Trump: The Cognitive Slip Continues...

I really enjoyed this article until the conclusion which was complete deus ex machina ridiculousness. Unions are going to save us? Really, UNIONS??? He could just as easily have proclaimed that the thing which will save us is AI or hip hop or sports (which actually has a far better chance of building community in the modern world than unions.)

This was all predicted back in the 1880s. Every single human creating our own truth individually is the logical end point of post modernity.

 

In my experience (in the public healthcare sector), unions are a mixed bag, at best.

 

https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-lost-low-info-voters

trump beat Harris 60-40 among voters who do t follow the news. His support is now 43% with them.

Too late now, ya dipshits.

They should make those parents pay an indemnity to cover the health care costs of any children in their school that gets the measles, polio, etc.

Let the free market work its magic. See how many of them have a sincere religious exception to the FO portion of FAFO.

 

That is not a bad idea. Likely they will sue the district who will then say for cost reasons and insurance, you have to get vaccinated. If not then you agree to be individually sued

 

My next idea: buy all the damn guns you want, but you have to be insured for liability. Like with cars.

 

It is a bummer that it is a constitutional right.

 

Beth Macy comments on this in Paper Girl. Basically, MAGA is stronger in parts of the country that lost independent local news sources (newspapers either folding or bought up by private equity firms, etc.) as a result, they’re largely indifferent to, if not entirely ignorant of, local crises (declining schools, addiction crises ripping up families, etc.). Basically, though she doesn’t mention it, it’s why MAGAts wigged out about Mamdani, though they couldn’t pick out their own mayor in a line up.

So if you manage not to attract FoxNewsMaXwitteRedStatEpoch Times, you’ll likely be okay.

 

So is voting but the GOPs want to pass a law that’s going to make many people (and especially married women AIUI) pay $65 for a special kind of ID.

With a left leaning court that is only half as corrupt as this one, liability insurance for guns will definitely pass constitutional muster.

 

I’m looking forward to Flo and the gecko talking about the wonders of bundling.

 

Sounds like infringement to me! Do you him
Infringing me?

 

I think it's incredibly suspect that Gallup decides to quit polling Presidential popularity when Trump isn't exactly a popular person.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/11/gallup-stop-tracking-presidential-approval-ratings

 

And my favorite, Biden being remembered more fondly. But let's scream about inflation (Living above our means) and genocide (Even though a lot of people doesn't know what it think it means).

Anyway, article outlines how Trump is about as popular as a fart in an elevator.

https://www.axios.com/2026/02/12/trump-polling-approval-biden-democrats

 

My mom was more negative to unions than positive due to two things:

The UAW harassing her because she had the nerve to drive and work for Volkswagen. Talking needed a police escort from the auto show bad.

Her experiences dealing with them in the entertainment biz. Wanted to move a table? Needed a union guy to do it. A lot of that.

I've had to deal with some negatives at my new role with a union. Had to go through a bunch of crap just to send a part to another part of the state.

Plus, in my experience, the worst colleagues (Talking bad employees) are always the ones advocating for unions.

 

She was an advisor to Vance before her appointment, so an insider.

 

Sounds like riding Amtrak

 

2A needs rails no less than what's been put on 1A. "Fire" applies to both but we've left the deadlier one untouched.

 

We've had this discussion before.

Like almost everybody, I absolutely love the idea of unions. But in practice they work a lot more like medieval guilds than actual unions, which is to say their sole purpose is to protect the people who already have union jobs and to limit the number of people who can get them. And it's dumb to have a union for a job where the employees are easily replaceable and/or freelance, which is probably close to a majority of jobs at this point in our labor history.

More to the point, even if unions were better and stronger than they actually are, they aren't going to be the thing that builds a community which can pop media bubbles. That's just silly.

 

I'm still mad at CNN with that massive family and them not knowing the price of milk.

I remain convinced though with inflation so much of it was people living above their means. Case in point, people DoorDashing all the time.