Month: May 2024

Dead Internet Theory

I hope everyone is enjoying their long weekend…..

Yesterday in my stretch of the woods it was 96 and Summer is a month away….oh goody another steamy Summer.

A follower of IST wrote a post about AI generated photos and artwork……his post is great and he brought up a subject that was today’s Sunday post….check it out…..

Photoshop, generative AI and art. And a few observations.

That brings us to the meat of this post….the Dead Internet Theory…..

If you search “shrimp Jesus” on Facebook, you might encounter dozens of images of artificial intelligence (AI) generated crustaceans meshed in various forms with a stereotypical image of Jesus Christ.

Some of these hyper-realistic images have garnered more than 20,000 likes and comments. So what exactly is going on here?

The “dead internet theory” has an explanation: AI and bot-generated content has surpassed the human-generated internet. But where did this idea come from, and does it have any basis in reality?

What is the dead internet theory?

The dead internet theory essentially claims that activity and content on the internet, including social media accounts, are predominantly being created and automated by artificial intelligence agents.

These agents can rapidly create posts alongside AI-generated images designed to farm engagement (clicks, likes, comments) on platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. As for shrimp Jesus, it appears AI has learned it’s the current, latest mix of absurdity and religious iconography to go viral.

But the dead internet theory goes even further. Many of the accounts that engage with such content also appear to be managed by artificial intelligence agents. This creates a vicious cycle of artificial engagement, one that has no clear agenda and no longer involves humans at all.

https://theconversation.com/the-dead-internet-theory-makes-eerie-claims-about-an-ai-run-web-the-truth-is-more-sinister-229609

Okay time to go on record….I am not a big fan of AI….I am an old fart and I still do my own research and writing….I really do not want some soul-less SOB of a program doing my work for me.

Yes I know I need to get with the program….but sadly that ain’t happening.

I would like to thank my reader, grouchyfarmer, for the assist……

If you are traveling on this weekend please be careful and be safe…..

Please do not forget the military that gave their lives in service of their country.

Peace….Out

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

IST Saturday News Dump–25May24

Good Morning Blog-Land!

Another glorious Saturday…..plus it is Memorial Day weekend where the grills come out of mothballs and shorts and flip-flops are the dress code….in essence Summer is beginning.

Locally–my garden, what is left of it, is going strong….tomatoes are magnificent, radishes are delicious and sweet peppers are divine….the jalapenos are very strong and the herbs are in full bloom.

Now for the ‘Dump’ I promised.

Like most old farts I want to talk about the weather…..this may mean nothing to most readers then they probably do not live on the Gulf Coast….the dreaded hurricane season.

It’s an ominous pronouncement: “The forecast for named storms, hurricanes, and major hurricanes is the highest NOAA has ever issued for the May outlook,” said NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad in a Thursday news conference. NOAA predicts eight to 13 hurricanes and 17 to 25 named Atlantic storms, meaning those with winds speeds of 39mph or above. “This season is looking to be an extraordinary one in a number of ways,” Spinrad added. CBS News reports the season runs from June 1 to November 30. And as NBC News points out, NOAA isn’t alone in its stance.

We will hold our breath for the next 5 months.

A new lithium deposit found in Pennsylvania….and a possible environmental nightmare in the making….

Scientists have discovered a vast reservoir of untapped lithium hiding in wastewater from a Pennsylvania gas fracking site. 

The wastewater, produced by the hydraulic fracturing of rocks inside the Marcellus Shale gas wells, contains enough lithium to supply up to 40% of U.S. demand, according to the new study published April 16 in the journal Scientific Reports.

“We just didn’t know how much was in there,” Justin Mackey, a researcher at the National Energy Technology Laboratory, said in a statement. 

Currently, 90% of the world’s $8 billion lithium supplies are produced in Australia, Chile and China. The rare element is essential for the production of electric vehicle batteries, smartphones, laptops, smartwatches and electronic cigarettes, and demand for it is currently booming, with prices surging by roughly 500% year on year. 

Right now the U.S. has only one operational lithium mine — in Nevada — meaning huge quantities of the element must be imported to meet demand. However, given the importance of lithium for current plans for a green energy transition, U.S. Department of Energy officials have set a target for all lithium used in the U.S. to be produced domestically by 2030. Currently, more mines are scheduled to open in states such as Nevada, California and North Carolina. 

