Biden's VP Pick

Per Politico there is no obvious pick for Biden's as VP. Instead, its the "Yes, but..." list.

Biden's VP shortlist comes up short

Plenty of the contenders are fine or even good. But all of them come with a “but” attached. “There is no one ideal home run choice,” one adviser says.

I find this insightful:

Many Democrats agree that the running mate decision is so personal that it will be made primarily by Biden himself rather than, like some policy issues, a committee of his closest advisers. That has created a parlor game for many Democrats trying to get inside the candidate’s head.

“Put yourself in the mind of Joe Biden,” said one Democratic strategist. “Who is Joe Biden? He spent his entire adult life in the United States Senate. He’s a foreign policy maven. He really takes it seriously. So when he says I need someone on Day One to take over, that specifically means they can deal with China and Russia on Day One. To me, that means it’s not going to be a mayor. And maybe not even a governor. He has a bias towards senators. But it also has to be next generation. So not Warren, who is 71. She performed significantly under expectations. That would lead you to two senators: Kamala Harris and Tammy Duckworth. Who else meets that mold? Susan Rice: ready on Day One for Russia and China.”

Finding a VP who will back Biden, not start running for the 2024 nomination immediately, will also be a problem.

From another perspective, put yourself in the shoes of Biden's longtime Inner Circle of advisers. An experienced Washington hand will be a rival power center; a charismatic unknown may help boost the ticket in a swing state but will not have the independent power of a Dick Cheney.

Can an unknown be ready from Day One? I like Congressperson Val Demings, former Orlando police chief. Key swing state, Law and Order cred. Sen. Tammy Duckworth may look more prepared to stare down the Russkies. She's a Woman of Color, although Thai not Black,so that may be a problem.

 

 

Comments

[rse]

First?

[rse]

I still think it will be rice. They will hype that she was a rhodes scholar and rely on the media to cover up her benghazi perfidy along with other shenanigans.

[JimNorCal]

To be fair, shutting down all businesses played a part ...

https://townhall.com/columnists/larryoconnor/2020/05/20/misguided-shutdown-policy-began-as-high-school-science-project-n2569154
Misguided Shutdown Policy Began as High School Science Project
"The simple way to halt the spread of the disease is to limit the number of contacts people have. Quarantining people is hard. "If you went out and told everyone in your community to stay home, there's a large percentage that wouldn't do that," she said.

(In her simulation) Glass found that a simpler step— closing the schools— had an impressive effect.

Instead of 5,000 people getting sick, the number was reduced to 500."

[peter]

All of them come with a but attached- such a great set up for a punch line.

[rse]

More taxpayer money needed--

As this paper was being written, school systems across the country were increasingly announcing plans for full or partial distance learning to respond to COVID-19, and it seems likely that more school systems may implement these plans should the pandemic surge in the fall or winter.As a result, working parents with school-age children are faced with the challenge of how to ensure that their children are in a safe learning setting while they work—a challenge that is even more daunting for families with low incomes, families who face greater health risks, and families who face inequities in access to educational and health resources as well as employment options. Unfortunately,these challenges are even greater because the pandemic has seriously constrained before-and after-school programs along with the center-based and home-based child care settings that usually provide after-school and child care supports to working parents. This working paper gives an overview of the key issues and challenges facing both parents and after-school programs and child care providers as they try to ensure that school-age children are safe, supervised, and able to engage in quality distance learning while their parents work.It then lists policy strategies that policymakers could implement to better support these families and caregivers.These policy areas include cross-system coordination and collaboration,funding,child care subsidies,21stCenturyCommunityLearning Centers,child care licensing,grants,training and technical assistance,and the Child and Adult Care Food Program.

https://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/publication/102621/meeting-the-school-age-child-care-needs-of-working-parents-facing-covid-19-distance-learning.pdf

[lyle]

Do I need to post the JOM JoeMentia Veepstakes pool again?

[Dave (in MA)]

I like Congressperson Val Demings, former Orlando police chief. Key swing state, Law and Order cred

Of course he does. She was one of the major impeachment kooks. Sorry, Jane.

