Honestly, if Elizabeth Warren can really ramp up some Bernie-style enthusiasm for her platform, I think this will end up forgotten.

The reality is that a well-prepared candidate can honestly look abroad for reference, since the U.S. is literally decades behind the times here.

My short “why Trump won” answer is a combination of Trump’s star power and his ability to wield populism like a weapon (a particular talent of narcissistic psychopaths), along with Hillary Clinton’s downright lackluster campaign and complete denial that her brand of neoliberalism was no longer palatable to large…

For #3, I suspect he’s “so damn confused,” because his soon-to-be ex-wife sounds like a toxic narcissist. That whipsaw of intensity and drama—“I hate you, I want you”—is what they do best. You’re “confused,” because that’s exactly what she wants. The good news is, you seem to still have your wits together and healthy…

That’s because drinking alcohol on network TV was (and perhaps still is?) a complete no-go. A program might show alcohol sitting there, they may even go as far as show an arm movement implying a drink, but they’d always do an edit to prevent showing someone drinking it.

I’ve rather loudly called for a nationwide runoff election system more than once, but considering the highly flawed and barely democratic nomination process we do have, vote splitting is going to be a factor.

I suppose it’s possible for younger presidents to die of natural causes or even accidents, but the facts we have don’t really bear that out.

Frankly, I’m not about to worry about that. A president, old or young, can die at any time—like anyone—and we have a clear succession plan in case of such an event.

I just corrected my original post to make it clear that I’m talking about the primary vote. Their collective base of supporters would split between one or the other, which would open the door to a moderate Democrat beating them both.

He should throw his weight behind Elizabeth Warren. They’re largely on the same page, and I think she might have a better chance of implementing these ideas. Also, neoliberal Democrats can’t just hand-wave her away for “not being a Democrat,” since she’s firmly a member of the party.

Heh...you may as well enjoy it, because the other aspects of California weather—the severe droughts (and fires), followed by heavy rain (and floods and mudslides)—make me wonder how people deal living in such a roller-coaster climate.

Semantically, it’s a limitation of language, I suppose. We have the suffix “-phobia,” which we borrowed from Ancient Greek (“-φοβία”), but there isn’t a corresponding one for “hatred.”

The primaries and caucuses are not designed with democracy in mind. They are designed with the idea that a handful of low population states will get everyone around the country hyped up to vote for the same candidate in a landslide—and thus, ideally make it cheap/low-cost for the party.

And when taxing all those disposable cups does absolutely nothing to save the planet (just like all those plastic bag taxes/bans over the last several years), then what? When will we finally admit that we can’t merely “tax” our way to solving climate change?

It helps that Kamala Harris has a very liberal voting record (even if her history as a prosecutor makes her imperfect in the eyes of some), so, at least as of now, I wouldn’t have a problem voting for her. Hell, depending on how the primaries go, I may find myself in a position where I decide she’s the best choice for…

Elizabeth Warren is also currently my first choice, as I really like her politics, but I can see how Kamala Harris may be a stronger candidate overall. I hate to say it, but policy and personality are both very important, if not equally important in our mass media-saturated elections, and I worry that Warren may not…

I’ve known about the development of 8K for well over a decade now, and I’m basically going to sit on my currently eight year-old 1080p TV until 8K becomes as affordable as 4K is now. It certainly won’t happen in 2019.

Canada has fewer lenders in general—only five banks dominate the landscape—and there is much heavier oversight by the Canadian government, so I don’t think there is an intent for predatory lending here.

This is starting to come to Canada where the situation is considerably more dire, as far too much of the Canadian economy is concentrated in two cities (Vancouver and Toronto), and the housing correction that hit the U.S. in 2008 never happened here. Needless to say, real estate prices are unbelievably astronomical,…

I mean, I’ve studied enough psychology at this point that I can spot these people pretty much immediately—even their “strong first impression” can be quite off-putting, if you know what you’re looking for.