Joe Bonamassa has been working on his pop chops and it shows, with a beautifully restrained, well-crafted song. This deserves to be a hit.
Official video of Drive, from Joe Bonamassa’s new studio album “Blues Of Desperation” which is to be released by Provogue/Mascot Label Group on March 25.
Pre-order your copy on CD or vinyl from us: smarturl.it
OT: Digital hoarders can now rejoice: Samsung releases 16 TB SSD
Nice tune.
In a way reminds me a little of Chris Isaak.
Later…
re: #1 Eric The Fruit Bat
I wish they’d just drop the “D” part of the name.
These are really solid state secondary storage devices. I call them S4.
re: #3 freetoken
Just don’t count on them for archive purposes-they suck badly.
I saw this dude play at Red Rocks last August. Dude knows his blues.
The latest Michigan poll shows Trump with his smallest lead since early February:
Poll: Trump holds 10-point lead in Michigan GOP primary
However, in Mississippi, Trump has an overwhelming lead (gee, I wonder why…):
The paradox of this race is election after election, the GOP establishment has basically made GOP voters fall in line. That’s another reason why it’s an uphill battle against Trump. As I’ve gotten at, I don’t feel bad for the GOP leadership at all. They’re the ones who created an environment where Trump could succeed and they chose Rubio, a subpar senator as their answer to him.
re: #6 freetoken
The latest Michigan poll shows Trump with his smallest lead since early February:
Poll: Trump holds 10-point lead in Michigan GOP primary
However, in Mississippi, Trump has an overwhelming lead (gee, I wonder why…):
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Do you think his negatives are catching up finally?
re: #8 Stanley Sea
Do you think his negatives are catching up finally?
The choices are dwindling… now with Carson gone, I suspect that Cruz will be helped.
I think Trump’s support of Planned Parenthood probably hurts him more than his enthusiasm for torture.
Ok, I’m outta here. I’ve got to start putting my gear bag together for the Mexico trip, so I don’t arrive at the airport with a checked bag weighing in at 49.5 pounds. In 1 week I’ll be in (hopefully) sunny Mexico.
RBS
@realDonaldTrump says Trump University has “an A from the BBB.” But @PolitiFact links to this BBB page from 2010: pic.twitter.com/qrNBhvOu0h
— Apperception (@syntheticunity) March 2, 2016
As always, the Foo Fighters rule:
Official Band Announcement: https://t.co/16CqSe5lj1
— Foo Fighters (@foofighters) March 3, 2016
I believe this is Juante’s re-tweet
Open Letter on Donald Trump from GOP National Security Leaders https://t.co/pYPvIBIPOk via @warontherocks
— Rosie Gray (@RosieGray) March 3, 2016
I just had a thought, could Richard Nixon have had a mental illness or condition?
re: #15 Ziggy_TARDIS
I just had a thought, could Richard Nixon have had a mental illness or condition?
It’s certainly possible.
Donald Trump Reveals Details of His Health Care Plan
Donald Trump released his health care plan Wednesday evening, finally detailing the way in which he would fulfill his campaign trail promise to repeal and replace Obamacare.
Seems a bit light on details:
Trump was created by decades of increasingly extreme right wing propaganda, and the largest source of that propaganda by FAR was Fox News.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 3, 2016
My girlfriend last night played “Hello” by Adele, and as a male I have no problem saying that it is a fantastic song. She is a wonderful talent.
re: #18 Charles Johnson
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Blaming the left for Trump is like blaming blacks for the KKK.
Get America Stoned Again hats available now at https://t.co/JOyeDRxrNl MADE IN THE USA 🇺🇸🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/0rHtnhntDt
— Tommy Chong (@tommychong) March 3, 2016
re: #15 Ziggy_TARDIS
I just had a thought, could Richard Nixon have had a mental illness or condition?
Is “Prick” in the DSM-V?
re: #15 Ziggy_TARDIS
I have had issues being burned by others and people ghosting me has caused me to become paranoid to a point that it completely overshadows my Autism (Asperger’s).
Autism contributed to it, because I it has gouged out my eyes socially, and has gotten me in trouble. But the paranoia now overshadows the Autism’s issues.
re: #23 Ziggy_TARDIS
I have had issues being burned by others and people ghosting me has caused me to become paranoid to a point that it completely overshadows my Autism (Asperger’s).
Autism contributed to it, because I it has gouged out my eyes socially, and has gotten me in trouble. But the paranoia now overshadows the Autism’s issues.
I can relate to that being on the spectrum.
re: #19 Billy Batts
As a Taylor Swift fan, I am not afraid to admit that Adele is more talented than Swift.
re: #14 Stanley Sea
Uh, you clowns are just a little too late with this pronouncement. What’s even better, I’m sure I can find a cadre of folks who will be more than willing to take the opposite position and basically tell you that you’re all full of shite.
Congratulations-you’ve reaped what you’ve sowed. Enjoy the harvest.
re: #13 Lidane
As always, the Foo Fighters rule:
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That was very special!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Beiber! Gwen!
Then whoever that dude was at the end, know he’s a boy band guy but forget his name….
re: #26 Ziggy_TARDIS
As a Taylor Swift fan, I am not afraid to admit that Adele is more talented than Swift.
As an unembarrassed Maroon Five fan…
re: #28 Stanley Sea
Nick Lachey. Loved the announcement. :D
re: #30 plansbandc
Nick Lachey.
Nick Lachey. Loved the announcement. :D
hahaha.
I didn’t see Grohl do Blackbird, I’m going to watch now.
DOJ grants immunity to ex-Clinton staffer who set up email server
Bernie folks on Reddit are celebrating like they just won the election, Hillary’s sure to be frog marched before the press any day now. This election is driving me nuts.
re: #32 The Great Eye
DOJ grants immunity to ex-Clinton staffer who set up email server
Bernie folks on Reddit are celebrating like they just won the election, Hillary’s sure to be frog marched before the press any day now. This election is driving me nuts.
Every RWNJ site is convinced that Hillary will be frog-marched to prison before the end of the month. It’s obnoxious.
re: #32 The Great Eye
DOJ grants immunity to ex-Clinton staffer who set up email server
Bernie folks on Reddit are celebrating like they just won the election, Hillary’s sure to be frog marched before the press any day now. This election is driving me nuts.
Rather seems, like with most Clinton “scandals,” that the investigation is scrambling at this point for anything it can to justify the amount of time and energy put into it. Because I fail to see how this guy can shed any light on whether she was knowingly keeping classified documents on the server or using it to conduct quid pro quo transactions to foreign donors to the Clinton Foundation.
re: #33 Lidane
Every RWNJ site is convinced that Hillary will be frog-marched to prison before the end of the month. It’s obnoxious.
July. It will happen in July.
Wow, the picture of Hillary embracing the late Senator Byrd is making the rounds among mouth breathing idiots…who could have seen THAT coming?
re: #15 Ziggy_TARDIS
I just had a thought, could Richard Nixon have had a mental illness or condition?
Possibly. But more likely, I think, is that he thought of JFK as something of a friend when they were younger, and felt betrayed when (in Nixon’s eyes) Kennedy fought dirty to win in 1960. And then there was the debacle of Nixon’s campaign for governor of California in 1962, which Kennedy and Earl Warren seemed to take a bit too much joy in. My guess is that Nixon decided in the early 60’s that he couldn’t trust anyone and that’s probably why things went sideways later.
Anybody who’s caught up in a witch hunt during an election year like the Clinton “email scandal” had better cut an immunity deal. It’s the only intelligent thing to do to stay clear of the blast zone, and it doesn’t mean he’s going to reveal anything criminal. It’s just simple common sense when you’re swimming in this fucked up shark tank we call the US political system.
re: #37 KGxvi
Possibly. But more likely, I think, is that he thought of JFK as something of a friend when they were younger, and felt betrayed when (in Nixon’s eyes) Kennedy fought dirty to win in 1960. And then there was the debacle of Nixon’s campaign for governor of California in 1962, which Kennedy and Earl Warren seemed to take a bit too much joy in. My guess is that Nixon decided in the early 60’s that he couldn’t trust anyone and that’s probably why things went sideways later.
i think that plays a role. I think he’s one of the most fascinating figures we’ve ever had in politics. I really wish I still had the paper I wrote on him all those years ago.
re: #36 bratwurst
Wow, the picture of Hillary embracing the late Senator Byrd is making the rounds among mouth breathing idiots…who could have seen THAT coming?
It is so fucking lame even for them.
re: #36 bratwurst
Wow, the picture of Hillary embracing the late Senator Byrd is making the rounds among mouth breathing idiots…who could have seen THAT coming?
Related:
David Duke Blows Up at Newsmax Host: Trump ‘Jumped 10 Points in the Polls’ Thanks to Me! https://t.co/i78d18XoJy pic.twitter.com/V1P2NZaJF8
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) March 3, 2016
OT, anyone else watching & re-living the people v OJ?
re: #19 Billy Batts
My girlfriend last night played “Hello” by Adele, and as a male I have no problem saying that it is a fantastic song. She is a wonderful talent.
As a girl, when I listen to Hello, I want to kill myself. Adele has a great voice but I couldn’t possibly be more depressed when I listen to tracks on this album. I’ve heard two and both were ultra depressing. I was craving an eight ball.
re: #43 Stanley Sea
OT, anyone else watching & re-living the people v OJ?
I’m two episodes behind. The show is on when I have class so it takes me sometime to catch up. It’s interesting for me since I certainly remember the trial but i wasn’t paying that much attention.
in re: something Charles was talking about downstairs:
If Twitter didn’t matter, then folks wouldn’t be writing diatribes #onhere about people who use Twitter.
— deray mckesson (@deray) March 3, 2016
re: #40 HappyWarrior
I’ve mentioned before, I grew up in Yorba Linda, my high school was right around the corner from the presidential library (we got days off when it opened and for the funeral). So there’s always been sort of a weird fascination for me when it comes to Nixon. My senior year of high school, the AP government classes did a post test field trip to the library. It was interesting, mostly because this was before it was transferred to the National Archives, so the “Watergate Room” was a hallway specifically designed to get you to move through quickly and not read too much.
History would have been very different had Nixon won in 1960, I don’t know if it would have been better or worse, but very different.
re: #48 KGxvi
I’ve mentioned before, I grew up in Yorba Linda, my high school was right around the corner from the presidential library (we got days off when it opened and for the funeral). So there’s always been sort of a weird fascination for me when it comes to Nixon. My senior year of high school, the AP government classes did a post test field trip to the library. It was interesting, mostly because this was before it was transferred to the National Archives, so the “Watergate Room” was a hallway specifically designed to get you to move through quickly and not read too much.
History would have been very different had Nixon won in 1960, I don’t know if it would have been better or worse, but very different.
I think that’s an interesting what if to ponder. I’ve always found him fascinating since he’s got so many contradictions about him.
re: #46 HappyWarrior
I’m two episodes behind. The show is on when I have class so it takes me sometime to catch up. It’s interesting for me since I certainly remember the trial but i wasn’t paying that much attention.
I’m watching the latest. And have been reading the Dominick Dunne re-cap in Vanity Fair.
Gripping horrible story. Still.
re: #50 Stanley Sea
I’m watching the latest. And have been reading the Dominick Dunne re-cap in Vanity Fair.
Gripping horrible story. Still.
It really is tragic in many ways. I think what I remember most if anything from the trial was that O.J had so many lawyers.
re: #51 HappyWarrior
It really is tragic in many ways. I think what I remember most if anything from the trial was that O.J had so many lawyers.
He was the Juice!
re: #39 Charles Johnson
Anybody who’s caught up in a witch hunt during an election year like the Clinton “email scandal” had better cut an immunity deal. It’s the only intelligent thing to do to stay clear of the blast zone, and it doesn’t mean he’s going to reveal anything criminal. It’s just simple common sense when you’re swimming in this fucked up shark tank we call the US political system.
I strongly suspect the immunity deal has to do with the judge’s order the other day for all of her aides to testify under oath about her server and whether the intent was to skirt open records laws. The party demanding the testimony? Judicial Watch.
re: #52 Stanley Sea
He was the Juice!
I know but he retired well before I was born so I didn’t know him as an athlete.
re: #53 Charles Johnson
Two evil scumbags yelling at each other.
It gets worse daily. Republicans and conservatives are all like
re: #41 HappyWarrior
It is so fucking lame even for them.
I just started arguing with someone who posted the pic, claimed Byrd was a “leader of the Klan” on Twitter and asked “who is the REAL racist?” before I came to my senses and stopped myself.
This was someone that I follow for reasons unrelated to politics. Unfortunately, this will likely not be the last such person I have to unfollow for marching to the Trump beat.
re: #57 bratwurst
I just started arguing with someone who posted the pic, claimed Byrd was a “leader of the Klan” on Twitter and asked “who is the REAL racist?” before I came to my senses and stopped myself.
This was someone that I follow for reasons unrelated to politics. Unfortunately, this will likely not be the last such person I have to unfollow for marching to the Trump beat.
It’s going to be a long march until November. Already getting sick of it on FB already.
re: #51 HappyWarrior
It really is tragic in many ways. I think what I remember most if anything from the trial was that O.J had so many lawyers.
What I remember most was the horrible, terrible, awful job the prosecution did.
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re: #51 HappyWarrior
It really is tragic in many ways. I think what I remember most if anything from the trial was that O.J had so many lawyers.
The OJ verdict was a total miscarriage of justice and the universe has been punishing us with the Kardashians because of it ever since.
Somebody needs to get Chuck “Rage Furby” Johnson and Dana “MOAR GUNZ” Loesch together in a cage at CPAC and let them battle to the finish.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 3, 2016
So they confirmed the Apple 5SE won’t have 3D Touch.
Bummer. Major bummer.
Dude, CPAC is fast approaching. And with UpChuck in attendance. It’ll be snark city around here!
re: #59 MsJ
They set it up that way. The defense was beyond exceptional. For a bad cause….but…. I’m watching the scene when they re-do OJ’s house to get rid of the naked white women photos & replace with the African art.
Looked it up. It really happened.
re: #64 Stanley Sea
Horrible. This re-living is horrible. sorry.
Mental health break:
When someone gets your hopes up then life lets you down pic.twitter.com/s6rCGfmYfl
— Cute Emergency (@CuteEmergency) February 29, 2016
re: #64 Stanley Sea
They set it up that way. The defense was beyond exceptional. For a bad cause….but…. I’m watching the scene when they re-do OJ’s house to get rid of the naked white women photos & replace with the African art.
Looked it up. It really happened.
Yes, the defense was very good. But the prosecution sucked. He’d have gotten off with a lesser “dream team”. I vividly remember Clark at the prelim (I think that’s what CA calls it) and the medical examiner was in the stand (Lee, I think, along with someone from the coroner’s office) and they handled it so very badly that *I* noticed. This was long before my five years with a defense attorney boyfriend).
I understand that technical testimony is dull (this was before CSI was a thing), but you can’t do that for days on end without making connections as to why you’re putting them to sleep…why it’s important and what it means. The prosecution never did that.
re: #66 Lidane
Mental health break:
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That’s me yesterday. Got up early in the morning to pick up my Explorer from the mechanic after dropping it off Monday only to be told there was nothing wrong with it and the sputtering couldn’t be reproduced. Got it home, no problems. Drove to work, no problems. Drove to the mall, no problems. Then driving back home, what had been sputtering turned into it dying on me just I get to the light. Managed to nurse it back to the mechanic, who says he’ll take it off my hands to look at. Called today to get an update…and they say their tech can’t reproduce the issue, there’s no error codes popping up, and there’s nothing visibly out of sorts. They have a working theory it might be the fuel pump, but the earliest I’ll know is tomorrow.
And this is roughly two weeks after dropping it off at the same shop for a whine that turned out to be a failing alternator, only for the bill to grow as they found a leak in the coolant system and brake fluid in need of replacement. That bill was just shy of $1800. Here’s hoping the next one will be less than half, or I’m going to have to go begging somebody to loan me the other half until my next paycheck.
re: #68 Targetpractice
Has it been sputtering more when you try to start after not having used it for a bit?
(I’m just asking because that was how the fuel pump made itself BEST known on mine when I had to have it fixed.)
When I did have my fuel pump replaced (on a Rav4 about 5 years ago now), it was about $600 and at least half of that was labor.
re: #69 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Has it been sputtering more when you try to start after not having used it for a bit?
(I’m just asking because that was how the fuel pump made itself BEST known on mine when I had to have it fixed.)
When I did have my fuel pump replaced (on a Rav4 about 5 years ago now), it was about $600 and at least half of that was labor.
Yeah, it has. It sputtered out when the manager and I tried to take it for a test drive after I got to the shop, but then sat in the parking lot out of gear and revved up and down alright. Seems like there’s some sort of interruption in the fuel flow.
re: #67 MsJ
I have 3 more entries (they are longgggg love Vanity Fair) of Dominick Dunne’s dispatches.
Next I’m going to search VF for DD. I used to get the mag as a subscript. Got pissed when I didn’t receive mine before seeing it at the grocery store.
re: #70 Targetpractice
Yeah, it has. It sputtered out when the manager and I tried to take it for a test drive after I got to the shop, but then sat in the parking lot out of gear and revved up and down alright. Seems like there’s some sort of interruption in the fuel flow.
Mine was failing to maintain the pressure in the line, which was most noticeable when trying to start it up after it had sat for a few days. Frequently didn’t have nearly as much trouble when driving it every day.
