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On this bitterly cold day, it was perfect getting to snuggle that little bundle! Much better for the soul than politics, I can assure you of that!
I know it can be a lose/lose proposition for so many people. When my oldest started kindergarten oh, my it was wonderful to not to have to pay all that daycare. Parent
I am happy to report that after years of my nagging, my moms is finally going to retire...Yip F*ckin' Yeah! She was surprised to hear from her bank that her house is now paid in full, 6 months sooner than she expected. Once she gets her Medicaid all squared and uses some vacation time she is putting in her two weeks notice.
I'm so so happy...moms ain't gonna work on Maggie's Farm no mo'. She's a full time doting Nana now b*tches!!! Parent
My friend just had a kid, well like 2 months ago, and he was telling me about the options, daycare or a nanny. I was like WTF, a brand new baby and someone else if going to take care of it ?
I just never really thought about it, my brother is a stay at home dad and I don't know anyone else with kids. Parent
Honestly, when you consider the early years, sure they are "formative", but it's not like you really remember then. And you learn a lot of social skills in daycare as well. Not to mention, you get all kinds of germs that later protect you from cancer and whatnot.
One weird thing in my family - every single female member of my extended family (aunts, cousins, etc...) makes more than their husband. Stay at home mom was never on the table, although there have been a few stay at home dads in this generation - because daycare is too expensive. Everyone would be in daycare if it were affordable though. Parent
After the war this was continued to a fair degree. In rural farm families it was the oldest child who had responsibility for the younger ones while both parents worked in the field and barn. As the oldest child became old enough to be productive in the field s/he was replaced by the next in line. In many cases, where sharecroppers were on larger farms, the elderly grandmothers were again caregivers. Especially in the many cases were the grandfathers had died in their 50's and 60's.
As manufacturing spread out from the large cities many mothers went to "public work" and the children became "latch key" kids because the father was either in the fields or working two jobs; factory from 7 to 3; farm from before dawn to factory and factory to after dark. Or more simply, "From can to can't."
As millions fled the rural areas for jobs in "Detroit City" or "Chi Town" this was repeated with the only difference being that it was another factory or store that provided the second job for one or both parents.
"Leave It To Beaver" and "Ozzie and Harriet" did exist but nowhere near the extent TV made popular.
Childcare away from the home expanded in the 60"s and onward for many reasons but chief among them was the fact that the family was scattered. Grandparents were apt to be hundreds of miles away. And as housing prices started to climb both parents working became necessary. And as barriers within businesses came down more women were encouraged to leave the home.
Was this good? Bad? Who knows. The Right tends say it has been bad. The Left that it has been good. One thing is for sure.
It did transform our society. Parent
So, it's simplistic to say "the Left says it's good".
The reality is that the Right likes to say that the Left says it's good because it fits their ongoing narrative about the Left wanting to "destroy families". Parent
Seems like the right says it's bad - but doesn't want to actually do anything about it.
The economic reality is what it is. Most parents don't have a choice about whether or not to work. Parent
A number of the Canadian moms are on leave for between 9 months and a year, at somewhere in the neighborhood of 60% of their salaries/wages.
With her first, my daughter stayed home for a year; this time, she's going back at 12 weeks. She loves the day care where she will send the baby - her older child is in the pre-school there, and has thrived in their program - but they can't afford for her to stay home with the baby AND send the 3-yr old to pre-school.
We have some decidedly archaic approaches to parental leave in this country; it just makes what should be a joyful experience way more stressful than it needs to be. Parent
Not that they wouldn't have gone back eventually anyway, but it's not a position anyone wants to be put in. Parent
Compared to now where my sister still calls on me to sit her kids sometimes, the youngest is 11. I rag on my sister for it..."11 years old? You were making meatloaf for the entire family, and taught me how to read, when you were 9 sis. I think they can handle being alone for a couple hours!" Parent
Now that, I would say, is "family planning!"
My husband is retired and he watches the 15-month old one day a week; it's hard work chasing after and keeping a little one entertained all day - my husband is pooped at the end of his Wednesdays! When we had the 3 yr old at Christmas when his brother was being born, I was ready for the home by the time his visit came to an end. I loved having him, but it's mentally and physically exhausting - I don't know how grandparents raise their grandchildren on a full-time basis. Parent
I knew kids went to day care and I knew mothers went back to work, but I never puts the dots together.
