Oct 1, 2018
Beau Of The Fifth Column
Hillbilly wisdom - yes it's a real thing.
The aggressor backed off, not because he felt threatened, but because he respected Beau's "proprietorship" more than he respected her as a person.
The aggressor backed off, not because he felt threatened, but because he respected Beau's "proprietorship" more than he respected her as a person.
How Great I Art
Hey - I got a mention on Crooks & Liars.
And it drives my traffic in a very nice way.
And it drives my traffic in a very nice way.
Thanks, Blue Gal
Today's Daddy State Lesson
Daddy State Awareness, rule 3:
Two U.S. Senators — Sens. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) — are applying for federal money under a $12 billion bailout program set up by the White House to help farmers hurt by trade hostilities, spokespeople from their offices said.
Grassley pressed the Trump administration this spring to relieve farmers who have been pummeled by Chinese tariffs on their exports amid the wider trade war. Tester has also criticized the impact of the tariffs on farmers and called on the administration to help Montana ranchers.
The Agriculture Department confirmed last week it has already sent more than 7,800 bailout checks totaling over $25 million to farmers across the country. The assistance is intended to help farmers survive the trade war with China, which has dramatically widened in scope this month after the U.S. announced it would target another $200 billion in Chinese goods.
Every prediction of dire consequences is a threat - either they're causing that dire consequence now so they can blame us for problems of their own doing, or they plan on causing it later in order to manipulate us into doing what they want now.
So let's see what they're up to, shall we?
Grassley pressed the Trump administration this spring to relieve farmers who have been pummeled by Chinese tariffs on their exports amid the wider trade war. Tester has also criticized the impact of the tariffs on farmers and called on the administration to help Montana ranchers.
The Agriculture Department confirmed last week it has already sent more than 7,800 bailout checks totaling over $25 million to farmers across the country. The assistance is intended to help farmers survive the trade war with China, which has dramatically widened in scope this month after the U.S. announced it would target another $200 billion in Chinese goods.
And then, a little classic double-speak:
“Sen. Grassley participates in farm programs for which he is legally eligible, including this program, like every other farmer,” said the spokesman, Michael Zona. “Grassley receives no special treatment and is always transparent about his participation. As a family farmer, Sen. Grassley brings firsthand knowledge and experience on behalf of agriculture and rural America to the policymaking tables in Washington.”
How many times have we heard some variation of this:
"The republic will stand...until the populace discover the ability to vote themselves benefits from the public treasury..." ?
Radical Libertarians (people who were once quaintly referred to as "conservatives") have been using that quote as a defensive weapon against us for a long time.
It's part of the overall strategy to delegitimize government at every level - and the very concept of democratic self-governance - to plant the notion that getting together, pooling our resources, and trying to do anything that's best for the most is the "evil of the collective".
They've been teaching huge segments of Americans to be afraid of each other, and to look to "their superiors" for marching orders.
Today's (Un)Quote
Commonly attributed to Louis Brandeis, this is prob'ly more like something he said once in passing, or is otherwise apocryphal.
It's also more than a little possible that the thing is from a speech by Ralph Nader when he was running his vanity project "campaign for president" in 2000.
Whatever - and in keeping with modern cyber-lore theory - it rings true as fuck, so why not post it?
We must make a choice in this country. We may have democracy, or we may have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few - but we may not have both.
Here's another one:
The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal - well meaning but without understanding.
Sep 30, 2018
Sep 29, 2018
One More Time
Ronan Farrow is turning out to be quite the investigator. And while the fact of Ramirez isn't new, the story of the Repubs holding it back explains how they managed to (eg) come up with a list of 65 women to "vouch" for Kavanaugh's character on such very short notice.
At that point, Heather Sawyer, the Democratic staffer who was copied on the e-mails in accordance with committee policy, wrote to Davis, “As you’re aware, Ms. Ramirez’s counsel have repeatedly requested to speak with the Committee, on a bipartisan basis, to determine how to proceed. You refused. I’ve never encountered an instance where the Committee has refused even to speak with an individual or counsel. I am perplexed as to why this is happening here, except that it seems designed to ensure that the Majority can falsely claim that Ms. Ramirez and her lawyers refused to cooperate. That simply is not true.”
They knew there were some major problems in this asshat's past and weirdly, the "woman problem" may be the one they actually want us to focus on, so we can be made to overlook the truly horrendous shit he's pulled as a long-time GOP operative, specializing in Rat-Fuckery.
I just like to remind myself of these things.
E-mails show Republican Senate staff stymied a Kavanaugh accuser's effort to give testimony. "I’ve never encountered an instance where the Committee has refused even to speak with an individual or counsel. I am perplexed as to why this is happening here": https://t.co/Fy0om1zAuO— Ronan Farrow (@RonanFarrow) September 28, 2018
And also too - thinking about Kavanaugh's little hissy fits on Thursday, imagine what this jagoff is going to be like in a debate with SCOTUS colleagues behind the doors.
And also too, pt 2: Imagine Donald Segretti, as a mean drunk, being elevated to SCOTUS.
Come At Me, Bro
If you're still on board with Cult45, you have no way to troll me effectively, because it's all but certain there's nothing in your opinion that can be identified as factual, or logic-based - which makes it impossible to respect the intellect behind that opinion.
Your MAGA hat, and your big red Xs, and your 4Chan QAnon baloney, and your DumFux News bullet points all demonstrate that you and I are simply not morally compatible.
Say your worst - it's meaningless - it's nothing - it's balloon juice and sail boat fuel.
hat tip = @JohnPavlovitz
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