NPR: Banks close branches at record pace. Time for Post Office to cash checks

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Friday March 26, 2021 · 7:01 AM PDT

2021/03/26 · 07:01

Bernie pushed a great idea during 2020 and way before that for the Post Office and its branches in towns and cities across the land to act as banks. It’s an idea whose time has come since online banking has made branches unprofitable for the big banks. Let’s do it, Joe!

"If Biden's a hunter, I'll vote for him!"

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Wednesday October 21, 2020 · 10:06 AM PDT

2020/10/21 · 10:06

“I’ve been hearing on Fox all about Biden being a hunter. That’s good enough for me because I love to hunt, and the other guy is from New York City, so he probably doesn’t hunt worth a darn. So all you fellow hunters, get out of your duck blinds, leave your camo on, and go vote for the hunting guy, and that’s Biden because he’s a hunter like us. Oh, and bring your driver’s license with you when you vote. They wouldn’t take my gun permit when I went first to try and vote.”

Why are interruptions allowed at Presidential debates?

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Monday September 28, 2020 · 9:31 AM PDT

2020/09/28 · 09:31

I was on a debate team in high school. If you interrupted a speaker, well, you wouldn’t be allowed to participate in another debate, period. That one, or any other during that year. In the 2016 first Presidential debate Donald Trump interrupted Hillary Clinton 55 times. She interrupted him about 12 times. Many people agreed that debate moderator Lester Holt lost control of that occasion.

Did Joe Biden’s team or Donald Trump’s agree to any ground rules for tomorrow’s debate? Can any candidate take up any of the other’s allotted time to interrupt or contest the other’s arguments and steal that person’s time? What is to prevent Trump from doing to Biden what he attempted to do to Clinton, not let him get a coherent message in for ten seconds?

You debate coaches out there, suggestions, recommendations?

Joe: a suggestion for the 1st Debate

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Saturday September 26, 2020 · 9:44 AM PDT

2020/09/26 · 09:44

It is highly likely that Trump will attempt to try out at the debate a slightly compressed version of his off-the-rails-and-off-the-topic approach that he exercises at both his rallies and interview questions. His approach is a modified version of the Gish Gallop technique in debates, perfected by the creationist Duane Gish who sought to “overwhelm an opponent with as many arguments as possible, without regard for accuracy or strength of the arguments.”

In Trump’s case, however, the “arguments” will be a plethora of idiotic and uprovable fallacies. Joe, you have a good sense of humor. Maybe pull out at first the line from the Gipper: “As President Reagan sometimes would say, ‘There you go again!’ And then something like: “There’s more cents in a ransacked and demolished piggy bank than what we’ve been made to listen to in the past two minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, our country has been made to suffer for nearly four years now from this cornucopia of lies and distortions (AKA bullshit). Enough is enough. I won’t dignify all of my opponent’s rubbish attacks with an answer because they’re so far from the truth, they would need a space shuttle to get back to earth reality and a hand calculator to count them all, however, I will address Mr. Wallace’s basic question with a rational answer…..” Keep that smile on and your wit cracking, Joe. You’d have a battle of wits with Trump, but we know you’d never attack an unarmed man….except on September 29th, with a nice big dose of reality and looking forward to progress for our people.

Richard Spencer does a 180

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Monday August 24, 2020 · 3:56 PM PDT

2020/08/24 · 15:56

Have others seen this yet from Newsweek and other solid sources? Richard Spencer, the Alt-Right guy who earlier soured on Trump has now actually come out strongly for Biden’s victory in November and has declared the Alt-Right movement dead. Anyone else have more in-depth coverage of this Saul-like conversion?

UPDATE: Thanks for all the comments. I agree that trusting this guy could be a very slippery slope. Still happy that he pulled a bit of air out of his followers.

Can a brave volunteer blog the RNC for DKos to help us all keep Trump's ratings down?

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Sunday August 23, 2020 · 7:43 PM PDT

2020/08/23 · 19:43

Here’s hoping that there is a brave soul with a huge supply of pain-relievers willing to listen to four days of BS for the benefit and mental wellness of those who follow Daily Kos.

