
Life in the Boomer lane has learned of two astonishing and depressing studies this week. One is that Trump’s supporters have brains that are not impacted in any way by anything their hero says or does. They are, however, wired to applaud anything he says.
We will bring back the fossil fuel industry, because that is what makes America great! (wild applause)
We will put solar panels on The Wall because solar is the way to go! (wild applause)
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The Wall has just gotten higher and it will cost Mexico even more money!!! (wild applause)
The wall will have solar panels and so will cost Mexico less money! (wild applause)
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We’ve put Wall St on notice! No more Wall St types running this country and telling us what to do! (wild applause)
I’ve chosen the best and brightest folks from Wall St for my cabinet. What better people to run this country than those who run Wall St! (wild applause)
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We will drain the swamp! (wild applause)
We will turn the swamp into a golf course! (wild applause)
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I fired Comey because of Hillary’s emails! (wild applause)
I fired Comey because he is a nutball! (wild applause)
I fired Comey because he is taller than me! (wild applause)
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I will repeal and replace Obamacare the first week I am in office! (wild applause)
Repeal Obamacare, and replace with some random plan at a later date! (wild applause)
We will repeal Obamacare and everyone will decide not to get sick anymore! (wild applause)
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Putin is great! (wild applause)
I have no idea who Putin is! (wild applause)
Even if I knew Putin I wouldn’t know if I liked him or not! (wild applause)
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And, on another note, it turns out that smelling food, not eating it, makes people fat. Researchers from the University of California-Berkeley temporarily impaired the sense of smell of one group of mice and left the olfactory capability of the other group intact. They then fed the same amount of food to each group. The smell-impaired mice gained way less weight than the mice who could smell. This will undoubtedly lead to a vast industry of food that, like neutered cardboard, gives off no scent.
This also leads the possibility of follow-up research, postulating that smell deficiency may also impact on people’s ability to detect bullshit, politically speaking.
ugiridharaprasad
July 11, 2017
Reblogged this on ugiridharaprasad.
Life in the Boomer Lane
July 13, 2017
Thanks for the reblog!
Kate Crimmins
July 11, 2017
Loved the way you came around back to politics at the end!
Life in the Boomer Lane
July 13, 2017
Thanks, Kate. Honestly, I look at a donut now, and come back to politics. It’s scary.
Kim
July 11, 2017
LOVE LOVE LOVE!!! My serious laugh out loud for the day
Life in the Boomer Lane
July 13, 2017
Wow, thanks Kim. I’d blush but it’s way too early and I haven’t had my coffee yet.
Gail Kaufman
July 11, 2017
I seriously do not understand how people could back him. I have very intelligent, worldly, professional friends who insist he is doing a good job. Scratching my head, jaw dropped open, eyes glazed over. I just don’t get it.
Life in the Boomer Lane
July 13, 2017
He gave them a conservative supreme court justice, and he is trying to lower their taxes. It’s all about money in their pockets, at the expense of everything else.
boysenberrysundae
July 12, 2017
I’ve asked his supporters, earnestly, what has he done positive. Since they always say that we won’t focus on the positive. I get mostly crickets. One guy, who had just called the news fake, told me to watch the news and that it wasn’t his job to do the research for me!
judithhb
July 12, 2017
Thanks for the early morning chuckle. Oh, that Trump.
Life in the Boomer Lane
July 13, 2017
You are welcome, Judith. Yes,Trump is a pesky little devil, for sure. Except I’m choking on him now.
David Wilkinson
July 12, 2017
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Deborah reingold
July 13, 2017
He’s a miracle that man , just a damn miracle. Just kidding notice I can’t even write his name. I wish he’d melt and break away.
Life in the Boomer Lane
July 14, 2017
The anger that existed across the political spectrum resulted in both the candidacies of Trump and Bernie. Bernie fell to Hillary, the heir-apparent. And the gerrymandering of political districts gave Trump the win. It was the perfect storm. We have been left with the storm. No perfection or anything even remotely close.
onceuponasalmon
July 13, 2017
He’s a miracle , just a damn miracle. Just kidding, I can’t even physically write his name. Wish he’d melt and break away!
sasha from camac street
July 13, 2017
I have a visceral response every time I see or hear him: nausea. Then I yell at the TV. Don’t get me started on his followers.
Life in the Boomer Lane
July 14, 2017
I fear that many TVs have been wrongfully targeted.
Ilona Elliott
July 19, 2017
I love it–wild applause! Conservative Americans are such whores to low taxes, they will vote for anyone or anything that promises to lower them. And damn the consequences.
MaryN
August 9, 2017
I honestly believe that his supporters felt that the one comment by Hillary that they were a basket of deplorables – did more to incite them to support him and vote for him. And for him to incite the hate for her and anything that represented President Obama. Their combined HATE for Hillary and Obama is what propelled him into office. They can’t consider anything that the orange one says as non-sensical or offensive or an outright lie….all they know is that they voted for someone that felt the hate they did, and he must be the chosen one. Their applause at every utterance he makes at his well attended rallies – is their way of showing him that their support has no end, and they also understand that he loves that applause and needs to go back to the WH and tell everyone….did you see the crowds in such and such, they love me. I can’t say his name or watch much of the news as I am filled with such dread on how this one human being is actually trying to destroy the USA from within, and fed by wild applause for doing so. (insert >> wild anxiety )