[Dave (in MA)]

Tank, Tank, Tank, Tank!

[henry]

Inside Biden’s head? Like being in the stands of a baseball game this summer: nobody there.

[henry]

Re Kung Flu affecting men more than women, Ancestry found a bit of DNA that correlated with infection.

https://www.ancestry.com/corporate/newsroom/press-releases/ancestry%C2%AE-covid-19-study-points-gene-associated-male-susceptibility-covid-19

[peter]

henry!

[MissMarple2]

President @realDonaldTrump greets Terry Sharpe, the Walking Marine!

Terry Sharpe walked from North Carolina to Washington, D.C. to raise awareness about high suicide rates among veterans. pic.twitter.com/v8Sk8e9gXT

— Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@TeamTrump) July 27, 2020

Video at the link.

[GUS]

Yes Lyle, I can't remember who I or SUG chose.

I think it was John Lewis. He will stare down ELEVEN and PUTIN. and if they don't listen to Big John Lewis, he'll send in nEGRO LIVES MATTER to riot.

[Dave (in MA)]

Inside Biden’s head?

Mashed potatoes.

[Narciso]

Tumbleweeds crickets.

[Narciso]

Val d3mings had her car stole from her driveway with the gun in the glove compartment

[Buford Gooch]

“Put yourself in the mind of Joe Biden.”
ACK!

[GUS]

on the other hand, Biden could have LEGS UP HARRIS infected with the AIDS VIRUS, (if she isn't already), then he could send her and FAUCI on an ass kissing mission to CHINA, and LEGS UP could fuck XI to death. IT COULD WORK

[clarice]

Thanks, TM, but there's no way I'd put myself into the brain of Biden.YMMD

[Narciso]

Enough chicken entrails

https://mobile.twitter.com/AlexBerenson/status/1287784558977585152

[Neo]

Nike is laying off staff and announces a $790 million loss in its latest quarterly earnings

Donahoe said the layoffs were not related to the pandemic or costs but described them as an effort to restructure the "overburdened matrix" of the company, according to Complex.

The announcement came shortly after Nike reported a net loss of $790 million in the fourth quarter, partly the result of the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on stores across North America.

.. so is it COVID-19 related or not ...

They are still on the "blue pill"

[Manuel Transmission]

Yet another reason I never use cloud resources:

https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/garmin-web-based-utilities-down-after-suspected-attack/

[GUS]

https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/teenagers-destroy-family-fun-center-faulty-machines

Very short and sweet sweet story.

No mention of the race involved. Hint: They are nEGROS. I wonder where they learned this behavior.

[hrtshpdbox]

Do I need to post the JOM JoeMentia Veepstakes pool again?

My vote was either suppressed or never cast, so I'm suing.

[lyle]

Here we go:

Me: Harris
CH: Rice
jimmyk: Klobuchar
JiB: Whitmer
henry: Hilligula
Marlene: Warren
rich: satan
Clarice: Clarice
TC: Masto
Ignatz: fluke
TK: Romney
joan: Mad Max
MM: Big Mike (heh)
Jane: Bottoms
Steph: F’in Kerry
Buckeye: Birx
Catsmeat: Synema
Momto2: Oprah
TB: Hassan
Boris: Tulsi
Matt: Karen
Jim: Whoopi cushion
Melinda: Katie Throuple
D: Sanders
Kev: Vindman
GUS: George “Pink” Floyd
cindyk: Maya Rockeymoore Cummings
peter: "Jacob" LeMay
Dave: Tank Abrams
James D: JoeMentia
mih: Sparkle Markle
JMH: MR/MS Nobody
Rocco: Tatiana Bernardine Dohrn
Elliot: Amy Chua
1/2aboy&1/2aman: MaligNancy
Caro: Iranian ferret

Not too late for new pool picks!

[GUS]

Hey thanks NEO, that story is from June 25.
Your reputation is intact.

[lyle]

Pool’s still open, hrt. No need for litigiousness...😎

[MissMarple2]

Reuters
@Reuters
·
26m
President Donald Trump's National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, but there is no risk of exposure to Trump or Vice President Mike Pence, the White House said https://reut.rs/30LhVjq

[Narciso]

I already put the wahini from waikiki, illiterative.