This was all happening right around when my grandmother died, so I actually left the car with the mechanic while I went to the funeral and he was able to reproduce it after a few days, which is how I got it definitively diagnosed.
re: #72 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Mine was failing to maintain the pressure in the line, which was most noticeable when trying to start it up after it had sat for a few days. Frequently didn’t have nearly as much trouble when driving it every day.
This was all happening right around when my grandmother died, so I actually left the car with the mechanic while I went to the funeral and he was able to reproduce it after a few days, which is how I got it definitively diagnosed.
That’s the thing, it hesitated a couple times when I got it back after the alternator was replaced, but didn’t think much of it. It drove fine for two weeks, though after it sat for a few hours it was a bit harder to start. It only really acted up Sunday night, which is why I took it in Monday. And I drove it around fine on Monday, until it just acted up on the way home. No errors codes from the transmission (thank Dog), everything looks alright in the engine, and the fact that the tech could drive it around alright seems to suggest its not electrical or computer related. So something in the fuel system seems to be the likely culprit.
re: #73 Targetpractice
That’s the thing, it hesitated a couple times when I got it back after the alternator was replaced, but didn’t think much of it. It drove fine for two weeks, though after it sat for a few hours it was a bit harder to start. It only really acted up Sunday night, which is why I took it in Monday. And I drove it around fine on Monday, until it just acted up on the way home. No errors codes from the transmission (thank Dog), everything looks alright in the engine, and the fact that the tech could drive it around alright seems to suggest its not electrical or computer related. So something in the fuel system seems to be the likely culprit.
Mine seemed to be hit or miss too. The car shuddering when stopped at a light or something also stopped after I had the fuel pump work done, so…
The plus side was it wasn’t as stupidly expensive as some other things could have been, but yeah.
re: #56 teleskiguy
It gets worse daily. Republicans and conservatives are all like
That scene was better at the end of Fistful of Dollars.
re: #75 darthstar
That scene was better at the end of Fistful of Dollars.
Fuck…I was thinking about The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.
Sorry.
re: #73 Targetpractice
That’s the thing, it hesitated a couple times when I got it back after the alternator was replaced, but didn’t think much of it. It drove fine for two weeks, though after it sat for a few hours it was a bit harder to start. It only really acted up Sunday night, which is why I took it in Monday. And I drove it around fine on Monday, until it just acted up on the way home. No errors codes from the transmission (thank Dog), everything looks alright in the engine, and the fact that the tech could drive it around alright seems to suggest its not electrical or computer related. So something in the fuel system seems to be the likely culprit.
Gas tank leak and the pump can’t always hold pressure?
re: #77 Eventual Carrion
Gas tank leak and the pump can’t always hold pressure?
Or the line is draining back into the tank. I think that’s what mine was.
Ted Koppel raps Bill O’Reilly: Interviewing Trump is ‘irrelevant’ now because of you https://t.co/nlsqZvC99P
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) March 3, 2016
“I’ve interviewed him a number of times,” O’Reilly said of the Republican front-runner. “Not an easy interview. How would you do it?”
“You and I have talked about this general subject many times over the years. It’s irrelevant how I would do it,” Koppel replied. “You know who made it irrelevant? You did. You have changed the television landscape over the past 20 years — you took it from being objective and dull to subjective and entertaining. And in this current climate, it doesn’t matter what the interviewer asks him; Mr. Trump is gonna say whatever he wants to say, as outrageous as it may be.”
The real estate mogul’s audience, Koppel added, was not even a television audience, but one better suited for Twitter.
“They deal in messages of 140 characters or less, which keeps it nice and simple,” he explained.
O’Reilly did not respond to Koppel’s critique, and instead repeated the question.
re: #50 Stanley Sea
I’m watching the latest. And have been reading the Dominick Dunne re-cap in Vanity Fair.
Gripping horrible story. Still.
At the beginning of it all, I had his son, Jason, as the killer and OJ covering stuff up for him. So much weirdness about the whole thing. I was a total Court TV junkie. Watched both of the Menendez trials start to finish. And a whole lot of others—the Maglite flashlite folks divorce trial, the nanny trial. Business was slow and I had all kinds of time on my hands.
It’s amazing how many of the early Court TV folks went on to have big news media careers—Cynthia McFadden, Greg Jarrett, Terry Moran, Catherine Crier, (of course, Nancy Grace), Savannah Guthrie, and others I can’t even remember right now.
re: #72 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Mine was failing to maintain the pressure in the line, which was most noticeable when trying to start it up after it had sat for a few days. Frequently didn’t have nearly as much trouble when driving it every day.
This was all happening right around when my grandmother died, so I actually left the car with the mechanic while I went to the funeral and he was able to reproduce it after a few days, which is how I got it definitively diagnosed.
That’s how I got my BMW wagon fixed last time. Left it with the mechanic and said, “Just drive it for a few days…you’ll understand.” He did, and two days later called to say, “What the fuck?” Turns out it was two bad coils. He replaced them and the car was all luvvy duvvy.
re: #77 Eventual Carrion
Gas tank leak and the pump can’t always hold pressure?
Sounds possible. Another symptom is that whenever it gets below a quarter of a tank, the needle starts dipping around and doesn’t give an accurate reading. When I mentioned that over the phone and asked if it might be a sign, the mech came back in the affirmative. So, hopefully I’ll get a call early tomorrow telling me that it’s the pump and they can have it back to me before end of day. Even if it’s $600, just having a car that works will be worth it.
Fuck it. I’m supporting the old Jew until he’s no longer a candidate. I just fuckin’ love Bernie. Always have. And the fact that he sounds like Arty the Aardvark doesn’t hurt either.
Jane and Bernie Sanders would be the first interfaith couple in the White House https://t.co/jqorOGMWmv pic.twitter.com/vQ3jGn8z6y
— Fusion (@ThisIsFusion) February 22, 2016
Hello, ant…can I have your vote?
re: #68 Targetpractice
That’s me yesterday. Got up early in the morning to pick up my Explorer from the mechanic after dropping it off Monday only to be told there was nothing wrong with it and the sputtering couldn’t be reproduced. Got it home, no problems. Drove to work, no problems. Drove to the mall, no problems. Then driving back home, what had been sputtering turned into it dying on me just I get to the light. Managed to nurse it back to the mechanic, who says he’ll take it off my hands to look at. Called today to get an update…and they say their tech can’t reproduce the issue, there’s no error codes popping up, and there’s nothing visibly out of sorts. They have a working theory it might be the fuel pump, but the earliest I’ll know is tomorrow.
And this is roughly two weeks after dropping it off at the same shop for a whine that turned out to be a failing alternator, only for the bill to grow as they found a leak in the coolant system and brake fluid in need of replacement. That bill was just shy of $1800. Here’s hoping the next one will be less than half, or I’m going to have to go begging somebody to loan me the other half until my next paycheck.
I had that exact thing happen. After weeks of taking it in, their never finding anything, having the service manager call me a dumb girl (resulting in a call to Pontiac with me completely losing my shit on the customer service person), Pontiac towed it to a different dealer where they discovered the radiator line got damaged and radiator fluid got into the transmission creating transmission fluid that was more like pudding. They finally fixed it (new transmission, radiator, lines, the whole shebang).
I traded it in for a Mercury the next week. M
Years before that I had a similar instance where the fuel line in the gas tank kept getting clogged. I must have gotten gas from the bottom of a fuel tank that had debris. When the fuel would suck down it would sputter. Then it would float again and work for a while.
I have a love/hate relationship with cars. I so love cars when they work but fear the unexplainable. I’m uber particular about what I buy now. I’ve had nothing like that for 15 years now. Thank god.
Good luck!
I find it hard to get excited over any candidate in the primaries because it never matters by the time it gets around to California.
re: #86 Kragar
I find it hard to get excited over any candidate in the primaries because it never matters by the time it gets around to California.
I’m only excited online. Offline, I have a dog that wants to go to the beach, a bunch of good skiing to do, a job, and a life.
re: #87 darthstar
I’m only excited online. Offline, I have a dog that wants to go to the beach, a bunch of good skiing to do, a job, and a life.
Sounds familiar…well, except the dog…and the skiing…and the life…
re: #88 Targetpractice
Sounds familiar…well, except the dog…and the skiing…and the life…
and the beach…
re: #89 retired cynic
and the beach…
No, there’s a beach here. Cold as hell, but it’s there. I know because I see it every day I drive to work.
re: #90 Targetpractice
No, there’s a beach here. Cold as hell, but it’s there. I know because I see it every day I drive to work.
Yeah, but there’s no beach HERE! I object, strenuously.
re: #56 teleskiguy
It gets worse daily. Republicans and conservatives are all like
Just don’t call it a Mexican Standoff because you know how they feel about Mexicans!
re: #86 Kragar
I find it hard to get excited over any candidate in the primaries because it never matters by the time it gets around to California.
I’m more fed up with the people being assholes about their preferred candidate than I am anything else.
re: #93 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I’m more fed up with the people being assholes about their preferred candidate than I am anything else.
There is that.
re: #7 HappyWarrior
The paradox of this race is election after election, the GOP establishment has basically made GOP voters fall in line. That’s another reason why it’s an uphill battle against Trump. As I’ve gotten at, I don’t feel bad for the GOP leadership at all. They’re the ones who created an environment where Trump could succeed and they chose Rubio, a subpar senator as their answer to him.
Hannity Loses It After Reporter Quotes Rubio Staffer Calling Him ‘F*cking A**hole’ @TPM https://t.co/BlajAzxMo0
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) March 3, 2016
This sequence of Hannity not understanding that a reporter is quoting someone is pretty special pic.twitter.com/aHPCqid75m
— Jim Newell (@jim_newell) March 2, 2016
re: #98 Kragar
Another special snowflake. May he melt all over his mike.
re: #73 Targetpractice
That’s the thing, it hesitated a couple times when I got it back after the alternator was replaced, but didn’t think much of it. It drove fine for two weeks, though after it sat for a few hours it was a bit harder to start. It only really acted up Sunday night, which is why I took it in Monday. And I drove it around fine on Monday, until it just acted up on the way home. No errors codes from the transmission (thank Dog), everything looks alright in the engine, and the fact that the tech could drive it around alright seems to suggest its not electrical or computer related. So something in the fuel system seems to be the likely culprit.
Fuel pump check valve, or replace fuel filter (some filters have internal check valve), or insufficient fuel pump output volume (gotta have pressure *&* volume).
(failure to maintain proper fuel feed line pressure)
Have you checked to see if there is a Technical Service Bulletin (TSB) for this issue. Google is also a good source for diagnosing vehicle fuel system issues.
As you work your way up the “wonder if this will fix it” tree, remember OCCAM’s razor and always consider the least expensive repair as the first option.
I find it much more economical to replace parts willy-nilly than to go to a mechanic.
//
My last enigma with my car, I let the boy do a tune up right before a holiday weekend. I started it to go around the block, but it barely started and immediately gasped out. Could not figure out why it wouldn’t start. Turns out the timing belt broke exactly at the time I started it up. Lucky me because it was an interference engine and if it was actually running would have ruined the car.
re: #100 BeenHereAwhile
Fuel pump check valve, or replace fuel filter (some filters have internal check valve), or insufficient fuel pump output volume (gotta have pressure *&* volume).
(failure to maintain proper fuel feed line pressure)
Have you checked to see if there is a Technical Service Bulletin (TSB) for this issue. Google is also a good source for diagnosing vehicle fuel system issues.
As you work your way up the “wonder if this will fix it” tree, remember OCCAM’s razor and always consider the least expensive repair as the first option.
I second the fuel filter issue. A clogged or dirty filter can restrict your fuel flow, like Klys has experienced.
Replacing a fuel filter in a fuel injected car is not a lot of fun, *especially* if the filter and pump are inside the fuel tank. I curse the auto engineers who came up with that idea. First of all, all the fuel lines are pressurized, even when the car has been idle a day or two. So, if you’re lucky enough to have a filter inline and outside the tank, you can get sprayed with gasoline if you undo a fuel line. No fun. But, replacing this kind of filter is do-able for the home mechanic.
If the pump and filter are inside the tank, you have to de-pressurize the system, drain the tank, carefully drop the tank (no sparks allowed!!), wait for the fumes to dissipate from the tank, then proceed to finally replace filter and/or pump. This is a job for a professional mechanic, and the lengthy process is why labor costs are so high.
Also, it could be bad gas, or water in the tank if the problem occurs when the tank is below 1/4 full. You can try a bottle of gas treatment to see if it makes any difference when the tank is low.
re: #48 KGxvi
History would have been very different had Nixon won in 1960, I don’t know if it would have been better or worse, but very different.
Phillip K Dick addressed that in Radio Free Albemuth
So Mitt Romney is trying to get a little shine from the chaos in the GOP.
Trump has already sent out the disparaging tweets.
I don’t know what Romney thinks he can accomplish outside of getting another 15 minutes of fame. I’m pretty sure the short little message sent out from Huntsman a couple of weeks ago about possibly supporting Trump had nothing really to do with Huntsman liking Trump, but rather to throw dust in Romney’s face.
What a sad turn of events for our “democracy”, when billionaire Mormons throw around meaningless support/unsupport for a reality TV star… just for sport.
re: #106 freetoken
What a sad turn of events for our “democracy”, when billionaire Mormons throw around meaningless support/unsupport for a reality TV star… just for sport.
I think he just wants to feel relevant again, even if only for a few minutes.
re: #107 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
I think he just wants to feel relevant again, even if only for a few minutes.
His cousin Jon Huntsman is just egging him on. This is more about being relevant - it’s a one-upmanship game being played by the super wealthy.
re: #108 freetoken
His cousin Jon Huntsman is just egging him on. This is more about being relevant - it’s a one-upmanship game being played by the super wealthy.
What are the Kochs doing about all this, I wonder? They can’t be happy about Trump being the likely nominee.
re: #109 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
What are the Kochs doing about all this, I wonder? They can’t be happy about Trump being the likely nominee.
They appear to be sitting this one out… until later, anyway.
re: #73 Targetpractice
If you are out cruising around and it starts cutting out again, pull over somewhere safe, leave the engine running, get out and pop the gas cap. If there’s a rush of air into the tank then the valve that allows air into the tank (as the level drops) is blocked or stuck. This can overwork the fuel pump, causing it to prematurely wear out (or work less efficiently).
We have a friend with a son who had this problem that I helped solve. I had him drive over (about 20 miles) and it was cutting out on him as he pulled in the drive way. I quickly popped the cap and heard a huge WHOOSH as air rushed in. The engine quickly smoothed out afterward but testing showed that his fuel pump was about 10 PSI low so I also recommended we replace that. I replaced the roll-over/vent valve and fuel pump, solving the problem for him.
It can be a bit of a pain because it takes time for the vacuum to build up in the tank, thus the dealership often never drives it long enough to reproduce the problem.
re: #69 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Has it been sputtering more when you try to start after not having used it for a bit?
(I’m just asking because that was how the fuel pump made itself BEST known on mine when I had to have it fixed.)
When I did have my fuel pump replaced (on a Rav4 about 5 years ago now), it was about $600 and at least half of that was labor.
Fuel pump for a 1973 Land Rover is still only $40, owner-replaceable in 20 minutes. And you get to discuss your sedimenter (the glass thing) with other Luddites.
re: #112 Decatur Deb
Fuel pump for a 1973 Land Rover is still only $40, owner-replaceable in 20 minutes. And you get to discuss your sedimenter (the glass thing) with other Luddites.
Gosh, I miss Car Talk on NPR…
re: #112 Decatur Deb
Fuel pump for a 1973 Land Rover is still only $40, owner-replaceable in 20 minutes. And you get to discuss your sedimenter (the glass thing) with other Luddites.
Ah, the advantages of old technologies! I remember replacing the fuel filter in my old cars for like $3 — the pre-fuel injection kind.
Imagine if a male American teacher were discovered dressing as a female anime character — the RW nuttisphere would explode and demand he be fired. In China, not so much.
Male teacher moonlights as cute female cosplayer, students discover his secret
He still has his job, and 20,000 more followers on his Sina Weibo account.
The exchange on WeChat from his student goes like this:
Teacher?
Is this you?
Teacher, tomorrow will you go to the anime expo?
Here’s a sample photo of Crome Moe.
Male teacher in China is female cosplayerThe article does not suggest he’s transgender, but he could be. Even in China, there are transgender people. One of my former students was transitioning from female to male when I first met him.
re: #115 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Imagine if a male American teacher were discovered dressing as a female anime character — the RW nuttisphere would explode and demand he be fired. In China, not so much.
Male teacher moonlights as cute female cosplayer, students discover his secret
He still has his job, and 20,000 more followers on his Sina Weibo account.The exchange on WeChat from his student goes like this:
Here’s a sample photo of Crome Moe.
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The article does not suggest he’s transgender, but he could be. Even in China, there are transgender people. One of my former students was transitioning from female to male when I first met him.
What people do as and with consenting adults for fun in their own time is their own business.
Or at least should be.
re: #106 freetoken
So Mitt Romney is trying to get a little shine from the chaos in the GOP.
Trump has already sent out the disparaging tweets.
I don’t know what Romney thinks he can accomplish outside of getting another 15 minutes of fame. I’m pretty sure the short little message sent out from Huntsman a couple of weeks ago about possibly supporting Trump had nothing really to do with Huntsman liking Trump, but rather to throw dust in Romney’s face.
What a sad turn of events for our “democracy”, when billionaire Mormons throw around meaningless support/unsupport for a reality TV star… just for sport.
