Joe The Plumber Has Arrived!

Biden says this election is a battle for the soul of America. Trump's response is that it is a battle for the streets of America. The NY Times goes to Wisconsin and finds Joe the Plumber 2020 in the person of John Geraghty, a 41 year old ex-Marine who is, hmm, politically detached but troubled by Democratic passivity during these protests/riots.

And after feeling “100 percent on the fence” about who he will vote for in November, he is increasingly nervous that Democratic state leaders seem unable to contain the spiraling crisis.

“It’s crazy that it’s now happening in my home city,” he said. “We have to have a serious conversation about what are we going to do about it. It doesn’t seem like the powers that be want to do much.”

...

Mr. Geraghty, a former Marine, said he was disturbed to see his town looking like “a war zone,” and he feared that the Democrats in charge were “letting people down big time.”

Politics for him had long been like a sport he did not follow. In his late 20s, he voted for Barack Obama, the first vote of his life. He did not vote in 2016, and he called the president’s handling of the coronavirus “laughable.”

But, believe it or not, Democratic "outreach" to him has fallen a bit short:

Mr. Geraghty said he disliked how Mr. Trump talked but said the Democratic Party’s vision for governing seemed limited to attacking him and calling him a racist, a charge being leveled so constantly that it was having the effect of alienating, instead of persuading, people. And the idea that Democrats alone were morally pure on race annoyed him.

“The Democratic agenda to me right now is America is systematically racist and evil and the only people who can fix it are Democrats,” he said. “That’s the vibe I get.”

Quick - get this guy to a workshop on White Privilege and White Fragility!

Mr. Geraghty said he understood peaceful protesting but felt frustrated with Democratic leaders who seem afraid of confronting crowds when things turn violent. He was angry at the statement by Gov. Tony Evers on Sunday, which in his view took sides against the police in a knee-jerk way that worsened the situation. On Tuesday, Mr. Evers, a Democrat, did condemn the looting and fires, while reiterating protesters’ rights to assemble.

“I’m not 100 percent sure of anything yet,” Mr. Geraghty said of November. “But as of now I’m really not happy about how Democrats are handling any of this.”

Fluid indeed. If I were a Republican strategist... yeah, if I were a Republican strategist, go long botox because I would need all the help in the world keeping a straight face. But I would exhort Trump et al to make a strong statement urging these militia guys to stay home and let the police handle this. If they ignore it, fine, it shows the President is not really their leader, a point his defenders often put forward. If it works, take the win and challenge Biden to show similar sway over antifa (yeah, they'll listen!).

DO FACTS EVEN MATTER? Back to the Jacob Blake shooting that started this: Per the information available, it appears that:

1. Blake's presence violated some sort of restraining order and a woman had called the police to report his presence;
2. There was an arrest warrant out for Blake based on a seemingly-similar violation in July;
3. While ignoring the police (and a Taser!?! Or did it malfunction?) Blake walked around his SUV, opened the driver-side door and reached towards the area where he had a knife.

IMHO this doesn't really justify the shooting - police sometimes reacts as if they are scared and lack imagination, and this looks like one of those times. However, ignoring lawful orders to stop and engaging in potentially threatening behavior can get people shot and police acquitted, or not even charged.

Comments

[Narciso]

I guess its similar over here, the teachers union found a hawaiian judge and the state wide school reopening falls to each county.

[Narciso]

An invasion of hawaiian shirts obviously.

[MissMarple2]

I am heading to bed.

Nytol!

[jim nj]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-storm-laura/louisiana-avoided-lauras-wall-of-water-not-so-says-forecaster-idUSKBN25O29R

"The highest surge hit about 15 miles east of where Laura was forecast to make landfall but it “wobbled” at the last moment. That slight change likely saved the city of Lake Charles, said Jamie Rhome, head of the storm surge team at the National Hurricane Center (NHC)."

"Fresh data on Friday from an Army Corps of Engineer gauge 15 miles east indicates that the storm surge was right at the 15- to 20-feet forecast that was Rhome’s highest in his 20-year career, he said."

