Kirk Gallaway

Congrats to Harris! Picking Tim Walz, an actual ideological pick than just trying to balance the ticket! Do you ever wonder about the life some of the Kennedy's like RFK Jr. have been allowed to live? In this case a typical day is going "falconing" , finding dead bear roadkill, picking up the bear with the idea of bringing it home, skinning and eating it, but first he had a dinner engagement at a chic NYC steak house, then found himself late for a flight so he decided he'd stage a bicycle accident with the dead bear in Central Park! Well here's the story, straight from RK Jr. himself telling it to Roseanne Barr! RK gives us a novel approach to damage control by telling his side of the story to some of his celebrity star followers! Brilliant! I was checking some of the old threads here and I saw a Di Eugenio post. STOP THE PRESSES! RFK JR. ON TUCKER CARLSON! Yeah, those were the days! Man what a twofer! Like anything RK Jr. who first learned of a JFKA conspiracy at 50 could tell us would be any different than what Jim Di's already told us, and probably him! heh heh RK bear dump segment starts at 7:11. NYC is now coming after RK with a $37, 000 bill to recover their costs in disposing the bear! It does seem expensive, like the government spending $100,000 for a toilet seat, but RK can afford it!

Ok, he looks like a Granddad even though Harris and him are the same age. But what Tim Walz emphasizes is more on target IMO, than any of the others. He's definitely the least corporate and Harris and him would be a very unified message, that ideally would deflect the corporate sponsored bugaboo about "Socialism" that has plagued the U.S. all of our lives! But is this ideological conformity electable? Shapiro is a good balancing act. I personally don't like his super pro Israel stance. But will that still be a huge issue 3 years from now? He's also pro school vouchers. Could he be part of this new Harris launch to get Republican voters? Mayor Pet seems like a long shot but he is probably the best at debating the opposition. I like Mark Kelley and Gabby Giffords , but as Vice President? Not for me. I'm glad Cooper took himself out of the running. Walz is good for young voters who are already not near as turned off as any other age group at the thought of Socialism.

I agree Jean, the forces of good here would portray LHO as a brilliant mind, who taught himself Russian if he didn't go to Monterey. Was not overwhelmed with being unable to support himself and his family, wasn't put in a position to depend on the kindness of others, and still didn't seem that appreciative, and didn't really offer a lot to others and wasn't a pain in the ass to everyone around him. Yes, most of that comes from Michael Paine. I don't find LHO the least profound, but Larry makes a good point that a lot of 60's activists were very idealistic but not very deep or very penetrative in their political philosophies. Yes, I agree. Apart from the suspicions of the funding of his trip, In some ways, to a lesser extent, LHO is like the groups of Americans who immigrated to Stalin's USSR in the 30's because they wanted to be on the cutting edge of the new political utopia and eventually found they made the worst choices of their lives, except LHO could leave, but when that choice was thrust on him, he threatened to take his life which shows a definite sense of purpose behind the trip. IMO, Both assertions could be correct. He had a good healthy youthful curiosity to see the working reality of the Soviet political system. But he was an avid fan of "I lead 3 lives", these are not necessarily at cross purposes, and at one point along the line, others took notice.

I think this Harris reaction to Trump cancelling the debate is the perfect tone! You have to goad and shame Trump into debate! I think he can be goaded but it may be also be a necessity if Harris extends a lead.

Wow Steve!, So Kemp is standing up to Trump's insults obviously because he knows his standing is strong enough in Georgia that Trump can't touch him. At the same time, even though Trump may stay away from insulting his family he knows Trump is not going to take his advice. But now the Republican Georgia LT. Governor is saying the same thing. Good for Harris making inroads into Florida and getting back states Biden had, but was losing. ***** Geoff Duncan, the former Republican Lt. Governor of Georgia, just released a powerful statement on behalf of the Harris campaign following Trump’s disastrous speech in Atlanta.

Of course, we are currently trying to prosecute a former President Trump, initially 92 counts worth!, though I'll grant up to now, not very successfully. But if Trump doesn't get elected, I do see future successful convictions.