Fucking Huntsman also? And he seemed so “reasonable”. // Again, never trust a Republican politician, however “moderate”. Huntsman is sleazy and showed his sleazy side in 2012. But did I think it would come to this?
re: #110 freetoken
They appear to be sitting this one out… until later, anyway.
Meanwhile Trump has already called them out.
re: #118 Nyet
Meanwhile Trump has already called them out.
Christie is hoping Romney can be his relief on second shift.
Shanghaiist also carried a story about a terrible accident involving a girl group pop star, Tang Anqi, who somehow set herself on fire at a coffeeshop in Shanghai. It seems her stockings were highly flammable and when she dropped a lighter onto her legs, they burst into flames igniting the rest of her clothing.
She’s burned over 80% of her body and in critical condition. She’s 24, and from Hubei province north of where I am.
Someone took a cellphone photo of her engulfed in flames. I’ll spare you the image.
re: #122 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Shanghaiist also carried a story about a terrible accident involving a girl group pop star, Tang Anqi, who somehow set herself on fire at a coffeeshop in Shanghai. It seems her stockings were highly flammable and when she dropped a lighter onto her legs, they burst into flames igniting the rest of her clothing.
She’s burned over 80% of her body and in critical condition. She’s 24, and from Hubei province north of where I am.
Someone took a cellphone photo of her engulfed in flames. I’ll spare you the image.
There could be a Michael Jackson joke in there, but I will not go there…
re: #57 bratwurst
They have been hammering at HRC since before Bill won the Presidency. I think the inane mud stuck to HRC even in some parts of the left, and whatever Bernibots are.
However, in light of this most absurd election season in living memory I think the crazy anti-HRC rhetoric, in addition to the whole atmosphere of general craziness, is actually becoming countervailing to people who are mildly anti-HRC.
And listening to the HRC speeches can only help improve perception of open minded people. She is firing on all cylinders recently.
File under “Clapping for Tinkerbell”:
Donald Trump Is Just Barely On Track To Win The GOP Nomination
Although FiveThirtyEight’s polls-plus forecast gives Trump a 68 percent chance of winning Florida and its 99 delegates, Rubio is expected to focus his efforts there in the next two weeks. Expect a barrage of anti-Trump ads on Florida television sets.
Have they not learned that there is no bad publicity for Trump at least when it comes to the primaries?
re: #125 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
There is some, Duke/KKK made a (small) dent.
re: #126 Nyet
There is some, Duke/KKK made a (small) dent.
It was a bad earpiece! He did not understand that they were talking about white supremacists! He thought they were asking him about a new TV show in which he kicks people off Air Force One called “Flight Apprenticeship”
re: #127 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
It solidified some of the GOPe segments against him. It remains to be seen if that will have any effect, but this message might be effective in Florida.
re: #117 Nyet
Fucking Huntsman also? And he seemed so “reasonable”. // Again, never trust a Republican politician, however “moderate”. Huntsman is sleazy and showed his sleazy side in 2012. But did I think it would come to this?
As I wrote, I suspect that Huntsman did this more to aggravate Romney than to express any love for Trump.
Trump taunts Romney. So Huntsman tweets his approval of Trump. Romney is now mad and is going on TV to throw a tantrum.
It’s all very juvenile.
But with billionaires.
re: #129 freetoken
As I wrote, I suspect that Huntsman did this more to aggravate Romney than to express any love for Trump.
Trump taunts Romney. So Huntsman tweets his approval of Trump. Romney is now mad and is going on TV to throw a tantrum.
It’s all very juvenile.
But with billionaires.
Most of politics and history seems to involve very rich and influential people throwing temper tantrums…
re: #129 freetoken
Huntsman gave an interview, did not tweet.
re: #124 Ming5000
People are going to be more motivated to get out and vote against the GOP candidate than to vote for Hillary. Nominating Trump would seriously solidify the anti-GOP vote, although Ted Cruz would also do a good job of it, too.
re: #132 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
People are going to be more motivated to get out and vote against the GOP candidate than to vote for Hillary. Nominating Trump would seriously solidify the anti-GOP vote, although Ted Cruz would also do a good job of it, too.
I guess the data is not showing the fever breaking so far though Jan 16.
elections.huffingtonpost.com
I really wish that I did not have to vote for Hillary, but politics is about the candidates you get, not the ones you want. All the alternatives are much, much worse.
re: #134 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Since we are sharing, I don’t mind voting for HRC. I think she is smart, experienced, has a similar sensibility to me, and is a better choice for the party overall.
re: #136 Ming5000
Since we are sharing, I don’t mind voting for HRC. I think she is smart, experienced, has a similar sensibility to me, and is a better choice for the party overall.
I really wish there was another candidate. Although as far as available candidates go, she is clearly the best choice.
My reasons are more personal and subjective: as soon as she is nominated, the GOP are going to start impeachment proceedings against her, and it is going to get really ugly, misogynistic and unpleasant, even more so than under Obama.
re: #137 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
I really wish there was another candidate. Although as far as available candidates go, she is clearly the best choice.
My reasons are more personal and subjective: as soon as she is nominated, the GOP are going to start impeachment proceedings against her, and it is going to get really ugly, misogynistic and unpleasant, even more so than under Obama.
She’ll do the better job of kicking their asses when they do.
re: #137 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
I understand your feelings about the GOP reaction. But, now that I know they are certifiably insane, based on the past 8 years, I no longer care what they do or say.
The right will throw the same tantrum for anybody the left puts up anyway.
We cannot avoid doing what we think is right and best for the country based on how the GOP will react. There is really no way to avoid the GOP reaction/insanity anyway. Remember, even proposing right wing proposals still yields a NO! from the right.
re: #108 freetoken
His cousin Jon Huntsman is just egging him on. This is more about being relevant - it’s a one-upmanship game being played by the super wealthy.
Because the prep-school bully, Bain-buy-em-and-crush-em guy is an exemplar of morality.
re: #139 Ming5000
And I guess it does not matter who the Democrats nominate, the GOP congress will not work with a Democratic President. Hell, they would have trouble working with a GOP President…
re: #36 bratwurst
Wow, the picture of Hillary embracing the late Senator Byrd is making the rounds among mouth breathing idiots…who could have seen THAT coming?
Tweet this at them:
Byrd: “I know now I was wrong. Intolerance had no place in America. I apologized 1000 times” https://t.co/QUBDnK1xzn #tcot #UniteBlue
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) March 1, 2016
re: #106 freetoken
So Mitt Romney is trying to get a little shine from the chaos in the GOP.
Trump has already sent out the disparaging tweets.
I don’t know what Romney thinks he can accomplish outside of getting another 15 minutes of fame. I’m pretty sure the short little message sent out from Huntsman a couple of weeks ago about possibly supporting Trump had nothing really to do with Huntsman liking Trump, but rather to throw dust in Romney’s face.
What a sad turn of events for our “democracy”, when billionaire Mormons throw around meaningless support/unsupport for a reality TV star… just for sport.
Yesterday morning, while teaching class, I reviewed with my students the results of what happened on Super Tuesday. Lots of good discussion, and then one student asked something to the effect of:”…so when do you know it is really getting weird in the Republican primary?” I said- When Mitt Romney makes some big announcement about Trump and possibly threatens to get in the race. Little did we know that soon after class, we would hear about Romney making an announcement. Now the kids think I’m some kind of soothsayer(I’m going to let it ride for a while).
re: #142 The Vicious Babushka
Byrd: “I know now I was wrong. Intolerance had no place in America. I apologized 1000 times”
Some people have the strength and character to apologize. Others just claim they had a defective earpiece…
re: #134 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
I really wish that I did not have to vote for Hillary, but politics is about the candidates you get, not the ones you want. All the alternatives are much, much worse.
Except she’s not a lesser evil. She’s good.
re: #143 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs
When I was in 7th or 8th grade history class, my teacher then, an ex-military guy with a flat top buzz cut, told us that Brazil would be an important economic power by the time we were adults. This was around 1969, and IIRC Brazil was classified as a Third World country back then. At the time, I thought nothing of his prediction. Then, years later when Brazil became one of the BRICS, I remembered what he said and realized my teacher was a pretty smart guy.
But I bet he could not have imagined what China has done. In ‘69, China was as fucked up as North Korea is now, and almost as isolated.
I’ll confess that Byrd’s statements about KKK never felt fully sincere to me.
Well, at least he went through the motions.
re: #146 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
When I was in 7th or 8th grade history class, my teacher then, an ex-military guy with a flat top buzz cut, told us that Brazil would be an important economic power by the time we were adults. This was around 1969, and IIRC Brazil was classified as a Third World country back then. At the time, I thought nothing of his prediction. Then, years later when Brazil became one of the BRICS, I remembered what he said and realized my teacher was a pretty smart guy.
But I bet he could not have imagined what China has done. In ‘69, China was as fucked up as North Korea is now, and almost as isolated.
One reason why we put an asterisk next to Nixon’s name. For better or worse, he and Kissinger had the foresight to exploit the Sino-Soviet split and welcome China to the world.
re: #147 Nyet
In 1997, Byrd told an interviewer he would encourage young people to become involved in politics but also warned, “Be sure you avoid the Ku Klux Klan. Don’t get that albatross around your neck. Once you’ve made that mistake, you inhibit your operations in the political arena.”
re: #147 Nyet
I’ll confess that Byrd’s statements about KKK never felt fully sincere to me.
Well, at least he went through the motions.
Some just deny any association or affiliation, while others just double down and insist that there is nothing “racist” about the KKK, they are just preserving their “heritage”.
re: #150 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Byrd sort of did:
In it, Byrd says he viewed the Klan as a useful platform from which to launch his political career. He described it essentially as a fraternal group of elites — doctors, lawyers, clergy, judges and other “upstanding people” who at no time engaged in or preached violence against blacks, Jews or Catholics, who historically were targets of the Klan.
His latest account is consistent with others he has offered over the years that tend to minimize his direct involvement with the Klan and explain it as a youthful indiscretion. “My only explanation for the entire episode is that I was sorely afflicted with tunnel vision — a jejune and immature outlook — seeing only what I wanted to see because I thought the Klan could provide an outlet for my talents and ambitions,” Byrd wrote.
While Byrd provides the most detailed description of his early involvement with the Klan, conceding that he reflected “the fears and prejudices I had heard throughout my boyhood,” the account is not complete. He does not acknowledge the full length of time he spent as a Klan organizer and advocate. Nor does he make any mention of a particularly incendiary letter he wrote in 1945 complaining about efforts to integrate the military.[…]
Byrd’s book offers a truncated description of his days with the Klan that does not completely square with contemporaneous newspaper accounts and letters that show he was involved with the Klan throughout much of the 1940s, and not merely for two or three years.
re: #148 Barefoot Grin
One reason why we put an asterisk next to Nixon’s name. For better or worse, he and Kissinger had the foresight to exploit the Sino-Soviet split and welcome China to the world.
“Only Nixon could go to China.” — Ancient Vulcan proverb
I’m just guessing here, because who can fathom the minds of Chinese party officials, but Nixon’s acceptance of China as a world power may have enabled Deng XiaoPing to break with Maoist tradition and modernize China’s economy a few years later (the “Great Opening Up”). Deng made the economy more capitalistic and said it was honorable to become rich.
Deng is like Nixon, in some ways. Both men are simultaneously admired and despised in their own countries. Though he’s regarded as the father of China’s economic success, Deng is also (secretly) despised for his role in the 1989 Tian’anmen Square Massacre, for ordering or condoning lethal military action against students and civilians. One of my Chinese friends here says Deng’s portrait will never appear on Chinese currency for that reason.
Doesn’t seem like Byrd ever recognized his Klan membership as a moral failure, merely as a political mistake.
re: #152 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Deng is like Nixon, in some ways. Both men are simultaneously admired and despised in their own countries. Though he’s regarded as the father of China’s economic success, Deng is also (secretly) despised for his role in the 1989 Tian’anmen Square Massacre, for ordering or condoning lethal military action against students and civilians. One of my Chinese friends here says Deng’s portrait will never appear on Chinese currency for that reason.
Cannot imagine Nixon appearing on a banknote, either…
re: #152 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
“Only Nixon could go to China.” — Ancient Vulcan proverb
I’m just guessing here, because who can fathom the minds of Chinese party officials, but Nixon’s acceptance of China as a world power may have enabled Deng XiaoPing to break with Maoist tradition and modernize China’s economy a few years later (the “Great Opening Up”). Deng made the economy more capitalistic and said it was honorable to become rich.
Deng is like Nixon, in some ways. Both men are simultaneously admired and despised in their own countries. Though he’s regarded as the father of China’s economic success, Deng is also (secretly) despised for his role in the 1989 Tian’anmen Square Massacre, for ordering or condoning lethal military action against students and civilians. One of my Chinese friends here says Deng’s portrait will never appear on Chinese currency for that reason.
Thanks. It’s very hard to get a read on what people really think about Tian’anmen. Even if I could ask them, my young Chinese students don’t really know anything. They’ve been encouraged to not ask many questions about the past. Asking about Tiananmen or Tibet should be ok, but I think they could still get in trouble if it were discovered that they had been critical of their government.
re: #155 Barefoot Grin
Thanks. It’s very hard to get a read on what people really think about Tian’anmen. Even if I could ask them, my young Chinese students don’t really know anything. They’ve been encouraged to not ask many questions about the past. Asking about Tiananmen or Tibet should be ok, but I think they could still get in trouble if it were discovered that they had been critical of their government.
I’ve been told never to bring the three T’s up in class (Tian’anmen, Tibet, Taiwan), but some students have privately asked me for resources about the Tian’anmen massacre. Internet censors in China block any websites (like Wikipedia) that have articles about it, and search queries are likewise blocked. But savvy Chinese can climb the Great Firewall of China and access more informative sites in Chinese and English. Still, the wider population knows little of the history behind it, because they are told that it was a small insurrection by a number of students who were soon subdued peacefully. NBD.
The People’s Republic of Amnesia, by Louisa Lim, is an excellent resource for this “hole” in official Chinese history. goodreads.com
re: #157 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
I’ve been told never to bring the three T’s up in class (Tian’anmen, Tibet, Taiwan), but some students have privately asked me for resources about the Tian’anmen massacre. Internet censors in China block any websites (like Wikipedia) that have articles about it, and search queries are likewise blocked. But savvy Chinese can climb the Great Firewall of China and access more informative sites in Chinese and English. Still, the wider population knows little of the history behind it, because they are told that it was a small insurrection by a number of students who were soon subdued peacefully. NBD.
The People’s Republic of Amnesia, by Louisa Lim, is an excellent resource for this “hole” in official Chinese history. goodreads.com
I’ve been meaning to read that. It’s good to have a recommendation. Nothing has been said at my current position (there are many Chinese students here), but only three or four years ago at a different school a “minder” accompanied freshmen to orientation; it was implied that some of the students were supposed to keep an eye on the others. You never know. That being said, I have to bring up the Three Ts as part of my responsibilities to all of my students when we discuss China (I just tend to not force the Chinese students to take a position).
Nice little scam he got going there:
re: #146 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
When I was in 7th or 8th grade history class, my teacher then, an ex-military guy with a flat top buzz cut
So you had Beavis and Butthead’s gym teacher for history?
re: #157 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
I’ve been told never to bring the three T’s up in class (Tian’anmen, Tibet, Taiwan), but some students have privately asked me for resources about the Tian’anmen massacre. Internet censors in China block any websites (like Wikipedia) that have articles about it, and search queries are likewise blocked. But savvy Chinese can climb the Great Firewall of China and access more informative sites in Chinese and English. Still, the wider population knows little of the history behind it, because they are told that it was a small insurrection by a number of students who were soon subdued peacefully. NBD.
The People’s Republic of Amnesia, by Louisa Lim, is an excellent resource for this “hole” in official Chinese history. goodreads.com
The US Embassy in Israel had a lady who became the expert on evacuation, safe harbor, and generally getting by when the going gets weird. She had a framed work order on her wall. It requested repair of an embassy couch that took a bullet that came through her window overlooking Tian’anmen.
Would be interested to hear any views about the news released this morning about HRC’s assistant receiving immunity to talk to investigators about the private email server.
re: #158 Barefoot Grin
I’ve been meaning to read that. It’s good to have a recommendation. Nothing has been said at my current position (there are many Chinese students here), but only three or four years ago at a different school a “minder” accompanied freshmen to orientation; it was implied that some of the students were supposed to keep an eye on the others. You never know. That being said, I have to bring up the Three Ts as part of my responsibilities to all of my students when we discuss China (I just tend to not force the Chinese students to take a position).
I haven’t heard about “minders” outside China, but I am not surprised. Since Xi took office, there’s been increased party supervision of university professors in Chinese universities, and it’s widely understood among all teachers that at least one student in each class is a “minder,” reporting to Party officials. The Public Security Bureau police are also minding foreigners, particularly ones with an obvious religious bent.
Xi’s daughter attends an American university (Harvard, maybe), but at the same time he encourages mistrust of Western values, and blames “outside influences” for any dissent or “non-harmonious” behavior in China. Sounds very familiar, y’know?
re: #157 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
When I was in “a school” at Ft Huachuca (home of US Army Military Intel) during Gulf One, there were stories of division sized units fighting outside Beijing and that the crackdown on the square only came after the forces loyal to the government won those battles.
I was never high enough up the food chain to see why anyone would think that but it is what we talked about.
re: #162 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
Would be interested to hear any views about the news released this morning about HRC’s assistant receiving immunity to talk to investigators about the private email server.
Then scroll up. ;)
re: #160 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
So you had Beavis and Butthead’s gym teacher for history?