Yet lithium mining remains controversial as it can release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and destroy natural environments by leaking toxic chemicals into soil. 

https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/scientists-just-discovered-an-enormous-lithium-reservoir-under-pennsylvania

Great a new way for those greedy bastards to screw up the environment.

Sticking with the environment meme….

A newly reintroduced herd of bison in Romania is inadvertently doing its part to help the warming climate. Researchers from the Yale School of Environment calculate that the 170 bison in the Tarcu mountains negate the carbon emissions of 43,000 gas-powered cars. The animals accomplish the feat in a few different ways, including by fertilizing the soil and spreading seeds, which helps the grasslands grow. They also help compact the soil with their heavy weight, which prevents stored carbon from being released, per the Guardian.

“These creatures evolved for millions of years with grassland and forest ecosystems, and their removal, especially where grasslands have been plowed up, has led to the release of vast amounts of carbon,” says Yale’s Oswald Schmitz, lead author of the study. “Restoring these ecosystems can bring back balance, and ‘rewilded’ bison are some of the climate heroes that can help achieve this.”

Bison disappeared from Romania about 200 years ago, but they were successfully reintroduced to the Tarcu grasslands in 2014. They roam in an area of about 20 square miles, and the Yale model estimates they keep about 54,000 tons of carbon from entering the atmosphere annually. (The model itself has been peer-reviewed, but these latest findings have not been yet.) The good news for fans of the bison is that researchers estimate the region can accommodate up to 450 of the animals.

It is a damn shame that we humans cannot do our part to protect the fragile environment.

How about polyamory?

Polyamory—being open to having more than one romantic partner at the same time, with everyone’s knowledge and consent—is on the rise, particularly among people below the age of 45.

Yet at the same time, we’re told that younger people are increasingly turning away from romance and dating. On the face of it, these trends appear contradictory. Does Gen Z want multiple partners or none at all? What is going on?

Seen through the right lens, however, they are really two symptoms of the same underlying cause. A is underway: our society is learning to respect more diverse visions of a “good life.”

We can break this down by looking at each trend on its own terms.

https://phys.org/news/2024-05-polyamory-youre.html

Enter Dr. Frankenstein…..

In a gruesome yet preposterous video that’s straight out of a David Cronenberg body horror movie, a biologist proposes that doctors in the future will be able to remove a human head from one body and attach it to another by using advanced robotics.

Hashem Al-Ghaili, a biologist and filmmaker, presents in the video a gory yet goofy illustration of how the bizarre experiment could be carried out: two identical autonomous robots, each with multiple arms, would simultaneously operate on the healthy brain-dead donor body and the presumably worn-out body that’s the source of the head and brain.

Labeling the whole concept under the catchy brand name of “BrainBridge,” Al-Ghaili conceives that this process would unfold like an assembly line, with one robot surgically removing the recipient’s entire head while the other robot does the same to the donor’s. Then a mobile platform would shift the recipient’s head to the healthy donor body and suture these two disparate pieces together.

https://futurism.com/neoscope/cgi-transplant-human-head-body

Finally, there has been a wealth of stories about microplastic pollution of our food and our bodies….but here is one that caught my eye….

Tiny plastic particles have reached parts of our bodies once thought impossible, including placentas and breast milk and, as researchers show in a new study, every human testicle analyzed. The discovery, researchers say, could help explain why sperm counts are declining around the world. Microplastics were discovered in all the 23 human testes and 47 dog testes analyzed, per the Guardian. Sperm counts could not be taken from the preserved human testes, which came from cadavers, ages 16 to 88 at the time of death in 2016. But samples from the dog testes obtained through neutering operations showed low sperm counts accompanied high contamination with polyvinyl chloride, or PVC, which Greenpeace considers the “most environmentally damaging” plastic.

“PVC can release a lot of chemicals that interfere with spermatogenesis, and it contains chemicals that cause endocrine disruption,” says Xiaozhong Yu, a professor in nursing at the University of New Mexico. Yu, lead author of the study published Wednesday in Toxicological Sciences, initially “doubted whether microplastics could penetrate the reproductive system”—”testes, like brains, have a special blood barrier,” per Business Insider—so the results left him “surprised.” He notes “the impact on the younger generation might be more concerning,” given the proliferation of plastic in our modern environment. Microplastics have been found on the highest mountain peaks, in deep ocean trenches, and in our bloodstreams. A recent study found an increased risk of cardiovascular disease in those with microplastics in their blood.

