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if there is one thing jfk could not abide it were snobs oh, and the soviet union. jfk's Presidential platform were almost complete foreign policy focused and he were the hawk compared to the republican doves who were not sufficient responding the red threat. National Defense The new Democratic Administration will recast our military capacity in order to provide forces and weapons of a diversity, balance, and mobility sufficient in quantity and quality to deter both limited and general aggressions. When the Democratic Administration left office in 1953, the United States was the pre-eminent power in the world. Most free nations had confidence in our will and our ability to carry out our commitments to the common defense. Even those who wished us ill respected our power and influence. The Republican Administration has lost that position of pre-eminence. Over the past 7 1/2 years, our military power has steadily declined relative to that of the Russians and the Chinese and their satellites. This is not a partisan election-year charge. It has been persistently made by high officials of the Republican Administration itself. Before Congressional committees they have testified that the Communists will have a dangerous lead in intercontinental missiles through 1963—and that the Republican Administration has no plans to catch up. They have admitted that the Soviet Union leads in the space race—and that they have no plans to catch up. They have also admitted that our conventional military forces, on which we depend for defense in any non-nuclear war, have been dangerously slashed for reasons of "economy"—and that they have no plans to reverse this trend. As a result, our military position today is measured in terms of gaps—missile gap, space gap, limited-war gap. To recover from the errors of the past 7 1/2 years will not be easy. This is the strength that must be erected: 1. Deterrent military power such that the Soviet and Chinese leaders will have no doubt that an attack on the United States would surely be followed by their own destruction. 2. Balanced conventional military forces which will permit a response graded to the intensity of any threats of aggressive force. 3. Continuous modernization of these forces through intensified research and development, including essential programs now slowed down, terminated, suspended, or neglected for lack of budgetary support. A first order of business of a Democratic Administration will be a complete re-examination of the organization of our armed forces. A military organization structure, conceived before the revolution in weapons technology, cannot be suitable for the strategic deterrent, continental defense, limited war, and military alliance requirements of the 1960s. We believe that our armed forces should be organized more nearly on the basis of function, not only to produce greater military strength, but also to eliminate duplication and save substantial sums. We pledge our will, energies, and resources to oppose Communist aggression. Since World War II, it has been clear that our own security must be pursued in concert with that of many other nations. The Democratic Administrations which, in World War II, led in forging a mighty and victorious alliance, took the initiative after the war in creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the greatest peacetime alliance in history. This alliance has made it possible to keep Western Europe and the Atlantic Community secure against Communist pressures. Our present system of alliances was begun in a time of an earlier weapons technology when our ability to retaliate against Communist attack required bases all around the periphery of the Soviet Union. Today, because of our continuing weakness in mobile weapons systems and intercontinental missiles, our defenses still depend in part on bases beyond our borders for planes and shorter-range missiles. If an alliance is to be maintained in vigor, its unity must be reflected in shared purposes. Some of our allies have contributed neither devotion to the cause of freedom nor any real military strength. The new Democratic Administration will review our system of pacts and alliances. We shall continue to adhere to our treaty obligations, including the commitment of the UN Charter to resist aggression. But we shall also seek to shift the emphasis of our cooperation from military aid to economic development, wherever this is possible. national defense is FIRST for the democrats in 1960 and the soviet union and china are the threats being identified. scroll down the platform to see what he has to say 'bout the communist world. *chuckle* jfk as an icon o' the 2020 democratic party is curious and not much o' the adoration is based on history. that said, am thinking jfk would feel extreme confortable hobnobbing with snobs, perhaps on one o' his many yachts or maybe at a martha's vineyard estate, as he planned ways to destroy the evil soviet empire. oh, and 'cause a day can't go by for trump w/o a new dumpster fire conflagration... or two. More Than 1,000 Current and Former CDC Officers Criticize U.S. Covid-19 Response alternative link “The absence of national leadership on Covid-19 is unprecedented and dangerous,” said the letter, signed by current and former officers of the CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service of outbreak investigators. “CDC should be at the forefront of a successful response to this global public health emergency.” also $421 Million in Debt: Trump Calls It ‘a Peanut,’ but Challenges Lie Ahead keep in mind many o' trump's biggest properties, which is endemic losing money which is why he don't pay taxes, is mortgaged to the hilt. in fact, uae has a 100% mortgage on trump's turnberry property. for folks who do not understand how trump could be perpetual under audit and other basic trump tax questions, am recommending the following npr podcast. well worth the 20-minute investment. HA! Good Fun! ps avoiding double-post U.S. judge: Do Trump’s tweets or White House lawyers speak for president on declassifying entire Russia probe? A federal judge rebuked the Justice Department and the White House Counsel’s Office on Friday for dismissing without explanation President Trump’s “emphatic and unambiguous” tweets ordering the declassification of all documents in the government’s probe of Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. election. “I have fully authorized the total Declassification of any & all documents pertaining to the single greatest political CRIME in American History, the Russia Hoax,” the president tweeted Oct. 6. “Likewise, the Hillary Clinton Email Scandal. No redactions!” ... At Friday’s hearing, however, Judge Reggie B. Walton of the U.S. District Court in D.C. expressed bafflement at the claim that President Trump’s words were not to be believed. “I think the American public has a right to rely on what the president says his intention is,” Walton said. “It seems to me when a president makes a clear, unambiguous statement of what his intention is, that I can’t rely on the White House Counsel’s Office saying, ‘Well, that was not his intent,’ ” the judge said in a hearing conducted by videoconference because of the coronavirus pandemic. is possible trump's reflex double-down has boxed the President into a corner. either he needs do as he claimed and release a p00p-ton o' documents which the democrats has been fighting to get ahold of for years, or he need admit he were talking out his keister. either way, we will have some kinda response by next tuesday.