[Threadkiller]

Andy Ngô
@MrAndyNgo
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On the same day @tedwheeler rejected federal law enforcement resources, a mob of DSA, antifa & BLM radicals gathered at his condo. They’ve locked themselves together in the lobby & demand his resignation & the defunding of police. #PortlandRiots

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Andy Ngô
@MrAndyNgo
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BLM protester tells comrades to go directly to @tedwheeler’s condo door. They’re staging a coup to force him out of office & to defund police. #PortlandRiots

https://mobile.twitter.com/MrAndyNgo

[Narciso]

No entiendo, did he get it right or not.

[Narciso]

Very clever

https://mobile.twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1299391382683963392

[Porchlight]

Yes Jim, I was there a couple of weeks ago and the Trump support was visible.

The Dem mayor endorsements in MN-8 (which Pete Stauber flipped to R in 2018 after it had been held by Democrats for approximately ever) suggest that the surge of Trump support in MN already exists. The endorsements are a reaction to it.

So, if it exists in MN-8 it exists all over the state. The only question is, will it be big enough?

Well, Trump and Biden are now tied in the latest MN poll.

Here's the MN polling for 2016:
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/mn/minnesota_trump_vs_clinton-5591.html

Note Trump was +3 in one early RV poll and tied in one late LV poll. But otherwise it was all Clinton by at least 5 points and sometimes by double digits.

When Trump went to MN for a last minute rally in early November 2016, the MSM laughed at him. "MN a swing state? Ridiculous," they said.

Yet Trump ended up losing the state by only ~45K votes.

Pence was in Duluth today btw.

[Porchlight]

Pray for Andy Ngo. He constantly puts himself in danger.

[jim nj]

https://nypost.com/2020/08/28/phil-murphys-horrific-lack-of-leadership-on-new-jersey-school-reopenings/

The man has no spine and keeps putting off decisions. When he does make a decision he is likely to revoke it a few weeks later, like he did to the restaurants back in July.

[sbwaters]

anonamom, if you send your email to my JOM name at romesentinel.com I'll send back a login for a free week or two of our online edition. :-)

[CCGirl]

I wasn’t planning on posting, but TK dragged me in. I have no idea why Charlie Baker called in the NG last night. First I am hearing about it, and I like to think I am up to date. I have a few thoughts, and certainly all could be wrong.

1. As much as I hate to say it he somehow manages to stay ahead of the curve. When he shut things down here and the numbers improved I almost thought he knew what he was doing. (Whatt!.). Well, he pretty much blew it after that.

2. His new State Police Colonel is someone I know. I used to work with his wife, and we text on occasion. Recently she said that she’s a “big fan of CP, and he works so hard behind the scenes.” I respect her husband, and maybe he has his ear. Just a guess. (By the way I replied that I did not care for CP, but it’s okay to have differing opinions.)

3. He is not a compete idiot. I loathe the man, but if he heard the rioters want to mess with Boston, he’s ready to fight.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--notre-dame-distances-from-lou-holtz-after-he-questions-bidens-catholic-faith--

C'mon man; if you don't vote for Joe, you aint Catholic.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Mr Pin's 9:55 was inspired.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--I always liked the word "glade." So many words that are to do with trees are interesting and pleasant.

glade
grove
coppice
thicket
spinney
weald--

Modified Humboldt undercut.
Stumpage
Stihl
Cat
Peterbilt
Timber harvest plan
Skid road
Landing

It IS a long list

[jim nj]

https://6abc.com/nj-gas-tax-new-jersey-department-of-treasury-gasoline-increase/6393810/

Effective October 1, the New Jersey gas tax will increase 9.3 cents per gallon.

It's complicated.

[CCGirl]

I first posted here late night on Good Friday. I wrote about how weird things were in my town as I waited to pick up seafood takeout. It was all so bizarre and a bit scary back then.

Tonight I picked up takeout from the same place. It was a bit strange still as things are not normal here yet. But on the way out I had to ask a man to excuse me so I could walk out. He had on a Trump mask. Told him I liked it, and caught his eye. He thanked me. Weird world we live in these days.

[Another Bob]

Anyone catch this?

“When you start manufacturing facts to support false accusations, you get into trouble under the law of defamation. Kyle did not carry a gun across state lines. The gun belonged to his friend, a Wisconsin resident. The gun never left the State of Wisconsin.