But “limited data exists on microplastics within the human reproductive system and their potential consequences on sperm quality,” per the study. Researchers discovered 12 types of microplastics in the human and canine testes. “Both humans and canines exhibit relatively similar proportions of the major polymer types, with [polyethylene or PE] being dominant,” according to the study. However, human testes had nearly three times the microplastic levels as dog testes, with 328 micrograms per gram of tissue compared with 123 micrograms. Researchers also noted “a negative correlation between specific polymers such as PVC and [polyethylene terephthalate, or PET] and the normalized weight of the testis was observed.”

How’s that for a closer?

Since it is the unofficial beginning of Summer and it is Memorial Day (observed) weekend I wish everyone a great weekend and as alwqays….Be well and Be Safe….

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

A Misogynist Speaks

This is a re-post from my long dead Daily Agitator……this blog was put on the back burner many years ago and I decided to resurrect it to take its p[lace with In Saner Thought and Gulf South Free Press.

This post is about some idiot and his commencement speech to graduates.

The But-Lik Speaks

This guy is a dinosaur and as such he should be extinct in the 21st century.

Cognito ergo csis

P.S.  There will be more coming from the Daily Agitator in the very near future and they will be re-posted here for those that have not decided to follow the writings of a proven agitator.

Please have a safe Memorial Day weekend.    chuq

Conscription Anyone?

Remember the draft?

Of course you don’t.

Well here we go again.

That is when males turn 18 they register for military if needed (that is the short answer)

The actual draft has not been needed for many years but that does not stop idiots in Congress to propose an end run….

A bill has been proposed….

On Wednesday, during markup of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2025, the U.S. House Armed Services Committee approved an amendment to the NDAA that would automatically register all draft-aged male U.S. residents with the Selective Service System for a possible military draft, based on information from other Federal databases.

This system of automatic draft registration would replace the system in effect since 1980 in which young men can decide for themselves whether or not to sign up for the draft – and so many choose not to register that the Selective Service database would be useless for an actual draft.

The automatic draft registration proposal was instigated by the Selective Service System as part of its annual budget request to Congress, introduced in the HASC by Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), “wholeheartedly” endorsed by HASC Chair Mike Rogers (R-AL), and approved by voice vote of the full committee without audible opposition.

Rep. Houlahan had been one of the leading proponents of proposals in previous years to expand draft registration to women as well as men. Her latest proposal for automatic registration of men only for a military draft indicates that she is more deeply committed to militarization than to any purported feminism.

The provisions for automatic draft registration are now included in the version of the NDAA that will go to the House floor. The NDAA is a “must-pass” bill, so these provisions are likely to remain in the version of the NDAA adopted later this year by the full House unless some House member introduces, and the full House agrees to vote on and approves, a floor amendment to remove them. It remains to be seen whether a similar provision will be included in the Senate version of the NDAA, although we fear that this may be likely.

US House Committee Proposes ‘Automatic’ Sign-Up for Military Draft

Is this a good idea?

I have mixed emotions about this….on the one hand it would be good for the society if more Americans had a sense of unity that the military could instill….but on the other hand this would just give the warmongers in DC a larger pool of bodies to be used to further whatever adventure they deem necessary.

Any thoughts on your part?

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

 

What To Do About Food Prices

This subject is on anybody’s mind that has to eat….the risen food prices…..I recently explained just how much the prices have risen since the last election in 2020….

Food Prices Are Too Damn High

It has been predicted that if the government gets involved that it could have long ranging consequences…..but apparently Americans want relief not downer predictions.

A recent poll by a group called Data For Progress shows just how widespread the desire for the government to do something for a little relief….

69% of respondents — including a majority of Democrats and Republicans — said the government “should do more to regulate grocery stores that raise prices to maximize profits.”

The survey, conducted from May 10 to 11, sampled 1,168 likely voters from around the country and has a margin of error of 3 percentage points. A slightly larger share of respondents, 71%, said the government should “do more to regulate corporate food producers that raise prices to maximize profits.” This figure included a majority of Democrats and Republicans.

The survey, conducted from May 10 to 11, sampled 1,168 likely voters from around the country and has a margin of error of 3 percentage points. A slightly larger share of respondents, 71%, said the government should “do more to regulate corporate food producers that raise prices to maximize profits.” This figure included a majority of Democrats and Republicans.

Dems are getting involved by requesting the Biden use his pen to give some relief…..