*sigh* this is categorical false. the mueller report made clear it could not and would not find the President criminal liable because the doj would not prosecute. mueller observed that to find the President criminal liable would prejudice a potential future case and would be unfair to President as well. claim trump is criminal liable w/o a chance to defend self in court were deemed unfair to trump. nevertheless, the mueller report found considerable evidence o' obstruction o' justice and unlike the conspiracy charge, refused to reach a conclusion as to appropriateness o' charges. the only thing mueller could do was exonerate or remain silent and mueller refused exonerate. logically, what does that tell you? also, you misunderstand criminal liability as described by mueller. insofar as conspiracy, there were indeed evidence supporting such a finding, but mueller recognized there were insufficient evidence to make a criminal prosecution likely to succeed. did trump and his campaign collude? sure, but were not enough evidence to make a criminal prosecution for conspiracy practical. also, impeachment has nothing whatsoever to do with criminal. impeachment resolution, for example, does not result in double jeopardy if democrats decide in january to prosecute trump for actions related to ukraine. bruce misapprehension is unacceptable but understandable which is why multiple judges lambasted barr for his summary of the mueller report. barr and republicans managed to gaslight you and many others. STATEMENT BY FORMER FEDERAL PROSECUTORS anytime we see folks claim trump were proven to be free o' criminal liability by mueller report and impeachment, it has us inaudible groan. such terrible and often willful misunderstanding. is not hairsplitting by lawyers neither. this were gaslighting, pure and simple and far too many people clear wanted an excuse to believe the bs. far too many. HA! Good Fun! ps keep in mind mueller report stressed that with the conspiracy charge the investigators were critical handicapped by 2 factors: 1) inability to direct question the President 2) the President's insufficient and mendacious responses to written interrogatories. as such, the lack o' findinding o' evidence sufficient for criminal liability on conspiracy charges were anything but a strong conclusion. mueller stressed how qualified and questionable were any such conclusion given the obstacles to necessary info.

apologies as we didn't read the link, but we instant thought o' the book, the name of of the rose. were also a movie kinda a terrible trailer, but can probable guess from our linking to your post and contents o' the trailer, the "killer" o' multiple monks were... ... will now read link. HA! Good Fun!

Adviser: Trump tweet about Afghanistan withdrawal was a wish even the wh can't seem to agree as to the actual numbers and time frames for troop withdrawals, troop withdrawals which hasn't actual happened so far. aside: as much as we mock the trump campaign bag of dirty tricks approach to 2020 with mail fraud nonsense, retweeting conspiracy theories and bold faced lies 'bout everything from covid-19 to wall construction contracts for campaign donors, if you are a complete immoral d-bag and your only concern is winning, then am not at all shocked by what is happening, and dirty tricks silliness will only get worse 'tween now and the election. the President's illness were a potential game changer, but he wasted that opportunity. done. move on to next option. alternative: death by a thousand cuts. trump needs a hail mary and additional luck, but in the interim he is doing everything to close the gap as much as possible. ordinarily, Presidential campaigns see a narrowing o' gap as election day approaches. such diminution o' the frontrunner lead has been less significant this year, but is still happening particular in a couple battlegrounds. trump campaign is pulling out all the stops 'cause while a hail mary looks unlikely today, it could still occur. at the moment, fractions o' percentage points look insignificant, and is possible trump efforts will only further antagonize suburban women voters, but is too late for trump to do a reset and try and be empathetic or concerned 'bout health care. be prepared for a whole lotta disinformation and crazy 'tween now and the election, 'cause trump doesn't have legit options available to him to move the needle. covid positivity rates and deaths is trending in the wrong direction and at just the wrong time... as predicted. the acb confirmation won't affect the election 'cause will happen before the election, but it has given democrats a national platform 'pon which to drive home the real threats to roe, griswold, obergefell and even loving, not to mention the health care o' millions o' americans. even fox is barely mentioning the multiple democrat cities which has been s'posed on fire for months. *snort* best trump can come up with is conspiracy theories and complaints 'bout twitter? needs be a hail mary for trump to get back in this, 'cause more than anything, covid is controlling the dialogue as 'posed to the candidates. in the meantime, trump will continue to throw out whatever wacky conspiracy theory his campaign can imagine into existence 'cause they got absolute nothing else to offer. the trump approach may not be reasonable but it is rational if you accept basic premises which require an abandonment o' integrity and is recognizing trump limitations at this stage. HA! Good Fun!

