Seth Meyers: Addled Trump Confuses Sioux City and Sioux Falls; Ivanka Ordered to Testify
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As falls Sioux Falls, so Falls Wichita
The House GOP released a partisan package with no humanitarian aid for Gaza, no aid to Ukraine, and poison pills that increase the deficit and help tax cheats avoid paying their fair share.
It’s woefully inadequate, and has the hard right’s fingerprints all over it.— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) October 31, 2023
The blue check replies are exactly what you’d expect.
Well, to be fair, both Sioux City and Sioux Falls are very near the SD border, and are only about 80 miles apart on I-29. It’s a blunder by Trump, but comparatively speaking, pretty minor compared to the litany of absolute whoppers he spews on a daily basis, for example his complete oblivious claim about the range of EVs
FDA issues warning for 26 eyedrops due to risk of infection, blindness
Retailers like CVS, Target and Rite Aid pulled the products after federal inspectors discovered “insanitary conditions” at the manufacturing plant
washingtonpost.com (free to all, no subscription required)
Trump’s apparent strength in polls against Biden right now is a mirage. He hasn’t been getting the coverage that he did in 2016 or during his presidency - meaning he’s not on TV all day everyday. When he starts getting the coverage that comes with being the presumptive nominee, his numbers are going to crater - people are going to remember the nightmare that was his presidency, and they are going to see a man who has become even more unstable.
My gut feeling is still that this election is not going to be particularly close. It might not be a ‘64, ‘72, ‘84 style 45+ state sweep, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the election is called before polls close on the west coast.
re: #6 KGxvi
Trump’s apparent strength in polls against Biden right now is a mirage. He hasn’t been getting the coverage that he did in 2016 or during his presidency - meaning he’s not on TV all day everyday. When he starts getting the coverage that comes with being the presumptive nominee, his numbers are going to crater - people are going to remember the nightmare that was his presidency, and they are going to see a man who has become even more unstable.
My gut feeling is still that this election is not going to be particularly close. It might not be a ‘64, ‘72, ‘84 style 45+ state sweep, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the election is called before polls close on the west coast.
Wishful thinking, but prepare for a close election if Trump’s the nominee, because the base backs him regardless of how many indictments (or expected convictions) or even if his business empire is dismantled and he can’t do business in NY again (if you can’t make it here, you can’t make it anywhere).
re: #6 KGxvi
Whoever wins, TFG will always have all those Club Champion golf trophies to console himself with.
re: #7 lawhawk
If it’s indeed a blowout like you’re considering, then we’d likely see a wholesale blowout in Congress with Democrats retaking the House and expanding their Senate control.
That would give Democrats the numbers to overturn a bunch of GOP efforts over the past decade, and could lead to significant reforms across government to forestall the fucking fascist GOP from trying to sabotage the government.
re: #4 retired cynic
FDA issues warning for 26 eyedrops due to risk of infection, blindness
Retailers like CVS, Target and Rite Aid pulled the products after federal inspectors discovered “insanitary conditions” at the manufacturing plantwashingtonpost.com (free to all, no subscription required)
Literally every store brand is just the same manufacturer with a rebadge. Long ago and far away I was at the end of a production line in Illinois who manufactured shortening. Like Crisco. I lost count of all the different brands that were coming off one line. Recognized none. All the same product.
re: #7 lawhawk
Wishful thinking, but prepare for a close election if Trump’s the nominee, because the base backs him regardless of how many indictments (or expected convictions) or even if his business empire is dismantled and he can’t do business in NY again (if you can’t make it here, you can’t make it anywhere).
My feeling is that “the base” is not anywhere near a uniform group. We can talk about the diehards that would cheer Trump on if he ate babies and clubbed puppies on live TV, sure. But there are still a lot of inertia-driven goopers whose ability to hold their noses is getting more and more sorely tested. When they leave, they don’t make a huge noise and leave all at once, but quietly sneak out the back door. I doubt many are going to vote Dem, but we don’t need them to.
re: #6 KGxvi
Trump’s apparent strength in polls against Biden right now is a mirage. He hasn’t been getting the coverage that he did in 2016 or during his presidency - meaning he’s not on TV all day everyday. When he starts getting the coverage that comes with being the presumptive nominee, his numbers are going to crater - people are going to remember the nightmare that was his presidency, and they are going to see a man who has become even more unstable.
