tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post2713633995720808391..comments2024-03-28T15:44:17.788-04:00Comments on Sardonicky: Predatory Bipartisan FolliesKaren Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15612731479365562803noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-39451507894218373562017-03-05T00:50:21.260-05:002017-03-05T00:50:21.260-05:00Excellent essay! The Plutos rule. Maybe they told ...Excellent essay! The Plutos rule. Maybe they told their servants, the Dems to go after the Russians, a ridiculous, hopeless endehavor, because suddenly they want to give Donald a chance...Patrice Aymehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11756076973287456927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-42544064793484575832017-03-03T18:48:38.663-05:002017-03-03T18:48:38.663-05:00The entire “Russian affair” is nothing more than a...The entire “Russian affair” is nothing more than a very small tempest in an equally small teapot, a purely political diversion on the part of the Dems in a futile attempt to show that they still have any relevance to anything at all. <br /><br />Had the DNC’s e-mails been hacked by a 30-year-old hacker living in his/her mother’s basement in, say, Sump-Pump, New Jersey, who then released the “product” to WikiLeaks, this would have been nothing more than a political “dirty trick.”<br /><br />But as the Russians were involved, well, this now becomes a matter of “National Security!” in the eyes of the Democrats. National security? Pure crap. <br /><br />After all, what was revealed in the DNC’s e-mails? Nothing of import to “national security;” only the truth, that Bernie Sanders was being sabotaged at every turn by the DNC in favor of its pre-chosen candidate, Hillary Clinton.<br /><br />And has anyone produced any <i> <b> concrete </b> </i> evidence that this “hack” changed anyones’ minds at the polls? The only “investigation” that <i> <b> I </b> </i> have seen thus far was done by Nate Silver of “538,” who concluded that it could not be determined whether or not publication of the DNC’s e-mails had any effect on the election:<br /><br />https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/wikileaks-hillary-clinton/<br /><br /><i> “Of course, one thing didn’t sink Clinton. The evidence suggests Wikileaks is among the factors that <b> might </b> have contributed to her loss, but we really can’t say much more than that.” </i> (My bold emphasis.)<br /><br />As for demanding that Jeff Sessions be prosecuted for perjury under oath, IMHO, what nonsense.<br /><br />I once sued someone for failing to disclose certain defects in a high retaining wall surrounding part of the house that I purchased in 2002, defects that eventually jointly cost me and my new neighbor $16,000 to repair. <br /><br />Despite the fact that my new neighbor had two certified, “return-receipt-requested” letters to the deadbeats who sold us our house, notifying them that the wall was falling down, a so-called judge—yes, there are “so-called judges”—ruled in favor of the deadbeats when they claimed that they simply “forgot” that they had been notified of the defective wall.<br /><br />Fortunately, my new neighbors were more than happy to split the cost of the new wall, and relieved to learn that they had new, honorable neighbors.<br /><br />But ever since that time, I’ve come to strongly believe in the “<i> I-forgot </i> defense.” What was good for the deadbeat seller of my new house is, IMHO, good enough for Jeff Sessions, in this silly, diversionary “Russian affair.”Zeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-8281957203185294692017-03-03T17:54:23.294-05:002017-03-03T17:54:23.294-05:00Goodbye Spin, Hello Raw Dishonesty by Paul Krugman...<br />Goodbye Spin, Hello Raw Dishonesty by Paul Krugman, today's NYTimes<br /><br /><br /><br />I never thought I would find a Krugman article worthwhilePearlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-69139291446309765922017-03-03T14:56:04.589-05:002017-03-03T14:56:04.589-05:00The Russian connections and manipulations should ...The Russian connections and manipulations should be investigated by a Special Prosecutor.<br /><br />Whatever though, Attorney General Sessions must be removed from office and prosecuted for perjury in his testimony to Congress. <br />As with so many political dirty deals, it's not the crime itself, but the cover-up that is deemed unacceptable.<br />An enlightened society would discipline both, but at least Congress must insist that lying under oath cannot be tolerated.<br /> <br />Erik Rothnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-88134839579564592282017-03-03T14:04:05.139-05:002017-03-03T14:04:05.139-05:00It seems so obvious, especially when it is spelled...It seems so obvious, especially when it is spelled out like you have just done, Karen. I do think we need to step outside the parties altogether and have a whole new paradigm. I cannot pucker up for either side of the asshole, and the ass has seen to it that nothing else can fit in the pants.<br /><br />Here is some AWESOME news for today!!!<br />https://popularresistance.org/drone-resisters-acquitted-juror-tells-them-keep-doing-it/<br /><br />There are monthly drone protests at an air base a few miles behind my house (at night it is common to see 4 drones buzzing around aimlessly). Several protestors were arrested this last time around. I am hopeful more brave people will pursue these protests.Elizabeth -- Marysvillenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-52605101497608499232017-03-03T12:57:16.755-05:002017-03-03T12:57:16.755-05:00I am waiting for someone in an official capacity ...I am waiting for someone in an official capacity to ask the president publicly if he personally ever spoke to the Russian Embassador (spy?) and discussed election plans in detail. And if this is legal.<br />Pearlnoreply@blogger.com