Trump for the win in November.

[BoSoxGal]

I can't grasp the level of stupidity required to ban alcohol during a public health crisis - thereby creating a second public health crisis. What faulty logic went into that brainfart?!

[RayThom]

I can't grasp the level of stupidity required to ban alcohol during a public health crisis - thereby creating a second public health crisis. What faulty logic went into that brain-fart?!

There are only a few things worse than alcoholics not getting their drug of choice.

[rubato]

"Trump for the win in November." Because there are still more things to fuck up.

[BoSoxGal]

Or,

[ex-khobar Andy]

I can't grasp the level of stupidity required to ban alcohol during a public health crisis - thereby creating a second public health crisis. What faulty logic went into that brainfart?!

South Africa has one of the highest levels of alcoholism in the world and domestic violence to go with it. I'm sure it's at least partly a legacy of apartheid; and I am not sure what the research is linking a ban on alcohol with preventing drunkenness. I have lived in several countries where alcohol was banned and we always found a way.

[Econoline]

Assuming a Dem victory in November (yes, Darren...I know, I know), I'm really worried about what might happen between then and January 20, 2021...and whether Repubs will do anything to stop him if he goes too far.

[MajGenl.Meade]

I can't grasp the level of stupidity required to ban alcohol during a public health crisis - thereby creating a second public health crisis. What faulty logic went into that brainfart?!

Because: our Minister of Pigs, Generalissimo Beke Cele is rabidly anti-alcohol.

And: since the lockdown and travel ban (no-one can cross a state line) vehicle accidents and other crimes have decreased dramatically (except for domestic violence, liquor robberies and murder by the security forces)

Therefore, alcohol is to blame and should be permanently banned per said Beke Cele and I kid you not

Alternatives:
C) proves that tobacco should be banned (per Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma, Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, rabid anti-tobacco freak and grateful recipient of funding from the most notorious and wealthy illegal cigarette supplier in the Republic)

C) proves that opposition political parties should be banned according to the SACP

C) proves that White pipples should be banned permanently according to the EFF

C) proves that non-swimmers can't run a country according to the FF+

and so on

[Gob]

South Africa has one of the highest levels of alcoholism in the world and domestic violence to go with it. I'm sure it's at least partly a legacy of apartheid

[Darren]

"Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson (D) is among a growing number of activists and Democratic politicians who have expressed concern that the Biden campaign has not been sufficiently reaching out to Hispanic voters.

But the former hispanic governor has gone a step further, saying that the Trump campaign is actually doing a better job at Hispanic outreach than presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden, according to Politico."

[Darren]

"For the month of April, the Trump campaign and the RNC raised a record $61.7 million — totaling $288 million more than the Obama re-election campaign had raised at the same point in 2012."

[RayThom]

"For the month of April, the Trump campaign and the RNC raised a record $61.7 million — totaling $288 million more than the Obama re-election campaign had raised at the same point in 2012."

Darren, you forgot to mention that Papa Joe is keeping up with the Big Grifter when it comes to contributions.

Check it out -- I even cite my source.

Biden and Trump Teams Each Raised Over $60 Million in April
President Trump and the Republicans, who brought in slightly more, maintain a vast cash advantage. But Mr. Biden’s substantial haul is likely to buoy Democrats who are worried about his ability to compete financially."

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/11/us/p ... ising.html

[Darren]

Sooner or later another IG will bite the dust.

"President Barack Obama’s Treasury Department regularly surveilled retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn’s financial records and transactions beginning in December 2015 and well into 2017"

“It wasn’t just him,” the whistleblower said. “They were targeting other U.S. citizens, as well.”

Only two names are listed in the whistleblower’s official paperwork, so the others must remain sealed, she said. The second name is Paul J. Manafort Jr., the one-time chairman of Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.

The other names include: Members of Congress, the most senior staffers on the 2016 Trump campaign and members of Trump’s family, she said.
...
“Another thing they would do is take targeted names from a certain database – I cannot name, but you can guess – and they were going over to an unclassified database and they were running those names in the unclassified database,” she said.

This ruse was to get around using classified resources to surveil Americans, she said. Once the Treasury personnel had enough information about someone they were targeting from the black box, they would go to the white box for faster and more informed search.

It was routine for these searches that had no criminal nor national security predicate, merely a political predicate, she said."
...
In March 2017, she filed a formal whistleblower complaint with Acting Treasury Inspector General Richard K. Delmar, who continues in that office today, she said. Beyond Delmar acknowledging receipt of the complaint, the inspector general never followed up on the matter.
...
Treasury should never have been part of the unmasking of Flynn, because its surveillance operation was off-the-books. That is to say, the Justice Department never gave the required approval to the Treasury program, and so there were no guidelines, approvals nor reports that would be associated with a DOJ-sanctioned domestic surveillance operation.
...
“IC agencies have to adhere to Executive Order 12333, or as it is known in the community: E.O. 12-Triple-Three. Just because OIA does not have signed guidelines does not give them the power or right to operate as they want, if you want information on a U.S. person then work with the FBI on a Title III, if it is a U.S. person involved with a foreign entity then follow the correct process for a FISA, but without signed AG guidelines you cannot even get started,” she said."

https://theohiostar.com/2020/05/18/excl ... XL-qoTNY4U

[Big RR]

Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson (D) is among a growing number of activists and Democratic politicians who have expressed concern that the Biden campaign has not been sufficiently reaching out to Hispanic voters.

But the former hispanic governor has gone a step further, saying that the Trump campaign is actually doing a better job at Hispanic outreach than presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden, according to Politico."

