Friday 4 September 2020

Fact-Checker Chatter

I read through a piece this morning that explained how the fact-checking to the Biden-Trump debates would go (in theory).

As Joe talks, there would be a text line down at the bottom of the screen.  Same for Donald.

Now, some folks (older folks)....have the general text turned on anyway....meaning as Joe talks....his commentary is appearing at the bottom of the screen.

So you sit and imagine this.....bunch of text rapidly running across, and underneath that....another whole roll of text also rapidly running across.  Can anyone even read that fast?  I just don't think a mortal human can do it. 

Then you toss in Joe's commentary.....taking eight topics in a 3-minute period...WW II, Cowboy movies, what he did as VP in 2012, a great ice cream he had last Thursday, the economy, ticks on dogs, a quote from Elvis, and how to solve world-hunger.  Can a fact-checker even comprehend all of this and encapsulate this to run under Joe's commentary?

Most folks will be looking at the Joe fact-checker text and be so confused.....that they won't be able to focus on Donald or his fact-checker.  They will still be asking ten minutes later....what WW II or ticks on dogs had to do with the economy.

All of this....will confuse people enough....that they will turn off the 2nd and 3rd debate entirely.   Some idiot will even ask the CNN guy what tick-powder that Joe advocates for dogs. 

Lusty Story

Canada's top doctor got onto the topic of virus-protection and having sex.  Basically, she said that when you meet up with 'Wanda', and get real frisky....you should be wearing a mask as you meet, and when the encounter starts and progresses....you should still be wearing a mask.

I sat there for a while...contemplating this scene in Alabama.

You'd have Karl meeting up with some trailer-trash gal that he's been dating....nothing serious, just a beer, chat over poison ivy, garage sale purchases, and Hee Haw jokes.  Both wearing a mask, and as things progress to the hot and lusty stage....they continue to wear masks.  Then all heck breaks loose, while still wearing masks, and 22 seconds later, it's over.  Both having lost passion of the moment, and they depart.....without much occurring.

I just can't see mask-sex going to too far.  Course, if your gal had bad teeth...maybe it's an improvement.  Those meth-gals are that way....you know.

The question probably should be asked of this Canadian doctor.....have done masked-up sex before?  My guess is no.

I don't see this going too far. 

Observations

1.  Was Nancy Pelosi 'set-up' on the hair saloon situation?

Well...if so, then she is probably one of the biggest dimwits walking on the face of the Earth.  Course, she could have had this hair job done in the DC area, and no one would have said a word.  The sad thing is that she'll return to DC, and everyone is going to complement her on her hair (even Trump).

2.  Why does Joe Biden keep uttering KKK/Klansman/White Supremacists chatter?

A minimum of once a week, Joe utters Supremacists or KKK stuff.  The problem here....for about 90-percent of the public, they haven't personally met a Supremacist or KKK guy in their life.  In some areas....like Miami, it's a higher chance of meeting a Cuban-spy than a white Supremacist.

3. Rush Limbaugh asked this week: "How did the Russians convince Biden to act like he's losing mental acuity?"

Yes, it is a Russian strategy to flip the Presidency over to Biden, by getting Joe to pretend that he's got dementia or just plain crazy.  The belief is....Americans love crazy folks, and Joe's got the attention of people now.

Some folks will sit and admit they spend hours trying to figure out what Joe said in a five-minute speech, where 32 different topics were laid out, but none connecting.  Yes, all Russian-planned.

4.  Upon visiting Kenosha, did Joe say that if he went into details about his plans and policy....someone would shoot him?

Well....yeah, he did say that.  It probably didn't go well as a joke, but that's Joe's humor at work.  Yeah....seriously.

5.  Are all of these riots simply dosing people up to vote for Trump?

Look, 99-percent of the country lives in safe rural regions, small towns or quiet urbanized regions.  We are simply viewing the riots as entertainment.  We'll go over to the neighbors....sip up a beer, and the commentary will be 'man, I'm thankful I don't live in NY City or Kenosha'.

Along the way, we then comment that it's obvious that Democrats run these towns, and something must be seriously wrong....for all this destruction.  Then we turn the TV off, go to sleep, and get up in the morning to put in eight full hours of work (something that the riot-kids are not capable of doing).

6.  In 1964, a poll was taken and 78-percent of Americans trusted the government.  Two decades passed, and the poll occurred again....45-percent said that they had trust.  2016?  The poll was taken and the trust level is at 10-percent. What happened?

Each decade that passes, you get more and more news outlets.  Each wants to expose the government and 'save' you in some way.  But as each story passes, you have less belief or trust.

Even if the government came up and admitted today that they had a alien spaceship and three alien-dudes they'd captured.....would you really trust the government in this case, or the story?

7.  Lets get this straight....the guy in Portland who shot the Trump-guy dead a couple of days ago....is finally located and cops come to detain/arrest him.  The guy, gets into a conflict with the police, and the police shoot the guy?

Yep.  The odds of massive riots coming over the next week in Portland?  Here's the chief problem....once the police arrive and announce themselves....this guy immediately went to a weapon.  That type of mentality doesn't ever end well.

8.  Did Joe Biden truly say that he became a professor after he left the White House in 2017?

Yes.  Although you can't find any university vouching that they had him on the payroll.  It does seem like he came to give a 'talk' or two, but beyond that....no, he wasn't a professor.

9.  If you write a 500-word news article for the NY Times, and the whole thing is based entirely off anonymous sources....just how far do you the reader go and trust or verify the story?

Well....a decade ago, you would have looked the other way and said maybe they had something.  Today?  You basically start laughing once you notice that no true source was documented and it's entirely anonymous.

10.  Finally, the American Psychological Association said that they intend to pledge to start abolishing the "disease" of capitalism.

Basically, if you were into capitalism....by their definition....you need rehab.  I'd suggest a month living under a bridge, eating canned soup, and drinking only ultra-cheap beer (PBR).  At this point, I would suggest the APA folks probably have some kind of capitalistic phobia, and they might need rehab as  well.