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William Lewis  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:28:14pm

OT But Arts related, this is the first review I’ve seen of “The Martian”:

The Martian: Again, personal taste: I was an enthusiastic evangelist for Andy Weir’s book, which tells the story of an astronaut accidentally stranded on Mars, where he must survive for potentially years on his own before he can even think about being rescued. The book, while very often wryly funny, is heavily reliant on the math and science that botanist and engineer Mark Watney employs to figure out how to eat where nothing grows, breathe where there’s no air, drink where there’s no water, and get word back to NASA that he is not, as they believe him to be, dead. Thus, my expectations for the film, in which Matt Damon is perfectly cast as Watney, were almost absurdly high. Still, director Ridley Scott, working from a screenplay by Drew Goddard — who has witty sci-fi chops out the wazoo, from Buffy The Vampire Slayer through The Cabin In The Woods and beyond — managed to meet them.

The film retains Watney’s science-based swagger, his detached narration of his own plight (which cleverly allows him to, in a sense, use himself for company), and the delightful fact that he has very little back story. There is no pregnant wife back home, no tragic tale of suffering to goose audience sympathy, as was present in the regrettably maudlin Gravity screenplay. The Martian relies on Damon’s portrayal of Watney to make his survival stakes enough, and it is. He’s so much fun to watch, improvising and tooling around in the rover, and when the despair of his situation does seep in through his armor of will, those scenes land specifically because they are few. There are elements of what goes on back at NASA and on the craft that inadvertently left him that look a lot like other movies (including, logically, Apollo 13), but because they’re so nicely executed and what’s going on with Watney is so specific, they don’t sink into cliché. (The cast is also an embarrassment of riches: Jessica Chastain, Michael Peña, Kate Mara, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jeff Daniels, Kristen Wiig, Donald Glover — all terrific in roles of various sizes on earth and in space.)

npr.org

By the end of the year we’ll have had excellent Hard SF & another episode of Star Wars. If SW lives up to it’s hype, that’ll be the best movie year for me in a very long time.

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William Lewis  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:31:15pm

On topic, that’s excellent.Thank you for posting it!

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Kragar  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:32:24pm
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Charles Johnson  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:35:06pm
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freetoken  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:35:56pm

re: #3 Kragar

SCIENTISM!!

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:36:42pm

Maybe the national news will actually notice if Napa starts burning.

mr. klys has fond memories of a diner in Middletown, CA.

It may still be standing, it’s unclear.

They’re saying now it was a structure fire on Cobb Mountain where sparks from the structure fire started the wildfire.

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#CampaignZero  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:37:05pm

re: #2 William Lewis

On topic, that’s excellent.Thank you for posting it!

YEP

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freetoken  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:38:33pm

Reposting from downstairs: here is a map of wildfires:

wildlandfire.maps.arcgis.com

You can see several large fires.

The picture from Middletown is from the fire NW of Napa.

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#CampaignZero  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:39:44pm

I watch live AMC, because I can’t wait.

UP NEXT
6:00pm
Fear the Walking Dead
The Dog

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Kragar  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:41:48pm

re: #9 #CampaignZero

I watch live AMC, because I can’t wait.

UP NEXT
6:00pm
Fear the Walking Dead
The Dog

So far, out of two episodes of “Fear”, I’m hoping all but one of the main characters ends up zombie chow

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freetoken  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:42:06pm

Turning nasty in Europe:

Austria’s Chancellor Likens Hungary’s Refugee Policy to Nazi Deportations

Austria’s chancellor has criticized Hungary for its handling of the refugee crisis, likening the country’s policies to Nazi deportations during the Holocaust.

Thousands of refugees are crossing the border to Hungary, an eastern outpost of Europe’s passport-free Schengen zone, every day, and many are traveling on to the continent’s more prosperous west and north in what is Europe’s worst refugee crisis since the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s.

Hungary has taken a hard line against refugees, building a 100-mile fence along its border with Serbia. Emergency powers, expected to come into force when the fence is complete, will allow Hungarian authorities to use live ammunition against those entering the country illegally.

[…]

Very Trumpian of them.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:42:53pm

re: #10 Kragar

So far, out of two episodes of “Fear”, I’m hoping all but one of the main characters ends up zombie chow

My money is on the daughter.