Susan Collins Backs QAnon Believers In an interview with Mainer, Redmond said he discovered QAnon in the comments section of Zero Hedge, a far-right, libertarian economics blog notorious for spreading conspiracies. “I was hooked right off the bat,” said Redmond, who now considers himself an investigative journalist. “It was an opportunity to wrestle back control of our government from subvertists and treasonists. … As a veteran, I was called to arms.” *chuckle* the bat crap crazies is not the folks who is in play at the moment, and this is not 2016. trump needs sway a considerable number o' old folks and suburban women in more than a couple battleground states. mystery emails consciously ignored by multiple senate investigations showing up in the 11th hour from dubious sources, sources so not like the FBI in 2016, is gonna sway zero hedge, breitbart and qanon flunkies but few others. worse, am suspecting as each new "blockbuster" reveal fails to move the needle, the impulse will be to release more such info which will only serve to make all such 11th hour conspiracy fodder less believable. is just so haphazard and desperate. looking forward to last debate, which regardless o' weather should have trump sweating even more than he were last night. Who Is Kristen Welker, Moderator of the Third Presidential Debate? will be curious to see what is final rules for the last debate, but trump has zero leverage, much as with his finances. he needs the last debate and biden does not. if welker does live fact checking... HA! Good Fun! ps twitter didn't silent change stance. is stories just 'bout everywhere regarding twitter delaying stories which have extreme suspect origins, although is true the time when they changed position were late night. twitter is private owned and if folks paying the bills or general public pressure becomes significant, twitter can change a decision at will as they did. so not like soviet.

huh? abandoned and no progress outnumber delivered, so even if you thought this list were comprehensive and that somehow all promises were equal, trump did not deliver on a majority no matter how you do the math. republicans had majorities in both houses for the first two years o' trump. no immigration reform. no infrastructure. no repeal and replace. etc. blame democrats for blocking requires willful obtuseness. regardless, art o' the deal guy couldn't find a way to get the job(s) done. period. make excuses for the guy who has magnified partisan divide making compromise near impossible (new nafta being a notable and welcome exception as the democrats stepped up and did what were best for the country as 'posed to making trump squirm,) has us wondering if is you trying to be humorous, yes? when trump made promises he had no way o' knowing democrats would not fall in line with every trump offering? please. blocked by democrats were the expectation when the promises were made, and with both houses o' Congress, such an excuse is pathetic in any event. trump created debt were massive increasing Before covid. more amnesia. review a few @Guard Dog posts complaining 'bout rampant debt increase pre covid. were actual surprising to us how republicans were so willing to fall in line with trump spending extravagance which mirrored and even exceeded obama's recession spending... w/o a recession. the tax cut, which counts as a promise fulfilled (*snort*) could only pay for itself if 4% or better growth could be maintained for years, and that never happened, not even close. is example o' why looking at promises insular is so flawed. sure, you got a tax cut which helped rich people and small business owners, but whatever savings ordinary americans saw from the lowering o' taxes were wiped out by higher tariffs imposed during the trade war. worse, massive debt were added which future generations will need pay. tax cut were a blunder and is inextricable linked to debt. covid only highlights the stoopidity o' trump's spending spree as three years o' what one would have assumed would be responsible post recession spending decreases from a post cold war republican President woulda' mitigated some o' the pain we will all need bear for trump's brobdingnagian mishandled covid response. blame debt on covid ignores reality trump were trying to outspend obama before covid and the reason why covid costs is so exorbitant is precise 'cause trump failed to take prudent steps back when he had forewarning o' the impending pandemic. oh, and the trump administrations stopped releasing troop deployment numbers in 2017. any pentagon numbers we have seen suggest total deployment is approx same as it were four years ago, a point jonathan swan drove home during his axios interview with the President. interview weren't so long ago. more amnesia? the only way the bbc can claim as even a partial fulfilled promise is if one takes trump claims 'bout anticipated troop deployments as fact as 'posed to aspirational campaign rhetoric. at this point, why would anybody believe anything trump says w/o evidence backing up claims? etc. that said, we will give trump the partial fulfilled promise o' the muslim ban. am still waiting for the self-described trump supporters o' conscience to explain away that promise. HA! Good Fun! ps TV Ratings: Biden Leads Town Hall Duel With Trump in Early Numbers as noted in the article, the numbers is preliminary and likely to change a bit. even so, am admitting a bit o' surprise. biden has a lead in many/most battleground states and is gonna play cautious. watching biden take the wood-paneled station wagon out for a spin 'round the block at a safe and sane 35 mph is calming and a bit o' a relief when one compares to the alternative, but is predictable. trump is not predictable. take a poll o' prospective viewers from before the town halls and ask 'em which candidate would be more likely to make a headline grabbing comment... or two. am betting trump would win such a poll w/o it even being close. trump is not driving the family wagon in the Presidential race 'gainst mr. rogers. trump is always a moment away from a spectacular nascar multi-car conflagration. regardless, am genuine surprised biden ratings is better, even if only preliminary.

