tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post5249460524870480685..comments2024-03-28T16:26:28.642-05:00Comments on driftglass: Sunday Morning Comin' Downdriftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-21742448536356949722017-01-21T03:52:23.140-06:002017-01-21T03:52:23.140-06:00xD magaxD magalordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15301415976229457930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-40141658044237599272016-11-07T19:47:44.796-06:002016-11-07T19:47:44.796-06:00re Beck:
No siree bob, Beck doesn’t get one scinti...re Beck:<br />No siree bob, Beck doesn’t get one scintilla of credit until he does a nationwide tour on his knees, begging forgiveness for his years of bullshit, slander etc. And gives back all the money he made from it, and then maybe someday I would take his word for anything about anything.<br />Pagan in reposehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03672171716049151342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-71187485208729834802016-11-07T17:28:13.760-06:002016-11-07T17:28:13.760-06:00So, Glenn Beck pulls his head port off his ass and...So, Glenn Beck pulls his head port off his ass and sees lunatics... I forget, does that mean 6 more weeks of Fall?ChicagoPathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07534062880127589011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-18053347049704929242016-11-07T17:15:28.398-06:002016-11-07T17:15:28.398-06:00I've read that The Blaze is going down in flam... I've read that The Blaze is going down in flames, so perhaps Mr. Beck is cultivating his next career move. I did read his "Empathy for Black Lives Matter" column, though, and whatever level of sincerity he is operating from, I'm in the habit of showing support when people take the first step toward reality, however small.<br /><br /> As for the "whoever gets elected will face impeachment" bullshit, it is just that. If Trump were to be elected, Paul the fuck Ryan isn't going to impeach him, he is going to do his dead level best to get him to sign his budget, which is Ryan's shot at relevance. FSM let it not come to that.<br /><br /> -Doug in Oaklanddinthebeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941071534250216503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-17583828302584308382016-11-07T16:32:28.548-06:002016-11-07T16:32:28.548-06:00Today's (online) Rolling Stone has an excellen...Today's (online) Rolling Stone has an excellent, sober article about why you just can't vote for Trump, no matter what. Sadly, another journalist that I normally like, Matt Taibbi, joins the "both sides" contagion. Among his observations about both parties/voting-blocs being equally bad:<br /><br />"No matter what happens Tuesday, it's an undeniable fact that our population is now divided into two irreconcilable groups, each of which violently disbelieves in the humanity of the other." Yes, he used the word violently re: liberals. <br /><br />and,<br /><br />"The new party line on the other side is that Republicans are racists, sexists, bigots and hatemongers. Therefore they're irredeemable and there's nothing to be done but fight and subjugate them."<br /><br />Well done Matt Taibbi. Its true, liberals want to subjugate the rural Southerners, and imprison them in vegan yoga camps; trade their pickups for Prius's. Kidding. Yes, liberals use mean words. Conservatives use mean words, too. Liberals roll their eyes, maybe give the finger, shout loudly. Conservatives shout loudly, strangle anti-Trump protesters, forcefully evict a 12-year old with palsy, face stomp an elderly female protester. But the Clinton rally started to boo a pro-Trump protester (before Obama told the crowd to treat him with respect), so same thing. Both sides. As a journalist, Matt would have faced the same level of hatred and violence at a Clinton rally as he would at a Trump rally. Of course.Habitat Vichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17745175381261470890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-45912694552878488392016-11-07T15:55:07.696-06:002016-11-07T15:55:07.696-06:00Check out this cowardly, turn the page nugget from...Check out this cowardly, turn the page nugget from Bill Kristol in a final word to NeverTrumpers at the Weekly Standard:<br /><br />"After Election Day we should mostly look forward and not back. There will be too much work to do to spend much time on retrospectives or recriminations. But before we all move on, I do want to reiterate one last time, to allies I've had the privilege of working with and to opponents I've had the pleasure of fighting: #NeverTrump."<br /><br />If you sit quietly and cup your hand around your ear, you can hear in the distance the sound of 10,000 etch-a-sketches, wielded by 10,000 Republican operatives across this great nation, being given a shake-shake-shake to see if they still work.Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01618384479073078253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-48612395467391967942016-11-07T15:02:55.355-06:002016-11-07T15:02:55.355-06:00I just want to tell you good luck. We're all c...I just want to tell you good luck. We're all counting on you.Betamaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17153175680362732941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-24667771434758827522016-11-07T13:16:56.341-06:002016-11-07T13:16:56.341-06:00That's an interesting article re Beck, who has...That's an interesting article re Beck, who has done some sort of nearly 180 degree turn-around with this election. The cynical side of me says he's doing it out of some sort of long-game grift, which is likely. But there does seem to be a smidgeon of Beck actually changing his mind and coming back to reality. Well I guess it's possible. <br /><br />Hard to fathom as Beck was, at one time, one of the most "out there" pundits. I watched just a tiny bit of one of his shows (my 'rents were still alive then and loved 'em some Beckers), and I had to run screaming from the room. Lunatic central. But I can assure you that the elderly whiteys where my 'rents used to live ALL LOVED Beck when he was at his most lunatic fringe finest. My nutbar lunatic fringe siblings also loved Beck and bought his gold dubloons, too. I can't imagine what they think of him now.<br /><br />Of course, Beck's "empire" has failed and flailed, so maybe he figures he has nowhere else to go except back to reality? Hard to say.<br /><br />I don't wonder that he really needs body guards, as I can't imagine the white supremacist GOP voters are going to look kindly on what they'll perceive as Beck being a total traitor to their race. Maybe Beck really did come to see the light and is truly brave to speak out. <br /><br />I guess I can only say: stay tuned. But it's interesting.RUKiddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14057702539722165035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-3437788591448144052016-11-07T12:40:58.106-06:002016-11-07T12:40:58.106-06:00Whoops!