My brother lucked out in that he went to work in factory while he put his wife through medical school. When she was done, they moved back home and they had kids and since his job prospects were limited it just made sense for his to stay home. Now he's got it made in the shade that his kids are approaching their teenage years.
My friend above, he claims he wants be like my brother, he married a doctor as well, but he is well educated and on the fast track at work, so while he claims the wife put the kibosh on it, I think neither wants to give up his salary.
For me personally, I think both my brother and I would agree that my stay at home mom was the worst of all options. Without getting it all of it, we both to this put a lot of energy into avoiding her while trying to spend time with a very good father. Parent
combination of complications from rheumatoid arthritis, acute ulcerative colitis, and pneumonia.
A favorite of mine from way back. Take it easy Glen.
RIP Parent
What a great song. Parent
I've always been a big fan of The Eagles, who were a real mainstay of the L.A. music scene in the mid-'70s. If I had to pick one song that might sum them up, it would have to be "The Last Resort," the melancholy closing track from "Hotel California," which laments man's tendency to defile the very places he finds most beautiful.
Aloha to Glenn Frey. Parent
Very few if any young people are going to make a conscious admission to their peers that they want to emulate Mom and Dad, especially when they're still in their teens and twenties and their whole adult life is still ahead of them.
And that's the point here, Peter. We're getting old, and we've reached a point in our lives where our grandparents have passed from the scene and only a dwindling remnant of our parents' generation remains with us. And now, our contemporaries are starting to take their leave of us in numbers greater than we likely care to admit.
In so many respects, this is our time. But right now, I'm also very cognizant of the fact our own respective period of generational hegemony is likely just as fleeting as those once experienced and enjoyed by our forebears.
Aloha. Parent
And when my mom got a station wagon with an FM stereo, and sent me out to the grocery store or something, I'd drive around the block if I was approaching the house when Lyin' Eyes or The Last Resort came on. And those are loong songs!
Anyway those are stronger Eagles memories than the times I saw them in concert. Honestly, not a great concert band....but I'm glad I saw them. Parent
"We are all in a state of shock, disbelief and profound sorrow. We brought our two-year `History of the Eagles Tour' to a triumphant close at the end of July and now he is gone. I'm not sure I believe in fate, but I know that crossing paths with Glenn Lewis Frey in 1970 changed my life forever, and it eventually had an impact on the lives of millions of other people all over the planet. It will be very strange going forward in a world without him in it. But, I will be grateful, every day, that he was in my life. "Rest in peace, my brother. You did what you set out to do, and then some."
"Rest in peace, my brother. You did what you set out to do, and then some."
I appreciated the honestly, or at least what seemed honest to me. Probably not the whole story. Parent
White powder flying all over the place. And not the kind you find on the slopes of Aspen. Parent
And some wonder what the Eagles based Life in the Fast Lane on.. Parent
They were an incredible mix of talent and and Frey was the founder. There's a great documentary on Netflix...History of The Eagles. Parent
Music means different things to different people. This came along at a difficult period in my life and I can never hear it without remembering that you can come in. Parent
A conservative spokesman like Dineesh "The End of Racism" D'Souza should be forced to read those comments over the airwaves, so that the rest of the country could have a clearer notion of how so many of the Right think and speak these days under the cover of anonymity..
I have to tell you lately we've gotten some of your NY apples down here in GA and they are awesome! Parent
Yep, the apples here, especially in late October, are to die for..
My wife makes an apple pie from scratch that's better than I remember sex being..;-) Parent
Anyway ... Go Broncos! Parent
But if you want to give me 7 and the Pats should they both make it, I'll take it. Parent
No wonder I always "get into it" with Ravens fans :)
Was hoping for the Steelers at home, and now we've got the Broncos on the road. The Pats struggle a bit in Denver. Here's to hoping the Broncos don't step it up! Parent
wazzik . to describe some one you do not like or cannot stand . some one of a gormless nature And- gormless Brainless. Lacking in intelligence.
And-
gormless Brainless. Lacking in intelligence.
Those wacky Brits even make insults interesting
Heres 3hours on YouTube
It's almost worth three hours
May you live in interesting times.
Not jumping in with Hillary's achievement jumping in w/the idea any of the folks alleging she did something wrong by speaking somewhere have any proof of a quid pro quo. The theory being this is a question of character.