republicans is desperate clinging to the old playbook. they is gonna drum up as much outrage and fear as possible before the election. muslims, immigrants and the deep state were the targets in 2016. little changed from 2016 in spite o' covid-19 realities. this year we is s'posed to be afeared o' fellow americans such as blm, antifa, radical socialist democrats... and the deep state. throw in twitter and facebook? maybe suggest social media is trying to take away second amendment rights? unmasking flopped. multiple senate investigations uncovered nothing. the durham investigation doesn't appear to be a factor. etc. all the fed efforts to create the outrage trump needs has so far failed miserable, and situation has only gotten more ridiculous with giuliani. White House was warned Giuliani was target of Russian intelligence operation to feed misinformation to Trump is only a couple weeks left to save trump and any number o' Congressional republicans from the admitted unfortunate retribution which appears increasing likely come january o' 2021. ... y'know, trump getting covid-19 were indeed a gift from God for his political fortunes, but he wasted it. trump coulda' become more serious 'bout covid-19 and healthcare after personal suffering from a disease which has killed 220k Americans and his base woulda' remained loyal. however, switching gears on healthcare and covid woulda' given older voters and suburban women an excuse to overlook all trump's other fails. is indeed many older voters and suburban women who is concerned 'bout law and order issues, but they simultaneous don't like the bigoted and covid-stoopid trump. the President doing the improbable and embracing a mea culpa on covid-19 woulda' been blasted by democrats particular on the far left. "how can he apologize to the more than two hundred thousand dead and their families?" etc. so what? wouldn't matter if left maintained course and criticized trump. however, if trump had altered the narrative on covid, he coulda' done the improbable and changed more than a few voter opinions in the 11th hour. survive covid-19, as terrible as it sounds, were indeed a gift from God for a politician so far behind in polls in most battleground states. wasted. couldn't admit he were wrong. didn't wanna appear weak. he had a reset button handed to him in october for chrissakes, and he threw it away to maintain his image? waste. instead, we get these pathetic but understandable last gasp efforts to appeal to fear and outrage. twitter. blm. hillary's emails? CDC estimates up to 240,000 total COVID-19 deaths by Nov. 7 once daily death counts surge, which is predictable given the past week o' increased hospitalizations and positivity rates in places such as florida, all the fake outrage is gonna be overtaken by real and genuine fear that the prognostications o' 400k dead by january is all too likely.

gonna need more details. you are not being specific. in the US your situation, which is missing far too many details, is actual a labor law issue more than free speech. as an employee, at common law, you owe a duty o' loyalty to your employer. scope o' such duty has been altered by states. that said, if a USA walmart employee, in a USA walmart decided to confront walmart shoppers with the accusations o' political malfeasance o' walmart, he could and likely would be fired. in california, you cannot fire an employee because they attended a protest, unless they missed work or somehow the protests interfered with the business o' the employer. government employees is different and is gonna depend on situation. details. but again, like it or not, facebook and twitter is still private services. use facebook to protest is not same as going to a public park, stepping up on a soapbox and letting loose on radical democrats, antifa, trump, far right militias or even dunkin freaking donuts. just as walmart need not give you license to make appeals to its customers, so too does facebook and twitter have rights to control messaging with their service. am not gonna access a zero hedge link w/o making sure we have powerful delousing agents on hand. am not sure what is the specific hearing complaints being raised. that said, we already offered perspective on what were to be the inevitable p00p parade which is the acb hearings before such happened. democrats is using the most recent republican Court hypocrisy not to slow or prevent acb nomination but rather as a campaign opportunity. an acb addition to the Court does indeed threaten any number o' things and previous Court decisions which has American approval. roe? griswold? obergefell? even lawrence v. texas is in jeopardy, which will no doubt please more than a few red state evangelicals, but it won't help with the majority o' suburban women whom trump needs to vote his way in 2020. most immediate and troubling, Americans is reminded from moment to moment how acb threatens their health care, 'cause trump cannot replace obamacare by executive order. acb hearings is no more precedent setting than were republican reluctance to vote on a Justice nomination during an election year. unfortunate, acb hearings is illustrative o' just how far political discourse in this nation has eroded, particular in the last couple decades. the acb hearings is only surprising in that there ain't been any real surprises-- has all gone complete according to script. HA! Good Fun!

