Rachel Maddow calls out Trump for kicking off RAGE plan

[Mark B]

On her MSNBC show tonight Rachel called out Trump for kicking off Curtis Yarvin's RAGE (Retire All Government Employees) plan to destroy democracy in the United States.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/28/polit...ion/index.html

[Oerets]

Seen a little of it. The OWMBO watches it every night. Caught some of it and heard about it later.

Kinda wonder how many Trump voters are having second thoughts now? Or even thinking it will not effect them...

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by Oerets

Seen a little of it. The OWMBO watches it every night. Caught some of it and heard about it later.

Kinda wonder how many Trump voters are having second thoughts now? Or even thinking it will not effect them...

Most people avoid troublesome second thoughts by avoiding thinking.

[Human]

Originally Posted by Oerets

Seen a little of it. The OWMBO watches it every night. Caught some of it and heard about it later.

Kinda wonder how many Trump voters are having second thoughts now? Or even thinking it will not effect them...

What's a OWMBO?

[RickeyM]

Other Who Must Be Obeyed?

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by RickeyM

Other Who Must Be Obeyed?

Originated on AK with regard to spousal approval rating of old and decrepit audio equipment and fridge sized speakers, IIRC.

[bobabode]

Sorry for the thread drift, Mark.

[Mark B]

Searching the internet it appears that news media is reporting this as straight news, as if there's nothing to see here unless you're a federal employee with a decision to make.

Quoting from this Kiplinger article:

White House offers more than 2 million workers buyouts

In the Trump administration's latest move to reduce government spending, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management offered all federal workers, excluding postal workers, military, immigration and other essential workers, buyouts under what it is calling a “deferred resignation program.”

Workers have until February 6 to decide if they want to voluntarily resign from their role. In return they will retain all pay and benefits and will be exempted from all applicable in-person work requirements until September 30, 2025. On paper that means workers will receive their pay and benefits for eight months after leaving.

Those who do not accept the buyout could still be on the chopping block later on, as the federal government said it anticipates layoffs.

[Oerets]

Originally Posted by Human

What's a OWMBO?

A take off of a saying from the film She. Changed to The One Who Must Be Obeyed.

She (1965 film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_(1965_film)

The lost realm is ruled by Ayesha, who is also known as "She-Who-Waits" and "She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed."

Used in place lovingly for ones partner, in my case a wife of 50 years. Who I learned is always right.

[Chicks]

Originally Posted by Oerets

A take off of a saying from the film She. Changed to The One Who Must Be Obeyed.

She (1965 film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_(1965_film)

The lost realm is ruled by Ayesha, who is also known as "She-Who-Waits" and "She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed."

Used in place lovingly for ones partner, in my case a wife of 50 years. Who I learned is always right.

...which was, of course, based on the great Victorian-age novels by H. Rider Haggard, which gave boys of the time fantasy adventures. I read them all growing up.

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/H._Rider_Haggard

Psychoanalyst Carl Jung considered Ayesha, the female protagonist of She, to be a manifestation of the anima. Her epithet "She Who Must Be Obeyed" is used by British author John Mortimer in his Rumpole of the Bailey series as the lead character's private name for his wife, Hilda, before whom he trembles at home (despite the fact that he is a barrister with some skill in court).