tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post2848300566118665650..comments2024-03-18T21:36:06.832-07:00Comments on CONTRARY BRIN: Impeachment and other exit strategies. Twenty different chess moves! A sample chapter from POLEMICAL JUDO.David Brinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14465315130418506525noreply@blogger.comBlogger174125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-30261273406263853382019-10-24T13:24:00.083-07:002019-10-24T13:24:00.083-07:00onwardonwardDavid Brinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14465315130418506525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-57878330363106507832019-10-24T12:21:50.723-07:002019-10-24T12:21:50.723-07:00I'm deeply disgusted to learn that my district...I'm deeply disgusted to learn that my district's rep, Doug LaMalfa, was one of those clowns who tried to shut down the impeachment hearings yesterday. What a goddam clown.<br />Already had several righties chant at me "the hearings are private! This is BAD! Must have public hearings!" I just tell them, "Be careful what you wish for."Zepp Jamiesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03024670772812706971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-4820447976651165622019-10-24T11:35:39.347-07:002019-10-24T11:35:39.347-07:00But let's move on to important stuff!
onward
...But let's move on to important stuff!<br /><br />onward<br /><br />onward<br /><br />David Brinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14465315130418506525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-14707376271448586092019-10-24T11:21:21.834-07:002019-10-24T11:21:21.834-07:00Take it easy on jim. That was the best hw could co...Take it easy on jim. That was the best hw could come up with after a whole month of stewing. <br /><br />Not even a glimmer of an attempt to actually debate the matter, by taking on the challenges I put forward at <br /><br />http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2019/08/five-devastating-rebuttals-to-use-with.html<br /><br />Just incantations. Chanted incantations, making him entirely similar to the Confederates. <br /><br />Again, oh splitter captain. Try proving any of your splutter kremlin-generated crap honestly, taking on my Five Challenges.David Brinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14465315130418506525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-16366973249895316512019-10-24T11:09:00.470-07:002019-10-24T11:09:00.470-07:00Jim, remember that the Republicans think that the ...Jim, remember that the Republicans think that the stimulus was too big; that insurance before the ACA was better; that withdrawing from the world stage and letting our allies be killed and our interests be damned is preferable; that war mongers, torture users, corrupt bankers, Wall street insiders and CEO’s are our close friends and allies, and should be appointed cabinet positions; and turning America into a pyramid shaped distribution isn't going fast enough.<br /><br />It's one thing to criticize your side for not doing enough. It's another to throw your weight with those who oppose what you believe, or just letting those who oppose overwhelm those who are at least <i>trying</i> to make things better.A.F. Reyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08102355714883828348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-417043094094231532019-10-24T10:52:27.835-07:002019-10-24T10:52:27.835-07:00George Carty,
It looks like both sides have a mon...George Carty,<br /><br /><i>It looks like both sides have a monopoly issue then</i><br /><br />Nah. Some people like to look for other people to blame.<br />The world moves on and I missed the train.<br />Someone MUST be to blame!Alfred Differhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01170159981105973192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-35781563697245764122019-10-24T10:18:14.099-07:002019-10-24T10:18:14.099-07:00Lets go through it again:
Stimulus was too small b...Lets go through it again:<br />Stimulus was too small by about 500 billion dollars. Where was the support for all the employees of the states - you know teachers, social workers, planners etc who got needlessly laid off?<br /><br />ACA- mandatory shitty for profit insurance with large copays and deductibles (and surprise hospital bills) what’s not for issuance company to love and a sick person to hate?<br /><br />Continuation of the global war of terror- I am pretty sure Obama killed far more innocent men women and children with drone strikes than Trump has.<br /><br />Prosecutions for the war mongers , torture users, and corrupt bankers, Wall street insiders and CEO’s was not even on the table. Obama was there to protect them. <br /><br />Continued and reinforced globalization – got to help the oligarchs turn America from a diamond shaped income distribution into a pyramid shaped distribution. Benefits for the wealthy and well educated cost for almost everyone else.<br /><br />Massive subsidies for bankers, wall street and insurance companies.<br />jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07865068658069680309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-50404235141554277932019-10-24T09:50:46.276-07:002019-10-24T09:50:46.276-07:00I'm using that.I'm using that.<br />David Brinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14465315130418506525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-816021908983146722019-10-24T09:49:58.228-07:002019-10-24T09:49:58.228-07:00scidata. kewl.scidata. kewl.David Brinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14465315130418506525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-81505697800120559592019-10-24T09:25:47.685-07:002019-10-24T09:25:47.685-07:00The best hope for a GOP return to vertebrate statu...The best hope for a GOP return to vertebrate status are duty, honor, and 'what will your grandchildren say'. Those would immediately disqualify the zombies. The tombstone of one classic rugged individualist film star (a dem) simply reads:<br /><b>LEE MARVIN<br />PFC<br />US MARINE CORPS<br />WORLD WAR II</b>scidatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992209167553267488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-35053444734481055132019-10-24T08:50:55.425-07:002019-10-24T08:50:55.425-07:00Sigh.
