- Well, for anybody who doubted that a Trump administration would be Republican business-as-usual, here’s the rinse rag as chief of staff.
- But at least the New York Times is promising reform. And its bossman is actually showing awareness of their dirty deeds.
- Ron Paul — aka Cassandra — warns Trump of the U.S. shadow government.
- Medal of Honor winner denied the right to attend a Marine birthday ball in Kabul, apparently because he’s criticized the Obama administration. (I swear, the only reason Obama has become so “popular” lately is because he’s doing and saying less all the time. When he actually does something, it’s often petty, spiteful, arrogant, stupid, and just plain nasty. Granted, this deed was carried out by one of his ambassadors, but it’s still a typical jerk move.)
- Best comment ever on Obama’s cherished legacy.
- Both sides have been pretty ungracious since the election (and before). I’ve been avoiding Gab.ai because of the nasty Trump triumphalism going on over the. But it’s hard to beat a lefty for petty cruelty or sadistic bloodlust.
- Mike Dillon of Dillon Precision has died. He not only brought progressive reloading to the masses. He not only published a catalog that was entertaining in its own right. He built such a fine product and stood so firmly behind its lifetime guarantee that Dillon became known for giving full replacements to people who bought broken reloaders at garage sales — and in one memorable case to a man who blew his Dillon reloader to bits in an accident.
- Bloomberg.com seems to think California’s secessionist movement is a “fever dream.” Me, I wish them well. But I’ve seen maps in which the “country” of California is parceled into 16 states, one of which is Jefferson. And sorry, Silicon Valley, San Francisco, Sacramento, and L.A.; I don’t think the good people of Jefferson state want to go your way.
- In any case, C.B., with tongue firmly in cheek, thinks we should petition the White House to give those dirty secessionist rebels the treatment the last bunch got. (But hey, C.B. — California, that’s one thing. But Oregon’s a nice place, and it’s home to part of the future state of Jefferson.)
No cute dogs today. I think that’s enough cheery news.
Well, if the rest of Oregon starts a GoFundMe page to raise money to relocate Portland to Kalifornia where it belongs…
Reince Priebus represents everything that is wrong about the republican party and why Trump is just more of the same or even worst.
Best thing for the country would be President Obama pardoning Clinton. Second best would be Trump doing it. Get her out of the news.
What about her? “What did the sadist do to the masochist?”
“Both sides have been pretty ungracious.” Sure. I’ve noticed all the riots by Trump supporters and all the University therapy and coloring book sessions for the hundreds of Trump supporters who have been beaten up by Soros paid thugs.
Oh, it’s certainly true, pyrrhus, that Republicans don’t generally riot. And it’s definitely true that election winners don’t need to. Ditto with the coloring books, counseling, safe spaces and such. I did say, didn’t I, that Hillary fans were far nastier than Trump fans?
However, if you don’t think Trump fans have been ungracious, you must not have heard the kind of cruel triumphalism that’s going on in the Trump-heavy corners of the ‘Net like Gab.ai. The drumbeat demands for rounding up millions and building useless walls … the gloating and sneering toward losers like Huma Abedin. Calling it “pretty ungracious” is putting it mildly.
Which is worse? Rioting in a few city blocks? Or gleefully wanting millions of people rounded up and walls built around a country?
Welcome to New Boss, Same as Old Boss…
http://www.thepriceofliberty.org/?p=10083
The media, internet and neighborhood conversations are filled with every sort of commentary, boasting, celebrations, protests, analysis, predictions and general hand wringing. I’ve lived through a great many national elections, starting with Eisenhower, and pretty much all the same things have gone on each time, by someone. That this year’s political circus has been more vicious, filled with more stupidity, lies and hubris, I won’t deny. But it is a difference in intensity, not of kind.
The state that gets its electricity from Arizona, its water from the Colorado, and its money from DC, really wants to secede? I’m finding that flippin’ hilarious.
That said, I’d be happy to see them go.
“Which is worse? Rioting in a few city blocks? Or gleefully wanting millions of people rounded up and walls built around a country?”
As long as the round-ups are just talk, the rioting is worse, because the riots are actually happening. The moment rounding people up becomes more than talk and empty promises, then the balance will change.
> The state that gets its electricity from Arizona, its water from the Colorado …
Thing I learned when working on a project for the .gov — half of Hoover Dam is in Nevada. But this reminds me of a discussion I had long ago, and many times since then. Secession has a lot of issues, the power grid being only one of many thorny problems to get figured out. Someone recently commented, not sure if here, that Texas’ grid is largely independent and easier to disentangle.
That woman who kicked her little boy out of the house should not get away with it because she claims it’s a joke. I know from experience that kids that age take things literally. Her actions would have been too much for a teenager, who would have at least suspected that Mom was joking, and would have pushed back. But to a vulnerable eight-year-old, that was deeply sadistic and traumatizing. Besides, nobody should be punished for voting for the “wrong” person, even in a real election. If we are not free to make wrong choices, we are not free.
The more things change, the more they stay the same: http://www.vox.com/polyarchy/2016/11/15/13630058/change-election