Ohio Barbarian

Then, when she doesn’t give a straight answer, vote her down because she wouldn’t. Of course, that won’t happen. She’ll get confirmed. The only question is whether the Supremes will overturn Roe v. Wade.

I don’t know if they will. It’s too good a political cash cow for both sides of the issue. And a reversal would cause a tremendous political…[Read more]

@fasttense He wanted that for his own narcissistic ego, and that’s all it was. Trump pulled out of the Human Rights Council not to please Putin, but because he doesn’t believe in human rights. Russian spies observe our intelligence agencies anyway, as ours do theirs.

As for sanctions, I don’t believe in them. All they ever do is hurt the working…[Read more]

The problem is, the cult never existed. A movement exists that supported the policies that Bernie espoused before March, but its members don’t ask “How high?” when Bernie says “Frog!” like good little cultists would. Like good little Trump supporters do.

Progressives and leftists make poor cultists. We’ll take to the streets to support or oppose…[Read more]

@jimlane Whatever they did, it wasn’t enough to affect foreign policy. As far as what the Trump campaign did in trying to get Russian dirt on Hillary or whatever, I really don’t care about that, either. Nothing came of it. Compared to Israeli influence or Raytheon influence or Wall Street influence, whatever influence the Russians or Chinese or…[Read more]

Does someone deserve to be tased for not wearing a mask outdoors? Well, I wouldn’t wear a mask to go to a game, therefore I won’t go to a game until masks are no longer required, so there’s that. Still, that cop or security goon sure looked like he was enjoying himself. IOW, typical cop.

@mrmickeysmom Expressions are a language all their own, and hers is baked in. I cannot explain that to you any more than you can convince me astrology is anything but bunk. Just come back in a year and tell me I’m wrong if you think I am.

Remarkable man.

@mcmickeysmom

With most people, it is highly unlikely Covid will cause those particular immunological reactions, though it definitely has with some. There is so much we still don’t know, but I think it important to remember that this thing, no matter how bad it actually is, is not smallpox, plague, or polio.

So long as the owner, or executive, of the business does productive work herself, she is not a capitalist. Not really, because capitalists are those who accumulate capital which is created by the labor of others. That’s just classic Marxism straight out of The Communist Manifesto.

I’m a socialist, and I’m all for bailing out local…[Read more]

They won’t in Euclid. The cops here would show up with Tommy guns and tell them to leave right the fuck now. Either that, or all these Black veterans with lots of guns who know how to use them will make an appearance. Yah, the cops would show up with Thompson submachine guns, no doubt about it. They have a whole shitload of those things, you…[Read more]

@retiredliberal Just these Praise people or whatever sound like Catholics from centuries ago. By 21st Century Roman Catholic Standards, they’re a pack of fanatics.

I wonder if Pope Francis is familiar with these lunatics. If he is, it would be nice if he said something subtly cutting and negative about them. I’m just saying most Catholics don’t…[Read more]

@jimlane Has Trump lifted any sanctions on Russia? Has Trump improved diplomatic or trading relations with Russia? Has Trump withdrawn from NATO as Democrat and CIA hawks were warning about a couple of years ago? I think the answer to all questions is clearly No, therefore it is obvious that Trump is not under Putin’s control.

Which was the whole…[Read more]

Fortunately for us, Trump doesn’t trust them. Unfortunately for us, Trump is still Trump.

@retiredliberal And I have a lot of company. I ain’t going nowhere.

@nvwino In fact, I’d argue that there’s a difference between religions and cults, from an agnostic point of view, which isn’t the same as the atheist. That’s irrelevant to the subject at hand. Trump’s going to nominate a crazy cultist. You can tell she’s crazy just by looking at her wide, fanatical, oh-so-certain she knows The Truth eyes.

I think…[Read more]

@davidthegnome And you’re not either. Now, don’t go off feeling guilty because you feel guilty. Focus on what you can control, not what only other people control, and that includes their feelings. They’re just feelings, anyway, and once those good folks stop and think about it they’ll get over it, but being good Yankees they’ll just never speak of…[Read more]

Can’t edit replies. @sffh What’s up with that, anyway?

But all real journalists would acknowledge that it is an empirical fact that we live in an oligarchy and that both major political parties like it that way. Any “news” person who says that we live in a democracy or doesn’t acknowledge that election fraud has happened before and will happen again if we don’t recognize that it has in fact occurred…[Read more]