Today (1/20/25) is the proper day to expand your vocabulary. the word for today:

Recrudescence (noun)

The recurrence of an undesirable condition.

A sudden new appearance and growth , especially of something dangerous and unpleasant

I see their game. If an org has a DEI program - every bad outcome will be blamed on them focusing on DEI rather than XYZ.
We can turn that around. If an org doesn’t have a DEI program we blame every bad outcome on their LACK of focus on diversity. It doesn’t have to make sense. Obviously

Remember when Anna Nicole Smith married the really old billionaire as he was losing his mind to take his resources? Elon had a role model

What if in every news interview with Trump when makes
A statement, he immediately be asked
If he has run it by Elon and if Elon is OK with it?

College athletes should think long and hard about the state they choose. Texas AG is sued a NY doctor for mail Rx of plan B. I would not let my daughter in particular or my Son go to a college with that sort of government. Maybe when they lose top athletes in recruiting will they wake up.

Here is what someone needs to do across the US. Fill billboards with a checklist of Trump promises with the boxes UNCHECKED until a promise is actually fulfilled (then check that box only). Let this be a daily reminder of the things he said to get votes that he can’t deliver. Example attached

Growing up without religion I used to slightly fear the rapture as I was told all the good people would disappear leaving me with the bad people. Now that I understand the world as an adult I have learned all the extremely religious will disappear leaving us here w/out them. Bring it on please!

Michelle Obama in 2010: Let’s tackle childhood obesity and help people make better food choices.

Conservatives:
Fuck you - we will eat what we want and government has NO place telling us otherwise!

RFK jr in 2024:
I will ban things bad for your health

Conservatives:
Finally, someone who cares!

One thing has always been clear to me. You stay within established social contracts (usually unwritten but understood) and you do the right thing. When that social contract is broken by others then you take the gloves off. High road my ass!

America first/isolationist crowds should probably be educated by someone on the role of rare earth metals in important US products and China’s years long strategy to play Don Corleone around the world and take control of them all before they celebrate Tariffs. Just sayin…

Does anyone keep stats on cumulative or average net worth of administration cabinet members? I wonder where the next one would land on that list?

Are we done yet with the post mortem of the election?
Can Democrats just take the simple lesson learned that people don’t want to hear details or complexity and start working on bumper sticker sayings and false promises of fixing everything?

I learned a new failsafe phrase that can’t be denied and lets you say or do anything.

Just start with “God put it on my heart …”

…to tell you that you shouldn’t do that

…to be here and watch over you

…to keep you from doing something stupid

Anyone have an answer to this question that has bothered me for years?

Wouldn’t boarding planes be quicker if we had group 1 be those in the last 10 rows and then group 2 be the 10 before that etc?

It seems we first send in those in the front seats first and then stand around waiting for them.

Did you know that Biden got 32% of the Voting Age Population (VAP) votes in 2020? For comparison, this year Trump got only 29.4.

I’m considered a leadership subject matter expert (SME). I’ve read a lot over 50 yrs and can’t find any “how to lead” references where your goal is to destroy the org you are put in charge of.
Ted Lasso season 1 is the only playbook so far.

Stand by America-we’ll have a new bookstore section soon

I understand it must be hard to publicly name the person who assaulted you. A scary and lonely experience. What if others joined together in mass support and healing?

I propose a day where people do it together and we have a national reckoning. I think Jan 20th would be an appropriate day.

Trump picking his cabinet like a 5th grader picks his playground basketball team wanting all his friends and relatives even though they aren’t good.

When you don’t like a rival football team like USC, there is something extra to dislike when their coach wears sunglasses during the game. Extra douchey!