But, I wasn't even running! :)

But you helped Linus get elected, and it turned out what the Peanuts were trying to accomplish -- Sally getting her locker open -- wasn't going to happen because President Linus got overruled by the real guy in charge... and all Sally really needed to do was kick the locker.

Moral of the story is: Sometimes you just need to kick something... ;)

I don't remember that function at HP, but you do get to edit at Slate for about a minute.

Interesting...

You appear to be against censorship over at HuffPoop, but embrace it whole-heartedly here in Weigantia...

I believe there is a word for that... :D

John From Cincinnati was a series on HBO. In my case, I changed it to Censornati as a HuffPost handle and it was a reference to their censorship efforts. I was a commenter there early on and probably posted a total of 30,000+ times even though I mostly avoided those main thread flame wars. I've never lived in Ohio or anywhere near Cincinnati.

Haven't they both completely bailed on TrainWreckCare???

So, when Trump repudiated David Duke 12 times, it's absolutely ridiculous to criticize Trump for not repudiating Duke a 13th time...

Right? :D

Exactly.. Thank you... :D

Is Censornati near Hackron? :)

Thanks for the update. Everything is more difficult for me now and I appreciate the assistance.

When I have nothing to say, my lips are sealed.
Say something once; why say it again?

Aha....

So, if I *DON'T* do that, then that proves I am NOT a troll..

Correct??? :D

Heh. Maybe in Middle Earth; but they don't have internet.

Actually, it's in the real world as well, but OK...

On the other hand, since you and I have already established that I am NOT a troll, how about a name change anyways??

How about CWMichaleBlocker.js??

Or.. CW-I-Cant-Handle-New-Ideas-And-Differing-Opinions-Blocker.js

Couple o good suggestions there.... :D

There seems to be a lot of media discussion about a lame duck Presidential Pardon for all illegal immigrants...

Is such a thing even possible???

Of course you could go on like that; and that is pretty much the definition of a being a troll. But what would be the point? If I don't want to read your comments, I won't; and there's little you can do about that at the end of the day.

I didn't develop the script to make it hard to read YOUR posts. I developed it to make it EASIER to read OTHER PEOPLE'S posts.

I doubt your thingy helps with lazy :D heh

If only! If so, I'd also have have it up my charisma +5, and so on.. :)

But when I try to run the JAVA .js CW.COM gives me a APPS, EXTENSIONS AND CANNOT BE ADDED FROM THIS WEBSITE message..

The way the tamperMonkey stuff runs is: first you install the TamperMonkey extension for Chrome:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tampermonkey/dhdgffkkebhmkfjojejmpbldmpobfkfo?hl=en

It's an extension, kind of like Adblock, which after a page loads, does some other stuff to the page. Adblock removes any ads it finds; TamperMonkey instead adds javascript to the page, which runs after the page has loaded.

(And if you don't already have the Adblock Extension, you really, really need to install it; because it will change your internet world).

After TamperMonkey is installed, instead of getting that message, you should get something a bit more comprehensible when you go to that link I gave. If not, reply here (I'll check back).

Of course, if CW is amenable, he could add the code to his template and then the whole thing would be moot; but running a website is work...

Finally, if I may ask a favor.. Your moniker for this scriptkiddy thing is a tad racist.. If I am not mistaken "Troll" is a race...

Heh. Maybe in Middle Earth; but they don't have internet.

But let me get this straight..

You have my name HARD-CODED into the script??? So, if I were to change my posting name to 'A', you would have to release a NEW script??? And, then if I changed my posting name to 'B', you would have to re-release a whole new script!??? :D

Do you believe giving me so much power is a good idea??? :D Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.. I mean, if I am the evil troll that some of ya (wink, Liz) think I am, what's to stop me from simply adopting different posting names??? Or even just using a random character generator to generate a different random name. I mean, if I am THAT awful that you few have to actually censor my words!!!??? Who knows what I am capable of!!!??? :D

I mean, don't get me wrong. I am flattered that my ideas, opinions and observations are so...so... DANGEROUS to the status quo and to the snowflakes that special software (easily evaded, apparently, but special nonetheless) must be created to prevent my words from getting out????