[lyle]

Boris already nabbed Tulsi, narc. Who you got?

[Neo]

Microsoft told employees to work from home. One consequence was brutal

The problem -- and for some bosses, great delight -- of modern technology is that it makes you believe employees are available any time, any place, anywhere. And really, how many humans are at their best earlier than they're used to or later than they'd prefer to?

Please, I'll get to the happier elements of this research shortly. But when working from home Microsoft's employees apparently spent 10 percent more time in meetings.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-told-employees-to-work-from-home-one-consequence-was-brutal/

[henry]

Thread. A night inside theFederal Courthouse in Portland, with video.

@mikebalsamo1

When we were out inside the fence line, someone fired off a mortar. It exploded inches away from us, but no one was hurt. A large bonfire had been started in the street & people were aiming fireworks through the fire at officers behind the fence. It was almost 2:30 a.m. then.

https://twitter.com/mikebalsamo1/status/1287606655211802624?s=21

[lyle]

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/07/baseball-season-already-in-jeopardy.php

If MLB has to abort its season after just a few days, the narrative that the U.S. badly bungled its response to the virus will be strengthened, and the country might well be demoralized.

Alas, poor Mirengoff.

[lyle]

That’s a MYTH, henry! 😉

[hrtshpdbox]

Lyle, that's gracious of you, looks like nobody picked this bum, so I'll give it a shot:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/07/24/opinion/kasich-charts-path-forward-cant-seem-take-that-first-step/

hrt: Mailman's Son

[MissMarple2]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-rvs-idUSKCN24S1S6

RV shipments surge as Americans opt to carry home with them to avoid airports, hotels

[lyle]

So noted, hrt:

Me: Harris
CH: Rice
jimmyk: Klobuchar
JiB: Whitmer
henry: Hilligula
Marlene: Warren
rich: satan
Clarice: Clarice
TC: Masto
Ignatz: fluke
TK: Romney
joan: Mad Max
MM: Big Mike (heh)
Jane: Bottoms
Steph: F’in Kerry
Buckeye: Birx
Catsmeat: Synema
Momto2: Oprah
TB: Hassan
Boris: Tulsi
Matt: Karen
Jim: Whoopi cushion
Melinda: Katie Throuple
D: Sanders
Kev: Vindman
GUS: George “Pink” Floyd
cindyk: Maya Rockeymoore Cummings
peter: "Jacob" LeMay
Dave: Tank Abrams
James D: JoeMentia
mih: Sparkle Markle
JMH: MR/MS Nobody
Rocco: Tatiana Bernardine Dohrn
Elliot: Amy Chua
1/2aboy&1/2aman: MaligNancy
Caro: Iranian ferret
hrt: Mailman’s Son

[Narciso]

Eddie haskell for the block, paul ryan.

[lyle]

Right on schedule:

https://www.nationaljournal.com/s/708658?unlock=XZMW5BGIJVUT6MJF

Republicans are inching closer to a political wipeout, losing complete control of power in Washington. The way things are going, the 2018 midterms may end up looking like a GOP high water mark.

Forget voting, folks. It’s over.

[Old Lurker]

Henry "Re Kung Flu affecting men more than women"

Brings back the old saw about "Why do husband die before their wives?"

Because they can.

[MissMarple2]

Tom Hanks and wife have taken out Greek citizenship.

[Captain Hate]

Good riddance, Hanks.

[Narciso]

Well they dont voluntarily pay taxes there.

[MissMarple2]

https://thefederalist.com/2020/07/27/the-media-is-hysterically-lying-about-trumps-alleged-fascism/

[jimmyk]

Republicans are inching closer to a political wipeout

For fun, we could go back and see what they were saying about the 2016 election on this date 4 years ago.

[Captain Hate]

the 2018 midterms may end up looking like a GOP high water mark.

Losing the House was a high water mark? Brilliant analysis imo.

[James D.]

From another perspective, put yourself in the shoes of Biden's longtime Inner Circle of advisers.

