Where the candidates stand on the issues

JamesC

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Saturday March 07, 2020 · 10:57 AM PST

2020/03/07 · 10:57

That is all.

Insurance Agents and Idiots

JamesC

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Friday September 28, 2018 · 1:42 PM PDT

2018/09/28 · 13:42

My grandfather once told me that the only people who make predictions are idiots and insurance agents. He was one of those people who are math-smart. His was implying that that insurance agents have a pretty good idea about what is going to happen to people in the future because of actuarial tables: you know with 100% certainty that someone who is 75 years old is not going to live another 50 years. Beyond that, though... everything is guesswork the only people who think otherwise are idiots.

I am not an insurance agent.

Nevertheless, I believe that the risk of vote fraud is not just a possibility but *likely*. We keep talking about — and praying for — the Blue Wave. But the GOP has shown over and over and over again that they will do anything — anything — to maintain and advance their power. I don’t think the national conversation does not take this into account nearly as much as it should, and that we are in for a rude awakening come November 7.

Without further ado…

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Tuesday November 08, 2016 · 7:44 PM PST

2016/11/08 · 19:44

Just sayin’.

Perfect End to Democratic Primary: Anonymous Super-Delegates Declare Winner Through Media

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Tuesday June 07, 2016 · 7:33 AM PDT

2016/06/07 · 07:33

Over at The Intercept, Glenn Greenwald is having none of the yesterday’s AP regal coronation of Hillary Clinton:

This is the perfect symbolic ending to the Democratic Party primary. The nomination is consecrated by a media organization, on a day when nobody voted, based on secret discussions with anonymous establishment insiders and donors whose identity the media organization – incredibly – conceals. The decisive edifice of super-delegates is itself anti-democratic and inherently corrupt: designed to prevent actual voters from making choices that the party establishment dislikes. But for a party run by insiders and funded by corporate interests, it’s only fitting that their nomination process ends with such an ignominious, awkward and undemocratic sputter.

I support Hillary Clinton. I do not support the way the Democratic primary is conducted, and I am grateful to the Sanders campaign, as well as those down ballot, for exposing the incestuous top-down nature that the Democratic primary rules encourage, if not demand. There is no place in a party which claims to support the poor and the progressive for such anti-democratic stratagems.

If you want to know why Hillary has a hard time filling stadiums, and why Bernie has been able to consistently do so, this is a big part of the reason why. People feel that their voices do not truly matter in the Clinton political sphere, and the AP’s story does nothing to help that perception.

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Do you think superdelegates should be removed from the Democratic Party primary system?

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Do you think superdelegates should be removed from the Democratic Party primary system?

Yes

56 votes

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[UFO] My experience - What is a reasonable response?

JamesC

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Saturday April 11, 2009 · 9:19 AM PDT

2009/04/11 · 09:19

There was a rather poorly-written diary I ran across earlier that something to do with a report about pilot safety and UFOs. While the diary itself was rather incoherent, the comments below were interesting, and seem to follow a pattern I have noticed whenever discussions about UFOs come up either here or on other websites I frequent.If there is a conventional wisdom it is this: the word "UFO" ellicits ridicule, snark, deep sarcasm, and recycled pictures of guys wearing tinfoil hats.

My reaction is always slightly more reserved, because I happen to have see one. I would like to know from those who tend to join in this cacophony of snark what the proper reaction would be to such a thing.

Back in college I went over to this friend of mine's house to study for a midterm. Her apartment was on on the third floor and her balcony faced the pool. We went out on the balcony so I could smoke when I saw something moving above the apartment building on the other side of the pool. It was a more or less equilateral triangle, was flying perpendicular to the ground, and had three dim lights just inside each tip. The thing itself was dark, just barely less gray than the night sky behind it. It was moving very slowly, and completely silently.

