The Friday Link for 1/17/25

Hey all.

The next week will be rough.  A grossly unqualified man compromised to dictators, entangled with billionaires with an agenda, a man who tried to overthrow the government, a convict, an ultra-narcissist who shouldn't be in charge of a spoon, and a low IQ moron will become President again because people who are racists, or people who think racists are okay, love how he 'owns the libs,' causing them to vote for a guy who will dramatically make all of their lives worse.

Not a banner day in American history.

This week's link is all about prepping you for what will be ahead, starting with Paleopedia, a page which talks about dinosaurs being forced to debunk a complete moron who thinks they know more than anyone else...because they need to feel superior in their sad pathetic lives.  Watching this guy dismantle this idiot's ramblings is entertaining.

I watch that crazy woman and I think about this cartoon.

If you want to know where some of this comes from, it's from the religious extremists of yore, who have now been given a platform to push their craziness further, and with the blurring of politics and religion, we get to where everything is made up, everything is a conspiracy theory, and being an expert means you can grunt loudest.

I know I featured Dan McClellan last week, but this video of him disputing a religious guy attacking an atheist is spot on. I love it when Dan just starts laughing at this guy! 

Enough with the fools who enabled Trump.  Let's look at his nominee for Defense Secretary with the hilarious Sarah Cooper.

Next up is a sobering look at dictators throughout history with Joe Scott.  The thing that worries me most about Trump is the way he learned from his first term. He's made sure the number one thing of all the people he has put around him is unwavering loyalty to himself.  Look at his Cabinet picks.  They are all clearly extremist zealots like Bondi, or pathetic idiots like Hegseth.  They will all blindly take orders from Trump without questioning. And they all will gladly fall on a sword if things go bad.  Trump never wants the eyes of the public on him, so he is surrounding himself with as many Ollie Norths as he can find. 

But what is really scary is there are at least ten people in the Trump Administration who seem ready to start marching people to soccer stadiums. I'm dead serious.  Multiple people surrounding Trump have called for purges, arrests, prosecutions, and even the death penalty for his opponents. We were fortunate to survive the first Trump administration.  I am far more concerned about where this country will be in two years this time around. 

Finally, tonight is the band OK Go. They are spectacular with the music videos, and this is fantastic. But it's the message of the song which is outstanding.  I wish I could tell you it would all be alright. I wish I could tell you it will all be fine. 

Batten down the hatches.  The next four years will be really hard on everyone. 

Stay safe America.