September 11, 2024Sep 11 comment_2959241 So she's got a blank space, baby, and she'll write Kamala's name?
September 11, 2024Sep 11 comment_2959264 I have started to really notice how often Trump claims "things never seen/happened/X before". It's ... a lot. That is all. The hyberbole has never been seen in these values before! It's unheard of!
September 12, 2024Sep 12 comment_2959272 One of my local public radio stations, KUOW, did its own little fact check on one of Trump's complaints in the debate: When were rioters going to be prosecuted for taking over "a large percentage" of Seattle? https://www.kuow.org/stories/trump-asked-when-seattle-protesters-would-be-prosecuted-answer-they-have-been Also noted in a between-program nbote thaty the area "taken over," dubbed the CHOP (acronym's meaning varied), consisted of one park and six blocks on Capitol Hill, or about one-tenth of one percent of Seattle. Not exactly a grand campaign of occupation. And while one of my friends found it menacing, he had to work near it. The news stories I heard at the time made it sound more ludicrous than dangerous. (Oh no! They're holding drum circles!) Though at least one person was shot and killed, was pretty much the signal for the Seatt;le police to sweep in and shut the protests down. Dean Shomshak Edited September 12, 2024Sep 12 by DShomshak Corrected radio station call letters.
September 12, 2024Sep 12 comment_2959274 20 minutes ago, DShomshak said: One of my local public radio stations, KYOW, did its own little fact check on one of Trump's complaints in the debate: When were rioters going to be prosecuted for taking over "a large percentage" of Seattle? https://www.kuow.org/stories/trump-asked-when-seattle-protesters-would-be-prosecuted-answer-they-have-been Also noted in a between-program nbote thaty the area "taken over," dubbed the CHOP (acronym's meaning varied), consisted of one park and six blocks on Capitol Hill, or about one-tenth of one percent of Seattle. Not exactly a grand campaign of occupation. And while one of my friends found it menacing, he had to work near it. The news stories I heard at the time made it sound more ludicrous than dangerous. (Oh no! They're holding drum circles!) Though at least one person was shot and killed, was pretty much the signal for the Seatt;le police to sweep in and shut the protests down. Dean Shomshak Thanks for mentioning this because it really crystallizes a grim realization I've had since the debate: The GOP is consuming its own propaganda. Up until last night I assumed that stories like the BLM destruction of Seattle, the pet-eating immigrants, the post-birth abortions, were all just cynical, intentional absurdities invented to strike fear into the hearts of gullible, uninformed voters. The debate made it clear that Trump actually believes those things are happening! Like, I always thought the creators of the conservabubble were sitting outside it--but no, they're locked in there with the rest of the crazies in an echo chamber feedback loop, on an express highway soaring out of reality at ludicrous speed. Uh, could somebody do something about that please? Before they get the nuclear codes?
September 12, 2024Sep 12 comment_2959275 40 minutes ago, Old Man said: all just cynical, intentional absurdities invented to strike fear into the hearts of gullible Trump fits that characterization rather well, wouldn't you say? In Stranger in a Strange Land, there's a conversation between, I'm pretty sure, Jubal and Ben, about the difference between snake oil salesmen and smarmy priest-types...the Fosterites. The snake oil salesman knows his product and pitch are straight out of the south end of a north-bound mule. That limits his scope. The preacher, OTOH, *believes* his own hogwash...so his scope is virtually unlimited. Fox News is the snake oil salesman...with one *main* target: Trump. To set him up as the preacher...and they'll stick around as the choir. Remember, there were several occasions while Trump held the office, where his tune changed as soon as the Fox talking heads showed him the way.
September 12, 2024Sep 12 comment_2959279 Wooofffff.... Harris doubles down. New ad I just saw...spotlighting Project 2025, as Trump's clear plan should he win. And it's her name on it. I figured it might be a PAC ad. Political junk mail's becoming more frequent, as are calls. UGH. May have to double check the settings on my iPhone, see what I'm automatically rejecting.
September 12, 2024Sep 12 comment_2959280 Ron DeSantis Goes Full Big Brother On Abortion Rights Supporters Aren't Republicans supposed to advocate for less government interference in people's lives?
September 12, 2024Sep 12 comment_2959282 14 minutes ago, wcw43921 said: Ron DeSantis Goes Full Big Brother On Abortion Rights Supporters Aren't Republicans supposed to advocate for less government interference in people's lives? Oh, sure, until the Karen wing took over the party.
September 12, 2024Sep 12 comment_2959285 1 hour ago, wcw43921 said: Ron DeSantis Goes Full Big Brother On Abortion Rights Supporters Aren't Republicans supposed to advocate for less government interference in people's lives? IOKIYAR.
September 12, 2024Sep 12 comment_2959286 The weird allegation of pet-eating Haitians goes further as Arizona Republicans double down... Arizona GOP billboards implore voters to ‘EAT LESS KITTENS’ (msn.com) Snake oil salesman? "True Believer" preacher? Plato's "noble lie" that combines both, a lie that you know is a lie but sincerely believe will impel simple folk to do the right thing? I don't know. But it confirms my own belief that a large p[ortion of the electorate is out of its tiny mind. Well, actually I think I *do* understand why people make up crap like this, and why other people repeat it. But I can't respect anyone who does so. Dean Shomshak Edited September 12, 2024Sep 12 by DShomshak
September 12, 2024Sep 12 comment_2959290 This Norman Rockwell painting shows us, I think, that elections have never been as harmonious as we like to think they were. But at least Dewey was--well, SANE.
September 12, 2024Sep 12 comment_2959291 4 hours ago, Ternaugh said: Oh, sure, until the Karen wing took over the party. It's been longer than that - remember that Reagan called homosexuality an illness, and how his administration treated early AIDS. They've always wanted to legislate matters of sex/marriage/family, it's pretty central to their brand. Unless you're saying they've always been Karen's, even before the concept existed?
September 12, 2024Sep 12 comment_2959292 Childless cat lady is the weakest put down I have seen recently.
September 12, 2024Sep 12 comment_2959303 The Independent places the "Haitians eating pets" slander in context. This is part of a very old pattern. Accusing minority communities of eating pets is a practice as American as apple pie (msn.com) Dean Shomshak
September 12, 2024Sep 12 comment_2959339 Trump posts on his platform (which, BTW, saw its stock drop 10%) that he won't debate Harris again. From CBS: Quote "When a prizefighter loses a fight, the first words out of his mouth are, 'I WANT A REMATCH,'" Trump wrote in his post, explaining his decision and insisting unnamed polls showed he won. Huh, well if that was a win, then I suppose his notion of a close loss would be Reagan-Mondale in '84........
September 13, 2024Sep 13 comment_2959366 5 minutes ago, slikmar said: I am shocked, only 405,000? That's just new voters. That's 405,000 that wouldn't have voted. How many of those are left?
September 14, 2024Sep 14 comment_2959406 Republican ad theme: "Kamala is dangerously liberal." Local Democratic ad theme against Yvette Herrell: "voted for a national abortion ban." This election season, I'd say they're both fairly representative of each party's approach. Republicans trot out the nebulous charges, Democrats hammer the unpopular or seriously weak points. It can't be over soon enough.............
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