Jun 8, 2016
Jun 7, 2016
Today's Fun Fact
The last time the GOP won POTUS without somebody named Bush on the ticket, we got Watergate.
Before that, the last time the GOP won POTUS without somebody named Nixon on the ticket, we got The Great Depression.
There's definitely some kinda theme there, but seriously - we gotta be able to do better'n that.
On Being Sensible About It
Why a lifelong Republican says he's voting for Hillary Clinton https://t.co/sP0WMp8XwB https://t.co/8k0Tjoh52X— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) June 2, 2016
I'm a Bernie guy, and I'll go on being a Bernie guy, and even tho' Bernie's not gonna get the nomination, I want Bernie's ideas to become a solid part of the Democratic Party's platform, and if nothing I want to see happen actually happens, I'm still gonna show up and vote because there's a shitload of other people and issues on the ballot worth voting for - and if I think it's what I have to do to keep Trump out of the White House, I intend to shove a ginormous hunk of Limburger up each nostril so I can vote for Hillary.
There's no difference between Trump and Hillary? As long as you don't actually expect me to buy that crap, I'll go on refusing to believe you're that stoopid.
I will not be throwing a tantrum and talking myself into going along with something like "Fuck 'em - let's blow it all up".
Like the man said - any jackass can kick over a lantern and burn down the barn. That's not how we do things here. Not yet anyway.
Fly Paper
HuffPo:
So this is basically Paul Ryan trying very hard to be very nuanced in his positioning - he's trying to peddle nuance to voters who've been trained for 35 years to reject nuance as something weak and wishy-washy and all like Libtard-y and icky.
I sure hope Hillary's bunch knows enough to make Trump stick to every Republican in every race. Every Dem candidate should be calling out every GOP candidate, constantly pushing them all to declare publicly where they stand.
You take one of their favorite tactics - the False Dichotomy Fallacy - and you use it against them. "It's all and only one way or it's all and only the other way" - "You're either with Trump or you're against Trump" - "You can't have it both ways" - "It's all or nothin' at all".
Go get, 'em guys.
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) had harsh words Tuesday for Donald Trump‘s comments about Judge Gonzalo Curiel, calling out the presumptive GOP nominee for racist comments while simultaneously reaffirming that his endorsement of Trump stands.
At an outdoor press conference set up to discuss the rollout of an anti-poverty plan, Ryan was asked if Trump’s repeated statements that Curiel should be disqualified from overseeing a Trump University case because of his Mexican heritage had made him regret his recent endorsement of Trump.
“I disavow those comments. I regret those comments that he made,” Ryan said.
“Claiming a person can’t do their job because of their race is sort of like the textbook definition of a racist comment,” Ryan said. “I think that should be absolutely disavowed. It’s absolutely unacceptable.”But Mr Ryan has decided to stay with his endorsement of Donald Trump, even as he condemns what Trump said for being something very typically racist.
So this is basically Paul Ryan trying very hard to be very nuanced in his positioning - he's trying to peddle nuance to voters who've been trained for 35 years to reject nuance as something weak and wishy-washy and all like Libtard-y and icky.
I sure hope Hillary's bunch knows enough to make Trump stick to every Republican in every race. Every Dem candidate should be calling out every GOP candidate, constantly pushing them all to declare publicly where they stand.
You take one of their favorite tactics - the False Dichotomy Fallacy - and you use it against them. "It's all and only one way or it's all and only the other way" - "You're either with Trump or you're against Trump" - "You can't have it both ways" - "It's all or nothin' at all".
Go get, 'em guys.
Jun 6, 2016
The New Era Of Shoddy
First this:
Then this:
None of this shit is hard to track down - and is there any better way to illustrate the likely chaos of a Trump White House?
But seriously - this is in keeping with Trump's assertion that his being sent to a Military Boarding School for Rich Legacy Pukes is the same as actual experience in a uniformed service.
Out In The Open Now
WASHINGTON — Republican senators are rushing to condemn Donald Trump’s statement that a Mexican-American judge can’t be impartial because of his ethnicity. They’ve called his comments “wrong,” “offensive” and the “definition of ‘racism.’”
But they’ve just put themselves in a bind: those same senators are still arguing, somehow, that Trump is the best person to fill the Supreme Court vacancy, along with dozens of other federal court seats they’re holding open for the next president.Acknowledging that Trump's comments are pretty horrible, but then continuing to stand up for the guy - well now, that's not exactly what anybody has in mind when they think of the word "integrity", fellas.
Watching a long segment replay from Joe Scarborough about the Judge Curiel thing struck me as pretty wild. First, the GOP does not - THEY JUST FUCKING DON'T - get to play this like they never saw it coming and nobody ever tried to warn them.
They won't let me embed the video, so here's the link to the MSNBC page. (check for the date: June 6, 2016)
A little horn tooting might be in order here - libruls have been trying to tell us this was happening for years. A blogger named driftglass (eg) has been saying this is what's going on. The podcast he does with Blue Gal every week has been laying this out for a good 200 weeks or more.
Who's been right about this shit all along, and who's been fucking wrong?
Second, reports of the GOP's demise may be premature, but it gets harder and harder not to visualize it circling the drain.
Mr Oliver, If You Please
I'll keep asking the question - when do we start to get this level of quality reportage back in "the news"?
And also too - yes, there's an opinion embedded in this stuff.
- My opinion is that facts matter.
- My opinion is that those facts show Trump University to be a scam.
- My opinion is that those two things add up to: Donald Trump is a lyin' sack of shit.
3500 lawsuits in about 30 years time? Makes me wonder what his real bidness might be.
Jun 5, 2016
Jun 4, 2016
Muhammad Ali
Dead yesterday at 74
Once upon a time, there was a Meat Market type bar in southeast Denver called The Sports Page, and the gimmick was that they showed old movies of sporting events on a coupla big projection screens. My all-time fave was this fight between Ali and Cleveland Williams. The first time I saw it, I was so mesmerized that I just sat there swilling beer and watching - I got drunk enough to fall asleep in my car out in the parking lot afterwards.
Here's what I posted on his birthday this year
Here's what I posted on his birthday this year
Today's Quote
"I guarantee you that every person of color in this country has faced an indignity, from the ridiculous to the grotesque to the sometimes fatal, at some point in their - I'm going to say last couple of hours - because of their skin color. Race is there, and it is a constant. You're tired of hearing about it? Imagine how fucking exhausting it is living it."
--Jon Stewart
Today's Tweet
#PoorDonald here are some mittens for you to keep warm, just your size! #TinyHands pic.twitter.com/WU9Q6tcp3S— Sal #NeverTrump (@Salalaniz5) June 2, 2016
Jun 3, 2016
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)