Yep and Trump with his let's demonize immigrants, especially those from Latin America, and separate parents from their children so they know we're serious is making great inroads into that community; they love him even more than the African American community does, right?

Sure Biden can, and should, do more outreach in a lot of areas, including to the hispanic community, but let's not pretend Trump is Bolivar.

[MajGenl.Meade]

https://theohiostar.com/2020/05/18/excl ... XL-qoTNY4U

On 6 February 2017, a website of uncertain origin named “The Tennessee Star” was born. At the time, it was unclear who funded or operated this “local newspaper,” which was largely filled with freely licensed content from organizations tied to conservative mega-donors. After some prodding by Politico in early 2018, the Tennessee Star revealed its primary architects to be three Tea Party-connected conservative activists: Michael Patrick Leahy, Steve Gill, and Christina Botteri.

Now, a Snopes investigation reveals in detail how these activists used the appearance of local newspapers to promote messages paid for or supported by outside or undisclosed interests. Gill, for example, is the political editor of the Tennessee Star, but he also owns a media consulting company that at least one candidate and one Political Action Committee (PAC) paid before receiving positive coverage in the Tennessee Star. Several Star writers have in the past or currently work for PACs or political campaigns that they write about, without disclosing that fact. Though its owners claim that the Tennessee Star is funded by advertising revenue, it appears to be supported by wealthy benefactors. Whatever the Tennessee Star is, it is not a local newspaper producing transparent journalism.

But this story is about more than just the Tennessee Star. Leahy, Botteri, and Gill have been expanding their version of journalism to other battleground states in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election. They are, they say, co-founders of a new, Delaware-registered company, Star News Digital Media, Inc., whose explicit strategy is to target battleground states with conservative news. So far, Leahy, Gill, and Botteri have added The Ohio Star and The Minnesota Sun to their network of purportedly local newspapers. These papers are effective carbon copies of the Tennessee Star.

And so on. Darren cites a right-wing pretend "news"paper (on line) that runs paid-for and PAC oriented Trump propaganda.

[Darren]

https://theohiostar.com/2020/05/18/excl ... XL-qoTNY4U

On 6 February 2017, a website of uncertain origin named “The Tennessee Star” was born. At the time, it was unclear who funded or operated this “local newspaper,” which was largely filled with freely licensed content from organizations tied to conservative mega-donors. After some prodding by Politico in early 2018, the Tennessee Star revealed its primary architects to be three Tea Party-connected conservative activists: Michael Patrick Leahy, Steve Gill, and Christina Botteri.

Now, a Snopes investigation reveals in detail how these activists used the appearance of local newspapers to promote messages paid for or supported by outside or undisclosed interests. Gill, for example, is the political editor of the Tennessee Star, but he also owns a media consulting company that at least one candidate and one Political Action Committee (PAC) paid before receiving positive coverage in the Tennessee Star. Several Star writers have in the past or currently work for PACs or political campaigns that they write about, without disclosing that fact. Though its owners claim that the Tennessee Star is funded by advertising revenue, it appears to be supported by wealthy benefactors. Whatever the Tennessee Star is, it is not a local newspaper producing transparent journalism.

But this story is about more than just the Tennessee Star. Leahy, Botteri, and Gill have been expanding their version of journalism to other battleground states in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election. They are, they say, co-founders of a new, Delaware-registered company, Star News Digital Media, Inc., whose explicit strategy is to target battleground states with conservative news. So far, Leahy, Gill, and Botteri have added The Ohio Star and The Minnesota Sun to their network of purportedly local newspapers. These papers are effective carbon copies of the Tennessee Star.

And so on. Darren cites a right-wing pretend "news"paper (on line) that runs paid-for and PAC oriented Trump propaganda.

Meade, do you support legally unauthorized spying by the government on the citizens of the country?

I always thought it odd that Doc's late husband was ex British special forces AND a member of the ANC,

That makes we wonder why he was a friend of Mandela. Doc recently sent a small photo of him escorting Queen Elizabeth to his daughter who left SA and now resides in Canada.

Doc's son is similar. After he met his step father he mentioned to Doc that the man was most likely one of the most dangerous men he had met.

[Darren]

"Musk, CEO of Tesla and Space-X, appeared to be urging his millions of followers to abandon leftism and embrace conservativism with his cryptic Sunday morning tweet. The entrepreneur has emerged as a champion of defying stay-at-home orders amid the coronavirus pandemic.

He further stirred the pot on Sunday by tweeting "Take the red pill" to his 34 million followers."

[Big RR]

Gee, elon musk; there's a man we should all emulate; remember when he accused the guy in Thailand of raping the young boys when taking them into the cave (all because they didn't want to use his submarine as part of the rescue? He's someone whose opinion I value.

[Darren]

Gee, elon musk; there's a man we should all emulate; remember when he accused the guy in Thailand of raping the young boys when taking them into the cave (all because they didn't want to use his submarine as part of the rescue? He's someone whose opinion I value.

For everyone that worships sky daddies it's not unreasonable to think that the one god worshiped by humankind's survivors on Mars hundreds of years in the future will be called Elon.

[Darren]

Gee, elon musk; there's a man we should all emulate; remember when he accused the guy in Thailand of raping the young boys when taking them into the cave (all because they didn't want to use his submarine as part of the rescue? He's someone whose opinion I value.

For everyone that worships sky daddies it's not unreasonable to think that humankind's survivors on Mars hundreds of years in the future will call their god, Elon.

[Big RR]

Sure; that's gonna happen; they'll all wear tons of musk too. Unless you mean that the survivors will be dyslexic, as Elon as Noel backwards?