you’ve described the modern incarnation of the working class: tradesmen without college degrees. It’s not so much an income designation (although they *generally* trend lower and, more importantly, don’t have fixed salaries) as it is a cultural designation. A plumber or cosmetologist can make good, albeit fluctuating,…

True. But I would argue that the one policy they understand is taxes. When Bernie’s platform explicitly stated raising taxes on everyone, the country that fought a war over paying taxes would not elect him.

She won CA, the most populated state by a margin of almost 2:1. Every Democrat would win CA against every Republican nowadays. She also won NY (3rd most populated state) by a wide margin, also a deeply blue state. Trump won Tx (2nd most populated state) by a relatively wide margin and narrowly beat Clinton out in FL…

I think Biden would have been the best choice, in hindsight. He’s really the only major Democratic player on the 2016 possibles list who can really work the blue collar angle with genuine empathy and understanding.

I love how people believe in the insane idea that Bernie could have beaten Trump with a platform of raising taxes on everyone to pay for what most people in America would call handouts, especially for minorities and young people. LOL to infinity.

We talked about the election for about 10 minuted while cooking/eating dinner. Then we turned off the TV/social media machines and read our 1.5 yo son every book he owns. Then I took a copy of Dunk and Egg, two beers and a deck of smokes to my porch. Read for an hour then went to bed. I didn’t read/hear/comment/like…

Also, Bill Clinton has ties to Epstein, which is one reason I think the Dem campaign hasn’t even TRIED to touch this one with a 100-foot pole.

This woman could have been the first black female president if she hadn’t hitched her wagon to GWB and been forced to back his policies. Brilliant and capable.

I like many of your comments. I think some people do pick on you. This, though- this is not good. Please don’t set yourself up to be a martyr. You have as much right to be a commenter here as anyone. Some might unreasonably hate your views. Some might legitimately hate your views. Unless you become one of those sick…

This is what alway makes me crazy when people object to universal healthcare because “people in Canada have to wait months” or this new talking point that VA patients should be able to go to any private doctor if they have to wait more than 2 weeks for a VA dr (an obvious attempt to privatize the VA). I have chronic…

Walter Reed? But the election is only a couple of months away. They don’t have that kind of time.

Yeah, fuck those white couples who seek a child of a similar background/ethnicity with similar skin tone who won’t be questioned as being “part of their family”. Really. Fuck them.

Six is also the number of points lost when Russell threw the interception heard around the world :P

I can relate, and it’s one of the things I work on in therapy. I think what helps me is doing small, positive things that make the world a little better. Giving up my seat on the bus to someone loaded down with bags, picking up a bit of litter on my morning walk, giving a few quarters to someone who’s just short at…

Ironically, the East Side High is the one with the IB program and is a math/science magnet school. One of the first ways the school district tried to desegregate the schools was by making the district open enrollment (basically, anyone can attend any school). So you had a bunch of black students go to the white school…

The predominantly black school was underfunded in terms of maintenance and upkeep. Crumbly infrastructure, and all that. So while it may have been scholastically superior under those circumstances, presumably its students might perform even better with the same resources as the school which was racially mixed.

East Side High School (the 99% Black school) out-performs Cleveland High School (approximately 50% Black/50% White) by a large margin on standardized tests according to Great Schools, despite the fact that East Side High has a 95% participation in the free/reduced lunch program compared to 62% of Cleveland High…

I think people misunderstand what the actual situation was. There are two high schools in the city - one is entirely black (East Side) because it’s located in the black part of the city. The other (Cleveland) is 50-50 white and black students.

The person holding the umbrella is the sister of the king of Bhutan. I’m thinking she did it to be kind/for the photo op during the arrow shooting thing. Otherwise Kate held her own.

My method with my son was as follows: 30 minute warning; 10 minute warning. And then, usually around minute 4, he’d actually be ready to leave. Discovered around age 2. When time was still elastic.