The idea that people are giving large amounts of money to legislators/presidents without expecting anything is naive IMO, but I don't believe you are naive. The reason they do it for influence, just because it's unspoken doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
As far as proof, well considering lobbyist write most legislation, I think the proof is right there, but since they are the ones making/writing the rules...
But more to your point, there is no proof that Clinton got paid to keep regulators from looking under certain rocks or to help push/pull legislation. or future endeavors. But no one is saying she committed a crime, only that is looks bad, and it does, not that it's uncommon, but this is the first chance, at least for me, where someone who isn't taking Big Money has a real shot and it's helping shine a light on a practice that for all intensive purposes, is legalized bribery. GS Sacks doesn't pay us stooges hundreds of thousands of dollars, why them, is a peanut farmer or an actor really offering wisdom they don't have in their own staff ?
Obama received around a half billion last campaign. The idea that half billion dollars being 100% free of strings is misguided and I don't think anyone believes it. Nor do most believe he committed any crimes related to that, but that doesn't make it right or ethical.
The real question is how ethical is it to receive hundreds of millions to get a job and claim that it's not going to influences what you do in that job.
I forget what the gift limit is here at Corporate America, but it's under $100. That is because they know, even without an agreement, money is influence.
Here's a bill introduced to deal with CEO pay:
Link
In looking thru bill she's proposed I see nothing that would benefit GS or any other financial firm. You can see bills she's proposed here.
PROUD to be banned for that. Parent
Ok... Suffice to say I'm still not a fan of Bernie's weird brand of McCarthyism...
"Cuz Yauch's on the upright, the sh*t just ain't funny. Got mad bass lines, like Russell Simmons steals money!"
- Beastie Boys
As does Cardinal Dolan...Catholic Church are O.G. grifters.
Shame on John Lewis though...what would MLK say? Parent
You can get paid to give a talk at Goldman Sachs and just as easily be a socialist ....
I do wish the main stream media would ask the question though, what are these evil Goldman Sachs speeches that Bernie keeps referring to? Oh, it's that photographer guy from national geographic too.
These are Ted Talks basically I'd love to see the transcripts I have complete confidence we'd find Sec. Clinton calmly arguing for higher taxes on the rich. And calmly explaining why thats not only good for the middle class but also good for Goldman Sachs. Parent
Goldman Sachs is on the resumes of an inordinate number of people who cycled into the administrations of Bill Clinton and Barack Obama - and not necessarily because they had the best ideas about the economy, either - and back out to cash in on the association.
I don't know that I've encountered someone so determined to completely miss the point, but you sure have put a lot of work into doing just that. Parent
I look at that list of people paid to speak at Goldman Sachs and given the great minds and ideas I see there, I'm kinda bummed they didn't ask Bernie. Parent
Unless you're conflating the political influence of all of those people as being somehow, magically equal.
I don't know how that works.. Parent
If they asked him and offered him 50k to deliver a speech and he thought to himself "oh no if I do that I'll be beholden to them" then I think he's kinda gotten a little paranoid and too caught up in irrational ideas of what it means to be pure. Parent
All I'm saying is... (none / 0) (#175) by Kmkmiller on Tue Jan 19, 2016 at 01:42:26 PM MDT If we're not being fearful Bernie should be on that list too to talk about Wall Street reform. If they asked him and offered him...
If we're not being fearful Bernie should be on that list too to talk about Wall Street reform.
If they asked him and offered him...
But now you are going over to completely and totally rhetorically dishonest.
And by the way, you have (so far) personally used 25 of the 200 comments available per front page post. Heavy commenting isn't that much of a problem. But that comment count doesn't take into consideration the comments used to rebut your nonsense.
That is putting you in the illustrious company of our very own jim. Parent
As for high posting, I gotta respond, at the very least when someone misrepresents the point I'm making, but probably not every time what I'm saying is called nonsense.
And suffice to say if Bernie wasn't attacking Clinton like this there'd be no need to comment on it at all. Parent
You know very well that Lewis' speechmaking at Goldman did not net him $600,000 in one year (as it did Clinton). Neither is Lewis running for president. By the way, Yao Ming and Russell Simmons are not running for president either. They are not even politicians, and have no power over banking regulation legislation, so those inclusions on your list are silly as hell.
