I mean, do they trust Trump?

You're making a good argument for why we absolutely do need some clarifying statutes to avoid the Trump stench from happening again. I would say you could start with expanding the legal definition of "war" to include cyberwarfare. I have others, but that'll do for starters. :)

There isn’t a Biden’s Rule — it was just something the Republicans coined in their attempts to justify not allowing a hearing for Obama’s nominee.

Exactly!

I think Democrats need to start citing the McConnell Rule — if McConnell’s jowls are flopping, the bullshit is flowing!

Yes, exactly this, Russ. The McConnell Rule and the Cruz Rule... roll tape! :)

Could it be that some people are just not ready to go all out in battle with the death cult before RBG's funeral has even taken place?

You're right, of course. Also, as you've pointed out: The "Biden rule" doesn't exist. It's right-wing drivel and spew... part and parcel of their rank hypocrisy.

Don't sweat the SCOTUS, y'all. It seems the new "Moscow Mitch McConnell Rule" is that only the Party who holds the Senate may appoint Supreme Court Justices.

If you will recall, Ted Cruz stated in 2016 that if HRC became POTUS, the GOP would block all of her SCOTUS picks... the "Cruz Rule."

I have a point in there about the "Biden Rule" not existing any more than the "McConnell Rule" or the "Cruz Rule." Whenever the Democrats win back the Senate, they will be free to write the Senate rules, and I have conveniently already written the McConnell Rule and Cruz Rule for them to spew on cue.

When Democrats regain the Senate, they will make the rules, and I would definitely be for expanding the makeup of the Senate to more resemble the electorate. Washington, DC has been taxed without representation for far too long, and I believe Puerto Rico would love statehood if it was offered.

So to recap: A lot of this shit can be fixed via some Senate rule changes and legislation. For instance, legislation that killed the individual mandate has brought us the lawsuit to invalidate the ACA... so legislation that reinstates the individual mandate makes the issue moot in any court.

The pendulum always swings back. Big picture. :)

Good picks on the music. I was there Sunday, listening while I worked to flip Texas. The opera from EM took awhile, and then I found myself way behind.

Russ
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This song has become more and more relevant in the last few weeks...and I was so thrilled that Pentatonix has finally covered it! Here is Mad World:

https://smarturl.it/MADWORLDptx

Pentatonix! I love them. They are from Arlington, Texas.

Anybody ever noticed the plethora of great musical talent of all genres that was born and bred in Texas!? ;)

Last night at his death cult rally, in addition to threatening to sign an executive order making Big Money Joe ineligible to be president, the Biggest Orange Loser told the zombies that “If I lose to him, I don’t know what I’m going to do”.

Then he upped the ante by saying “I will never speak to you again, you’ll never see me”. Now if that isn’t a winning Biden ad, I don’t know what is.

Biden endorsed it:

https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1307491919384260609

Yes, sir... exactly this.

Plus one more of my own - Get help from a mental health professional.

It's good solid advice. He clearly thinks he's clairvoyant and knows what everyone is doing, thinking, and believes while at the same time claiming that no one knows what he's done when we've heard 5+ years of his bullshit mountain and seen his pathetic website.

I think Democrats, should they ever regain the Senate should change that confirmation vote requirement back to two-thirds.

And here I thought you were a fan of Joe Biden. So why bother to regain the Senate only to neuter yourself?

I will be charitable now and not type what I'm thinking. :)

Nonsense.

I have done the same and more than many.

Death Harris yet again makes the nonsensical and asinine claim that he knows what others have done and that he's done "the same and more."

What back breaking work haven't I done? You have no idea what I have or haven't done.

Then he follows up that ignorance by informing another commenter that they "have no idea" what he has done.

Y'all got that? *laughs*

This is exactly why no one here need ever take this clown seriously.

Why does it have to require back breaking work to have a legitimate idea discussed and entered into the public discourse?

"Your idea" that isn't really your idea has already been entered into the public discourse via your shitty excuse for a website that contains disinformation to the voting public, which is an actionable felony in multiple jurisdictions. Your website is living proof to everyone with eyesight that you aren't doing any "back breaking work" to further your idea that isn't really your idea.

An idea from a citizen is all that should be required. The lack of back breaking work false claim is just another excuse for you have no legitimate reason why this idea should not be discussed and entered into the public discourse.

Your shit has been discussed ad nauseam on this website, and your own website is full of outdated and incorrect information. You've been mooching off this website for 5+ years and have nothing to show for it except the same stale bullshit mountain, and now you're whining that having an idea is all that should be required. *laughs* And to top it off, you're taking issue with someone claiming you haven't "put in the work" by claiming having an idea is all that is required. *laughs*

But apparently ideas that expose the deception that you want to believe in do not deserve to be discussed.

