tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post4137942898992932044..comments2024-01-02T22:01:12.976+00:00Comments on Avedon's Sideshow: Where the girls areAvedonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04702100335744054401noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-4751205941104858542016-03-01T13:49:39.621+00:002016-03-01T13:49:39.621+00:00Here's an example of Hollywood's libertine...Here's an example of Hollywood's libertine assault on America, this one dating back to the 1960s. <a href="http://patrickat.tumblr.com/post/135228852563/vaspider-geekygothgirl-ellidfics" rel="nofollow">[LINK]</a> <a href="http://www.chakoteya.net/StarTrek/72.htm" rel="nofollow">[LINK]</a>CMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13481861530761114492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-20642505967292754072016-03-01T13:31:15.337+00:002016-03-01T13:31:15.337+00:00Corey Robin, via a Stuart Z. retweet [LINK]:
[QUO...Corey Robin, via a Stuart Z. retweet <a href="https://twitter.com/CoreyRobin/status/704512591100571648" rel="nofollow">[LINK]</a>:<br /><br />[QUOTE] Amid all the accusations that Hillary Clinton is not an honest or authentic politician, that she's an endless shape-shifter who says whatever works to get her to the next primary, it's important not to lose sight of the one truth she's been telling, and will continue to tell, the voters: things will not get better. Ever.<br /><br />At first, I thought this was just an electoral ploy against Sanders: don't listen to the guy promising the moon. No such thing as a free lunch and all that. But it goes deeper.<br /><br />The American ruling class has been trying to figure out for years, if not decades, how to manage decline, how to get Americans to get used to diminished expectations, how to adapt to the notion that life for the next generation will be worse than for the previous generation, and now, how to accept low to zero growth rates <i>[for the 99%]</i> as the new economic normal. Clinton's campaign message isn't just for Bernie voters: it's for everyone. Expect little, deserve less, ask for nothing.<br /><br />When the leading candidate of the more left of the two parties is saying that -- and getting the majority of its voters to embrace that message -- the work of the American ruling class is done. [END QUOTE]<br />CMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13481861530761114492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-26853407289635977432016-02-28T21:30:24.264+00:002016-02-28T21:30:24.264+00:00I voted for Goldwater in the first presidential el...I voted for Goldwater in the first presidential election where I was eligible to vote. To those who hadn't been born then: They told me that if I voted for Goldwater there would be a war. I did, and there was. That war was started by Goldwater defeater Lyndon Johnson, of course.<br /><br />Face it, Avedon, Hillary is going to be our next president. I think she will surprise you. She has always been concerned about helping people. And she's found some ingenious (and sometimes courageous) ways to do so.Carohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01372850688572724835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-31001277828958801212016-02-27T22:54:40.280+00:002016-02-27T22:54:40.280+00:00David Cay Johnston scales up, using Trump as but a...David Cay Johnston scales up, using Trump as but a case study <a href="http://www.nationalmemo.com/9-key-points-about-trumps-income-taxes-and-many-more-questions/" rel="nofollow">[LINK]:</a><br /><br /><i>I expect Trump’s returns to be extremely aggressive, but well within the boundaries set by Congress and without even a hint of criminal tax evasion. I also suspect his returns will show negative income. That’s right — negative. The last line on the front page of his Form 1040 likely shows a number less than zero, because of a special tax rule for very rich real estate professionals that I’ll explain below. In essence, that rule means not having to pay income taxes....</i><br /><br />Too bad that neo-liberals have been in charge of Democratic messaging for the last two and a half decades, that any of the somewhat sincere Democratic advocates for the poor, who are relegated to the back benches, have failed to make effective use of Johnston's journalism, and that there hasn't been much of anything at all in the way of Democratic economic advocacy that the white middle class would recognize as being on its own behalf, let alone any messaging focusing on Johnston's exposés specifically.CMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13481861530761114492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-55363844775870226702016-02-27T06:40:28.955+00:002016-02-27T06:40:28.955+00:00Here, in micro, is the story after 36 years the le...Here, in micro, is the story after 36 years the left still hasn't figured out how to tell about supply side economics, or even its tax cuts for the rich component. