recall”.

“Garbage Force One” :rofl::rofl::rofl:

This is 100% true. It’s their show. And, a show it is. All political theater. If you think you are going to “win” an argument up there, you have not been paying attention. Many of them are lawyers and many also were captains of their debate team in HS or college. They are literally trained, professional arguers at the pinnacle of their profession.

I’ve had to testify like 10 or 12 times. It’s my least favorite work-related task. All previous times, I was the “good” CIO so they would ask me ??'s that would encourage me to briefly make/confirm a point advantageous to them. The last time I was up, I was in the crosshairs for the first time on a topic based on incorrect information. Even when clearly proven in pre-hearing preps, they proceeded. Just beforehand, one of the members called me up to the diaz and apologized for what was about to happen saying it had nothing to do with me. They would ask me a question (really, make a statement) and when I would start to respond, they would cut me off after 2 words and move on to the next item. I tried once to continue talking and got a look from one of the “friendlies” up on the diaz that told me I should stop talking immediately. Afterwards, one of my Comms people said, “I’m glad you saw that, I was going to kick your chair from behind to get you to stop talking if you did not do so yourself”. Ha.

Speaking of making appearances…

E-Lindell had been ordered to attend a court hearing in PA today over his possibly illegal vote buying scheme. He no-showed, I don’t imagine that sat well with the judge.

JD Vance’s mouth is making noises in Joe Rogan’s studio, and Harris’ internet team has broken out the clipping tools.

His teeth are falling out again.

God Bless the U.S., eh?

I can confirm that this song was played on a loop with about 4 other US-centric songs while the auditorium for my naturalization ceremony filled up. I got into the room at about 8am and the ceremony started sometime after 11am…

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That episode was gold.

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The Economist rarely makes political endorsements. This year they felt compelled to. Superb reasoning.

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Another great episode. John Oliver kicks ass.

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Narrator: He lied on his immigration forms.

He entered the country on student visa, quit school, bought into PayPal and started working.