Joe Biden encouraging the Biden-Harris administration to use its executive authority to take robust actions to lower food prices for families. In the letter, the lawmakers note how corporations have been raking in record profits while families are being hit with higher costs for groceries, and they outline several executive actions that the Biden administration should take.

“The federal government should use every possible tool to lower food prices,” wrote the lawmakers. “We believe you can exercise your executive authority to take additional action to address rising food prices without congressional action.”

Americans are facing sky-high food prices, caused by excessive price gouging by food and grocery giants. A small group of players dominate those industries: four grocery retailers account for over a third of national grocery sales and four food companies control more than 60 percent of sales in most grocery categories. As a result, consumers are spending more of their income on food than they have in the past 30 years.

In the letter, the lawmakers urge the administration to leverage the full scope of their executive authority and consider the following proposals:

  1. Encourage the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and work with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to prohibit exclusionary contracting by dominant firms in the food industry.
  2. Encourage the FTC to issue guidance on potential violations of the Robinson Patman Act and Section 5 of the FTC Act within the food industry, and investigate and take enforcement action where merited.
  3. Work with USDA to increase the number of government contract recipients that are very small businesses.
  4. Work with USDA to ensure that technical factors reflect the long-term costs of food sector consolidation.
  5. Urge the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FTC to scrutinize, and where appropriate, block mergers and acquisitions in the food and agricultural sectors.
  6. Encourage the DOJ to prosecute actors in the agricultural and food sectors for price fixing and other anticompetitive behavior.
  7. Direct the CFTC and FTC to form a joint task force to investigate food price manipulation throughout the supply chain.

I say bully for them for wanting try and help out working families that are struggling while Congress fiddles.

Maybe look beyond Congress to other countries that are handling food prices….let’s begin with France.

France has set up a food pricing system that will sound foreign to American ears: Consumer goods companies like PepsiCo must negotiate with the country’s grocery stores on prices in the stores during a set period. If they can’t come to a compromise, PepsiCo won’t be able to get its products on the grocer’s shelves. The negotiations provide French consumers with a small but valuable piece of power, and President Emmanuel Macron has been trying to use the system to his advantage as he aggressively pushes to get the country’s high food prices down, saying they should reflect the fact that the prices of many raw materials have recently declined. 

https://www.vice.com/en/article/88×783/how-the-us-government-could-lower-food-prices-for-everyone

I know some will point to 1971….but people struggling do not care about 1971….all that is on their minds right now is some damn relief from the price gouging that food distributors and sales are enjoying with impunity.

Working families do not care what action by the president does to the markets….if they can afford to put food on the table then the president has done the proper thing.

Something needs doing….someone needs to step up….relief is much needed and will be appreciated.

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

President For Life?

With our election just mere months away you might think this is a post about the wishes of Donald the Orange……you would be mistaken.

Or may be it will be about that mad man in Russia Vlad the Invader, Putin….once again you will be wrong.

No this post will be about Ukraine and Zelensky.

You mean that democracy in Eastern Europe that we are helping ward off an invader?

First of all….what democracy?

Does this sound like a democracy?

Opposition parties banned

Opposition leaders arrested

Opposition papers closed down

Elections cancelled

To me it does not….but you decide

But why ask about president for life?

Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenky’s term expired on Monday, but he will remain in power since presidential elections scheduled in March were canceled due to martial law imposed since Russia invaded in February 2022.

While framing the proxy war in Ukraine as a battle for democracy, the US has backed Zelensky’s decision not to hold elections. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Ukraine last week and claimed the US helped build “democratic pillars,” including “free and fair elections,” but said a vote could only happen once “conditions” are right.

Zelensky also canceled parliamentary elections that were supposed to be held last October. To justify the decision, Ukrainian officials have pointed to Ukraine’s constitution, which says elections can’t be held under martial law. But Zelensky previously made it clear that he could have held elections if he wanted.

Last year, Zelensky told Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) that he was willing to hold a vote if the West paid for it and if legislators agreed to amend the constitution. “I will not take money from weapons and give it to elections,” he said.

But Zelensky later ruled out the idea and was not put under pressure by the US or other NATO countries to hold a vote. The Ukrainian leader is determined to continue the war and has rejected the idea of diplomacy with Russia despite not having a chance at victory and growing war fatigue among Ukrainians.

I know….I know….there is a war and some sort of concessions must be made.

So basically Zelensky will remain president until this conflict is settled and that could take a very long time indeed.

His seat in the power chair remains firmly attached to his ass and the cash will follow through him.

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

Benefits For IDF Veterans

I call bullsh*t on this bit of stupidity.

