Douglas Caddy Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Who Owns Kavanaugh #4: The Operatives & The Op Mark Judge, Chuck Johnson, and the weaponization of Christine Blasey Ford Who Owns Kavanaugh #4: The Operatives & The Op - PREVAIL by Greg Olear (substack.com) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Caddy Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 The 7 Deadly Sins of Today’s Conservatives The 7 Deadly Sins of Today's Conservatives (juancole.com) From Professor Cole’s column: I have never found conservatism an interesting ideology, and it seems to me patently false. Its exponents seem to believe that the rich are rich because they are more capable than others and the poor are poor because they are lazy. They decry the role of government in the economy but no one manipulates the government for the benefit of their social class (typically the owners of businesses) than they do. They believe that there are social hierarchies and that these are a good thing. I once heard William Buckley on the radio insisting that the lives of the blind are obviously less full than the lives of the sighted. The crass and embarrassingly glib argument seems to me to sum up the conservative obsession with some people being innately better than others. Even Buckley, however, would be embarrassed by today’s conservatives, who have devolved into glassy-eyed cultists. They dance around denying reality, imputing the Capitol insurrection to “antifa” in contrast to FBI findings and the evidence of our own eyes. They insisted Joe Biden isn’t really the president. Making sure that the rich are not regulated or taxed in the interests of the public good, the old conservative objective personified by Mitch McConnell, is tame stuff by comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Gallaway Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Damn! Jim and Jeff can rejoice! Old nemesis Navalny won't be able to mouth off anymore. Putin sends him off to Gulag! Foiled again! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/01/world/europe/navalny-prison-russia.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20210301&instance_id=27632&nl=the-morning®i_id=61798350&segment_id=52604&te=1&user_id=48552702f942aacb0810b9de5ca41c55 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Prutsok Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Looks like Biden is willing to dump all of his political capital on Tanden; none on $15 minimum wage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Varnell Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Andrew Prutsok said: Looks like Biden is willing to dump all of his political capital on Tanden; none on $15 minimum wage. He needs Murkowski to approve Tanden — a long shot. He needs Manchin to approve $15 — no shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Varnell Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Bulman Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 3 hours ago, Cliff Varnell said: Did anyone notice the colors on the stage were an overwhelmingly softer, friendlier Blue? Not Red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James DiEugenio Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Biden pulled Tanden. He should have never nominated her in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph McBride Posted March 3, 2021 Author Share Posted March 3, 2021 One theory of the Tanden nomination was that Biden knew she wouldn't fly, so he offered her up as a sacrifice to get the Republicans to go along with the rest of his major nominations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Prutsok Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 17 hours ago, Cliff Varnell said: He needs Murkowski to approve Tanden — a long shot. He needs Manchin to approve $15 — no shot. I stand corrected. Apparently they didn't fight for either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Prutsok Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 23 minutes ago, Andrew Prutsok said: I stand corrected. Apparently they didn't fight for either. I heard someone say Biden should appoint Hillary in an acting role to every cabinet position Republicans refuse to approve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ecker Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 I've never understood what a minimum wage increase has to do with covid relief for small businesses, people who need unemployment benefits, etc. Nor do I understand why the increase drives up the cost of the relief bill, since it's not the government that would be paying the wages. I assume that most government jobs already pay a decent wage, so the bill wouldn't be giving them raises, increasing the cost of government. But this is why I'm not an economist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Gallaway Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Andrew Prutsok said: I stand corrected. Apparently they didn't fight for either. Fighting? Tanden 's been dead for a week. Biden met with Manchin probably saw it useless. It just wasn't at all a progressive victory for the Dems in the 2020 election. It was the narrowest of margins. The political reality is if you're a person who wants the biggest stimulus check you can get and a $15 minimum wage for all. Your person in Washington is Nancy Pelosi, believe it or not. If she had her way, you'd probably be $6000 dollars richer by now! She probably would have cut you a $1500 check starting last May, and every quarter since, or maybe $600 every month. People would have been able to plan much better knowing they would at least have had that income. Pelosi was holding out for more in October to try to compensate for the fact that she could only cut one check up to that one point. Trump waved the white flag, abandoned his Republican Party and conceded to his enemy, Pelosi,and came tagging along, even though he never gave a crap about aid for the 6 months prior, thinking if he could buy votes by giving people a $2000 check with his name on it, he might be able to salvage the election. But even that was a pipe dream! Pelosi has completely out maneuvered Trump for the last 2 years! He's probably never been emasculated like that by a woman before! I haven't received my $600 check yet, and was told by the IRS that if I didn't receive it by now, I can deduct from in my 2020 taxes. I don't really need a $1400 check, but I'm sure as hell not going to turn it down after paying taxes all my life. It's a bifurcated economy and people are either not missing a stitch or financially in horrible shape. Of course, a massive outlay of 1.9 trillion is debt to be paid off in the future, and is saddling those of us who have children with a enormous debt. Of course, we've have been saying that for years. For those of us who remember 19% interest rates, when we were young, they've done a remarkable job at taming inflation through monetary policy. But can we count on that forever? ' Edited March 3, 2021 by Kirk Gallaway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Ness Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 10 hours ago, James DiEugenio said: Biden pulled Tanden. He should have never nominated her in the first place. Yep. Tactical error or sacrificial nominee?? Good question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Ness Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 8 hours ago, Joseph McBride said: One theory of the Tanden nomination was that Biden knew she wouldn't fly, so he offered her up as a sacrifice to get the Republicans to go along with the rest of his major nominations. Just saw this. Yeah I think that's the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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