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while we’re waiting for that ‘toon to load, an announcement from a true friend of democracy (an endangered species and getting harder to find these days):
Editor’s Desk
Farewell
December 15, 2017
To Our Readers:
When I turned 80 three years ago, I retired my weekly PBS series and have since focused on the web with a small, dedicated team as the avenue for our journalism. Your response rewarded our efforts, and we have been pleased and grateful for your interest and attention. I treasure the many messages from so many kindred spirits.
Now it’s time for another farewell, and with this note I am signing off.
BillMoyers.com will continue to serve as the archive of the television journalism my colleagues and I have produced over the past 44 years. I hope you find it useful. The site will go into archive mode on Wednesday, Dec. 20.
Until it moves to a new home, our Trump-Russia timeline, created by the indefatigable Steve Harper and orchestrated by our producers, will continue to publish right here at BillMoyers.com, tracking the convergence of events connecting the Trump empire and Russian oligarchs now being investigated by special counsel Robert Mueller.
Watch this space and our social media (Facebook, Twitter) for more information in the coming weeks.
In the meantime, please remain vigilant and engaged as citizens in the civic and political life of your community and our country. Democracy is fragile, and no one can say with certainty that it can withstand the manifold risks to which it is now exposed.
Thank you for the company we have shared in this space — and good luck to all.
—Bill Moyers
and recently in that billmoyers site: Daily Reads: Net Neutrality Repeal a “Brutal Blow to Democracy”
“The Trump administration’s most brutal blow to democracy” –> That’s how The Nation’s John Nichols characterizes the Federal Communications Commission’s 3-2 vote to repeal net neutrality rules on Thursday.
But it’s not over. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who has been investigating millions of fraudulent comments that were submitted to the FCC about the proposal, is leading a multi-state lawsuit to block the move.
@TheAnonJournal
BREAKING NEWS: The following states will join New York in suing the FCC to defend #NetNeutrality protections:
-California
-Oregon
-Vermont
-Washington
-Delaware
-Hawaii
-Iowa
-Illinois
-Massachusetts
-Kentucky
-Maine
-Maryland
-North Carolina
-Mississippi
-Pennsylvania
-Virginia
2:35 PM – Dec 14, 2017
latimes:
Trump to outline a broad national security strategy in a speech on Monday
oh goody, he’s gonna quit?
patd – I am more concerned he will say something about Putin taking over.
bbronc, whaddaya mean “Putin taking over”? already TOOK looks like.
all that kissy face yesterday with the phone calls….like a pair of teenagers.
patd – all the pillow talk is weird. Putin is playing the toddler like a bad day care mistress. SFB is finding that only his bro Putie talks nice to him. That bodes poorly for us.
🙂
Craig, an article that might be of interest:
Tocqueville’s Machiavellianism
yes, Donald, there really is a santa claus and an easter bunny and pigs fly….
from salon: Donald Trump is convinced Robert Mueller will exonerate him personally: report
There is a disconnect between reports of how President Donald Trump is privately feeling about Robert Mueller’s probe and how his political allies are publicly attempting to discredit that investigation.
Trump has privately expressed confidence that Mueller was soon exonerate him completely from accusations that he colluded with Russian government officials in order to win the 2016 presidential election, according to CNN. Even though the president’s cheery attitude could change after his private lawyers meet with Mueller later this week, for the time being Trump seems convinced that his legal woes involving Russia will soon be over.
Via CNN:
CNN reported Trump repeatedly refers to the accusations against him as “bullshit” and insists that he “doesn’t know any Russians.” One source recalled, “The President’s mantra is ‘All this Russia stuff, it’s all going to wrap up soon.’ He repeats it as fact. Part of me is like — ‘Are you serious? You believe this?'”
[….continues…]
For those wondering why SFB giving CIA info to the KGB/FSB/GRU/SVR is so bad is that the Russians had to be monitoring communications too. If they had not picked up the information on their own, they now had a way to go back to see where they failed. They also know the capabilities of the CIA/NSA. Overall the moron gave away American secrets to an enemy, giving aid and comfort is one way of looking at it. He once again compromised the American intelligence services to the Russians.
One of the ways that Republicans used to get under the skin of Democrats is to ask them why they hate America. Now, I say… ask Republicans why they hate Democracy… why they hate the Constitution… and why do they hate the Bill of Rights.
putzes!
This is why I’ve always thought this is not a case about Russian meddling. It is about treason.
Fully in holiday mode now. Loaded up the tree.
Only used decorations Mom made.
ya know I think the internets have got us trained, We are becoming a docile people who will stand in line forever.
It wasn’t like this 20 years ago but now at QuikTrip everybody lines up one single line at the one cash register. They used to line up on both sides crowding to the front. spreading down the counter toward the other 3 cash registers. The 2 lines were more efficient as the clerk didn’t have to wait to ring up the next customer. They also will bring in another clerk faster than if you are patiently waiting. I still do it the old way walk up to an empty space on the counter put my stuff down, pull out my money and wait. I’.m usually next as the clerk turns to me. I then point to the next person in the other line and say No they were first. Then miracle of miracle’s a new clerk starts checking. It happens most every time. Patients get you nowhere.