thought we were talking censorship by a private individual? even if your observation were accurate, suggestion o' unlawful class-based discrimination (not comrade master notions o' class, but rather equal protection and con law classes) takes out o' realm o' censorship by facebook and other similar actors. your confusion is dubious. am having difficulty taking as genuine. can't prevent a catholic from working at walmart because they is catholic. however, walmart can fire a catholic employee 'cause they insist on selling pro life message along with bad produce, motor oil, inflatable pools, questionable meat and oversized boxes/bags o' breakfast cereal. based on comments thus far, you would, if intellectual honest, see a problem with obsidian declaring abortion discussions verboten? why on earth should obsidian need be forced to publish content just 'cause is religious in nature? HA! Good Fun! ps

barr has done many things which is unlawful. did you read the link? the mueller report summary were technical illegal, which is why a judge chastised... twice. is illegal for an agent o' the government to purposeful misrepresent the contents o' a govt. document, for obvious reasons. is doj gonna prosecute? even if doj did prosecute, evidence is problematic and getting a conviction would prove difficult. sending troops to portland and authorizing them to make arrests under color o' law is clear illegal for reasons Gromnir and others has identified many times, but the problem is the practicality o' bringing charges 'gainst the ag particular as the ag is purposeful avoiding charging those persons detained by his agents. using fed troops to disperse crowds w/o proper warning, at the direction o' the ag, is also illegal. etc. as to censoring, facebook deciding not to share giuliani's latest conspiracy theory is a choice. may be trump and trump campaign's opinion and story, but is facebook's service. don't like facebook, then use fox and breitbart to promote. choice. is state censorship which is a wrong prohibited by the Constitution. individuals self-censor every day in almost every conversation. does the wife look fat in those jeans? is fox covering all trump and barr shenanigans? is not as if you will find mention o' phillip halpern at breitbart. you think they just ain't heard the news? facebook's service. facebook's choice. am not necessarily agreeing with facebook choices, but difference is they still have the right to make a choice. so complete different from soviet. HA! Good Fun!

a reality where individuals, as 'posed to the state, decide what is newsworthy and what isn't? a reality where the promotion o' propaganda and conspiracy theory is a matter o' choice as 'posed to having force o' law? ... doesn't sound at all like what soviets would want for themselves. the current US approach may be busted, and no doubt putin and xi ('mongst others) does indeed loves to work in this reality, but as much as our adversaries enjoy the chaos o' our approach, is doubtful they or the soviets would wanna use it as their domestic model. so yeah, the soviets would love this reality, but only so long as it remained an American peculiarity and not soviet. timely example: Commentary: I won’t work in Attorney General William Barr’s Justice Department any longer "Unfortunately, over the last year, Barr’s resentment toward rule-of-law prosecutors became increasingly difficult to ignore, as did his slavish obedience to Donald Trump’s will in his selective meddling with the criminal justice system in the Paul Manafort, Michael Flynn and Roger Stone cases. In each of these cases, Barr overruled career prosecutors in order to assist the president’s associates and/or friends, who potentially harbor incriminating information. This career bureaucrat seems determined to turn our democracy into an autocracy." so not the kinda thing one would expect to see in pravda, да? HA! Good Fun!

one o' our dogs has become increasing neurotic 'bout house rattling bass as she has gotten older. literal has gotten worse every year. neurotic is so understating. we do not see thunderstorms often where we live. lucky. however, heavy wind and rain is enough to make the poor pup terrified. get that frequent during winter. if a large plane flies overhead? is now enough to make her shiver uncontrollable and urinate. we have a fan with obnoxious high decibels o' noise production. learned to sleep with the fan during the hot summer months but am serious considering keeping the fan running all night long and perhaps 24/7 just to keep our dog from going crazy. crazier. am picturing our self this winter with the world's loudest home use fan aimed at the ceiling and Gromnir wearing noise canceling headphones while silent praying our dog don't notice the rain on our metal roof. HA! Good Fun!