Truth always prevails.”

https://twitter.com/llinwood/status/1299353460530384899

[Dave (in MA)]

h/t a familiar name to old-time JOMniks.

https://mobile.twitter.com/AnOpiner/status/1299524271304302593

[Dave (in MA)]

Never heard "coppice" before, I don't think.
https://grammarist.com/homophones/copse-vs-cops/#:~:text=A%20copse%20is%20a%20small%20grove%20or%20thicket%20of%20trees%20or%20shrubs.&text=While%20copse%20refers%20to%20any,Cops%20may%20be%201.)

[CCGirl]

One last thing. CP may not be an idiot as I stated, but he certainly has one of the highest percentages of covid deaths in nursing homes, yet he manages to stay below the radar on that. Last I looked it was something like 64%. Unforgivable.

[Dave (in MA)]

No, he's an idiot.

[CCGirl]

JimNJ, your gov is definitely stupider than mine is. You and I could run a state better than these idiots. As well as the rest of us.

My local US Congrssional Rep is normally a regular in the store. I have seen neither him nor his wife. She maybe has been in, a while ago. I last saw him in March. He’s hiding.

[CCGirl]

Yes, Dave. But somehow he weasels his way. If he has a whiff of “peaceful protest” here he is smart enough to activate the NG.

[Melinda]

Non-federalized National Guard call ups take the Commander-in Chief out of the chain of command. There be antics afoot.

[Porchlight]

Heh, Iggy.

Coppicing is fascinating. It's interesting when ancient practices fall out of use so quickly due to technology, and then suddenly no one remembers what used to be commonplace.

[Dave (in MA)]

Look at the dumbass comments in here:
https://www.universalhub.com/2020/governor-authorizes-activation-1000-national#comments

[CCGirl]

I am officially out of my league. I do not know the “rules” re calling the NG. It would not surprise me that the gov had a way to get around things. I am only happy in that he wants to protect our property. Other than that I do not care for him. I hear he is giving lots of money to dems, so it’s even worse than I thought.

Sorry if it appeared that I was defending the loser. I am not. Just trying to wrap my head around it all.

[Melinda]

ccgirl,

It’s just a way to take tools that would’ve been available to DJT, off the table.

[CCGirl]

I’m out. I can’t fight about whether he is good or bad if he is bringing in the NG. Personally I am glad. It doesn’t mean I like the guy, but he appears to be proactively protecting private property, which is more than most other liberal govs have done. He still sucks, but I can’t knock him for this. And he probs got himself into this situation. Blah, blah.

[Narciso]

You have pretty good instincts about these things maybe that new hire had an impact.

[Past is Prologue]

Has Orchard been mentioned?

A pet peeve is when someone refers to "avocado orchard," when of course it's "avocado grove" :-)

[Porchlight]

I like orchard too, PiP.

It's mango grove, too. And citrus groves of course.

[Narciso]

So it looks like huntress will finally get a chance to sue the times again, although judgr rakoff is tying one arm refusing to consider actual malice. This is the 12th anniversary of her selection by mccain pbuh

[jim nj]

Somewhat related articles.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/27/25percent-of-us-malls-are-set-to-shut-within-5-years-what-comes-next.html

https://www.multihousingnews.com/post/s-hekemian-group-lands-116m-loan-for-new-jersey-project/

The second article is about the redevelopment of the old Mercedes USA headquarters. They have moved, or are moving to Atlanta.

There was a long-term trend of companies opening up large corporate headquarters campuses in NJ. NJ, becoming business-unfriendly some time ago, or due to takeovers, has led to many headquarters moving elsewhere or closing. It's hard to find such large packages of land in NJ so they are ripe for new residential redevelopment.

As to what happens to older retail malls, they continually re-invent themselves or they go under. I've seen that in my area. The Hackensack-Paramus corridors of RTE 4 & 17 host 4 regional malls only a couple of miles from each other.

The last mall to be built was The Shops at Riverside, in Hackensack, they opened up with the upscale market in mind. Lord & Taylor was their anchor, with smaller luxury name brand stores and typical mall food. When Lord & Taylor closed they rebuilt its old space into a new cinema, high-end restaurants and more shops suitable for the upscale retailers.