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b_sharp  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:43:05pm

re: #10 Kragar

So far, out of two episodes of “Fear”, I’m hoping all but one of the main characters ends up zombie chow

Which one do you not want to disappear?

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Charles Johnson  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:43:45pm
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Charles Johnson  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:44:00pm
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#CampaignZero  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:45:15pm

re: #12 Eclectic Cyborg

My money is on the daughter.

Oh no, heroin addict lives & conquers LA.

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freetoken  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:45:51pm

re: #10 Kragar

So far, out of two episodes of “Fear”, I’m hoping all but one of the main characters ends up zombie chow

Agree. Anti-protagonist figures, the lot of them.

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Belafon  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:46:09pm

re: #14 Charles Johnson

The theme is that neither Obama or Clinton are true progressives. It’s the theme I see on the Sanders posts on Daily Kos.

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b_sharp  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:46:34pm

re: #12 Eclectic Cyborg

My money is on the daughter.

The mother & the son have to be the first to go.

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Kragar  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:46:35pm

re: #13 b_sharp

Which one do you not want to disappear?

The junkie son actually seems to be the only one paying attention to what is going on. Not sure if the HS school kid can be considered a main character, but he’s the only other character who seems to be worth watching.

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#CampaignZero  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:46:42pm

re: #14 Charles Johnson

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Picking West appeals to the uninformed.

But we need not forget, for all of Bernie’s good, he’s always been way out on the edge.

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Reality Based Steve  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:46:43pm

I’m starting the “Hand of God” series on Amazon Prime….

After the attempted suicide of his only son, PJ, Judge Pernell Harris believes he can hear the voice of God, and the voice is telling him to find out who raped PJ’s wife Jocelyn — the reason PJ tried to end his life - and bring him to justice. Spurred on by a questionable pastor named Reverend Paul, he teams up with KD, a zealot and violent ex-con, and sets out on a vigilante mission.

I really like Ron Perlman, I’m hoping for something good with this.

RBS
Who is bummed that he can’t get Rodger Zelazny’s “Lord of Light” on Kindle, but I did just get “This Immortal”.

RBS

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freetoken  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:48:22pm

re: #22 Reality Based Steve

Only saw the first episode. While I like many people appreciate the skills of the lead actor, I find the characterization of religious practices a bit too over the top.

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b_sharp  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:48:23pm

re: #18 Belafon

The theme is that neither Obama or Clinton are true progressives. It’s the theme I see on the Sanders posts on Daily Kos.

I doubt Sanders would be electable even up here.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:48:32pm

re: #19 b_sharp

The mother & the son have to be the first to go.

For some reason I think the son is going to hang on for awhile. I guess because they have really set him up as an obvious choice to be killed I can’t help but think it’s a red herring.

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Kragar  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:49:23pm

re: #19 b_sharp

The mother & the son have to be the first to go.

You mean the ex-wife and her son? Yeah, they’re going to end up meat.

Plus what bugged me from the last episode:

“Head to the desert. We’ll meet you there.”

Yeah, the desert really pins it down. Great place to rendevous

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b_sharp  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:49:46pm

re: #20 Kragar

The junkie son actually seems to be the only one paying attention to what is going on. Not sure if the HS school kid can be considered a main character, but he’s the only other character who seems to be worth watching.

I find the son to be extraordinarily annoying, although he is the only one in the family actually taking things seriously.

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#CampaignZero  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:49:56pm

re: #20 Kragar

The junkie son actually seems to be the only one paying attention to what is going on. Not sure if the HS school kid can be considered a main character, but he’s the only other character who seems to be worth watching.

I like Tobias, Nick & Travis.

I don’t like the mother. Therefore, they will be keeping her around.

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freetoken  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:50:12pm

re: #18 Belafon

Well, Obama never was the leftist that the hate-right always tries to paint him to be. If anyone had studied what he did previous to being President, and what has done while in office, it’s pretty clear that he is a rather generic “liberal” with some strong neo-liberal bent.

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Jenner7  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:50:14pm

re: #18 Belafon

My sister calls Hillary “Republican lite”. Right now, she’s a die hard Bernie fan. But she’d still vote for her if she got the nom.

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b_sharp  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:50:43pm

re: #26 Kragar

You mean the ex-wife and her son? Yeah, they’re going to end up meat.