Haha! Almost. He was the JV football coach.
re: #160 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
So you had Beavis and Butthead’s gym teacher for history?
Kick me in the Jimmy!
re: #162 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
Would be interested to hear any views about the news released this morning about HRC’s assistant receiving immunity to talk to investigators about the private email server.
It is being spun on the right as Proof that Crimes were Committed, and on the left as the person involved merely trying to keep clear of the political shitstorm that is raging around a non-issue
re: #161 Decatur Deb
The US Embassy in Israel had a lady who became the expert on evacuation, safe harbor, and generally getting by when the going gets weird. She had a framed work order on her wall. It requested repair of an embassy couch that took a bullet that came through her window overlooking Tian’anmen.
Whoa! Lim’s book does include interviews with Westerners who had ringside seats to the protests and subsequent military action. It got very violent very quickly.
re: #169 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
It is being spun on the right as Proof that Crimes were Committed, and on the left as the person involved merely trying to keep clear of the political shitstorm that is raging around a non-issue
Morning Joke went on for half an hour about it. Haven’t watched Morning Joke before, only watched to see Robert Costa talk about Romney, etc.
re: #164 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Xi’s daughter attends an American university (Harvard, maybe), but at the same time he encourages mistrust of Western values, and blames “outside influences” for any dissent or “non-harmonious” behavior in China. Sounds very familiar, y’know?
Yeah, and he’s already got a WALL! Check. Mate.
re: #169 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
It is being spun on the right as Proof that Crimes were Committed, and on the left as the person involved merely trying to keep clear of the political shitstorm that is raging around a non-issue
In other words, your typical rwnj nothing burger with a side of freedumb fries.
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. I’m sure we’re going to hear a lot about how Romney is going to put the stake in Trump’s campaign and end it.
If you believe that, there’s a bridge in Brooklyn I can sell you.
The GOP created the conditions for @realDonaldTrump to ascend and demolish field. Hate, bigotry and xenophobia sells to GOP base.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) March 3, 2016
Let’s put this bluntly. The GOP hates Hillary with a white hot passion. That hate will transcend any hesitations they have over Trump mostly because the issue that the GOP establishment has with Trump is over style, not substance.
So all these people saying that they wont vote for Trump are lying - mostly to themselves, especially when you put them in a head-to-head race.
If you care about making sure Democrats win the WH in November, let alone the down-ticket ballots, you better make sure you get out and vote for those candidates. They aren’t going to win all by themselves. And Democrats have to sustain this in every election thereafter - failing to vote in midterms and off year elections inures benefits to the GOP that are completely undeserved.
re: #165 William Lewis
When I was in “a school” at Ft Huachuca (home of US Army Military Intel) during Gulf One, there were stories of division sized units fighting outside Beijing and that the crackdown on the square only came after the forces loyal to the government won those battles.
I was never high enough up the food chain to see why anyone would think that but it is what we talked about.
That’s true, to some extent, based on what I’ve read. The PLA had to enter Beijing from outside, and in some places were stopped by civilians blockading the roads. These were not pitched battles, because they were one-sided, but the units couldn’t enter the capital until the roads were cleared.
Tank Man was one of those obstructions, although he stopped a unit in Beijing’s suburbs, IIRC.
Most Chinese, including PLA members, were aghast that the government would order the army to shoot at unarmed civilians, but that’s just what happened. Some soldiers refused and were punished, or escaped to live as fugitives. Most complied, and suffered the great guilt afterward.
re: #63 teleskiguy
Dude, CPAC is fast approaching. And with UpChuck in attendance. It’ll be snark city around here!
I hope they made Rage Furby pay in cash.
So, what time does Mittens address the nation today? I want to clear my desk so I can watch the fun.
re: #177 makeitstop
So, what time does Mittens address the nation today? I want to clear my desk so I can watch the fun.
11:30 A.M. Eastern time.
re: #68 Targetpractice
Having just had to replace a transmission, I feel your pain.
It was a sshit load of $ to dole out but a car payment wasn’t in the plans.
The general gist of Romneybot’s speech.
“I understand the anger Americans feel today,” Romney plans to say, but adds: “Here’s what I know. Donald Trump is a phony, a fraud. His promises are as worthless as a degree from Trump University. He’s playing the American public for suckers: He gets a free ride to the White House and all we get is a lousy hat.”
lmao
This is from an early excerpt of Romney’s speech. From what I’ve been told it gets even more vicious…
— McKay Coppins (@mckaycoppins) March 3, 2016
re: #106 freetoken
So Mitt Romney is trying to get a little shine from the chaos in the GOP.
Trump has already sent out the disparaging tweets.
I don’t know what Romney thinks he can accomplish outside of getting another 15 minutes of fame. I’m pretty sure the short little message sent out from Huntsman a couple of weeks ago about possibly supporting Trump had nothing really to do with Huntsman liking Trump, but rather to throw dust in Romney’s face.
What a sad turn of events for our “democracy”, when billionaire Mormons throw around meaningless support/unsupport for a reality TV star… just for sport.
[Romney]I’m available. I’ll accept a smoke-filled backroom nomination from the convention.[/Romney]
re: #137 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
I really wish there was another candidate. Although as far as available candidates go, she is clearly the best choice.
My reasons are more personal and subjective: as soon as she is nominated, the GOP are going to start impeachment proceedings against her, and it is going to get really ugly, misogynistic and unpleasant, even more so than under Obama.
My answer is “BRING IT.” Misogyny will not be dealt with as long as we’re unwilling to confront it. It’s just like racism. The left needs to be as up front and aggressive about their support of women and minorities as the right is against it.
Trump’s the hugest friend of Israel. Greatest friend the country ever had, except he’s never actually completed any projects there.
Why Donald Trump has never invested in Israel https://t.co/5bO5X3nH20 pic.twitter.com/oq4smF8QuQ
So why does this matter? He’s managed to complete multiple projects elsewhere in the Middle East, often with as complex issues as any in Israel. He’s even managed to offend Muslims who are involved in his projects (as he did when he called for a total ban on Muslims entering the US - including Muslim-Americans). Project names were changed to minimize his involvement, but those projects continue to go ahead or are open.
The projects in Israel just didn’t get that kind of attention or interest by Trump. That includes proposed skyscraper projects and golf courses. In one instance, there was a proposal to build something and the property identified, but when it came time for the land to be auctioned, there were no bidders - Trump passed on it.
Some friend.
re: #185 lawhawk
Trump’s the hugest friend of Israel. Greatest friend the country ever had, except he’s never actually completed any projects there.
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So why does this matter? He’s managed to complete multiple projects elsewhere in the Middle East, often with as complex issues as any in Israel. He’s even managed to offend Muslims who are involved in his projects (as he did when he called for a total ban on Muslims entering the US - including Muslim-Americans). Project names were changed to minimize his involvement, but those projects continue to go ahead or are open.
The projects in Israel just didn’t get that kind of attention or interest by Trump. That includes proposed skyscraper projects and golf courses. In one instance, there was a proposal to build something and the property identified, but when it came time for the land to be auctioned, there were no bidders - Trump passed on it.
Some friend.
“All the sabras love me. They think I’m the greatest goy out there… They call me ‘freyer’… that’s a huge term of respect.”
Romney not only courted Trump’s endorsement in 2012 but went to his hotel, stood behind Trump sign, to pay tribute pic.twitter.com/YGXZ7abaoC
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) March 3, 2016
Let’s not forget that Romney courted Trump’s endorsement, and made that announcement at one of Trump’s hotels.
So why did Romney do that? Politics. He needed the votes and considered the endorsement to gain support of Trump’s fans/sycophants/backers.
So why is Romney turning on Trump now? Same thing. Politics.
The beast that the GOP created is now feasting on the party establishment because they haven’t been sufficiently open and hostile in their extremism, and Trump’s offering them a way forward. Romney will find that he’s just as ineffective in dealing with Trump as every other GOPer so far.
Trump is immune to criticism. He will point to the Romney endorsement he made 4 years ago and paint this as an attempt to thwart the voters will. He’ll say it’s the media pushing this and that he will be the nominee.
And Democrats who have been warning of the hate-right for years will say that they’ve been right all along. The proof is that the GOP is now Trump’s party.
The Party of Lincoln, let alone the party of TR or Ike is dead. Heck, even the Party of Reagan is toast. The hate-right built that.
re: #185 lawhawk
All the Jews love me. I have binders full of Jews.
re: #169 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
It is being spun on the right as Proof that Crimes were Committed, and on the left as the person involved merely trying to keep clear of the political shitstorm that is raging around a non-issue
From what I read, Clinton encouraged the person to testify, but the person kept pleading the fifth until immunity was granted.
JUST IN: Trump warns GOP: “If I get out” my supporters are going with me https://t.co/tf5vAtKAxR pic.twitter.com/AngAigYjYB
— The Hill (@thehill) March 3, 2016
Donald Trump on Thursday flirted with launching an independent bid if it he does not lock up the Republican presidential nomination after turning out “millions” of voters.
“The establishment - they want to throw that right out the window. Because if I get out, all those people are going, they’re all going with me,” Trump said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.’
Pressed about whether he was still willing to run as an independent, Trump said, “Well, look. Do I want to? No. I’m leading by a lot [among] Republicans.”
“But they’re spending now $100 million on negative, phony ads on Trump University,” Trump said.
Pushed again on potentially launching a third-party bid if Republicans do not unite behind him, Trump referred to the letter he signed with the Republican National Committee last year pledging to support the GOP.“I signed a letter with the RNC and I said I want to do this as a Republican,” Trump said. “But I’m not being treated the right way, I’m not being treated properly.”
“Whether I ran as an independent or not, those people will never go out and vote … they didn’t vote for Romney last time,” Trump said.
re: #182 Backwoods_Sleuth
*Insert obligatory eating popcorn gif*
.@mckaycoppins pic.twitter.com/RIguwLoY3e
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) March 3, 2016
We were ready to spend $800 million on this election to defeat Hillary…and now we’re confident Trump will do it for free.
Koch brothers won’t try to stop Trump: report https://t.co/CQqfnvl7ls pic.twitter.com/vHTNfneNg3
— The Hill (@thehill) March 3, 2016
re: #190 Backwoods_Sleuth
The popcorn I have is the light butter kind. I could use popcorn with more butter.
re: #185 lawhawk
Trump’s the hugest friend of Israel. Greatest friend the country ever had, except he’s never actually completed any projects there.
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So why does this matter? He’s managed to complete multiple projects elsewhere in the Middle East, often with as complex issues as any in Israel. He’s even managed to offend Muslims who are involved in his projects (as he did when he called for a total ban on Muslims entering the US - including Muslim-Americans). Project names were changed to minimize his involvement, but those projects continue to go ahead or are open.
The projects in Israel just didn’t get that kind of attention or interest by Trump. That includes proposed skyscraper projects and golf courses. In one instance, there was a proposal to build something and the property identified, but when it came time for the land to be auctioned, there were no bidders - Trump passed on it.
Some friend.
HURR HURR I WAS GRAND MARSHALL OF THE ISRAEL DAY PARADE IN 2004!!!11!! THAT MAKES ME TEH YOOGEST FRIEND & EXPERT OF TEH JEWISHES!!!111! AND MY DAUGHTER IVANKA EVEN MARRIED ONE!!!11!!
Romney: I am proud to endorse today Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and that Ohio governor.
Romney is going to help put a Democrat in the White House for the second time in a row. Thanks, little buddy.
I don’t think that Trump will win the general, but it’s a real possibility. Anyone who says it could never happen needs only to look at what happened with Sylvio Berlusconi in Italy.
The frightening thing in a general election run though is that Trump will easily argue that he can work with Democrats because he’s a ‘deal maker.’ And it will be believable because the Democrats have a long history of folding like a lawn chair rather than obstructing the President (respect for the offices they hold and all that shit). And that will convince swing voters. Hillary can’t say she’ll get the GOP to work with her with a straight face because nobody believes that’s possible.
Good morning. If you ever get the chance to see a Joe Bonamassa concert, do it. Get the best seat you can afford and just drink it in. I like rock and I like blues and I like good music. It’s all that.
re: #197 darthstar
I don’t think that Trump will win the general, but it’s a real possibility. Anyone who says it could never happen needs only to look at what happened with Sylvio Berlusconi in Italy.
I would be concerned that a major terrorist attack would really give him a bump, as would any other sort of natural/man-made disaster that disrupted basic services and law enforcement over a wide area, calling for a state of emergency or martial law: that would get hordes of angry, suspicious and well-armed “militias” out there shooting first and asking questions later.
HUMMUS!!!
Today’s @freep Life: Award-winning Al Ameer in Dearborn serves up a side of community by @MKurlyandchik #newsdesign pic.twitter.com/Jy9YbXhbhy
— Alicia Secord (@alicia_secord) March 3, 2016
re: #193 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
Grab the grated parmesan cheese for me.
At least we know he is indeed a card-carrying republican….he believes he speaks on behalf of the masses.
Trump warns GOP: “If I get out” my supporters are going with me https://t.co/besTlc7O0e pic.twitter.com/pA1ZelT2QX
— The Hill (@thehill) March 3, 2016
re: #202 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Also referred to as barf cheese.
Mitt will be handing these out before his speech: pic.twitter.com/FVUXqYVSQ5
— Jon Ralston (@RalstonReports) March 3, 2016
re: #190 Backwoods_Sleuth
“The establishment - they want to throw that right out the window. Because if I get out, all those people are going, they’re all going with me,” Trump said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.’
I thought Scarborough ‘disqualified’ Trump the other day?
Fuckin’ media. They talk all tough one day, then go right back to kissing Trump’s ass the next.
Worse. Than. Worthless. All of them.
Workers picket Dearborn auto supplier over union vote https://t.co/wikCfx8OFZ pic.twitter.com/toxAzHTME4
— Detroit Free Press (@freep) March 3, 2016
re: #203 Dr. Matt
Trump warns GOP: “If I get out” my supporters are going with me
A lot of his supporters are people who feel disenfranchised and alienated from the political process. If they feel that they have been “cheated” out of their choice of candidate at a brokered convention, they will indeed abandon the GOP, and certainly not in favor of the Democrats…
#SCOTUS link of the day: @Tonymauro & @MikeSacksEsq w/”6 key moments” at yesterday’s #abortion args: https://t.co/Wsn4TpWFxz
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) March 3, 2016
re: #203 Dr. Matt
The GOP is in a bind of their own creation. They promised that they’d support whoever was the nominee. Trump is the presumptive nominee. He’s holding the GOP’s feet to the fire over this, and is explicitly threatening the GOP leadership over failing to hold up their end of the bargain by trotting out the last GOP nominee to undermine the current frontrunner.
Trump is right - if he gets forced out, he’s taking at least 1/3 of the GOP voters with him. If that happens, the GOP ceases to be a national party, but they’ll still be working at the local and state level to destroy the safety net, undermine the fiscal stability of the states and federal government, etc.
re: #208 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
A lot of his supporters are people who feel disenfranchised and alienated from the political process. If they feel that they have been “cheated” out of their choice of candidate at a brokered convention, they will indeed abandon the GOP, and certainly not in favor of the Democrats…
Good. I hope so. Makes it much easier to put Hillary in the White House.
@ggreenwald @DanaHoule Apparently the above tweet was enough to get me re-blocked by GG.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) March 3, 2016
re: #192 darthstar
We were ready to spend $800 million on this election to defeat Hillary…and now we’re confident Trump will do it for free.
So the Kochs will spend the money on buying congresscritters instead, as a better return on investment. After all, Trump is going to get bored of actually Presidenting in no time flat — go for the minions in charge of wreaking havoc under his aegis.
It’s true. The Zika virus started when Bill Gates fucked a mosquito.
Is Bill Gates someone we can trust? https://t.co/qxze5ehaCB pic.twitter.com/cxUUiDMiob
— Dr. Joseph Mercola (@mercola) March 1, 2016
And (finally!) here’s the trailer for the new Ghostbusters https://t.co/QoPVnuJgIy pic.twitter.com/bYKeuE71nn
— Jezebel (@Jezebel) March 3, 2016
The trailer looks good, but I’ve got a minor quibble. It states 4 scientists saved NYC 30 years ago.
Not true. Only 3 of them were scientists (Spengler, Venkman, and Stantz - and all are identified as Doctors in various fields). Zeddmore wasn’t. He was hired because he believed what was going on and could help.
Kam Chancellor: ‘2 ladies called the cops on me’ while I looked at closed gym https://t.co/khSDzn9jYx
— Allen Butler (@abutler04) March 3, 2016
Heh:
I predict a prolonged insurgency followed by an embarrassing withdrawal… pic.twitter.com/VDr3gyY2tb
— Joshua Holland (@JoshuaHol) March 3, 2016
re: #54 Targetpractice
I strongly suspect the immunity deal has to do with the judge’s order the other day for all of her aides to testify under oath about her server and whether the intent was to skirt open records laws. The party demanding the testimony? Judicial Watch.
Do we know why, has HRC ever said why, the private email server was set up? I assume that in itself was not illegal.
So, some poll says 41% of Americans don’t want Obama to nominate a Justice to replace Scalia.
Thanks, TeaParty GOP for poisoning our politics to this extent.
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re: #220 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
So, some poll says 41% of Americans don’t want Obama to nominate a Justice to replace Scalia.
Thanks, TeaParty GOP for poisoning our politics to this extent.
/
Same percent probably insists Obama doesn’t respect the office oto.
re: #221 darthstar
OT, but Mitt has all week to fall down that flight of stairs he’s on….Turn it up.