Allow yourself to accept the "idea" that you have no idea what everyone "wants to believe." It's an asinine argument that you keep making over and over ad nauseam while claiming to know what everyone else believes.

So to recap: You genuinely suck at this. I believe it is your lack of basic reasoning skills. Claiming constantly to know what everyone else is doing and thinking and believes while claiming that no one knows the amount of work you've done while whining that having an idea is all you need... *laughs*

Your repetitive rhetoric and ignorance keeps betraying you. Full stop.

That is the bottom line-- you do not want to face reality.

Said the moron still flogging the corpse of the dead horse. *laughs*

Yea, verily,it's tempting to write anti-Trump-ish legislation but I think it's probably unnecessary.

I agree, but I’ve been pushing for thorough back ground checks for all political candidates well before Trump! The fact that we hold the person scrubbing Trump’s toilets to a tougher standard for employment than we do for the most powerful job in this country is just batshit crazy!!!

https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4586615/senator-joseph-biden-supreme-court-nominations

Could it be that some people are just not ready to go all out in battle with the death cult before RBG's funeral has even taken place?

What do you take me for?

A simple two minute answer given in the spirit of bipartisanship would have sufficed. And, RBG would have agreed.

Rejecting Big Money in politics has nothing to do with the donations that the politicians’ campaigns are legally allowed to accept — those are pennies compared to the actual Big Money amounts that get pumped into PACs. You have failed to offer even a single case that demonstrates a politician having been corrupted by legal campaign donations of ANY size. Illegal campaign donations??? Sure, there are plenty examples of politicians giving in to corruption, but you cannot name a single politician actually being “bought” and corrupted by legal campaign donations.

But then again, you tell the world that you have no actual experience or education in these matters, so you not knowing what you are talking about should not surprise anyone!

you got that half right. let's do background checks for pie.

Do Evangelicals realize that Trump can pull that nominee if he loses the reelection, in effect, to punish them?

Yea, verily,it's tempting to write anti-Trump-ish legislation but I think it's probably unnecessary. Trump has likely ruined it for other unqualified people -- Exhibit A: Oprah.

(thinking)

Exhibit B: Sean Hannity

However I do believe that 10 years Federal and State tax returns should be law.

I think this should be a massive wake up call for Democrats — they can no longer afford to hesitate when it comes to punishing wrong doers. If Dems take both houses and the White House, it will be time to overhaul the government to their liking in order to make the changes we need to recover as a nation. We can no longer rely on public pressure and social norms to assure that those we elect will do what is best for this country... the rules must be written into law that come with clear punishments for those who choose to break the rules.

I still think we must require that every candidate must pass the same background check that the maids working in the White House have to pass in order to run for office. Trump would never have been on the ballot and we would not be suffering the way we are had that been required for him to be on the ballots.

There isn’t a Biden’s Rule — it was just something the Republicans coined in their attempts to justify not allowing a hearing for Obama’s nominee. I think Democrats need to start citing the McConnell Rule — if McConnell’s jowls are flopping, the bullshit is flowing!

Could it be that some people are just not ready to go all out in battle with the death cult before RBG's funeral has even taken place?

That possibility is a charitable explanation, I know. On the other hand, parsing words for news junkies doesn't seem all that useful. Did he at least say "no"? As far as I'm concerned, that question doesn't need a longer answer than that.

Joan Ruth "Kiki" Bader Ginsburg... one of the most ferocious "kicks" on the planet. We will miss her. :)

That Susan Collins statement is classic Collins. She has not promised anything.

Based on the way Garland was treated, her statement is entirely reasonable, but it just another example of her treating her constituents like suckers. She might as well have said that the world should be nice place where everybody gets along. She said the weasel word "should" twice. Nowhere did she say what she would or would not do.

Here's what she left out: "but if Mitch McConnell forces a vote before inauguration day, I'll do what I always do."

Sigh.

:-(

This morning on CNN, Biden's number one guy, Senator Coons, was asked about the Biden rule and whether Republicans were correct in citing it as an argument to prove their case in moving forward on a Trump nomination to replace Justice Ginsburg's seat.

Would anyone like to guess how he answered?

He said the Biden rule was a stray comment.

What did he say!? A. Stray. Comment!!!??? And, then moved with light speed on to something else.