I also question the wisdom of how your efforts reflect on chrisweigant.com

According to CW's tagline, chrisweigant.com is a "reality based forum"...

Your script changes that to "this is a reality based forum where new words, differing opinions and upsetting ideas are eliminated from view so you don't have to be upset by them.."

Not nearly as catchy, in my not so humble opinion...

Anyways, these are just random thoughts.. Your script has some good points, there is no doubt.

But like any other tool (say, a gun) it can ALSO be used for evil... And aren't you part of the group that says gun manufacturers are responsible for what people do with their guns??

Well, there ya go....

Michale- Note I said "heard the theory" and it might qualify as irony.

Irony, hypocrisy.. Tomaytoe Potaytoe :D

But, my apologies.. I thought you were advocating the idea.. My mistake.. My apologies.

Many cheers, glad you are back on the health track.

Thanx... My right arm was my surgery arm. My right arm is also my trackball/typing arm... Dunno if posting on CW.COM constitutes Physical Therapy, but am hopeful.. :D

Yea, the regular preview helps with that too. But often times, I just don't bother. I doubt your thingy helps with lazy :D heh

But I figured "what the hell" The preview point alone is a good sell for me...

But when I try to run the JAVA .js CW.COM gives me a APPS, EXTENSIONS AND CANNOT BE ADDED FROM THIS WEBSITE message..

Finally, if I may ask a favor.. Your moniker for this scriptkiddy thing is a tad racist.. If I am not mistaken "Troll" is a race.... Everytime i see it, it's like I am seeing CWBlackPeopleBlocker.js...

It's a minor perception thing, but it really drags the enthusiasm down...

Just my 2 cents worth...

But, I wasn't even running! :)

No.
In San Francisco, supporting gay marriage in 2004 was NOT bold leadership.

Likewise, supporting legalizing recreational marijuana in CA in 2016 is not bold either.

Newsome's "business background", his "ideas that were not well received"", and his cozy connections to the establishment (corrupt) Dems in CA should be expanded upon for a balanced view.

Gavin Newsome is a Big Money neoliberal to the core.
California can do much better.

He may well become governor, but your praise is undeserved.
Feinstein or even Dick Cheney could come out in support of gay marriage and recreational marijuana, but it wouldn't make them liberal or progressive.
Pretending that those issues are emblematic of sane or wise or bold or progressive policies overall is foolish.
Follow the money, and report on it.

A

Now, if I could only let one edit one's comments after they are posted... but some things are beyond the power of a user script :)

Many moons ago, when I commented at HuffPost, there was an edit function that allowed you to edit your comment as many times as you desired but you had a time limit which was, if I recall correctly, about 15 to 30 minutes ... a very useful function.

By all means, do install it! In 'Expanded' mode (which you can default to), you can still see the site exactly as you do now; just with a little innocuous '-' sign marking your posts. And the preview really is better... helps with those occasional 'oops, forgot the closing tag...' moments. :)

He's right. Just install it. It's excellent even if you use it for nothing except the preview.

Thank you Charlie Brown!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLsCBEk6aL4

By all means, do install it! In 'Expanded' mode (which you can default to), you can still see the site exactly as you do now; just with a little innocuous '-' sign marking your posts. And the preview really is better... helps with those occasional 'oops, forgot the closing tag...' moments. :)

CW - I'd be happy to share the tiny bit of extra code with you to fix the 'showPreview' function in your template if you're interested - it's just a one liner, really.

[19] Michale -

As far as the Chrome warning - that is a good thing, and one should always be cautious! You'll need to (a) install TamperMonkey (google it) in order to activate the script; and (b) either trust me, or examine the code to see what it does...

You can play with it at this dummy test site (a static version of an earlier Friday post I grabbed for testing; you can't actually submit a comment there, but if you jump to the bottom of the page you can check out the preview action):

http://chasbrown.com/cwWeedBlocker/cwExample.html

and tamperMonkey should walk you through the process.

Interesting....

When I click on your link, CHROME gives me a warning..

EXTENTSIONS, APPS AND THEMES CAN HARM YOUR COMPUTER. ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO CONTINUE?

Now, of course, I am not pointing fingers, but.......

