Madness

now this is madness for the masses on a massive scale:  when the grid goes down.  

John Oliver discusses the current state of the nation’s power grid, why it needs fixing, and, of course, how fun balloons are.

the divine ms M did one of the best parodies on cruz & crew earlier this year worthy of replay to remind us his latest madness isn’t just a one off thing.

BTW, not the 1st time big bird talked about vaccinations. bet untrusTED didn’t have bad things to say about it back then
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/1972-big-bird-vaccination-video-resurfaces-amid-brouhaha-over-sesame-street-vaccine-tweet/ar-AAQqpnb?ocid=uxbndlbing

A clip of Big Bird getting vaccinated from 1972 has re-emerged after the beloved Sesame Street character was accused of “propaganda” for promoting the COVID-19 vaccine.
In the footage, which was posted by an account called MuppetWiki, Big Bird approaches a line of children who are waiting to get a measles vaccine. A sign above them reads “Don’t wait. Vaccinate.”
“I know what I’m going to do right away,” he says. “I’m going to get in line.”

Big Bird gets vaccinated, 1972
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— Muppet Wiki (@MuppetWiki) November 6, 2021

After the archival clip was uploaded to Twitter Saturday evening, it has been viewed more than 1.5 million times. It came on the same day that the character tweeted that he got the COVID-19 vaccine, sparking pushback from some anti-vaccine and anti-mandate advocates.
The tweet was sent on the day CNN hosted a town hall featuring Sesame Street characters, including Elmo and Rosita, answering questions about the COVID-19 vaccine for children and families.
During the town hall, Big Bird spoke with Dr. Sanjay Gupta and TV anchor Erica Hill about the vaccine. He said he was scared of the shot because of his fear of needles. Both Gupta and Hill reassured Big Bird that they understand the fear of shots while offering advice for children who may feel nervous about getting the shot.
“I got the COVID-19 vaccine today! My wing is feeling a little sore, but it’ll give my body an extra protective boost that keeps me and others healthy,” Big Bird’s Saturday tweet read. “Ms.@EricaRHill even said I’ve been getting vaccines since I was a little bird. I had no idea!”
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it’s always about the money that changes his mind

Trump told RNC chair he was leaving GOP to create new party, says new book (msn.com)

“[Trump] wasn’t simply floating an idea,” Karl writes in the book. “He was putting the party chairwoman on notice that he had decided to start his own party. It was a done deal. He had made up his mind. ‘He was very adamant that he was going to do it,’ a source who heard the president’s comments later told me.”

Following the tense conversion, McDaniel informed RNC leadership about Trump’s plans, spurring a tense standoff between Trump and his own party over the course of the next four days.

While Trump, “morose in defeat and eager for revenge, plotted the destruction of the Republican Party … the RNC played hardball,” according to the book.

“We told them there were a lot of things they still depended on the RNC for, and that if this were to move forward, all of it would go away,” an RNC official told Karl.

According to the book, “McDaniel and her leadership team made it clear that if Trump left, the party would immediately stop paying legal bills incurred during post-election challenges.”

“But, more significant, the RNC threatened to render Trump’s most valuable political asset worthless,” Karl writes, referring to “the campaign’s list of the email addresses of forty million Trump supporters.”

“It’s a list Trump had used to generate money by renting it to candidates at a steep cost,” says the book. “The list generated so much money that party officials estimated that it was worth about $100 million.”