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ProudLib72's JournalWe Need a Better Name for Rump Cultists
They easily twisted HRC's term "deplorable" to their advantage:
We need a name that they refuse to accept, something they absolutely cannot stand.
I can think of a few: "Racist Fuckwads", "Russian Sectarians", "Shitstains of Humanity"
Sorry, but I don't believe "Cult 45" is offensive enough to them, and maybe it's better to have a term that dissociates them from the Rump. That way they alone bear the full force of responsibility for being racist fuckwads.
Ideas? Suggestions?
Are You Authoritarian? (Take the Test to Find Out)
Just for funzies. There are plenty of other tests, but I like the way the questions are worded. Try to focus on what it would take to truly believe in authoritarianism like a deplorable. I scored 5.86%. The higher the percentage, the more authoritarian you are.
https://openpsychometrics.org/tests/RWAS/
Here's another one that lends more historical perspective and does not take itself very seriously:
https://www.anesi.com/fscale.htm
Again, look at the weird questions!
How We'll Forget John Lennon
Last month Hidalgo and colleagues published a Nature paper that put his crafty data-mining talents to work on another question: How do people and products drift out of the cultural picture? They traced the fade-out of songs, movies, sports stars, patents, and scientific publications. They drew on data from sources such as Billboard, Spotify, IMDB, Wikipedia, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and the American Physical Society, which has gathered information on physics articles from 1896 to 2016. Hidalgos team then designed mathematical models to calculate the rate of decline of the songs, people, and scientific papers.
The report, The universal decay of collective memory and attention, concludes that people and things are kept alive through oral communication from about five to 30 years. They then pass into written and online records, where they experience a slower, longer decline. The paper argues that people and things that make the rounds at the water cooler have a higher probability of settling into physical records. Changes in communication technologies, such as the rise of the printing press, radio and television, it says, affect our degree of attention, and all of our cultural products, from songs to scientific papers, follow a universal decay function.
http://nautil.us/issue/68/context/how-well-forget-john-lennon
So this is a little OT; however, think of the implications for political figures and events (such as Watergate). The last paragraph frightens me a bit. The media controls what makes the rounds at the water cooler, which in turn decides what makes it into the physical records. Anyway, the rest of the article is very interesting as it discusses what factors determine the decay of our society's collective memory.
Why these sea slugs look so much like David Bowie
The rock star was known for wearing vibrant colors and imaginative textures, looks mimicked by scores of trend setters. But perhaps no other creatures bear a more striking likeness to Bowie than sea slugs.
Hear me out.
This is an argument that inspired the entire creation of Bowiebranchia, a blog thats been active since 2015 with the sole purpose of comparing the iconic styles and moods of the late rock star with these soft-bodied, underwater invertebrates.
Nudibranchs, sacoglossans and other sea slugs carry showy exteriors on purpose. These creatures burst with colors to warn predators that their slimy innards may be toxic or distasteful. By drawing comparisons between sea slugs and the man who created Ziggy Stardust, Bowiebranchia exposes what we can learn about the wild, beautiful and competitive evolution of both.
More: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/why-these-sea-slugs-look-so-much-like-david-bowie
Who'd a thunk it?
It's Time Steve King Got the Boot
You know about what happened today:
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) faces a potential censure motion from congressional Democrats and splintering support among Republicans after using racist language in a New York Times interview, questioning when the terms white nationalist, white supremacist and western civilization became offensive.
The statements drew denunciations from across the political divide, including from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. King later issued a statement rejecting the labels of white nationalism and white supremacy and calling himself a nationalist. King said the fact that he is an advocate for Western Civilization values does not mean he subscribes to the evil ideology of white supremacy.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/10/steve-king-white-supremacy-congress-1077665
Do you remember this incident?
Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, erupted in anger and kicked a man out of an event on Thursday after the man questioned King's connection to white supremacist ideology and linked it to the recent Pittsburgh synagogue shooting.
Kaleb Van Fossen, who was identified by The Des Moines Register as the questioner, asked King about his past controversial comments, which prompted a fiery response from the lawmaker.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/steve-king-yells-man-questioning-him-about-extremism-ejects-him-n929976
I'm done with sitting on our collective hands. KICK HIM OUT!!!
Ted Cruz's beard makes him look like Ammon Bundy
There, I said it, and I'm not taking it back because it's the truth.
Just when you thought it couldn't get any creepier...
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