Monday, July 24, 2023

Meet The New Boss

Same as the old boss. It’s primary season. It all comes down to not supporting the “other” party.
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I Blame The Boomers

Because, well…everybody does. This will clearly be a problem for Democrats. Because memelording trolling culture will last as long as…this:
Early voting figures for the Ohio Aug. 8 special election are surpassing even the most optimistic expectations. Through seven days of early voting more than 116,000 Ohioans have shown up at their local board to cast a ballot. Another 38,000 have absentee ballots have made their way in as well. 
As Secretary of State Frank LaRose noted in a press release, it represents a “five-fold increase” in compared to last year’s August election. 
For additional context, the sum total of early in-person votes cast in last year’s May primary election — which included a hotly contested GOP U.S. Senate primary — was only about 138,000. The current trajectory of early in-person votes is on track with or even surpassing the 2022 general election. Through nine days of early voting, roughly 136,000 voters cast a ballot for last November’s election. That’s only about 20,000 more than the votes compiled so far in seven days. On average, another 16,000 ballots are cast each day polls are open. 
The constitutional amendment, Issue 1, has apparently struck a chord with Ohio voters. The proposal would raise the threshold to pass any future amendment from a simple majority to 60%. In addition, it would require initiative backers meet signature requirements in all 88 counties rather than the current 44-county standard. Also, organizers would only get one shot, as the amendment eliminates the period for making up any shortfall in signatures. 
Critics blasted Republican lawmakers for advancing their constitutional amendment, Issue 1, during a traditionally low turn-out, odd-year special election. They further criticized lawmakers for reversing course on a law passed just months earlier abandoning August elections.
I’m at least sure this is bad news for Biden….
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Just Like Sunrise 🌅

That was followed by an ominous meme that carried a QAnon hashtag and stated, "NOTHING CAN STOP WHAT IS COMING. NOTHING."
Well, he’s not wrong.
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Sunday, July 23, 2023

🥨

And this is what the Republicans do about it?
“And in your view, has Trump done anything wrong in either the classified documents case or his attempts to overturn the 2020 election?" Acosta asked. 
Burchette said he wasn't a lawyer but that all of what was revealed is "circumstantial evidence." 
"It's clearly politically motivated, and it was proven, and now we have informants coming forward telling us that these things that they accuse Trump of are things that the Biden family was obviously guilty of —" he rambled until Acosta cut him off, asking specifically about the claim of "circumstantial evidence" that Trump had documents. 
"In the documents case, it isn't circumstantial evidence that he had the documents and he was asked to give the documents back, and he refused to do so," said Acosta. 
"Oh, no, no, no," said Burchette. "I'm sorry. No. Yeah, you're correct there, Jim. I apologize."
"And he did try to overturn the election on Jan. 6," Acosta continued. "And absolutely, yeah, and, you know, actually, I had discussions with leadership and others. I've called for a different scenario for those type of documents (sic)," said Burchette. "I don't think they should ever leave the hands of the bureaucrats. I think they've got to be assigned to somebody." 
"Shouldn't he be punished for that?" Acosta asked. "He did bad things. Shouldn't he be punished like everybody else?" 
Burchette said he doesn't have a problem saying Trump should be punished, "but at what level? Is he doing it to disseminate secret documents to our enemies, or what was the intent there? The intent was I'm not going turn them back. You should have been returned from the beginning." 
For over a year, Trump was asked to return them, and refused. He then lied about where they were and what he had. His lawyers then lied about the documents. But Burchette said that classified documents, even the ones concerning nuclear weapons, weren't all that important. 
"If he disseminated the information to some of our enemies, throw the book at him," said Burchette. "Put him in jail, cuff him and stuff him. But if he just kept them there at his place and we don't have any evidence that anybody else could do us harm saw them, the reality is, Jim, once those documents are printed, and they're out there, it's not very long — I've been in the SCIF, and I've walked out and heard your colleagues from CNN within 15 minutes talking about what was secret and what was discussed because I watched it, and I see that."
Because that argument might sway a voter or two even after Trump is convicted (and he will be). But it won’t sway large numbers of voters to support a convicted felon.

I do love the part where baseless accusations that Biden is as crooked as Trump prove Trump is an innocent man. That’s logic so twisted the pretzel’s gonna break. It’s also an argument that’ll never darken the door of a courtroom. Sort of like this one made by Trump’s new lawyer in the D.C. case that’s coming:
In a Fox interview, Lauro embraced the reframing of Trump's attempt to overthrow the 2020 election as nothing more than questioning the possible outcome.
Not a bad argument on FoxNews, but a worthless one in court. Trump’s legitimate challenges to the 2020 election ended with his last failed lawsuit. Disrupting a government function with a riot, and conspiring to use fake electors, are not legitimate ways of “questioning the possible outcome” of an election.

More arguments that don’t mean squat in a courtroom. And we’re back to the arguments that can be made when the GOP candidate is a convicted felon.
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X Is The New Crypto?

This gets more demented by the moment.
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Dear Don:

This is not going to stop the nightmares.

(I waited to post this and, sure enough, it got worse.)
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X Car?

But will it blow up on the launch pad? Or after hitting a tree? Or have a 745 mile range and recharge in 10 minutes?

In metaphorical terms: will it be a real car? Or a laptop with 4 wheels?

And what about the chip implants? And the boring?

Pretty sure Tesla will soon be the “X” car.
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"We Don't Know Our Ass From A Hole In The Ground"


Been meaning to put this into a post somewhere; just never got around to it (my shipment of round-to-its was late coming in, as usual).