“All I want in this life of mine is some good clean fun”
“All I want in this life and time is some hit and run”
Fat Man In The Bathtub
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re: #225 HappyWarrior
Same percent probably insists Obama doesn’t respect the office oto.
The same % that has been against anything President Obama has done over the past 7 yrs.
re: #227 Tigger2
The same % that has been against anything President Obama has done over the past 7 yrs.
Yep.
re: #207 Backwoods_Sleuth
My dad works for Trane Co. here in Lexington. They are on strike as well, with UAW.
re: #26 Ziggy_TARDIS
As a Taylor Swift fan, I am not afraid to admit that Adele is more talented than Swift.
More talented musically, but Swift has better business sense. Adele is the ace of singing, while Taylor is the queen of that and building upon her music business-wise.
Open Letter on Trump from GOP National Security Leaders https://t.co/VxCwzieAcp
— War On The Rocks (@WarOnTheRocks) March 3, 2016
The Modern GOP in action.Every GOPer and conservative is busy taking aim at each other over the rise of the Trump wing of the GOP (which is to say - the GOP itself). It’s glorious in its shadenfreude.
There’s a whole lot of denial and avoidance of the fact that the GOP brought this all on themselves by pandering to the extremists, hate mongers, and pushing nothing but anger and frustration as policy. Trump is the logical conclusion of all of it, and he sells it better than the rest.
So, the GOP’s problem is one of style over substance.
re: #219 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
Do we know why, has HRC ever said why, the private email server was set up? I assume that in itself was not illegal.
No, she’s not made that clear. And I doubt she will since, while I don’t think she set it up intending to break the law, in my view she did do it in order to avoid having her emails subject to hostile scrutiny. It’s probably a legacy of the microscope Ken Starr put her under during his investigation into the Whitewater mess.
re: #233 Dark_Falcon
No excuse. I don’t think she should go to jail, but nobody in senior government positions should be using personal equipment to conduct official business.
re: #233 Dark_Falcon
No, she’s not made that clear. And I doubt she will since, while I don’t think she set it up intending to break the law, in my view she did do it in order to avoid having her emails subject to hostile scrutiny. It’s probably a legacy of the microscope Ken Starr put her under during his investigation into the Whitewater mess.
Or maybe she did it because every other SoS (and others in government) did it that same way before her.
re: #232 lawhawk
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Every GOPer and conservative is busy taking aim at each other over the rise of the Trump wing of the GOP (which is to say - the GOP itself). It’s glorious in its shadenfreude.
There’s a whole lot of denial and avoidance of the fact that the GOP brought this all on themselves by pandering to the extremists, hate mongers, and pushing nothing but anger and frustration as policy. Trump is the logical conclusion of all of it, and he sells it better than the rest.
So, the GOP’s problem is one of style over substance.
They really did. As I’ve been arguing, Trump is a symptom, he’s not the illness. And Cruz and Rubio are part of the problem too especially Cruz.
gahhh
Senate Veterans Cmte approves SB 212, to require abortion clinics to have Dr. with hospital privileges, higher regulatory standards. ^JC
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) March 3, 2016
(Still waiting for the Ky Senate Veterans Committee to actually do anything for actual veterans…)
re: #235 Backwoods_Sleuth
Or maybe she did it because every other SoS (and others in government) did it that same way before her.
Do we know why other SoS’s set up private servers?
re: #231 Tigger2
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This is also an attempt to distance John McCain from Donald Trump at a time when the Dems are (unfairly) trying to link them.
re: #238 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
Do we know why other SoS’s set up private servers?
Nope.
Apparently it just became a concern when Hillary did it.
Per exit polls so far, % of party voters who would be satisfied with __ as their nominee:
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) March 3, 2016
Clinton 78%
Sanders 63
-
Rubio 53
Cruz 51
Trump 48
She did it for one reason: so she would only have one email address. It probably didn’t seem that big a deal since previous SoS’s had done it and there was no official policy at the time.
I only use one email account.
re: #238 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
Do we know why other SoS’s set up private servers?
I’ve read that at least partially, the government servers, at the time were woefully behind in terms of technology, ect. A private server could be much more efficient, effective, and in a sense more secure up until some point in time. The law has just been changed to have the SoS use the government server, but only when Kerry took over.
re: #240 Backwoods_Sleuth
Nope.
Apparently it just became a concern when Hillary did it.
Nothing bothers the Republicans unless a Democrat does it.
re: #238 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
So Kenneth Starr couldn’t investigate them//
I never heard Whether Colin Powell or Condeleeza Rice ever addressed it. We know many people do it to control access, like Princess Dumbass and Chris Christie’s minions. I think a lot of W people did it too. I still don’t think it matters. It’s the wrong way to do government business.
And to add into all of this, the idea of how documents may be marked as classified after the fact.
re: #240 Backwoods_Sleuth
Nope.
Apparently it just became a concern when Hillary did it.
If you google “bush administration email scandal” you’ll see a lot of links about the W administration email scandals, so the attention paid to Clinton is not new.
re: #246 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN
So Kenneth Starr couldn’t investigate them//
I never heard Whether Colin Powell or Condeleeza Rice ever addressed it. We know many people do it to control access, like Princess Dumbass and Chris Christie’s minions. I think a lot of W people did it too. I still don’t think it matters. It’s the wrong way to do government business.
Well it seems like until it was Hillary it was a pretty common practice.
re: #233 Dark_Falcon
No, she’s not made that clear. And I doubt she will since, while I don’t think she set it up intending to break the law, in my view she did do it in order to avoid having her emails subject to hostile scrutiny. It’s probably a legacy of the microscope Ken Starr put her under during his investigation into the Whitewater mess.
My understanding is she was using was the same phys. server that Bill was using for their foundation.
re: #226 nines09
OT, but Mitt has all week to fall down that flight of stairs he’s on….Turn it up.
“All I want in this life of mine is some good clean fun”
“All I want in this life and time is some hit and run”[Embedded content]
Fat Man In The Bathtub
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Funny…my wife and I were listening to WFC as we drove home from Tahoe last weekend. Love singing along to Fat Man in the Bathtub.
Next day, one of our fb friends randomly quoted another LF song and the discussion expanded along with more random verses sung to the pets.
re: #247 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs
And to add into all of this, the idea of how documents may be marked as classified after the fact.
That’s easy. Under US classification laws, there are times when you can put two unclassified things together and the composite becomes classified.
Hey all, just a short visit.
Sorry I’ve been absent. Between pain, physical dysfunction and general disgust at the electoral process, I’ve been avoiding the media of nearly all forms.
Am on a book binge - - suggestions welcome!
And, how is everyone?
re: #253 I Stand With Planned Parenthood
Hey all, just a short visit.
Sorry I’ve been absent. Between pain, physical dysfunction and general disgust at the electoral process, I’ve been avoiding the media of nearly all forms.
Am on a book binge - - suggestions welcome!
And, how is everyone?
Hey you. Glad to see you, even if only for a short time. We miss you. After 2 back-to-back days of getting dragged away from the office and being kept late in meetings in a nasty conference room, I’m taking today at home. So, I’m decompressing a little bit right now.
re: #239 Dark_Falcon
This is also an attempt to distance John McCain from Donald Trump at a time when the Dems are (unfairly) trying to link them.
He said he’d vote for the nominee which looks very well to be Trump. How is that not fair? He shouldn’t have vowed to vote for the nominee if he didn’t want that to be used against him. It’s not the Dems fault that McCain is a party man through and through and underestimated Trump.
re: #253 I Stand With Planned Parenthood
Hey all, just a short visit.
Sorry I’ve been absent. Between pain, physical dysfunction and general disgust at the electoral process, I’ve been avoiding the media of nearly all forms.
Am on a book binge - - suggestions welcome!
And, how is everyone?
Avoid Advise and Consent.
re: #243 Belafon
She did it for one reason: so she would only have one email address. It probably didn’t seem that big a deal since previous SoS’so had done it and there was no ofacial policy at the time.
I only use one email account.
Her one email being the SoS email?
I work for the fed gov and I access my gov email from home although it is from the gov servers. But I assume the private server works differently.
I have no idea about the emails but Trump being a bigoted asshole bothers me a whole lot more.
re: #253 I Stand With Planned Parenthood
Hey all, just a short visit.
Sorry I’ve been absent. Between pain, physical dysfunction and general disgust at the electoral process, I’ve been avoiding the media of nearly all forms.
Am on a book binge - - suggestions welcome!
And, how is everyone?
Sorry for physical problems, feel better.
re: #220 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
So, some poll says 41% of Americans don’t want Obama to nominate a Justice to replace Scalia.
Thanks, TeaParty GOP for poisoning our politics to this extent.
/
Lotsa things Americans want…
And when it comes to “precedent” or “tradition”, the only thing I can seem to make out is that it usually takes 3-4 months to select and nominate a new justice.
Obama is in office for the next 10 months…
Morning!
You know, just reading the comments here this morning I get the feeling this is going to be one of those days in the politics world.
Also, I don’t think it is so easy to say things will go exactly the same with Hillary in office as they did with Barack. We have no way of knowing that. They are two very different people that find themselves in two very different situations.
My reasoning.
1. People are getting increasingly sick of all the Washington blockage. 9% congressional approval proves that. I think that is going to bring pressure on the GOP more now than it did even as little as 8 years ago. It will benefit Hillary and even Bernie.
2. Hillary is a woman. Sure people could bulk about working with a Black guy in office and say they don’t trust him. Racism is still around and it gave cover to the messing with Obama. It is also a numbers thing, as Blacks didn’t have the numbers to make the GOP pay for their crap. Over half our population are women. Big difference. Women are way more concerned about doing things right and they may not be as inclined to be party aware. Numbers favor Hillary. If she can sway the women of America there is a power source their that is unavailable to a man. Think Bernie, Barack.
3. I really do think Obama was a bit too concerned to really attack the GOP. Could that be because he feared the “angry Black man” that would make it even harder for him to work with anyone and he didn’t want that to ever be seen or used? Also, he is just not the attack kind of guy. His attacking was through deft politics and reason.
4. Hillary has been through all the negatives for so long that it really doesn’t matter to her. I think she thrives on it. In other words…”bring it on assholes…I can deal” I think she knows what she faces and yet she is still in the game and looking forward to it.
It is my opinion Hillary brings a totally different political game than Obama. She will not be fearful or hesitant to use the bully pulpit. In fact I count on it. I think she is hard to fluster and that is one of the things I am a bit concerned about Bernie. He has yet to ever be attacked like he would be attacked. Can he handle it? I think Hillary can.
So, America sick of politics, lots of women interested, Hillary is a tough ol’ gal…and a political landscape at the lowest point in many a year. I think that sets up for a way for Clinton to get some stuff done. I really do believe she would be more effective at making (not getting) the GOP to work with her. Those GOP guys all have mothers, female friends, wives and daughters. Many of them had no Black people to answer to, sad to say. Same for RWNJs. conservative journalists, etc. There will be women asking why they are attacking a woman like that? That is unique to anyone in American politics so far.
Just my opinion. And no, I don’t hate Bernie. I just wished he was younger because I think someone like him would make a great President as the third Dem in a row. That would be after Hillary takes the Republicans on and is not afraid to call them out and be very clear about it to the American public. That is something I wish Obama had done more. But, I understand while he may have not been able to.
I’m putting on the hazmat suit and a helmet. I’m ready for the sleaze of the day. I think it is coming. And then there is a debate tonight. Ugh. That is going to be ugly.
So to work now…lurking throughout the day and ready for the Lizard view on the debates. Later! And sorry for the long comment! Just felt the need to vent. I feel better now.
And the other thing. If the government were truly worried about classified communications by the SoS, they wouldn’t let them send emails. You can’t make communications over the Internet completely secure because there are so many points of failure, such as the displays of the two ends.
re: #249 Tigger2
Well it seems like until it was Hillary it was a pretty common practice.
It’s my understanding that the law/rules were changed during the Obama Administration to preserve documents/records for the future. That meant that private computer setups had to either be eliminated or conform to the federal rules. Note too that Hillary’s setup straddled the period when the old rule and new rules applied.
What’s unusual is that she didn’t use the state.gov email address at all, while others used both private email and the .gov addresses. That, by itself, doesn’t mean she did anything wrong.
In Clinton’s defense, we should note that it was only after Clinton left the State Department, that the National Archives issued a recommendation that government employees should avoid conducting official business on personal emails (though they noted there might be extenuating circumstances such as an emergency that require it). Additionally, in 2014, President Barack Obama signed changes to the Federal Records Act that explicitly said federal officials can only use personal email addresses if they also copy or send the emails to their official account.
Add to that the whole idea that some information could be considered classified after the fact, or that information is considered classified depending on how gathered, even if it is common knowledge (to preserve the source - like the NRO, SIGINT, HUMINT). So, it’s entirely possible that a piece of information that was reported in the NYT can be subsumed into a classified document because it’s backed up by some piece of data from a classified source after the fact.
re: #261 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Lotsa things Americans want…
And when it comes to “precedent” or “tradition”, the only thing I can seem to make out is that it usually takes 3-4 months to select and nominate a new justice.
Obama is in office for the next 10 months…
I saw it pointed out that 1/3 of presidents have made a Supreme Court pick in an election year. Hell when Scalia died, I even found out that Adams made an appointment after he had lost and that was an ugly election. And Marshall did got in. FDR got to appoint Murphy even though the Senate perhaps rightfully was wary of him after the court packing scheme two years prior. There is no principles in the GOP’s blocking the nominee only they’re afraid of an Obama nominee who will reverse a lot of the damage their laws have done and precedent set up under Scalia. Tough shit for them. When Marshall resigned, H.W Bush was free to choose someone closer to what he wanted.
re: #253 I Stand With Planned Parenthood
Hey all, just a short visit.
Sorry I’ve been absent. Between pain, physical dysfunction and general disgust at the electoral process, I’ve been avoiding the media of nearly all forms.
Am on a book binge - - suggestions welcome!
And, how is everyone?
I’m reading David McCullough’s book on the Johnstown flood which is really good. The book is from 1968 I believe, the flood was in 1889 (in Pennsylvania).
Gosh Liz Mair is obnoxious.
re: #266 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
I’m reading David McCullough’s book on the Johnstown flood which is really good. The book is from 1968 I believe, the flood was in 1889 (in Pennsylvania).
Yes. My mom’s family lived there. My great grandmother was even stranded pregnant with my great aunt/godmother in the flood of 1936. Found out that my paternal grandmother’s great aunt survived the first flood from a cousin. Still need to read that but it’s an interesting story. In fact, I’m probably going back to Johnstown for the first time in years this summer.
re: #258 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
Her one email being the SoS email?
I work for the fed gov and I access my gov email from home although it is from the gov servers. But I assume the private server works differently.
I suspect for the SOS’s they didn’t really see their work time as separate. She, like the previous ones, doesn’t really have a non-SoS time.
Bookwise, I’m still on the first book of John Dos Passos’ U.S.A trilogy. It’s a neat look at the first third of the last century.
re: #257 HappyWarrior
*cough adultery*
Actually, that one doesn’t even bother Republicans, if it’s them that’s doing it.
re: #268 HappyWarrior
Yes. My mom’s family lived there. My great grandmother was even stranded pregnant with my great aunt/godmother in the flood of 1936. Found out that my paternal grandmother’s great aunt survived the first flood from a cousin. Still need to read that but it’s an interesting story. In fact, I’m probably going back to Johnstown for the first time in years this summer.
Yeah the book was on my list for a long time, finally picked up a used copy a week or two ago.
re: #271 thedopefishlives
Actually, that one doesn’t even bother Republicans, if it’s them that’s doing it.
Yeah that’s true.
re: #253 I Stand With Planned Parenthood
Hey all, just a short visit.
Sorry I’ve been absent. Between pain, physical dysfunction and general disgust at the electoral process, I’ve been avoiding the media of nearly all forms.
Am on a book binge - - suggestions welcome!
And, how is everyone?
Still cold. I’ve missed your contributions. You know you can always vent about everything here. And I hope you get to feeling better.
re: #252 Belafon
That’s easy. Under US classification laws, there are times when you can put two unclassified things together and the composite becomes classified.
Yep. We lost a liberty port visit because a couple of wives were overheard talking about one of them flying out to meet her husband. The date she was leaving and destination wasn’t classified nor was the windbreaker with the ships name on it classified. But the two taken together was enough to compromise the boats movement. The adage about loosed lips sinking ships is still true today.
re: #272 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
Yeah the book was on my list for a long time, finally picked up a used copy a week or two ago.
Cool. I think it was his first book.
I figure for a book you can’t go wrong with Frederick Forsythe.
re: #255 HappyWarrior
He said he’d vote for the nominee which looks very well to be Trump. How is that not fair? He shouldn’t have vowed to vote for the nominee if he didn’t want that to be used against him. It’s not the Dems fault that McCain is a party man through and through and underestimated Trump.
And if he did not so vow he’d have been pilloried as a RINO and the media would have gladly fanned those flames as would have the Dems.
It’s to be expected, though. Unfair attacks are part of the game and I only don’t like them when the Dems use ‘em. Which is partisan of me, which is why I’m coming clean and just admitting my feelings are based on party loyalty.
re: #272 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
Yeah the book was on my list for a long time, finally picked up a used copy a week or two ago.