My gut feeling is still that this election is not going to be particularly close. It might not be a ‘64, ‘72, ‘84 style 45+ state sweep, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the election is called before polls close on the west coast.
I’d love it if you were right, but I’m seeing the same cynical “pox on both their houses” rhetoric from people. It’s baffling, considering how manifestly dangerous Trump is to democracy, but I don’t think people get the gravity of the moment.
re: #10 nines09
The eye drops were sold under seven brand names: CVS Health, Target Up&Up, Rite Aid, Leader (Cardinal Health), Rugby (Cardinal Health), Velocity Pharma and Walmart’s Equate brand.
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Products that are branded as Leader, Rugby and Velocity may still be available to purchase in stores and online but the FDA says they “should not be purchased.”axios.com
re: #6 KGxvi
re: #7 lawhawk
Wishful thinking, but prepare for a close election if Trump’s the nominee, because the base backs him regardless of how many indictments (or expected convictions) or even if his business empire is dismantled and he can’t do business in NY again (if you can’t make it here, you can’t make it anywhere).
It’s all going to depend on just how large that “base” is: and, while I agree that KGxvi’s scenario has just a tad of the rose-tint on it, I think that, in reality, the hardcore Trump base is a great deal smaller than the GOP (and the media) want it to be. The problem is, that Republicans are over-strong in specific regions/states that skews their influence well beyond what plain “numbers” would tell. And they work really hard at that skewing: case in point: North Carolina…
re: #10 nines09
It’s how all store brands are made.
Kirkland, Bowl & Basket, etc. All of them are made by premier brand names and repackaged for the store brand to “compete” with the name brand.
The name brand manufacturer profits either way - and gives appearance of competition and choice.
Medications work slightly differently, but generics are supposed to be equivalent to the name brand.
re: #9 lawhawk
If it’s indeed a blowout like you’re considering, then we’d likely see a wholesale blowout in Congress with Democrats retaking the House and expanding their Senate control.
That would give Democrats the numbers to overturn a bunch of GOP efforts over the past decade, and could lead to significant reforms across government to forestall the fucking fascist GOP from trying to sabotage the government.
Another fucking Most Important Election of Our Lives.
re: #15 lawhawk
I said that because you would be surprised at how many folks have no idea where some “brands” originate.
Not all store brands are made by name brands.
re: #17 nines09
I said that because you would be surprised at how many folks have no idea where some “brands” originate.
Not all store brands are made by name brands.
Mr. w worked at a canning facility. He said they’d sometimes tweak the recipe when they changed label, but it was all the same tomatos.
Hearts and minds
Jerusalem
CNN
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An Israeli strike on the densely populated Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza caused many casualties, officials in the enclave said Tuesday.The Hamas-controlled Ministry of Interior in Gaza reported that “20 homes were completely destroyed in the Israeli bombing that targeted a residential neighbourhood in Jabalya.”
The director of Gaza’s Indonesian hospital, Dr. Atef al-Kahlout, told CNN that “hundreds” of dead and injured people arrived at the hospital and “many are still under the rubble.”
Israel Defense Forces spokesman Lt. Col. Richard Hecht confirmed to CNN that the Israeli military had launched the strike, and said it was targeting a senior commander from the Hamas militant group.
re: #2 ericblair
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The blue check replies are exactly what you’d expect.
Meanwhile, there’s a bipartisan effort in the Senate to put together a bill that addresses funding for both Israel and Ukraine without robbing the IRS that is not a campaign stunt but a genuine attempt to address the issue.
But much like the recent shutdown threat, the Beltway will largely ignore that effort to instead waste time telling us about how House Dems are enemies of democracy for not simply agreeing to the House GQP’s terms.
re: #11 ericblair
My feeling is that “the base” is not anywhere near a uniform group. We can talk about the diehards that would cheer Trump on if he ate babies and clubbed puppies on live TV, sure. But there are still a lot of inertia-driven goopers whose ability to hold their noses is getting more and more sorely tested. When they leave, they don’t make a huge noise and leave all at once, but quietly sneak out the back door. I doubt many are going to vote Dem, but we don’t need them to.
