The Frankish Reich

Let's not lose sight of the big picture. Elon Musk and his SV friends like Peter Thiel have never hidden the fact that they don't like democracy. They like something like Plato's rule by the elites, by which I mean the intellectual elites. And of course, they consider themselves to be those elites. Trump is intellectually weak, and they know it. He is easily flattered. Thiel's protege, JD Vance, is now very close to the ultimate position of power. Trump can easily be manipulated by Vance and the SV "intellectuals." Elon Musk has already accomplished part of the plan, seducing Trump into making him the "government efficiency" overlord. Basically the OMB Director without the need for any public vetting. Again, what I'm saying isn't some wild conspiracy theory. Read what Thiel has said, and see what Musk is doing. And ask yourself why JD Vance - a Senator for all of 2 years with no actual record of accomplishment in his career - is suddenly one Burger With Ketchup Heart Attack away from the Oval Office.

And I'm sure this is true. Repeat after me: this is what happens when one party breaks an established norm. The norm no longer exists, and it becomes a pure power struggle.

Interesting. We'll see how much terrible down-ballot candidates hurt the presidential ticket. Same as Kari Lake in AZ, who is running a good 10 points behind Trump. This is the same kind of thing that destroyed the Republican Party in Colorado. They started nominated ridiculous joke candidates, which took them from having the Governor, to being competitive in state-wide races, to now being like a Democrat in Alabama, with no chance whatsoever in any state-wide race. All in about a decade.

I don't so much need policy. As a starting point, other than foreign policy the President shouldn't really even be making policy. But I do like clear answers to straightforward questions. Trump ducked those from Rogan even when Rogan politely pressed a bit. Yes, Kamala does the same thing. But Trump is the guy who's supposed to be breaking the standard politician mold, isn't he?

That second clip is brilliant. No laughs from the audience. Stupid riff again on hydrogen cars blowing up. That appears to be the new version of electric boats and the shark. Tell that Kill Tony guy to give him so new material. I'd suggest some combination of Halloween and Watermelons. That one always works.

I had to Google her. Zoraida Buxo (R-Floating Isle of Garbage)

No! Not Zoraida Buxo!! THE Zoraida Buxo? Say it ain't so. Doomed!

I forgot about Project 2025

Awfully nice of them to let us know on Tuesday ... could've kept us guessing right up till game time. Very different offense with Flacco v. Richardson.

I listened to parts of it, and yes, I thought Rogan was fair and that Trump comes off much better in that kind of quiet one-on-one format than he does with an in-person audience. But I also thought that other than "my 4 years was better than her 4 years" and "I have a secret plan to make everything better" (Ukraine, etc.) there really is nothing there policy-wise.

Jon Stewart is a comedian. Comedians have a kind of code (other than some of the recent lesbian feminist ones): they don't take offense at each others' material. I'm sure he wasn't offended by this Kill Tony guy. He may have been offended by the weakness of his material, but not at the content. I vaguely remember a time when a political event would not invite a comedian to do racial insult comedy. Or where a political convention wouldn't invite an Only Fans "performer" to speak. Maybe the context matters? Maybe what people say on a football fan forum in a tiny corner of the internet is not what they should say in a public appearance supporting a candidate for the most important office in the world? Just a thought.

I don't know, but I've read here that we call this type of person a "groomer"

Given that this is a Christian nation built on Christian values, I think we should all vote for the transophile fapper. Right after we vote for the Christian whose daughter became a Jew and the Catholic who is raising his kids Hindu.

Stewart's not my guy either, but his extended bit on Biden's debate performance was perfect. And I think it had a big impact on convincing the Dem power brokers to put the squeeze on Joe.

Not enough NCBillsFans in NC to save this perv.

Again, you just don't get humor. Stewart was setting up the joke about Kamala inviting Beyonce and then Beyonce not even performing. I really need to keep working on this with you.

Irv, sounds like you've done well. Congrats. (Didn't you say you're an accountant?) Even if you can't touch that 401k money it's not like you don't have assets. Your take on all of this is sadly representative of a lot of people. The old "I'm doing just fine, but what about the rest of America?" When we ask the rest of America, they say the same thing by substantial majorities: "I'm good, but the economy overall sucks." Because people spend beyond their means?

Nice comment by Rogan. But really - one week till the election and he demands 3 hours? And Mt. Kamala must come to Mohammed?

You just don't have any sense of humor. I can't explain a joke.

That's kind of how it works. It would be mean if I made fun of once-promising biologists whose career fizzled. But if you do that? Hilarious self-deprecating humor! George Lopez can make fun of Mexicans. Not sure if he can make fun of Puerto Ricans though. But he can definitely joke about guys with kidney failure who get their wife's kidney and then promptly divorce her, which is always funny. Comedy = Tragedy + Time.

Please. As for Bezos: Am I alone in thinking that this trillionaire (well, he would've been but for an ill-timed affair and divorce) will restore our faith in the news media?

Not bad!

The incredibly tight-lipped Steve Bannon!

Sloppy Steve! Remember the first Trump White House book? Fire and Fury. Bannon was the primary source. Trump thought he was a traitor.

So sorry that you are then forced - FORCED - to read my posts. Learn how to ignore. It's easy! Like selling bioscience supplies.