It was a staple of my feckless youth, and 50 years on the satire is still on point.  And still, nothing really changes.  Look away, look away, look away, Dixieland.  And all of America, is "Dixieland."  Pay attention to the lyrics.  Randy knows.
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It's Deja Vu All Over Again

If I'd invested in third-party wannabes making this same argument this same time of year in every four-year cycle for the Presidency since I became aware of politics (which I attribute to the victory of LBJ over Goldwater in 1964. I'm pretty sure all I knew was that LBJ was from Texas, as I was. And I remember getting up the morning after and asking my father, all wide-eyed and innocent, who won. "The goddamned Democrats won everything!", he spat out. My silent thought was: "I thought we were the god-damned Democrats." And I've been a yellow-dog Democrat ever since. But I digress....); as I was saying, if I'd invested early in those futures, I'd be a rich man today.

This third-party claptrap is as perennial as the fight between donkeys and elephants.  And the last time it had any real meaning was Clinton v. Bush.  And everyone agreed later Perot brought more people out to vote than "stole" votes from Bush.  That's a perennial argument, too: that a third party candidate doesn't "grow the pie," but "unfairly" steals from the slice of one of the two major party candidates. Boo-frickin'-hoo.

But this crap that voters want a "new alernative"?  Voters say that to pollsters four years at a time, then go to the polls (or, more likely, don't) and the two majors are always the beneficiaries.

Put money in your purse.


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JMM Reviews Florida

50 years later. See how much has changed? And it turns out JMM is being too kind by half: The statement itself is an offense. The list of lies just makes it worse. That thread details the salient facts about every person on the list provided to justify the new educational standards of Florida. It’s far too long to repost here, but I can give you the summary: The Florida standards are not badly reasoned and poorly grounded. They’re shit. White supremacist shit. It’s a 21st century repackaging of “happy darkies” glad to serve Massah. Another lie about the “peculiar institution” that I grew up with, and I’m guessing JMM didn’t, so it’s harder for him to recognize.

Old times there are not forgotten. And “look away” means never look directly at it. Like looking into the sun, you can’t look directly at the truth of our national sin, our hidden wound. But we have to at least look at the shadows it casts. That darkness is real, and we have to face it.

(I reviewed JMM’s entire thread again, and I’m not arguing he’s wrong. But I do think he’s a bit anodyne. In the old cliche, he misses the forest for the trees. He attributes the underlying philosophy of the Florida standards to “movement conservatives.” He’s far too kind. It’s the racism, stupid.)
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Saturday, July 22, 2023

Bygones Be Bygones

I would say this is appalling. And it is. I’d also say this reaction is the progeny of Shelby County. Congratulations, Mr. Chief Justice.

But it’s not shocking. Nor even unique.


Ruby Bridges was escorted to school on November 24, 1960.

The past isn’t over; it’s not even past.

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🫤

I know this original complaint was posted on the internet. Is that person aware of what’s freely available on the internet? Including most of these titles?

Or maybe they’re just looking for something to be stupid about.
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It's The White Supremacism, Stupid

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Wrong Question

Better questions: 

Is "Barbenheimer" a leading economic indicator? Or is it just masking the recession that's coming? 

Are Americans just ready to have a good time/see a serious biopic because they've given up hope in the future?
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Well This Is Worth Repeating

"...rest of their bones and soul's delivery..."
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Sail Away

At least Randy Newman knew he was being sarcastic:


Apparently you have to explain that to people these days.
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The Irony Is…

...this is a set-up looking for the canned response that anyone who grew up in the’70’s could answer just from the briefest exposure to TeeVee evangelists (who were ubiquitous at the time). I start there because Trump didn’t grow up in the American South where the culture is saturated with “evangelical speak” and the most atheist or Jewish or Hindu child would know the answer as a matter of rote.

MAGA is all about buzzwords. Trump spews buzzwords the way he spews lies. He wasn’t being asked here about how government functions or the duties and powers of the federal executive. He was asked the most vacuous question in American Christianity, and he could have answered with the most meaningless, insincere phrases in the culture.

And he couldn’t do it.
And yeah, that’s why. He wasn’t expected to answer honestly and truthfully. He was expected to spout cliches. It’s a rote practice for proving you’re part of the community.

He isn’t. At all. And he’s not even a decent liar about it.
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Friday, July 21, 2023

Will He Go To Jail For Us, Too?

The quicker the better; I guess? Gotta agree. Two more reasons to be happy with the way that case is going. RINO quisling running lackey dogs of the capitalist bosses. Let’s talk about history: "Chirp and demagogue” is a really classy way to speak of the first Black female VPOTUS. And the implication that history is a matter of state’s rights is the cherry on the racist cake.
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Texas, Our Texas

The State of Texas has spent over $2 billion on a boondoggle which has produced nothing but failure.

The last legislative session began with a proposed funding increase for Texas public schools of $4.5 billion. That was whittled down, but it doesn’t matter because, in the end, no increase in funding passed at all.

And while Greg Abbott talked about calling a special session to try again to pass school vouchers. No mention, of course, or concern for, school funding.

But he’s going to continue to bear down on the National Guard pointlessly “guarding” the border. That, the state of Texas can always find money for.

We have our priorities.
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Asking For A Friend (Because I Spend Too Much Time On Twitter)

What violence?

Yes, he incited violence on J6 with the bully (!) pulpit he held, and a Congressional session that gave him a focal point (time, place, date, occasion). And yes, there was violence against police officers, but the sweeping use of the word in this context implies violence on a more public scale. Beyond, I mean, the violence done to the Capitol building and the terrorism inflicted on Senators and Representatives.

He’s tried to replicate it since, on two arraignments. So far: nuttin’.

Trump’s violent behavior will be exerted if at all, on…the walls and plates of MSL? And I have been warned…why?

The fear-mongering is really tiresome.
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