The two original malls in Paramus started out as open air malls. Both enclosed and re-built over the years. The Bergen Mall ran into difficulties after its two anchor stores closed. Sterns went defunct and Bambergers was bought by Macys, which already had a store at the Garden State plaza, only a mile away. The two Macys co-existed for a while, but as the Bergen Mall started going downhill Macys pulled the plug there.

New owners came up with a new name and a new concept and The Outlets at Bergen Town Center was born. If you're a bargain shopper you shop there now.

Garden State Plaza has always been the premier mall in north Jersey. It has re-built itself in several major renovations over the years always getting larger. The last renovation added an entertainment wing with a multi-screen cinema and several restaurants.

The Paramus Park mall lost two anchor stores. They reconfigured one into smaller shops and a cinema. The other they used to lure Stew Leonards, a well-respected NY high-end grocer, to open their first NJ store.

The best malls are going to feel like a downtown and what do you normally find in a downtown, but people. And what else do people need - housing.

The Garden State Plaza has submitted plans to build high-end high-rise housing on surplus parking spaces.

I almost forgot the fifth smallest mall The Fashion Center in Paramus. It's always been an also-ran. They went the supermarket route too when they had an anchor closed. They brought in Midway, another respected NY grocer, in 2009, even before the Paramus Plaza went the supermarket route.

Midway, alas, was bought out with too much debt, over-expanded and went public in an IPO. In 2016 they went Chapter 11, found a new owner, and did Chapter 11 again this year. The Fashion Center still lists it as a tenant, but I presume it's dead now.

This started out intending to be a short comment and then I decided to fact-check against my memory. Sorry about the length.

[Narciso]

Good persoective the big local mall declared bankruptcy this week, others oemed ths same company have not yet.

[cathyf]

jim -- in the city closest to me, the mall has been completely dead for a couple of years. There were 4 anchor stores. The JC Penney's has been taken over by a warehouse bargains place that sells overstock construction materials, furniture, etc. The K-Mart has been taken over as a U-Haul store, with a storage facility. Everything else is empty and derelict. The parking lot looks like it's been under mortar fire...

The next closest city is in Iowa, and their mall still has a couple of stores. The parking lot looks like a war zone, too.

It's always amazing to me when we go to Chicago or South Bend and see bustling retail. It's like there's money there, LOL!

[jim nj]

deBlasio snark

https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2020/08/28/mayors-motorcade-parks-in-queens-bike-lane-so-mayor-can-make-ferry-announcement/

[jim nj]

Narciso, cathyf, yes, your perspectives will differ.

Hudson Yards, a mega-billion mall and associated properties in NYC closed only a few months after it opened due to the Covid-19 lockdown. At least one of the anchors has since gone bankrupt and won't reopen.

American Dream in the NJ Meadowlands was all set for a soft open after decades of development when the Covid-19 lockdown closed it just before it opened. Over half of it was geared to entertainment with an indoor water park and downhill ski run among other amenities.

I've seen photos of abandoned malls that are just sitting there in smaller markets. Photographers sneak in to take semi-spooky pictures. If they haven't been demolished it's because no one has come up with an idea of how to use the land that would justify the cost of demolishing the buildings.

Then you have the in-between malls. Too old, too small, not enough purchasing power in the community, that won't have an opportunity to re-invent themselves. They'll move further and further down-scale until they too are abandoned.

This was going to happen anyway. Now it will just happen a lot faster.

[Narciso]

Oh yes i remember that one, it had the spiral skeleton.

[jim nj]

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/why-kenosha-riots-could-matter-in-november#431

Salena Zito

[Porchlight]

Great Salena Zito link, thanks jim nj.

[jim nj]

narciso,

You almost got me to say yes, that's right, then wait a minute.

https://www.hudsonyardsnewyork.com/discover/vessel

"The extraordinary centerpiece of Hudson Yards is its spiral staircase, a soaring new landmark meant to be climbed. This interactive artwork was imagined by Thomas Heatherwick and Heatherwick Studio as a focal point where people can enjoy new perspectives of the city and one another from different heights, angles and vantage points.