I said:
BTW, I'm only up to the start ...Sigh.<br /><br />I said:<br /><i><br />BTW, I'm only up to the start of Season 5, so no spoilers, please. :)<br /></i><br /><br />You had one job!Larry Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01058877428309776731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-35238877989119456082019-10-24T08:43:56.003-07:002019-10-24T08:43:56.003-07:00George Carty, how's the Kremlin basement koola...George Carty, how's the Kremlin basement koolaid taste? What utter drivel-hogwash. So some dems take some money from some 'corporatists." The test is what they'd do with power. And during the 72 DAYS(!) dems had true legislative power, across 25 years, they passed the ACA and made the CFPB and dozens of other reforms and planned to do more to get cash out of politics...<br /><br />...till prissy purist splitters wrecked it all in 2010.<br /><br />You take it as GIVEN that dems are sellouts. I say YOU bear the burden of proof, especially when you see what they do in states like California, where they've had power more than 72 days.<br /><br />Go to http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2019/08/five-devastating-rebuttals-to-use-with.html and then come back and tell your answers to those "Rebuttals vs. Splitterism." Any one of them shreds that Kremlin-sourced bullshit you repeat.<br /><br />Come back with refutations. You won't because you have none.David Brinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14465315130418506525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-6952999484178475582019-10-24T07:36:47.659-07:002019-10-24T07:36:47.659-07:00Bolton stays dogged right up 'till the end.
A...<i>Bolton stays dogged right up 'till the end.</i><br /><br />Actually, he's the poster child of Dr. Brin's quip of someone who thinks he'll be top dog and ends up kibble. :)A.F. Reyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08102355714883828348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-28971244605092666522019-10-24T07:20:56.675-07:002019-10-24T07:20:56.675-07:00Benedict Donald surpasses locumranch in lying depa...Benedict Donald surpasses locumranch in lying department. In fact, he lies when there's no benefit to it. Apparently it's like the GEICO commercial: "If you're Donald Trump, you lie. It's what you do."<br /><br />https://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2019/Pres/Maps/Oct24.html#item-4<br /><i><br />Donald Trump was in Pittsburgh Wednesday afternoon to deliver a speech. And, as he usually does, he set aside a fair bit of time to extol some of the accomplishments of his administration. That included this revelation: "We're building a wall on the border of New Mexico. And we're building a wall in Colorado." Reportedly, there was a visible reaction from the crowd, whose members have apparently passed fourth grade geography, and who therefore know that Colorado doesn't border Mexico.<br /><br />There is, of course, no wall being built in Colorado or anywhere else. There is also no plausible explanation for how Trump might have misspoken. Nope, it was just a baldfaced lie. Normally, we don't take note of his lies, because if we did so, we wouldn't have time to write about anything else. However, his always-tenuous relationship with the truth just seems to be getting worse and worse. Maybe it's desperation, maybe he feels empowered by having gotten away with so much for so long, or maybe it's some form of mental dysfunction. Whatever the case may be, one can only imagine what it's going to be like when he runs a whole presidential campaign in this state of mind. His base obviously tolerated a lot of bending of the truth in 2016, but is there a point at which some of them reach their limits?<br /></i><br /><br />Larry Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01058877428309776731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-20707154291627758122019-10-24T06:26:00.520-07:002019-10-24T06:26:00.520-07:00Jon S,
It looks like both sides have a monopoly i...Jon S,<br /><br />It looks like both sides have a monopoly issue then, but while blue-state monopolies are based on patents (tech hardware, big pharma), copyrights (music, film and software) or network effects (Google, Facebook), red-state monopolies are based on ownership of natural resources or real estate, or on political cronyism (armaments).George Cartyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12170378024031141482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-61863096985450644262019-10-24T06:20:02.017-07:002019-10-24T06:20:02.017-07:00Needs to be said...
