Reconsidering Carter’s (so-called) ‘malaise’ speech. (5.5 minutes)

Carter was so far ahead of his time in so many ways. As he lived another 45 years past his presidency, historians are only now understanding much of what Carter stood for. What Carter stood for is how he conducted his life. In politics that was and still is rare. America lost one of its rare gems last week. 

Yet I am sure we can depend on the media not to delve deeply into Jimmy Carter, but to focus on the surface and the headlines. Expect them to focus on the hostage crisis and not the treason that Reagan was committing behind the scenes. For as George Orwell noted in “1984” “Those who control the present, control the past and those who control the past control the future”. And right now MAGA is in the business of controlling the country.

We will have some questions on Carter among the weekly doings.

A) Many of our top politicians are lawyers or business people. What professions did Jimmy Carter have before becoming a politician?

B) Two major terrorist type attacks were prominent in the news last week. A truck rammed into crowds in what section of New Orleans New Years Day in the very early morning?

C) An attack in Las Vegas happened in front of a building owned by what famous American?

D) Well, it seems the holidays still have a little left in the tank. What two holidays are marked tonight and tomorrow?

E) What college football teams are left to compete for the national title?

F) Elon Musk is not just America’s troll. He has inserted his right wing philosophy in at least what two European countries in the past couple of weeks?

G) Despite President Nixon getting all the credit, Carter was really the president who opened relations and trade with what country?

H) Iowa finally has a lieutenant governor. When and why did the previous lieutenant governor leave?

I) The new lieutenant governor steps in with an ethics complaint being levied against her for doing what?

J) Back to the terrorist attacks. The incoming administration immediately claimed the attacks were perpetrated by whom before any investigation was done?

K) What did the perpetrators of the two attacks have in common?

L) What major American retailer is facing a boycott from MAGA?

M) Why is MAGA calling for this boycott?

N) Among those receiving the Presidential Citizens Medal Thursday were what two leaders of the January 6th Committee?

O) An airplane crash killed 179 in what country as landing gear failed to deploy?

P) Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has called for cancer warning labels on alcohol. How many cancer cases per year are directly tied to alcohol in the US?

Q) The truck used in the Las Vegas bombing was what kind of truck?

R) What member of the Osmond Brothers died from massive stroke earlier this week?

S) Yesterday was the first anniversary of what tragedy in Iowa?

T) Tomorrow is the fourth anniversary of what national tragedy?

Pete Hegseth Declares End to His Dry January. – Andy Borowitz

Answers:

A) Peanut farmer and nuclear engineer

B) Bourbon Street

C) Trump

D) Tonight is Twelfth Night and tomorrow is the Epiphany

E) Ohio State, Notre Dame, Texas and Penn State

F) Germany which has an election in February and the UK

G) China

H) Adam Gregg left in early September to “spend more time with his family”

I) The complaint filed by Scott County Sheriff Tim Lane. The complaint accuses Cournoyer of harassment of a citizen. More here. 

J) illegal aliens – neither were

K) Both had served or were serving in the US Army

L) Costco

M) because Costco reiterated their pro-DEI stance during their latest board meeting

N) Bennie Thompson and Liz Chaney

O) South Korea

P) 100,000

Q) A Tesla Cybertruck

R) Wayne

S) The Perry school shooting (January 4th, 2024)

T) The Trump coup

But people need to stop calling it a “conservative” agenda. There is nothing conservative about it. Try christo-fascist, extremist, activist agenda. Pick one of those words. We have a serious word problem here, and everyone just rambles on using “conservative.” – Randi Mayem Singer