Comprised of 154 intricately interconnecting flights of stairs -- almost 2,500 individual steps and 80 landings -- the vertical climb offers remarkable views of the city, the river and beyond."

and

https://www.thespiralny.com/home/

"The Spiral, developed by Tishman Speyer and designed by architectural firm Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), is an instantly recognizable addition to the New York City skyline.

THE SPIRAL’s unique design features classic Manhattan step-backs that twist and taper towards the sky, allowing light and air to reach the streets below, and provides lush outdoor terrace space to tenants on every tower floor.

THE SPIRAL represents the future of connected workspace for industry leaders."

So, yeah, it has spirals galore, but it didn't start out as the skeleton it has become.

[jim nj]

Thank you Porch, I think Kenosha does matter to a lot of people that could ignore Seattle, Portland, Chicago, LA, NYC, Minneapolis and other large cities that had riots. It just doesn't look organic anymore.

In a liberal blue city with stringent gun laws it might seem to be a grassroots thing for a spontaneous demonstration to arise.

More power to them for being woke. The riots and looting that followed were astro-turfed.

They deliberately overwhelmed the ability of the local police to respond effectively to the after-protests.

The concept of a party and then an after-party is not lost on me living minutes from NYC. We could close a bar in NJ and venture into NYC for a bar or pop-up site that didn't obey the rules.

If doing so, you had to be cognizant that the rules changed.

Moving an astro-turfed riot to an open-carry state was a mistake. The rules changed.

That people sought to try to intimidate armed people shows that some people didn't understand the new rules.

That a 17 year-old became a target suggests to me that somebody went after what they thought was someone who could be intimidated. Meaning that I think someone was deliberately looking for what they thought was a weak target.

Take this person out and the resistance might crumble.

I mean why wasn't someone older, who might have been a former Marine, not targeted. Someone who might have instinctively used his rifle butt to ward off an attack.

I withheld judgement the night this happened. I wanted more information. I've seen the videos since. I've decided. This 17 year-old was tested beyond his normal expectations and should not face charges.

[Pinandpuller]

I think what really got Jerry Falwell Jr in trouble was his eisegesis of “Harpazo”.

[Pinandpuller]

I don’t know if it’s been raised, jim, but Kyle borrowed his rifle from a friend in Wisconsin, so it never crossed state lines.

I’m amazed at how conscientious leftists are about borders and boundaries now. I’m sure Door Dash doesn’t allow their drivers to cross state lines like that.

[jim nj]

Hi Pin,

I saw that. It removed the possibility of a federal crime. No firearm crossed over state lines in the commission of the "crime."

Much of what we are hearing is "spin." Blake's lawyers say he didn't resist arrest. He didn't fight back. With no police bodycam videos it's going to be a contest of how many perjurers can we find.

Sound familiar?

[cathyf]

Given the amount of video, it’s hard to believe that a bunch of perjurers could come up with stories consistent with the video and with each other.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-campaign-millions-republican-national-convention.amp

Trump campaign rakes in $76 million during Republican National Convention

(Vs $70 million for the democrats)

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
·
4h
Kenosha has been very quiet for the third night in a row or, since the National Guard has shown up. That’s the way it works, it’s all very simple. Portland, with a very ungifted mayor, should request help from the Federal Government. If lives are endangered, we’re going in!

[MissMarple2]

This was retweeted by the President.

Brandon Straka
@BrandonStraka
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19h
I can’t even describe the sinking feeling I got last night being attacked for being gay & just having to take it- bc if we defended ourselves the media would label us racist attackers. At least back in the day when gay bashing was common the media didn’t blame the gay ppl.

I haven’t endured an anti-gay attack like this in probably 10 years. #BlackLivesMatter activists physically assault me & Mike Harlow on our way into our hotel, calling us faggots & threatening us. The one girl comes back & knocks my friend’s phone out of her hand.#BLM= violence pic.twitter.com/Cmhc4g57tU

— Brandon Straka (@BrandonStraka) August 28, 2020

Video at the link.

[MissMarple2]

Retweeted by the President. Video at the link.

#WalkAway Rescue America Rally Chicago is under way and we are KILLING IT today!!!!#RescueChicago #RESCUEAMERICA pic.twitter.com/rAxNMVAMIu

— Brandon Straka (@BrandonStraka) August 28, 2020

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
·
5h
Disgraceful that Big Ten is not playing football. Let them PLAY!

