You know your myths. "Careful Icaras" (said in a posh British accent) became a catchphrase on the Late Late Show during the Craig Fergusson era. I know CW is a fan, and I figured he could use a laugh.

When the time comes that you can deal with things, you may have to deal with some good old fashioned American criticism, but that is all.

Oh, I don't think so, Don. CW has proven unequivocally and beyond doubt that you are infinitely easy for him to ignore... and rightly and impressively so. I wish I possessed CW's talent in that department, but alas I display Don Harris level ability regarding the "ignoring of trolls" issues. I also suck at my inability not to corrupt politicians since I've given way too many of them 201+ dollars. I just can't help myself.

I used to be Snow White, but I drifted. ~ Mae West

Donny Dingleberry just pissed off millions of teachers by declaring them, essential workers...

Bob love him.

LL&P

I'm so sorry about your friends. Please don't give a second thought to the small stuff, and keep yourself and friends and family safe first and foremost.

Sending you all our best wishes as always. :)

Careful Icarus.

Heh. Now ain't that the gods' truth!? Daedalus warned him how to use his clever invention, did he not? :)

Not a very good and decent person after all when you consider all the people that have died, are dying now and will die from covid and even more from other reasons that can be attributed to the Deathocrats selling out to the big money interests.

I blame Don Harris and his rank inability to sell his idea. Don Harris has had years and years to do so and has thus far failed miserably in that quest. If Don was a "good and decent person," he obviously would have saved America already and it would have been renamed "Utopia" by now. Perhaps if Don Harris had pursued higher education, we wouldn't now be sitting in this quagmire where politicians are allowed to accept 201 or more dollars which immediately renders them automatically indecent people by the standards of Don Harris.

Shame on you, Death Harris!

So to recap: Don Harris logic being applied directly to Don Harris. You're welcome. :)

I hope your assessment of "safe as of now" still applies. Troll suppression can wait.

IMHO his best oration EVER!

I agree. Long time in coming too.

While I think Kamala did a great job, I almost felt sorry for her having the follow on after the Obama speech, she did a great job of not coming out of the "chute" hot.

Obama was scheduled to speak last, but he wanted it to be Kamala's night and to give her the final speaking slot and pass the torch. I think Vice-President Biden himself should be given credit for his bridge building toward the future.

Now, everyone go pop some popcorn and get ready to watch, little fucker carlson and his brother hammity have an a spasm of white grievance and fear.

Heh. So true.

Sorry folks, that pesky f key is right next to the t key and the same goes for the m key being right next to the n key.

Well, I just repeated it, and I apologize for that slip too. Probably. Nope... not even a scintilla. :)

This... these! All of them.

I'm just saying that I see we are "on the same page"... literally hovering around the same sentence on the same page.

74 DAYS * 07 HOURS * 14 MINUTES

But only a few weeks until we light this "voting season" candle! :)

Yep. Absolutely... 100%. I wish there was more time for a whole bunch of them, and that includes AOC and Julian Castro. So this 2020 convention is going to one for the ages. I'd say under the circumstances, it could have been a whole lot worse.

I think the pandemic has changed America forever in ways we're beginning to realize as time goes on. I think it's also done the same thing for political conventions. I expect when things get back to "normal," (whatever constitutes "normal"), we're going to find that the Party conventions have been changed forever also, and it wouldn't surprise me in the least if the way we vote has been forever altered by 2020.

They say "hindsight is 20/20," and in the future they'll look back on 2020 with 20/20 hindsight as one for the ages. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: We are living history. :)

Why were the three other members of "the Squad" put in the corner? It's not like all four of them have spent less than 2 years in Congress, is it? I mean, they weren't all just sworn into Congress last year, were they? Oh, were they?

Let's remember that this convention is unconventional. The networks had already announced that time would be limited. As such, everything has to fit into an unheard of window as conventions go. Seventeen Democrats delivered the keynote address, all of them under the age of 50. I think the Party is doing its level best with the time it's been given.

But last night it became even more obvious that the establishment Democrats really didn't want her to speak at all...

If Bernie Sanders had won the nomination, the DNC would still be putting on a similar limited show, but I would wager that Bernie would have had more say in what he wanted included and would likely have given AOC maybe a 5 or 10-minute window. I wonder if the "establishment Democrats" would have spent a lot of time whining about the far lefty "Socialists Democrats" who didn't give the "establishment wing" much time at all? How much time do you think they'd have given Kamala Harris? Probably none or maybe 1 minute.

The "establishment Democrats" gave a 2-term former President of the United States 4 minutes and 50 seconds. How much time do you think the Democratic Socialists would have given Bill Clinton? How much time would the Democratic Socialists have given Barack Obama? Or any of the quote "establishment Democrats"? About 5 minutes? Maybe zero. If roles were reversed during that awesome state roll call, how much time would Joe Biden be given if Bernie had won? I'm guessing maybe 5 minutes.

