Depressing.

I just love being in the middle of a decades old feud between 2 weird and neurotic actors. And if 50-year-old Frank Sinatra were from Alabama would they call him Roy Moore for pursuing & marrying a 20-year-old? (or if Roy was from New York would he be suave & swing?). Same with Woody (not so much Soon-Yi but his much younger obsessions). Mia hooking up with her famous ex in the middle of an angry breakup of an ongoing relationship to sire a future reporter to clarify it all for us? Oh, those blue eyes...  which cuckoo nest... but then, she's a child of Hollywood, daughter of 2 stars (her mum, the famous Thin Man's Maureen O'Sullivan, played her mom in Hannah & Her Sisters).

And despite the weirdness of Woody's taking on his long-time girlfriend's 21-year-old adopted daughter, you'd think that after 21 years of them being married (together a total of 27 years) that there'd be some thought that this wasn't just a predatory fling, but actual quirky perhaps romantic love?

And while we're at it, Polanski gave a 13-year-old a qualuud & champagne and buttfucked her (knowing how procreation, menstrual cycles and unwanted kids works - yes, it both adds to and detracts from the creepiness factor)' this wasn't "accused of rape" - it was admitted factual rape of a minor minor, not a curious wild thang Hollywood groupy minor. And in Polanski's own words, "“As far as what I did: it’s over,” Polanski said. “I pleaded guilty. I went to jail. I came back to the United States to do it, people forget about that, or don’t even know. I then was locked up here [in Zurich] after this festival. So in the sum, I did about four or five times more than what was promised to me.” There's been some wishy-washyness in the press when they discuss this, as if it were only #MeToo allegations, not admitted fact.

My dad is a union democrat, center right. He would not have voted for Trump. Probably would have voted for McCain, war hero, wouldn't have voted for Romney. I don't think he really cares a lot about football players kneeling. He cares but it's not a big deal to him. While we were watching the news when the owners decided to fine players who kneel he said, "The NFL is gonna punish players that disrespect the flag." It wasn't even like he was glad about it, just noting an unimportant side issue he saw on the news. I doubt he even once considered why they were "disrespecting the flag." He probably doesn't know. Kneeling for the NA is counter productive.

Almost like falsely accusing your opponent of suffering from a debilitating disease like Parkinsons. Oh wait, no, they just said her extended stay in the hospital could be something else because it lasted much longer and she hasn't been seen in weeks.

And how fucking obliging of the press to accept 2 reporters caught a glimpse of her so everything's okay. Not much comment on my Tangled Web news item on how Trump plays us - we're replaying Exodus and the Civil War again. Evryone's gone bored.

If this obvious ploy works on the base, what does that say about their intelligence level?

It is the system itself that is the problem. Not everybody is going to have a celebrity in their corner. 

This economy is not working for a great many.  Yet there are many measures available to us which would benefit people of all skin colors, ethnicities and genders--people who think of themselves as on one or another "side" of the current divisions--and result in a fairer, more compassionate, stronger, less angry, less divided economy and society.  So why not work together to pursue those?       

For the substance, see proposals from, among others with excellent, entirely workable ideas, Jared Bernstein, Thomas Shapiro, and (add proposals of others with excellent ideas here).  Both offer specific policy suggestions, grounded in fact and research and offering broad benefits which would reduce inequality and inequities by addressing barriers which make it more difficult for people of all skin colors, ethnicities and genders to help themselves and improve their circumstances.