I wasn’t pencilled in to post the DOT today, but I offered at the last minute and got the ok. When I get the “ok” it really means “OH MY GOD ARE WE (Meg and RIP) GOING TO TRUST HIM WITH THE KEYS TO THE DOT? WHAT IF HE ENDS UP RANTING INCOHERENTLY – HE’S ONLY ‘SOMETIMES RIGHT‘?”
That said, I really couldn’t ask for better friends. They’re why we’re here, after all. To be fair, I did think I might manage to be of some service when we set out on this journey. Ever since then, though, it’s mostly seemed to me to have been the other way around…and even though I’d like to think a certain someone was running out of obscure paraphrasings, I can’t help but think referring to me as a “purblind prognosticator” might have been a palpable hit.
For all the joking, fencing and poking fun that often goes on backstage, I sure hope it’s the fun that wins out in the end…
because your friends are the folks you can find it in your heart to forgive – or maybe the ones who forgive you, depending on whose turn it is – and I know I say this a lot but the community really is the point at the end of the day. Or I guess the beginning, what with this being the DOT?
Anyway, here is my rant about why recycling is bad for the environment – I mean my “totally not a rant because I’m behaving myself”…so:
Perhaps just a random dumping of some trash?
In a taped interview on April 18, Kushner told legendary journalist Bob Woodward that Trump was “getting the country back from the doctors” in what he called a “negotiated settlement.” Kushner also proclaimed that the U.S. was moving swiftly through the “panic phase” and “pain phase” of the pandemic and that the country was at the “beginning of the comeback phase.”
“That doesn’t mean there’s not still a lot of pain and there won’t be pain for a while, but that basically was, we’ve now put out rules to get back to work,” Kushner said. “Trump’s now back in charge. It’s not the doctors.” The statement reflected a political strategy. Instead of following the health experts’ advice, Trump and Kushner were focused on what would help the president on Election Day. By their calculations, Trump would be the “open-up president.”
I guess some people might call that complaining about the raw deal he feels the medically qualified have been giving his father in law but obviously I operate a different definition of that term than some assholes seem to use.
I have studied and interacted with many members of Congress. McConnell is the most brazen evil, cruel and powerful legislator in the last 50 years. His lack of empathy for the vulnerable and disadvantaged is stunning.
Welp. It appears, upon editing this post, that this video is now “unavailable.” Here’s a link…
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Happy anniversary, Deadsplinter!
2020s most cynical move? Sage Francis is a father? The guy that made disaster, two different worlds, etc. has a kidz what a wild world we live in.
I don’t comment often, but thank you for this site, it helps, as much as possible, in these fucked up times.
…I could be wrong but I guess I always thought the baby referred to in that tune was metaphorical?
…either that or he’s changed his tune from the days of “sea lion” since I’m pretty sure that includes the line “I’m glad I never passed the genes”
He recently fathered a baby boy.
…wow…I missed hearing about that & I wish the guy well…& the little guy, too…& his ma too, whoever she might be
…good to know…surprising…but hopefully a good thing for all concerned
Funny you mention his mom. Friends and I went to see him in florida,and while we waited in line, this old couple kept driving by slow, and people in line started giving them shit. They keep driving by, more people give them shit. Eventually, Sage runs out, and starts diggining the back of the trunk of the old couple, it was his parents. Funny stuff.
Wait…WHAT?
I’ve been kind of out of touch lately…
is Natalie Portman the mom?
I don’t believe so, ha ha. Matter of fact, I think the woman has two girls from a previous relationship. I don’t dig deep, not really my business, but in introducing the little guy, he mentioned his sister’s.
Happy Anniversary everyone!
Well said, Myo. I bet that they will allow you to drive the car again. This: “the community really is the point”; thank you all for building such a beautiful mental space.
Happy Anniversary Deadsplinter!
Speaking of cleaning up – Boof Kavanaugh revised his opinion after a formal complaint by Vermont Secretary of State
…I know it’s seemingly all about packing/rebalancing the court for a lot of folks but I’d love to hear from someone who knows more than I do about this stuff as to what exactly would have to change to starting punting these so-called justices off the bench they clearly don’t deserve to be warming?