If Lewis were running for president, and were painting himself as the one person that Wall Street should fear, then he might very well be asked about the speaking fees. And it would be fair for him to be asked. But--back to the real world--he's not running for president, he's not painting himself as Wall Street's biggest nightmare, and he didn't net nearly $3 million in one year giving speeches to Wall Street firms. Hillary has done all that, so it is absolutely fair that she be challenged on her presentation of herself as the candidate Wall Street should fear most.
In addition, Bill's partial repeal of Glass Steagall is considered to be one of the main things that led to the hosing bubble and burst, and she still supports his actions on GS. That is fair game as a subject for discussion, as it does not present her as the person that bankers should fear most.
Furthermore, you opened a Pandora's box by fudging the details of why you got banned from DKos. Let me make this very clear, I have never posted a comment there, never registered there, and I don't even like that website, for numerous reasons. However, when you started crying about how mean they were to you and how they were all screaming about "Bill's sex life" I was compelled to click on the site to find the thread and the comments you complained about. And, surprise surprise! you totally misrepresented the comment thread, the points other people were making (which is not that they care at all about Bill's sex life--they don't--but that they dread the GOP making hay of it, which in fact, Trump has already started to do), and why it is they got so frigging annoyed with you.
You claim a lot of things, but further digging reveals the facts and the context.
I reiterate: you are the MOST disingenuous person posting comments here. In which case, it's impossible to trust anything you say. Parent
But it ain't me babe, I'm looking for a president who welcomes their hatred, not their paychecks. And my horse will lose, just like my horse lost in '12 (Jill Stein) and '08 (Ralph Nader). Parent
No it's not the literal actual McCarthyism sheesh.
Be funny if Nader was on that list. I wouldn't be surprised given the full spectrum I see there. Parent
Well, maybe a little afraid of 4-8 more years of a government by, of, and for Wall St, but that's a bigger problem than any one particular candidate/office holder. Parent
Wanting a government free of Big Money is in no conceivable way McCarthyism not matter how you try to spin it Kmkmiller.
FWIW. KMK Miller is a German company. Parent
Oh man (none / 0) (#159) by Kmkmiller on Tue Jan 19, 2016 at 01:06:34 PM MDT Are you now or have you ever been a speaker at Goldman Sachs?
Are you now or have you ever been a speaker at Goldman Sachs?
Unfortunately there is a lot of negativity in the party right now.
And I do think Bernie is speaking to people's legitimate distrust but also fears of the banking industry. Parent
But from my perspective here's what it looks like...
If you're caught going to a communist meeting, then you're a potential threat.
If you're caught going to a Goldman Sachs meeting, then you're a potential threat.
You guys probably don't even think an ad that says "not beholden to Wall Street" is negative. Some do think it is negative. Parent
Clinton said Bernie's attacks were like a "pox on all our houses" and I agree with her. He's gone negative, and here we are. Hey Clinton went negative too, but at least she doesnt pretend to not be going negative.
That'll be my last comment for awhile. Parent
McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence. It also means "the practice of making unfair allegations or using unfair investigative techniques, especially in order to restrict dissent or political criticism."
Try again. Parent
Is Hillary now in danger now of being possibly jailed, blacklisted, and placed in a desperate situation in which she'll frantically have to find some way to feed her family?
On the bright side, she can always fall back on 300k-a-speech speaking fees.. Parent
Now some communists were. But most were not. We need to live in a world where there is decency among people who are capable of making such distinctions intelligently ... And without fear. Parent
The accusation of trivializing made against your comment is valid, IMO. Completely and utterly. Parent
But, to each his own, I suppose. Parent
The idea of private sector investment is a good one. In my opinion. And in FDR's opinion too i bet. Parent
Given the way history is taught here, in a couple of generations they'll be blended into the same person anyway. Parent
Do you think Sanders gives a hoot about Yao Ming being paid by Goldman Sachs to enthrall audiences with the wisdom he learned on the basketball court?
No, what he has a problem with is the kind of revolving door, quid pro quo that is expounded upon in this article.
Sanders holds Clinton's feet to that fire because of things like this:
According to public disclosures, by giving just 12 speeches to Wall Street banks, private equity firms, and other financial corporations, Clinton made $2,935,000 from 2013 to 2015. [...] The Associated Press notes that during Hillary Clinton's time as secretary of state, Bill Clinton earned $17 million in talks to banks, insurance companies, hedge funds, real estate businesses, and other financial firms. Altogether, the couple are estimated to have made over $139 million from paid speeches.
