Just like in the movie, NASA scientists are on the move working on how to grow potatoes in Mars-like conditions for future explorers to the Red Planet. Sure puts the New Hampshire primary in perspective.
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beware, the eyes of mars. the eyes on martian potatoes are all seeing
purple reminded us last thread: “Dems like to protest, not vote, per Barney Frank.” and those protestors who do vote on perfection principle as they perceive it have given us folks like nixon and dubya.
purple, I too got the 500 error message and tho’t I was to blame for linking an impure comment castigating Bernie peeps.
dexter, you asked re palestine and what alternet says were Bernie‘s views over the years
At the rate human beings are trashing this planet, NASA had better hurry. We are going to need a spare. Once we kill off the elephants this place will get pretty boring anyway.
100,000 per year
X-R asked who should have coached Hillary about mentioning Charity. Here are the most recent tax info. Almost $15 million went into the family foundation which then dispenses to charitable cause.
As for charitable donations, the Clintons gave just under $15 million over the eight-year period, which is 10.8 percent of their total income. The vast majority of that — about $14.8 million — went through the Clinton Family Foundation, the vehicle the Clintons frequently use to make personal donations, and another $57,000 went to the Clinton Global Initiative. The Clintons’ other donations were to the Nelson Mandela Foundation ($60,000), Humana Challenge ($46,000), the First Methodist United Church ($20,000), Exploring the Arts ($4,100), St. Stephen’s Armenian Apostolic Church ($2,500) and the Hot Springs Class of ‘64, Bill Clinton’s high school graduating class in Arkansas ($200)
CNN fact checks the debate.
A little something to like or hate for everyone.
“American football is amazing, but it’s not classy. That’s why we love it,” he said. “It’s a bunch of guys smashing into each other and then slapping their asses. That’s the game. No one’s throwing the ball with a pinky up.”
http://www.cc.com/video-clips/f88z2d/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-super-bowl-50-s-quarterback-matchup
for a minute there the above description sounded like a goper debate
My main take away from last night’s town hall.
Neither candidate spent any time telling us how afraid we should be of everything.
Nothing like the republican fear fests we have witnessed.
wapo’s rampell makes a lot of sense in her “The sexist double standard behind why millennials love Bernie Sanders”. her 1st reason is socialism and her 2nd is as follows: It is precisely Sanders’s au-naturel-ness that endears him to his young fans: his unkempt hair, his ill-fitting suits, his unpolished Brooklyn accent, his propensity to yell and wave his hands maniacally. Sanders, it appears, woke up like this. These qualities are what make him seem “authentic,” “sincere” even — especially when contrasted with Clinton’s hyper-scriptedness. Sanders, unlike Clinton, doesn’t give a damn if he’s camera-ready. This is, of course, a form of authenticity that is off-limits to any female politician, not just one with Clinton’s baggage. Female politicians — at least if they want to be taken seriously on a national stage — cannot be unkempt and unfiltered, hair mussed and voice raised. They have to be carefully coifed and scripted… Read more »
meanwhile back to the thread subject da jour
Yay… finally a Democratic debate worthy of the name debate. I thought they both did well. And since I’ve already voted, I didn’t view it as “who is convincing me”. I just enjoyed it.
For me the interesting thing was when Bernie said (paraphrasing)… people ask me how I will work with Mitch McConnell… when he looks out his window and sees all of you out there, he’ll work with me. Finally… Bernie alluding to the fact that it’ll take protests in the streets of Washington D.C. to enact his political revolution. The problem is that today’s young people would rather go the local coffee shop and text each other while sipping their lattes than go vote… let alone getting off their butts and protesting. But I would love it if they proved me wrong.
Good article on how and why things get classified
The Hillary Clinton top secret emails
OSH… I know that life has been chaotic for you. If blogging here is causing you stress, I don’t blame you for your decision. Rick and I will come visit you when we get back to the Cape in June. Until then… take care, my friend.
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A million Chinese may soon find themselves redundant.
chuck toad and msnbc make up issues and the pound them to death even though no one else gives a damn
Imagine the self actualizing, contribute nothing millennials that will be produced en masse if one candidate’s agenda is adopted. Then consider whether a group of talented individuals from that American cohort are likely to work together to produce an outcome such as this walking group from Japan. Why, that’s silly, you might say. Of course it is. So consider the likelihood of a group of talented American millennials sacrificing their individuality in favor of a group accomplishment requiring a similar degree of self discipline. After all, the building of a America was a group effort.
