I say YES. YOU say NO....Numero Tre! Enjoy!
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Will the military, that might support the drump, be the same one he allowed Putin to put bounties on their men with the Taliban? I would hope not and I hope that they remember that those bone spurs (which probably help keep his "lifts" in his shoes) kept him from serving this country that he so proclaims to love. My Dad and FIL both honorably served this country during WWII (with my Dad being knighted by the French government for his role in the liberation of Paris), my DB honorably serving in Vietnam and my nephews honorably serving in Iraq and Afghanistan: they are the ones who really love or loved this country.
Personally, I have never recognized the draw of reality TV shows so if this is his idea of "reality" I wish I could just turn it off.
I would suggest a military firing squad though I would much prefer he go to prison. With that bloated body, he ought to look great in horizontal stripes and let's make sure it is not a federal "playboy" one. Perhaps we could imprison him in one of his SIL's tenement apartments and just throw away the key?
I agree with the meme about the economy. It is the middle class and the poor who are taking the hit economically, not the rich. Does anyone really think the Alaskans, especially the indigenous peoples, will benefit from opening another virgin area for oil exploration? The wildlife will not, so what will Jr. hunt? Only those rich enough to exercise their power to obtain drilling options will.
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Joe certainly didn't look slow or sound sleepy tonight.
I am looking forward to watching the Republicans try to match Michele, Barak, or Biden in giving inspiring speeches. I wonder what the Trump bio video will be like. Will it cover his father who was a tax cheat? Will it cover the time Trump punched his music teacher? Will it cover his love for his family as he cheated on his first wife with his second wife, then cheated on her with his third wife and the then cheated on her with a porn start?
It could be very interesting.
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The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, "I was wrong."
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Ruth, I loved all those memes. Also, I am wondering -- just what the RNC can come up with for their convention. I can't imagine to tell the truth. I mean here are the speakers -- trying to cast Trump as a winner. Of what I don't know. The line-up of speakers in my view made a pretty dismal group. Are they there to inspire all the benefits of Trumpland. Even these yahoo's should be running the other way. I do think it is going to be interesting. News should be interesting coming out of the Trump fiasco haven.
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Here's a start. Who can top that???
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AND THEN !!!!
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I love those tire tracks on top of that MAGA cap!! YES!!
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Too bad his bloated head wasn’t in it.
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Have had some limited time to see the news the past couple of days. Watched mainly the convention programs and a little early morning news. So, I come home from my little job and I see Trump talking about how dark and dismal it will be for people if they elect Biden. Does that mean that Trump will revert and make it all shine bright white with love and care and actually attempt to give us what we need and want. Is he giving up chaos and confusion.
Just seems like he is so lost he is parroting what he is hearing from Biden !!! He has made the dark and carnage filled four yrs. and who wouldn't want out. Well, just found that interesting. Maybe I will be able to catch up and find out how that all came about. Just goes to show -- don't keep up for a couple of days or a few hrs. and the thing just can get totally away from you.
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Middle Age Riot really went in for the kill this time.
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Shortened version of the above.
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And of course we get your denial. You are so stupid you probably don't even remember this: And just how does he know he doesn't like the project.
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ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Go Tiedrich:
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August 20, 2020 (Thursday)
Sheesh. What a day.
It began last night, while I was writing last night's letter, when shortly after midnight we learned that Alexei ...Navalny, outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin's government, has apparently been poisoned. He collapsed in pain on an airplane after drinking tea at Russia's Tomsk airport. The plane made an emergency landing, meeting medics who raced Navalny to the hospital, where he is gravely ill. The poisoning is a chilling reminder of Putin's tactics just days after the Senate Intelligence Committee's report on Russian interference in the 2016 election established that the Trump campaign invited his influence into our affairs.
Then, today, federal prosecutors in New York acting for a grand jury indicted Steve Bannon, Brian Kolfage, and two others for fraud and money laundering in connection with an online crowdfunding campaign that raised more than $25 million to build a wall on the U.S. southern border with Mexico. The men told donors to "We the People Build the Wall" that "100% of the funds raised… will be used in the execution of our mission and purpose," and that "we're a volunteer organization." In fact, they allegedly pocketed hundreds of thousands of dollars, routing the money through a shell company and false invoices.
