I can relate to a lot of this. I’m ambivalent about voting (unlike many here, I’m not convinced that “it’s your civic duty to vote; you have to do it” and that voting is the most important tool to change society), but... I don’t think things are as hopeless as they seem. Sure, we went from Obama to Trump, but the…

Vote. It takes literally 10 minutes.

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I don’t think he’s a DINO, I think he’s genuinely another “Third Way” centrist- pretty common in the Democratic Party - I think he’s a cause/symptom of a Democratic Party that may be more tumors than healthy cells. Just my two cents.

I... uh... I’m not sure what to make of this, if anything. I wish this TMZ shit didn’t matter as far as choosing a person to RUN OUR GODDAMN COUNTRY, but here we are...

I’m stuck in the grays for now, but I was interested in the language aspect too. I wrote:

I don’t know how seriously to take pronouncements from Peggy Noonan. How many people give a shit what she has to say? How many people actually take her seriously? Maybe more of us should take her seriously, even if she’s full of shit, I don’t know. The way language gets warped by these ghouls: somehow the trans…

TBF, what other value besides entertainment could Trump provide?

I followed some of the Mueller Hearing today, and... I’m really not sure what’s going to come of it. I don’t know if an angry Trump is good or bad. I’m still surprised “we” are not at DEFCON 666 with Syria, or some other country he’s only vaguely familiar with. The cynic in me believes today was mostly a…

She may be more crazy than stupid, although she could be a lot of both

Oh man... let’s share stories! I don’t have any great ones that aren’t made-up or second-hand, but... I think my best one might have been working for the shady painter whose “office” was a relatives’ house or something, would basically hire anyone who claimed to have experience, was hardly ever on-site, and... I guess…

President ManBaby may have accidentally stumbled into a “good” outcome in this recent negotiation with Mexico. [I say *may* because with these things, the devil’s in the details. And when I say “good,” I mean he may have achieved a lot of what he wanted to accomplish; I don’t mean “good” in the sense that what he’s…

Pretty much, yeah. Dunno anything about his “Charitable Organization,” but I’ll bet it stinks even worse than the Bill and Melinda Gates Whatever.

as i replied to someone else:

yeah, i expect that happens all the time. i’m often annoyed and suspicious of new charities; it’s good to do some research into how much of your money goes to help people (or animals or whatever) in need, and how much goes to just paying peoples’ salaries, especially if those salaries are fatcats’ at the top of the…

as they say: “The Devil’s in the details”

How many billionaires - or even millionaires - are even keeping these vows? Lots of promises, but unless they’re legally binding, they’re pretty empty, right? And yeah, even if they did keep these vows, that wouldn’t automatically change tax laws.

yeah, who knows? i’m rooting for sanders and/or warren, but i may end up voting for a clump of peat. i know this is another ball of wax, but i’ve voted third party before, and i may do it again. really depends a lot on how everyone’s polling. in my state. in the meantime, i’m pushing for the best candidate that can…

not so much ;)

Beto as a person seems fine, I guess... but when I vote, I try not to vote for the personality so much as the policies and agenda I’d expect from a candidate. Gawd, the average American is so fucking shitty when it comes to picking a leader. Why should we care what kind of music they listen to - or play - or whether…