Thoughts from Bob Zimmerman:
The worst aspect of all these stories is how this childish intolerant behavior is becoming increasingly violent and aggressive. Unfortunately, our society does not seem to know how to stop it, and thus I expect it to only grow worse in the coming years, no matter who wins this coming election.
Like related things, it won’t end well.
Haven’t watched Elvira in decades, but this is the first time I’ve ever seen her without makeup. Or at least that makeup. Still looking pretty good.
America already hates him or her, and we haven’t even had the election yet.
Well, they should. They’re both terrible.
A system that produces nominees like this is dysfunctional. But will anybody do anything?
It seems like it just gets worse every cycle.
“…but the media really is treating him unfairly.”
Yes. Unfortunately, he keeps providing them with ammunition, giving them an illegitimate excuse to ignore Hillary’s actual scandals and crimes. He’s a political disaster. As I expected him to be.
[Update a while later]
Found missing link.
…are worse than robber barons.
Yes. Yes they are.
…are about to get awesome.
This seems like what I probably need. My Gateway laptop is impossible to use on a plane unless I’m in first class (which I rarely am), and it’s getting a little long in the tooth, with some keys starting to fail. It also tends to hang after a while in Fedora 23. So if I can replace it with something with a touchscreen and separate keyboard, compatible with my Android phone, that’s probably the way to go now.
…are those who think that “people of color” can’t make it on their own. Because that’s, you know, “progressive” thinking, and always has been.
Let them in the debates: “Our third parties are fielding credible candidates as Democratic and Republican parties give us shady characters.”
“Shady characters” is being kind.
I haven’t seen the movie, and I’m glad that it exposes young people who’ve been taught a false history (or little history at all) of the Clinton crime syndicate, and the vile racist nature of the Democrat Party, going back to its founding and continuing through today. But the Republicans have their own issues, and the notion that it’s unpatriotic to not be one is nonsense.
What’s with the post-modern emphasis on it?
As noted, it provides an excuse to redistribute from those who have “won life’s lottery” (as Dick Gephardt once put it), to those less “fortunate,” who then can purchase steaks on food stamps from a hard-working sales clerk who has to get by on hamburger, or worse.
It’s worth noting that there are some fields in which a lot of luck is involved, because the supply of “talent” (such as it is) vastly exceeds demand (e.g., Hollywood). When you see a family of actors (e.g., the Baldwins or Afflecks), it’s because once one of them is in, they then have the connections to bring in the others. And they know it. The guilt they feel knowing that they lucked out while others equally talented didn’t make it probably drives a lot of their “liberal” (which isn’t really; it’s leftist) guilt.