The indictment quotes text messages between the men indicating they were quite deliberately running a scam. The messages highlight how the Republican system of fundraising from small donors, pioneered by direct-mail guru Richard Viguerie in the 1960s to fund Movement Conservatives rejected by traditional Republicans, now is used to funnel money from unsuspecting marks into the pockets of people who stoke rightwing outrage.
Bannon's arrest means that two of Trump's 2016 campaign chairs—Paul Manafort and Bannon-- have now been indicted and arrested on charges of fraud. The third, Corey Lewandowski, was also arrested on a misdemeanor battery charge against a reporter, but while video proved the reporter's account was accurate, the charge was dropped. The campaign's deputy chairman, Rick Gates, an associate of Manafort, was also charged with financial crimes and conspiracy, and was sentenced to 45 days in jail after agreeing to cooperate with investigators.
Trump immediately tried to distance himself from Bannon, saying he hadn't "been dealing with him for a very long period of time." Bannon was the chief executive of Trump's 2016 campaign, replacing Manafort, and upon entering the White House, Trump named Bannon to a newly created position as "chief strategist" on a level with the chief of staff. So influential in the early administration was Bannon that Trump gave him a full seat on the "principals committee" of the National Security Council, while pushing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Director of National Intelligence down to occasional attendees. Bannon left the White House after the Charlottesville Unite the Right rally highlighted the dangers of having an open white nationalist in the White House. Then-White House chief of staff John Kelly asked Bannon to leave. But at least for a while, Trump continued to call Bannon when Kelly was not around.
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany issued a statement saying Trump "has not been involved with Steve Bannon since the campaign and the early part of the Administration, and he does not know the people involved with this project." In fact, supporters of the project include Donald Trump, Jr., his girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle, and anti-immigrant activist Kris Kobach. Last year, Kobach said Trump had given the effort his blessing, and there is a testimonial from Trump Jr. on their website. Trump Org spokeswoman Amanda Miller said Trump Jr. had given one speech at one of their events, and they used his words as a testimonial without his permission.
Bannon pleaded not guilty and was released on a $5 million bail bond secured with $1.75 million in cash. "This entire fiasco is to stop people who want to build the wall," he told reporters as he left the federal courthouse.
The arrests set off a tweet storm from the president. Trump also called into the show of Fox News channel personality Sean Hannity tonight, claiming again that mail-in voting will create a fraudulent election and emphasizing—in unfortunate words about sending law enforcement to polling places—that he plans to deploy all the means he can to challenge the 2020 vote.
Today a federal judge rejected the argument of Trump's lawyers that the subpoena of Manhattan district attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. for eight years of Trump's tax returns is "wildly overbroad." Judge Victor Marrero upheld the subpoena. Trump's lawyers immediately indicated they would appeal the decision.
Meanwhile, Trump has asked the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling last year by a federal appeals court that he may not block his critics on Twitter. The lower court said that since Trump uses the account for official announcements, he violates the First Amendment whenever he blocks someone and silences them. Today his lawyers argued that his account is his personal property and that he does not have to tolerate opposing views on it. Blocking critics would enable Trump to control what his followers see on his account, preventing visible pushback to his tweets. In effect, he could dominate the discourse in a public space.
Trump certainly has critics.
Deborah L Hughes, the director of the Susan B. Anthony museum, today rejected Trump's pardon for Ms. Anthony, saying the pardon validated a legal process Anthony called an outrage.
Then, shortly before the Democratic National Convention kicked off tonight, more than 70 senior national security officials from the Republican Party released a letter announcing that they are supporting Biden in 2020. Their letter lists ten reasons Trump has "failed our country." Donald Trump, they write, "is dangerously unfit to serve another term."
Tonight was the night that former Vice President Joe Biden gave his acceptance speech in response to the Democratic Party's nomination of him as their presidential candidate.
Tonight was Biden's, as military families and former service people testified to his support for them, 13-year-old Brayden Harrington explained how Biden helped him deal with his own stutter (huge props for this young man taking on this assignment and executing it so well), Biden's former rivals for the nomination talked of Biden's kindness and decency, and, above all, Biden's family emphasized again and again that for Biden, family and faith is everything. The picture was of a fundamentally decent and moral man, a striking contrast to his Republican rival.