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The Associated Press notes that during Hillary Clinton's time as secretary of state, Bill Clinton earned $17 million in talks to banks, insurance companies, hedge funds, real estate businesses, and other financial firms. Altogether, the couple are estimated to have made over $139 million from paid speeches.
Goldman Sachs paid her [only] $675,000.
This is the woman who's going to hold the financial industry accountable? Is there anyone who actually believes that? Parent
You can get paid to give a speech to Goldman Sachs and then hold them accountable.
It's really as simple as that. Just ask John Lewis. Parent
Any politician on that list should lose their job, it's practically a list of whose who from the Obama administration.
And you seriously going to call mentioning the fact that some people are beholden to Big Money, McCarthyism ? Get a grip, beyond outrageous claims, they are factually wrong and rather juvenile.
Want to know how one has already lost an argument of wrongdoing, they use other people who are who have done the same thing as some sort of defense.
But judge, everyone else was speeding too.
That is not a defense of anything, try defending it on the merits of what she did and not what other people have done.
This is why Bernie has come out of nowhere, anyone with a functioning brain know that WS is a problem, it nearly took us into a depression. They also realize that being financed by the people who collapsed the economy isn't making their lives any better and most likely worse in that money is not free and they certainly expect some consideration down the line. Parent
try defending it on the merits of what she did
j'accuse!
What did she do? She "spoke" about what? We don't know....but she got paid for it! Horror of horrors.
Seriously, this person who's been working for others her whole d@mn life getting morality lectures from people who haven't done 1/10th of what she's been able to accomplish (not saying this is you). I don't know, sounds like hating to me. Parent
It's the moonlighting we be hatin' on I think, and the appearance of quid pro quo or "the fix" it creates.
Do you want to be a well-paid public servant or a wealthy private citizen on the speech-giving/philanthropy circuit? Trying to do both raises legitimate red flags, imo. Parent
Illegal, no, immoral, yes if you want to be in a position of regulating WS.
Yeah, and lastly, unless you want 200 million people running for president there is a good chance that none of us have done what she has done. For the record, she has made a sizable income with all her generosity, millions actually.
You should not jump into the middle of a reply that was meant for others and cherry pick points. All of this, and my reply was in regards to Bernie mentioning that HRC takes money from WS. It was not a discussion about what HRC has done for the world, to which I am very appreciative. But in regards to the election some of us would not mind someone who isn't bought and paid for by one of the villains in the economic collapse.
For all I know I may vote for HRC, but she is not all that I want, neither is Bernie, it's why we have these discussions. Parent
Why should she not take money to use for her campaign which is working toward the betterment of your fellow citizens? Parent
Then it's off to Honolulu tomorrow for the opening day of our state legislature's 2016 regular session. I'll spend the night afterward, and visit with Elder Daughter, her hubby and our future left tackle, whose almost six weeks old now.
On Wednesday morning, it's over to Wailuku, Maui to meet with Maui County Councilmembers on our quest to derail NextEra Energy, Inc.'s proposed purchase of Hawaiian Electric Co. The Council is one the verge of passing a resolution opposing NextEra's takeover, and supporting a publicly-owned utility. Yay!
And then on Thursday, it's on to Molokai to announce that the USDA's rural Development Agency has pledged to support residents' attempt to establish a utility cooperative on that island.
Hawaiian Airlines loves people like me. NextEra Energy doesn't.
i hope i did the linky thing right. I'm the most disappointed in Ray Allen. I really thought he knew better.
if moderators would like to delete that's great, maybe i can find an FAQ on formatting.
oi! Parent
(1) Copy the URL you want to link. (Right-click on the address line at the top of the page you want to appear, and then click "Copy.")
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(3) Once your phrase is highlighted, look to the six icons to the top of the text box, the ones that read [B], [I], [U], etc. Click on the fourth one from your left, which looks like a chain link.
(4) Once you've clicked on the "link" icon, a small dialog box will appear onscreen that will ask you to add the URL to be linked, which you've already copied. Right-click on the white portion of the dialog box, paste your URL, then click "OK."