Unfortunately, while the writing is of course good, the pictures in the book (again from 1968) are not very clear. And it’s a bit hard to visualize everything that’s being described. I’m not far from Johnstown so I think I’ll do a drive up there when the weather gets nicer. There’s a museum or memorial of some kind about the flood.
re: #262 ObserverArt
I’m putting on the hazmat suit and a helmet. I’m ready for the sleaze of the day. I think it is coming. And then there is a debate tonight. Ugh. That is going to be ugly.
That’s my problem: not with Hillary per se, but at the state of politics once she is nominated: the GOP is going to start impeachment proceedings before she even takes office…
Following politics is my favorite pastime and once this campaign gets going in earnest, I am going to feel like a fly fisherman watching his favorite trout stream fill up with raw sewage…
re: #264 lawhawk
It’s my understanding that the law/rules were changed during the Obama Administration to preserve documents/records for the future. That meant that private computer setups had to either be eliminated or conform to the federal rules. Note too that Hillary’s setup straddled the period when the old rule and new rules applied.
What’s unusual is that she didn’t use the state.gov email address at all, while others used both private email and the .gov addresses. That, by itself, doesn’t mean she did anything wrong.
Add to that the whole idea that some information could be considered classified after the fact, or that information is considered classified depending on how gathered, even if it is common knowledge (to preserve the source - like the NRO, SIGINT, HUMINT). So, it’s entirely possible that a piece of information that was reported in the NYT can be subsumed into a classified document because it’s backed up by some piece of data from a classified source after the fact.
Can’t remember the article I read, but there was something reported in the NYT having something to do with what Anonymous posted. Widely available online to the general public. But classified by the State Dept. Information that State employees were not allowed to access, but you or I could google and find it right now and post to our hearts desire all over social media.
re: #275 Bubblehead II
Yep. We lost a liberty port visit because a couple of wives were overheard talking about one of them flying out to meet her husband. The date she was leaving and destination wasn’t classified nor was the windbreaker with the ships name on it classified. But the two taken together was enough to compromise the boats movement. The adage about loosed lips sinking ships is still true today.
Especially after the attack on the USS Cole.
re: #280 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
That’s my problem: not with Hillary per se, but at the state of politics once she is nominated: the GOP is going to start impeachment proceedings before she even takes office…
Following politics is my favorite pastime and once this campaign gets going in earnest, I am going to feel like a fly fisherman watching his favorite creek fill up with raw sewage…
Well, all I can say is if you like following politics I don’t know why you wouldn’t like to see Clinton in the top job. There will be politics! Some like this country hasn’t seen in some time and some we may never have seen.
Dammit…this is all too fun. I like politics too. But I gotta get busy…
re: #281 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs
As a coworker said, I can’t tell you about it but you can go look it up.
Looks like Trump disavowing David Duke really got the point across #cpac2016 #tcot #uniteblue #MakeAmericaGreatAgain pic.twitter.com/QRPrFEkSZ5
— Buzz_Patriot (@Buzz_Patriot) March 3, 2016
re: #278 Dark_Falcon
And if he did not so vow he’d have been pilloried as a RINO and the media would have gladly fanned those flames as would have the Dems.
It’s to be expected, though. Unfair attacks are part of the game and I only don’t like them when the Dems use ‘em. Which is partisan of me, which is why I’m coming clean and just admitting my feelings are based on party loyalty.
You know when John Warner refused to endorse Oliver North for Senate in 1994, he still managed to survive in 1996. I will concede the Senate and Presidency are two different things. I just take issue with you calling this not fair when the man’s own words are that he’d support the nominee. He probably didn’t foresee Trump getting this far which I concede none of us did but it’s perfectly fair but I am glad that you admit that you’re just saying this based on party loyalty. By the way your party’s officials need to stop being afraid of being called RINOs and actually lead. It’s sad that you imagine your party’s officials as scared rabbits who are afraid to called RINO so much that they do stuff like that.
re: #285 The Vicious Babushka
All DT had to say was “I will accept his support, but it does not mean I support him or his views on race”, but that was too much for him to admit.
re: #234 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN
No excuse. I don’t think she should go to jail, but nobody in senior government positions should be using personal equipment to conduct official business.
Like Bush and Cheney did.
re: #264 lawhawk
Thanks for link, have really tried to avoid getting sucked down the rabbit hole on this issue.
re: #251 darthstar
Great band. Little George was a talent and a half. Great songwriters. Time Loves A Hero is a gem of an album, along with Dixie Chicken. Keeping Up With The Joneses
I think the emails were one of those things that was prohbitted but everyone seemed to do. I remember we had a policy at work where you could not let anyone come in behind you after you flashed your security card on the door. Dunno. As I said, I’m more upset about a bigot with no elected experience at all thinking he can run the country than something like that.
I’m sitting here listening to Joe, tapping my thigh in time with the drums and my dog is getting all excited and pouncing on my hand.
I think he likes Bonamassa too.
Don’t you just feel so sorry for all the oppressed whites being subjected to the horrors of genocide perpetrated by immigration & mixed marriages?
re: #294 b_sharp
Don’t you just feel so sorry for all the oppressed whites being subjected to the horrors of genocide perpetrated by immigration & mixed marriages?
The horror of watching the dominant race become a minority in the very country God gave them to rule over…
re: #294 b_sharp
Don’t you just feel so sorry for all the oppressed whites being subjected to the horrors of genocide perpetrated by immigration & mixed marriages?
Terrible. /// Seriously though, I love how Duke tries to scare older whites, HOW WILL YOUR GRANDCHILDREN SURVIVE IN THIS AMERICA and my parents can just point to their granddaughter who is half Peruvian and go motherfucker please.
I think they really are afraid that they’ll get treated with the same bigotry they’ve treated other people with for years. They have this fantasy of racial minority payback squads.
Someone at CPAC being interviewed on CNN. There appear to be some empty seats in the background. Or course it’s a work day and there’s this little presidential election going on now that probably has a few notables doing other things.
re: #297 HappyWarrior
I think they really are afraid that they’ll get treated with the same bigotry they’ve treated other people with for years. They have this fantasy of racial minority payback squads.
My pet theory: all right-wing thought is fundamentally motivated by fear.
re: #298 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
Someone at CPAC being interviewed on CNN. There appear to be some empty seats in the background. Or course it’s a work day and there’s this little presidential election going on now that probably has a few notables doing other things.
I’m waiting for them to finally end CPAC. It’s the same whiny shit every year.
That David Duke is still around to influence elections shows just how pervasive the racism and bigotry is on the right.
re: #299 iossarian
My pet theory: all right-wing thought is fundamentally motivated by fear.
I can go along with that. I think resentment plays a role too but you could say that’s part of the fear, no?
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— The Hill (@thehill) March 3, 2016
re: #301 lawhawk
That David Duke is still around to influence elections shows just how pervasive the racism and bigotry is on the right.
Yes.
re: #299 iossarian
My pet theory: all right-wing thought is fundamentally motivated by fear.
There’s sufficient evidence for that theory.
re: #297 HappyWarrior
I think they really are afraid that they’ll get treated with the same bigotry they’ve treated other people with for years. They have this fantasy of racial minority payback squads.
Remember Enoch “Rivers of Blood” Powell from Britain in 1968? “…in 15 or 20 years’ time the black man will have the whip hand over the white man.”
Because they can see things only in terms of one race/class/group being dominant over another.
Statistical analysis update: I collected data on the two alternative driving routes that I argue about all the time with my wife. My preferred route is 75 seconds faster, with a p-value of 0.01 (N = 23).
I have not told my wife yet.
re: #307 iossarian
Statistical analysis update: I collected data on the two alternative driving routes that I argue about all the time with my wife. My preferred route is 75 seconds faster, with a p-value of 0.01 (N = 23).
I have not told my wife yet.
If it was all about speed, you would both use jet-packs…
re: #306 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Remember Enoch “Rivers of Blood” Powell from Britain in 1968? “…in 15 or 20 years’ time the black man will have the whip hand over the white man.”
Because they can see things only in terms of one race/class/group being dominant over another.
Yeah I have heard of that speech. Didn’t Clapton get in some hot water for praising Powell?
re: #302 HappyWarrior
I can go along with that. I think resentment plays a role too but you could say that’s part of the fear, no?
I guess it’s a timing issue. If you think the other guy might get ahead of you in the future, that’s fear? If you think the other guy is already getting ahead of you it’s resentment?
re: #308 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
If it was all about speed, you would both use jet-packs…
If it was about speed, you’d apparate. Or use brooms. /Harry Potter
re: #306 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Remember Enoch “Rivers of Blood” Powell from 1960’s Britain? “…in 15 or 20 years’ time the black man will have the whip hand over the white man.”
Because they can see things only in terms of one race/class/group being dominant over another.
Yet, historically, few if any of the former British colonies turned on their British residents once they achieved independence. Mugabe has made life for the whites in Zimbabwe difficult, but Mugabe has made life for everyone in Zim difficult.
re: #310 iossarian
I guess it’s a timing issue. If you think the other guy might get ahead of you in the future, that’s fear? If you think the other guy is already getting ahead of you it’s resentment?
Yes, that sounds about right.
re: #309 HappyWarrior
Yeah I have heard of that speech. Didn’t Clapton get in some hot water for praising Powell?
And the Beatles’ original lyrics to “Get Back” were a satirical response to his speech, although they were later changed for fear that people would not grasp the context (or irony) and be offended.
re: #285 The Vicious Babushka
Trump has been more of an asshole to his fellow Republicans running for President than he has to David Duke.
re: #306 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Remember Enoch “Rivers of Blood” Powell from 1960’s Britain? “…in 15 or 20 years’ time the black man will have the whip hand over the white man.”
Because they can see things only in terms of one race/class/group being dominant over another.
And they’ve been using that old chestnut now for almost two centuries:
Be assured that emancipation itself would not satisfy these fanatics: -that gained, the next step would be to raise the negroes to a social and political equality with the whites; and that being effected, we would soon find the present condition of the two races reversed. They and their northern allies would be the masters, and we the slaves…
- John C. Calhoun, 1837
re: #314 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
And the Beatles’ original lyrics to “Get Back” were a satirical response to his speech, although they were later changed for fear that people would not grasp the context (or irony) and be offended.
Didn’t know that about Get Back.
re: #316 Timothy Watson
And they’ve been using that old chestnut now for almost two centuries:
I hope Calhoun is rotting in his grave seeing what this country has turned into. Truly one of the most malevolent forces in the history of American politics.
re: #307 iossarian
Statistical analysis update: I collected data on the two alternative driving routes that I argue about all the time with my wife. My preferred route is 75 seconds faster, with a p-value of 0.01 (N = 23).
I have not told my wife yet.
Did you include differing police enforcement patterns and quantify time lost saying “Yes sir”?
I think Hillary thought going through a private server, no one would find out her dirty deals with the Clinton foundation. She also thought she could get a way with Benghazi and murdering four people. Also Vince. Foster.
It was the perfect plan. No one would find out.
//
re: #319 Decatur Deb
Did you include differing police enforcement patterns and quantify time lost saying “Yes sir”?
In addition to being a statistical nerd, I am also a very cautious and rule-abiding driver.
re: #320 Jenner7
It was the perfect plan. No one would find out.
//
The plan is not perfect because it doesn’t account for the actions of Jane Fonda in Vietnam. But it’s pretty close.
re: #321 iossarian
Take into account potholes, stop signs, train crossings, and road gradients? ;)
re: #321 iossarian
In addition to being a statistical nerd, I am also a very cautious and rule-abiding driver.
Suppose that will do, if you lack the talent to grovel abjectly.
re: #315 GlutenFreeJesus
Trump has been more of an asshole to
his fellow Republicans running for President than he has to David Duke.everybody, everywhere
ftfy
Off to garden—putting in the high-risk tomatoes and peppers.
re: #312 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Yet, historically, few if any of the former British colonies turned on their British residents once they achieved independence. Mugabe has made life for the whites in Zimbabwe difficult, but Mugabe has made life for everyone in Zim difficult.
I need to learn more about Mugabe. God he’s gotta be nearly 90 by now.
re: #297 HappyWarrior
I think they really are afraid that they’ll get treated with the same bigotry they’ve treated other people with for years. They have this fantasy of racial minority payback squads.
Heinlein wrote about this and failed miserably with Farnham’s Freehold
Charles Stross has rhetorically asked whether “anyone (has) a kind word to say for (…) Farnham’s Freehold”, and then described it as the result of “a privileged white male from California, a notoriously exclusionary state, trying to understand American racism in the pre-Martin Luther King era. And getting it wrong for facepalm values of wrong, so wrong he wasn’t even on the right map … but at least he wasn’t ignoring it.”
re: #325 The Vicious Babushka
“I disavow, ok?”
“I don’t know him.”
But to everyone else:
Joke. Loser. Dope. Dummy. Are you from Mexico? I wish I could beat them up! I will shoot some random people in the face!
So a high school friend is posting this meme that insists every single Senate Democrat voted to cut veterans’ pensions. That sounds very wrong unless there’s a catch and an increase in veterans’ pensions was linked to something prosperous like a ACA repeal. No real desire to engage this guy. It just sucks that a fairly smart guy doesn’t get that the Republican party could care less about veterans like himself and he’s too blinded by his hatred of Democrats and liberals to see it.
re: #330 HappyWarrior
So a high school friend is posting this meme that insists every single Senate Democrat voted to cut veterans’ pensions. That sounds very wrong unless there’s a catch and an increase in veterans’ pensions was linked to something prosperous like a ACA repeal. No real desire to engage this guy. It just sucks that a fairly smart guy doesn’t get that the Republican party could care less about veterans like himself and he’s too blinded by his hatred of Democrats and liberals to see it.
If #GOP cares so much about #veterans why do they always vote against veterans benefits? #tcot #UniteBlue pic.twitter.com/0Y1D4NiAkS
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) March 3, 2016
re: #331 The Vicious Babushka
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Thanks. Knew it was a load of shit. I mean he’s not a bad guy but man he just posts the most obnoxious right wing shit.
And of course there is a misspelling on that meme.
re: #327 HappyWarrior
I need to learn more about Mugabe. God he’s gotta be nearly 90 by now.
He’s made sure he is the only possible ruler of Zimbabwe, by force if necessary. And yeah, he’s up there in years.
All righty. See you all later. Midnight has arrived here and I am sleepy.
re: #334 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
He’s made sure he is the only possible ruler of Zimbabwe, by force if necessary. And yeah, he’s up there in years.
Yeah he’s pretty scary. I need to learn more about African history. One of the many courses I’d like to have taken but could never quite fit into my BA. I did take two classes on China which has proven quite helpful in understanding China I think better than the average American when China gets discussed. I took Latin-American history as well. and Middle Eastern. In short a lot of the non-European history I took were in places that we’ve gotten a lot of immigrants from and important regions. Well every region is important obviously but you knwo what I mean.
re: #331 The Vicious Babushka
And send them to wars based on lies.
re: #137 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
I really wish there was another candidate. Although as far as available candidates go, she is clearly the best choice.
My reasons are more personal and subjective: as soon as she is nominated, the GOP are going to start impeachment proceedings against her, and it is going to get really ugly, misogynistic and unpleasant, even more so than under Obama.
This really makes me sad. Why does HRC have unfavorables? Because the GOP has spent everything destroying both Bill and her. This is GOP led bullshit that is repeated ad nauseum everywhere republican from Fox to every right wing blog and radio outlet.
What exactly has she done that makes her unfavorable? That she was an attorney for corporate America? That she tried to do something for healthcare in the 90s? That she stole all the W’s from the White House computers when Bill left office?
I am not saying she’s perfect in any way - no candidate is. But damn, she spent time trying to do what she felt was right while she was in public office. I am not sure exactly what more a public servant is supposed to do.
re: #338 MsJ
I am not sure exactly what more a public servant is supposed to do.
Be white, male and conservative.
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re: #278 Dark_Falcon
Then it’s time to lose that party loyalty. If ethics is entirely based on political party loyalty it won’t be long before you participate or condone the most evil of actions.
Demagogues and dictators depend on people like you and there is unfortunately no shortage.
Party loyalty? Or loyalty to your country and fellow citizens… Let me see…
heh
One overlooked aspect of the infamous Romney-Trump 2012 presser: Trump and Romney battling for handshake supremacy https://t.co/EO5hHa9lmH
— Dan Amira (@DanAmira) March 3, 2016
@DanAmira Small Trump hand maybe makes it last longer.
— Tom Hasan (@kellyhasan) March 3, 2016
That is one long handshake. Like, uncomfortably long. https://t.co/7fkxKgwapI
— Chris Cillizza (@TheFix) March 3, 2016
re: #341 Romantic Heretic
Then it’s time to lose that party loyalty. If ethics is entirely based on political party loyalty it won’t be long before you participate or condone the most evil of actions.
Demagogues and dictators depend on people like you and there is unfortunately no shortage.
Damn. I thought loyalty was to country.
I must have missed the party message somewhere along the line.
.@detroitnews endorses @JohnKasich for president ahead of Michigan primary https://t.co/L5vzjAFplf
— David Shepardson (@davidshepardson) March 3, 2016
re: #266 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
I’m reading David McCullough’s book on the Johnstown flood which is really good. The book is from 1968 I believe, the flood was in 1889 (in Pennsylvania).
It’s available on audible.
re: #299 iossarian
My pet theory: all right-wing thought is fundamentally motivated by fear.
Pretty much. The rise of American authoritarianism.
Golly. Big big line for Romney speech on Trump pic.twitter.com/BAzOuBxl5d
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) March 3, 2016
re: #341 Romantic Heretic
Then it’s time to lose that party loyalty. If ethics is entirely based on political party loyalty it won’t be long before you participate or condone the most evil of actions.
