Evidently Bernie is calling Democrats and letting them know that he does intend to keep Donald out of the White House. It sounds credible, but I wish his actions showed the same promise. I am sure that it is very hard to stop the crowds and adulation. I get that. But it wouldn't hurt for the leader of this movement to nicely and kindly let his supporters know that they need to behave. Still, I am cautiously optimistic
There are currently three contenders for the Office of President of the United States. Only one has posted her taxes (for the preceding 10 years). Donald first said he would; then said (today) that it is none of George Stephanopolis' business (and by implication, US voters as well). Bernie posted an abridged 2014 return, and stated that he would only release others if Hillary would publish the texts of her speeches to Wall Street groups. Bernie"s speeches in Nicaragua and Cuba have not been released, nor Donald's speeches, which very likely would surprise his base.
In his article there are examples of people making 20 donations in a day and others exceeding by quite a bit, the legal limit for primaries. How can it be?
He voted against it, and he makes scathing comments about Hillary in reference to any and all trade deals. This guy has a one track mind, and he is sometimes even, um....wrong
This was surprising to me, but it is but a flea on the ass of an elephant compared to what the GOP would come up with. Bernie has been left alone because Republicans seriously don't want to run against Hiilary. They have so much stuff on Bernie that they are keeping their powder dry.
I got this link over at TPM. It was posted by someone who greatly benefitted from its provisions when she worked as a Social Worker in NYC at that time because it increased the resources she could tap into. It is very interesting, and I think, objective. I didn't realize that Biden was far more involved in getting this though than anyone else.
The President once again proves his leadership qualities by reminding us all what's at stake.
“The thing Democrats have to guard against is going in the direction that the Republicans are much further along on, and that is this sense 'we are just going to get our way, and if we don’t, then we’ll cannibalize our own, kick them out and try again,' ” he said at a town-hall meeting with law students in Chicago.
It's worth a read; he addresses and defends incrementalism in the context of Single Payer.
Years ago I took a psychology course at The George Washington University, where I also worked. One of the exercises, which will be recognized by anyone who has ever taken a Psych course, is one called "moral Dilemmas." In case you haven't taken such a course, I will give you a couple of examples:
I am surprised that I only saw this on face book, because it is a seemingly honest review of Trump's charade. She says basically, that he always intended to be a protest candidate. He thought that running and getting enough delegates to come in second would help his brand and he could parlay it into more power. When he started getting traction it went to his head. But his absolute resistance to actually learning anything about the job of President opened her eyes.
Having just recently been called a "Hilbot," and feeling insulted by that, I thought I would ask for feedback about what the definition really is. I was formerly called an "Obama-bot," and didn't like that either. I associate the name with uninformed and thoughtless loyalty to a particular candidate, along with a rigidity that precludes any objectivity.
I did try the internet, but bots are just fly larvae, so not helpful.
I now feel that a short-hand definition is simply this:
Years ago I watched a movie about WWII. It was black & white (so really old). It was all about some German spies who were being schooled in colloquial American language, such as who they wanted to win the World Series, and other theoretically "loyalty" questions in order that they could get onto US Navy ships and wreak havoc. They learned the typical "rah rah" type of one team over the other, they learned accents, etc, and finally they were deemed ready to begin their operation, which would sink the whole US Fleet.
I found this article in a New York Times newsdump in my email. I was struck by the reference to a Malaysian pilot who expressed an interest in terrorism and a second reference to another Malaysian who wanted to use a shoe bomb to gain access to a cockpit (and was given a shoe bomb).
I sent this to Josh at TPM and also to MSNBC but did not get a reply from either. Any thoughts from my fellow Dagbloggers? It seems so odd to ignore this!
Ten Years From Now Under the Romney/Ryan Dystopian World
Location: A typical doctor's office. Patient (Mr Jones -- around 65ish in age) is seated on an exam table, and his wife is standing by. They are both looking hopefully at the doctor ---
I realize this is probably not the place for this, but couldn't find another.
I used to be able to click on this site and my last log-in showed up. Now, every time I click on DagBlog I have to re-log on, and even if I am logged on(as I am now), if I click on a headline, such as Ramona's (which I just did) I am no longer logged in.
Is this fixable? I don't comment as often as I used to, so it is not a huge problem, but it seems to be a glitch that should not be.
