Doesn’t Matter Who Wins the K Race; We’re All the Same

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

I'm guessing he wants VP or a cabinet position and is signaling to Biden that he can help him with Massachusetts and the black vote generally better than Abrams.

TM

I went through and edited for you.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

I went through and edited for you.

Nice. Thanks!

Everyone (especially Ty) should know that if the first number in your photo's dimensions is bigger than 900, find a smaller version.

For example, this is 800 x 384:



TM

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

Nice. Thanks!

Everyone (especially Ty) should know that if the first number in your photo's dimensions is bigger than 900, find a smaller version.

For example, this is 800 x 384:



TM

I couldn't find a smaller version of that photo. I tried to resize it and failed. I decided that sharing the larger version was better than not sharing it. If I erred, I apologize.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

I couldn't find a smaller version of that photo. I tried to resize it and failed. I decided that sharing the larger version was better than not sharing it. If I erred, I apologize.

TM

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

I couldn't find a smaller version of that photo. I tried to resize it and failed. I decided that sharing the larger version was better than not sharing it. If I erred, I apologize.

So you can admit that you sometimes err about what should be shared, but can you finally admit you were wrong about what should not be allowed?

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

So you can admit that you sometimes err about what should be shared, but can you finally admit you were wrong about what should not be allowed?

The call I made was perfect, but even if it weren't, it wasn't an impeachable offense.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

If this doesn't make you smile, then, well, whatever, never mind.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Adder

This thread on the prosecutor's closing argument in the Roger Stone trial is worth reading, especially the bit where Stone calls candidate Trump while in a car with Gates, Trump hands up and reports that there is more hacked information coming.

Going to be interesting to see the timeline for Stone's post trial motions, appeals, and sentencing. His lawyers are going to do everything imaginable to keep him out until beyond next year's election.

Crazy fucker's betting on Trump not welching. Whole lotta contractors and subs have gone bust taking that angle.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

I would describe him as very capable and managerial in his style and progressive but incrementalist in his policies. Dukakis but not as fun as Dukakis.

I had thought he had passed over the race because he felt he needed more backing from Obama. He and Obama go way back together - they have a personal relationship, not just a political one. And remember, here in Massachusetts Liz Warren was really completely an Obama creation in politics - she was an academic with no local political history and Obama cleared the field for her Senate run because he wanted her in the Senate. So the local Obama team here has pretty much been all Warren in this election.

My understanding is he's got some significant financial backing for the run. But let's face it, he should have gotten in 6 to 12 months ago, and many, many people who might have supported him have long since been committed elsewhere.

He's a male Kamala Harris. Too corporate, measured, and careful.

I don't know how Pete's getting away with it. He's an ex-McKinsey guy whose platform is Clinton Democrat. He should have gone down alongside Harris, but is somehow out-raising everyone.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

If this doesn't make you smile, then, well, whatever, never mind.

This makes me happy.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

This makes me happy.

I love the look on her face. Just all grit and joy.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

This makes me happy.

Shopped. If an actual Brit she’d have bad teeth.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Highly recommended:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas...=1000456057413

Ruhle destroys the media narratives about the economy and the red/blue divide and Swisher gives her a pretty healthy assist.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

Ruhle destroys the media narratives...

Et tu?

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

Et tu?

Not sure in what direction that's aimed. But Swisher is becoming my new favorite podcast. And Ruhle really surprised me.

Ruhle did a bit of what I'd call "Informed Fake News Spotting." She said what finance reporters aren't supposed to say but everyone knows:

If you had assets, you've recovered from 2008, and that was by design. We only sought to rescue asset holders. If you didn't have assets, you fall into the category of people for whom The Recession Never Ended. (Westover separates the recovered from the still struggling by location, using urban v. rural, but it's really based on assets... if you've limited or no assets in an urban area, you're also fucked.)

Swisher puts on a number of guest who look at the "manufactured" sides in the debate of an issue and lets them ramble. This creates an enlightened skepticism of what the credulous public accepts. When you hear a TV talking head feeling safe enough to call her industry a consensus creating machine used to keep the public in manageable factions, you wonder - who with a brain believes anything they hear from the media anymore?

Of all the things I figured might undercut the bullshit that's used to bind us, I never thought... podcasts? But yeah. Fucking podcasts.

Trump pulled the fake news genie from the bottle, but it's honest people using it surgically who are actually dismantling the establishment. With milquetoast things like... podcasts.