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
·
5h
How does the Fake News not include Online Streaming Numbers where Republicans blow the Dem Numbers away?

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
·
5h
Great total numbers for the Republican National Convention. Blows Democrat National Convention away. Also, much bigger fund raising numbers!

[JimNorCal]

Kurt Schlicter on why BLM/Antifa doesn't try that stuff in red states.
https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/397084/

Heh: "a Schlichter poll just might suffer from selection bias"

[MissMarple2]

I don't know who made this poster/photo graphic, but this is absolute genius and totally TRUE!

[Pinandpuller]

Some reporter from the Daily Caller helped pick up JoJo ROSENBAUM and carry him to the hospital across the street.

Weekend at Bernie’s?

More like Weekend at Gurneys, amirite boys?

[hoyden]

THE WEEK IN PICTURES: THE UN-CONVENTION EDITION

[anonamom]

Salena's story strikes me as a "water is wet" reflection.

The Kenosha riots could matter re: election?

How about this lawlessness in Kenosha WILL DETERMINE the outcome?

I know two months (til early voting starts) is a long time, but Kenosha is the kind of thing that allows you to make up your mind, and stop having to pay attention to the noise and ads if you are one of those mysterious "undecided" voters.
Especially if you live in what you thought was a sleepy, safe suburban area or small town.

I posted a few tidbits from the close of POTUS's Night Four remarks on the inside door of my back porch bathroom. One being:

1000 blacks were murdered in four D run cities last year.

The other:

The ten most violent cities in this country are D run.

[Pinandpuller]

The ancient liberties of an Englishman, free speech, the right of association, religious liberty, the right to bear arms, these are not universal rights but the rights of an Englishman, and the basic conservative needs to know that when white people go the rights go with them

https://twitter.com/douglasmercer33/status/1299655379278680064?s=21

[anonamom]

After reading in the comments to this
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/08/mixed-reviews-of-the-final-night.php

that NY state may well be in play(!!!!), I am all for BLM continuing to harass diners on the sidewalks of DC.
I also think it very important for them to hold some "mostly peaceful protests" in Alexandria and Fairfax this week. Maybe Charlottesville as well.

No. VA needs to wake up too.

[MissMarple2]

Here's another picture of the President arriving back at Andrews yesterday evening. I liked this one even more.

[MissMarple2]

Here's another picture of the President arriving back at Andrews yesterday evening. I liked this one even more.

[MissMarple2]

I know I said I liked it more, but not enough to post it TWICE! I have no idea why that double-posted.

[MissMarple2]

https://nypost.com/2020/08/28/kamala-harris-calls-for-usa-mask-mandate-if-biden-wins/

Boy, that will sure make me change MY vote.

[hoyden]

"This is what happens when you set the Flux Capacitor to 2020."

[hoyden]

I have a lot of these albums and and still enjoy these artists. I would not want to a minute younger if I had to go back to not knowing what I know now.

[Jack Lillywhite]

Amom,

Those D run cities are like that because the people who live in them want it that way. If they keep supporting that lack of positive leadership I have no sympathy for them.

[jimmyk]

What's remarkable about that list at 7:08 is that a bunch of those singers are still around, even performing (maybe not so well).

[Another Bob]

jim nj | August 29, 2020 at 04:46 AM

There seemed enough bystander video to convince my idea of reasonable people that Blake was resisting arrest. How else is his behavior explained?

What would be helpful is seeing the weapon that presumably the cop reacted too, but there’s no guarantee a body camera would have picked it up either.

[Manuel Transmission]

Hoyden’s list begs the question: if you could only listen to music from one year, which year would it be?

[Another Bob]

Can’t ID any one year MT, but it’d certainly be before MTV.

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
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12m
The Democrats see chaos as their way while President Trump sees the Rule of Law. Mayor @kenblackwell
Thank you Ken!

[Captain Hate]

If you looked at a best of list for any year it would be pretty good.