… as long as they don’t vote —
Which is exactly why you will find a lot of fear mongering initiatives / amendments on state ballots in Nov. ‘24 as part of the GOP gotv plan.
re: #10 nines09
Literally every store brand is just the same manufacturer with a rebadge. Long ago and far away I was at the end of a production line in Illinois who manufactured shortening. Like Crisco. I lost count of all the different brands that were coming off one line. Recognized none. All the same product.
One area that I can confirm that is an exception to this is for the major soft drink bottlers. With my current job has me working on logisticals for one of the “Big three” which includes development and testing of the new backend software, and have had exposure to how the various mixing formulas are handled as well as looking at the respective production lines at their manufacturing plants.
re: #12 Unabogie
I’d love it if you were right, but I’m seeing the same cynical “pox on both their houses” rhetoric from people. It’s baffling, considering how manifestly dangerous Trump is to democracy, but I don’t think people get the gravity of the moment.
Unfortunately the white male voter in this country can be considered a lost cause at least for the near future. The bitch-moaning and pathetic “Manosphere” whiney-ass contingent has poisoned the minds and crushed the cricitcal thinking capacity of a huge percentage of American men these days, especially younger men. They have declared open warfare on women specifically, and bitch and moan about how slutty modern women are (actual reality younger sexual activity rates are down historically). This swath of voters has fed directly into Proud Boys and various other paramilitary groups hoping to claim some sort of manhood that promotes limitless desires, and no responsibilities. This mindset fits perfectly into Libertarian and Republican thinking.
Trump will again be a threat directly because white men will again overwhelmingly vote for him, period. The appeal of these pathetic whiny-ass manhood groups online also draws in clueless Black and Latino men, appealing to their own misogyny and clouding any thought that leopards will be eating faces as soon as they get the chance.
re: #20 goddamnedfrank
Difficulty:
The Hamas-controlled Ministry of Interior in Gaza reported that “20 homes were completely destroyed in the Israeli bombing that targeted a residential neighbourhood in Jabalya.”
After the debacle with the hospital, I am withholding judgment on anything Hamas fucksticks say until it’s been confirmed by multiple independent sources. Note that I am not blindly trusting the IDF here, simply saying that I do not give credence to Hamas sources specifically.
re: #20 goddamnedfrank
Hearts and minds
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Sky News had an IDF spokesman on yesterday who basically admitted that, after all the calls to the people of Gaza to move to the South in order to avoid attacks…they’re committing attacks in the South anyway:
This feels like watching clips of US drones bombing a wedding in Afghanistan, then rationalizing it later by “Well, if the civilians didn’t want to be killed, they shouldn’t have been in the way of our bombs.”
re: #23 Orange Impostor
One area that I can confirm that is an exception to this is for the major soft drink bottlers. With my current job has me working on logisticals for one of the “Big three” which includes development and testing of the new backend software, and have had exposure to how the various mixing formulas are handled as well as looking at the respective production lines at their manufacturing plants.
Varies with the scale and complexity of the product. Our GE assembly line made a couple models of GE and a couple secondary brands—mostly Hotpoint. The big difference was the speed of the assembly line, thus quality.
Happy Hallowe’een, all.
Time for classic horror movies and popcorn
Q: Which of the Apostles enjoyed Hallowe’en the most?
A: Judas I-scare-a-lot!
re: #25 Nerdy Fish
Difficulty:
After the debacle with the hospital, I am withholding judgment on anything Hamas fucksticks say until it’s been confirmed by multiple independent sources. Note that I am not blindly trusting the IDF here, simply saying that I do not give credence to Hamas sources specifically.
The IDF confirmed it. But I think the camp is in the North and not the South. They were targeting Hamas leadership.
re: #28 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Happy Hallowe’een, all.
Time for classic horror movies and popcorn
Q: Which of the Apostles enjoyed Hallowe’en the most?
A: Judas I-scare-a-lot!
Indeed, my annual tradition of watching Return of the Living Dead because I like a little cheese to go with my Halloween candy.
re: #29 Hecuba’s daughter
The IDF confirmed it. But I think the camp is in the North and not the South. They were targeting Hamas leadership.
The IDF confirmed a strike. I do not trust Hamas when it comes to reporting casualties.
re: #30 Targetpractice
Indeed, my annual tradition of watching Return of the Living Dead because I like a little cheese to go with my Halloween candy.