Looks like somebody just went Full Huffi...Whoops! <br /><br />Looks like <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/11/14/glenn-beck-tries-out-decency" rel="nofollow">somebody</a> just went Full Huffington. Looks like a wingnut nightmare walking: Beck's charismatic, famous, smart & by now has Bob knows how much accumulated hair-raisingly intimate infotainment regarding RealAmerika™ as seen from the belly of the beast.jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840719620959481121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-40511650488138615552016-11-07T12:24:54.914-06:002016-11-07T12:24:54.914-06:00If Hillary Clinton is elected, she will be a great...<i>If Hillary Clinton is elected, she will be a great president if she can break with this polarization in American politics and try to govern as her husband did with all of the prompts, that was, we remember that as a halcyon period in American history of three, four percent growth, very low unemployment, a technological revolution, America at the top of the world. That was a period when America was unmistakably, undeniably great.</i><br /><br />HOW, exactly, is Hillary supposed to "break with this polarization in American politics"??? This spooge bucket tosses out empty meaningless words with no examples of HOW this is to be accomplished.<br /><br />Some of us here, myself included, have whined from time to time about our peception that Obama was too kind and gracious to the GOP and spent inordinate amounts of time attempting to (use whatever word fits your preceptions) suck up to/make nice with the GOP, especially in his first 3 to 4 years in office. I got upset sometimes, but I agree that Obama bent himself into pretzels attempting to get the GOP to work with him. And what was the result of this?? "MOST. DIVISIVE. PRESIDENT. EVAH!!!!1111 x elebenty" Of course, that was just because Obama had the temerity to be President while Blah (the worst crime) and a Democratic pol (the close 2d worst crime).<br /><br />The GOP has spent decades excoriating Bill Clinton's presidency, plus decades excoriating Hillary. And NOW she's supposed to run her Admin like Bill's??? And "all will be fine." Yeah, NO. <br /><br />Hey, Imma liking it if Hils does more or less (with some exceptions) what Bils did... but, yeah, pull the other on that somehow THAT will "impress" (or whatever) the GOP and "get" them to work with her for the good of the country.<br /><br />Ain't gonna happen, and all of the rightwing media is presently shrieking that no matter who wins, there's gonna be an Impeachment ASAP. So bank on that, I say.<br /><br />The GOP is so frickin' insane now that I have NO clue how to fix this mess. Yesterday on NPR - while I could still tolerate listening to it (for all of about 20 minutes) - they had an interveiw of some group of white suburban "moms" in VA talking about what they wanted, who they were voting for, etc. The Trump women were just off the charts. One woman actually stated that SHE wanted the USA to "go back" to the 1950s and have it be all "Leave it to Beaver & Father Knows Best." I'm pretty much quoting verbatim. That was the "golden era" when everything was "perfect." So yes, some of the women there pointed out that it was super GREAT if you were a WHITE MALE... but this woman clung and grasped to her delusional fantasy that Donald Fucking Trump was going to make this happen.<br /><br />Another woman loudly proclaimed her "Christiany-ness" and then proceeded to explain why adulterous, abusive, nasty Trump was "sent from God" to "protect" the First & Second Amendments (!!), and of course to stop all the "murdering" of humans via abortion. Ergo, Donald the Serial Adulterer was sent by God to inflict Christian Sharia Law on the rest of us, whether we want it or not.<br /><br />These people are so far out to lunch that there's simply no reasoning with them. And no, "both sides" do not behave or think or act the "same" way at all. Some of us most definitely truck in reality, and I can guarantee you that those of us in reality-land mostly never ever vote GOP... with good reason.<br /><br />The Sunday Shows can all go fuck themselves. RUKiddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14057702539722165035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-44732395585991409682016-11-07T12:22:46.399-06:002016-11-07T12:22:46.399-06:00And that about sums it up. Man the gates against ...And that about sums it up. Man the gates against the orc hordes and hope it's Helms Deep and not the Alamo. If this country wasn't so damn stupid it could be pretty great. Looking forward to Trump not conceding defeat and the press normalizing open rebellion against democracy on Wednesday. Based on Gore 'not conceding defeat' in 2000. The election has to be a blowout to change the narrative and it doesn't look like it's going to be. The press will somehow give excuse for not sitting a new supreme Court justice. What's the over/under on impeachment proceedings, next Easter? I'll take the under. Winning is 'at least things won't get broken as quickly'. Yayy. proverbialleadballoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11592049897382920314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-29587001765503653792016-11-07T12:13:23.987-06:002016-11-07T12:13:23.987-06:00"Both Side's" doesn't only win w..."Both Side's" doesn't only win when Republican/conservative filled media agrees to not discuss the actual Republican Party compared to the actual Democratic Party. It also wins when liberals have to distance themselves from their elected candidate when making arguments for liberal governance. The argument simply doesn't work. <br /><br />We're about to enter a four year news cycle of "America says Hillary Yuck!" conventional wisdom regardless of the number of votes she gets or her approval rating there after. Republicans will continue to control government without controlling the White House if we run away from Hillary like we ran away from Obama and let the media pretend that 60% or so of the electorate simply don't exist. <br /><br />Adding, you can almost picture Ron checking his bank balance five minutes after sending the tweet. <br /><br /> trgahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04718897286384990852noreply@blogger.com