Plus what bugged me from the last episode:

“Head to the desert. We’ll meet you there.”

Yeah, the desert really pins it down. Great place to rendevous

Maybe it’s a really tiny desert.

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William Lewis  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:50:49pm

re: #22 Reality Based Steve

I’m starting the “Hand of God” series on Amazon Prime….

I really like Ron Perlman, I’m hoping for something good with this.

RBS
Who is bummed that he can’t get Rodger Zelazny’s “Lord of Light” on Kindle, but I did just get “This Immortal”.

RBS

Hmmm…. Lord of Light. One of the greatest novels in the SF canon and a better tale than many I’ve read from the literature canon. I need to go find a copy and read it again.

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#CampaignZero  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:51:37pm

re: #26 Kragar

You mean the ex-wife and her son? Yeah, they’re going to end up meat.

Plus what bugged me from the last episode:

“Head to the desert. We’ll meet you there.”

Yeah, the desert really pins it down. Great place to rendevous

haha. Jucumba? Or Palm Springs?

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:52:09pm

re: #31 b_sharp

Maybe it’s a really tiny desert.

Or it could be code for something. Maybe they’ve got a safe house out there already.

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Reality Based Steve  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:52:20pm

re: #26 Kragar

You mean the ex-wife and her son? Yeah, they’re going to end up meat.

Plus what bugged me from the last episode:

“Head to the desert. We’ll meet you there.”

Yeah, the desert really pins it down. Great place to rendevous

I’ll see you in Times Square on New Years Eve!

RBS

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Kragar  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:52:47pm

re: #27 b_sharp

I find the son to be extraordinarily annoying, although he is the only one in the family actually taking things seriously.

I can see why some find him annoying, but I can see the way he’s seeing things. At first he thought he was coming down off a bad trip, and now that he’s realized its actually happening, he’s the only one who has seemed to adapt to the new situation.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:53:01pm
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ObserverArt  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:53:45pm

re: #21 #CampaignZero

Picking West appeals to the uninformed.

But we need not forget, for all of Bernie’s good, he’s always been way out on the edge.

Am I seeing things…but I get the feeling Bernie is getting a bit confident in his rising numbers? Maybe a bit too confident. He walks a fine line and I just get the feel he might get a bit too comfortable in thinking people want to be more far left. Then he might go a little farther and lose people with too long a shot to the left.

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b_sharp  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:54:36pm

re: #36 Kragar

I can see why some find him annoying, but I can see the way he’s seeing things. At first he thought he was coming down off a bad trip, and now that he’s realized its actually happening, he’s the only one who has seemed to adapt to the new situation.

His mom’s boyfriend seems to be waking up to the seriousness of it.

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Charles Johnson  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:54:39pm

People who think Obama and Clinton aren’t “true progressives” are naïve assholes who don’t understand how politics works, and think the person who throws the biggest tantrum wins. Childish naïve assholes.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:55:45pm

re: #38 ObserverArt

Psst, I think you mean far left.

Although some of his followers are militant enough that it can be hard to tell…

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:56:09pm

re: #39 b_sharp

His mom’s boyfriend seems to be waking up to the seriousness of it.

Agreed, but my gut is telling me he won’t last too long.

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Kragar  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:56:39pm

re: #39 b_sharp

His mom’s boyfriend seems to be waking up to the seriousness of it.

The mom not warning her neighbor or going to her aid pissed me off.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:57:00pm

re: #40 Charles Johnson

People who think Obama and Clinton aren’t “true progressives” are naïve assholes who don’t understand how politics works, and think the person who throws the biggest tantrum wins. Childish naïve assholes.

Well they certainly aren’t “Far left” despite how frequently they get labeled as such. I don’t think the RW nutjobs have any fucking clue what “Far left” actually means.

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#CampaignZero  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:57:10pm

re: #43 Kragar

The mom not warning her neighbor or going to her aid pissed me off.

Yep. Then she acts stupid.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:57:36pm

re: #43 Kragar

The mom not warning her neighbor or going to her aid pissed me off.

Yeah there’s something about the mom that bugs me. There’s some kind of skeletons in the closet there I’m sure.

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freetoken  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:57:59pm

Trump, Sanders, even the election of Corbyn - the English speaking world is just bored of the current set of politicians and looking for something more colorful. I’m convinced that this is all theatre now.

