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ZooeyModeratorI am pretty sure I read that Tara Reade told two associates in Biden’s office at the time of the incident, and both of them have confirmed it.
I also believe her. I believe it because she’s either telling the truth or a professional actor of more than usual ability, and because the story is so plausible it doesn’t even arouse my skepticism. Men in power do this quite a bit, and this was well before MeToo. It’s so common, in fact, that I read a woman defend Biden by making the argument that Every Single Man has sexually assaulted a woman at some point in his life. I was shocked that she believes that, but…on second thought, I had to admit that the charge is not as outlandish as I originally thought. I tend to believe that a LOT of men have been physically inappropriate.
While I think this reflects poorly on Biden, it’s not a difference-maker to me. I have a far bigger problem with his support of the Iraq War and the crime bill, and on and on. Those actions affect millions of people.
I have to say, btw, that I find it extremely ironic that the Democrats who have done almost nothing but bray about the necessity of beating Trump have nominated the person MOST LIKE him, rather than in contrast to him. He’s the most misogynistic, racist, mentally-compromised, and financially shady of all the candidates they had to choose from. WTF is that?
Also…I am apparently the only person who sees Sanders comments about “irresponsiblity” different from everyone else. If you read the surrounding sentences, it sounds to me like he is saying it is irresponsible not to remain involved in the progressive cause, and help pull Biden to the left. Of course, you can’t “pull” Biden if you don’t support him, but I thought Sanders was talking about commitment to progressivism.
ZooeyModeratorI read Dune for the first time a summer or two ago and liked it. Never read the sequels because I heard they weren’t good. I was glad to see a new movie was coming out. I never saw the first movie with Kyle and Sting, and heard that I wouldn’t understand it anyway since I’d never read the book.
I think the movie has made the still suits a little…slight. At least in my head, the still suit was more of a mask/helmet thing. Not good for acting, however.
ZooeyModeratorI don’t know what he is cutting or not cutting apart from Medicaid and one other “poor people item” that I don’t recall. It wouldn’t make any difference to me if it was “fair” in the sense that everything else was cut proportionately. I think the bottom HALF of the country should all get significant pay raises. You look at the increase in economic production over the past 40 years and overlay that with a graph of where that money has gone, and the bottom 80% of the country has had stagnant wages while wealth has greatly increased. That just isn’t right. The country is working harder, longer, and producing more, and not getting a slice of that wealth AT ALL, let alone a proportionate slice.
So when a politician says they want to make the most vulnerable people in our society do with even LESS?
Yeah. Not gonna get my support. Raise taxes. Or force employers to pay their workers more. Or force employers to provide benefits. Whatever.
But you’re not taken even more away from poor people with my support not matter what rationale you offer.
ZooeyModeratorI was teasing, W. But technically, California – under Newsom – declared a State of Emergency before NY did, and issued a Stay at Home order before NY did.
Doesn’t mean Cuomo hasn’t done a good job, or that California hasn’t learned from NY, but Newsom has been a step ahead in terms of reaction time. And Newsom is the one who has initiated a process of organizing states to cooperate while Trump imitates Nero.
ZooeyModeratorEast Coast bias
Gov of CA has done a much better job than Cuomo.
Newsome implemented quarantines sooner than NY did… Newsome took a lot of shit for doing that, but it’s paid off big time.
Newsome also dealt with medical equipment shortages better than NY did. So much so that CA has exported equipment surplus to needy states and countries.
Just be glad that John COCKS err Cox from Indiana didn’t win the Ca governor’s election a few years back… California would be a fucking mess today….
John Cox. I forgot about that guy. He was certainly a piece of work. He never had a chance, though.
Yeah, imo Newsom has done a better job, too. I’m also from CA, but what you said is true. Newsom acted faster, more comprehensively, and has emerged as a leader in organizing states together as a consortium to band together and negotiate to buy supplies and equipment, rather than descend into the bidding war that had started. It’s almost like…a bunch of States United got organized by an executive who operated in the best interest of the people nationwide. It’s kind of a weird concept, but it got me thinking…what if ALL the states did that? You know…united under an executive branch that made it a priority to look after the interest of people?
Waterfield, as you probably know, is also from California. So I’m a little surprised to see him two-timing with Cuomo.
ZooeyModeratorDies on Friday, comes back on Sunday. We’ve seen it all before.
ZooeyModeratorWell…see…that’s fine. I am fine with his leadership in this crisis. His personality doesn’t mean much to me, but I prefer his bedside manner to Trump’s.
He wants to cut the state budget on the backs of poor people, though. So…he’s a non-starter for me because that’s something I will never compromise on.
ZooeyModeratorLOL…
What’s funny is that there are rabbinical writings going WAY back that specifically instruct Rabbis how to please their wives and thus how to instruct men how to as well.
They specifically go into not only caressing the both the inner and outer labia, but specifically to ensure that she has pleasure. IIRC, oral sex of the woman by the man is also covered in those texts.
The idea that we all got hip to “kissing on the lips” in the 80s or whatever is just so…Evangelical…
To say nothing of kama sutra.
ZooeyModeratorSo basically minorities are going to be hit disproportionately with fatality from coronavirus.
Of course.
ZooeyModeratorI’ll vote green just like I did it 2016 because I like the perspective & sentiments from the Revolution Now post.
That said, all the criticism of Biden’s gaffes and old-age moments doesn’t impress me. I watched an hour or so of the debate between just Biden and Bernie and waited for Biden to fall apart.
He didn’t. He weaseled his way around Bernie’s attacks and had successful attacks of his own on Bernie’s votes against the Brady Bill. I was disappointed in Bernie. My wife, who doesn’t follow politics closely, just shook her head at the whole pathetic spectacle.