Of course I've also heard the theory that the Dems should quit jacking around and talk Oprah into running.

So, let me get this straight..

Many of you (still workin' at it, Liz!! :D) decried and castigated Trump as nothing but a "reality TV" star....

And THE solution is to run ANOTHER TV star in response???

And no one can see the hypocrisy?????

Now THIS is something useful...

THIS is something that is worthwhile... :D

Kewl move, CB... :D

However, don't think I didn't notice how easy it is to evade the racist filter you have created...

I don't plan on making use of the vulnerability.... Unless forced to.. :D

Still too depressed to comment on the main topics of the day, though...

See what happens when you use crutches and racist filters to avoid reality???

Depression sets in....

I updated my tamperMonkey script for the name change.

I also fixed the "Preview Comment" functionality so that it properly formats paragraphs/line breaks with "<p></p>" and "<br/>" tags, resp., to make it useful as a preview function.

Now, if I could only let one edit one's comments after they are posted... but some things are beyond the power of a user script :)

To update, just go to:

http://chasbrown.com/cwWeedBlocker/CWTrollBlocker.user.js

and tamperMonkey should walk you through the process.

Still too depressed to comment on the main topics of the day, though...

To visualize this, we took the election results and created two new imaginary nations by slicing the country along the sharp divide between Republican and Democratic Americas.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/11/16/us/politics/the-two-americas-of-2016.html

WOW..

Now THAT is interesting.....

Apple could make iPhones in US in future: sources

Key Apple assembler Hon Hai Precision Industry, also known as Foxconn Technology Group, has been studying the possibility of moving iPhone production to the U.S., sources told the Nikkei Asian Review.
http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/AC/Apple-could-make-iPhones-in-US-in-future-sources

So, let's change that "THOSE JOBS AIN'T COMING BACK" meme to "THOSE JOBS JUST MIGHT COME BACK" meme....

:D

Of course it does..

This is the first time in our lifetimes that we have a President Elect that doesn't owe anyone (relatively speaking) but the American people...

Like I commented frequently, take away Trump's '-R' and he is a Democrat's wet dream of a candidate that the Left CLAIMED they wanted... :D

Of course folks like Haley and Sessions are from safely red states, and Scott's Lieutenant Governor can fill the rest of his term, but eventually Trump's team will have to look at folks whose seats aren't quite as safe - they have over 4,000 appointments to make - and we might have some interesting special elections in our future.

Oddly, the fact that Trump had so few donors (compared to a Bush or Cruz, for instance) to his campaign could actually work against him, as some particular plums - Ambassadorships for instance (though I deplore the practice) - are usually reserved for them.

Not that I'm worried. So far, Trump's ad-hoc idiocracy is struggling though what should be the easy picks. Rough starts for new administrations are not uncommon, but this one feels quantitatively different: more like a reality show, less like an episode of the A-Team.

And for the Democratic Party, the hits just keep on coming...

It's passed time for the Democratic Party to face reality...

The old way of doing things is simply NOT going to work... The American people have passed by the Democratic Party...

It's time to be AMERICANS first and Democrats second....

I can't make it any simpler than that...

http://theworleys.net/temp/trumpets.jpg

:D

But consider this...

Given all the Trump gloom and doom and fear-mongering that came from the Left in the run-up to the election, it's a safe bet that, as long as Trump doesn't start WWIII, his 1st term is going to be treated as a smashing success...

It's the Mandate Theorem all over again...

MY advice would be for California, nay any state looking to advance to a leadership role, to keep their powder dry for a year or so...

"Never make a decision until it's absolutely necessary to do so"
-Captain James T Kirk

See how a Trump administration shakes out.. No sense in putting your best guy or girl out their early, only to see them get creme'ed by an actually decent Trump Administration...

Just my thoughts...

Considering the last two people to hold it??

Is it any wonder??

It's a big problem for Dems but it will never be fixed until they recognize that it is one of their problems and the reason they can so easily be beaten in midterms - no national coordination, no sense of unity.

Spot on....

Sorry.. I ran your answers in with Kick's yesterday.. Apologies..