NOTE: I think what hangs some newcomers up is the "http://" which appears pre-loaded automatically in the dialog box. It's highlighted in blue, and after you right-click you should just be able to paste over it. However, please make sure the "http://" doesn't appear twice in the dialog box with your URL before you click "OK," otherwise it won't link because it's not a valid URL. To avoid this mishap, hit your "delete" button on your keyboard when the dialog box appears, which should get rid of the pre-loaded "http://" for you. (If not, then delete it manually.) Then paste your URL in the now-empty box, and hit "OK."
(5) Within the body of your comment, the phrase you highlighted will now appear within the link in HTML format. To ensure that the link works, click on the "Preview" icon below the comment box, which will produce your comment onscreen without posting it. The phrase you highlighted for linking earlier should now appear in blue, and when you drag your cursor over it, it'll highlight as underlined. Look to the bottom left of the page as you place your cursor on the linked text, and your URL should appear.
(6) Once you're satisfied that everything works and you've said what you wanted to say, click "Post."
You can practice hyperlinking by using the "Preview" button, so your comment doesn't post until you're ready.
Copy URL, paste in comment box, surround with brackets: [ ].
Inside the bracket, just after the first bracket, insert whatever you want to highlight. Press preview. If ok, press post. Parent
I am also glad we did not have to play Seattle, after last year, no way did I want another humiliating defeat by those clowns especially in GB.
I am happy with the season and proud of my boys.
The schedules are already out, we play the NFC East and the AFC South, and by not winning the division, the Pack has a pretty easy schedule next year.
HOME: Chicago, Detroit, Minnesota, Dallas, NY Giants, Houston, Indianapolis, Seattle AWAY: Chicago, Detroit, Minnesota, Philadelphia, Washington, Jacksonville, Tennessee, Atlanta
AWAY: Chicago, Detroit, Minnesota, Philadelphia, Washington, Jacksonville, Tennessee, Atlanta
Hoping they'd be playing in LA, however, 'tis not to be...
Sunday Oct. 23 Rams at St. Louis Rams Twickenham Stadium, London, UK
Well except when they play in England... Parent
Although preseason opponents are usually decided by the team and not the league. They can't play divisional teams, and some, like the Texans like games close to home, it's why they play the Saints/Cowboys so often in preseason.
Other teams, like the Packers are more sporadic, they like the Saints as well, but travel all over for preseason. The Rams are NFC so the odds are better than either AFC team of playing the Giants.
I would think the easiest way might be to look at the history and see how often the Giants have traveled to St Louis or San Diego. Same scheduling has been used since the league reorganized in 2002. Parent
Bit me in the a$$ today. I wished I'd had it with me.
I managed to get a couple pictures, then called my husband downstairs to see; he extended a broom handle to the hawk, and after checking it out, latched on, and allowed my husband to carry him close enough to the door opening that he could fly away.
We decided he was fairly young - he wasn't big enough to be fully grown; it was just so cool to encounter this beautiful creature, as brief an encounter as it was. Parent
There was a great story on "60 Minutes" last night about the mountain lions of L.A. Most residents and visitors don't realize how close to real wilderness they actually are. Growing up in Pasadena, I was always intrigued by the amount of wildlife that was just a few miles away in the San Gabriel Mountains.
Yes Donald, I did see the show about Pumas in Los Angeles last night. Simply amazing how many there are. Maybe they will build one of those monster forested bridges across the freeway, to help stop the inbreeding. Excellent show. Parent
Now they can been seen in Wisconsin fairly regularly. Growing up there were no turkeys or bears, now thy are so prolific, that they are becoming a problem.
Pointless related trivia.
I was trying to remember what exactly a panther was when I watching the game, and how it differed from a cougar, because their logo, to me, looks like a cougar.
Turns out, these are all panthers: Cougar, Puma, Jaguar, and Leopards. I thought it was funny in that the Jaguars are also Panthers. Also a Panther, for some reason is also a mythological create, which is odd considering they actually exist.
But the current Panthers in the NFL almost pulled a Green Bay last week. To give up 24 consecutive points in a game and win, is unheard of. Good think the score was 31-0 before that happened. Parent
We have these crazy tiny birds in the old growth woods around here that I'm still trying to identify. They only really come out around dusk and have a liquidy song that sounds like someone playing a flute underwater..
They really sound like the kind of birds you'd expect to hear in a tropical rain forest somewhere. Parent
He is not home much so this was a good time to head to Ye Olde Gun Shoppe, although he does have another gun at home. He claims that he needs the additional gun to protect his family from ISIS (the dark bearded guys, not to be confused with It's Santa In a Sled (ISIS). Good,too, to publicly note that you are not home a lot and you have some guns around.