We watched Invasion of the Body Snatchers (original) last night
War criming is war criming, when we do it or Israel does. It’s not ok to shoot the bank robbers through the hostages. The “well we have to do it to get the bad guys” logic of 9/11 does not work with me anymore, I’ve taken off my blood colored glasses.
re: #2 ericblair
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The blue check replies are exactly what you’d expect.
johnson is flying blind and doesn’t have a pilot’s license
he has no experience herding cats, creating consensus, etc.
he;s gonna find out real fast that appeasing maybe 1/4 of the house and a sliver of the senate isn’t gonna cut it
re: #30 Targetpractice
Indeed, my annual tradition of watching Return of the Living Dead because I like a little cheese to go with my Halloween candy.
Well, candy…and a little bit of Linnea Quigley. 😄
re: #9 lawhawk
If it’s indeed a blowout like you’re considering, then we’d likely see a wholesale blowout in Congress with Democrats retaking the House and expanding their Senate control.
That would give Democrats the numbers to overturn a bunch of GOP efforts over the past decade, and could lead to significant reforms across government to forestall the fucking fascist GOP from trying to sabotage the government.
incuriously, i’m ok with this
re: #11 ericblair
My feeling is that “the base” is not anywhere near a uniform group. We can talk about the diehards that would cheer Trump on if he ate babies and clubbed puppies on live TV, sure. But there are still a lot of inertia-driven goopers whose ability to hold their noses is getting more and more sorely tested. When they leave, they don’t make a huge noise and leave all at once, but quietly sneak out the back door. I doubt many are going to vote Dem, but we don’t need them to.
and it’s still way early for most folks to even be paying attention.
they’re not like us.
re: #37 Dangerman
incuriously, i’m ok with this
I am just worried that the GOP will feel desperate enough to pull of some outrageous stunts that make January 6th look like a church picnick and that our media will just not and report as if it was nothing out of the ordinary or unexpected.
re: #25 Nerdy Fish
Difficulty:
After the debacle with the hospital, I am withholding judgment on anything Hamas fucksticks say until it’s been confirmed by multiple independent sources. Note that I am not blindly trusting the IDF here, simply saying that I do not give credence to Hamas sources specifically.
The IDF took credit for the bombing, we have pictures of the enormous crater and aftermath, those are/were multi family structures, the excuse is that they were going after one guy and that they’d told the refugees to move south.
Am I really supposed to give a shit if Hamas is exaggerating the numbers? Because for the record I absolutely assume they always are and the facts Israel is presenting here are still abhorrent and damning in themselves.
[…]
After ASDB, Shysh attended Gallaudet University, the prestigious university for the deaf and hard of hearing in Washington, D.C. She earned a spot on the dean’s list while also playing on the school’s basketball, soccer, track and field and softball teams. She was recognized as an outstanding student-athlete by the North East Athletic Conference in all four of her undergrad years.She kept involved in athletics even as a graduate student, competing in the 2019 World Deaf Basketball Championships and serving as an assistant coach for the Gallaudet women’s basketball team.
She’s still new to the team, so didn’t get a lot of time on the field. Besides, she’s already won gold medals with the USA’s deaf basketball team. Four of them, as a matter of fact, plus a bronze medal for good measure. Her latest championship in basketball came in July, a win over Ukraine in the World Deaf Basketball Championships.
After all that, it was time to try something new. She’d already dipped her toe back into soccer by becoming an assistant coach to Gallaudet’s women’s team (yes, she’s an assistant on both the basketball and soccer teams), but she wanted to get on the field.
“I was already aware of the Deaf National Soccer team but never bothered to reach out to try out since I was already playing for the USA Deaf Women’s National Basketball team,” she said. “I decided to try to play in a different sport. I finally submitted my interest form to the USA Deaf National Soccer team last January. I immediately received an invitation to training camp and the rest is history.”