In fact, all the economic experts at Daily Kos and in the media are ALL predicting an economic boom because Dodd-Frank will be fully repealed,

Yes, they are... *NOW*... Prior to Trump's ascension they were predicting economic collapse and a new Dark Ages... :D

What others do you think they might add or repeal?

I think that, on the first day, President Trump should sign an executive order that repeals anything and everything that Obama has put into place that CAN be repealed by Executive Order..

Then we can go back over them and single out the ones, the very few that actually are good for this country and re-implement...

When the republics own 70 senate seats, 400+ House seats and three quarters of the states in the 116th congress, they will be able to hold a constitutional convention to repeal and add amendments as they wish. I fully expect them to pass the following: all senate and house seats will henceforth be elected by state legislatures and the president elected by congress.

I read somewhere that, government wise and taking into account state governments, The Republican Party is stronger than it has ever been since 1900....

While that's not quite the Republican Juggarnaut you are envisioning, the Democratic Party has a tough slough ahead...

I even corrected the spelling errors :D

But let me see if I understand.. You are predicting that the economy will do GREAT under President Trump and that the GOP will avoid the Mid-Term Curse (MDC patent pending) :D in 2018???

I was going to make a joke, but recent seismic activity indicates that this could happen sooner rather than later...

Need to get in touch with my real estate agent out west, Lex Luthor, and see what might be available..

OK, OK.. Couldn't resist a LITTLE joke.. :D

There’s nothing anyone has to do to earn it; they don’t even need to be elected. It’s just handed out to anyone as a way of virtual bolding whatever position it is they hold, a mere means of underlining emphasis to give a sense of gravitas to whatever they're saying this week.

This inevitably dilutes the meaning of “leader” to a shorthand form of “one whose positions/statements I agree with”.

But it devalues and sidelines those who were elected into leadership roles over bits of the party and this necessarily impacts on the optics of the whole party.

The Dems now appear to have a plethora of leaders — rather like too many cooks in the adage about spoiling the broth — but no actual party leader so it is wandering directionless in the wilderness, the scene of an internecine civil war with a hundred small battles and not a single general in sight.

Since the election, both Elizabeth Warren and Independent Bernie Sanders have had the mantle of Dem “leader” conferred on them. I think they may well end up in the forefront of the party because nobody else wants to be there. However, neither will be elected leaders. They will just become de facto leaders, the voices of the party by default. (Given how desperately the party needs a leader, this is better than nothing, a whole lot better perhaps).

I find it incongruous that any party, major or minor, has no clear, elected leadership. The minority leaders in the chambers of congress are leaders only of their caucuses, not the whole party.

The party as a national organization doesn't have a leadership structure. Not even the DNC chair is considered worthy of more than a part-time person, using the job as a top-up salary - and the position is not held in high esteem anyway. Their chairperson is more like a casual shop steward who meets with members twice a year. The position has no gravitas attached to it.

It's a big problem for Dems but it will never be fixed until they recognize that it is one of their problems and the reason they can so easily be beaten in midterms - no national coordination, no sense of unity.

Michale -

The Left Wingery was claiming a new Dark Ages with stocks falling to ZERO and hell on earth if Trump won...

Howz THAT going??

In fact, all the economic experts at Daily Kos and in the media are ALL predicting an economic boom because Dodd-Frank will be fully repealed, all industrial and corporate regulations will be eliminated when the EPA is shut down, and the minimum wage will be abolished.

In a boom economy, the party in power wins. Therefore I'm predicting massive wins for republics in the 2018 midterms regardless of anything else they do. People will only see the economic boom.

When the republics own 70 senate seats, 400+ House seats and three quarters of the states in the 116th congress, they will be able to hold a constitutional convention to repeal and add amendments as they wish. I fully expect them to pass the following: all senate and house seats will henceforth be elected by state legislatures and the president elected by congress.

What others do you think they might add or repeal?

Yeah, with Cory Booker, there's that whole "ran into a burning building" hero thing, but I just don't trust him to stand up to Wall St., personally...

Maybe it's just me...

The Castro twins, now, they're pretty impressive...

:-)

-CW

If it's one or the other, I think fresh blood:
Tulsi Gabbard
Cory Booker -- Future president, IMO
Julian Castro
Joe Kennedy
Kamala Harris
Gavin Newsom