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
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52s
Wow! Despite the Democrats views across TV and online lie (Con!), we had 147.9 million, the Republican National Convention blew the Democrat National Convention AWAY. Not even close! Just like their lies on Russia, Football (PLAY!) and everything else! NOVEMBER 3rd.

[hoyden]

I couldn't pick a particular year. My favorite music could be graphed as a Gaussian distribution from about 1960 to 1990.

[hoyden]

Off to spend some quality time with Athena.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2020-08-28/diageo-nigeria-says-unable-to-refinance-loan-on-dollar-shortage

Diageo Nigeria Unable to Refinance Loan on Dollar Shortage

[Captain Hate]

Has anyone here discussed if Lin Wood will be able, through discovery, to find out about antifa's funding, or is that not applicable in a criminal trial?

[MissMarple2]

The Hill
@thehill
· 15h
More than 350 faith leaders endorse Biden, citing "need of moral leadership" http://hill.cm/D5wO2tG
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Brit Hume
@brithume
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15h
For perspective, there are an estimated 430,000 clergy in the U.S.

[James D.]

if you could only listen to music from one year, which year would it be?

Maybe 1876? That way I get the complete Ring cycle, and that's enough for anyone.

In my lifetime, though, maybe 1982:
Steppin' Out - Joe Jackson
Toto IV - Toto
Peter Gabriel (Security) - Peter Gabriel
All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes - Pete Townsend
English Settlement - XTC
Asia - Asia

That's not too bad...

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
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10m
My Campaign, despite all of the Fake News, Fake Books, and pathetic reporting written about me and it, has more spirit and enthusiasm than ever before, including the great and wonderful Campaign of 2016!

[MissMarple2]

Thank you! https://t.co/4ciDcO151e

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 29, 2020

Link goes to video of people the administration has helped.

[MissMarple2]

Great crowd, great people! https://t.co/ugL8yuvPrF

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 29, 2020

Link goes to 14-second video Dan Scavino took as they departed New Hampshire.

[Another Bob]

I’d think it’d be inadmissible as not relevant CH.

Now bring a RICO case against it...

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump

The Fake News doesn’t want to report these numbers. The @latimes and others believed the Crooked Dems before the real numbers came out. Too bad we don’t have honest reporting when it comes to “Trump”. Phony sources, they say anything and think they get away with it. November 3rd.
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Ronna McDaniel
@GOPChairwoman
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147.9M views across TV/digital – 25M more than Biden/DNC.

$76M raised for RNC & @TeamTrump – $6M more than Biden/DNC.

#RNC2020 told voters real stories from real Americans who benefited from @realDonaldTrump’s policies – and it clearly resonated! https://foxnews.com/politics/trump

[Another Bob]

New.

[Manuel Transmission]

AB, the exception to prove your MTV rule for me would be Dire Straits. When Jr was at Annapolis, he would hide out in our hotel room and watch MTV and DS was pretty hot with their Money For Nothing. Been a fan of Mark’s ever since.

[Jim Eagle]

I wonder how BLM would feel if they saw this Biden rant on the Senate floor from 1993?

https://vidmax.com/video/196355-oh-boy-make-sure-black-american-voters-don-t-see-this-joe-biden-video-from-1993

[Melinda]

Gaussian, hoyden?

No need to get THAT negative....

[cathyf]

Has anyone here discussed if Lin Wood will be able, through discovery, to find out about antifa's funding, or is that not applicable in a criminal trial?

There are two totally separate legal actions going on here. The first is the criminal defense, where Lin Wood has recruited the best criminal defense lawyer he knows. The second is the defamation suit against the media for printing things like “white supremicist” and “unarmed”— that’s the one Lin Wood is doing for contingency.

I wonder if Wood could find a money trail to antefa/bpm, to big media outlets, to Kenosha Democratic prosecutors and politicians? Soros or CCP?

[peter]

Prayers requested: driving my younger one off to school in Boston as a transfer student. He does not want to go, fearing social isolation due to most classes being virtual and all student activities suspended. (He's convinced himself ahead of time and has a unique gift for making himself miserable.)

[JimNorCal]

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[JimNorCal]

https://justoneminute.typepad.com/main/2020/08/please-let-this-be-a-slow-news-day.html#comments

[JimNorCal]

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[JimNorCal]

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