https://www.electoral-vote.co...Needs to be said...<br /><br />https://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2019/Pres/Maps/Oct24.html#item-1<br /><i><br />It's also worth noting that for all the complaints about process, House Democrats are actually following the rules, which includes allowing Republican members of the relevant committees to be present for all of the hearings.<br /></i>Larry Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01058877428309776731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-36935888700328527012019-10-24T06:10:18.803-07:002019-10-24T06:10:18.803-07:00“What you’re seeing now, I believe, is a group of ...<i><br />“What you’re seeing now, I believe, is a group of mostly career bureaucrats who are saying: ‘You know what? President Trump is a clear and present danger to the country, so I’m going to participate in this exercise in defending the Constitution that they’re undertaking on the Hill,’” Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, told reporters last week.<br /></i><br /><br />I might have corrected some of his spelling errors. :)Larry Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01058877428309776731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-61164888650950018772019-10-24T05:52:18.475-07:002019-10-24T05:52:18.475-07:00Blue-state monopolies??
Look into how many actual...Blue-state monopolies??<br /><br />Look into how many actual independent farms exist across the Midwest sometime. Then count the number of companies that in fact own the vast majority of farmland. How many companies mine coal in Kentucky (if any, at this point)? Where are the "mom and pop" auto manufacturers?<br /><br />The myth of the rugged, individualistic red-state hero is exactly that - a myth.Jon S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13585842845661267920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-39764885231704027852019-10-24T05:29:15.195-07:002019-10-24T05:29:15.195-07:00LH: Bolton stays dogged right up 'till the en...LH: Bolton stays dogged right up 'till the end.Zepp Jamiesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03024670772812706971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-89236181893547597332019-10-24T04:52:03.512-07:002019-10-24T04:52:03.512-07:00Charles Blow has a good metaphor:
https://www.nyt...Charles Blow has a good metaphor:<br /><br />https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/23/opinion/donald-trump-republican-party.html<br /><i><br />...<br /><br />Trump was making himself into the voodoo doll of conservative politics: Whatever pain he felt, his supporters would feel, and they would object to it in unison.<br /><br />There is no separation between the Republican Party and Donald Trump. In fact, Trump killed the old Republican Party and now he alone animates the zombie party that lurched forward after its death.<br /><br />...<br /></i>Larry Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01058877428309776731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-74244423992657474262019-10-24T04:42:07.427-07:002019-10-24T04:42:07.427-07:00George Carty:
and fail to see that bigoted red-st...George Carty:<br /><i><br />and fail to see that bigoted red-state yokels aren't so much villains, as victims of said monopolies?<br /></i><br /><br />I keep hearing how run-amok corporatism is the fault of urbanites, and therefore of Democrats. But that doesn't hold water. Republicans are much more in the tank for corporatism, and your "red state yokels" keep voting for them.<br /><br />To misquote Herman Cain, "If you vote Republican and you're not rich, blame yourself!"<br /><br />Larry Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01058877428309776731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-81908207049909706542019-10-24T04:39:17.569-07:002019-10-24T04:39:17.569-07:00@matthew,
There is a Lord Bolton in Game of Thron...@matthew,<br /><br />There is a Lord Bolton in <i>Game of Thrones</i> who does pretty well for himself in the subterfuge department. <br /><br />BTW, I'm only up to the start of Season 5, so no spoilers, please. :)Larry Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01058877428309776731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-41436202550454898962019-10-24T01:30:41.000-07:002019-10-24T01:30:41.000-07:00How much are Democrats compromised in their politi...How much are Democrats compromised in their political effectiveness because they rely on the votes (and dollars) of monopolistic firms based in blue-state metropoles, and fail to see that bigoted red-state yokels aren't so much villains, as victims of said monopolies?<br /><br /><a href="https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1145911568799895552.html" rel="nofollow">https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1145911568799895552.html</a>George Cartyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12170378024031141482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-90500404925780728232019-10-23T22:58:00.569-07:002019-10-23T22:58:00.569-07:00A super-villain takes out the two-bit crook along ...A super-villain takes out the two-bit crook along the way to ensure the story is about him?<br /><br />If Bolton ever gets cast as a hero for this, I think I'd get queasy. 8)Alfred Differhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01170159981105973192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-49460968480980899662019-10-23T19:11:27.862-07:002019-10-23T19:11:27.862-07:00Can we all pause for a moment to admire the delici...Can we all pause for a moment to admire the delicious irony that John Bolton may end up being the architect of the impeachment of Trump? I mean, we all knew that Bolton *loves* regime change, but this is ridiculous. <br /><br />Also, perhaps *Bolton* is the super-villain in this movie.You know, the one that saves the heroes at the end only to plot his rise again in the sequel?matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17757867868731829206noreply@blogger.com