JD Vance radiates incredible "Goebbels murdering* his own children so they won't have to live in a world without Hitler" energy.
*making his wife do it then killing her too ...
Falling for “the waste inspector (who has the sole, unchecked power to define what waste is and defines it as anything he doesn’t like) sure is finding a lot of waste!“ doesn’t even rise to the level of being conned by the wallet inspector. It’s “got your nose” stuff. Infantile. It's the kind of thing that if you hear it and it makes sense on its face, a responsible adult in your life should probably have power of attorney over you. ...
Anyone else old enough to remember when airports had vending machines in the terminals for passengers to buy life insurance before they got on the plane? It was legal (and common!) until about the mid-80s.
I'll bump this when they make it legal again in June and release an app for it. ...
Folks I know it seems too obvious to bother saying but we should say it anyway; this guy is out of his fucking mind.
If someone sat near you on public transit or in a restaurant said this sequence of words in the tone of voice in which this is meant to be read, you would get up and move. You would feel unsafe in their presence. You would want to get them help without endangering them or yourself. ...
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MS says:
Trump appoints economic right-wing, social right-wing judges.
Democrats appoint economic right-wing, social mushy-middle judges.
The entire spectrum of economic middle-to-left, and social left is unrepresented. Every single judge anywhere knows that doing anything in that spectrum is a way to never get promoted. It's disqualifying for Democratic administrations as well as Republican ones.
Cumulative result is visible and ugly. (Shoot a black man? You're innocent! Steal gum from Walmart? Five years in jail!) But blaming all of it on Trump is not correct.
jcdenton says:
@MS
Yeah, it's not like Merrick Garland was some kind of progressive superstar. He would have been the Doug Jones or Ralph Northam of the SCOTUS, voting in favor of more Citizens United shit.
Corporate Dems love Kamala Harris, whose big claim to fame has been putting away a lot of PoCs in CA. Obama's COS was Rahm Emmanuel, current mayor of a city that has it's own goddamn secret prison (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/24/chicago-police-detain-americans-black-site).
One of the most laudable things about Erica Garner was how much she appreciated that corporate Dems were utterly worthless when it came to social and economic justice (https://bennorton.com/erica-garner-revolutionary-neoliberal-democrats-whitewash/).
@democommie (to pre-empt your response about "alternatives")
There are tons of decent, progressive social-reform candidates. However, they don't get cash or support from the DNC, DCCC, etc. Also, Erica Garner organized an entire movement (BLM) to fight for social justice.
democommie says:
@jcdenton:
Which is exactly what I've been saying for a while now. And they WON'T be getting cash from people who they call scum. Sorry, it may not be right, but it is the way things are. How people who did not even vote in the last dozen or more years or get involved in politics beyond the hand wringing level expect to defeat the DNC AND the GOP is not something I can begin to understand.