The way I see it, the New Dems have followed the GOP to the right and occupied their traditional real estate lo these many years. Nowadays the GOP is driving in the ditch, and the Dem "centrists" are driving on the shoulder. From their perspective, those driving on the road are extreme lefties.
Kabuki version of Star Wars [Click] Live on YouTube in 28 hours! I will have to see if I can record it from YouTube and burn it to a DVD; I expect I can.
Agreed. Same is true of writing. The poems I wrote by hand, crossing out words, rewriting when lines needed to be rearranged or clarified, etc. are probably no better than those composed direct to computer screen, but they were much more satisfying.
NPR: Judge Rules Don McGahn, Former White House Counsel, Must Testify Before House
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I continue to hope that one or another member of the Trump-Rudy cabal pleads the fifth.
Delete”Trump’s Turkey Corruption Is Way Worse Than You Think” [Click] I doubt that.
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Bloomberg Bid Haunted by GOP Skeletons [Click] But he’s a bazilionaire!
Sanders Rips Bloomberg’s ‘Arrogance’ [Click]
Impeachment poll tracker [Click]
The DOJ Keeps Having To Clean Up Messes Left By A Former Trump Appointee [Click]
Uber’s London woes show the need for a taxi app owned by drivers [Click] Sounds sensible, and it works elsewhere [story is two years old].
Sounds like the DOJ's Gore may have crossed the line into dementia.
DeleteA perfect fit for this administration, no? Or.... might he be the person assigned to try Trump's dementia defense? [OK, I'm not a nice person.]
DeleteAmericans Bearing Full Costs of Trade War [Click] Chinese manufacturers haven’t lowered their prices to speak of. Who could have imagined?
ReplyDeleteMy take on a variety of posts seen today on politicalwire.com and a couple of other sites: Democratic "centrists" are beginning to panic.
ReplyDeleteAnd things aren't looking very bright for the GOP, either.
Delete'Democratic centrists' is an oxymoron...which is why they keep losing elections.
DeleteThe way I see it, the New Dems have followed the GOP to the right and occupied their traditional real estate lo these many years. Nowadays the GOP is driving in the ditch, and the Dem "centrists" are driving on the shoulder. From their perspective, those driving on the road are extreme lefties.
DeleteThat doesn't mean their perspective is the correct one, or that anyone on the road should pay any attention to them or what they think.
DeleteI take it to mean that they are out of touch with the mainstream.
DeleteLabour gets support from Bernie Sanders campaigners in US [Click] Vive l’Internationale?
ReplyDeleteNew Emerson poll: New Hampshire 2020: Sanders jumps to lead, Buttigieg surges while Warren and Biden slip [Click] I am rather skeptical about the methodology, but grant that traditional polling methods have great difficulties these days.
Kabuki version of Star Wars [Click] Live on YouTube in 28 hours! I will have to see if I can record it from YouTube and burn it to a DVD; I expect I can.
ReplyDeleteTaking notes by hand vs. typing on a laptop [Click] Handwriting notes requires and enables more active engagement with the material.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. Same is true of writing. The poems I wrote by hand, crossing out words, rewriting when lines needed to be rearranged or clarified, etc. are probably no better than those composed direct to computer screen, but they were much more satisfying.
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