Donald Trump is the new Bill Brasky (Alternative Facts Edition)

The weekend isn’t over and I’m thinking 2 things. First, it’s not gonna be enough that I returned to blogging as a hobby — I’m gonna need to quit my fucking day job. Second, holy crap, alternative facts? [Where are you, Interrobang?] All that’s missing at this point is a Bill Brasky-type skit where Trump fans staffers can recite their very own set of alternative facts about The Donald.

 

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Alt-facts, information for the alt-right.

 
 

For a deeper look at this phenomenon (denialism):

https://scientiasalon.wordpress.com/2014/10/28/the-varieties-of-denialism/

Last graf conclusion: “Make no mistake about it: denialism in its various forms is a pernicious social phenomenon, with potentially catastrophic consequences for our society.”

 
 

Well buddy, I’ve been trying to lend a hand and will continue to do so if you don’t mind.

This Shit-show is not gonna Mock-ument itself, but not interested in stepping on any toes Mr. Sir. If you have other ideas, cool.

 
 

Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia.

 
 

Robert Reich on FB

I had breakfast recently with a friend who’s a former Republican member of Congress. Here’s what he said:

Him: Trump is no Republican. He’s just a big fat ego.

Me: Then why didn’t you speak out against him during the campaign?

Him: You kidding? I was surrounded by Trump voters. I’d have been shot.

Me: So what now? What are your former Republican colleagues going to do?

Him (smirking): They’ll play along for a while.

Me: A while?

Him: They’ll get as much as they want – tax cuts galore, deregulation, military buildup, slash all those poverty programs, and then get to work on Social Security and Medicare – and blame him. And he’s such a fool he’ll want to take credit for everything.

Me: And then what?

Him (laughing): They like Pence.

Me: What do you mean?

Him: Pence is their guy. They all think Trump is out of his mind.

Me: So what?

Him: So the moment Trump does something really dumb – steps over the line – violates the law in a big stupid clumsy way … and you know he will …

Me: They impeach him?

Him: You bet. They pull the trigger.

 
 

BILL BRASKY IS WORTH TEN BILLION DOLLARS!!

 
 

They’ll get as much as they want – tax cuts galore, deregulation, military buildup, slash all those poverty programs, and then get to work on Social Security and Medicare – and blame him. And he’s such a fool he’ll want to take credit for everything.

Indeed! And why not, since this same strategy worked so well for Franz Von Papen and his fellow conservatives…

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_von_Papen

 
 

Perhaps vaguely relevant: I recently was at an event and happened to be at the same table as someone whose political views could best be described as “neo-conservative”. He was complaining about how our economic recovery over the past 8 years has been the worst recovery ever, and that “if a Republican were president during a recovery this disappointing”, everybody who supports Obama would be so upset at that Republican. And to top it all off, he said that the worst part of politics is that “nobody cares about the truth anymore” and that people only care about “their team”.

 
 

“I’m a person that very strongly believes in academics. In fact, every time I say I had an uncle who was a great professor at M.I.T. for thirty-five years, who did a fantastic job in so many different ways, academically—was an academic genius—and then they say, Is Donald Trump an intellectual? Trust me, I’m like a smart person.”

Trust me, I am deeply suspicious of people who say “Trust me.”

And tell me how smart their uncle is.

 
 

And to top it all off, he said that the worst part of politics is that “nobody cares about the truth anymore” and that people only care about “their team”.

Lets see if I can sort this out, for myself if no one else; I got nothing, but I’m thinking that blaming the Negros seems about the easiest way out of that conundrum!

Poor people and bitches on every other Sunday if needed.

 
 

Pup, a link?

I’ll take a look…see, knowing that you would have left one if you had one…

 
 

yep facebook…Althouse had it…I had honestly forgotten about her…

Allright then,

/shudders…

 
 

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