There’s more. RTWT
re: #12 Unabogie
I’d love it if you were right, but I’m seeing the same cynical “pox on both their houses” rhetoric from people. It’s baffling, considering how manifestly dangerous Trump is to democracy, but I don’t think people get the gravity of the moment.
it is far too early to make book on anything that anyone’s saying.
because it is so early, people feel free to express their opinions, their hopes, ”druthers’, even fantasies.
when it becomes clear who the two and only two choice are, then we’ll know who stands where
re: #19 wrenchwench
Mr. w worked at a canning facility. He said they’d sometimes tweak the recipe when they changed label, but it was all the same tomatos.
tomatoes?
in eye drops???
re: #32 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
We watched Return of the Body Snatchers (original) last night
mrsdm decided we’d watch the latest mission impossible
it was convoluted and meh
re: #19 wrenchwench
Mr. w worked at a canning facility. He said they’d sometimes tweak the recipe when they changed label, but it was all the same tomatos.
Hast du Tomaten vor den Augen? (“Do you have tomatoes in front of your eyes?”) is a German expression for “Can’t you see what is right in front of you?”
The last good vampire flick I watched was Let The Right One In (Swedish v.). It belongs in the top 10.
re: #45 Dangerman
mrsdm decided we’d watch the latest mission impossible
it was convoluted and meh
I knida liked the first one but gave up on the rest. Problem I have with Tom Cruise is a protagonist is that I wind up rooting for the bad guy to win.
re: #41 wrenchwench
If I were to pick sports where I think skills/training in one would heavily apply to the other I think basketball <—> football (soccer) would be pretty high up on the list. Both place a pretty good emphasis on movement and precise passing along with integrated teamwork for both offense and defense.
The hand-eye coordination and using a stick to strike a smaller object seems to be a reason that I have seen a number of ice hockey players also be pretty good golfers.
re: #34 Dangerman
johnson is flying blind and doesn’t have a pilot’s license
he has no experience herding cats, creating consensus, etc.he;s gonna find out real fast that appeasing maybe 1/4 of the house and a sliver of the senate isn’t gonna cut it
Johnson’s a “true believer,” there’s not going to be any attempts to herd the majority of the caucus because he’s not a “moderate” like Qev he’s one of the tiny feral pack that’s running wild while screeching that any who don’t follow them are little different from the Dems. And he’ll do it knowing that none of those “moderates” has the balls to be the one who stands up and files a motion to vacate.
The only way he’s going to work to build “consensus” is to threaten to sic the party’s nutters on any who refuse to abide.
re: #48 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I knida liked the first one but gave up on the rest. Problem I have with Tom Cruise is a protagonist is that I wind up rooting for the bad guy to win.
That was me watching World War Z, waiting for karma to finally lurch up and bite Brad Pitt right in the ass.
re: #24 Florida Panhandler
Sure, but how do you explain all the erstwhile Lefties who claim to oppose Trumpism but will sit out the election as a message to “Democrats?”
re: #20 goddamnedfrank
Hearts and minds
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Bibi is looking to cleanse Gaza and occupy that fertile and beachfront property.
And he’s using ‘protect our sovereignty ’ as cover. Losing a few thousand of your own citizens is nothing compared to the ROI.
/cynicism off.
re: #45 Dangerman
mrsdm decided we’d watch the latest mission impossible
it was convoluted and meh
I had to* go to Five Nights at Freddy’s over the weekend with my youngest daughter. I found that it managed to do the worst things any thriller movie can do - it was predictable and boring. I would have been thrilled if the movie had managed to be convoluted and meh. My daughter thought it was good. I’ve reached the point in my life where I’m more in line with professional reviewers (28% positive Tomatometer at Rotten Tomatoes) than the hoi polloi (89% positive audience score at Rotten Tomatoes).
*”had to” because my wife thought it was too scary of a movie for our teenager - I do not understand the logic of how my sitting next to my daughter makes a movie less scary unless my wife is hoping my daughter is spending the time at the movie thinking “OMG - I hope nobody I know sees me sitting next to my dad”. I will not directly question this logic though - that could very well result in an unpredictable scene worthy of a thriller.
Speaking of vampire films, I really liked “Midnight Mass” on Netflix. A different take on the vampire genre.
re: #54 darthstar
Bibi is looking to cleanse Gaza and occupy that fertile and beachfront property.
And he’s using ‘protect our sovereignty ’ as cover. Losing a few thousand of your own citizens is nothing compared to the ROI.
/cynicism off.
I wouldn’t go that far, but I do note that things seem to mirror those points in the “War on Terror” in years gone by when offensive operations seemed to ramp up in sync with campaign seasons. As though Bibi thinks that the Israeli public will let him off the hook if he puts enough craters in Gaza and a sufficiently high Hamas body count in the process.