It seems that American serving in the IDF can claim benefits from the US….if this idiotic bill goes through the process.

A bill introduced in the House by Reps. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) and Max Miller (R-OH) would extend certain benefits for Americans serving in the US military to American citizens in the Israeli military.

The legislation, introduced on May 17, would give Americans in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) protections under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) and Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA).

The SCRA protects US service members from civil legal action while they’re on active duty and for up to a year after. The USERRA protects the civilian employment of active and reserve military personnel when they’re called to active duty.

“Over 20,000 American citizens are currently defending Israel from Hamas terrorists, risking their lives for the betterment of our ally,” Reschenthaler said in a statement on the legislation.

The Washington Post reported in February that an estimated 23,380 American citizens are serving in the Israeli military. Many are dual citizens who were already living in Israel, but as of November 2023, about 10,000 people living in the US had traveled to Israel to report for duty with the IDF after receiving draft notices. According to Responsible Statecraft, 21 American citizens serving in the IDF have been killed in Gaza, and one was killed in northern Israel near the Lebanon border.

Reschenthaler said his legislation will “ensure we do everything possible to support these heroes who are standing with Israel, fighting for freedom, and combating terrorism in the Middle East.”

(antiwar.com)

Who do you think paid for this bit of nonsensical legislation?

Go ahead…..venture a guess.

Does anyone remember the days when it was illegal to fight in another’s war wearing a foreign uniform?

I have a strong opinion on this serving in the IDF….my though is if they serve in another country’s military then that is their primary citizenship and get nothing from the US….if they cannot serve in our military then nothing is what they get.

I have had enough of these bullsh*t bills that the GOP and even some Dems have offered up for consideration….this country needs help and we had rather focus on this dust bowls around the globe.

Time to get to work on this country and screw the rest let them fend for themselves.

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

Foreign Bribery Of Congress

I have been writing about the bribery that goes on in our Congress. Congresspeople get cash from a wealth of sources even foreign countries have been known to bribe our Congress.

Countries like Saudi Arabia, Israel just to mention a few….but it is a lot deeper than those I listed.

But just how deep is this crime?

Democratic Texas congressman Henry Cuellar was indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice on charges of “bribery, unlawful foreign influence, and money laundering.” The accusations revolve around a set of deals in which Cuellar allegedly accepted money from a state-owned Azerbaijani oil company and a Mexican bank in exchange for an agreement to push U.S. foreign policy in their favor.

As concerning as this may be, it’s not even the first such indictment against a sitting member of Congress this year. In March, Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) received a superseding indictment which expands further upon earlier accusations that the former Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman took bribes to advocate on behalf of the Egyptian and Qatari governments.

These cases make it clear that foreign bribery, in which representatives of one country pay money to manipulate the representatives of another, is still a serious problem in the United States. As the world’s most powerful and interventionist nation, no other government has more influence over the rest of the world’s affairs — influence which can be bought. The recent charges against Rep. Cuellar and Sen. Mendendez show how significant of a problem bribery and undue influence has been for the U.S. congress, while also drawing attention to the ongoing efforts to prevent this corruption from continuing.

Bribes offered in exchange for political favors are nothing new in Congress. The first congressional bribery investigation on record took place in 1854, when a lobbyist attempted to bribe members of Congress into extending the patent for the Colt revolver handgun. The question of bribery across borders, however, did not receive much attention in Congress until fairly recently.

Concerns about foreign bribery emerged most forcefully in the mid-1970s as a result of the Watergate investigation and the Church Committee, which investigated abuses by U.S. intelligence agencies. These investigations identified slush funds run by large companies that could be used for illegal political donations and undisclosed foreign payments, including several U.S.-based corporations with overseas operations.

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/congress-bribery/

The bribes are hidden behind those damn PACs, political action committees.

It is time to clean up the den of corruption….there is no place for it in our system.

Sadly money makes the wheels of government less squeaky and running ‘smoothly’…..as they say ‘follow the money’.

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

Biden/Trump Economic Outlook

College of Political Knowledge

The election is churning and we seem to have our two candidates, Biden and Trump, so why not take a look at what the economy would look like under each of them.

American voters have a lot on their minds ahead of the November presidential election.

For starters, inflation is keeping the cost of living high in many US cities, and astronomical home prices are preventing aspiring homeowners from buying. Issues like abortion access and tax policy are also a key consideration for many voters.