Washington Postal Workers Defy USPS Orders And Reinstall Mail Sorting Machines

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Saturday August 22, 2020 · 7:08 PM PDT

2020/08/22 · 19:08

Today’s good news from Forbes Magazine. The Resistance strikes back!

How to thwart Russian interference? Anticipate! Inoculate!

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Friday August 07, 2020 · 8:33 PM PDT

2020/08/07 · 20:33

Washington (CNN)US intelligence officials have presented information to lawmakers and presidential campaigns indicating Russia is behind an ongoing disinformation push targeting former Vice President and presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden, according to sources familiar with the matter.

So here it comes. We knew it was on its way. Russian interference in November’s election to try to keep the Orange Putin Puppet in office, he who has been such a useful tool thus far on behalf of Putin’s desire to tear apart Western democracies and effectively immobilize them.

What’s to be done? In the absence of any help thwarting these upcoming and ongoing attacks by Putin and his bots on our democracy, how about we begin an inoculation campaign now. People way smarter than me can figure out the best way to carry it out, but basically we flood the social media with the messages that everyone can anticipate coming—that the Democratic nominee Joe Biden is a senile incompetent. Assume that at least 50% of the messaging will be coming directly or indirectly from Moscow, and detail what Americans can expect to hear from Russia. Assume that even if the name on your screen says “Joe Jones from Ft. Smith, Arkansas,” you can safely assume that his real name is Igor Ivanovich from wherever in Russia, or Belarus, or Crimea, or wherever. We were sitting ducks in 2016. Today, let’s load the anti-aircraft guns and fire away.

Trump: Harris would be a "fine choice" as VP

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Thursday July 30, 2020 · 7:27 AM PDT

2020/07/30 · 07:27

“President Trump graciously said Wednesday Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) would make a “fine choice” as Democrat Joe Biden nears a decision on his running mate.” New York Daily News

This comment from Trump alone should give pause to all Democrats and the pundit crowd. Trump would want Biden to pick a VP who has the maximum of targetable baggage and the least possibility of being elected, should Biden be a one-termer. Here’s hoping that Joe is listening to a wide variety of advisors before next week.

"New" GOP strategy: "If Biden wins, build a fallout shelter!"

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Tuesday July 07, 2020 · 9:59 AM PDT

2020/07/07 · 09:59

Senator John Kennedy (absolutely no relation to a real Senator Kennedy) bloviated to Sean Hannity on Fox News the “new” GOP angle on Joe Biden that’s sure to be a winner in November:

Kennedy said that Biden’s foreign policy is “hugs and hot cocoa” for America’s enemies.

“Build a fallout shelter. You’ll need it. Weakness invites the wolves,” Kennedy said.

Kennedy’s staff had to wake him from his three and a half year stupor to make this comment. Even before his sham election, Trump has shown American voters that there was hardly a strong man ruler or dictator on the planet that he wasn’t happy to host for “hugs and hot cocoa.”

I sure am looking forward to the next scathing attack from other comatose GOP senators.

Trump: "We" (i.e. white males) had no problems voting in 1918 and 1944. Covid? meh!

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Monday June 22, 2020 · 8:02 AM PDT

2020/06/22 · 08:02

WH Staff: Please inform your Oval Office tweeter about elections during our world wars.

Today’s realdonaldtrump: “Because of MAIL-IN BALLOTS, 2020 will be the most RIGGED Election in our nations history - unless this stupidity is ended. We voted during World War One & World War Two with no problem, but now they are using Covid in order to cheat by using Mail-Ins!”

Yeah, no problem at all in 1944… if you were white, not Japanese-American or black, or a woman in 1918. Only “small” problems there for those people. But what’s another few whopping lies before breakfast coming from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue?

Fox News—Trump on decision to hold Tulsa rally on Juneteenth: 'It's a celebration'

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Friday June 12, 2020 · 7:26 PM PDT

2020/06/12 · 19:26

No, sir. Mocking those you have attacked is not “a celebration.” When Stephen Miller scheduled this rally, of course he knew that Tulsans would be thinking of the massacre. Of course, they both knew it would antagonize African Americans and therefore excite his base. Trump is good at mocking and spitting on the genuine celebrations of others, at posting happy wishes on days of public mourning and tragedy.

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