I would have said trump as well but he doesn't take notes and only writes with a sharpie.

"The group decided they needed to increase their numbers and encouraged each other to talk to their neighbors and spread their message." - Detroit News

Now that's what I call trade craft!

October 8: Six dipshits arrested in a militia plot to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan... foiled by the FBI. More arrests coming.

Moral of the Story:You never know when that militia buddy of yours is a badass undercover FBI agent just doing their job to protect the people.

If that's you as a wee small child, you must have been REALLY fun in middle school.

or junior high, intermediate school, whatever they called it at that point.

They called it junior high then, and you're right; I was "REALLY fun."

For example, when I was in 6th grade, a bunch of my classmates came running to find me to inform that the class bully was threatening to harm my twin. So I did what anyone would do under the circumstances. I picked the bully up off the ground by the neck and tossed it into the wall conveniently located approximately 6 feet directly behind it. Good times. :)

Forget OD and stick with the funny stuff.

I see no downside in this. If candidates want exposure, they can pay for commercials, pay for rallies or arrange interviews with journalists (who may or may not be paid under the table).

The drive up ballot box is on an obscure street off a one-way street in a grid of one way streets. Best to catch it on the first pass. Do not attempt during rush hrs!!!

The drop box is impressive looking. Think Brinks Truck w/o wheels. There is a marked parking area that can hold about 3 cars - any more and the road is likely to get clogged. At that point I would hope they send out a deputy to direct traffic. The BOA website says there is a TV camera monitoring the box - but I couldn't see it... it's probably small and out of the way.

There is another drop box located within the County Government building, but you have to park in an adjacent garage (free chit for voters) or on the street if you can find an open spot and have spare change to feed the meter. That is a real pain in the butt...so drop your absentee ballot off as early as practical.

You can see it here.

If that's you as a wee small child, you must have been REALLY fun in middle school.

Heh. I do like the way you think, JFC.

God is love.

When I was a wee small child, my Sunday school teacher asked each of us in her class to explain what that statement "God is love" meant, and when it was my turn, I responded to her in all seriousness:

"It means whoever said that didn't read the Old Testament."

She tried to send me to the corner, but I explained to her how she wasn't God but a mere sinner with no actual power to order me to stand there, and I then promptly delivered myself from her classroom of evil. :)

Spiritual explanations are just not tolerated in our great nation. Preachers and righteous politicians have been intimidated by the Secular Socialist Machine.

Pat Robertson suggested a supernatural explanation for the earthquake in Haiti, but many accept natural explanations for the earthquake and
believe that God had nothing to do it. Aside from Robertson, Christian leaders shied away from declaring Hurricane Katrina a manifestation of God’s wrath, but it is interesting to note that New Orleans has a noticeable voodoo presence.

These leaders are concerned that if they even suggest that a plague is God’s judgment that the world will find fault with God rather than place the blame on sinners for provoking God’s wrath.

Many refuse to believe the Word of Our Lord because believing requires sinners to forsake their sins. The last thing the sinner wants to do is give up his sins because he loves sin and hates righteousness. If we are going to be successful in turning America around, we must do just the opposite. We must love righteousness and hate sinners.

This generation knows not the fear of the Lord, hence there is little concern for the souls of the lost.

God is love.

I'm frankly surprised that you can get away with the phrase "Angry black woman" in this age of rampant PC.

Did you just crawl out from under a rock, Stucki? A member of the Grab Our P Party prattling on about "this age of rampant PC." *laughs*

Surely, you guys should have banished the word 'black' by now in favor of 'Angry dark-complexioned woman'.

Mountain man never heard of "Black Lives Matter"? You should get out more, Stucki. Seriously. :)

Your team must be falling down on the job.

I'm frankly surprised that you can get away with the phrase "Angry black woman" in this age of rampant PC.

Surely, you guys should have banished the word 'black' by now in favor of 'Angry dark-complexioned woman'.

Your team must be falling down on the job.

God believes it's important for the righteous to judge the wicked.

Heh.

I think this was a blessing from God that I caught it.

~ Donald Trump regarding COVID-19

*
Question: When one goes from referring to COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 as "the plague from China" to declaring it "a blessing from God," would we call that:

A. an epiphany
B. a revelation
C. con artistry
D. dumbfuckery
E. AOTA

If Poor Donald had an iota of an idea whatsoever regarding the contents of that Bible he hoisted upside down like a prop during that orchestrated photo op wherein the peaceful protesters were beaten up and teargassed, he wouldn't be so hysterically and visibly confused about the meaning of "blessing" and what it represents when God smites you with pestilence and flies and sends the guy who stutters to part the Red Sea.

It's called the Exodus, Donald; pack your shit.