Last question: How ridiculous would the "establishment Democrats" sound for whining that their former Presidents and Vice Presidents were given between zero and a few minutes' time when "black Americans" and centrists and seniors who are reliable voters for the Democratic Party weren't given enough time by the "Socialist Democrats"?

We're likely going to find out in the future. When the time arrives that the "establishment Democrats" are whining about their allotted convention minutes by the "Socialist Democrats," I cannot wait to find out if you think that the up-and-coming first-term Democratic congressperson that is so exciting to the young centrists should have been given more than a minute to talk when a former 2-term President of the United States was also given less than 5 minutes. I'll definitely be staying tuned for that. :)

Dammit, do I have to deal with some unruly comments right now?

Grrr... I'll try to get to things later. Somewhat preoccupied today (see above)...

-CW

-R

Think back to June 10th 2020: dissolve and harp music

[TWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!!!]

-CW

Remain safe, CW...

Steve Bannon... lol

You can't make this shit up... What brilliant timing is this?

New term... "Inferior Wall"

LL&P

As I write this, something like a third to half of my county is on fire. We had a lightning storm a few days back -- an incredibly rare event in California -- and it sparked off several wildfires, which have been burning and growing ever since. The fire is "zero percent contained" at the moment.

We are personally in a very safe zone, so we are in no danger at all (as of now). The fire is at least 10 miles away from us, and it would have to burn its way through an entire large town/small city before it got to us in any way. So while I have friends who have already evacuated (and possibly have already lost their homes), we are not in such danger yet, and most likely will not be at all.

However, I cannot guarantee that my ISP -- a local small business -- will not be affected in the next 48-72 hours. Or the wires they use to connect to the rest of the world, for that matter. So there is a chance that this site could suddenly go dark at any moment.

This is just to warn everyone of the possibility.

I will update the situation as it changes, but just wanted to give everyone a heads-up.

Stay safe everyone, and thank your local firefighters for the hard work they do.

-CW

Careful Icarus.

The only thing about her speech that I didn't really like to see was what happened immediately after it. When Biden came out and kept his physical distance. I mean the moment was crying out for a hug. And, if Biden and Harris don't share a COVID bubble, along with their spouses, then they really should.

Although, I can imagine the outcry if that were to happen. Sometimes the masking and physical distancing is taken to the extremes. And, as I sit here in a country that has the virus under control, more or less, I see an America where the Democratic nominee for president and his pick for running mate can't embrace because y'all are in such a preventable pickle. :(

Most Americans don't pay much attention to the media that you seem to rely on. Most Americans are quite right to dismiss the media with regard to how they assess Kamala's great speech, among many other things.

Almost doesn't pull you off the hook. It was a good speech, I would say even better than Obama's. She kept smiling with her eyes. She and Biden are going to be a phenomenal team!

Her moment did quite nicely, thank-you very much, your quaint assessments aside. :)

You should have noticed that I said ALMOST.

Kamala gave a great speech, however, her moment will be overshadowed by the content of Obama's speech in the media. Just scan through the big media sites and you will see the big lede is Obama.

She also was not helped by whoever made the decision to put her on what ever the hell that monstrosity of a set was ( I can only assume it is intended for tomorrow with some sort of gimmicky thing).

Given the sharp shift in tone and intensity, combined with the content of her speech I think she would have been much better served delivering from a smaller more intimate setting, like say, the Wilmington University Law Library and having the same ending moment with the Biden's and her husband in that setting.

I think that that small change would have given more weight and media space for HER moment. It's a shame the production team didn't make that leap.

Sorry folks, that pesky f key is right next to the t key and the same goes for the m key being right next to the n key.

Any names that may have been called are purely accidental.

Sorry for the grammar errors as well....

Maybe....

IMHO his best oration EVER! or perhaps it has been the last three plus years of having to listen to a person who acts like a coke fiend with a bad set of dentures speaking. Really, though, I prefer the former over the later.

While I think Kamala did a great job, I almost felt sorry for her having the follow on after the Obama speech, she did a great job of not coming out of the "chute" hot.

Now, everyone go pop some popcorn and get ready to watch, little fucker carlson and his brother hammity have an a spasm of white grievance and fear.

What I can't understand is why this election is so close ... oh, wait. Trump isn't America's biggest problem ...

I would hazard a guess that there is very little in the scheduling or anything else about this convention that Biden hasn't set in motion or approved.

I have a question. Why do Democrats have to work so hard to enthuse younger voters. What on God's green earth is the matter with younger voters? Do they not have a clue!?

She is a newbie, plain and simple, and she doesn't seem to be able to generate much respect for Senator Biden. Those are two pretty good reasons in my book of reasons.

Not sure what that means. Biden and the Kennedys go way back. I think that's why they were there. I enjoyed it.