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bratwurst  Sep 13, 2015 • 5:58:32pm
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Higgs Boson's Mate  Sep 13, 2015 • 6:00:20pm

re: #40 Charles Johnson

Clinton and Obama are centrists in a political landscape that has shifted so far to starboard that they’re slightly to the right of Richard Milhous Nixon.

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b_sharp  Sep 13, 2015 • 6:00:25pm

The show is about to start.

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#CampaignZero  Sep 13, 2015 • 6:01:15pm

Here we gooooo

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ObserverArt  Sep 13, 2015 • 6:01:44pm

re: #41 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Psst, I think you mean far left.

Although some of his followers are militant enough that it can be hard to tell…

Yeah. Watching TV and typing without watching gets me every time.

Changes made to original post.

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gwangung  Sep 13, 2015 • 6:02:02pm

re: #44 Eclectic Cyborg

Well they certainly aren’t “Far left” despite how frequently they get labeled as such. I don’t think the RW nutjobs have any fucking clue what “Far left” actually means.

I don’t think…I KNOW they have no clue.

They wouldn’t know what a socialist was even if one bit them in the ass; I worked with and fought with socialists since I was a tadpole. They have few similarities with any working politician.

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teleskiguy  Sep 13, 2015 • 6:02:29pm

This is one of the most Twitter-y tweets I’ve tweeted.

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Belafon  Sep 13, 2015 • 6:02:48pm

re: #29 freetoken

Well, Obama never was the leftist that the hate-right always tries to paint him to be. If anyone had studied what he did previous to being President, and what has done while in office, it’s pretty clear that he is a rather generic “liberal” with some strong neo-liberal bent.

The charitable ones will point out that Obama never ran on a truly progressive campaign. But it’s obvious they ignore his accomplishments and the work it took to get them through. Their attitude reminds me of what I say about programming. The people who pay me to code tend to have the attitude that if I solved it, it must have been easy.

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Charles Johnson  Sep 13, 2015 • 6:03:14pm
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palomino  Sep 13, 2015 • 6:04:33pm

re: #40 Charles Johnson

People who think Obama and Clinton aren’t “true progressives” are naïve assholes who don’t understand how politics works, and think the person who throws the biggest tantrum wins. Childish naïve assholes.

It’s the kind of rhetoric that makes no sense when you’ve only got two competitive political parties. Plus, since we live in the world’s third largest nation, you can’t be a purist and win national elections here. The “big tent” and “kick out the RINOs” philosophies are incompatible.

I’m proud that my party has a bigger tent philosophy than the gop. And thus it makes me sick when other Dems get obsessed with purging the DINOs. If it weren’t for some of those DINOs, the ACA would never have passed, among many other things. Sure, in a perfect world, I’d usually prefer the more liberal candidate. But we don’t live in a perfect world, or even a perfect country.

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Targetpractice  Sep 13, 2015 • 6:05:25pm

re: #40 Charles Johnson

People who think Obama and Clinton aren’t “true progressives” are naïve assholes who don’t understand how politics works, and think the person who throws the biggest tantrum wins. Childish naïve assholes.

I think it’s what drives me up the wall so much about Sanders supporters. A wingnut showed me an article whose title (paraphrased) was “How Trump and Sanders supporters are alike,” to which my first thought upon seeing the title was “They both have absolutely no connection to reality.” I remember all too well how Howie Dean got most of his supporters from playing the “angry progressive” card, fans screaming “If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention!”

Then I remember how Dean’s candidacy collapsed in less than a month when all those “angry” morons couldn’t be bothered to actually show up, while those that did didn’t want a loony in the White House. I think we’re going to see much the same thing happen with Sanders.

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Higgs Boson's Mate  Sep 13, 2015 • 6:06:08pm

re: #57 palomino

But we don’t live in a perfect world, or even a perfect country.

Commie.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Sep 13, 2015 • 6:06:31pm
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Reality Based Steve  Sep 13, 2015 • 6:07:24pm

re: #54 teleskiguy

This is one of the most Twitter-y tweets I’ve tweeted.

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Just noticed 2 things coming together, things that make you go “UMMMM?”

Rightwing Presumed Fact 1: God hates SSM, and will punish places that have it.

Rightwing Presumed Fact 2: God will bless our sports teams if we pray hard enough and are worthy.