Mean while back to the internet, I’m still waiting for that cartoon to load
Jack
Mrs Jack works with a lot of engineers
Engineers are just naturally conservative people, it is in their make up and in red states almost always Republicans. Last week she was in Nashville working and stepped out of the room for a minute. When she came back the 4 male engineers were talking politics/ the tax bill and were all skeptical, One of them even sent her this cartoon.
craig, love the handmade ornaments, but how trust worthy is toby around them and that tree?
Patd, one of the many amazing things about this dog is that she has never touched anything that she knows is not hers.
Mrs. P loves to overdo the Christmas decorating – which falls on me. I’d be happy with a tree like yours, Poobah.
Poobah, you sure that’s a dog? I’ve never had one that had any respect for property rights – especially as a puppy.
BB, it’s just beyond belief isn’t it? The damage that will have been done to this country by the time SFB gets out of office will probably always be underestimated.
I think that net neutrality’s demise will be experienced by computer users as “How do I get this thing out of Neutral?”
ny mag:
House GOP’s New Strategy May Cause a Pre-Xmas Government Shutdown
It has been obvious all year that so long as Democrats have the power to stop legislation via a Senate filibuster, congressional Republicans could not insist on their way or the highway. That is why their health-care and tax bills have been advanced via a budget procedure that prevents filibusters. But they cannot use that procedure for the routine appropriations measures that keep the government functioning. So although both parties have postured and issued threats about shutting down the federal government in lieu of a deal on spending for the current fiscal year, it’s unlikely (especially right before Christmas) unless stupidity breaks out.
Unfortunately, stupidity may indeed be breaking out in its traditional stomping ground, the House GOP Caucus, where Speaker Paul Ryan is toying with a too-clever-by-half strategy of passing a spending bill that only a House Republican could love, and then adjourning for the year, leaving the Senate with the unsavory choice of accepting the bill or shutting down the government three days before Christmas (when the last stopgap spending bill expires). Keeping the government open in that scenario would require at least eight Democratic votes in the Senate (or perhaps more if one of the ailing Senate Republicans cannot be there).
The two items House conservatives hope to get from this take-it-or-leave-it strategy are (1) a breach of the precedent whereby big increases in defense spending are matched by roughly equal increases in non-defense spending; and (2) a bill free of liberal riders like the Obamacare stabilization legislation that Mitch McConnell promised to Susan Collins, or a level of additional funding for hurricane and fire disasters that conservatives consider too high….
[…]
Politico reports significant pessimism about how this will go:
“…she has never touched anything that she knows is not hers.”
craig, as pogo intimated, most dogs think the whole world and everything in it is theirs (unless a bigger dog disagrees).
am sure all cats know so.
pogo, am sure craig’s toby isn’t in this category
When our dog was a puppy, (she’s 12 now) Mrs. P accused me of teaching her that it’s OK to chew on shoes. I did give her one of my old shoes as a toy when she was still a very small puppy – and she chewed on it. She also chewed on other shoes from time to time – and sometimes they were Mrs. P’s. While I like to think our dog is pretty intelligent one, as dogs go, I really am skeptical about her ability to grasp the generalization of “shoe”. If she didn’t chew on all manner of other things such as balls (from golf balls to soccer balls), bones, sticks, small toys, dish towels, the corners of her bed (at least 4 different beds at last count), etc., then I might buy what Mrs. P is selling and take responsibility.
I think her greatest talent now is making strangers feel welcome when they come into our house. She would probably point out the nice stuff to would be thieves so they wouldn’t be mad when they left.
I will always wonder and never know how she became a stray without a collar. Because she obviously was extremely well trained.
Of course trump’s only guilty of violating immigration and labor laws, voyeurism, stalking, sexual assault (including possible rape of a minor), inciting to riot, violating election law on foreign donations, obstructing justice, violating the Logan Act, failing to register as a foreign power, money laundering, espionage, sabotage, and treason.
Other than that, trump is fairly clean.
Did I mention impersonating a reptile ?
Bad upbringing/culture :
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Latest on the arrest of Sarah Palin’s oldest son (all times local):
11:40 a.m.
Sarah Palin’s oldest son, Track, has been charged with assaulting his father at the family’s home in Wasilla, Alaska.
An affidavit by a Wasilla Police officer says Sarah Palin told police Saturday night that Track Palin was “freaking out” and on some type of medication.
The affidavit says Todd Palin was bleeding from cuts on his head. He told police the dispute began when Track Palin called wanting to get his truck.
Todd Palin said he told Track Palin not to come and got his pistol “to protect his family.”
Track Palin told police he tried to get in the door, but it did not open and he broke a window and disarmed his father.
Track Palin was arraigned on charges, including misdemeanor assault, on Sunday.
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12:52 a.m.
Court documents say Track Palin, the oldest son of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, was arrested on charges related to domestic violence again.
He was arraigned Sunday morning on three counts of felony burglary, misdemeanor reckless assault and misdemeanor criminal mischief.
He remained jailed in Palmer, Alaska, as of Sunday afternoon.
Track Palin previously faced domestic violence charges in 2016. Court records say he was suspected of punching his girlfriend, who then became concerned that Palin was going to shoot himself with a rifle. He took a plea deal that resulted in some of the charges being dismissed and he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor possessing a firearm while intoxicated.
Attorney John Tiemessen, who said he represents Sarah Palin, acknowledged the arrest Sunday and asked for privacy.
No attorney was listed for Track Palin.