Demagogues and dictators depend on people like you and there is unfortunately no shortage.
Sometimes you have to destroy what you love in order to save it…
re: #270 HappyWarrior
Bookwise, I’m still on the first book of John Dos Passos’ U.S.A trilogy. It’s a neat look at the first third of the last century.
is also on audible —one expensive audiobook!
re: #347 I Stand With Planned Parenthood
It’s available on audible.
Most books thankfully are. I’ve started to really like Audible. Something about another voice reading a work is comforting. Plus Audible makes it easy to multitask. Hard to work out with a book in your hand. Audible not so much.
re: #274 ObserverArt
Still cold. I’ve missed your contributions. You know you can always vent about everything here. And I hope you get to feeling better.
Thanks! Just been so down I don’t even want to think. Pain does that to a person. Getting slowly better. My Sacrum displaced itself. I can’t tell you how damn inconvenient that is.
re: #233 Dark_Falcon
No, she’s not made that clear. And I doubt she will since, while I don’t think she set it up intending to break the law, in my view she did do it in order to avoid having her emails subject to hostile scrutiny. It’s probably a legacy of the microscope Ken Starr put her under during his investigation into the Whitewater mess.
Is that why Colin Powell did the same thing?
re: #351 I Stand With Planned Parenthood
is also on audible —one expensive audiobook!
That’s what I have it on. I get the audible discounts though so I got this one for free. It was so funny when they were talking about the Frick building in Pittsburgh because I did a double take and remembered from the documetns I have of my dad’s maternal grandfather that he was working there in the teens.
This photo of Trump Jr holding a bloody piece of dismembered elephant may be the best accidental metaphor ever. pic.twitter.com/SozMbr6W6x
— Christopher Orr (@OrrChris) March 3, 2016
Is there a live stream of the Mittens speech? TIA.
re: #356 The Vicious Babushka
This photo of Trump Jr holding a bloody piece of dismembered elephant may be the best accidental metaphor ever.]
The GOP is very much like a rope!
re: #356 The Vicious Babushka
Needs a dildo. Oh wait. There’s one in that pic already.
re: #360 Blind Frog Belly White
Heh. I edited. lol
re: #303 lawhawk
I am curious…how do you think the SCOTUS justices feel about the right not allowing Obama a path to a new justice? Do you think that this situation the GOP created will affect rulings?
So, if one really wants to be disgusted by humanity and the uselessness of the dog and pony show I’ve been avoiding, read: Foliage.
It’s the authors first book and I really think she needed a better editor. The non-fiction parts seems spot-on and is just about more than I never needed to know about global finance and black money.
It’s a quicker and easier read than the non-fiction tome: The Outlaw Bank. I’m a little ways into this one. It’s very well written. The whole affair is nearly impossible to describe, so the information is dense and difficult to hold in the memory. I think the authors have done a difficult job very well.
As we well know, so much of our world is financed on the misery of others… .
re: #357 makeitstop
Is there a live stream of the Mittens speech? TIA.
here are some:
LIVE VIDEO: Romney’s Speech On Trump - https://t.co/3abwAeDwHz pic.twitter.com/2UfltiqD21
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) March 3, 2016
LIVE VIDEO at 11:30. Mitt Romney to speak about Donald Trump. Watch here: https://t.co/mJQzQFoQnt
— WXII 12 News (@WXII) March 3, 2016
Watch Live: Mitt Romney Targets Trump in Speech on GOP at 11:30 a.m.https://t.co/cFMU9vM2Cv pic.twitter.com/DW5CMOwEh8
— WVVA News (@WVVA) March 3, 2016
Florida Insider Poll: Marco Rubio poised to lose Florida; ‘God save the Republic’ https://t.co/P8ULnElTLu @Shoq @maddow @Karoli
— Shar G (@hapkidogal) March 3, 2016
re: #349 Backwoods_Sleuth
Romney 2016? Is he the savior the GOP “establishment” is looking for?
re: #365 Backwoods_Sleuth
MITTT IZ JUS A STOOPID RINO ANYWAY, HE COULDN’T BEAT THE YOUSURPER!!! MITTT SHUUD JUST STFU ALREADY, NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR FROM A LOZER LIKE HIM!11! SECRET LIEBRAL LOOK AT HIS RECKORD!
I’d throw in some anti-Mormon bigotry too, but I think that covers most of it.
re: #369 HappyWarrior
This is one weird race.
The TP has turned current US politics into a battle of absolutes and ideologies, and this is all playing out very strangely indeed.
Comes now The Mittens, whose Bain Capital threw thousands out of work, to explain why the “common people” shouldn’t vote for someone else.
— Barracks O’Bama (@P0TUS) March 3, 2016
re: #363 MsJ
Well, it’s already affecting the dynamic on the Court as per yesterday’s oral arguments on the TX HB2 TRAP law. The tag team of Sotomayor, Kagan, and the Notorious RBG completely dismantled Roberts’ attempts to limit discussion and in effect protect the TX legal team from being dismembered by facts.
Had Scalia been in the room, I doubt the dismembering would have been so thorough or complete.
Rulings likewise will be affected.
Roberts knows the court’s being politicized by the GOP, but there’s little he can say or do (even if he should). The Court is ultimately at the mercy of the GOP’s obstructionism and Roberts isn’t likely to come out and openly state that the obstructionism has no place in the nomination and confirmation process because he wants to be remembered as nonpartisan, and knows the GOP would take any statement on the obstructionism as taking sides - against the GOP.
He’s between the rock and hard place.
re: #368 MsJ
Looks like Mittens will spend as much time attacking Hillary as he does Trump. He really doesn’t like that Trump (truly) called GWB a liar about the war with Iraq.
re: #353 I Stand With Planned Parenthood
Thanks! Just been so down I don’t even want to think. Pain does that to a person. Getting slowly better. My Sacrum displaced itself. I can’t tell you how damn inconvenient that is.
What’s your taste in fiction that you can enjoy with as much (or little) brain as the painkillers allow?
re: #371 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
The TP has turned current US politics into a battle of absolutes and ideologies, and this is all playing out very strangely indeed.
If we had some sort of proportional representation in the House (even if it was by state), the TP would be one of those fringe parties that only gets called on if there’s no other option for forming a government.
re: #344 ObserverArt
Damn. I thought loyalty was to country.
I must have missed the party message somewhere along the line.
My loyalty is to humanity. I love Canada but if I thought it was being deliberately inhumane, there was no chance of redeeming it and I believed there was a better alternative I’d toss it over the side in a heartbeat.
re: #380 Backwoods_Sleuth
Reagan right off the bat.
Drink!
The same Reagan he ran away from when he started his political career.
Babies are a “crop”.
re: #385 Backwoods_Sleuth
All doom and gloom
So nothing has changed in him since 2012 even though Obama well exceeded his own plans to cut the unemployment rate.
re: #381 Romantic Heretic
My loyalty is to humanity. I love Canada but if I thought it was being deliberately inhumane, there was no chance of redeeming it and I believed there was a better alternative I’d toss it over the side in a heartbeat.
Mine is too, but in the 21st century we can’t afford to hope America goes away, so I’m gonna stay and struggle with it.
re: #375 CleverToad
What’s your taste in fiction that you can enjoy with as much (or little) brain as the painkillers allow?
The weirder the better. China Mieville wierd.
Sci-Fi is my favorite genre —David Brin, Vernor Vinge, Connie Willis and the classics.
Nothing that insults my intelligence.
Opiates don’t work for me, so it’s just a matter of being able to sit in a position in which I can actually read —or listen —depending on the format.
tanks
re: #387 HappyWarrior
So nothing has changed in him since 2012 even though Obama well exceeded his own plans to cut the unemployment rate.
A black man is still in office.
listing all of Trump’s business failures.
“A business genius, he is not”
Slams tRumps business expertise and all his failures.
re: #391 Backwoods_Sleuth
listing all of Trump’s business failures.
“A business genius, he is not”
This is correct but Mitt should know he’s opening himself to attacks by Trump on his own business record which really isn’t anything to write home about either.
re: #373 lawhawk
Well, it’s already affecting the dynamic on the Court as per yesterday’s oral arguments on the TX HB2 TRAP law. The tag team of Sotomayor, Kagan, and the Notorious RBG completely dismantled Roberts’ attempts to limit discussion and in effect protect the TX legal team from being dismembered by facts.
Had Scalia been in the room, I doubt the dismembering would have been so thorough or complete.
Lovely quote from D. Lithwick’s article in Slate (seen here and on Facebook):
“If the case is sent back to Texas on remand, we will play this out again in a few years with nine justices. But it’s hard to imagine President Obama conjuring up, from even the darkest, most devious underground lab, a new justice who would be half as fierce as the four-car train of whoop ass we saw today.”
only serious policy proposals come from Cruz, Rubio and Kasich…
re: #381 Romantic Heretic
My loyalty is to humanity. I love Canada but if I thought it was being deliberately inhumane, there was no chance of redeeming it and I believed there was a better alternative I’d toss it over the side in a heartbeat.
In absolute hedonistic fashion (Ayn Randian) my loyalty is to myself. If I am not considered a human being under the law, all issues are moot.
I want to live in a world in which children are treasured and people live by the golden rule.
This is in my self-interest, IMHO—thus hedonsitic.
re: #396 Backwoods_Sleuth
only serious policy proposals come from Cruz, Rubio and Kasich…
“Cruz” and “serious policy proposals” should not be in the same paragraph.
This ain’t gonna move the needle. Should make for an interesting news cycle, though.
Romney: Trump tells us he is very very smart.
When it comes to foreign policy he is very not-smart…
A lot of this is true but the messager sucks.
re: #381 Romantic Heretic
My loyalty is to humanity. I love Canada but if I thought it was being deliberately inhumane, there was no chance of redeeming it and I believed there was a better alternative I’d toss it over the side in a heartbeat.
I agree. I was addressing the point we are at politically at this time in this country.
Trump’s sexual exploits during the Vietnam War…
ewww
re: #388 Belafon
Same here with Canada.
Luckily we seemed to have made the curve with the latest election. I didn’t vote Liberal but I like Justin Trudeau who is miles better than Harper.
Harper even bought in a US political operative who tried the OMFG! Moozlems! tactic to get re-elected. Even most Conservatives were, like, “Fuck you, Stephen.”
Quite the laundry list of fucked-up-ness, though.
You-all saw this picture from Zooborns, didn’t you?
http://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/2016/02/ringed-seal-is-a-rare-zoo-birth.htmlimagine your children and grandchildren acting like Trump…
re: #405 Backwoods_Sleuth
Trump’s absurd third grade theatrics…
None of this is going to make him less endeared to the GOP base…
re: #381 Romantic Heretic
My loyalty is to humanity. I love Canada but if I thought it was being deliberately inhumane, there was no chance of redeeming it and I believed there was a better alternative I’d toss it over the side in a heartbeat.
You sound like a true lefty.
watch how he responds to my speech today.
Will he talk about our policy differences or will he attack me with every low blow.
re: #391 Backwoods_Sleuth
listing all of Trump’s business failures.
“A business genius, he is not”
Well, it takes some doing to fail that often and still be wealthy.
Not genius mind, just a total lack of ethics.
re: #279 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
Unfortunately, while the writing is of course good, the pictures in the book (again from 1968) are not very clear. And it’s a bit hard to visualize everything that’s being described. I’m not far from Johnstown so I think I’ll do a drive up there when the weather gets nicer. There’s a museum or memorial of some kind about the flood.
The museum is quite well done. It help put all the individual events that lead up to the flood in context. And, the pictures are, impressive.
http://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/2016/02/ringed-seal-is-a-rare-zoo-birth.htmlre: #410 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
None of this is going to make him less endeared to the GOP base…
Trump supporters are immune to reality. We can all thank Fox Nooz and talk radio for that.
Damn. I hate Mitt, but he is cutting on The Donald™ pretty good. The rest of the crap about Dems and Hillary is bullshit…to be expected.
re: #395 CleverToad
Lovely quote from D. Lithwick’s article in Slate (seen here and on Facebook):
“If the case is sent back to Texas on remand, we will play this out again in a few years with nine justices. But it’s hard to imagine President Obama conjuring up, from even the darkest, most devious underground lab, a new justice who would be half as fierce as the four-car train of whoop ass we saw today.”
Why do I have a vision of President Obama reading that passage on his phone in the Oval Office and whispering under his breath, “Challenge accepted, motherfucker.” Only to have whoever he’s meeting with look up and say, “I’m sorry, Mr. President?”
The problem most of the GOP base won’t give a shit what Romney has to say.
There’s new thread, guys, come join me.
Also what’s the over/under on open brawling at CPAC this year?
re: #414 Romantic Heretic
Well, it takes some doing to fail that often and still be wealthy.
Not genius mind, just a total lack of ethics.
It also helps to start out with a lot of money. When you’re worth $100m to start, you can lose $100,000 and it not be the end of the world. When you’re worth $65,000, losing $100,000 you’re effed in a major way.
re: #424 Eclectic Cyborg
Also what’s the over/under on open brawling at CPAC this year?
Oh, pleaseohpleaseohpleaseohplease……
I’ve been locked away in board rooms for the last few hours. Has Romney given his tantrum yet?
re: #427 Dr. Matt
I’ve been locked away in board rooms for the last few hours. Has Romney giving his tantrum yet?
happening now
re: #288 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
All DT had to say was “I will accept his support, but it does not mean I support him or his views on race”, but that was too much for him to admit.
And, tRump is quite will to reject endorsements, as he has stated so vociferously about reject a Romney endorsement.
re: #418 ObserverArt
Nope. He isn’t. This is basically a rehash of all the stuff anyone who bothered to vet Trump has been saying since Trump entered the race. Only Mitt’s the one saying it.
Expect Trump’s rejoinder will be glorious in his disdain for Romney and the GOP.
Put succinctly, @realDonaldTrump will turn this “attack” by @MittRomney into a positive - and gain support from core GOP voters.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) March 3, 2016
I could give a damn about Mittens or the Whiner. I don’t even find it entertaining anymore.
re: #411 b_sharp
You sound like a true lefty.
Prefer ‘humanist’.
Defined by my favourite author as, “An exaltation of freedom but one limited by our need to exercise it as an integral part of nature and society.”
One of the reasons I dislike the ‘Right’ is that they believe they are Lords over nature and don’t really believe in society, unless society is a strict authoritarian hierarchy.
Anyone remember when we had Statesmen in politics instead of hucksters?
re: #424 Eclectic Cyborg
Also what’s the over/under on open brawling at CPAC this year?
They had to take that bet off the board. Even with “yes” being -10000 and “no” at +2500 they weren’t getting nearly enough action to balance the bets.
re: #432 lawhawk
Expect Trump’s rejoinder will be glorious in his disdain for Romney and the GOP.
I’m hoping he decides to go third party.
Also - I wonder if there are any Trump supporters lurking in the audience…
If the GOPe had any convictions, everyone of them would be scheduling similar pressers to speak out against Trump. Gutless cowards.
Yes, please, Mitt Romney, tell us how very concerned you are about misogyny.
— Chloe Angyal (@ChloeAngyal) March 3, 2016
Trump’s rally in Maine today should be nothing but savaging Romney.
re: #442 Backwoods_Sleuth
Trump’s rally in Maine today should be nothing but savaging Romney.
And I expect that to resonate. It’s not like Romney was beloved by the GOP base.
Mitt Romney just accused the Clintons of engaging in “crony capitalism”.
Seriously. pic.twitter.com/9pVE9WhW5X
re: #442 Backwoods_Sleuth
Trump’s rally in Maine today should be nothing but savaging Romney.
And every network will be providing live coverage.
re: #442 Backwoods_Sleuth
And in the role of the Daily Gimp, Chris Christie will be played by Paul LePage.
re: #445 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Mitt has no self awareness at all. I’m glad he reminded me of how glad this bastard’s not President.
@bobcesca_go
I wonder if Donald was in the middle of an angry misspelled tweet and stopped, when Mitt said, “Watch how he responds.”— Mike Graham (@mikegraham57) March 3, 2016
Mitt Romney, the whitest human being imaginable, is insulting Trump for his connections to white supremacy.
WE LOVE IT.— Wonkette (@Wonkette) March 3, 2016
re: #449 Backwoods_Sleuth
As if Trump has that kind of self control…
MSNBC reporter just said he asked Romney if he would get into the race and Romney didn’t answer.
re: #450 Backwoods_Sleuth
At the same time, just being white privileged is not the same as being a white supremacist. It’s sucky, but there really is worse sucky.
Immediate reaction:
Cruz, Rubio, and Trump actually have a lot of overlap on fiscal policy (in particular, how taxes are recofigured) and immigration, and strike the same bellicose stance on foreign policy.
The idea that Trump is unserious about policy and the other remaining candidates are serious is utter tosh.
This is a panic move. It’s also got the worst optic alignment possible: Romney is twice-condemned as an outspoken patrician of the moneyed class Trump has set himself against, and as the candidate too weak/not conservative enough to beat Obama.
It’s also weak because it has to go to well of “stop Hillary” to give itself weight.
re: #432 lawhawk
Nope. He isn’t. This is basically a rehash of all the stuff anyone who bothered to vet Trump has been saying since Trump entered the race. Only Mitt’s the one saying it.
Expect Trump’s rejoinder will be glorious in his disdain for Romney and the GOP.
