Comments on: If the Bidens have anything to say about it, Biden will remain the nominee

By: R2L

R2L — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 01:46:29 +0000

Neo, yes, majority leader!! Oooopppsss!
Elections have consequences. Good thing I was not on a debate stage last Thursday.

By: Miguel cervantes

Miguel cervantes — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 13:05:35 +0000

Fukuyama misunderstood hegel the clock was reset before 1917 not history in general so wahhabism ethnic savagery like bosnia the congo became predominent marxism was not in power but it was a force like anarchist that felled leaders in europe and even america

By: neo

neo — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 12:48:42 +0000

Thanks Kate. Fixed.

By: neo

neo — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 11:56:39 +0000

R2L:

At the time of blocking Garland, McConnell was Majority Leader. He is now Minority Leader.

By: Steve (retired/recovering lawyer)

Steve (retired/recovering lawyer) — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 10:29:25 +0000

I was born when Eisenhower was president and the American Colossus strode the world. Every other country had been devastated by the first truly global war. Times have changed. America had great reserves of wealth and a citizenry that had been literally and figuratively tried by fire. But, as in all things, America’s success in the war carried with it the seeds of its eventual demise. We are now reaping the bitter harvest of those seeds, which sprouted and were allowed to grow in our midst. The weeds now threaten to overwhelm the crop. It will be difficult to separate wheat from tares and quite possible that the tares will prevail. Biblical precedents abound. The theory of Glubb Pasha also seems about right, the only question being whether we are in the final or penultimate stage of collapse. Of course, it is possible that this time, the cyclical nature of the process will end and culminate in The End of Days, as prophesied. Was Fukuyama unwittingly correct in his opinion that we have reached The End of History, only in a way that he failed to appreciate? Interesting times, indeed. Prepare accordingly.

By: R2L

R2L — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 02:54:17 +0000

Cornhead on July 1, 2024 at 2:46 pm said:
[Jill is] also working with the Wise Latina to announce her retirement date. Joe wants another SCOTUS nominee; certainly a woman and probably a lesbian. [I was surprised to see that she is now 70 years old, as she does not look that old to me.]

Although we might well question McConell’s ability, or even his desire to do so, why wouldn’t he also delay the nomination of the next SCOTUS justice if Sotomayor retires? As he did for Garland and Obama. It is a presidential election year (again!).

Molly, good thought about the A, B, C level hirings.
Surprisingly, some people thought Trump’s sr. staff picks were good A Level hires; many others not so much. Although I have the sense that Trump is comfortable hiring high quality people as long as they show sufficient deference (at least in public — witness his going after Rep. Bob Good, an otherwise strong and conservative Republican incumbent, etc.)

By: huxley

huxley — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 00:38:43 +0000

For the last several years, we’ve had a lot of C-level people doing the hiring in the West Wing.

MollyG:

And across the board — Hollywood, the media, academia and tech sans Elon.

But they are running out of other people’s money. Things are not well for all four of the groups I’ve enumerated.

IMO it’s already turning around, but we are still in lag time.

By: huxley

huxley — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 00:26:37 +0000

But it’s Kremlin time in Demville — feeble Biden’s been exposed.

Sure. Dr. Jill loses power, Hunter goes to jail, and Joe’s legacy becomes more toxic than Richard Nixon’s.

Of course, they are going to fight to drag Joe’s senile, gibbering carcass over the finish line. Not a surprise.

But a lot of powerful Democrats stand to lose by that choice. They will fight. Not for the good of the nation, but for their own power and fortunes.

I’m betting on the latter.

By: MollyG

MollyG — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 00:16:42 +0000

To consider the “Biden” administration is to be reminded not only that many of its members are second- and third-string Obama retreads but also that, as is known in the business world, A-level people hire A- and A-plus-level people, B-level people hire C-level people, and so on. For the last several years, we’ve had a lot of C-level people doing the hiring in the West Wing.

By: miguel cervantes

miguel cervantes — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 22:31:00 +0000

its brand of sorcery, like that evil hobbit peter hotez, who told rfk he had a worm in his brain, (he got better) of course there are other diviners like bandy lee, who lost their minds or never had one in the f
first place,
John Kenneth Galbraith, one of those savants, who was part of the strategic bombing survey, ambassador to India, among other prizes spoke of convergence the idea that the West would become more socialist and the East more toward capitalism, of course that was sheer rot, why would you want that,