Have an excellent weekend. See you bright and early Monday morning.
Friday, September 13, 2024
Viral
Over the past eight weeks, Harris’s social media team has helped supercharge her campaign, harnessing the rhythms and absurdities of internet culture to create one of the most inventive and irreverent get-out-the-vote strategies in modern politics.
'Super Bon Bon'
Soul Coughing - one of my all time favorite bands, great to see them back and performing live.
War
Putin’s threat underscored Moscow’s unease about the impact that a decision allowing Ukraine to target Russia using some long-range weapons might have on the strategic balance in the war.
Concepts
Tim Walz - “Apparently Trump has ‘concepts of a plan.’ I taught high school for 20 years. Every one of my kids had a better excuse for not doing their homework than that.”
Harris
Through the Ukraine war, Harris has shared Biden’s twin objectives of supporting Ukraine’s armed resistance and avoiding a U.S. war with Russia — goals that have sometimes been in conflict.
Taylor Swift
“Recently I was made aware that AI of ‘me’ falsely endorsing Donald Trump’s presidential run was posted to his site,” Swift wrote Tuesday. “The simplest way to combat misinformation is with the truth.”
The Market On Friday
Good morning. At 7:12 a.m. ET DOW futures are +85, S&P futures are +13.25, and NASDAQ futures are +24.5. The market is poised to open significantly higher. Source
Thursday, September 12, 2024
Excerpt
Trump speech excerpt from Thursday.
“The reporting of 911 calls even show residents are reporting that the migrants are walking off with the town’s geese. They taking the geese! You know where the geese are, in the park in the lake. And even walking off with their pets. My dogs been taken! My dog’s been so, this can only happen. These people are the worst.”
Full Transcript
From August 15th, 2017. This is the both sides speech.
Politico: Full text: Trump’s comments on white supremacists, ‘alt-left’ in Charlottesville By Politico Staff
David Pakman - Psychiatrist - Trump Obviously On Stimulants During Debate
I would encourage you to watch this one. The psychiatrist explains a lot more about Trump's behavior.
Debates
Does Trump recognize his mental collapse? Is he aware that he can't string together a coherent sentence on his own anymore? I would suspect he does not.
BBC News: Trump says no more debates against Kamala Harris By Bernd Debusmann Jr
Speech
The Atlantic via MSN (so non-subscribers like me can read it): Trump’s Repetitive Speech Is a Bad Sign - Opinion By Richard A. Friedman
Comment
He may have gotten his aqq kicked around the block, and shown to be the fraud and liar he is, but his mastery of the weave was impeccable!
Vague
equivocacy
PRONUNCIATION: (i-KWIV-uh-kuh-see)
MEANING: noun: The quality of being deliberately ambiguous or vague.
'Bird In A Burning World'
One of five collaborations I did with Denise Glover who is a college professor, singer, songwriter, musician, horse trainer, and mom with one child studying to become a doctor. How did she get mixed up with a bum like me? Anyhow, I wrote the piano part and Denise wrote lyrics and a melody for it. I personally love the tune and generally speaking rarely listen to my own work after it's published.
Furniture
Good News Network: Artist Makes Furniture Out of Tennis Balls That Otherwise Would Take 400 Years to Decompose in Landfills By Andy Corbley
Photo by Rodolphe de Brabandere
Debate
I do not see Trump as 'blowing it'. That seems to imply that Trump did something bad that hinders his re-election bid. That is incorrect. Trump must not win in November and anything he does to reveal himself is good for the American public. Trump did not 'blow it', Trump showed America what he is.
Changed
...it is false in a way that is not only willful but cruel toward women and families who face agonizing choices about how to deal with severe health risks to the mother, severe fetal deformities and terribly premature births. Trump and Republican want to hijack these thankfully rare personal tragedies as an excuse for preventing almost all abortions.
Smear
A screenshot of a post to the group circulated widely, with an unnamed person claiming that the cat of a friend’s daughter had been hung “from a branch, like you’d do a deer for butchering, & they were carving it up to eat,” referring to a house where Haitian immigrants lived.
The Market On Thursday
Good morning. At 6:11 a.m. ET DOW futures are +56, S&P futures are +7.75, and NASDAQ futures are +24.25. The market is poised to open moderately higher. Source
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Thank You
It's a form letter of course, but I still like it. I wrote a letter of encouragement and gratitude to Joe Biden before he resigned from the race. Got this response.
Tied
In all likelihood, the GOP will attempt to make this procedure illegal as well.
AP News: More women had their tubes tied after Roe v. Wade was overturned By Laura Ungar
Contrasts
Between the moderators and Harris, Trump was put on defense, refusing to say whether he would sign a national abortion ban. Harris stood, amused, urging him to answer the question. He never did.
