MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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[Where is the GOP headed?] DeSantis Lambasts ‘Medical Industrial Complex,’ Seeks Drug Rules
By artappraiser on Thu, 01/12/2023 - 4:36pm |
Previous thread HERE includes news and analysis on McCarthy becoming Speaker of the House. (And recent news on George Santos is HERE.)
URL:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-12/desantis-blasts-medical-industrial-complex-seeks-prescription-drug-rules
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Um
this poll says they are way past ready:
also big kahuna donor Bernie Marcus
by artappraiser on Thu, 01/12/2023 - 9:47pm
by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 01/13/2023 - 10:31am
What I don't get about bragging about that is that I doubt it has much impact on results, if they actually caused it, that is. I also suspect a lot of those who didn't show up to vote realize the same thing - that it's not going to make a difference and they are too busy for the rigamarole. As it says, it's already 80% Dem. The only thing I can think of is that he's bragging to impress a base that dislikes urban ghetto culture that they try to disenfranchise them whether it matters or not (and once again, reality is it matters very little.)
by artappraiser on Fri, 01/13/2023 - 1:06pm
p.s. what smart Dems would be worried about instead is whites and non-ghetto people of color in surrounding sympathetic exurban/suburban areas switching their usual vote from Dem. to Rep. because of things like riots in Wauwatosa and Kenosha or moving down white people in a parade.
A lot of similarities to Long Island in NY. If there are signs of urban problems encroaching, they'll switch to voting GOP. They or their parents worked hard to move away from "the ghetto" for good schools, safety, etc. and they don't want it folllowing them there. "The ghetto" on the other hand, votes the same as it always did, whether high turnout or low.
by artappraiser on Fri, 01/13/2023 - 1:20pm
hmmm
by artappraiser on Fri, 01/13/2023 - 1:29pm
by artappraiser on Fri, 01/13/2023 - 10:31pm
by artappraiser on Sat, 01/14/2023 - 12:27am
Anti nanny state
by artappraiser on Sat, 01/14/2023 - 4:18pm
Wilfred Reilly asks and gets 100's of interesting answers:
by artappraiser on Sat, 01/14/2023 - 4:44pm
I agree with Alice here 100%
by artappraiser on Sat, 01/14/2023 - 4:59pm
by artappraiser on Tue, 01/17/2023 - 4:27pm
I'm sure that endears him to the panhandle crowd who dig shrimp and hush puppies.
by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 01/17/2023 - 5:44pm
Jamaal Bowman of 'The Squad' spins the latest DeSantis culture warring against CRT as racist:
To be fair, a lot of MSM are doing that as well.
And that leaves everyone scratching their head about "what's wrong with Floridians?" There's nothing wrong, they know that DeSantis actions are being spun as evil, based on exaggerations that aren't true. Which leaves them mistrustful of outside liberals and even more trusting of DeSantis. TOTALLY COUNTERPRODUCTIVE.
by artappraiser on Thu, 01/19/2023 - 7:44pm
Same point:
by artappraiser on Thu, 01/19/2023 - 8:08pm
I don't think AP AfricanAmerican studies is quite needed in high school as much as World History, Psychology, Data Science, Project Management, basic computer office training, and other critical modern skills. Video production/presentations/marketing communications becoming more and more important for getting the message out in our social media world.
Once upon a time we had hobbies for stuff we were interested in, so i could read about Blondie in NY in fanzines if I wanted to, or imbibe French existentialism or the (then) latest musings about Artificial Intelligence, or a book by Abbie Hoffman or the then popular "Diary of a Killer" and "The Happy Hooker_ (no, the weren't in the library, nor was Trots & Bonnie).
Its a bit weird that we know state school boards are conservative and have their own agendas, yet we want to push more into the school system. There are 4 major online learning sites plus now many universities have their own courses - some for credit. So i start to get pissed off at all this microaggression politics cuz Jane can't study AP LGBTQ history & discrimination in colonial times. Get a fucking life, people - there's a huge number of blacks who can't read at grade level, much less math* to go on to professional science & engineering degrees. That's it's own kind of mental slavery, dig? (not nearly as bad as forced labor and restricted movement, granted, but then again limits people to crappy jobs and limited possibilities to travel except those junkets to the Caribbean to keep the American rubes' noses to grindstone the other 50 dismal weeks a year - if they can even find that much work)
*Again, math like statistics, Bayesian analysis, probability, formal logic and algebra are probably much more useful math studies for the majority than the more common Trig & Calculus we like to have as our holy grail.
by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 01/20/2023 - 6:05am
....Once upon a time we had hobbies for stuff we were interested in....Get a fucking life, people - there's a huge number of blacks who can't read at grade level, much less math*...