it is smart to ignore national polls. only the battleground states matter insofar as the election. however... https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-election-forecast/florida/ trafalgar is a notable outlier. most o' the recent polls for florida while having biden ahead is w/i margin of error. is too close to predict as o' today. there are so few undecideds this year, so will be less funkiness than 2016. biden is also far more consistent in popularity than were clinton. that said, is 'tween five and eight states with any relevance to the election results... save for trump shenanigans insofar as voter fraud bs. less than 77k votes determined the 2016 election. three states with less than 1% difference 'tween clinton and trump decided the election. 2016 is not same, but lesson should be learned how national polls is nothing but misleading. good news for trump is that unbeknownst to the President, puerto rico don't have any electoral college delegates. HA! Good Fun!

should read our firstest covid-19 post in the original thread... or not. too long ago and hard enough to read one Gromnir post, much less two. just as covid-19 were becoming recognized as a concern, we predicted the second amendment folks would appropriate, same way they did the gadsden flag. warning: don't expect the following explanations to be reasonable. what is has been largely insulated from what is reasonable for the past few years o' US politics. you want an explanation which is reasonable and you will first need to find a way to get around the endemic divisiveness of the past few years as well as the unfortunate realities o' human nature. two main reasons: 1) trump failed to deliver ppe. in february, when members o' the task force and experts were warning the administration 'bout the dire threat covid-19 posed, the trump administration were encouraging the producers o' masks to sell their inventory... to china. the white house were specific informed that by january it were too late to provide enough masks for all american citizens, but it were possible to create enough supply for health care workers. the trump administration ignored such warnings and instead pushed US manufacturers o' ppe to send their inventory overseas. by late february/early march, when it became obvious the wh miscalculated... trump will never admit a mistake. he always doubles-down. masks and ppe were a sore subject for trump as they represented an obvious administration blunders. obvious trump solution is to claim masks were never needed in the first place. 2) mask wearing instant became entangled with second amendment rights. why? 'cause second amendment folks is all too willing to turn every government action into a life or death fight 'bout Liberty. https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510356/no-compromise am recommending listening to the podcasts although am admitting is highly unlikely most will have the endurance to do so. the thing is, once alt/far right groups latched onto masks as a liberty issue and they became vocal and visible in their opposition to blue state governors, trump predictable picked a side. trump's tweets is illustrative 'cause the measures adopted by the three governors in question had nothing whatsoever to do with firearms. the problem is that all too many 2nd amendment honks is o' the no compromise variety who believe any government action which diminishes liberty makes it all too likely the radical democrats will be showing up to their door to take their guns with their next decree. why do such folks follow basic no shirt, no shoes, no service laws and individual store guidelines but balk at masks which could save lives? regardless, once masks became a trump issue, fox news and breitbart went into full disinformation mode in support o' the President and next thing you know masks is, believed by all too many conservative voters to be at best ineffective and at worst lethal. don't ask for a reasonable answer. HA! Good Fun!

gross misunderstanding. the reconstruction amendments 'tween 1865 and 1870, as well as the civil rights legislation o' the mid 1960s is the governmental action which most ardent addressed mayor lightfoot's concerns. weren't the Court. what brought 'bout real change were the will o' the people as realized through legislation that were written and enacted to end abominable evils. in 1850, before the civil war, the state supreme court o' massachusetts held that, among other issues, the US Constitution did not make school segregation illegal. the court decision resulted in widespread anger and a groundswell o' public support demanding change. in 1855, massachusetts solution were to pass state legislation desegregating schools. problem. solution. scalia were an originalist and a textualist. am not sure why folks tend focus only on the first aspect, 'cause they is not same thing. scalia, to whom acb has been unfair compared, specific observed how the intent o' the authors o' a law were largely immaterial when applying textualism. is the meaning o' the words, fair interpreted and in context o' the time and framework o' the legislation, which guides a textualist judge/Justice. more than one person has suggested an originalist would need have brown v. board of education fail. after all, the writers o' the reconstruction amendments specific addressed school segregation as they debated the amendments and from the legislative history it is kinda clear they didn't believe equal protection would result in segregation. for scalia, finding school segregation illegal based on equal protection were not a hard case, 'because he were a textualist. didn't matter what the legislators thought or intended 'cause the clear meaning o' the written words o' the fourteenth amendment would, from scalia's pov, have precluded school segregation. course the Court in brown applied a sociology argument to decide the case, so... judges and Justices is 'posed to declare what the law is and not necessarily what it should be. if law is not to be interpreted as something immutable as it were written, then how should it be interpreted? at what point in history were school segregation Unconstitutional? am not asking when school segregation were wrong, but rather when it were repugnant to a Constitution which the mayor o' chicago correct observes did not view her as a person worthy o' protection in 1787. were school segregation Unconstitutional in 1787 and nobody realized until 1954? perhaps some folks believe society evolves and so too should the Constitution? sadly, hasn't history (recent and remote) shown how easily our idealized notions o' American values may be subverted by voices filled with hate? if you believe as a nation the US progressed forward in an ever improving cycle as evidenced by Court decisions correcting the mistakes and failures o' Congress and the people, then you are a poor student o' history. those obsidian board history buffs such as @Hurlshot and @Guard Dog will no doubt be able to name many examples from US history which tends to prove society may regress with equal speed and vigor as it progresses. to let you know just how not-controversial the decision were, buck v. bell is one o' the most brief decisions you will ever read. ... in our federalist system, is Congress which is purposefully designed to represent the evolving standards o' the electorate, not the Courts. does it seem wise to have those nebulous evolving societal standards nobody can adequate identify or define be established by an elite group o' nine men and women who have lifetime terms? we got concerns 'bout acb. she is not a textualist same as were scalia. woulda' liked to see her sit on the appellate court a bit longer 'cause a few o' her espoused and more controversial positions has not been tested in the crucible o' a rl decision. am not liking the dissembling all nominees to the Court increasingly engage. of course acb has an opinion 'bout voter intimidation, but she cannot answer even simple questions 'bout such? say she ain't lying when she avoids answering even the most simple questions is undermining her perceived legitimacy as an impartial and honest adjudicator. etc. regardless, originalism is all too often used interchangeable with strict construction and textualism. fail. blame originalism for the evils Americans perpetrated 'pon their fellow men for more than two hundred years o' the history o' this nation is also a fail. however, having read slapjack definitions o' originalism even at law school sites, am not surprised by the confusion o' many, though such understandable and correctable ignorance is all too often magnified by politicians with an agenda. ... oh, what the hell, originalism? HA! Good Fun!