A Rout
"Taylor Swift’s decision to drop her endorsement of Harris tonight of all nights. In a race that will be largely determined by the turnout of White women who supported Donald Trump in the past two elections, that endorsement is not a run-of-the-mill celebrity endorsement."
Pledge
Kamala Harris at debate one -
“I’m going to actually do something really unusual and invite you to attend one of Donald Trump’s rallies, because it’s a really interesting thing to watch. You will see during the course of his rallies he talks about fictional characters like Hannibal Lechter. He will talk about “windmills cause cancer”. And what you will also notice is that people start leaving his rallies early out of exhaustion and boredom. And I will tell you the one thing you will not hear him talk about, is you. You will not hear him talk about your needs, your dreams, and your desires. And I’ll tell you, I believe you deserve a president who actually puts you first, and I pledge to you that I will.”
“I’m going to actually do something really unusual and invite you to attend one of Donald Trump’s rallies, because it’s a really interesting thing to watch. You will see during the course of his rallies he talks about fictional characters like Hannibal Lechter. He will talk about “windmills cause cancer”. And what you will also notice is that people start leaving his rallies early out of exhaustion and boredom. And I will tell you the one thing you will not hear him talk about, is you. You will not hear him talk about your needs, your dreams, and your desires. And I’ll tell you, I believe you deserve a president who actually puts you first, and I pledge to you that I will.”
Bad News For Trump
Washington Post: Opinion - Bad news for Trump: Harris is not Biden - The vice president was every bit the former prosecutor on Tuesday night. By Karen Tumulty
“It is important to remind the former president," Harris retorted, “you’re not running against Joe Biden. You are running against me.”
The Market On Wednesday
Good morning. At 7:05 a.m. ET DOW futures are -148, S&P futures are -13.75, and NASDAQ futures are -55.75. The market is poised to open significantly lower. Source
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Mpox
Since mpox can be transmitted through sharing contaminated objects such as clothing and face-to-face contact with an infected person, it’s not hard to see how transmission here (South and North Kivu) is so hard to control.
Hawk
Washington Post: Opinion - The foreign policy hawk in the race? That would be Kamala Harris. Harris has a Reaganesque foreign policy vision. By Jennifer Rubin
Last week’s Justice Department indictments of Kostiantyn Kalashnikov and Elena Afanasyeva, employees of Russian TV network RT, plus pro-Russian foreign policy propagandist Dimitri Simes, a former Trump adviser, affirm the degree to which the Putin regime favors the easily manipulated MAGA candidate.
Debate
Washington Post: Opinion - Debates are about choosing your audience. Harris should choose wisely. Harris’s job at the debate is actually quite simple. By Matt Bai
Harris needs to get under Trump’s skin, expose his temper and misogyny. She needs to go full prosecutor mode, the way she did in the Senate. She needs to show how old and out of touch Trump is and generate some big viral moment.
Foolish
In virtually every campaign speech, Trump pledges to deport up to 12 million undocumented immigrants. It might sound impossible, but there is no reason to doubt he would try.
The Market On Tuesday
Good morning. At 6:42 a.m. ET DOW futures are -18, S&P futures are -3.75, and NASDAQ futures are -44.25. The market is poised to open moderately lower. Source
Monday, September 09, 2024
Hurricane
The quiet Atlantic stands in contrast to a dynamic Pacific typhoon season and yet another record-hot Northern Hemisphere summer that spread deadly temperatures, massive fires and overwhelming floods around the globe.
Justice
In April, the Associated Press reported, “A judge sentenced the parents of a Michigan school shooter to at least 10 years in prison Tuesday for failing to take steps that could have prevented a ‘runaway train’ — the killing of four students in 2021.”
No Comment
Ron Filipkowski - "In the last 24 hours, Trump wished the Virgin Mary Happy Birthday, pitched Hulk Hogan’s beer, talked about Hannibal Lecter, said he will imprison people he thinks are cheating, called Musk ‘Leon,” forgot North Dakota Governor Burgum’s name, called Brian ‘Briar,’ Keystone ‘Keystown,’ and Tampon ‘Tampom,’ said if he loses Israel will cease to exist, nuclear war will begin, this will be our last election, and the Colorado Gov will flee the state, posted an ad for his digital NFTs, ranted about Kamala standing on a box at the debate, and wrapped it up by saying schools are performing trans surgeries on students."
Pledges
In reality, illegal voting is exceedingly rare. But Trump appears to be replaying his efforts to sow doubt about the voting process ahead of the 2020 election — actions that contributed to the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
Win
“Is it factual? Based on what you all care about? What we care about, what our families care about? Or is it demeaning? Is it othering? Is it filled with hatred or bigotry? I’ll be looking for the bright and the light and the love.”