One of the best fly songs ever!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX9Gx4j4Lio

https://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-songs-with-fly-in-the-title/ranker-music

My favorite (Canuck muzik, which I sincerely hope applies to Trump very soon now):

Fly by night, away from here
Change my life again
Fly by night, goodbye my dear
My ship isn't coming and I just can't pretend

:-)

-CW

I haven't received your request. I know there is more than one Elizabeth Miller even in my own city!

You can already buy a "Truth over Flies" Biden/Harris 2020 Flyswatter at Biden's online store...

Sold Out... they flew off the shelves. ;)

At least I think it was to the one true Elizabeth Miller

Yeah, I was a regular over at the HuffPost until they forced commenters to have a facebook account if we wanted to continue commenting. It took a while but, I finally succumbed and got a FB account, only to have it work very badly and then I deleted it. That was years ago. Now, I just recently got another FB account but, only to chat with some of my most favourite people on the planet. I don't even think of HuffPost anymore - I have found other ways to stay in touch with my favourite political analysts - here and via email.

Agreed. Us Fellow Travelers are going to take over the Party, anyways.

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Dunno. As Rachel Maddow would say, "I have the interwebs machine but not the television machine."

I read this article on HuffPo back when HuffPo was a serious politics website.

You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts.

One of the networks caught this too... ABC, maybe?

-CW

Personally, my view is we can all debate these points later... like on Jan. 21st next year, right after the Inauguration. Until then, I'm pretty focused on one thing, if you know what I mean.

-CW

You had darn well better start using it!!!!

Groovy! Now I can properly credit it if I start to use it. Always try to give credit where it is due, especially for a fellow ex-HuffPoster. Thanks!

Although I do admit I was too tired to look up who came up with the "you don't get to make up your own facts" line. I know it's at least 40-50 years old...

-CW

You should read David Fiderer's piece that I linked to above.

I'm thinking SNL might just want to get Jeff Goldblum to do a cameo this week... heh...

:-)

Sorry, I'll BUZZ OFF now...

-CW

If a certain treasury secretary named Geithner could take this fight to the Republicans, then Biden-Harris should be able to do it, too.

Democratic policies on the whole have been far more pro-growth than any Republican policy. There are decades of proof of this.

Elizabeth wrote,

Firstly, Harris proved once again that Democrats still don't know how to stand up for Democratic pro-growth and tax policies or to fight against the Republican cult of economic failure, a brilliant phrase coined by David Fiderer and which should be repeated at every given opportunity. Ahem.

You see, that's what bothers us Bernie Bros & Warrenistas. We're afraid that Establishment Dems don't want to undo Reaganism®, that they'll let us battle over social issues whilst the well to do in both Parties laugh all the way to the bank. Greed isn't just a Repug thing -- they're just more open about it.

Found the link for you:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-bush-tax-cuts-and-the_b_781419

Now, I do realize that Harris has the threat of the "angry Black woman" label looming over her. No African-American candidate of either sex wants to have the word "angry" attached to him or her. But when it came to standing up for the truth and standing up for herself, I felt that Harris still could have been a wee bit more forceful at times. Or maybe not "forceful," but certainly more specific. Harris let all kinds of wild claims by Pence just drift by unchallenged, every one of which was really a lost opportunity.

I listened to some of The Young Turk's commentary and they eviscerated Kamala's lack of ooomph. I suspect Kamala simply wanted to "do no harm" to the Democratic cause and that's why she was so reticent to battle.

"I can guarantee you that if Joe Biden wins the presidency, you and your classmates will never again be shocked or embarrassed by a presidential tweet. I promise you that Joe Biden will make schoolchildren proud of their president once again, instead of watching helplessly while he makes the most vicious attacks on everyone who doesn't personally worship him. That sort of thing will never happen under Joe Biden's leadership, because Joe is a decent human being. So that's your answer -- if we win, the personal mudslinging will end. If Donald Trump is re-elected, then the country's got four more years of it to look forward to."

It truly was a pablum, silly last question. Especially since Doormat moderator skipped one of the 10 topics. Your response would have been a ball hit over the bleachers and still, er, flying.

Execllent points, both of them.

I like that phrase "cult of economic failure." Got a link for it's origin? I may have to start using that...

-CW

I missed the fly, personally. But I do have it on tape...

Heh.

Can't wait for SNL this week...

:-)

-CW

Secondly, Harris failed to counter the Pence myth that Trump saved lives with his Covid travel bans. The air travel restrictions that Trump imposed did more harm than good for two reasons. Number one, they were as porous as Hell and, number two, they gave him and therefore the country a false sense of security and the crazy idea that nothing else needed to be done.