USA Politics

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Sorry, should have been visit singular:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/05/opinions/trump-walter-reed-visit-presidents-medical-disclosure-reiner/index.html

Thanks Dave...interesting!

PD

[milk]

When this is all over and Biden is sworn in I'm gonna pick this up to prepare for what's ahead:

Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity—and Why This Harms Everybody

Cynical Theories contrasts the academic approaches of liberalism and postmodernism, then explains how applied postmodernism (which focuses on ought rather than is) has displaced other approaches to activism and scholarship. The authors present several academic fields—postcolonial theory, queer theory, critical race theory, intersectionality, fourth-wave feminism, gender studies, fat studies, and ableism—and describe how the 'applied postmodernism' approach has developed in each field. The authors use capitalization to distinguish between the liberal concept of social justice and the ideological movement of Social Justice that they state has reified postmodernism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynical_Theories

[bhodges]

From the editors of The New Yorker:

"It would surely be a relief simply to have a President who is not a chronic liar, someone who doesn't abuse the office as a colossal grift. It would be a relief to have a President who is reflexively devoted to democratic institutions and refuses to make common cause with white nationalists, QAnon, and other inhabitants of the lunatic fringe. It is true that Biden is not a transcendent speaker or a towering intellect. Yet he has the capacity to convey genuineness and fellow-feeling to a wide range of Americans."

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/10/05/the-new-yorker-endorses-a-biden-presidency

--Bruce

[Todd]

I wonder what specific weight a partisan publication like The New Yorker carries when it comes to endorsements. 

[Todd]

Image of the day.

[JBS]

I wonder what specific weight a partisan publication like The New Yorker carries when it comes to endorsements.

By way of contrast, my local paper has actually endorsed no one for county sheriff--that is, called for not voting for any of the three candidates

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/endorsements/fl-op-general-endorse-broward-sheriff-election-20201003-wletn33ltbfs7izx3zgzpoa3bm-story.html

[MusicTurner]

By way of contrast, my local paper has actually endorsed no one for county sheriff--that is, called for not voting for any of the three candidates

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/endorsements/fl-op-general-endorse-broward-sheriff-election-20201003-wletn33ltbfs7izx3zgzpoa3bm-story.html

That's a bit sad, but also interesting.
Unfortunately, the link doesn't work for Europe, and the Sun Sentinel paper apologizes specifically for it.

But supposedly this means that one of the three candidates will still be elected anyway (like say at the presidential elections)?
Or is there a certain number of votes required for getting the mentioned sheriff job?

[Todd]

By way of contrast, my local paper has actually endorsed no one for county sheriff--that is, called for not voting for any of the three candidates

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/endorsements/fl-op-general-endorse-broward-sheriff-election-20201003-wletn33ltbfs7izx3zgzpoa3bm-story.html

What weight will that carry in actual voting?  I know local papers have always endorsed candidates for various positions.  I've never known or met anyone who pays attention to such endorsements.  YMMV.

[Todd]

Mike Lee, Thom Tillis, now Ron Johnson. 

ACB could be in trouble. 

Boo!

[Que]

From The Guardian:

Contradictory reports on Donald Trump's health

Just to clarify the two contradictory reports on Donald Trump's health.

His doctor, Sean Conley, stood outside Walter Reed hospital earlier today and said the following:

At this time the team and I are extremely happy with the progress the president has made. Thursday, he had a mild cough and some nasal congestion and fatigue, all of which are now resolving and improving.

A source close to the president, believed to be White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, also briefed reporters on Saturday morning and said something quite different:

The President's vitals over last 24 hours were very concerning and the next 48 hours will be critical in terms of his care. We are still not on a clear path to a full recovery.

So Donald Trump may be fine or he may be very ill, depending on who you believe is correct. But what is not in doubt is that the administration of the most powerful country in the world is unable to give a clear message about the health of its president.

I have a hunch that Trump is in (very) deep sh%t....

Q

[T. D.]

From The Guardian:

I have a hunch that Trump is in (very) deep sh%t....

Q

For my entire adult life (I'm about to turn 63), the American public has never been accurately apprised of the President's health. The President is always claimed to be doing well. And this goes much further back, e.g. JFK and FDR.

