<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Mike's Misgivings]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mike's Misgivings]]></description><link>https://mikemisgivings.wixsite.com/mikesmisgivings/my-blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 22:24:09 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://mikemisgivings.wixsite.com/mikesmisgivings/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[I Stand with Israel, But that Doesn't Mean I Agree with Their Policies]]></title><description><![CDATA[ Israel has the right to defend itself. And Israel is in the right to attack Gaza right now. ]]></description><link>https://mikemisgivings.wixsite.com/mikesmisgivings/post/i-stand-with-israel-but-that-doesn-t-mean-i-agree-with-their-policies</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6532a22b663c19c434412d36</guid><category><![CDATA[government]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2023 15:59:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8083f9_eea55f65cac946d3a31811244b65ea6b~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_559,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mike Bergman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ok, Guys. It's Really Time to Take UFOs Seriously. I Promise.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The UFO phenomenon has exploded in American media and Government recently. It's really time to take it seriously.]]></description><link>https://mikemisgivings.wixsite.com/mikesmisgivings/post/ok-guys-it-s-really-time-to-take-ufos-seriously-i-promise</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64838a66b7a085c3430f041a</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2023 20:31:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8083f9_e0100dc1de324cc782d5340ef9158c66~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_664,h_444,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mike Bergman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're Apparently a Bigot if you Like Harry Potter Now        ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Voting with our Wallets and boycotting has officially moved to toxic levels, and is an ineffective and hypocritical practice for most.]]></description><link>https://mikemisgivings.wixsite.com/mikesmisgivings/post/you-re-apparently-a-bigot-if-you-like-harry-potter-now</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63e2d0cc6aaafc3892bb9d89</guid><category><![CDATA[Art & Culture]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2023 22:53:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8083f9_fc49f020b6584e278f60129a3a33b702~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_990,h_540,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mike Bergman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vaccine Mandates Are Working, Most Anti-Vaxxers Don't Actually Want to Lose Their Jobs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Data is showing the only way to get the antivaxxers to get vaccinated is to threaten them where it matters: Their wallets.]]></description><link>https://mikemisgivings.wixsite.com/mikesmisgivings/post/vaccine-mandates-are-working-most-anti-vaxxers-don-t-actually-want-to-lose-their-jobs</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61648d58d74ce4001661a939</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2021 19:27:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8083f9_337aeb5a59634487a91e9cd54ce20c48~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mike Bergman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Republicans Are Cool With Child Molesting, But Draw the Line if You Support Reality]]></title><description><![CDATA[Paying for sex with a minor, prostitution, corrpution, and rampant drug use don’t cut it for removal in the GOP. ]]></description><link>https://mikemisgivings.wixsite.com/mikesmisgivings/post/republicans-are-cool-with-child-molesting-but-draw-the-line-if-you-support-reality</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60a2c49e16e803001526d457</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2021 19:45:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8083f9_47ff5bbb0a04413f9d3c7cbfa38a701a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_800,h_575,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mike Bergman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Republicans Keep Comparing Owning a Gun to a Car. OK, Let’s Do That.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey all, the weather is getting nicer, people are getting vaccinated, shops and businesses are opening back up. America is getting back...]]></description><link>https://mikemisgivings.wixsite.com/mikesmisgivings/post/gunownershiptocars</link><guid isPermaLink="false">605ccd6144a40200150dba85</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2021 17:54:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8083f9_0dd29d676e714fb6a80303847b24615c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mike Bergman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Filibuster Needs to Go]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi all, So Biden and Dems in Congress have managed to push through a huge comprehensive Coronavirus bill, which includes desperately...]]></description><link>https://mikemisgivings.wixsite.com/mikesmisgivings/post/the-filibuster-needs-to-go</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6050fd9729485d0015b357e3</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2021 19:04:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8083f9_2e6f9f2ecaec4f66ae31fa95b54ad454~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_954,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mike Bergman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disney CEO is Wrong: Gina Carano Was Fired for Being a Conservative. And That's OK.]]></title><description><![CDATA[So, outrage culture is in full swing over in conservative land. Tune into any of your favorite propaganda channels like Fox or OAN and...]]></description><link>https://mikemisgivings.wixsite.com/mikesmisgivings/post/gina-carano-was-fired-for-being-a-conservative-and-that-s-ok</link><guid isPermaLink="false">604a71bd590aa40041463d5d</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2021 19:55:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8083f9_3361e969de3241fb8f7cdf2b82025a11~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_640,h_360,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mike Bergman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Republican Party isn't Interested in Governing. Just Outrage.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Republican party has completely derailed from any sort of actual policy proposals and governmenting thanks partially to them seeing the ]]></description><link>https://mikemisgivings.wixsite.com/mikesmisgivings/post/the-republican-party-isn-t-interested-in-governing-just-outrage</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60498ba8879a81005707b002</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2021 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8083f9_5e88e293aec44c66bcfb4016488a0f52~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_780,h_438,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mike Bergman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The House of Cards is Wobbling Thanks to Reddit]]></title><description><![CDATA[So, we finally made it out of the Trump Presidency. Somehow, COVID19 is still rampaging, and we’re hanging around 4k daily deaths, and as...]]