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Cosmic Kid

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11/07/2020 05:28 PM
Lots of work still to do, but today is a good day.
Just say "NO!" to WCP!!!!
longslowdistance

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11/07/2020 07:49 PM
Watching his speech. Gotta say he is laying it down. Mike drop is not possible right now, but full credit.
Cosmic Kid

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11/07/2020 10:03 PM
Though Kamala was terrific....
Just say "NO!" to WCP!!!!
79pmooney

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11/08/2020 01:40 PM
I went to the farmers market yesterday morning. Cold, wet, small crowd. Vendors were quietly juibulent. Stopped at the vendor selling unusual meats (buffalo, yak, venison and the like and my favorite, duck eggs). I was stocked on eggs and she hadn't had them for months but I always say hi. Said it was a great day and rermembered as soon as the words left my mouth, she is rural Oregon, not foo-foo Portland and we never talked politics. No problem. She was going to break out a bottle of good wine. Second thought, boubon.

Also talked to an ACLU volunteer, a young man(?) of color with eyeshade. He was sure this was the start of a new era, that the young were going to change everything. I kept quiet but I don't share his optimism. This is just a small start. The next 4 years are going to be mostly just undoing some of the damage of the current administration, much like Clinton had to dig us out of enormous deficit and Obama both the deficit and 2008 mess.

Funny, but I have had a feeling that we have had one power that would, if necessary, keep Trump in check - the military. Yes, Trump is Commander in Chief. But he lost the respect of the military leaders long ago. If he steps too far out of line, they will step up to serve the greater United States. (Trump burned a few bridges when he showcased the military clearing the street for his bible shoot.) Admirals and generals know they will probably see budget cuts, etc, under Biden, but at least they get to be respected and be givine reasonable marching orders, not walks of shame.
Orange Crush

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11/09/2020 09:31 PM
The list of those who have yet to congratulate Biden and Harris include a who’s who of global dictators and most elected republicans.
smokey52

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11/09/2020 10:02 PM
The Mitch's father was Addison Mitchell McConnell Sr., so this incarnation really is a son-of-a-Mitch, and acts like it all the time. Hypocrite is too mild a term.
(I did get out for a ride today, just to keep cycling in the post.)
Orange Crush

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11/11/2020 10:41 AM
Mitch and Pompeii, the electoral college play as last resort
https://www.axios.com/trump-electoral-college-biden-68d94e27-ace7-4da8-9e22-af7a62fe5149.html

Meanwhile the Pentagon top is being replaced by lap dogs. Maybe Ben was on to something.
Dale

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11/11/2020 11:17 AM
Isn't this where the military is supposed to step in to stop the coup, then line up the deposed dictator along with his henchmen/ loyalists, and have them executed in front of the palace?
6ix

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11/11/2020 01:38 PM
I saw a glimmer of hope on Saturday when Biden won. Hell, have to say I kinda cried a bit after listening to Harris and Biden speak later that night.

But then all of this????? It's so maddening, depressing, etc. I can't handle it. I'm angry all the time now. He needs to just go away. Now I'm only about 50% sure Biden will be President in a couple months.

What Pompeo said yesterday should be terrifying to anyone, republicans included.
Orange Crush

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11/11/2020 01:40 PM
Oh hell how did Pompeo change to Pompei?

Spell check will be death of us all.
79pmooney

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11/11/2020 01:56 PM

Posted By Evan Solida on 11/11/2020 01:38 PM
I saw a glimmer of hope on Saturday when Biden won. Hell, have to say I kinda cried a bit after listening to Harris and Biden speak later that night.

But then all of this????? It's so maddening, depressing, etc. I can't handle it. I'm angry all the time now. He needs to just go away. Now I'm only about 50% sure Biden will be President in a couple months.

What Pompeo said yesterday should be terrifying to anyone, republicans included.


Dale, I have far more trust and hope for the military than the administration. Not all, but more than a few have good hearts. I think Edwin Rommel who fought for his homeland, NOT Adolph HItler. Read "A Higher Callr", about the air war over WW2 Germany. Almost none of those Luftwaffe pilots were Nazis. Lifelong military and proud of it, yes, but also true (not Proud Boy) patriots. They fought and died for their country despite their "leader".
79pmooney

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11/11/2020 01:57 PM

Posted By Orange Crush on 11/11/2020 01:40 PM
Oh hell how did Pompeo change to Pompei?

Spell check will be death of us all.


Watch out! He's gone plural on us.

(too many years of Latin.)
longslowdistance

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11/11/2020 07:48 PM
Just a tempering voice here, from a veteran in case you give a fart.
IMO, Full on unalloyed true believers of any stripe are not a good thing, including within the military.
longslowdistance

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11/11/2020 07:49 PM
That said, the current US military is a better meritocracy than most.
Cosmic Kid

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11/12/2020 12:13 PM
We all need to take a deep breath....there is no way for Trump to overturn the results of the election. This is nothing more than the dying histrionics of someone on their way out the door.

The only move that is concerning to me was the placement of one of Nunes stooges into a civil service job, which provides him protections against being fired. But ther is nothing to stop the admin from assigning him to a broom closet come January.

My guess is that shortly, perhaps even after Thanksgiving, Trump realizes that there is an exit ramp in sight and he can surround himself with sycophant's who provide him with the adulation he craves if he just stays at mar-A-Lago. By the time mid-December rolls around, I doubt he sets foot in Washington again. he nver liked the job anyway...so fully expect him to basically just stop doing it shortly.

Now, there remains the danger of people like Stephen Miller and Barr doing things while Trump is away, and we must remain vigilatn....but Trump is going. There is no doubt of that.
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