In one of the recent MSNBC interviews, where The Hill or TYT were left incredulous by Biden’s old-age moments, Biden was fine for 90% of the interview. He does look bad at times, but some of the lefty critics are focusing on his bad highlights.
Biden has many moments when he looks personable and charismatic. He’s no Mike Pence, Jeb Bush, or John Kerry. Biden’s more of a Case Keenum than a Russell Wilson, but he could win the big one with the right situation.
I agree with that. IMO, Biden has “senior moments.” You can see him flame out mid-sentence. Seems to me that he does it when he is giving a stock answer, the kind of political pablum answers, and all the cliches are poring out of him like they have been in every interview since he was a boy, and then he just forgets what the point of his own bullshit was. So…he’s old, and he’s not as sharp. But he hasn’t lost it. He isn’t senile. He is perfectly capable of making the same kinds of political decisions he always has, and I don’t think his mental decline is an issue.
Trump will attack it ruthlessly, and effectively, however, and for many people it WILL be an issue because…you know…people are morons.
But he might win. These days, I roll my eyes at all the bold announcements that Trump will destroy Biden. Who the fuck knows. Seriously. Coronavirus is going to completely destroy “normal” in this country in terms of sheer fear. And how the economic fallout of this will unravel depends a great deal on what the government does to keep people and business going. If Republicans keep shoveling money into Wall Street while giving people minimum wage, Trump will get punished. If the government actually enables people to keep their housing, and picks up the medical tab, Trump will be rewarded. This is a complete game changer. If someone came to me from the future and told me that Trump won by 20 points, or lost by 20 points, I wouldn’t have any problem believing them.
ZooeyModeratorInteresting. Yeah. I can see that.
ZooeyModeratorI dunno. I don’t know anything anymore. I thought the Democrat incompetence was going to allow Bernie to get through, but in Democrats first act of competence since they passed the incompetent ACA, they rallied together to stop Sanders…and give the country…Joe Biden?
This is it. This is the product of 4 years of regrouping after Hillary’s stunning loss. Joe Biden. It’s unbelievable just how inept this makes the party look.
ZooeyModeratorLoeffler should spend a couple of years in the Martha Stewart Condos.
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ZooeyModeratorYeah. So. Chomsky is right, then?
ZooeyModeratorMackeyser posted this somewhere else:
So… my son who works at a grocery store stayed home today.
Mild fever and sore throat. He’s isolating and we’re hoping it’s any number of other things. He feels fine.
We’re a very huggy family, so it’s very hard not to hug someone in the family. Isolating folks for us is very hard.
Seems the worry will continue.
ZooeyModeratorBilly, I noticed your comments. And my thought was, “My fuck, what the hell else does this guy have to go through?”
It never occurred to me that the answer to that was “The apparent indifference of his friends.”
From time-to-time, my wife chastises me for not responding to comments that are in the same vein as yours. And she’s right. I don’t say it.
I think that – speaking for myself – I feel that, as a Leftist, my whole life is one big, open commiseration with the suffering of other people. I mean…that’s a huge percentage of what I talk about when I’m not talking on the job. So I guess I kind of feel like it’s “understood.”
It’s not, though. Sympathy with kids in cages doesn’t mean I see my friend’s suffering. I mean…my political rants are intellectual, not personal. So I know it’s NOT understood.
It’s a little bit in my genes, too. My family heritage is Cool Danish. We’re aloof. When my sisters-in-law get together with my wife, they all complain about me and my idiot brothers in respect to this.
So…your comment strikes me to the quick. I have heard repeatedly that I don’t signal empathy, and I can only say, “Yeah…I suck at that. I surely do.” But I feel it, Billy. I know that it would be a hell of a lot better for the people in my life if I SAID it. I don’t know why I don’t. I actually carry your eye situation with me when I’m not on the board. I have thought of you several times during my days. So…I am surely with you, man, and I WANT to hear what is going on with you in this respect, as well as the cancer and chemo. I can’t think of you WITHOUT thinking of those burdens you carry. You have suffered a lot in your life, and I am sorry that our apparent indifference adds to that burden. We’re a group of shell-shocked Leftists who are all just trying to deal with all the pointless suffering around us, and doing it to the best of our own imperfect abilities.
And I’m sorry you had to say this to all of us. That couldn’t have been an easy post to write.
Forgive us for this, Billy. You are completely in the right, and maybe we can all learn to do better. But I think I can safely say that every single one of us cares, and every single one of us wishes you the best. I’m sure you’re scared. Feel free to share that with us, too. We are here, Billy. For better or worse, we are here.
ZooeyModeratorThat pleases me. I made it.
Hey I didn’t realize that. Good for you.
I’ve made a few, mostly with some kind of web-based generator, but I don’t announce when they are original to me. I just post them. Memes aren’t rare, and it doesn’t take any special talent. Once in a while, an idea strikes, and that’s that.
ZooeyModeratorOkay, that last one has me laughing at my keyboard.
That pleases me. I made it. A friend of mine had that picture on her feed with something else above it, and I re-purposed it. Which is why it’s sorta ugly. I used some program on Windows I never used before, and I made a bit of a mess of it, but…it’s only a meme, so….
March 28, 2020 at 8:36 pm in reply to: Senate Democrats block mammoth coronavirus stimulus package #113128ZooeyModeratorAdditional thought…what with the new push for people to go back to work….
THAT’S why they wanted the stimulus to be low. So they can say they did it, but when the “offer” to let people “decide” if they want to go back to work…there is really no choice.
They want everybody going back to fucking work while they hang out in their vacation homes.
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