Aint No Right

Trump constantly tweets LAW & ORDER, but I haven't heard him denounce the violence of his supporters . He seems to justify it. When it was brought to his attention that many of the people in the Trump caravan came armed with paintballs, he hemmed and hawed, and said paint balls won't kill you. Then ...

^Biden did say both things. Biden is the antecedent of he. Take away the first quote: Biden said this right after the Portland shooting: (quoted sentence removed). Today in Pittsburgh he said: “Rioting is not protesting. Looting is not protesting. Setting fires is not protesting. None of this is pro...

Here is the criminal court filing against Rittenhouse. It states his first victim, Rosenbaum, was unarmed (page 3), although it does state that Rosenbaum was chasing Rittenhouse. https://www.wisconsinrightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Complaint-Criminal_1-Rittenhouse-Kyle-H-2020CF000983-Rittenh...

^Yeah, I don't watch CNN. I can't. I just can't. :lol: With regard to whether Trump is condemning violence/riots, it seems as though he justifies its use when it comes to his supporters. Didn't the Rittenhouse kid shoot someone before a group converged on him? During a press conference he made it so...

Xizen47 wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 31, 2020 12:13 pm

Now that Trumps poll numbers are rising ...

I've read he did not get a convention bounce? What are you referring to?

I actually feel pretty bad for Mayor Wheeler. He has an impossible job right now. He had very little room to do anything about it early on in our local political climate and was much too ignorant to see the disaster forming on our doorstep that has now burned down the house. He is up for re-electio...

America is the most liberal/progressive it's ever been. If you think what's happening now is worse than the 60s then you need to crack a book. It's not that simple. The internet/social media etc has complicated things. There is misinformation, disinformation, propaganda, and doctored videos that go...

Since March, six soldiers (5 men, 1 woman) have been found dead near the base in what appears to be five separate incidents of foul play. (One of the men killed himself after having killed the woman.) https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2020/08/26/elder-fernandes-missing-soldier-fort-ho...

Kellyanne Conway to leave the White House at the end of the month, citing the need to focus on her family By Ashley Parker August 23, 2020 at 10:39 p.m. EDT https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/kellyanne-conway-white-house/2020/08/23/6c26e18a-e5a7-11ea-bc79-834454439a44_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-ban...

I have never been to Plymouth Rock. My husband went when he was a kid and said it was a letdown.

^Yeah, I've only read Cat's Cradle. You do not need to be a fan or have read any of his work to enjoy Shields's biography. It's that good. Vonnegut was a complicated/flawed person. On the one hand I gained some respect for him based on the fact that he came from a privileged background and chose to ...

I have been binging The West Wing. Another great show I am late to. (I didn't watch a lot of TV in the late 90s/early 20s) It's rhythm is similar to The Newsroom (HBO), although The West Wing is far more superior which came as a surprise to me since it is a 20 year old network television series. I'm...

Open letter from over 70 former republican security officials: https://www.defendingdemocracytogether.org/national-security/ https://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/documents/national/read-the-letter-by-former-gop-national-security-officials-opposing-trump/2116/ We are former national security officials w...

https://archive.org/services/img/manwithoutcountr00kurt A Man Without a Country is an essay collection published in 2005 by the author Kurt Vonnegut. The essays deal with topics ranging from the importance of humor, to problems with modern technology, to Vonnegut's opinions on the differences betwe...

Xizen47 wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 21, 2020 9:05 am

but will still vote for him because of the dems failure to provide someone worth voting for.

It's not as though the republicans have provided someone worth voting for, despite the low bar.

Miles Taylor was in the Administration's circle and used to be a Trump supporter. His compelling PBS NewsHour interview got my attention. During the interview he mentioned that he will be speaking more about his observations in the upcoming weeks. (He also indicated that more republicans officials w...

I usually get a chuckle out of Rex Huppke's columns. https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/rex-huppke/ct-kamala-harris-biden-trump-pence-election-huppke-20200812-fb3ojzl7ezgpteilpvhfyzhdz4-story.html Column: Biden picks Kamala Harris. Trump should dump Mike Pence and replace him with a yacht. By RE...

So there is a Democratic Senate primary coming up in my neck of the woods between incumbent Senator Ed Markey and his challenger House Rep Joe Kennedy. Markey just put out an ad. He opens with a NIN song in the background. Didn't see that coming. :lol: Cool ad though. I am not originally from Massac...

Artemis wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 11, 2020 4:50 pm

Susan Rice for secretary of state?
. . .

She was on the most recent list (of 6) for VP.

Juana wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 06, 2020 8:55 pm

A friend of mine passed today . . .

My condolences

wally wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 14, 2020 3:14 pm

Fuck 2020.
Had to put my dog down last week. 13 year old boxer, 11 with us. He had a great life and was my best friend.
...

Just saw this.

Rumors are it will be announced today. I don't have a handle on who it might be. I was thinking Susan Rice, but I read that Gretchen Whitmer had an in-person interview with Biden over the weekend. Apparently she is the only one who has had such an interview. :noclue: (I still think there is a possib...