They won’t complain. The rank and file GOP and traditional evangelicals might complain, but they have been complaining all along. They will continue to complain, the way the progressive end of the Dems complained about Hillary. Trump is still their lesser evil, and as much as they don’t like him, they will not vote…

Thanks, good to know. Do you know if the recipients of that prize are well received among the knowledgeable people in that field? Or is it also a politically motivated prize that doesn’t age well usually?

Sure. If someone wants to make the argument that it’s difficult to get a similar paying job in a country that has systems preferable to the US and where one can enjoy a lifestyle with their family similar to the one they have here, then naturally I would not disagree. But read over the thread. It’s people saying that…

Here’s another:

He’s a tech billionaire venture capitalist with John Galt fantasies. Basically he’s a part of this fringe group of tech billionaires who believe that they (business leaders, private industry) would be better qualified to run the country. He bankrolled the lawsuit against Gawker because they published an article that…

Best I’ve come up with, it’s Bannon and Thiel directly. Which makes sense because the group of people around him who are really supporting him are billionaires interested in channeling public funds into private corporate interests and who invest loads of money into propaganda misdirection machines. So both bases…

cheap wine also, but red and from the gas station

Yup. Trending at around 15 babies per million according to baby names website.

No, not at all. Some revolutions are manufactured or brought about by outside influences or stoked by disruptors, etc. A coup is when the military comes in and overthrows a government. Then most revolutions have counterrevolutions which are hardly grassroots. Also grassroots interests can compete and culminate in…

But based on what? Don’t get me wrong. I believed this too. But now I think we have been wrong about that. He wanted to win and loads of very wealthy people wanted him to win and they are currently making plans to continue the movement of public funds into private industries right now. He doesn’t want to actually…

Cohen is just gracious and always says nice things about Dylan. It’s not like he was out actively campaigning for it or anything. He simply gave polite and positive answers when asked. RIP btw. I’m still upset that we lost him.

Also, if you are looking for an award that correlates positively with quality literature, the Nobel is hit and miss. I’ve found that the Booker is much more reliable.

Look, let’s be honest about it. The Nobel committee is embarrassing a lot of the time. I don’t know how well the prizes for science and economics is received (since I’m a humanities person myself) but the prize for literature is very frequently politically motivated and embarrassing. The prize for peace as well. It’s…

My god. I just don’t have the capacity for all these horrors.

The problem is that they think there is a difference between US and THEM.

Well wait a minute. Grassroots doesn’t mean non-elite. It means that the movement starts from the bottom and moves up rather than a top-down approach from an outside entity. The founding fathers (god I hate that term) did in fact start the revolution. They were proper revolutionaries, this is true. They were also…

What do you suggest we do? I mean, it’s easy to say folks are being complacent and a lot harder to say what they should do exactly.

This is actually a good idea. There are websites where you can enter all that info and it makes printable flashcards. I wonder, after his cabinet selections are done, if you want to share this sort of thing? I’m sure plenty of people would collaborate online, and you might end up with a lot more information.

I’m too exhausted from freaking out about the people who have actually been appointed to freak out about someone who might be appointed. When it happens, I’ll freak out about this too. Right now, I’m just going to hope it doesn’t. Because what the hell else can I do????

Listen, I’m here from Trump Country to tell you how wrong we have all been about this “Trump didn’t want to win” thing. I was saying it too until Thanksgiving when I went deeper into rural Trump county and listened with astonishment as the people hosting us told me about how they’ve been organizing for Trump with…