…term limits I guess would limit the problem, sure…but I’m looking for evictions &/or seeing the assholes disbarred for bringing their profession &/or the law into disrepute, I think…rulings re-examined, judgements called into question & all that sort of thing…because if justice is partial…not to mention partial to bullshit arguments at the highest level…I’m not sure that’s really something anybody gets to call justice?
Impeachment is one option, but you have the same problems that there were with Trump. Although *IF* the Democrats have the Senate, they could at least control the trial better. But you still need the House to make a serious effort to investigate.
Constitutional amendment is another option, probably harder than impeachment.
But I think if they did cement a rational majority, you would see the older freaks quit after a few years, for what it’s worth. They’re there to own the libs, not to keep getting shown up or actually work. Kavanaugh might quit too eventually, but not until he gets something just as ego stroking.
The problem with impeachment–just like court-packing–is that the minute Republicans get control of Congress again, there’s nothing stopping them from booting the liberal justices off the bench. The solution has to be something that is not only lasting, but that is not prone to Republican retaliation, which is why I think term limits are the way to go.
These right wingers aren’t going anywhere. They have a lifetime job to keep fucking over people all they want. They will never have that kind of power anywhere else. They will also very much see themselves as the “check on liberal overreach”, which is really just a fancy way of saying they want to own the libs, should the Democrats have a lasting majority in Congress at some point.
…I think this is where I struggle…much is made of there being a system of checks & balances but all too often the balance seems out of whack & there’s no real teeth to the checks
…a good deal of that, the way you allude to, is a tit for tat issue since once the Dems make use of an avenue to correct an imbalance the GOP is bound to abuse the same route as they try to reassert their uneven playing field
…it’s a bit like the Hatch Act or the emoluments clause stuff in a way…so long as some sort of honor code remains in effect it sounds like there’s something in place to prevent abuse but we’ve had a whole term of evidence that under the current circumstances it’s effectively meaningless
…I could be way off base but it feels to me as though what would help deter a lot of these problems would be if there were seen to be some meaningful consequences to the abuse of these positions…although it would need to be developed with a good deal of care if it were to avoid become another cudgel for the right wing the first chance they got
…& although I’m optimistic enough about the potential of human nature to achieve a degree of enlightenment I’m certainly cynical enough to think that on the one hand the system that has produced the status quo of the last few years (or decades…or centuries…depending on what problem you happen to be thinking of) is one that attracts bad faith actors to the point of actively courting them…& on the other hand demonstrates that th vast majority of people barely want to think about the broad strokes of the thing much less the fine detail?
yes, impeachment is an option but, like you say, you have the same problems: 2/3 of the senate must vote yes. I think the best option is to throw the fbi at him. if the doj is at dem hands, give the fbi a few million to to investigate the bastard. get him on a sexual assault charges and the bastard is gone. no trials, no votes, no gop, nothing.
…I mean, you say impeachment is an option but I’m pretty sure our lady nancy of the slow clap just announced that impeaching barr was officially off the table so I don’t like our chances when it comes to even a nominal justice?
…but I’d admit that a little enforcement of the law wouldn’t go amiss, for sure…quis custodiet ipsos custodes & all that…same as it ever was
Fucking typical. Get used to more of it.
Shocked that a white dude who’s fallen upward his entire life is incompetent. Just shocked /s
Happy anniversary, Deadsplinter. This site is a gift, especially when I’m supposed to be working.
Happy anniversary to Deadsplinter from me, too. And, since this is an open thread, this shit is awesome:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/10/29/1990656/-Ossoff-s-hard-hitting-Georgia-Senate-debate-performance-goes-viral-for-good-reason
Holy carp, Ossoff just pasted (not “shellacked”) Perdue.
Florida Man finally did something kinda clever:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-man-accused-changing-gov-ron-desantis-address-voter-database-n1245241
Too bad we don’t know how Ron found out about the change. I really hope it was when he went to his precinct to vote and they couldn’t find him on the voter roll.
That’s exactly what happened, lol.
Fuck yes. Eat shit, DeSantis. How does it feel to suddenly realize you can’t vote without any warning at all? Who am I kidding. You know they let him vote anyway.
happy anniversary deadsplinter!