The Democratic National Committee has pulled off an astonishing accomplishment with this, the nation's first virtual political convention. It was tightly choreographed, inclusive, passionate, and fun, drawing in viewers with its variety and quick pace. It demonstrated professionalism, talent, and skill even without taking into account its content.
But the content was key. Rather than weakening the event, the lack of audience created an intimacy between speakers and viewers that lent a shining new authenticity to the voices the convention highlighted.
Biden is always a better speaker than people who know him for his gaffes expect, and tonight he hit it out of the park. On FNC, Chris Wallace noted that the Trump campaign's attempt to convince voters Biden is mentally impaired backfired badly as he delivered "an enormously effective speech."
Rather than simply outline his plan for his presidency, Biden also gave an impassioned plea for the nation, tying his love for it to his own life and values. He treated voters not as tools to be manipulated, but as people who can be trusted to choose their own future.
"America is at an inflection point," he said. "A time of real peril, but of extraordinary possibilities. We can choose the path of becoming angrier, less hopeful, and more divided. A path of shadow and suspicion. Or we can choose a different path, and together, take this chance to heal, to be reborn, to unite. A path of hope and light. This is a life-changing election that will determine America's future for a very long time. Character is on the ballot. Compassion is on the ballot. Decency, science, democracy. They are all on the ballot. Who we are as a nation. What we stand for. And most importantly, who we want to be. That's all on the ballot. And the choice could not be clearer."
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Dan Rather
15h ·The cadences and words of Joe Biden tonight reminded me of the politics of the past, politicians I covered in an age of wide ties and wide lapels. It was a throwback to a time, when some of us (the Vice President, and myself) were much younger and many of voting age today weren't even born.
It may not have been in the style of Cicero, or Barack Obama. But in its own way, it had a strength that summoned the best of American ideals and spoke movingly of this nation's potential... if we can rally in unity. It was plain-spoken and delivered in a way true to the man that those of us who have covered him over the decades have seen on and off camera. This nation has witnessed the gaudy sugar rush of a reality TV construction that betrayed a cynical and divisive attack on the American narrative. This speech clearly staked out an opposing topography of decency and empathy.
Of all the speakers at the convention, I suspect Biden could have benefited most from a live audience. But the empty hall spoke of the times in which we find ourselves, which are, in turn, one of the most potent rationales for his candidacy. And it also allowed for an intimacy of delivery and impact.
Biden's words, and more importantly, his delivery, was a refutation of some of the character attacks that have been lobbed against him by the president and his acolytes. Biden was sharp, and focused. But perhaps most importantly, he exuded the basic humanity that has been heralded throughout the convention.
This was not a policy address. There were no 22-point plans, no arching multifaceted outlines of legislative activities. It was about a man who wanted to make the case that he would put the needs of the nation ahead of himself.
Joe Biden's path to this moment, in politics and in his personal life, has had immense and heartbreaking hurdles. He touched on that tonight. But more than that he looked straight into the camera and into the eyes of the American people. He seemed to say, I am the man who can understand your pain and I am the man who will roll up his sleeves to make sure we can have better days ahead. Together. As Americans.
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I still worry. There is a lot of talk about love and peace and light and healing at the DNC. But Trump supporters were protesting outside chanting “Creepy Joe’s gotta go!” I do not think Trump supporters want love and peace and light and healing. They abso-effing-lutely want chaos and bedlam. They want to carry guns everywhere and act like it’s such an uncivilized nation they must stay armed at all times. They love the state of unrest and upheaval. They live for it
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Don't Rehire a Failed President
Look at Donald Trump's record. Then look at Joe Biden's. The choice is clear.
By Michael R. Bloomberg,8/20/2020, 10:27:30
I've never been much for partisan politics. I've supported Democrats, Republicans and independents. Hell, I've actually been a Democrat, Republican and independent.
To me, elections are about people. And the two people running for president couldn't be more different.
One believes in facts. One does not.
One listens to experts. The other thinks he knows everything.
One looks forward, and sees strength in America's diversity. The other looks backward, and sees immigrants as enemies and white supremacists as allies.
Here's another difference: One has proven he knows how to handle a crisis by helping to lead the economic turnaround after the 2008 recession. The other has not only failed to lead, he has made the current crisis much worse.