Amen! say it bro, say it! Readin and writin and numbers are fundamental! And without that your choices are: crime, gangs, violence. Does our chilren know how to access the internet and read what's on it?
by artappraiser on Fri, 01/20/2023 - 2:11pm
Well, skimming tweets is hardly Les Miserables or Thinking Fast and Slow, to be clear. Most people are probably literate enough for 288 chars of some sort, tho maybe I'm being naive.
by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 01/20/2023 - 4:10pm
Racializing a policy issue is counterproductive in U.S. politics
by artappraiser on Sat, 01/21/2023 - 5:21pm
an example of what The Woke are getting in return for their efforts (DeSantis comparatively is milquetoast, Bowman ain't seen nothing yet if he keeps pushing his shit - a Sister Souljah urgently needed with him)
by artappraiser on Sat, 01/21/2023 - 5:56pm
by artappraiser on Tue, 01/24/2023 - 1:35pm
uh oh he's an evil globalist hanging out with the elite as well as being no friend to Trump:
by artappraiser on Fri, 01/20/2023 - 6:22pm
by artappraiser on Sat, 01/21/2023 - 2:23am
Trying to do that elder statesman thing?
by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 01/21/2023 - 9:06am
those who are spinning that the global elites are falsely ginning up the dangers of Covid 19 to control the masses have it bassackwards
by artappraiser on Sat, 01/21/2023 - 6:05pm
by artappraiser on Sun, 01/22/2023 - 7:13pm
MTG and her Qanon-style cohorts are using the latest news to push defunding Ukraine
by artappraiser on Tue, 01/24/2023 - 1:03pm
Germany just broke stalemate re Leopard tanks fortunately.
(Multi country shipments now). Not huge number,
but again complicates things for Russia on the ground.
Fuck MTG.
by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 01/24/2023 - 3:39pm
Interesting > Speaker McCarthy levels about what he has against Schiff and Swalwell that he doesn't have against "200 other Democrats":
by artappraiser on Tue, 01/24/2023 - 10:21pm
McCarthy broaches Santos, Omar and other panel dramas in closed-door meeting
Asked whether he believed he had the speaker’s support after the GOP conference meeting on Wednesday, the headline-grabbing New York Republican evaded the question.
@ Politico.com, Updated: 01/25/2023 12:28 PM EST
also includes Schiff response
by artappraiser on Wed, 01/25/2023 - 3:32pm
by artappraiser on Wed, 01/25/2023 - 3:53pm
DeSantis picking smart culture war games again:
by artappraiser on Wed, 01/25/2023 - 4:59pm
Strkes me from reading lots of analysis of the November elections that he is speaking for the majority of voters:
by artappraiser on Wed, 01/25/2023 - 6:55pm
Ron DeSantis’ Secret Twitter Army of Far-Right Influencers
Exclusive @ DailyBeast.com, Jan. 25
by artappraiser on Thu, 01/26/2023 - 2:05am
by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 01/26/2023 - 2:27am
interesting that there's not much outrageous about the last paragraph there, is the way a lot of younger people feel unless they're elite white kids -
by artappraiser on Thu, 01/26/2023 - 2:58am
by artappraiser on Thu, 01/26/2023 - 3:41pm
It's still Ronna's party
by artappraiser on Fri, 01/27/2023 - 3:27pm
by artappraiser on Fri, 01/27/2023 - 6:51pm
I think Yglesias is just being facetious and knows this is all just bullshit so they can look like they're being tough anti-goverment spending to their rightwing activist base. When in reality they don't just not care but are just as beholden to spending for their special interests as most Dems are. Except for the Freedom Caucus people, and that's why the Freedom Caucus people hate the establishment GOP so much, they know they are hypocrital bullshitters about this
by artappraiser on Fri, 01/27/2023 - 7:08pm
yes, it's likely what we're going to see more of is phony messaging, whatever plays well with the righties (who won't check later to see what actually happened)
by artappraiser on Sat, 01/28/2023 - 1:46am
Adam & Bill have something to say:
by artappraiser on Sat, 01/28/2023 - 7:45pm
by artappraiser on Sat, 01/28/2023 - 7:57pm
by artappraiser on Sat, 01/28/2023 - 7:59pm
Good to point out. For whatever reason. I would note that Ron Desantis as their new Governor isn't holding them back, nor is the presence of Mar-a- lago. The tax situation is certainly a bonus to some:
by artappraiser on Sun, 01/29/2023 - 12:24am
"it's the state and local taxes, stupid":
by artappraiser on Tue, 01/31/2023 - 5:50pm
Ron Desantis is a big failure and the WSJ is a globalist rag:
by artappraiser on Sun, 01/29/2023 - 7:49pm
by artappraiser on Tue, 01/31/2023 - 4:43pm
Frank Luntz:
by artappraiser on Tue, 01/31/2023 - 4:47pm
by artappraiser on Wed, 02/01/2023 - 3:01pm
by artappraiser on Tue, 01/31/2023 - 9:27pm
A moderate's opinion. And one who knows Florida politics:
by artappraiser on Tue, 01/31/2023 - 10:54pm
but it must work with a lot of constituents, or they wouldn't do it - it's a very popular thing to do in a lot of localities
edit to add: I see they are working a different angle in AZ
by artappraiser on Wed, 02/01/2023 - 1:37am
For the umpteenth time I am going to point to this thead: James Carville: “Wokeness is a problem and we all know it”
It's not just Dems he is talking about - GOP knows it too.
by artappraiser on Wed, 02/01/2023 - 2:04am
by artappraiser on Tue, 01/31/2023 - 10:57pm
by artappraiser on Wed, 02/01/2023 - 4:01pm
by artappraiser on Wed, 02/01/2023 - 4:26pm
by artappraiser on Wed, 02/01/2023 - 11:42pm
GOP senators rally to defend DeSantis from Trump attacks
BY ALEXANDER BOLTON - 02/01/23 6:00 AM ET
GOP moves to stop unelectable Senate candidates
BY AL WEAVER - 02/01/23 6:00 AM ET
McConnell pulls rival Rick Scott off powerful Commerce Committee
BY ALEXANDER BOLTON - 02/01/23 6:05 PM ET
by artappraiser on Wed, 02/01/2023 - 11:48pm