Monday, February 9, 2026

Too bad about the Washington Post laying off half of its work force

I mean, where else are we standard, garden variety, middle class folk going to learn about all the exciting life choices that exist in the big city?



H/T: Friend and commenter JeffS

5 comments:

  1. Also, Colin Kaepernick was the standout star of this year's Super Bowl.

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    1. Didn't watch the Super Bowl, but I read about it and...yeah, you're right.

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  2. You must be assuming that we want to learn about "the exciting life choices that exist in the big city."

    In this case, "ignorance is bliss" sums it up rather nicely.

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    1. Previously the only source of reliable information we poor rural folk had was NPR and PBS.

      Or so said NPR and PBS.

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    2. Re "In this case, "ignorance is bliss""

      Yes in this case and a few others. But not most cases..

      Ignorance of lies and deceptions (=most mainstream news and establishment decrees) is bliss because exposing yourself to that is self-propagandization.

      Ignorance of truths is not, or only temporarily or rarely, bliss because it is ultimately self-defeating .... https://johnmichaeldemarco.com/15-reasons-why-ignorance-is-not-bliss

      "Ignorance is not protection from consequences. When you know better, you do better—but when you do not know, the consequences still arrive, often compounded. Proactivity matters. Asking questions matters. Research matters. Every choice we make carries outcomes, and those outcomes do not pause simply because we failed to understand them." --- https://archive.is/PLqhb

      The FALSE mantra of “ignorance is bliss”, promoted in the latter sense, is a product of a fake sick culture that has indoctrinated its “dumbed down” (therefore TRULY ignorant, therefore easy to control) people with many such manipulative slogans. Eg...

      ““We’re all in this together” is a tribal maxim. Even there, it’s a con, because the tribal leaders use it to enforce loyalty and submission. ... The unity of compliance.” --- Jon Rappoport, Investigative Journalist

      You can find the proof that ignorance is hardly ever bliss (and if so only superficial temporary fake bliss), and how you get to buy into this lie (and other self-defeating lies), in the article “The 2 Married Pink Elephants In The Historical Room –The Holocaustal Covid-19 Coronavirus Madness: A Sociological Perspective & Historical Assessment Of The Covid “Phenomenon”” ... https://www.rolf-hefti.com/covid-19-coronavirus.html

      "Separate what you know from what you THINK you know." --- Unknown

      “If ignorance is bliss, why aren't there more happy people?” --- John Mitchinson

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