Real Fact: In 2004 Massachusetts legalized SSM. That same season the New England Patriots won the Super Bowl, and the Boston Red Socks won the World Series (sweeping my Cardinals in 4 straight).

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palomino  Sep 13, 2015 • 6:08:31pm

re: #58 Targetpractice

I think it’s what drives me up the wall so much about Sanders supporters. A wingnut showed me an article whose title (paraphrased) was “How Trump and Sanders supporters are alike,” to which my first thought upon seeing the title was “They both have absolutely no connection to reality.” I remember all too well how Howie Dean got most of his supporters from playing the “angry progressive” card, fans screaming “If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention!”

Then I remember how Dean’s candidacy collapsed in less than a month when all those “angry” morons couldn’t be bothered to actually show up, while those that did didn’t want a loony in the White House. I think we’re going to see much the same thing happen with Sanders.

Conflating Sanders and Trump is a huuuuge mistake. One guy is very liberal but actually serious about policy…and he’s not a fucking asshole. The other guy only gives a shit about his brand, and he’s the world’s biggest fucking asshole.

One campaign is serious but probably doomed, the other is a form of postmodern performance art, a reality TV joke.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Sep 13, 2015 • 6:09:15pm

re: #62 palomino

Conflating Sanders and Trump is a huuuuge mistake. One guy is very liberal but actually serious about policy…and he’s not a fucking asshole. The other guy only gives a shit about his brand, and he’s the world’s biggest fucking asshole.

One campaign is serious but probably doomed, the other is a form of postmodern performance art, a reality TV joke.

I think the key word in the comparison there was supporters.

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teleskiguy  Sep 13, 2015 • 6:09:44pm

re: #61 Reality Based Steve

Just noticed 2 things coming together, things that make you go “UMMMM?”

Rightwing Presumed Fact 1: God hates SSM, and will punish places that have it.

Rightwing Presumed Fact 2: God will bless our sports teams if we pray hard enough and are worthy.

Real Fact: In 2004 Massachusetts legalized SSM. That same season the New England Patriots won the Super Bowl, and the Boston Red Socks won the World Series (sweeping my Cardinals in 4 straight).

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No Depression  Sep 13, 2015 • 6:11:22pm

re: #40 Charles Johnson

People who think Obama and Clinton aren’t “true progressives” are naïve assholes who don’t understand how politics works, and think the person who throws the biggest tantrum wins. Childish naïve assholes.

Yep. I actually think it’s a bad thing to have a “true believer” in the White House in general because they might not have the political flexibility necessary to get things done.

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Charles Johnson  Sep 13, 2015 • 6:11:47pm
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palomino  Sep 13, 2015 • 6:12:54pm

re: #63 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I think the key word in the comparison there was supporters.

Sure, and like I said above, the Dems who have adopted the TP rhetoric of “let’s purge the DINOs” are the ones who make me sick.

One big reason Obama won twice is that he didn’t let his campaign move in that narrow and insular direction.

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#CampaignZero  Sep 13, 2015 • 6:14:44pm

Hospital on fire. Bad sign.

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ipsos  Sep 13, 2015 • 6:15:20pm

I’ve moved most of my political web attention from dKos over here in the last year or two, but there’s one thing I do miss about the day-to-day conversation over there: it’s one of the few spots on the left that does (or at least did) understand that there’s more to the political universe than the top-tier presidential races.

Whatever happens with Sanders or Clinton or Biden, my fear is that there’s not enough of an organizational push in the Democratic universe to win smaller posts, the town councils and county legislatures and so on that produce the candidates who can then be in position to take back state legislatures and both houses of Congress. My local county party is a disaster right now, caught in a personal feud between city and suburban leaders that will end with even more Republican control of the county in a few months.

We can be as gleeful as we want (and rightly so) about the chasm that Trump is opening up between rank-and-file GOP voters and the national party leadership. But down-ballot, national and local Republican party leaders are still fielding much stronger slates of local candidates than the Democrats, by and large.

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Jenner7  Sep 13, 2015 • 6:16:41pm

I’m pretty sure you’re the embarrassment, little girl.

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freetoken  Sep 13, 2015 • 6:28:37pm

re: #70 Jenner7

She seemed quite proud of herself.

A possible future leader in the coming Trump Youth ?

