Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Tuesday tweets – – when you have to dig up one-year-old professional wrestling clips to find signs of social progress

Seeing a lot of comments along these lines from Trump watchers along with a lot of what does look like groundwork from the Trump camp. Not sure if I'd go 60%, but I won't be shocked if it happens either.


 

Why would they be worried?


The key to understanding Trump's speaking style has always been to think of him in terms of a second tier Vegas insult comic, at least on the level of a Jack Carter. This is not damning with faint praise. It takes an unusual level of real talent work a crowd for an hour or more the way the former president does. Some of his crazier quotes actually do make sense as part of a Vegas lounge riff when you hear them in context. By the same token, many of the things that he and his followers have tried to explain away as jokes such as the Nancy Pelosi/Nikki Haley confusion are even more obviously brain glitches when you actually listen to the clips, and those brain glitches have been getting more common.


"A washing machine to wash your dishes"



This has also been getting some news.


One of the lessons of 2016 was that non-endorsements of Donald Trump aren't all that significant, but for a Republican this is still remarkable.


On an unrelated note.



At least Trump still as the nepo-baby support.


I seem to recall us telling idealists in the education reform movement around a dozen years ago not to put too much trust in some of their allies





Anyone else getting a no more Mr. nice guy vibe from recent Democratic campaign ads?


Yes, the Republicans still have a vetting problem.

Then there's this.

The bank he leads, Utah-based Sunwest, last month was named as a co-defendant in a California lawsuit that accuses a senior living facility partly owned by the bank of elder abuse, negligence and wrongful death.

And possibly a reverse coattails problem.




Don the Dove





When the headline writer for the Onion calls something beyond parody...


For a NYT writer, when the narrative can't be reconciled with the facts, go with the narrative,

AI






This is a perfect rundown of how the techno-optimist crowd thinks about fusion.



Rep. Jack Kimble is about to be your new favorite politician on Twitter.




Always read the bio before replying.









Mock if you will, but I find this genuinely encouraging.

Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)