Concerning the WAPO article link Doug posted. $10M cash withdrawal drove secret probe into whether Trump took money from Egypt Political appointees rejected efforts to search for additional evidence investigators believed might provide answers, then closed the case. **** The bottom line is as of sometime in 2022, the statute of limitations kicked in. Biden and Merrick Garland had a year to prosecute , but I suppose dropped it because they wanted to promote unity. But here are some of the details: -Inside the state-run National Bank of Egypt, employees were soon busy placing bundles of $100 bills into two large bags, according to records from the bank. Four men arrived and carried away the bags, which U.S. officials later described in sealed court filings as weighing a combined 200 pounds and containing what was then a sizable share of Egypt’s reserve of U.S. currency. -Over the course of his presidency, Trump shifted U.S. policy in ways that benefited the Egyptian leader, a man he once called “my favorite dictator.” In 2018, Trump’s State Department released $195 million in military aid that the United States had been withholding over human rights abuses — a move that had been opposed by his first secretary of state — followed by the release of $1.2 billion more in such assistance. -after he assumed office, Trump quickly embraced Sisi, the people said. Breaking with U.S. policy under President Barack Obama, Trump invited the Egyptian leader to be one of his first guests at the White House and met with him again, among other Arab leaders, on his first trip abroad. RE:PROBE -One official called it “jaw dropping.” In early 2017, Justice Department officials were briefed on initial reports from the Central Intelligence Agency that Sisi had sought to send money to Trump. -Barr later instructed FBI Director Christopher A. Wray to impose “adult supervision” on FBI agents Barr described as “hell-bent” on pursuing Trump’s records, according to people familiar with the exchange. It is unclear what, if any, actions Wray, who was also appointed by Trump, took in response. -In June 2020, the prosecutor Barr appointed to take over the office leading the case closed the probe, citing “a lack of sufficient evidence to prove this case beyond a reasonable doubt.” -This exclusive account of the Egypt investigation is based on a review of thousands of pages of government records, including sealed court filings and exhibits. The Post also interviewed more than two dozen people with knowledge of the investigation. The individuals spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive probe that ended without criminal charges. Some showed The Post emails, texts and other documents corroborating their accounts.

Stephen Bonell who also goes by the name of "Destiny," which sounds very egotistical,but nonetheless is a stud in these debates below! Bonnell was born of super right wing Anti Castro parents who fled Cuba in the 60's . This is a Piers Morgan podcast involving on one side Bonnell and Cenk Uygur against 2 Trumpists I don't know the name of. Morgan is really a pro Trumpist masquerading as some twisted sort of "enlightened centrist. " I'm aware of the meaning of the term "flake" to describe a person but not as aware of the current extrapolation into "snowflake" but I think the libertarian women here who seems to love Marilyn Monroe falls perfectly into what I envision the term snowflake should be, in that it's still flaky, but conveys a general harmlessness. The other Trumpist is a black body builder with lots of tattoos. There was an instance with both of them where I did agree with but in general they were fodder for Bonnell and Uygur. Then they bring in snotty Toni Lahren of blonde women Fox news in a setting like out of a beauty pageant. My only regret is that there wasn't time to completely grill her! One wasted segment about Pier's Catholic sensitivities, Get over yourself Piers. W. I don't know if Piers just recently moved to Denver but I've never seen majestic mountains like that in the U.K.!

W. I appreciate and applaud your efforts to contribute to this tread even though it is relegated to relative obscurity. But Schumer's efforts are largely symbolic. The Dems have the Senate but not the House and with so many seats coming up, the chances are right now they'll lose the Senate! About a similar disenfranchising issue with campaign reform in a battleground state. Wisconsin had a very good Senator Russ Feingold who partnered with John Mc Cain in the campaign finance Mc Cain/Feingold bill. How did Wisconites reward him? They booted him out of office for tall Swede Ron Johnson! Then after 4 years of Johnson saying crazy sh-t, Feingold tried to retake the seat and Johnson defeated him again! Then remember we had Governor Jim Thompson , who at one time was early on was leading the Repub race in early 2016 with 11% to go down to 1% with national exposure after the first 2 primaries! And who can forget Paul Ryan? Biden should have started this Supreme Court thing after Dodd. The Clarence Thomas improprieties were public knowledge by that time. But the chances were also limited without both houses. .