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Charles Johnson  Sep 13, 2015 • 6:30:31pm

re: #70 Jenner7

What did she say about “white supremacy?” It’s hard to make it out.

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teleskiguy  Sep 13, 2015 • 6:31:15pm
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freetoken  Sep 13, 2015 • 6:33:41pm

re: #73 teleskiguy

Yes, but Carson can point out that what is on the memory stick is just more UN dogma, not real science.

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Decatur Deb  Sep 13, 2015 • 6:37:46pm

re: #74 freetoken

Yes, but Carson can point out that what is on the memory stick is just more UN dogma, not real science.

Memory sticks are the devil’s ocarinas.

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teleskiguy  Sep 13, 2015 • 6:38:33pm

re: #74 freetoken

AGENDA 21!!!1TY ILLUMINATI BILDERGERG RAETHEON CARLISLE GROUP ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT

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Belafon  Sep 13, 2015 • 6:41:04pm

re: #73 teleskiguy

Brown should have put an Exxon sticker on the flash drive.

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Kragar  Sep 13, 2015 • 6:45:15pm
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CuriousLurker  Sep 13, 2015 • 6:46:28pm

Pssst—LGF Reading List page… *points at sidebar*

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andres  Sep 13, 2015 • 6:49:13pm

re: #79 CuriousLurker

Gotta say, I enjoy the idea. I’ll take a better look once I get home.

Good job!!

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FormerDirtDart  Sep 13, 2015 • 6:49:50pm
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freetoken  Sep 13, 2015 • 6:52:36pm

re: #81 FormerDirtDart

A statement from Egyptian interior ministry said while police and armed forces were pursuing “terrorist elements” they had accidentally engaged with a tourist convoy.

“engaged with a tourist convoy” - good grief, what wording.

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SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Sep 13, 2015 • 6:53:59pm

re: #75 Decatur Deb

Memory sticks are the devil’s ocarinas.

My brother works for a firm where USB drives are strictly verboten.

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Camacho DeezNuts 2016  Sep 13, 2015 • 6:57:43pm

I have a $500 WiFi router with 802.11n and basic security and an $800 802.11ac access point with no security. Can’t tell the difference in speed.

Charles, so you use speedtest.net?

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Jenner7  Sep 13, 2015 • 6:58:09pm

re: #72 Charles Johnson

I think she’s repeating what one of the signs says.

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CuriousLurker  Sep 13, 2015 • 6:59:06pm

re: #78 Kragar

I spoke with my son earlier this evening. He lives in North Carolina with his GF. A month or two ago I made a comment to him that reaming silent when people are expressing bigoted or racist views is makes you guilty of complicity to a degree.

He said that really stayed with him and started gnawing at him, so now he’s starting to speak up. He’s not a small guy and doesn’t scare easily, so he can get away with it. Reminds me of my dad—if he was driving along in his pick-up and saw something wrong, like someone beating on their kid or a man smacking a woman around, he’d pull over on the spot and put a stop to it real quick like. He wasn’t one to be trifled with.

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Jenner7  Sep 13, 2015 • 7:04:27pm
According to Latino Rebels, about 20 students, many from Iowa State University, had gathered with signs reading, “Students Against Bigotry,” “A Vote For Trump Is A Vote For White Supremacy,” and “Mr. Hate Leave My State.”

thefreshmex.blogspot.com

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#CampaignZero  Sep 13, 2015 • 7:16:52pm

re: #81 FormerDirtDart

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Holy shit.

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#CampaignZero  Sep 13, 2015 • 7:21:21pm

re: #86 CuriousLurker

I spoke with my son earlier this evening. He lives in North Carolina with his GF. A month or two ago I made a comment to him that reaming silent when people are expressing bigoted or racist views is makes you guilty of complicity to a degree.

He said that really stayed with him and started gnawing at him, so now he’s starting to speak up. He’s not a small guy and doesn’t scare easily, so he can get away with it. Reminds me of my dad—if he was driving along in his pick-up and saw something wrong, like someone beating on their kid or a man smacking a woman around, he’d pull over on the spot and put a stop to it real quick like. He wasn’t one to be trifled with.

It’s on us. We must do what we can. XXOO

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#CampaignZero  Sep 13, 2015 • 7:21:45pm

Oh, new thread? lol CL


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