I am thinking Cruz just ticked up a few points in IA.
I can explain the Goldman Sachs thing and why it didn't go over in SC. First of all this is the concern of lefty bloggers for the most part. People in some of these areas of SC like GA have had UE numbers of 20%. They absolutely do not care about the fact that Hillary got money giving speeches. What they want to hear is how you are going to make their lives better. They want jobs, to be able to buy a house and just the regular things that most Americans want and talking about Goldman Sachs means you are ignoring their concerns. Parent
Not sure about the GS Sachs thing, he has consistently attacked his opponents for being beholden to the piles of money that he doesn't need, it's always worked before. Parent
I think Sanders' point is that with these kinds of people installed within the government, making economic decisions, steering economic policy, how will the 99% ever climb out of the hole?
Trump has no plan for anything beyond the awesomeness of himself; at some point, that's going to stop working. Parent
In SC you have people struggling to put food on the table and here comes a candidate ranting about Goldman Sachs.
He doesn't "rant" Goldman Sachs! Goldman Sachs! He talks about the real world effects of those shenanigans. I'll wager that half of the working and middle class knows of someone by name or face who was impacted by the real estate meltdown.
Those foreclosure signs were omnipresent.
You say the strangest things. Parent
This shtick has worked every time, in every region of the country. Trump fans do not go to his rallies seeking policy wonkery, they go for his bombastic promises and the constant haymakers he throws at virtually everybody.
I sense a different dynamic here, was this particular crowd more astute then the rest? Highly doubtful. Has the "shiny object begun to dull? (I would have to see a ton more evidence to believe that). Or maybe there is something different about Cruz, I can hardly imagine Trump getting booed for taking the same shot at Bush before the same crowd. Parent
In front of a crowd who to a person knew it was actually supposed to be Second Corinthians.
I won't bother to link since the video is literally everywhere.
Talking to my very conservative and religious brother today about politics and he said "if it's between Trump and Hillary I'm voting for the Green Party"
No kidding. He really did. Parent
I'm surprised your brother didn't say the Constitution Party. That's the one the people around here seem to name. Parent
My brother, perhaps like me, is not really typical of anything. He is a life long democrat who believes in many democratic principals who was driven from the party by the homasexhuals
Yeah, I know. We have interesting holiday dinners. Parent
We do not avoid politics. Though some family members would have it so. Particularly the ones who married in. I think. Parent
And by golly they must have loved George W. Bush with his banning gay marriage stuff. Parent
And in spite of what he said I definitely came away with the feeling he would vote for Donald but just didn't want to admit it. Parent
Or did they already? Parent
There are rumors that all this money Donald is not supposed to be spending is actually being spent on that. It will be interesting to see if it's true.
No idea really if it is but if it is it would be rather politically brilliant. Parent
In a few weeks' time, it's possible that Donald Trump and Ted Cruz will steamroll their way through Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina and dominate the so-called "SEC Primary" -- the collection of 13 mostly Southern states that will vote on March 1 -- horrifying many GOP elected officials and depriving any other candidate of a night to celebrate. Yet even if that happens, it's still possible that Marco Rubio (or another more establishment-friendly candidate) could end up with the nomination, thanks to quirks of the GOP's complex delegate math. The GOP's primary calendar is surprisingly front-loaded with states friendly to insurgents like Trump and Cruz. But because of Republican National Committee rules, all but one of these states will award their delegates on a proportional basis, intentionally making it difficult for any one candidate to build a durable or commanding lead. Instead, Florida and Ohio, which tend to support more conventional Republicans, are likelier to shape the race's destiny than Iowa or South Carolina. That's because they will award a whopping 99 and 72 delegates, respectively, in huge winner-take-all primaries on March 15.
Yet even if that happens, it's still possible that Marco Rubio (or another more establishment-friendly candidate) could end up with the nomination, thanks to quirks of the GOP's complex delegate math.
The GOP's primary calendar is surprisingly front-loaded with states friendly to insurgents like Trump and Cruz. But because of Republican National Committee rules, all but one of these states will award their delegates on a proportional basis, intentionally making it difficult for any one candidate to build a durable or commanding lead.