Matt No offense but you've been saying this now for 3 years with Biden , as well as forecasting the demise of Putin! A couple of months ago, I finally had to interject here that Biden was losing and the very best he could do was 275-263, and he was currently behind in all 3 battleground states he won in 2020, which would be a Trump wipe out! I'm pretty much with Bill's new forecast at this time with Harris. This is Harris's hay day. She has to build a secure lead of 4-5 points right after the convention or it's going to be a slog, where if no candidate makes a major mistake, we're going to be relying on Harris in her debate with Trump, which I think she could do very well. I'm just getting tired of the rose colored glasses of Michael, Cohen, Mary Trump and Ben Meiselas, , (even though I like him a lot) telling me every new Trump incident buries him and ends up creating false hope and being wrong! How many people have been saying this now since 2016! These people do not have their fingers on the pulse of anything! They probably just don't want to believe Americans could be so stupid, but they obviously can by virtue of the fact that this is already so close!

Whew! Really? Eisenhower? It's hard for me to imagine Clinton not bs'ing himself about that! I do remember Reich saying something to that effect. He did sort of phase Reich out. Before him, it was the only 12 year period of Republican rule in the post war era. Then he lost all of his nerve when the Newt Gingrich Republican sweep happened. But if we're including celebrities and sports stars on a Democratic ticket, Bill. I might have, at one time put forward Al Franken and Bill Walton, bless his positive soul, RIP! In the next phase, we'll need people who had the courage for serious ego death! And the Dead at the Inaugural Ball! Inspirational talk in 2020! And speak of a meeting of the devils! Bill interviewing Kareem! I like his lead question! heh heh heh Kareem: Memories of Bill Walton: My Rival, My Brother and My Close Friend https://youtu.be/rp7ntz0uQYA

Watch Buttigieg in this Fox interview. This guy could take on anyone now in politics and 60 years ago could even absolutely wipe JFK's ass in any debate! OMG!, did I say that! The demands on candidates, the varieties of questions are unlike anything back in the 60's, The scope of Presidential debates back then were like electing Andy of Mayberry to office compared to now. By today's standards the Kennedy Nixon debates were child's play between the 40 yard lines, it was very civil and they hardly disagreed about anything really. We'll see how this develops but the Harris campaign does draw lines very clearly, and mostly to the Dems advantage. Imagine the nerve racking spectacle of still playing between the 40 yard lines with Biden, and I think inevitably losing and greatly hastening the end of his life on the planet! I don't know how the electoral politics would work. Is America ready for the Black/Asian/ Woman/Gay ticket ? Would Buttigieg though being a Gay from Indiana make inroads into the battleground states? But for debate, I don't think there could be any better. Not just against J.D. Vance. But the entire Fox network! Just watch how Buttigieg stays on message!

That's right Matt. Watch Buttigieg in this Fox interview. This guy could take on anyone now in politics and 60 years ago could even absolutely wipe JFK's ass in any debate! OMG!, did I say that! The demands on candidates, the varieties of questions are unlike anything back in the 60's. The scope of Presidential debates back then were like electing Andy of Mayberry to office compared to now. By today's standards the Kennedy Nixon debates were child's play between the 40 yard lines, it was very civil and they hardly disagreed about anything. Excellent post W.! We'll see how this develops but the Harris campaign does draw lines very clearly,and mostly to the Dems advantage. Imagine the nerve racking spectacle of still playing between the 40 yard lines with Biden, and I think inevitably losing and greatly hastening the end of his life on the planet! I don't know how the electoral politics would work. Is America ready for the Black/Asian/ Woman/Gay ticket ? Would Buttigieg though being a Gay from Indiana make inroads into the battleground states? But for debate, I don't think there could be any better. Not just against J.D. Vance. But the entire Fox network! Just watch as Buttigieg stays on message. https://youtu.be/t48d7JkkFyk

It's understandable with the fluid political situation that of late we have been posting polls about every day. I did want to resist that. But this Fox poll is breaking new ground! I know this was Bill and I's hunch. These 2 candidates were as unpopular and as old as any candidates ever! It had to mean that if given a different choice many more voters would come out. Is this an outlier or a real trend to the upside?