If I were unfortunate enough to be part of Biden’s inner circle, I’d buy a gun and blow my brains out for the good of mankind.

[Captain Hate]

Funny how in that Federalist article there are no comparisons to China, where there are real life concentration camps for ethnic minorities.

[James D.]

MM @ 1:04

“Hysterically lying” had been the MSM’s default stance since... well, as far back as I can recall, really.

[Melinda]

That's a lot of securities fraud:

https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2020/07/24/trustify-founder-and-ceo-indicted-for-fraud.html

[Melinda]

Paywalled, rats...

Trustify founder Danny Boice has been charged with fraud and money laundering for what Justice Department officials have described as a scheme that resulted “in millions of dollars of losses to investors” and in which Boice allegedly “misappropriated substantial portions of the investments” in Trustify for his own personal gain.

Boice, 41, is charged with five counts of wire fraud, one count of securities fraud and two counts of money laundering in an indictment dated July 22 and unsealed Friday. Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian Rabbitt of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Assistant Director in Charge Timothy Slater of the FBI’s Washington field office announced the charges.

Boice could not be immediately reached for comment.

The indictment alleges that between 2015 and 2019, Boice would “materially misrepresent the growth and size of Trustify’s business” in order to secure more money from investors. In all, during that time, more than 90 investors put a total $18.5 million into the now-defunct company, according to the charging document. Trustify, previously based in Arlington, had provided a platform meant to quickly connect customers with private investigators.

The DOJ charges that Boice allegedly told a representative of one investor in 2016 that the startup was earning $500,000 per month in revenue, when the actual revenue was far less. In another instance, per the indictment, Boice allegedly sent an email to a potential third-party investor posing as a representative of an investment bank to suggest it was investing in Trustify in order to secure nearly $2 million in funding from that third party.

The indictment does not include any names of investors or entities.

In a separate filing last year to Delaware’s Chancery Court as part of bankruptcy proceedings for Trustify, investor Anchorage Illiquid Opportunities Offshore Master V LP had alleged that it was tricked into investing nearly $2 million in Trustify in 2018 through an email it said was purported to be from a well-known investment bank.

According to the Justice Department’s charging document released Friday, Boice also allegedly “diverted millions of dollars of investor funds to his own personal benefit … to fund his lavish lifestyle.” That included a wire transfer of $291,190 as part of a down payment for a home in Alexandria and another for $83,000 for travel by private jet to Vermont, the indictment states.

In early 2019, Boice allegedly told a representative of an investment firm that Trustify had around $18 million in its corporate bank account, when, in fact, that account’s balance was less than $10,000, DOJ authorities said.

If Boice is found guilty, he would be expected to forfeit $7.4 million, according to the indictment.

Last year, Trustify’s creditors had successfully petitioned to place the company into bankruptcy. The court-appointed receiver for that case had, in January, found no “viable assets” remaining of the company, but did find that Trustify principals “appear to have withdrawn inexplicable large sums from the accounts through wire transfers,” according to a report that he submitted to Chancery Court in Delaware and was obtained by the Washington Business Journal.

That included wire transfers of about $800,000 that appeared to go to Boice, and another $300,000 to accounts jointly held by Boice and Jennifer Mellon, his wife at the time and former president of Trustify, though the receiver said the investigation was ongoing and could not determine whether the withdrawals were for an improper use or if there was a way to recover those funds.

Mellon, who is now listed as the confidential assistant to the chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, is not named in the indictment released Friday.

Trustify has separately been battling various stakeholders in court for more than two years. The company was sued for payment by its law firm and a communications firm. In March 2019, several former employees of Trustify also won a default judgment against the firm, while Trustify’s Arlington landlord, JBG Smith Properties, also won a judgmentagainst the company for back rent.

In August 2019, the company was hit with a $600,000 Virginia state lien. The company has since relinquished its Arlington headquarters space.

Boice has had ties to another Arlington tech company, CommuniClique, whose CEO, Andy Powers was just sentenced last week to more than 12 years in prison for what the U.S. Department of Justice called an investment fraud and money laundering conspiracy that caused $25 million in losses. Boice was listed as a director for CommuniClique in a 2010 Securities and Exchange Commission filing, and Powers was listed as an executive officer in another startup Boice had helped found, Speek Inc.