Instead, Florida and Ohio, which tend to support more conventional Republicans, are likelier to shape the race's destiny than Iowa or South Carolina. That's because they will award a whopping 99 and 72 delegates, respectively, in huge winner-take-all primaries on March 15.
Not 538's aggregate work, but their opinion pieces have become less data driven, and instead nothing more than wishful opinion driven. 538 has too many cooks in the kitchen these days trying to get clicks. Parent
If it's true and if it's enough we will find out soon enough. Parent
Are you sure you are not in the market for a bridge? I have a sweet low mileage creampuff that a certain politician would just love to get rid of. Parent
I'll admit it -- when this speculation began mounting yesterday, I wasn't remotely sold on the idea that Palin was poised jump aboard the Trump Train when so many influential figures within the conservative talk radio constellation are at long last blasting The Donald and rallying to Cruz. The Palin speculation seemed even less plausible when this rumor leaked:
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One of the biggest errors I think I made in 2015 was concentrating too much on who would win the Republican nomination and not so much on who would drive the conversation.1 You can see that clearly with Donald Trump (who I still don't think will win the Republican nomination). Not only did I dismiss Trump's candidacy on many occasions (here, here, here and here, for example), I was sometimes eager to do so in order to confirm my original belief that he wouldn't win. -- One big reason I didn't take Trump seriously was because he entered the race with relatively poor favorability ratings, and putting too much stock in those was another semi-major mistake I made in 2015. My research showed that past nominees started their campaigns either well-liked or not well-known; Trump was the opposite: well-known and disliked. But I underestimated how much voters' impressions of even well-known candidates can change. Trump's favorability ratings among Republicans, while still mediocre, improved a ton.
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One big reason I didn't take Trump seriously was because he entered the race with relatively poor favorability ratings, and putting too much stock in those was another semi-major mistake I made in 2015. My research showed that past nominees started their campaigns either well-liked or not well-known; Trump was the opposite: well-known and disliked. But I underestimated how much voters' impressions of even well-known candidates can change. Trump's favorability ratings among Republicans, while still mediocre, improved a ton.
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Lets just be real for a second, I am talking about eventual predictions about winners. Yes. 538 will sometimes question their own methodology and underlying assumptions, but as far as predicting a winner, have they ever been wrong?
I'd like to know. Was Maddow factually wrong on this point? Parent
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The FiveThirtyEight model correctly forecasted the outcome of 31 of the 33 U.S. Senate races.
538 is a good source. It's not gospel.
Rachel is a good source. She's certainly not gospel. I don't know what she said or was referring to. Perhaps a group that did not include the information above. Parent
But If she is the nominee, the media making it a close race is going to have a net negative impact on the party.
We're almost better off just giving the nomination to Bernie at this point so we don't have to deal with the fall out. We're talking about supporters, a wing of the party, who now literally will hold their breath and stamp their feet until they pass out or worse.
Let the kids have their way, it's not worth the trouble. Parent
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I find that odd. My personally percentage of him winning NH is a bit higher than that. Parent
In that first 538 thing I quoted from Dec 30th the guy said he still didn't believe Trump would be the nominee. And actuall admits his own desire for that to be true colored his predictions.
Sall I'm sayin. Parent
Asked if he would want to see Cruz defeated, Branstad said "yes."
Thank goodness for E. Warren. What a joke. Parent
On Brown, I wonder if anyone has asked him? Parent
At least he's still pretty and can throw a football as good as any of them. Parent
Cruz is already being attacked by camp Palin on social media. Saying some things he said about the endorsement is why no one likes him.
This is bad for Ted.
I think that is the argument for Bernie, rather than HRC would not be a good president. She would be an excellent president IMO and I don't think any democrats think their options are anything more than very good and better. But having a president not tied financially to corporate interests, at least for some of us, is a pretty big plus.
It is a huge plus for Trump and Sanders, it's probably going to play a good part in who is nominated.
Do you think Trump is going to finance his campaign and not take large donations, even though his Super PAC ?
Bloomberg .
Polling shows that 9 out 10 Billionaires despise the Donald....if they all pitched in together they could put up a serious third party candidate.
We'd have a candidate owned by 9 billionaires.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/266483-biden-we-dont-need-socialism
"We need a more progressive tax code -- not confiscatory policy. Not socialism. A tax code."
The move to push non-Democrat Bernie aside is starting.