I believe in the old adage of fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. I was hoodwinked by Obama, shame on Obama. In 2008, Obama promised us hope and change, recovery and prosperity. He promised transparency, Single payer universal medical insurance, improving NAFTA for American workers, etc… When Barack Obama was elected with strong majorities in both houses of Congress, he had an unprecedented opportunity to shape American history by bringing the country’s financial oligarchy under control. For Obama, too big to fail equals too big to jail. Obama could have done great things. Instead, he gave us deterioration, poverty, despair and steadfastness. Obama seems to be getting his wish of being a transformative president. Everything he touches turns to dross. Elizabeth Warren pointed to a time when donors’ interests may have changed Hillary Clinton’s position on bankruptcy… Read more »
Sanders has been consistent for decades.
PIT… I will concede that point… Sanders is like a pitbull with a bone and has been for years.
wonkette does a number on todd’s performance last night. here’s a small excerpt of a rather tough critique on master chuck but a love-in revue of both hillary and bernie:
Fortunately, both candidates refused to play along with Chuck’s bullshit-baiting, because they are not Donald Trump. Both are actual serious human beings who understand they’re running for the nation’s highest office, not to be President of Who Gets to Spongebathe the Koch Brothers Weekly. Bernie basically said, “why are we even talking about this?” Then Hillary dropped an epic “are you kidding me with this shit”:
Quotes can’t describe the glorious eye-rolliness with which Madam Secretary greeted that that question, but trust us, it was righteous.
unt oh there must be something in the speeches theydon’t want to release
msnbc getting frantic tamara hall (?) can’t say ennough bad things
every woman senator but Warren has endorsed clinton so hall’s question is what wrong with Clinton that E Warren won’t edorse her
I really don’t understand how upChuck is able to perform on a major network. He has the look and phoniness of a weather guy in a small media market. He and his hydrocephalic bro matthews pretend that they aren’t repubs and get away with it ! The former makes me want to upchuck, and the latter makes me want to vomit. The candidates are good people. I want to stress that my comment about Ms Clinton’s coach meant that she should (not bragging) talk about where the money goes, to express her passion for people. I think that she or the campaign is too afraid that it’ll be construed as bragging. Her biggest problem is to show her motherly love for all of us without looking like a phony or braggart. But, if she makes it clear that all this moneymaking is about love, her love for people, there won’t be a problem.… Read more »
Clinton and Sanders should straight up declare that their campaigns, that this election, is about love and justice. Love of people, love of the USA, love of one another. Here’s the finale to The Speech :
The republicans keep trying to sell America, you, on fear and hate, and miserliness. That’s why they are going to lose. Fear, hate, and miserliness shrink America’s potential, block our possibilities, and starve your creativity.
Love conquers all. In November, Love will win in a landslide ! And, on Love’s coat tails will come Hope and Charity.
when someone wears their heart on their sleeve, at least you know they’ve got one
Absolutely right, Mr. Crawford.
fyi, poohbah, that phrase was [with emphasis supplied just to gig you]:
first recorded in Shakespeare’s Othello, 1604. In the play, the treacherous Iago’s plan was to feign openness and vulnerability in order to appear faithful:
Let’s stop bidging about the candidates, and improve and augment them instead. This election, every election, ought to be a celebration of our personal independence and power to influence our destinies.
Carping and whining, pointing and blaming, are not celebratory.
Subtitle: Spuds in space. I like it.
Hey, Pat !
And so, Bernie/Iago urges America/Othello to strangle Desdemona/Hillary ? I know that’s not what you intended to convey. It’s just where my brain went, ‘cuz my mind has been fuddled by contact with fakes news and the NYT.
Anywhat, there must be a better way to campaign for office than working to utterly destroy one’s opponents. (Unless they’re Canadian wetbacks or gouging NYC landlords, of course. Then it’s okay. smirk.)
Xrepub, well said my friend
Everybody knows that poor Hillary is Turandot in mufti–ask any presidential contender.