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/H_WACVufQjw?start=2144&end=2493&autoplay=0" rel="nofollow">[LINK]</a> <a href="http://gawker.com/dont-forget-donald-trump-is-currently-fighting-off-two-1761170894" rel="nofollow">[LINK]</a> Meanwhile, during all these years the right has had a very clear explanation for what [FDR/LBJ] liberalism is.<br /><br />[FoxNews and talk radio- obviously -are the booths around the exits in the macro environment.] CMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13481861530761114492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-69698953859781702082016-02-26T21:47:47.218+00:002016-02-26T21:47:47.218+00:00I am a bit surprised that corporate hqs/the Establ...I am a bit surprised that corporate hqs/the Establishment has not brought the hammer down on Trump and that he continues to get so much free and positive television coverage. Taibbi explains it, I guess, "Trump found the flaw in the American Death Star. It doesn't know how to turn the cameras off, even when it's filming its own demise." <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/how-america-made-donald-trump-unstoppable-20160224?page=13" rel="nofollow">[LINK]</a> Almost immediately after the Republican debate on CNN last night CNN's Chris Cuomo essentially held the microphone for Trump so the candidate could get another five minutes of air time to explain how well he did.CMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13481861530761114492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-78534227044434724732016-02-26T16:28:13.816+00:002016-02-26T16:28:13.816+00:00Nothing like "don't click on the link&quo...Nothing like "don't click on the link" to make it irresistible, but there was one decent comment among the stupid:<br /><br /><i>pghbekka • 4 days ago<br /><br />It's important to note, and not to disenfranchise, that the protesters were not all people with English as a first language. From English and Spanish speakers alike, it was because the proposed translator wasn't neutral. It was the moderator who responded to the protests with, "OK, English only." Please don't erase Latino/a protesters OR supporters with assumptions.<br /><br />What bothers me about this story is it should absolutely be getting attention...as a caucus preparation story. A third of Nevada population identifies as Latino/a. There should have been a translator there. If the moderator's response to the need for a Spanish translation is, literally, "first Spanish-speaker to the stage gets the job"? There's a problem.<br /><br />I will give Sra. Huerta the benefit of the doubt and assume she tweeted the situation as she interpreted it instead of erasure of Latino/a audience members who did not agree with her as a translator and deliberately trying to increase animosity towards Sanders through denigration of his supporters.</i><br /><br />This election has been an eyeopener on the awfulness of the caucus system.<br /><br />I notice the Republican establishment is going after Trump by filling debate audiences with people who drown out his dumb ripostes to dumb attacks. I guess they realized that brute force is the only defense against a guy who dominates by sheer force of personality. Will we ever get these things back in the hands of the League of Women Voters.<br />ksixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15406854618914127269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-86832926307238206612016-02-25T23:16:10.012+00:002016-02-25T23:16:10.012+00:00If you're an inveterate Clinton supporter the ...If you're an inveterate Clinton supporter the Shakesville post lays out the second go at a smear directed at the Sanders campaign stemming from the false claim made in a tweet by Delores Huerta after the first attempt at one ended in a hasty retreat once the video contradicting it surfaced. Believe the Clinton camp spin or believe your own lying eyes. For anyone supporting Sanders but trying to keep an open mind as to whether to support the former Secretary of State in November if their candidate fails to win the nomination, do Hillary a favor and don't click on that Shakesville link.<br /><br />No one "has to read them some" <i>Time</i> magazine, either. <a href="http://www.mediaite.com/online/time-magazine-now-falsely-claiming-bernie-sanders-himself-yelled-english-only/" rel="nofollow">[LINK]</a> CMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13481861530761114492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-49002259832671957622016-02-25T21:29:47.634+00:002016-02-25T21:29:47.634+00:00Someone has to read them some shakesville
http://w...Someone has to read them some shakesville<br />http://www.shakesville.com/2016/02/primarily-speaking.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06762798762202975107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-80227997957366046952016-02-25T15:05:52.271+00:002016-02-25T15:05:52.271+00:00Caucuses aren't very democratic.