Before calling it a day, on the subject of vampire films, I recommend A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, a 2014 film from writer/director Ana Lily Amirpour.
And with that, have a good one, Lizards and stay healthy.
re: #33 Thanos
War criming is war criming, when we do it or Israel does. It’s not ok to shoot the bank robbers through the hostages. The “well we have to do it to get the bad guys” logic of 9/11 does not work with me anymore, I’ve taken off my blood colored glasses.
if Israel could withstand turning the other cheek, it would be starkly, blatantly obvious to the world what everyone already knows and won’t admit. As a letter to today’s electoral-vote.com points out
Hamas relies on human shields. In their mind, it’s their best defense, even if it’s morally reprehensible. Israel makes mistakes like any person or country. Israel is not perfect. They are also not the problem. Hamas is a cancer on the Palestinian people. With Hamas in the picture, there will never be peace. It will be long and bloody and world opinion will turn against Israel at some point. I suspect, however, that most Arab leaders will be happier when Hamas is gone.
And Israel cannot afford to turn the cheek, as another letter points out in the first paragraph
…history has shown that if the Arabs/Palestinians lay down their arms and offer peace, Israel will accept it. If Israel were to lay down its arms and offer peace, they will be slaughtered or expelled from a land they have inhabited for thousands of years.
While Israel is not blameless, especially in the past decade, the path to peace still solidly runs through acceptance by the Arab world in general and Palestinians in particular that Israel isn’t going anywhere and has a right to exist…
re: #49 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
If I were to pick sports where I think skills/training in one would heavily apply to the other I think basketball <—> football (soccer) would be pretty high up on the list. Both place a pretty good emphasis on movement and precise passing along with integrated teamwork for both offense and defense.
The hand-eye coordination and using a stick to strike a smaller object seems to be a reason that I have seen a number of ice hockey players also be pretty good golfers.
hockey is just golf in riot gear //
re: #50 Targetpractice
Johnson’s a “true believer,” there’s not going to be any attempts to herd the majority of the caucus because he’s not a “moderate” like Qev he’s one of the tiny feral pack that’s running wild while screeching that any who don’t follow them are little different from the Dems. And he’ll do it knowing that none of those “moderates” has the balls to be the one who stands up and files a motion to vacate.
The only way he’s going to work to build “consensus” is to threaten to sic the party’s nutters on any who refuse to abide.
that’s the key right there.
i wouldnt be so sure he’s not able to piss off 300-400 reps.
and it doesnt have to be an R who brings the motion
re: #61 Dangerman
hockey is just golf in riot gear //
If you did that to basebase you’d get basebrawl.
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At the trial in Colorado to bar Trump from the ballot for insurrection, there was interesting testimony by an expert on rightwing extremism, in which he discussed how Trump weaponized the far-right, summarized in this long thread if you’re interested in reading it. Trump started long before election day.
field work = spend time with people in their natural environments to understand the culture, learn how they understand the world. spending time, actually living with families in some instances. “embedded” field work. for me, staying in spare bedrooms, crashing on couches/8
— Roger Parloff (@rparloff) October 31, 2023
re: #64 No Malarkey!
The “X” thing only let me see one frame. I take your word for it that DT started way before Election Day.
re: #64 No Malarkey!
At the trial in Colorado to bar Trump from the ballot for insurrection, there was interesting testimony by an expert on rightwing extremism, in which he discussed how Trump weaponized the far-right, summarized in this long thread if your interested in reading it. Trump started long before election day.
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I’m very interested in reading it, but of course, non-believers can’t participate in threads on the hellsite. And I don’t think it’s appropriate to link entire threads two posts at a time.
re: #62 Dangerman
that’s the key right there.
i wouldnt be so sure he’s not able to piss off 300-400 reps.
and it doesnt have to be an R who brings the motion
Why would the Dems want to remove Johnson? He’s great for them to campaign against next year, any government crises that he creates will only help in that effort, and watching Repub “moderates” squirm as they try to defend his ass and their own for supporting him is the cherry on top. Unless some party renegade who’s looking to commit political seppuku files a motion to vacate, I don’t expect any such talk from their caucus. Johnson is an albatross around his party’s neck, why would they want to change that? And if anything resembling the word “govern” is your answer, then you’re not being serious.
re: #55 dat_said
I had to* go to Five Nights at Freddy’s over the weekend with my youngest daughter. I found that it managed to do the worst things any thriller movie can do - it was predictable and boring. I would have been thrilled if the movie had managed to be convoluted and meh. My daughter thought it was good. I’ve reached the point in my life where I’m more in line with professional reviewers (28% positive Tomatometer at Rotten Tomatoes) than the hoi polloi (89% positive audience score at Rotten Tomatoes).