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What I meant by cutting on Trump was the bit about Mittens saying watch Trump come out and attack him (Mitt). You are right about all the other stuff, but only a GOP pol could frame that bit about Trump attacking and have it have some impact. That to me made it a good ‘cut’ because in a way it forces Trump’s hand. Anything Trump does now is going to hurt him and the GOP. Actually everything that happens today is going to hurt the GOP. They have a war on now. And it is all in their ranks.
re: #456 The Ghost of Bork Bork Bork Bork
Immediate reaction:
Cruz, Rubio, and Trump actually have a lot of overlap on fiscal policy (in particular, how taxes are recofigured) and immigration, and strike the same bellicose stance on foreign policy.
The idea that Trump is unserious about policy and the other remaining candidates are serious is utter tosh.
This is a panic move. It’s also got the worst optic alignment possible: Romney is twice-condemned as an outspoken patrician of the moneyed class Trump has set himself against, and as the candidate too weak/not conservative enough to beat Obama.
It’s also weak because it has to go to well of “stop Hillary” to give itself weight.
Agreed 100%.
Re: the new Ghostbusters trailer
I am bummed they aren’t using the firehouse again. To me that’s like taking Batman out of the batcave.
re: #434 Romantic Heretic
Prefer ‘humanist’.
Defined by my favourite author as, “An exaltation of freedom but one limited by our need to exercise it as an integral part of nature and society.”
One of the reasons I dislike the ‘Right’ is that they believe they are Lords over nature and don’t really believe in society, unless society is a strict authoritarian hierarchy.
I like the Free Market, but as a mechanism to balance supply and demand, not as an ideology.
I am all for individual initiative and personal responsibility. But I do not expect individuals and families with limited resources and incomes to be able to negotiate on even terms with multi-million-dollar international corporations.
And yes, when investors band together collectively to increase their profits, that is praised as the very soul of capitalism, but when workers or consumers collectivize to maximize their own wages & benefits, it is seen as anathema to everything our country stands for.
And I believe that young people, even young people should be responsible for making decisions about their bodies and reproductive systems. To do that, they need more than Abstinence Only.
I might actually watch tonight’s Republican debate. Just to see if anyone has the nads to engage Trump on his BS.
re: #459 Eclectic Cyborg
Re: the new Ghostbusters trailer
I am bummed they aren’t using the firehouse again. To me that’s like taking Batman out of the batcave.
Rudy Giuliani probably shut it down.
Did anyone ever think you’d hear #MITT say ‘menstrual cycle’ in a speech? #TRUMP
— Archivist1000 (@Archivist1000) March 3, 2016
If you guys haven’t been following the news on Robert Morrow, the new Republican Party chairman of Travis County, TX has gone completely off the cliff since his victory on Tuesday.
Sorry about the shortened Gawker link, but there’s language in it that might not make it past the filters. Additonally, be forewarned that some of the images in the story could pass for NSFW.
The Newest Texas GOP County Chairman Is Completely F*cking Insane
Robert Morrow is the newest Republican Party chair of Travis County, the Texas territory that contains the state capital, Austin. He appears to be an absolute lunatic.
I don’t mean “Donald Trump” crazy, or “Rand Paul” crazy. Between his tweets, public statements, and website, he is “I’m wearing pants made out of snakes, I am Son of God” crazy.
If you want to witness his unfiltered insanity, hop over to his Twitter feed. This thing is so absolutely unhinged that I originally thought it was a hacked/spoofed account with the level of crazy hatred being posted, but it is ALL Morrow.
This is not only NSFW, it’s not safe for lunch, or brain cells for that matter.
Romney says Trump “creates scapegoats of Muslims and Mexican immigrants.” https://t.co/6rGTUlknef pic.twitter.com/ZkMtUxdpBi
— ABC News (@ABC) March 3, 2016
Guy on CNN talking about Drumpf voters: “Donald Drumpf has proven to be George Wallace on steroids.”
You know, because that’s a good thing or something. *facepalm*
re: #457 ObserverArt
Actually, if GWB came out against Trump with this kind of speech, that might actually have had an effect.
Had GWB or Mitt said something in July 2015, it might have ended it right there.
Their silence = assent, and the beast of Trump is now too big to control or contain, and Trump’s positions overlap too greatly with the rest of the field to cleave/excise.
Sen John McCain (R-AZ) puts out stmt saying he agrees with Mitt Romney’s concerns about Trump: pic.twitter.com/OZAs1vVE2l
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorpNBC) March 3, 2016
re: #466 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Wait, wait Mr. Self-Deport is talking about scapegoating immigrants and Mr. I hired now Trump supporter Kris Kobach to be my immigration adviser. Mitt’s clueless. He’s part of why Trump’s rhetoric on immigration is accepted.
re: #466 Backwoods_Sleuth
Romney says Trump “creates scapegoats of Muslims and Mexican immigrants.”
Instead of nicely encouraging them to just “self-deport”.
re: #389 I Stand With Planned Parenthood
The weirder the better. China Mieville wierd.
Sci-Fi is my favorite genre —David Brin, Vernor Vinge, Connie Willis and the classics.
Nothing that insults my intelligence.
Opiates don’t work for me, so it’s just a matter of being able to sit in a position in which I can actually read —or listen —depending on the format.
tanks
I haven’t read as much science fiction as I should, for someone who’s spent as much time at SF cons as I have. Also don’t mind things that insult my intelligence if they appeal to my sense of humor. Did you ever read The Witches of Karres? That was one of my favorites back in the day. I was an Andre Norton fan; also liked Diana Wynn Jones on the fantasy side. In steampunk graphic novels, there’s the Girl Genius series from Phil and Kaja Foglio — that gets plenty weird.
My confess my current taste is running to historical/cozy style mysteries and Regency romance. Wandering back through Agatha Christie and Georgette Heyer to admire the skill and the ambiance.
Chris, I’ll give you $52 if you say “Mitt’s right” RT @AsburyParkPress BREAKING: @GovChristie to hold press conference at 1pm #ChrisChristie
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) March 3, 2016
re: #473 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Going to be interesting to see what Chritsie says about Romney considering Romney chose against him because it would have been hard for Romney not ot make fat jokes.
4 years ago the GOP couldn’t stand Mitt Romney
How shitty is your party when this arrogant stiff looks good to BOTH sides in comparison?— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) March 3, 2016
re: #469 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I wonder if the GOP has a series of these statements lined up?
What would Trump do if there were a bunch of these released today?
Third party? One can only hope.
re: #468 lawhawk
Actually, if GWB came out against Trump with this kind of speech, that might actually have had an effect.
Had GWB or Mitt said something in July 2015, it might have ended it right there.
Their silence = assent, and the beast of Trump is now too big to control or contain, and Trump’s positions overlap too greatly with the rest of the field to cleave/excise.
Agreed. The only thing I give Mitt credit for is coming out publicly and lighting a match. I sure am not giving Mr. 47% any credit for anything more.
The party big wigs probably think this is going to work. It is going to work against them and it is not going to look good to America. I’m fine with what just happened. As you say the Trump monster has already been unleashed, so there is no harm in starting to burn down the laboratory that created him.
Jerry DeLemus, NH tea partier & co-chair of Veterans for Trump, arrested in connection with 2014 Bundy Ranch: https://t.co/WDlHZeoj1h
— Catherine Thompson (@KT_thomps) March 3, 2016
re: #475 Backwoods_Sleuth
@Stonekettle Graham says you could shoot Cruz bet they’re going to have to back him to keep Trump out. There’s shitty.
— Lonnie Mask (@LonnieMask) March 3, 2016
Speaking of con men, why do you suppose Mitt didn’t endorse, but recommended splitting votes? Hmmm.
— Tommy Christopher (@tommyxtopher) March 3, 2016
Yes, Mitt did that in his speech.
re: #137 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
I really wish there was another candidate. Although as far as available candidates go, she is clearly the best choice.
My reasons are more personal and subjective: as soon as she is nominated, the GOP are going to start impeachment proceedings against her, and it is going to get really ugly, misogynistic and unpleasant, even more so than under Obama.
So do you think it was a bad choice for Obama to run? His presidency has certainly been an ugly shit show by the republicans and most of the media.
Thing is, it’s not Hillary’s fault that her opposition is fucking crazy with hatred. Her opposition is crazy with hatred whether she’s the candidate or not. Who could the dems run that would win even Chuck Fucking Todd’s favor.
You state that she’s the best viable candidate. We all need to support the best viable candidate regardless of how fucking crazy the opposition is.
Excuse the angry rant. I’m home sick with a depression day today and I’m not in a good mood.
Shorter Mitt Romney: “DRUMPF SUCKS. BROKERED CONVENTION AMIRITE?”
I eagerly await the Drumpf meltdowns on Twitter.
re: #476 makeitstop
I wonder if the GOP has a series of these statements lined up?
What would Trump do if there were a bunch of these released today?
Third party? One can only hope.
Even without a 3rd party, turning Trump away from the nomination would mean that millions of his supporters would simply turn their backs on the GOP, and certainly not in favor of the Democrats.
re: #478 lawhawk
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re: #481 stpaulbear
So do you think it was a bad choice for Obama to run? His presidency has certainly been an ugly shit show by the republicans and most of the media.
Thing is, it’s not Hillary’s fault that her opposition is fucking crazy with hatred. Her opposition is crazy with hatred whether she’s the candidate or not. Who could the dems run that would win even Chuck Fucking Todd’s favor.
You state that she’s the best viable candidate. We all need to support the best viable candidate regardless of how fucking crazy the opposition is.
Excuse the angry rant. I’m home sick with a depression day today and I’m not in a good mood.
Like I said, my reasons are subjective and personal. And I am sure it will get even uglier than with Obama. Would really rather see somebody else running, but if she is the only realistic and reasonable choice, she will get my vote.
Let’s say things went to hell for Republicans and Trump split. McConnell has already made it known that he’ll have Republican Congresspeople make ads separating them from Trump. How do we use that statement and those to get Trump supporters to vote against, or not vote for, Republican Congresspeople?
re: #485 Backwoods_Sleuth
His crazy wife, Susan, is a member of the NH House of Representatives
I think I ermember hearing about them.
re: #483 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Even without a 3rd party, turning Trump away from the nomination would mean that millions of his supporters would simply turn their backs on the GOP, and certainly not in favor of the Democrats.
I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if Trump used the debate tonight to announce he was leaving, complete with F-bombs.
It would prove Mittens’ point, but his followers wold eat it up like groceries.
— Kathleen McKinley (@KatMcKinley) March 3, 2016
re: #445 Backwoods_Sleuth
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“Crony Capitalism” is the way that the GOP tries to have its cake and eat it too with lower-income white voters.
These voters are uncomfortably close to understanding that capitalism has, not to put too fine a point on it, fucked them over.
So they have to be fed a story in which the bad things are really due to Crony Capitalism, which is really the fault of the Democrats. The GOP stands for real capitalism, which is all unicorns and fairies and well-remunerated blue-collar work.
re: #486 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Like I said, my reasons are subjective and personal. And I am sure it will get even uglier than with Obama. Would really rather see somebody else running, but if she is the only realistic and reasonable choice, she will get my vote.
I just wanted to get my two bits in that we can’t be second guessing our own candidates based on how insane the opposition is. I know we’re on the same side.
Unconfirmed reports suggest Trump is considering making Mitt Romney an offer he can’t refuse…
re: #491 iossarian
“Crony Capitalism” is the way that the GOP tries to have its cake and eat it too with lower-income white voters.
These voters are uncomfortably close to understanding that capitalism has, not to put too fine a point on it, fucked them over.
So they have to be fed a story in which the bad things are really due to Crony Capitalism, which is really the fault of the Democrats. The GOP stands for real capitalism, which is all unicorns and fairies and well-remunerated blue-collar work.
Just cut taxes, eliminate government regulation and it will be jobs, jobs, jobs!!!
re: #239 Dark_Falcon
This is also an attempt to distance John McCain from Donald Trump at a time when the Dems are (unfairly) trying to link them.
John McCain would eat the peanuts out of Trump’s shit if he asked him to. He has no soul left.
re: #488 HappyWarrior
I think I ermember hearing about them.
She was in one of Luntz’s focus groups and pretended that she was a new voter, or something like that. She also rails conspiracy theories about Obama.
re: #494 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Just cut taxes, eliminate government regulation and it will be jobs, jobs, jobs!!!
So many jobs you won’t be able to do them all!
re: #491 iossarian
“Crony Capitalism” is the way that the GOP tries to have its cake and eat it too with lower-income white voters.
These voters are uncomfortably close to understanding that capitalism has, not to put too fine a point on it, fucked them over.
So they have to be fed a story in which the bad things are really due to Crony Capitalism, which is really the fault of the Democrats. The GOP stands for real capitalism, which is all unicorns and fairies and well-remunerated blue-collar work.
“Crony Capitalism” is a slogan the Kochs made up.
LOL! Sarah wants back on the Trump stage…
Donald Trump, Don’t Take the Bait
The “machine’s” deception and nonsensical attack on Trump isn’t really an… https://t.co/XkLVBlZJhh— Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) March 3, 2016
Donald Trump, Don’t Take the Bait
The “machine’s” deception and nonsensical attack on Trump isn’t really an… https://t.co/XkLVBlZJhh— Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) March 3, 2016
Does she realize that her former running mate (and top of the ticket) John McCain supports Romney?
re: #500 lawhawk
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Does she realize that her former running mate (and top of the ticket) John McCain supports Romney?
she doesn’t care
re: #496 Backwoods_Sleuth
She was in one of Luntz’s focus groups and pretended that she was a new voter, or something like that. She also rails conspiracy theories about Obama.
I watched that and was stunned at how worked up and huffy she got.
‘He goes on TV! And lies!! To me!! I know he lies!’
ODS in human form.
Thunderdome…
BREAKING: @GovChristie to hold press conference at 1 p.m. #ChrisChristie
— Asbury Park Press (@AsburyParkPress) March 3, 2016
Pathetic hack sez what?
Romney says Trump is a “fraud” Rubio calls him a “con artist”; not sure how these folks ever walk back these comments. how does party unify
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) March 3, 2016
re: #504 Lidane
Pathetic hack sez what?
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Nomination contests are confusing to Chuck.
re: #478 lawhawk
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Heh. Bet they thought they were OK after all this time passed with nothing happening. If I was a Bundy Rancher in 2014 still at large, I’d be getting pretty nervous about now.
Trump supporters heckled Romney: they either got stomped or rushed out of the room, right?
Donald triples down on David Duke, compares him to “Jewish federations”
Donald Trump compared David Duke/the KKK to the Jewish Federations on Morning Joe today: pic.twitter.com/X5dVJVgcdN
— Yair Rosenberg (@Yair_Rosenberg) March 3, 2016
re: #507 Barefoot Grin
Trump supporters heckled Romney: they either got stomped or rushed out of the room, right?
escorted out
JUST IN: Top Trump aide thanks Romney for “incredible endorsement” https://t.co/MzN8Ryooee pic.twitter.com/nhKFZUnk2K
— The Hill (@thehill) March 3, 2016
Trump voter on Fox News says he likes that Trump doesn’t give specific policy ideas because otherwise other candidates might steal them.
— Elise Foley (@elisefoley) March 2, 2016
re: #503 FormerDirtDart
Thunderdome…
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Whether Trumpenstein gets 1,237 delegates and the GOP convention is a glittery Trump Entertainment production, or especially if he doesn’t get to 1,237 and its a WWE Battle Royal for the nomination, this Summer’s GOP convention will be must-see television. I bet it gets the highest ratings of any TV show this year short of the Super Bowl.
Donald Trump compared David Duke/the KKK to the Jewish Federations on Morning Joe today: pic.twitter.com/X5dVJVgcdN
— Yair Rosenberg (@Yair_Rosenberg) March 3, 2016
re: #487 Belafon
Theoretically, the path would be through pointing that Trump’s occasional populist outbursts are kind of liberal, while the starched “conservative fiscal policy” of his Republican detractors is entirely elitist.
But the problem is, the Democratic Party, and liberals in general, really don’t have an angle from which to work with the kind of anger that Trump supporters are throwing around. “Populism” doesn’t really have a valence, and the populism pushing Trump is fundamentally about white anger. Awhile back I put up a long post about how systemic racism ultimately screws most white folks via bait-and-switch: what Dr. King referred to as “eating Jim Crow.”
Trump supporters are now angry at “elites,” but they haven’t questioned a whole series of faulty premises about why they deserve things and various other groups that are also citizens don’t. Indeed, via the conspiracy-style thinking present in Tea Party and the Alex Jones crowd, they’ve done the exact opposite of question this premise: they’ve re-confirmed that everybody is out to get them.
President arriving at Andrews today, en route Milwaukee, possibly just having heard Mitt Romney’s press conference. pic.twitter.com/pcHllVYGoB
re: #486 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Like I said, my reasons are subjective and personal. And I am sure it will get even uglier than with Obama. Would really rather see somebody else running, but if she is the only realistic and reasonable choice, she will get my vote.
I understand you have concerns. I think everyone does about all politicians.
I however do not understand how is could get any crazier with Hillary than Obama and you can be sure about it. We have already reached the bottom.
The dam that is in our politics has to break some time. If it doesn’t, it will not matter who the Dem candidate is. Heck, right now it doesn’t appear it won’t matter who the Republican candidate is. We are that screwed up politically.
re: #505 Timothy Watson
Nomination contests are confusing to Chuck.
Life is confusing to Chuck. I really do not understand how he got his job and then promoted to where he is now. I guess it’s just another sign of how screwed up our media really is. They must be fine with a toad like Todd.
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