Rhetorical question with false premises omitted.
There was a diary posted this morning to which I feel the need to respond.I'll assume the diarist had good intentions. However, she framed her diary such as to blame a possible 2014 election loss on...
View ArticleHow to destroy Hamas in about 12 hours.
(Assuming your name is Bibi Netanyahu) (Actual timeline may vary)1) Pick up telephone and call Mahmoud Abbas 2) Allow Abbas to take credit for cancelling the latest settlement expansion 3) Announce the...
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Major OFA initiative!
After getting five or six emails with subjects like "This is on us" and "I need to know you'll be there," from people with names like Barack Obama, I decided that they must be serious this time. What...
View ArticleNo true Scotsman
If "nerd culture" is having its moment of triumph, where the fuck is my Jolt Cola?
View ArticleHell yes, I want the party to pay more attention
to my pet issues.And you want the party to pay more attention to your issues.And Joe Sixpack wants the party to pay more attention to his issues.That's human nature.And I realize that none of us are...
View ArticleSilence (a meta note)
There's been a lot of ugliness at the Great Orange Satan lately, particularly relating to some election that's coming up next year. Obviously most of us think that the other side is responsible for...
View ArticleWhy I'm backing Sanders until the bitter end
He voted against the Patriot Act.That makes him a fucking hero. Plus, he's willing to take the job. What more could you ask?I realize this isn't actually a diary, but Bernie has earned my vote and...
View ArticleMore reasons why I'm backing Sanders
This is a diary that was recommended by one person when I first posted it in 2011. Global free trade that drives down environmental and labor standards. There is no alternative.Our for profit health...
View ArticleCanvassing for Bernie: some random thoughts.
Today was my first day of knocking on doors for Sen. Sanders. Unfortunately, most people weren’t home. I heard “he’s at work” more often than not. Great, people have jobs. The operation is...
View ArticleDWS Promotion Watch
It’s unfair to assign one person all the blame for any calamity, but DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz clearly failed in the 2014 elections. In a parliamentary system, she would resign for the...
View ArticleDear President Trump
(Trump stiffs vendors)(Trump stiffscontractors)(Trump stiffsinvestors)(Trump stiffs campaign staff)Dear President Trump:As you know, our consortium organized itself specifically to pursue the prime...
View ArticleA lie that matters.
We’re all expecting to see a select showcase of some of Donald Trump’s biggest and best lies this evening. “I’m a billionaire,”“Mexico will pay,”“Hillary started it,”“I gave at the office,”“the check...
View ArticleWhat's the worst that could happen...?
How bad could a Trump presidency be? Could he be worse than Bush? Surely the worst-case predictions of a Republican presidency are just hyperbole — it can’t be that bad, can it?I’d like to refer you...
View ArticleIs there anyone left whose irony sensors haven't already burned out?
Oliver North at Trump rally: ‘Who is going to hold Hillary Clinton accountable for all her crimes?’In 1988, North was convicted of three felonies connected to the Iran-Contra affair. Those convictions...
View ArticleForging the bonds of meh and wtf?
Lamont’s convinced me to delete the previous diary in the name of not being an asshole, so I guess I’m going to. I have no quarrel with anybody who posted in it, it’s all cool.Instead I’m gonna shoot...
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Trump uses the royal we.Don’t be like Trump.Don’t use the royal we.You think your “blame the voters” horseshit will be more credible if you package it as passive-aggressive false humility. It isn’t....
View ArticleThose neoliberal bass turds
Commenters in a diary posted earlier objected, not for the first time, about the use of the word “neoliberal.” Specifically it was said to be a word without a meaning.I’m not going to argue about the...
View ArticleHere's the DNC memo. Read it for yourself.
www.npr.org/…Read the full memo, obtained by NPR from a Democratic source:"This Memorandum is intended to memorialize our agreement regarding the creation and operation of Hillary Victory Fund (Victory...
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