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Wednesday October 08, 2008 · 7:38 AM PDT

2008/10/08 · 07:38

Well, after 8 years of George Bush, it's almost time to move on. It's been an exciting time, full of war and treason and economic meltdowns and all other manner of cool stuff. But soon, whether we like it or not, it all must come to and end. We won't, to paraphrase a much more popular President, have George Bush to kick around any more.

So what is your favorite memory from the Bush years? What will you miss?

And please, don't be afraid to let it all out. It's what this group is for, after all: helping you to move on, to come to terms with your grief. To look to tomorrow with eyes unclouded by that sense of loss that we will all feel when Bush/Cheney walk out the doors of the White House for the absolute last time.

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Favorite memory from the Bush years?

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Favorite memory from the Bush years?

9/11

3 votes

War in Afghanistan

0 votes

Torture chambers

5 votes

Valerie Plame outing

5 votes

War in Iraq

4 votes

Cheney shooting some poor bastard in the face

25 votes

U.S. Attorney Purge

1 vote

Tom DeLay indictment

4 votes

Banking deregulation

1 vote

$850b Wall Street Bailout

1 vote

[GOP-Muad'dib] My VP debate reaction

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Thursday October 02, 2008 · 3:03 PM PDT

2008/10/02 · 15:03

Dune... Arrakis... Desert planet...

Good evening.

I am Paul Muad'Dib's lesser known cousin, Francisco Muad'dib, a.k.a. GOP-Muad'dib. Like my successfully messianic cousin, I too can tell the future. So it is with great pleasure that I tell you what is going to happen in tonight's debates.

JamesC

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Wednesday February 01, 2006 · 9:47 PM PST

2006/02/01 · 21:47

The differences between Bush and Clinton as leaders are stark, but seeing video brings this home in a way that is amazing and pure. So without further ado, here is a link to video of President Clinton's 2000 State of the Union address. More videos of Clinton speeches are here. Read More

This week in GOP talking points: Defending DeLay!

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Wednesday September 28, 2005 · 11:12 AM PDT

2005/09/28 · 11:12

Friends, we must circle the wagons and defend our dearly beloved fellow Republican, the right honorable Rep. Tom DeLay, from the indictment that has been handed down against him and his associates. Here is the game plan: Read More

I went to Crawford yesterday

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Saturday August 27, 2005 · 7:23 PM PDT

2005/08/27 · 19:23

I went to Crawford, Texas yesterday to add my voice to the protesters. It was exciting, enlightening, and all together satisfying. I met Cindy, sweated a lot, laughed, and wept.

More below the fold. Read More

OH-02: Don't you feel special? Well, put a sock in it.

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Monday August 01, 2005 · 10:27 AM PDT

2005/08/01 · 10:27

The recent efforts in Ohio's special election for district 2 have been amazing and heroic. The netroots has once again put their money and bodies where their mouths are, in the process putting a worthy candidate into play in a heavily Republican district. We should all feel proud of what we have done, and take comfort in the power of our collective strength.

With the coming of every rosy-fingered dawn there are always those cynics like myself who are quick to point out "yeah, but the heat will make the smog worse." This special election is no different. Yes, the netroots made this campaign a competitive one. Yes, the netroots raised impressive amounts of bank to get a veteran into office. Yes, we're all very proud, and justifiably so.

But if we know what's good for us we'll keep our stinking mouths shut. Read More

I am a liberal

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Tuesday June 14, 2005 · 8:17 PM PDT

2005/06/14 · 20:17

I am that which you fear, loathe, and denegrate. I am that which you tell you children not to be, terrified that they may become. You lie, cheat, steal, vote Republican, and listen to Sean Hannity every day of the week in a vain hope that I will go away. I'm a monster, a boogeyman, a big fat scary monster who makes you whine and whine and oh boy whine some more. This is my biography. Read More

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[UFO] My experience - What is a reasonable response?

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Compare: Clinton's 2000 SotU [Video]

This week in GOP talking points: Defending DeLay!

I went to Crawford yesterday

OH-02: Don't you feel special? Well, put a sock in it.

I am a liberal