*”had to” because my wife thought it was too scary of a movie for our teenager - I do not understand the logic of how my sitting next to my daughter makes a movie less scary unless my wife is hoping my daughter is spending the time at the movie thinking “OMG - I hope nobody I know sees me sitting next to my dad”. I will not directly question this logic though - that could very well result in an unpredictable scene worthy of a thriller.
When I was in Boston last weekend, my friend and I went to a production of “Sweeney Todd” at Moonbox Productions, a theatre in Cambridge. There was a warning at the beginning for violence and horror. I was expecting it to be more bloody than it was, but it was IMHO rather tame. I mentioned this to my friend and he pointed out that while I had never seen a production of “Sweeney Todd”, I was at least familiar with the story and unlikely to be shocked.
It was a very good production on a small stage. Recommended.
re: #53 Unabogie
Sure, but how do you explain all the erstwhile Lefties who claim to oppose Trumpism but will sit out the election as a message to “Democrats?”
the same way we have before:
- sending a message that way has never worked before because no one sees your ‘non-support’ as a message.
- there are better ways to send that message: get involved, be part of the system, participate in party politics where your voice can be heard in electing the (inside) people that matter
- remember how the dynamics of a two party race work. if you dont vote for your nominee, you ARE voting for theirs.
re: #55 dat_said
*”had to” because my wife thought it was too scary of a movie for our teenager - I do not understand the logic of how my sitting next to my daughter makes a movie less scary ….
you’re there to protect her in case the monsters come through the screen
Tonight if a kid knocks on my door dressed up like Rudy Giuliani they win the whole box of Scotchmallows because nobody can top that.
re: #55 dat_said
I had to* go to Five Nights at Freddy’s over the weekend with my youngest daughter. I found that it managed to do the worst things any thriller movie can do - it was predictable and boring. I would have been thrilled if the movie had managed to be convoluted and meh. My daughter thought it was good. I’ve reached the point in my life where I’m more in line with professional reviewers (28% positive Tomatometer at Rotten Tomatoes) than the hoi polloi (89% positive audience score at Rotten Tomatoes).
*”had to” because my wife thought it was too scary of a movie for our teenager - I do not understand the logic of how my sitting next to my daughter makes a movie less scary unless my wife is hoping my daughter is spending the time at the movie thinking “OMG - I hope nobody I know sees me sitting next to my dad”. I will not directly question this logic though - that could very well result in an unpredictable scene worthy of a thriller.
Five Nights At Freddy’s started out like most horror game franchises these days: Enough story scraps to justify the setting and that’s it. The rest was jump scares and the suspense generated trying to avoid such. The creators have since created a story to connect the games and explain WTF is going on, but a lot of it relies upon you being inquisitive enough to do more than just playing the game as intended. So it’s not surprising that attempting to translate that to film comes off as rather boring.
re: #68 mmmirele
What amuses me about my dislike of FNAF and my daughter’s love of the FNAF movie is that both are a result of the same thing - predictability. I had no previous knowledge of the franchise, and my daughter is steeped in the lore (I didn’t even know it was based on a video game story). I’m like “yeah - that’s the bad guy” and “yeah - don’t trust her” at their first on-screen appearance and my daughter is “yeah - that’s part of fun - being ‘in’ on the knowing.”
re: #71 Joe Bacon ✅
Tonight if a kid knocks on my door dressed up like Rudy Giuliani they win the whole box of Scotchmallows because nobody can top that.
extra points for dripping hair dye
re: #73 dat_said
What amuses me about my dislike of FNAF and my daughter’s love of the FNAF movie is that both are a result of the same thing - predictability. I had no previous knowledge of the franchise, and my daughter is steeped in the lore (I didn’t even know it was based on a video game story). I’m like “yeah - that’s the bad guy” and “yeah - don’t trust her” at their first on-screen appearance and my daughter is “yeah - that’s part of fun - being ‘in’ on the knowing.”