With the election six months away, Business Insider looked at President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump’s plans for eight major economic categories that affect Americans’ daily lives: domestic manufacturing, higher education, healthcare, housing, labor, taxes, tariffs, and trade.

“President Biden is going to keep fighting for working families — lowering the costs of prescription drugs, housing, and childcare; investing in our future; supporting workers and small businesses; and making sure big corporations and the wealthy to pay their fair share,” Lael Brainard, the director of the National Economic Council, told BI in a statement.

Business Insider reached out to Trump’s campaign team but didn’t receive a response.

The analysis is based on the candidates’ past records as president and their promises on the 2024 campaign trail.

Jump to a category: Domestic manufacturing | Higher education | Healthcare | Housing | Labor | Taxes | Tariffs | Trade

Biden plans to do what is doing now……which is as little as possible to keep us peasants in line……Trump would not submit any ideas because he has none….so what do you think about the economy in the coming years?

There is something that I thi8nki deserves looking at…..we could use a new economic model this one is not working for anyone but the wealthy.

But we must also reassess the second belief—that taxes and transfers alone can address the vast inequalities that have brought American democracy to such a perilous juncture. Doing so will lead us towards a more fundamental rethink of our economic institutions, and the values that guide them.

This is partly a pragmatic response to economic reality. The massive increase in inequality since the 1980s in America was mostly driven not by a reduction in redistribution, but by the growing gap in earnings between low skill workers, whose wages have suffered an unprecedented period of stagnation, and college-educated professionals whose salaries have continued to soar. And while inequality has increased in most advanced economies, that it is so much higher in the U.S. compared to Europe is mostly the result of bigger gaps in earnings than lower levels of redistribution. In other words, even if America were to increase the generosity of the welfare state to European levels it would still be much more unequal.

But the need to look beyond redistribution is about more than economics, it is about resisting the narrow focus on money that dominates most debates about inequality, and the tendency to reduce our interests as citizens to those of consumers. While government transfers are essential for making sure that everyone can meet their basic needs, simply topping up people’s incomes fails to recognize the importance of work as a source of independence, identity, and community, and does nothing to address the insecurity faced by gig-economy workers, or the constant surveillance of employees in Amazon warehouses.

https://time.com/6977602/6977602/

We do need a new economic model but there is enough cash flowing into Congress to keep the status quo.

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

Biden Needs A New Plan

The 2024 election looms large on the horizon and unfortunately Biden is basically playing second fiddle to Donald the Orange…..his rhetoric is just not motivating the masses to his visions.

Maybe he should think outside the box (I do not believe that he is capable of this simple task) to win this election.

I recently read an article about another contentious election from our history and it is thinking outside that proverbial box…..

According to some polls, Joe Biden and the Democrats may be heading towards a grim outcome in November. Not only does the Senate map favor Republicans, the President’s approval ratings are dismal. There’s some indication the Biden team knows it, too. In an effort to change course, they’ve coined and sold “Bidenonomics” with little success, hit reset on the Biden campaign, and are reportedly in the process of unleashing “Darth Brandon” by letting the President go on the attack. The hope is that a more aggressive Biden like the one Americans saw during the State of the Union address may counteract concerns about his age.

Given the stakes of the election, recent polling, and the apparent desperation of the Biden camp, here’s a novel idea: How about resetting their coalition by appealing to disaffected Republicans in the name of national unity? As a token of their seriousness, they should even think about changing their name.

As out-of-left-field as it sounds, it wouldn’t be the first time a major party changed its name in advance of a make-or-break election. Indeed, it was this move that just might have saved President Abraham Lincoln’s re-election and the nation from collapse.

In the election of 1864, with the Civil War still far from over, Lincoln’s re-election was in doubt. As that long year began, he wasn’t sure he would win his party’s nomination, much less the Presidency.

In the spring of 1864, several more radical Republicans moved to replace him with Secretary of the Treasury Salmon Chase. The argument was that Lincoln had moved too slowly on emancipation and had been too conciliatory toward the South when it came to using the full breadth of federal power. Chase, the leader of the radicals, had also been angling for the Presidency from the very start of the war.

https://time.com/6960904/biden-campaign-civil-war-strategy/

I say what has Biden got to lose by changing strategy?

I know this will not happen for the money few will not want to change anything within the Biden camp for they have too much influence and the people are just irritants to be tolerated.

If Biden does not change his idiotic ways he will lose this election and give us 4 more years of utter stupidity.

Just a thought.

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”