not particular insightful alpaca info australians make it more humorous somehow. HA! Good Fun! ps most notable attribute o' alpacas which is complete missed in the video is their "wool." alpacas shown were recent shorn.

well, the pictured cows is dairy cows. just as stinky. just as dumb. dairy cows tend to be less ornery 'cause is tougher to milk a hostile bovine even if is mechanical milking. clean a cow and then they smell more like wet grass than anything-- less smelly. clean a cow wouldn't inspire us to embrace it. milk sometimes ends up as cheese. whole lotta varieties o' cheese which requires a cow to exist. minor quibble, but we would point out steaks and cheese. ... an alpaca? they is docile (typical) and fluffy, but perhaps not big enough to fit the requirements. 'course there is bigger alpacas. have never hugged an alpaca, but we have given neck rubs to a few... am admitting the manner in which the critters lean into and respond to a neck rub with obvious appreciation brought a childish smile to our face. alpacas do have vocalizations which may startle folks who ain't familiar with the critters. HA! Good Fun!

description o' pathfinder:kingmaker we has heard often were not that everything which needed to be patched were patched but rather there were a recognition it were as patched as it were gonna get, so if you were considering playing, you might as well give it a shot 'cause perhaps is patched enough. HA! Good Fun!

we were waiting for the laugh track and the snl actors 'cause it reminded us more o' an snl mock trailer than anything. it is kinda funny as a trailer, but am not seeing how you do 90 minutes o' fatman. HA! Good Fun!

and trump instituted a muslim ban to combat extreme far-right religious fundamentalist terrorist groups, thus exposing his hidden leftist agenda. wait, that doesn't make sense, does it? the right v. left nonsense will mislead. for instance, the wolverine watchmen, one o' the groups accused o' targeting the michigan governor, has a member who in a online video displayed an anarchist flag on his wall, which fox news says proves these clowns is lefties. 'course the following is a picture o' the home and yard o' the wolverine watchman's s'posed leader. shouldn't be so hard to condemn hate and violence, particular when is americans doing unto americans. shouldn't need resort to whataboutism so utter transparent. shouldn't take a moment's hesitation for real republicans to condemn this kinda nonsense. is funny how @Hurlshot joked 'bout the predictable whataboutism spin towards antifa. took trump a long time to respond to the situation in michigan and when he finally did it were exact 'ccording to the script hurl envisioned. worse actual as in his tweet trump were claiming ownership o' federal law enforcement and doj as well whimpering over the absence o' a personal thank you from governor whitmer. 'course hurl weren't exact channeling the oracle o' delphi or anything as trump's response were comical and nevertheless terrible predictable... albeit a bit more unhinged than even we woulda' predicted. clown indeed HA! Good Fun!

would be nice if a few real republicans were around who had the courage to speak against hate. HA! Good Fun! ps antifa sucks. while there may not be a genuine singular antifa leadership or group, those who identify as antifa has consistent stated they is approving' the use o' violence to respond to hateful protests and messaging by those they identify as fascists-- is their raison d'être in fact. use violence to respond to admitted subjective offensive speech is wrong when is white supremacists doing or antifa or the federal stormtroopers william barr and donald trump illegal and Unconstitutional sent to portland.