When confronted with the biggest calamity any president has faced in the modern era, Donald Trump spent the year downplaying the threat, ignoring science and recommending quack cures — which let Covid-19 spread much faster than it should've, leaving hundreds of thousands needlessly sick or dead.
He has failed the American people catastrophically.
Four years ago, I came before this very convention and said New Yorkers know a con when we see one. But now, tonight, I'm not asking you to vote against Trump because he's a bad guy. I'm urging you to vote against him because he's done a bad job.
Today, unemployment is at historic highs and small businesses are struggling just to survive. It didn't have to be this way.
Before I ran for mayor, I spent 20 years running a business I started from scratch. So I want to ask small business owners and their employees one question — and it's a question for everyone.
Would you rehire — or work for — someone who ran your business into the ground? And who always does what's best for himself or herself — even when it hurts the company? And whose reckless decisions put you in danger? And who spends more time tweeting than working?
If the answer is no: Why the hell would we ever rehire Donald Trump for another four years?
Trump says we should vote for him because he's a great businessman. Really?
He drove his companies into bankruptcy six times, always leaving behind customers and contractors who were cheated and swindled and stopped doing business with him.
Well, this time, all of us are paying the price. And we can't let him get away with it again.
Donald says we should vote for him because the economy was great before the virus. Huh?
Joe Biden and Barack Obama created more jobs over their last three years than the Trump administration did over its first three, and economic growth was higher under Biden and Obama than under Trump. In fact, while Biden helped save 1 million auto industry jobs, Trump has lost 250,000 manufacturing jobs.
So when Trump says he wants to make America great again, he's making a pretty good case for Joe Biden.
Look: Our goal shouldn't be to bring back the pre-pandemic economy. It should be — as Joe says — to build it back better.
Joe's economic plan will create clean energy jobs that help fight another crisis that Trump is ignoring: climate change.
And Joe will rebuild our crumbling roads and bridges — something Trump has incessantly talked about doing. But in the last three and half years, he hasn't done anything. What a joke.
And let me tell you a little secret: Donald Trump's economic plan was to give a huge tax cut to guys like me who didn't need it — and then lie about it to everyone else.
Well, Joe will roll back that tax cut I got so we can fund things our whole country needs — like training for adults who have lost jobs, and making college more affordable, and investing in American research and development so that the products of tomorrow are made here today, by American workers.
You know, growing up, I was taught to believe that America is the greatest country in the world — not because we won the Second World War, but because of why we fought it: for freedom, democracy and equality.
My favorite childhood book was "Johnny Tremain," about a Boston boy who joins the Sons of Liberty at the dawn of the American Revolution. At the end of the book, Johnny stands on Lexington Commons and sees a nation that is "green with spring, dreaming of the future."
That's the America I know and love.
That's the America we are in danger of losing under this president.
So let's put an end to this whole sorry chapter in American history — and elect leaders who will bring integrity, stability, sanity and competence back to the White House.
Joe and Kamala: Go get 'em. For all of us.
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I think everyone should be worried and stay worried. I worry as well because Trump is so ruthlessly for himself. W/o all of his enablers though he is nothing. There are plenty of his type that loves chaos and confusion and pushing other people around. I think what I worry though ( since plenty of them are somewhat helpless and not too bright ) is that some will be able to actually mobilize themselves. Those I do worry about a lot more than many of the Trump group.
At the same time though, I have thought that Biden and Harris will have planned for adversities and won't be caught out. Trump's group is actually not all that large I don't think. I heard some time back that the actual number is more like in the 30 % range somewhere up to possibly 38 %. Still I know a lot of damage could happen. We do hear things like chants from that side, but no one could really be sure what will happen. By all means worry, but I think decent people have been ready for a good change for a long time. I may worry but I don't give up my hope that we can start over and need to start over.
I think these are the times that I am not so upset that I'm an older person. Then again -- we have a lot of energized youth who want democracy back in their lives. So, we go forward. I think ( I hope though we don't hear much that way ) that there is a plan for if a Trump loss is taken negatively.
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LOL, and in 5 inch heels to boot! Not LouBoutins though because the soles are not red.
Will Pence's wife wear something more convent like?