></description><link>https://mikemisgivings.wixsite.com/mikesmisgivings/post/the-house-of-cards-is-wobbling-thanks-to-reddit</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60498b1fb701a40015f10ac5</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8083f9_fcf6e33fc0614818a8200872ce16285b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_620,h_372,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mike Bergman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes, Trump is to Blame for Wednesday. But so is the entire GOP.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Never before have I been so sad to be an American as Wednesday. Watching these last four years under Trump and the inevitability of...]]></description><link>https://mikemisgivings.wixsite.com/mikesmisgivings/post/yes-trump-is-to-blame-for-wednesday-but-so-is-the-entire-gop</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60498ad7879a81005707af7d</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2021 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8083f9_b5c50e57471d4347b4d03db59f763230~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_856,h_567,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mike Bergman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Need to Be Prepared for the Coup on Election Night]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ok, so we are finally hitting the home stretch, election day is a mere five days away, and Biden is leading in every metric pretty...]]></description><link>https://mikemisgivings.wixsite.com/mikesmisgivings/post/we-need-to-be-prepared-for-the-coup-on-election-night</link><guid isPermaLink="false">604989ddd90805005790864f</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2020 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8083f9_9867411d977c4edb84323c70705b4e7d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_608,h_342,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mike Bergman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vaccination is our Only Salvation, But It's Not Coming Anytime Soon]]></title><description><![CDATA[As the world limps along in 2020 and each Country is trying desperately to shore up holes in their economies that have been devastated by...]]></description><link>https://mikemisgivings.wixsite.com/mikesmisgivings/post/vaccination-is-our-only-salvation-but-it-s-not-coming-anytime-soon</link><guid isPermaLink="false">604989984606c10015c2af63</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2020 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8083f9_e233f59958184409b34ba09291834c5c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_628,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mike Bergman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[If You Think Trump Can’t Win this November, You Haven’t Been Paying Attention]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi all. Time for another dose of depressing dystopian blogosphere from yours truly. Today’s terrible topic; The Election. I’m sure many...]]></description><link>https://mikemisgivings.wixsite.com/mikesmisgivings/post/if-you-think-trump-can-t-win-this-november-you-haven-t-been-paying-attention</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6049892b1a6d8f00572647a5</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2020 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8083f9_498d0c61dba6432f93340f3e0034003a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_600,h_336,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mike Bergman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Really Needs to Change]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi all. Know it’s been a bit, I’ve been kinda bunkering down and taking a back seat from the news again, seeing as how the past few weeks...]]></description><link>https://mikemisgivings.wixsite.com/mikesmisgivings/post/what-really-needs-to-change</link><guid isPermaLink="false">604988e73323d70057995605</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2020 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8083f9_f0f571bce2d14188b29d341ac9bebcca~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_326,h_217,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mike Bergman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[No, the Cure is Not Worse than the Disease.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Look, I said it in my last blog before any of the rumblings even started. It hasn't even been a week and now Fox and the businesses that...]]></description><link>https://mikemisgivings.wixsite.com/mikesmisgivings/post/no-the-cure-is-not-worse-than-the-disease</link><guid isPermaLink="false">604988908e4e2600150ae9e7</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2020 02:04:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8083f9_040d3a242f53466facc8b3c5118577a1~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_800,h_400,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mike Bergman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Wants to be a Wartime President. He Needs to Start Acting like One.]]></title><description><![CDATA[So, look. I try not to be overly alarmist with stuff. I know in today's age especially with the media on both sides literally selling...]]></description><link>https://mikemisgivings.wixsite.com/mikesmisgivings/post/trump-wants-to-be-a-wartime-president-he-needs-to-start-acting-like-one</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60498853879a81005707add4</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2020 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8083f9_aeddfdc1f9394a18bf2d8818f33cf39e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mike Bergman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Coronavirus Is Here and Our Country is Embarrassingly Bad at Handling It]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ok, so 2020 is shaping up to be a great time, eh? Coronavirus is now officially a global pandemic, according to the WHO. Entire countries...]]></description><link>https://mikemisgivings.wixsite.com/mikesmisgivings/post/the-coronavirus-is-here-and-our-country-is-embarrassingly-bad-at-handling-it</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60498801546ec80057874c8d</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2020 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8083f9_bae10289f0b54969ae771e979e8433f3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mike Bergman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump's "Booming Economy" is Full of Holes]]></title><description><![CDATA[You see it everywhere; “The economy is doing great. Unemployment is the lowest its ever been. The Stock Market is booming.” Trump says...]]></description><link>https://mikemisgivings.wixsite.com/mikesmisgivings/post/trump-s-booming-economy-is-full-of-holes</link><guid isPermaLink="false">604987a95913f80057502ec1</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2020 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8083f9_f6cfc3eb719248ee9e050437fcef42d5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mike Bergman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump About to be Crowned, Half the Country is Fine with it.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi all. Sorry, it's been a bit since my last update. With the holidays and wedding and the news being dominated by the sham trial of...]]></description><link>https://mikemisgivings.wixsite.com/mikesmisgivings/post/trump-about-to-be-crowned-half-the-country-is-fine-with-it</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6049875131356e0057ecc9a1</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2020 02:58:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8083f9_3d053a15e3bf434288f3273512c7bda4~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_675,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mike Bergman</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>