[MissMarple2]

Maybe those fall in the "myth" column like Nadler told that Twitter user Antifa was.

[lyle]

The author of that NationalJournal link is Josh Kraushaar. Might as well be Ezra Klein.

[Captain Hate]

Every time Nadler calls Pantiesfa a myth he should take a bike lock to the melon until he understands the consequences of being a lying turd.

[Jim Eagle]

Considering the recent state of Antifa and BLM merging their anarchist interests, I believe he has no choice but a POC. Doesn't have to be a woman but most likely will be. Intellect is also mandatory and I thereby believe it is Rice. Everyone has baggage, some you have to check-in, others can fit in the overhead bin.

[lyle]

But you picked the Mish Bish, JiB. No do overs! 😬

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Relinking this;
America Is Reopening. But have we flattened the curve?
That is Johns Hopkins asking that question.
When I look at their various graphs I see 4 states that utterly "failed" in flattening the curve; NY, NJ, MA and RI. CT came close to failing. A few, LA, IL are in a midrange in that they "succeeded" in flattening it somewhat.
The rest have very flat curves while the first four were spiking on very unflat curves indeed.
However, almost universally what we now see is those states that did not flatten it initially now have low rates with no or very small rebounds.
Those that flattened the curve moderately are now experiencing substantial increases.
Those that were very successful in flattening it experienced large surges after the first four were already back down nearly to the baseline.
There are a few small, largely rural states that have stayed relatively low throughout which is to be expected as that is the pattern with any infectious, communicable disease.
The bug is pretty much everywhere and it is like the Fram oil filter; you can pay it now or you can pay it later. Regardless of whatever mitigation and suppression some dumbass governors want to inflict it will work its way through whatever number of people were going to get it and that's that.

The real question Johns Hopkins and everyone else should be asking is why shouldn't we hang the dopes who told us to commit economic suicide to avoid catching a bad cold, especially since their remedy doesn't seem in the long run to have had any effect on whether we would catch the bad cold?

[Captain Hate]

Rice might be a good test of Pence's debating skills after that ambulatory squeak toy with bad hair, Tim Kaine.

[Old Lurker]

Ig "The real question Johns Hopkins and everyone else should be asking is why shouldn't we hang the dopes who told us to commit economic suicide to avoid catching a bad cold, especially since their remedy doesn't seem in the long run to have had any effect on whether we would catch the bad cold?"

It was LUNACY from the get-go.

Our cure will have killed more people than Covid ever did and the economic capital that took generations to accumulate which was already and is being destroyed will curtail the lifting of all boats here and abroad for lifetimes of those living through this.

All the leaders needed to ask is "what are the costs and what are the benefits" of what their underlings were suggesting.

Not one leader from POTUS on down did that.

And the sheep climbed meekly into the rail cars.

And here we are.

[hrtshpdbox]

Pence: "Ambassador Rice, was it your idea or Hillary Clinton's, making the rounds of the Sunday shows to lie about Benghazi?"

[Jim Eagle]

lyle,

Not asking to change just stating an unsolicited opinion. Keep Whitmer in my selection box.

[James D.]

Our cure will have killed more people than Covid ever did and the economic capital that took generations to accumulate which was already and is being destroyed will curtail the lifting of all boats here and abroad for lifetimes of those living through this.

Absolutely. And many of us were saying this from the start.

And nowhere - as you say, from the President on down to county and city governments, from anyone in the "public health" sector, from anyone in the MSM - has there been the slightest sense that any of the costs to the lockdowns and other actions were even considered, let alone contrasted with the cost of not doing them and allowing COVID to spread faster.

[rich]

>>>Many Democrats agree that the running mate decision is so personal that it will be made primarily by Biden himself rather than, like some policy issues, a committee of his closest advisers.<<<

this is hilarious. i doubt that he is fully aware he is running for the presidency and that his handlers in no way would allow any unstructured visits. the running mate decision is going to get made by obama and specifically to protect himself from any potential fallout from the ongoing investigations. that points to rice fwiw (and i know lyle i have satan on my bingo card). the spanner in the works is if the frankenstein crew can't keep him doped up enough to stumble to january 20th and they end up having to replace him.