Coons couldn't take two lousy minutes to explain, number one, what the Biden rule is and, number two, how Republicans have done what they always do - use a Democratic strength against Democrats and democracy, misinterpret, mislead and mangle the truth just before they outright lie about it.

Un-freakin-believable!

Good luck to us all! And, if we're betting on luck we may as well go home now and concede it all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYreEXVa9ss

G'nite, all!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdU_otNPl8M

Spaceship Superstaaaaaarrrr was their first hit, coming after Ron Tabak entered the picture and made the band complete with his brilliant lead vocals. His birthday is coming up on September 25; he would have been 67 years old and the band would still be going strong, I like to think, some 40 years later.

I also like to believe that he's helping to make the stars shine just a little brighter and enjoying being part of the great rock band in the sky. This one's for you, Ron ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj8OE1jXnIM

This is the, ah, long version of (I just) Died in Your Arms by Cutting Crew,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7VgstsVS44

I want to know what love is!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zIkQuqc0EQ

So, here is a very fun version of Hotel California, ahem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kIJEUUH40Q

Why does it have to require back breaking work to have a legitimate idea discussed and entered into the public discourse?

Dude you've entered OD into public discourse repeatedly at least here and haven't interested anyone. Full stop.

That's all the feedback that OD apparently merits.

Or, how would you like to get slapped up the side of your head?

Trump nominates Merrick Garland.

https://youtu.be/x7xPIyePmNk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hF-P1RJyhk&list=RDLRP8d7hhpoQ&index=4

https://youtu.be/LRP8d7hhpoQ?list=RDLRP8d7hhpoQ

And, ya know, music really is the best tonic for all that is wrong with our world.

Coming up later, an other worldly tune and little tribute...

That was very, very nice - don't think I've ever heard of Pentatonix ... unless you've posted on another Sunday night before ...

Hello!

This is little ditty from, you guessed it, PRiSM, and I'm sending it out just for you, to help cheer you up a bit...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHZQ054xMqM

https://smarturl.it/MADWORLDptx

https://youtu.be/7-9wXQpzESo

https://youtu.be/5wCUlPNlQuA

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

It's the Eagles! Take it easy ...

https://youtu.be/t1sYjDc8i4I

Hey, John, here ya go ...

Yes that's the one. A little too depressing. Got me thinking about the loss of RBG.

How about something as little more positive affirming?

https://youtu.be/i9SCe7fG0_U

Or do you have trouble with You Tube in general?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG9otasNmxI

"That video is unavailable in my country - you got another one?"

The only link I seem able to find is the You Tube one at the moment. Anyway, the song is called "Seasons in the Sun." Nirvana also did a version of it, which seems to be almost all that I can find online, though the song was a worldwide hit for Canadian singer Terry Jacks back in 1974. How about that Elizabeth!

"That made me sad. My dog Cooper died during the pandemic."

Whenever I think of sad songs, I think of this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tPcc1ftj8E

"You need to re-read that Collins statement. She hasn't promised anything."

Actually she has. Here is the pertinent part of the official statement that she released: "Given the proximity of the presidential election, however, I do not believe that the Senate should vote on the nominee prior to the election. In fairness to the American people, who will either be re-electing the President or selecting a new one, the decision on a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court should be made by the President who is elected on November 3rd.”

Well, if you like the Cooper Brothers - and I think you will - you can listen and think of Cooper ...

Neat! :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BS6Xk56-D8

One night in a bar in Louisville, we had some fun

We walked through a graveyard park, left the flowers alone

The places mentioned are within easy walking distance from my home although the bar is no longer there and the graveyard is untended.

The Cooper Brothers, active in the 70s and 80s, are a southern rock band from Ottawa.

Just recently, though, one of the brothers posted a quarantine song ...

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

And, it's official ... love, love, love the Jayhawks! Listening now to a bunch of their songs from the Sweet Relief benefit.

Frying Pan by Evan Dando

Crazy Mary by Pearl Jam

Not sure if La Boheme was her favourite opera but, here it is in it's entirety!

https://youtu.be/sc0ixsN3irU

Sister Cry

Lights

BTW – Hollywood Town Hall is an amazingly awesome album from start to finish.

https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/styxs-tommy-shaw-performs-fooling-yourself-with-contemporary-youth-orchestra/

I'll start by making note of a fundraiser that was held this past Friday night featuring a variety of artists performing in support of Crew Nation. The live music we all used to enjoy - and will again - would not be possible without the dedicated crew workers. They've been out of crew work for a long while now and it looks like it'll be a long while yet before they get back to work. It looks like my Styx concert rescheduled from March to next month will be a no-go, again. :(

Anyway, you can see the show now as it will be streaming for some time yet here ...

http://www.sixstringsalute.com

I'll start by making note of the fundraiser held just this past Friday in support of Crew Nation. This show included a variety of artists performing in support of all of the crew workers who make live music performances possible. They have been out of crew work for a long while now and it looks like it'll be a long while yet before we can all enjoy live music in a concert setting. It seems my Styx concert next month will be a no-go. :(

Anyway, here is the link to see the show ...
http://www.sixstringsalute.com - there is no charge but donations are being accepted!