Having them...Caucuses aren't very democratic. <br /><br />Having them in your place of work (look everyone, Marie isn't voting with the rest of us!) makes it worse.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-64481110154746349052016-02-25T00:06:12.877+00:002016-02-25T00:06:12.877+00:00Beware of staring into the abyss. [LINK]Beware of staring into the abyss. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh9Q6BGGU50" rel="nofollow">[LINK]</a>CMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13481861530761114492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-69569933636481848682016-02-24T23:50:11.789+00:002016-02-24T23:50:11.789+00:00Entrance polls must have been off as the Sanders s...Entrance polls must have been off as the Sanders surge comes up short in Nevada. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv-8xtgpjV8" rel="nofollow">[LINK]</a>CMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13481861530761114492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-9277251187780897782016-02-24T22:35:10.683+00:002016-02-24T22:35:10.683+00:00Well, now I don't know whether to feel vindica...Well, now I don't know whether to feel vindicated about its origin, clueless because I missed what it became, or a possible example of how the non-hip potential voter might react.nihil obstethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02336022385130880362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-64129908868562710122016-02-24T21:20:50.735+00:002016-02-24T21:20:50.735+00:00You were on the right track:
Bro’s ascendance int...You were on the right track:<br /><br /><i>Bro’s ascendance into the pop cultural pantheon was mostly due to lots of white kids trying to seem cool by emulating black slang.</i> <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/life/the_good_word/2014/08/bro_slang_origins_history_and_overuse_suggests_the_term_may_not_last.html" rel="nofollow">[LINK]</a>CMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13481861530761114492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-90982552954135316382016-02-24T20:49:17.407+00:002016-02-24T20:49:17.407+00:00Did Clinton really think her remarks on abortion w...Did Clinton really think her remarks on abortion would not come back to haunt her? And, of course, there's the right-wing site Real Clear Politics (the video opens with a Goldman-Sachs advt!) to let us know that we really should treat Clinton as a traitor to feminism. <br /><br />Original MSNBC interview: http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc-news/watch/clinton-on-trade--abortion-and-obama-533897795748Raven Onthillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06634556869209594389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-57766445384335570752016-02-24T20:15:22.554+00:002016-02-24T20:15:22.554+00:00OK, I am completely clueless on modern language us...OK, I am completely clueless on modern language usage. Comes from chasing the kids off my lawn, I suppose.nihil obstethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02336022385130880362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-15885084954822228332016-02-24T19:33:00.486+00:002016-02-24T19:33:00.486+00:00May 08, 2005 [LINK]
December 11, 2006 [LINK]
Wed...May 08, 2005 <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bro" rel="nofollow">[LINK]</a><br /><br />December 11, 2006 <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dude+bro" rel="nofollow">[LINK]</a><br /><br />Wednesday 14 November 2012 13.11 EST <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/nov/14/dude-or-dudebro-ten-ways-to-tell" rel="nofollow">[LINK]</a>CMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13481861530761114492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-86289744349212661192016-02-24T17:48:01.272+00:002016-02-24T17:48:01.272+00:00In 2008, there was a lot of misogyny coming out of...In 2008, there was a lot of misogyny coming out of the Obama campaign towards Hillary Clinton, but somehow not much of the press noticed, not even the really vile incidents. Instead, there was tut-tutting about the inherent racism of those who supported Clinton in the primaries. Now, the label "Bernie bros" is all over the discussion, essentially labeling Sanders supporters as anti-feminists. What's most fascinating about it, is the "bros" part. I may be completely out of modern language usage, but isn't "bros" most associated with black speech? Is "Bernie bros" an attempt to label young supporters as rap-listening young white males appropriating black identity, or an attempt to say, "OK, we had the black president, so now it's time to proceed with the unblackening" (as Larry Wilmore calls it)? Either way, I can't come up with a positive interpretation.nihil obstethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02336022385130880362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-66369156699627006112016-02-24T14:20:04.220+00:002016-02-24T14:20:04.220+00:00As to party, I actually came to Wellesley a right ...As to party, I actually came to Wellesley a right winger, never actually registered to vote until later.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17553541514560319083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-51583089655559282032016-02-24T14:14:51.065+00:002016-02-24T14:14:51.065+00:00Actually, your feelings against Clinton sometimes ...Actually, your feelings against Clinton sometimes go to the silly side, and that she was once a Republican doesn't cancel the work she did in voter registration in black communities, for health care for everyone, etc., but yes, she did change her party - as did I.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17553541514560319083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-25535565136620159082016-02-24T01:21:49.032+00:002016-02-24T01:21:49.032+00:00Bernie has got the strategy right. Every now and t...Bernie has got the strategy right. Every now and then you have to raise the flag just to see who salutes.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02889702237721743507noreply@blogger.com