[Captain Hate]

Pence: "Ambassador Rice, was it your idea or Hillary Clinton's, making the rounds of the Sunday shows to lie about Benghazi?"

That would make me stop bringing up how he hung Flynn out to dry.

[Extraneus]

Who believes that Biden himself would be ready on Day One, or any other day? He should be out in his back yard growing tomatoes.

[Extraneus]

This cracked me up.

Violent protesters lighting fires and using violence in Portland should wear @realDonaldTrump buttons. That is who they are helping.Progressives in Portland need to call them out, including the Mayor. ReTweet please. Don’t allow violent people help @realDonaldTrump

— Lanny Davis (@LannyDavis) July 27, 2020

[JimNorCal]

lyle: "Alas, poor Mirengoff."

Which made me spin off and read through a bunch of "Alas poor Yorick" web pages. Ya know, that Shakespeare guy, he didn't just use a lot of archaic words, he used a LOT of words. And, presumably, people understood him. So, there was a cohort of people with impressive breadth of vocab.
Am I wrong?

[rich]

none of the would be ready. the russians and chinese and iranians laughed at obama is they picked him clean.

and if people thought it was bad with obama wait until someone like tammy duckworth is humiliated at every opportunity.

all they'll have to do is read back her own words about what a terrible racist country we are (much like the rest of the world did when ever they got tired of obama's blagging.)

[sbwaters]

I’m already a winner in the Biden VeepStakes.

I didn’t waste my time choosing a loser.

[Captain Hate]

No, Jim, past generations were much more well spoken than current crops of credentialed numbnuts.

[Stephanie Nene Not Your Normal Granma]

Who believes that Biden himself would be ready on Day One, or any other day? He should be out in his back yard growing tomatoes.

Godfather take 2 scene 1. Go!

[Dave (in MA)]

Forget voting, folks. It’s over.

Written by a Bulwark Boy.

[hrtshpdbox]

sbw, here's your trophy. :-)

[Rocco]

Scavino roasted Fauci but Trump defended him.

Thanks Mel, I'll look for that Sinatra flick.

Have we seen this video yet? "The 1619 Project's Fake History: The Architects of Woke"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB8817g26Ig

[Dave (in MA)]

Lanny Davis

Free campaign video footage, every day.

[Extraneus]

Speaking of that did you guys see this?

https://pjmedia.com/culture/rick-moran/2020/07/26/rutgers-university-declares-grammar-racist-n706569

https://www.thecollegefix.com/rutgers-english-department-to-deemphasize-traditional-grammar-in-solidarity-with-black-lives-matter/

https://freebeacon.com/campus/rutgers-declares-grammar-racist/

[Narciso]

No journalistoi,

[Old Lurker]

Right you are, Jim.

I touched on that last week in my conversation with SBW including my recent re-reading of Henry Hazlett's 1946 (?) Economics in One Lesson. It even made it into Reader's Digest at the time and was thus very widely distributed.

My point was about his productive use of the language including multi syllable words and hierarchical phrasing etc...plus the clear use of logic in almost mathematical proof style reasoning. That HE could write that way was one thing. That his targeted audience wanted it that way spoke volumes to me.

[Dave (in MA)]

lyle, you should put down TM for Demings.

[Dave (in MA)]

how he hung Flynn out to dry.

Come on, man! 4D chess!

[hrtshpdbox]

Where is TomR?

[Extraneus]

(Click to enlarge.)

[jimmyk]

Regardless of whatever mitigation and suppression some dumbass governors want to inflict it will work its way through whatever number of people were going to get it and that's that.

Wait, so you're saying that Cuomo's regulation of precisely how much food one must order per alcoholic drink at NY bars is not going to have miraculous life-saving benefits?

Seriously, the only sensible conclusion from everything we know is that to the extent we needed any mitigation policies, they should have been directed solely at making sure those who got the bug would be those best suited to survive it, so we get to herd immunity with the least mortality possible. Which is what we've been saying all along: Protect the elderly and vulnerable, and let everyone else go about their lives.