And, here is one of the performances - Styx's Tommy Shaw with the Contemporary Youth Orchestra ...

https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/styxs-tommy-shaw-performs-fooling-yourself-with-contemporary-youth-orchestra/

Enjoy!

Other than that, the choice will probably be very conservative, with anti-abortion views, and approved and on the list of the conservative Federalist Society.

Naturally.

You need to re-read that Collins statement. She hasn't promised anything.

Ya beat me to it! You know that Barr has told him that he can do ANYTHING that he wants as President.

"The only way to stop McConnell is to get Collins, Grassley, and Romney to join Murkowski. That's a long shot."

Actually both Murkowski and Collins are both now publically on record as letting the next President decide. Now if we can only get the other two to join as well.

"I think the current president should nominate someone to replace the irreplaceable RBG if he chooses a consensus nominee and consults with Democratic leadership on the choice."

Trump has said that his Supreme Court pick to replace R.B.G. is going to be a woman.

Other than that, the choice will probably be very conservative, with anti-abortion views, and approved and on the list of the conservative Federalist Society.

Then he upped the ante by saying “I will never speak to you again, you’ll never see me”. Now if that isn’t a winning Biden ad, I don’t know what is.

Ginsburg is expected to lie in repose at the Supreme Court

Trump is just expected to lie.

"What back breaking work haven't I done? You have no idea what I have or haven't done."

You're right, LM and the rest of us don't know what you have or haven't done because you haven't bothered to tell us. That's one of the facts you should include in a proper resume, which you have never given us. You don't even seem to have a website these days.

Your plan reduces to a single sentence: Don't vote for any candidate that accepts campaign contributions greater than $200. That's it-and "it" doesn't seem very back breaking to me. Trolling isn't especially backbreaking, and that's the only type of "work" the CW community has evidence of.

I'm throw some of your favorite "catch phrases" back at you.

Wake up!

Get Real!

Plus one more of my own - Get help from a mental health professional.

What led to the Senate voting to make a mere simple majority all it takes to confirm a Supreme court justice? My memory seems to be getting worse, especially the long-term memory. I remember there being a big debate about the nuclear option but that's about it ... I seem to remember that Democrats dug their own grave on this ...

I think Democrats, should they ever regain the Senate should change that confirmation vote requirement back to two-thirds.

If the congress passed such a law, I believe that the supremes would invalidate it.

But, in it's time, the Biden rule was a very fine idea that promoted bipartisanship. I know, I know ... just how quaint can I possibly be.

In any event, do you think it is time now for some sort of law that would dictate when future high court nominations could not take place? For instance, what about a law that would prohibit these nominations after a presidential candidate has been officially nominated at a nominating convention, assuming that the US Congress will ever be capable of passing such a law?

Agreed. Wholeheartedly.

There's probably something to that, but she would hardly be alone on that court in that selfishness.

I thought it might be a subject for discussion, official senate rule or no.

I suppose I have no objection to it as a concept, but the days when something like that might be workable are over now that the GOP has completely devolved into a win-at-any-cost hate group / death cult. I don't expect that to change in the foreseeable future.

Says the man who continues to spew his horseshit desire to be known for thinking up a game-changing political movement without actually coming up with one! Trolling is you returning daily to this site pushing your brain fart of a scheme on an audience that has made it abundantly clear that it is not interested in what you are pushing! Yet, here you are day after day, week after week...keep on trolling!

Well, I though it might be a subject for discussion, official senate rule or no.

Are you one of those people who think she should have retired after her first bout with cancer when there was a Democratic president and that she was selfish for not doing so?

When you quoted me, above, saying the choice should be left to voters and the next president, whomever that will be. This is the so-called 'Biden rule'.

You didn't quote enough of my comment about the 'Biden rule.' In fact, you left out the most important part that is the Biden rule. What you quoted me saying is most decidedly NOT the 'Biden rule'.

Only three are needed if Kelly replaces McSally in the lame duck session. Still a long shot.