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Democratic 2020 Presidential Primary Thread
Taro T replied to snafu's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Who knew Richard Dawson was his idol? Maybe if he had the English accent, it wouldn't be creepy as ####. -
The Media's Portrayal of Trump and His Presidency
Taro T replied to Nanker's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Interesting. Would not have picked Time to be the 1st to recover from TDS. (Truthfully, expected Rolling Stone to get over it before Time did.) -
The Media's Portrayal of Trump and His Presidency
Taro T replied to Nanker's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
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What the "New Green Deal" Solutions Mean For Us
Taro T replied to Nanker's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Should've bolded your 2nd sentence for the reply. Was referring to the likelihood of it being another Facebook-ish rant, not the purported source of the electricty. -
What the "New Green Deal" Solutions Mean For Us
Taro T replied to Nanker's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Wouldn't be too surprising. Didn't look at any of his other #'s, but an electric rate 1 order of magnitude too high stood out. -
What the "New Green Deal" Solutions Mean For Us
Taro T replied to Nanker's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Umm, yeah. And in NYS, when all those charges (delivery, supply, meter, taxes, etc.) are added together they total to about $0.12/kwh. -
What the "New Green Deal" Solutions Mean For Us
Taro T replied to Nanker's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Where is he paying $1.16/kwh for his electricity? It's about $0.12/kwh in NYS. -
So, what do you think the odds are that she wins a Pulitzer for all this? Somewhere between slim & not a chance in heck most likely. Sadly. Looking forward to your book as well.
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Don't know. Have my suspicions, but no data. Regardless, it is IMHO a bad look for the D's as it makes them look once again like they don't give a rat's bippy about following the rules and once again they are playing the identity us vs them game. (Of course, they also couldn't give a rat's bippy whether I agree with the decision.)
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The Media's Portrayal of Trump and His Presidency
Taro T replied to Nanker's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Actually, it was just 2 whackadoodles, 1 with 7 consecutive tweets & the other with the next 4. -
Which means it'll likely actually get released this fall. Hope this release doesn't drag out that far, but expecting it will. Which stinks, because the bad actors have to start getting brought to light early enough to make sure a switch to 46 in '20 rather than '24 doesn't scuttle all the good work these guys have been doing to bring the bad actors to justice.
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It would be. But it is too early to assume they will. We haven't even seen the sealed indictments yet, nor have the FULL weight of what can legally (and ethically) be brought against these people been used. Until we know they'll all walk, I won't assume they all will. And if somehow they do, then our laws will need more revisions than I expect. Because what they did regarding the FISAs was/is already illegal.
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How about rather than that, we let Huber & the others do their job and see how it all plays out? A lot of what was done to set up then candidate Trump (& candidate Sanders & others) was already illegal. Let the process work. And while that's going on, figure out what adjustments need to be made to the laws (if any). Huber has already been working on this for over 1 year. Don't start skirting the law right when things are starting to look up. Would make the good guys just as bad as the bad guys. And the last 2 years would all be for naught. Democracy would be dead.
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Mueller's report could end up stating that Russians hacked the DNC. That's NOT what Barr's summary states though. It states they hacked "Democratic Party organizations." The DNC was NOT the only Democratic group that had e-mails turn up on Wikileaks. Hillary's unsecured server was hacked (probably by every Intelligence service in the world) & Podesta's e-mails were also hacked. Probably others with ties to the DNC as well. And if the Mueller Report does claim the Russians hacked the DNC, would really like to see the supporting documentation as the FBI (or any other government agency) did not actually examine their servers.
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So, would the Hillary Clinton e-mails that were hacked be the ones that everybody knew were hacked off her unprotected server? And would the "Democratic Party organizations" e-mails that were hacked be those that were hacked from Podesta directly? Sure seems that way from everything that came out to date. The letter to Congress does NOT state that it was the DNC e-mails that ended up on Wiki leaks. Those others ended up there as well, IIRC. More "obfuscating" to keep the bad guys off guard? Or is it more than an implication that somehow the Russians did hack the DNC? Based on everything else that came out the past 2+ years, would seem to be the former. But definitely looking forward to when the Report itself gets released. Either way, can definitely see the Schiffs of the world using that phrasing to double down on their attacks. That and the 'no conclusion was made regarding obstruction.' Mueller left that to the AG & AAG and they determined no obstruction. Which seems correct - as there was no collusion there was nothing to obstruct. (Plus Mueller got to speak to everybody he subpoenaed.)
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True. But maybe this' ll be an opportunity for somebody to make a few bucks; they have "veggie burgers." Some quick thinking entrepreneur needs to come out with crow flavored tofu. Mmmmm, crofu. Yum.
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The Media's Portrayal of Trump and His Presidency
Taro T replied to Nanker's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
They absolutely are editing his words. The statement made after the VA rally is proof of that and is only about 15 posts above this one. -
Absolutely they both need to happen. But, should the "reform" happen prior to enacting structural changes to better control illegal immigration then we'll simply repeat the '87 amnesty. Those changes (aka the wall & enforcement improvements) don't need to be fully implemented before fixing our highly flawed immigration laws & policies; but they do need to be started in a materially significant manner as a good faith measure.
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Think Shady is not smiling ear to ear right now?
Taro T replied to John from Riverside's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Would expect them to grab an OL somewhere in round 2-4 & then a couple more late rounders to head to the PS. -
The Deep State War Heats Up :ph34r:
Taro T replied to Deranged Rhino's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
IF that turns out to be true, your job just got easier as pretty much any wild idea you Hollywood guys come up with gains significant plausibility. Would be good if it turns out to be true, as it would put the white hats in a significantly superior position relative to the black hats. Don't know how it turns out, but the next couple of months should be interesting at any rate. -
The "National Emergency" Thread
Taro T replied to Trump_is_Mentally_fit's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Definitely can create other problems/ issues, but have to believe that there'd be demand for a site that truly plays (or at least truly tries to play) it straight (like Twitter, Google, & the like seem(ed) to do).