And really, no "policy" is really needed, since for the most part people who need to protect themselves can do so, with the help of their families.

[Jane]

The dead man at the pool today told me my county is going to force mandatory masks every where for every body on Wednesday. I asked why they would do that now, since we have very little covid and it's going away. He said the 3 alderman who voted against mandatory masks last time got so much threatening hate mail, they changed their minds.

Harrumph!

[Dave (in MA)]

A music site where political back and forth is not permitted:

https://www.progressiveears.org/forum/showthread.php/25073-MLB-2020?p=989220&viewfull=1#post989220

[Jane]

I don't know about the rest of you, but I can't breath with a mask on. And I can't see thru my glasses. I'm blind enough!

[lyle]

Consider it done, Dave:

Me: Harris
CH: Rice
jimmyk: Klobuchar
JiB: Whitmer
henry: Hilligula
Marlene: Warren
rich: satan
Clarice: Clarice
TC: Masto
Ignatz: fluke
TK: Romney
joan: Mad Max
MM: Big Mike (heh)
Jane: Bottoms
Steph: F’in Kerry
Buckeye: Birx
Catsmeat: Synema
Momto2: Oprah
TB: Hassan
Boris: Tulsi
Matt: Karen
Jim: Whoopi cushion
Melinda: Katie Throuple
D: Sanders
Kev: Vindman
GUS: George “Pink” Floyd
cindyk: Maya Rockeymoore Cummings
peter: "Jacob" LeMay
Dave: Tank Abrams
James D: JoeMentia
mih: Sparkle Markle
JMH: MR/MS Nobody
Rocco: Tatiana Bernardine Dohrn
Elliot: Amy Chua
1/2aboy&1/2aman: MaligNancy
Caro: Iranian ferret
hrt: Mailman’s Son
TM: Demings

Anyone else?

[hrtshpdbox]

I'm pretty sure TomR would choose Rod Rosenstein.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

I think I get the nomenclature now via Ext's 2:19.
When nothing violent happens things can be characterized as peaceful.
When violence occurs the peacefulness has intensified.

[Narciso]

So the o brien report comes from sources whoever they aren

[Melinda]

Hazlitt, btw.

https://www.alibris.com/booksearch?mtype=B&qwork=29125442

[James D.]

He said the 3 alderman who voted against mandatory masks last time got so much threatening hate mail, they changed their minds.

Between that, and the supine response of local gov'ts to arson and looting, and the absolute surrender of most institutions to tiny mobs of cancel culture garbage people, it's clear that the lesson is:

People in power will cave in to threats - the more ugly and violent and harmful to their personal interests, the better. I guess our side needs to start rioting and burning and boycotting and sending death threats, too. If that's the only thing our elected leaders and bureaucrats will listen to...

[lyle]

https://donsurber.blogspot.com/2020/07/trump-flipping-nevada-and-new-mexico.html

An antidote to the NJ link upthread. We shall see.

[rse]

Wearing a mask bothers my sinuses, which in turn makes me feel like I have a toothache. Very unpleasant so apart from exercising I limit the reasons to leave the house.

I keep an ongoing list of what I need from grocery store and try to go once a week 1st thing when it opens.

I did notice saturday at the outdoor farmers mkt that required masks a significant # of the women shoppers thought a mask that said "VOTE!" was the style to be wearing.

Anyone have a good nickname for that mentality?

[Dave (in MA)]

If Hazlitt's book has fallen into public domain, there's a pdf in the external links section of the wiki article about it.

[GUS]

I'd call that mentality is DUMBFUKISM.

[GUS]

Tom R would choose Jeff Sessions or Vindman.

[hrtshpdbox]

I try to get out of the house every day (besides walking the dog, where I don't wear a mask and rarely see anyone else walking around wearing one). I go to the supermarket, beer distributor, the nursery, hardware store; it feels good making the car go vrrrrm vrrroom, gives me the probably false sensation that I'm alive.

[Melinda]

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[Gaetz]

[lyle]

Vindman has been taken by Kev.