This Vanity Fair article on RFK Jr. is rather damning, but in a Kennedy clan believable way! He's portrayed as a somewhat disturbed person that no one in the family has the guts to expose! I'd say obviously they don't like what he's doing and fear he could do harm to the country, that also reflects on their family. And now they hear that RK would offer his voters for a Medical Post in Trump's Cabinet ?? https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/robert-kennedy-jr-shocking-history

That's an impressive array of artists. I got that way too around 72. $20 bucks!, I boycotted the big name bands because I thought they had become too greedy! I just to happen to come across this travel clip of Carcassonne. Looks like a cool fortress city! These brits loved it! They asked, 'why does nobody come here?" I bet that's fine with you! I was in Florence and Rome in early June thinking maybe the kids weren't out of school' It was cool, but a complete tourist zoo! The canyons I forgot the name of were the Gorges de Verdun. https://youtu.be/_dgWrPovul8

Bill, Great song, I used to do 805 in a duo. I used to see Jerry Miller solo in the Santa Cruz Mountain music scene. Bill, These are all musicians you've seen? Very cool! Yes, W. I've seen the English Beat, with the Dead, Beach Boys, Gladys Knight, Joe Jackson, , Jimmy Cliff, Yellow Man, Rick James, Peter Tosh, Rita Marley in Jamaica Sun Splash in 1983.

Robert said of the man in the center: this Lansdale looking male's shoulder? It looks like a young Regis Philbin to me. I know the guy on the right is Mike Wallace. Do you think the guy in the center might be Ben Shapiro's Dad?!

Honestly Matt, I can barely agree on anything she says here. And the writing is so big I can't copy it! He held his party united, avoided a bruising and expensive primary. He's an old guy who bullshitted himself, and some of us were telling you that a year ago. Unlike her, I would have much sooner had Joe step down and have a real primary among real candidates and I know we'd be farther ahead of Trump than we currently are. As I said earlier, any one of 4 candidates could have been further ahead by now. Joe made sure Kamal didn't have to fight through multiple challengers? Isn't that what your supposed to do in a Democracy? Or are we just suppose to coronate Kamala for her connection to Biden? .Waited until the GOP locked themselves into a bad VP choice and formally nominated Trump. Biden had no choice on that. As I mentioned at the time, the people forcing Biden out would silently gain the momentum and wait until after the GOP convention to misdirect the GOP.. Then galvanized the party around Kamala in short order in plenty of time to make sure our convention is cohesive. That'd the only thing she's said where she's not talking completely out of her ass! Biden endorsed Harris, Harris then said she'd have to earn it, and no one else wanted to be looked at as so ambitious to throw their hat in the ring. Kamala instantly went to the delegates and I guess she earned it? But it's true, under the unusual circumstances , it was important that the convention not be too divisive. Well Pam, I'm glad Joe could end up denying everybody else as he "made sure Kamala didn't have to fight multiple challengers" and "then galvanized the party around Kamala", just for you! There's been a Maga Blue denial going on with Biden for a couple of years, and now there's Maga Blue reverie! Until after the convention, there''s still a possibility Harris can gain ground over Trump, as I said earlier any one of 3-4 candidates could be up as much as 4-5 points on Trump after the convention. But if Harris is only up by 2-3%, it's a super close race and Harris does have a bit of baggage some of the other Dem candidates don't. But as far as history is concerned. All the good things that Biden did domestically will fall by the wayside if Harris isn't elected. Biden's pride and denial in confronting his limitations and his collapse in his debate will be what caused Trump to be elected and throw Democracy in peril! If she wins, he's a little tarnished, but good!

Wow Steve!, That's pretty good fact checking! I at first thought this was a direct quote from Harris. Even so, I don't know if that's a move to make Trump back out of the debates, and continually blast him as being a coward? I'm happy to say I don't think he will. In his supporter's eyes , he can't back down from the epitome of the enemy he's been railing against.