Flatus,
That deserves this
Flatus
That deserves this
https://youtu.be/bzSfx2IKafs
Since this research paper was written in 2005 it missed the long term pain of the 2008 Financial Crisis and Great Recession caused by the 1999 repealing of key provisions in the 1933 Glass-Steagall Act and the concept of self-regulation of the over-the-counter derivatives market. Short-Term Gain for Long-Term Pain: The Real Story of Rubinomics By Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research, November 11, 2005 A mythology has developed around the economics of the Clinton era. According to the mythology, the policies designed by Clinton’s Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin laid the basis for the prosperity of the late 1990s. These policies centered on getting the deficit down, and later running budget surpluses. The short-term pain associated with higher taxes and lower spending had a payoff in the form of more investment, more rapid productivity growth, higher job growth and rising real wages and… Read more »
Who Are the Middle Class? By Nicole Woo, Kevin Cashman, and Cherrie Bucknor, Center for Economic and Policy Research, February, 04 2016 Back in 2008, Barack Obama pledged not to raise taxes on households making less than $250,000 per year (and individuals earning less than $200,000). During his administration, almost none of the tax proposals that have come from the White House have crossed that line, in effect forgoing potentially tremendous amounts of revenue. Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has made a similar promise if she is elected president. All this, in the name of avoiding tax increases on the “middle class.” While $250,000 per year may seem like a “normal” income for inside-the-Beltway types, it is actually the 97th percentile of households in America.[1] That means that 97 percent of households make less than that. For individuals, $200,000 per year falls above the 98th percentile. On… Read more »
I thought Bernie’s best moment was when he said experience means nothing if you still get it wrong (or unspoken – don’t have the guts to do the right thing.) referencing the Iraq war vote
Between that good vote and now, Bernie Sanders has had several other votes relating to the military & Defense
VOTE SMART – DEFENSE
VOTE SMART – MILITARY
This is a good location to look up votes by issues
National poll: Sanders and Clinton neck-and-neck
So does Bernie have a shot at beating the Republicans, 6 political scientist discuss this
So what has Bernie done besides draw a public paycheck for 25 years?
According to this list of bills introduced by Mr Sanders. It includes both Senate and house. It is a long list and you will scroll for a long time one thing for sure Bernie does believe in introducing lots of bills.
So how did he do in 25 years ?
Introduced? hundreds if not thousands
Passed? I found 4.
One was renaming a post office, another was a change in the VFW charter to add the word “women” , another was a sense of congress vote approving the formation of a regional water pact between Vermont and Rhode Island. Last but not least, he got March 4 1991, declared Vermont bicentennial day.
Yeeep, quite the record.
Jack
Jack
I’m not a Bernie fan, but just to give him his due, he has successfully added amendments to bills to extent that he is referred to as the “Amendment King”. It would take a whole lot more research to determine which if any you found to your liking, but he hasn’t been lazy about it and he does have an 83% approval rating in Vermont so one would have to assume he is doing something right for his state.
Xr, good to hear you haven’t lost your voice. I agree with the kumbaya moment last night about Bernie or Hillary being 100 times better than any of the pugns. I only hope that Bernie is electable since his star seems to be rising. If he beats out Hillary I’ll be voting for him without PUMA anguish (but I might as well vote for Mickey Mouse for what good my vote will do in WV).
I’d like to see comparison of Hillary and Bernie’s voting records while they were both the the Senate. May go do a little research… Instead of listening to this presentation on the WV medical professional liability act.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index All Urban Consumers – (CPI-U) Series ID: CUUR0000SA0, Not Seasonally Adjusted Change in CPI-U Index Ranked High to Low 9 Eisenhower 11.394 11 Kennedy 3.550 8 Johnson 13.578 3 Nixon 33.100 4 Ford 28.172 1 Carter 44.809 2 Reagan 43.503 7 Bush (GHW) 18.653 6 Clinton 22.722 5 Bush (GW) 25.030 10 Obama 10.086 Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Percent of Change Ranked High to Low BEA Table 1.5.5. Gross Domestic Product, Expanded Detail Line 54 National Defense Expenditures 6 Eisenhower (4.754) 4 Kennedy 11.002 3 Johnson 27.540 11 Nixon (21.196) 7 Ford (5.305) … Read more »
You know where Hillary could seem authentic, but doesn’t? In the delivery of her speech. That article of Patd’s pointed out the double-standard of the accepted appearance of men and women.
Every candidates has some scripted speech. Not everything Bernie says is off-the-cuff.
But with Hillary, I don’t know if she even believes what she says. And when she tries to sound passionate about something, it sounds…well, it’s her version of Jeb! asking folks to “please clap.”
Either you are with someone or you’re not. Hillary isn’t with the voters she is courting. She is with the 1% who won’t care until every coal mine-canary is dead and they finally realize they were too greedy and uncaring.
* We need a new recipe for fixin’ Martian taters.
I just contributed another $10 to Hillary. A great car magnet will be coming in the mail soon.