That said, the Orange Pustule administration operates at hitherto unseen levels of mendacity that even the late Robert Mugabe would have envied    , so I'm far less inclined than usual to believe the current official statements. 

[JBS]

That's a bit sad, but also interesting.
Unfortunately, the link doesn't work for Europe, and the Sun Sentinel paper apologizes specifically for it.

But supposedly this means that one of the three candidates will still be elected anyway (like say at the presidential elections)?
Or is there a certain number of votes required for getting the mentioned sheriff job?

Whoever gets the most votes, even if very few votes are cast

The three candidates are a former sheriff's deputy who isn't really qualified, a lawyer who isn't qualified, and the incumbent, who was appointed by Gov. DeSantis earlier this year, is not really qualified, is possibly corrupt, not liked by his department, but has name recognition, donors with money, and is the official candidate of the Democratic Party. The first two have almost no hope of winning. The article argues that the best way to show the system for electing sheriffs is broken is to not vote at all.

[MusicTurner]

Whoever gets the most votes, even if very few votes are cast

The three candidates are a former sheriff's deputy who isn't really qualified, a lawyer who isn't qualified, and the incumbent, who was appointed by Gov. DeSantis earlier this year, is not really qualified, is possibly corrupt, not liked by his department, but has name recognition, donors with money, and is the official candidate of the Democratic Party. The first two have almost no hope of winning. The article argues that the best way to show the system for electing sheriffs is broken is to not vote at all.

Thank you, that clarifies it. Interesting though that apparently, one could then win, getting say only 2 votes ... but afterwards, I guess, the legitimacy of the whole thing would then be questioned.

[Karl Henning]

BREAKING: Mike Pence has been flown to a golf course with a tactical caddy unit ... Should he need to assume duty as POTUS

[milk]

BREAKING: Mike Pence has been flown to a golf course with a tactical caddy unit ... Should he need to assume duty as POTUS

[André]

BREAKING: Mike Pence has been flown to a golf course with a tactical caddy unit ... Should he need to assume duty as POTUS First Golfer

Corrected 

[arpeggio]

I occasionally watch Foxnews in order to check out how they are spinning the news.

I saw something on Hannity's show that was very upsetting.

There was a women commentator (I can not remember her name) carrying on that liberals were praying for the death of Trump.

What the?

Now there are over 300 million people in the United States.  I would not be surprised if there were a few million sickos who actually felt this way.

I watch MSNBC on a regular basis and I have not heard one commentator or guest praying for the death of Trump.

[Daverz]

I occasionally watch Foxnews in order to check out how they are spinning the news.

I saw something on Hannity's show that was very upsetting.

There was a women commentator (I can not remember her name) carrying on that liberals were praying for the death of Trump.

What the?

Now there are over 300 million people in the United States.  I would not be surprised if there were a few million sickos who actually felt this way.

I watch MSNBC on a regular basis and I have not heard one commentator or guest praying for the death of Trump.

This from the people who were positively gleeful after the death of RBG.

I endorse the following statement from crooksandliars.com:

  NOTE: Although Trump's inaction, science denial and failure to follow basic CDC recommendations contributed to the deaths of 207,000 innocent Americans, we
  wish all those infected at the Ramming Amy Coney Barrett To SCOTUS SuperSpreader Event recover enough that they can lose their upcoming elections and face
  trial for their many crimes.

https://crooksandliars.com/2020/10/trumps-doctor-update-his

[Todd]

Righteous wrath is the best kind of wrath.

[T. D.]

This from the people who were positively gleeful after the death of RBG.

I endorse the following statement from crooksandliars.com:

  NOTE: Although Trump's inaction, science denial and failure to follow basic CDC recommendations contributed to the deaths of 207,000 innocent Americans, we
  wish all those infected at the Ramming Amy Coney Barrett To SCOTUS SuperSpreader Event recover enough that they can lose their upcoming elections and face
  trial for their many crimes.

https://crooksandliars.com/2020/10/trumps-doctor-update-his

[Emphasis added]
Nice thought, but not bloody likely considering all the jurists the super-spreaders managed to appoint.