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Anyone wondering why Trump, Ron Johnson, Lindsey Graham, Devin Nunes et al are so reluctant to criticize Russia & Vladimir Putin--and speculating the answer is "kompromat" being exposed? Nope. Nothing that benevolent. The poisoning of Alexei Navalny--after having survived two other attempts on his life, he is now at death's door on a ventilator in Siberia--is all you need to know. (That and ricin poisonings of critics on foreign soil, such as in the UK). They know Putin's agents can reach them anywhere on this planet and end their lives brutally and gruesomely, and those of their loved ones as well. Hospital officials are refusing to allow a mercy flight to Germany for Navalny until such time (i.e., in the unlikely event) his condition improves to the point that the particular poison (slipped into his tea in a Russian regional airport) could no longer be detected.
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To all: I sit a mere 30 or so miles from the USA/Canada border and I feel worlds apart. I feel like I have a sibling that I cannot help and is in such trouble. I watched CNN's "Inside The Electoral College" and I have to ask "Why?" Why is this institution still around in a 21st Century Democracy? Could Biden win with 6 M of the popular vote and still lose because of the EC? In Canada, the election is pretty much decided once Ontario and Quebec polls close, they have the population to carry it, but flawed as it is I'll accept it for what it is. We have the parliamentary Vote Of Non-confidence and the Prime Minister can get punted. Your Founders set up check and balances but where are they with the current spate of Repugnicians? Are they afraid of a nasty tweet?
I am so grateful these days to be a Canadian. I am grateful for our health care. When I was diagnosed with MBC I never had to worry about what it would cost. I was covered. Yes, we pay higher taxes but it is worth every penny. We have had a Federal response to Covid-19. As a whole we follow science and we are respectful of each other. Other than a handful of a-holes, masks have not been politicized. There was a man wearing a red baseball hat with a "Q" made from an American flag on the crown. He was at a protest against masks (a very very small group, I think it was Toronto) Move to the USA jerk!
I have anxiety about November 3rd. I AM A CANADIAN.....why am I so upset? At the Peace Arch is the "Children Of A Common Mother" carved into the arch. I guess I'll go back to the sibling thing. I worry about my American friends. I worry about the future of everybody because America has such influence. I worry that the good influences America had in the past will be a thing of the past.
ChiSandy: when Pence debates Harris will he still have to have "Mother" standing beside him?
Hard to conceive that Hillary's "Basket Of Deplorables" could give the US and the rest of the world another 4 years of Donny John.
I watched the DNC convention. It was uplifting. It was full of hope. I won't be watching the RNC convention. I haven't the stomach for it and anger and despair is bad for the health and for the spirit.
Love, prayers and blessings to my American sisters.
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Elderberry, welcome. A lot of us don't really know why we still have the EC. I will say it has helped both good and bad presidents. That said though, we don't need it and it should go. As you have noted -- Pence is no better than Trump. Pence is just a mite more dignified in his presentations but he can lie with the best of them. I will say though he is not bats**t crazy like Trump. Still does not have the qualities needed for real leadership which is why Indiana was sooo willing to foist him off on daddy's lil' darling Ivanka and Kushner who thought he was ideal.
It was a wonderful convention and I think ( can't be sure as they aren't letting much info out ) the RNC won't be able ( partly because of Trump meddling ) to come up with anything near what we managed to achieve. I think it will be truly dismal. I may watch a tad bit, but it won't be much. Likely I will wake for the recaps that always come.
Well as to Hillary's deplorables -- she warned us ( although no one on this thread EVER wanted that lunatic con man ) that Trump could not do the job he was being considered for, and big time. She saw him as highly un-sound and that he was and is. Most of us are laying in wait and trying to hang onto our senses and hoping that we are able to FIRMLY oust this con man of the nth. degree. Wishing for another tsunami like 2018 but it would be a stretch. Sounds like it will be quite a lot closer than we'd like. We just need him gone, period. We have at times joked about having to move to Canada or who knows where but that isn't going to happen. It is nice to know we have kindred souls across our northern border who I know wish us well and hope as we do, that this next election we can have a sane Democratic president who will restore and revive ( very long process ) our beautiful U.S. and the laws, checks and balances, will all be strengthened.
Wishing you peace, happiness, wellness and all that is bountiful and good.
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