I’ve only briefly played the VR game, which was just lame jump scares.
re: #72 Targetpractice
Five Nights At Freddy’s started out like most horror game franchises these days: Enough story scraps to justify the setting and that’s it. The rest was jump scares and the suspense generated trying to avoid such. The creators have since created a story to connect the games and explain WTF is going on, but a lot of it relies upon you being inquisitive enough to do more than just playing the game as intended. So it’s not surprising that attempting to translate that to film comes off as rather boring.
I’m obviously on the wrong side of liking the film (Box office debut weekend of $80 Million US and $132 million worldwide is just WOW for this kind of film). I would have loved it if they could have translated some of the jump scares and suspense into the movie, but it doesn’t look like they really needed to do that. Again, just WOW on the box office.
re: #67 Targetpractice
Why would the Dems want to remove Johnson? He’s great for them to campaign against next year, any government crises that he creates will only help in that effort, and watching Repub “moderates” squirm as they try to defend his ass and their own for supporting him is the cherry on top. Unless some party renegade who’s looking to commit political seppuku files a motion to vacate, I don’t expect any such talk from their caucus. Johnson is an albatross around his party’s neck, why would they want to change that? And if anything resembling the word “govern” is your answer, then you’re not being serious.
i am being serious and not all pie in the sky.
no, i’m well past ‘govern’.
i know there are some who want to grind up the works so the house comes to a halt.
in reality it has got to minimally function.
israel, ukraine, the budget, etc.
and that’s being awfully lenient and limited on what ‘function’ means.
no lofty aspirations here. just three immediate, pressing issues.
there are enough D’s and Rs in support of israel that they wont let ‘nothing at all’ happen. same for the other two.
johnson is this:
if his ineptitude or intransigence, or ‘god is guiding me’ becomes so obvious, i could see someone saying ‘we can’t go on like this’.
and no, i dont think he’d be re-elected any more than kevin.
re: #76 dat_said
I’m obviously on the wrong side of liking the film (Box office debut weekend of $80 Million US and $132 million worldwide is just WOW for this kind of film). I would have loved it if they could have translated some of the jump scares and suspense into the movie, but it doesn’t look like they really needed to do that. Again, just WOW on the box office.
Most of the entertainment value in the franchise is in watching others play it just to see the funny shit they do in response to the jump scares. Hell, several YT celebs made their bones posting videos of their own playthroughs. The rest is in that particular kind of gamer that spent years trying to puzzle out the answers to all the mysteries on Lost only for the creators to go “Yeah, sure, we’ll go with that.”
re: #78 Dangerman
i am being serious and not all pie in the sky.
no, i’m well past ‘govern’.
i know there are some who want to grind up the works so the house comes to a halt.
in reality it has got to minimally function.
israel, ukraine, the budget, etc.
and that’s being awfully lenient and limited on what ‘function’ means.
no lofty aspirations here. just three immediate, pressing issues.
there are enough D’s and Rs in support of israel that they wont let ‘nothing at all’ happen. same for the other two.johnson is this:
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if his ineptitude or intransigence, or ‘god is guiding me’ becomes so obvious, i could see someone saying ‘we can’t go on like this’.
and no, i dont think he’d be re-elected any more than kevin.
The problem is that Republicans love that kind of bullshit. Tell a sane person that god is guiding you, and they’ll see that you’re nuts or lying. Tell a Republican and they’ll try to make you President.
re: #8 jaunte
Whoever wins, TFG will always have all those Club Champion golf trophies to console himself with.
I don’t think they allow those in prison.
re: #82 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I don’t think they allow those in prison.
Former crime-Presidents probably get fewer restrictions than a lesser-felon does. Maybe they’ll leave him with his belt too.
re: #47 Decatur Deb
The last good vampire flick I watched was Let The Right One In (Swedish v.). It belongs in the top 10.
Top 3 for me personally.
re: #54 darthstar
Bibi is looking to cleanse Gaza and occupy that fertile and beachfront property.
And he’s using ‘protect our sovereignty ’ as cover. Losing a few thousand of your own citizens is nothing compared to the ROI.
/cynicism off.
Bibi is trying to avoid going to prison.
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