What? this Stevenson memo? To be clear, Jim Di has not at all conclusively proved Britain had any role at all in replacing Wallace. in 1944. The U.S.was in the driver's seat. Britain was in debt to the U.S. for becoming the critical piece in the turning of WW2. And both FDR and Wallace were anti colonialist. It was all domestic U.S. It was the Dem party bosses that were concerned about Wallace splitting off the Southern wing of the party , so they put in a Missourian , Truman. ***** Cliff: Where did the buck stop? He got tricked by WASP elite types. Same thing with the Bay of Pigs. The buck stopped with JFK -- and the hero worship is over the top. I agree with Cliff. Is JFK ever going to stop being characterized here as an innocent victim being betrayed by all of his appointments and everybody else around him? Then we hear endlessly that JFK surrounded himself with the ivy league "best and the brightest"? But FDR never had these problems, his cabinet was largely a grass roots of people throughout the country. Including Wallace who graduated from Iowa State university and whose first job was working for his family's farm Journal, and then he started a hybrid corn company.

Trump as a private citizen is not required to release his medical records, so you can bet he won't. But in fairness, How can Trump really know what hit him? Groubert for 2 hours on this Ben? Get a life or migrate back!

Gil, Your first post raised more questions than it answered so I very much I appreciate your efforts in spelling out your beliefs. I subscribe to a lot of them, but not with near your inner certainty. Well that's unfortunate. Hopefully you won't think my questions are hateful.ned in 1963? Except it was almost nonexistent Gil, This myth regrettably has been perpetuated by a number of JFKA authors. JFK was not at all controversial and didn't have a hundredth of the negative ratings of Trump. There was some newfound resistance to JFK in the south when they heard JFK's civil rights stand as JFK won the south in 1960.* Outside of that, resistance was isolated to relative handful of right wing ideologues. That's why the assassination was such a shock! There's really no comparison between JFK and Trump. If all the elites don't like Trump, how do you explain all of his donations? IMO, You've got the whole nature of the power game wrong. The elites can back one or both candidates. For example, After the Trump assassination attempt the stock market sold off tech, and alternative energy stocks and started buying healthcare stocks, because they sense that Biden's $35 insulin and regulatory attempts toward the sector were now waning. (Gil, is that because Trump is so anti elitist?) They also bought crypto currencies because Trump reversed himself and now likes Crypto. They bought the banks because they know there will be less regulation. it sounds like you're still caught up in the 60's MIC deal. Defense is only 3% of the GDP! But if you were to get a Mc Govern type or Bernie Sanders who was really interested in winding down the U.S. war machine, do you really the CIA would assassinate him? The answer is no, because their election would reflect a sea change in American politics, and because the interests they represent will just reallocate their resources when Defense goes out of favor. They'd be much more concerned about Sander's taxation policies, and have loved Trump's! Ok, give me current concrete examples. *This fomented a complete party realignment which is again happening today!

Can't agree with you there Tom, i think there's a lot of personality, particularly after Biden. The question is, is there too much personality?, and is it a personality that can stick with people, or will they get tired of the optimistic smiles. I think it's different in that the Democrats now have a opponent they genuinely fear more than say Mitt Romney. Yes that's the issue. But what she's doing now first is shoring up her base. She was talking to a women's group that's ecstatic that they now have a women candidate. i just saw her today and It's a very direct and substantive policy criticism of Trump. She's addressing the teacher's union who also have a lot of women. I suspect this will mostly continue as sort of a coronation to the convention where she'll pick a more centrist VP, and go after the unaligned after the convention. In the meantime, she'll be able to gauge in polls what advantage she has gained by being new, novel and younger than Biden or Trump. IMO, When Biden endorsed her, any other potential candidates probably felt that they'd be seen as ambitious troublemakers if they immediately put their hat in the ring. Harris first said she's going to earn it, and then she went out to the delegates, and in one day got the nomination. So I guess she did!? Not at all the process I wanted but I think the unique personality you mention that she has to develop has to be as a hard nosed prosecutor of Trump.

List of Democrats not to be in attendance for Netanyahu. https://www.newsweek.com/list-democrats-skipping-netanyahus-speech-1929619