am agreeing save for two small qualifications: 1) we were a "fan" o' harris previous to her Presidential run 2) it appeared as if the campaign decided that for the debate, harris should play the role o' the backup qb running out the clock. while we never considered harris one our favorite options to replace trump, in her capacity as a US senator she did a fantastic job questioning committee witnesses. jeff sessions, william barr and brett kavanaugh all got pantsed and had their lunch money taken by harris. like her or dislike her, she were highly effective at making uncooperative witnesses look like bumbling dissemblers, and as much as we dislike william barr, "bumbling" is rare gonna be the way we describe him. ... after harris' failed run at the Presidency, a narrative which gained disproportionate traction were that American voters couldn't handle a strong woman. dunno. maybe. am unable to speak for voters not Gromnir. am knowing the reason we approved o' harris were precise 'cause she were smart and tough and were willing to adopt a take no prisoners approach with individuals who were lying or misleading. strong woman were not a problem for us. have mentioned previous how we began to dislike harris as she ran for the democratic Presidential nomination in part 'cause she were one o' the democrat candidates most willing to adopt the tactics o' trump. no need to repeat old criticisms. nevertheless, is noteworthy how we actual started out as a harris fan and then soured on her more recent. perhaps more significant, am thinking the biden/harris ticket is cognizant o' the current advantage they got over trump/pence in most battleground states and almost daily, trump does something to further annoy women and seniors. even though we think pence did better than harris in the debate (better by an extreme small margin), am suspecting he didn't help his campaign with suburban women last night, and he needed such help. as long as biden and harris do nothing overt to blow their lead, they win... or so appears to be the strategy. am not sure if we complete agree with such an approach, but is reasonable under the circumstances. trump and biden can't beat the covid-19, healthcare and economic pain issues which is foremost in the minds o' most Americans. when the backup qb is in the game and you got a big lead in the 4th quarter... *shrug* similar to shady, the needle moved not at all for us insofar as our approval o' harris. if every american were viewing same as Gromnir (what a horrific notion) can't help but think biden and harris would consider such a quiescent non reaction to be a victory. HA! Good Fun!

we already addressed this. full quote on subject: "however, the githyanki comment is, if true, valid. why have a githyanki companion? or rather, why have all the companions open hostile. am thinking it is likely each companion introduced early in the game may have a legit reason for being hostile or general unpleasant. get three companions early and they is all backstabbing grumble monkeys? didn't need make the companion a githyanki, and even if for the story larian were trying to tell they genuine wanted a githyanki companion, that don't mean all the early companions need be so unlikable... though have not played bg2 ea so am taking the author's concerns as legit. didn't need be a githyanki, or rather, didn't need all have the same antisocial issues as the githyanki unless the authors wanted such." identify that the writers wanted a gith companion is both illustrative and missing the point. coulda' been githzerai. coulda been an atypical jolly pirate o' gith, or even an outcast githyanki. coulda' been whatever the writers chose 'cause, y'know, imagination. regardless, a githyanki companion (while hardly necessary) who is hostile is indeed reasonable, but that were missing the forest for the trees. author o' the article used a specific example to illustrate a personality quirk (set o' quirks) common to all the initial companions. weren't so much that a priestess o' an evil god or an undead rogue would individual be untrustworthy or unpleasant companions. rather is no reason you need start with a priestess o' shar, an undead rogue and a githyanki who is all curiously homicidal unless that were your intent. author of article asks obvious question: "why?" perhaps going for comical grimdark by making your companions as unpleasant as possible, 'cause, y'know, that's drama. oh, and as you mention romance, am gonna suggest the more valid criticism is that your companions who a few hours past were trying to kill you become devoted and even amorous is stretching credulity far more than is having a githyanki companion act other than murderous, but somehow such eye-roll fodder is not only considered reasonable but is expected in crpgs. baffling. HA! Good Fun!

fly won, but am gonna give pence a distant second... but not by much over harris. overall pence scored a few more points than harris, but on covid and transfer o' power he sorta flubbed and flopped. harris really coulda' hammered pence on the rose garden and the white house failure to follow the cdc guidelines. curious omission. harris wouldn't answer 'bout Court packing. am curious why the biden ticket thinks the issue is so untouchable. meh. this debate pushes the polls even less than the last. HA! Good Fun!

ps keep in mind we do not personal have a problem with unlikable or antagonistic companions. unlikable and antagonistic characters is frequent more compelling. nevertheless am recognizing not only is our opinion a bit o' an outlier, but even Gromnir would get annoyed if all companions were uniform overt, unpleasant and caustic. HA! Good Fun!