The Market On Monday
Good morning. At 6:47 a.m. ET DOW futures are +253, S&P futures are +40.5, and NASDAQ futures are +170.75. The market is poised to open significantly higher. Source
Sunday, September 08, 2024
Friday, September 06, 2024
B.S.
He called sentencing “one of the most critical and difficult decisions a trial court judge faces — the sentencing of a defendant found guilty of crimes by a unanimous jury of his peers.”
Unready
Vance is everything Trump is but maybe worse because he knows better (I think), yet tells Trump challenger Vice President Kamala Harris to “go to hell.” What?!
Colin Gray
The father “knowingly allowed him to possess the weapon. His charges are directly connected to the actions of his son,” Chris Hosey, director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, said...
The Market On Friday
Good morning. At 6:48 a.m. ET DOW futures are -123, S&P futures are -33.5, and NASDAQ futures are -211.5. The market is poised to open significantly lower. Source
Thursday, September 05, 2024
Arrested
Detroit Free Press: 'Pure evil': Anguish and mourning in Georgia community where teen gunman fatally shot 4 By John Bacon, Vanessa Countryman, and Jorge L. Ortiz
Colin Gray, the father of suspected Georgia school shooter Colt Gray, has been arrested....
The elder Gray, 54, was charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder and eight counts of cruelty to children...
In New York
Question - "Can you commit to make child care affordable and what specific plan would you advance?"
Trump said, "Well, I would do that and we're sitting down, you know, I was, uh, somebody, we had Senator Marco Rubio and my daughter, Ivanka was so impactful on that issue. It’s a very important issue. But I think when you talk about the kind of numbers that I'm talking about that because, the child care is child care couldn't, you know, there's something you have to have it in this country, you have to have it, but when you talk about those numbers compared to the kind of numbers that I’m talking about by taxing foreign nations at levels that they’re not used to, cause they’ll get used to it very quickly, and it’s not going to stop them from doing business with us but they’ll have a very substantial tax when they send product into our country, those numbers are so much bigger than any numbers that we’re talking about including child care, that’s it’s going to take care, that we’re going to have, I look forward to having no deficits within a fairly short period of time, coupled with, uh the reductions that told you about on waste and fraud and all of the other things that are going on in our country, because I have to stay with child care, I want to stay with child care but those numbers are small relative to the kind of economic numbers that I’m talking about, including growth, but growth also headed up by what the plan is that I just uh, that I just told you about. We’re going to be taking in trillions of dollars and as much as child care uh, is talked about as being expensive, it’s relatively speaking not very expensive compared to the kind of numbers we’ll be taking in. We’re going to make this into an incredible country that can afford to take care of its people and then we’ll worry about the rest of the world. Let’s help other people. But we’re going to take care of our country first, this is about America first, it’s about make America great again, we have to do it because right now we’re a failing nation. So we’ll take care of it, thank you, a very good question, thank you."
Willful
To say that Trump’s voters aren’t aware of these things, or don’t fully comprehend them, or are firmly in the grip of misinformation, is to say that they’re simply fools. And I’ve met way too many rural Americans to believe that. If they’re ignorant, then their ignorance, at this point, is willful.
Last Straw
Fox News’ pundit Jesse Watters has identified the number one thing that defines masculinity. Please don't make the same mistake that Tim Walz is making.
Jesse Watters said, “Women love masculinity, and women do not love Tim Walz, so that should just tell you about how masculine Tim Walz is. The other day you saw him with a vanilla ice cream shake. Had a straw in it. Oh! Again, that tells you everything.”
NYT Opinion - He Predicted Trump In 2016 - Biden in 2020 And Now…
Long story short, he is predicting Kamala Harris will be the next President of the United States.
Georgia
She said his struggles were exacerbated by a difficult home life. He and his family had “previous contacts” with the local child services department...
Motive
Washington Post: FBI looks for motive after teen suspect kills 4 in Georgia high school shooting
They will also assess any connection to an earlier incident in which the FBI interviewed the suspect, Colt Gray, while investigating anonymous reports of online threats to commit a school shooting.
Weird
Trump excerpt from an interview with Hannity on September 4th. Here Trump utilizes the 'I'm not a doo doo head, you're a doo doo head' defense, the classic defense of six year old children everywhere.
“JD is not weird, he’s a solid rock. I happen to be a very solid rock. We’re not weird, we’re other things perhaps but we’re not weird. But he is a weird guy, he walks on the stage, there’s something wrong with that guy (refers to Walz). (Applause) And he called me weird and then the fake news media picks it up, that was the word of the day, weird, weird, weird, they’re all going. But we’re not weird guys.”
Here We Go Again
Actually, has it ever stopped?
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