Being Hegseth; two reports, here and here. The second item is arguably more judgmental; but do not presume I disagree.
Affilaitions? All the way to South Carolina, something to say on behalf of Astroturf Veterans' unquestioning love of Republicans of any kind, here (word search for "Hegseth), and here (gist of the affiliate).
UPDATE: Abuse of the editorial "we." Second item link about "Being Hegseth:"
During a segment that led off with Fox host Ainsley Earhardt asking, “Is the Somali refugee crisis now a terror crisis?” Fox contributor Pete Hegseth warned of the “incubation” of radical Islam in “radical mosques” in Minnesota, claiming that “the problem is that a lot of those communities have not assimilated the way we would want them to.”
WE? Him and his tapeworm? Who? Him and Roger Ailes? Him and either Koch brother? Who?
Tapeworm is my guess for referring to himself in the plural.
Sorensen, here. Having a bit of difficulty getting her Uptake link to work, check it out, HERE.
Read Sorensen first, for background, then follow the Uptake link. She's highlighted Duluth newspaper publishing re the CD8 contest. Her post is neutrally worded, giving notice rather than editorializing.
This link. As an independent I am troubled by the thought either of those narcissistic sociopathic self-centered war mongers could be the nation's CEO. Shouldn't you be?
And Republican candidate Nolan West, was he home schooled? Ditto, Jason Lewis. Rewriting who they are and will be, because of the ugliness in their pasts.
We need viable third and fourth parties. Conservative, and progressive; and with such two new and vibrant parties, the tired twosome we now have vying to be the corporatist spoils taker, into the future as they currently are, worthless because each is owned at the Senate, House and Presidential levels by special interests holding sway above and beyond the public interest. Each is disgraceful that way. Independents unite! We have nothing to lose but the 10% approval ratings the public feels toward the power usages in DC. Also, get money out of politics. Foundations and brand-selling are international disgraces, as well as hoaxes. Clinton and Trump vying for Grifter in Chief. It is hard to have patience with such orchestrated schlock mischief. Puking time.
Each of these two bozos will neutralize one another down ticket. Look for the Gerrymandered districting we suffer to yield the results yielded in the past. Redistricting seems to have bipartisan support for drawing new lines that are even more favoring of incumbency over contest. What else should be expected of a duopoly? Look at Airbus and Boeing in the commercial aircraft market. New entrants with potential market clout are disfavored. So, we see the identical thing in the political candidacy market. Should we be surprised? Markets get rigged. It's the nature of the beast. It happens every day. The only difference is every citizen is a shareholder in the politics market. Just, some shareholders such as Goldman Sachs own way more shares.
The saying, reaching a peak usage during my college days, "Everything turns brown with time." Is Wladimir Palant moving to the brown side of the force? In a ploy fitting of the Clintons and their Foundation? As in: Follow the money, it has a spoor as blood in the water has with sharks?
Consider Strib's reposting of an NYT item, here, titled: An ad blocker, created to protect users from ads, opens the door
By SAPNA MAHESHWARI New York Times -- September 18, 2016 — 10:49pm.
Strib's edit/post explains in opening paragraphs:
Adblock Plus, an ad blocker now used on more than 100 million devices, started out as an almost utopian idea a decade ago. Wladimir Palant, a 20-something developer who was annoyed with intrusive ads online, created it as an open-source project and quickly built it up with the help of volunteers who also wanted to make the internet faster, less cluttered and safer from malware.
Palant wanted publishers to make ads that did not “degrade” internet users with interruption and animation, he wrote on his blog in 2007. As Adblock Plus surged in popularity, he was able to turn it into a full-time job, increasing its staff to three employees in 2011 and housing it under a company named Eyeo GmbH in Germany. Its motto: “We want to make the internet better for everyone. Purging bad ads is a good start.”
But shortly after that, in 2011, Adblock Plus was altered and became a tool that, instead of blocking bad ads, allowed ads it deemed “acceptable” to be seen, often for a price — a controversial move that has positioned it as a gatekeeper between advertisers and its huge user base.
Now, with a staff of about 70, the company has moved even deeper into that business with an automated online advertising service that will allow more websites to place ads deemed “acceptable” [...]
Adblock Plus was the first kid on the block; to block. It's not alone. Readers might wish to explore browser enhancement software from Raymond Hill and/or Giorgio Maone.
Briefly, for those not already aware/using Hill has authored uBlock Origin and uMatrix available for both the Firefox browser and derivatives, and Chromium based browsers including Google's own Chrome. Maone authored NoScript, available only on the Firefox mode.
Readers should note that any software used involves an element of personal trust, and if deciding to trust any such third party add-ons they should do websearch and form personal independent opinions. I use the add-ons in browsing, but do not take that as an assurance or an endorsement. I reached an independent personal decision to do so - readers can think for themselves. But if using Adblock Plus, and being dissatisfied with blocking of ads (except those buying an indulgence from excommunication) one should explore avenues and options.
Again, any product, now or in future updates may include malware - or may move to the brown side of the force. For geeks/nerds, look for whether products are released under GNU free licensing - not a guarantee but something of an assurance. (There even is a GNU Icecat version of the Firefox browser; websearch about it if you choose.) You can always use Tor if speed of response is not a driving force to your browsing as much as privacy is.
Readers using Microsoft IE or the new Win-10 bundled browser can websearch = Tor Snowden NSA
But that is a matter of personal taste and opinion, and opinions and tastes can differ person-to-person. Some folks may like MSN as a homepage, or Yahoo. And may like lots of advertisements among page content.
Has anyone else noticed the Republicans and Democrats, the duopoly parties strangling politics in America, color-wise resemble the Bloods and the Crips? Not being an Inner Party person in either camp, what are the Republican and Democrat hand signals?
In this earlier post about the Nolan West legislative candidacy, the question was raised:
Reader help requested because no answer was found online: Is there any kinship relationship between Robyn West and Nolan West? Any reader knowing the answer is asked to submit a comment; ideally with a link if available. West, obviously, is not an uncommon last name.
An attentive reader responded, and the comment was cleared this morning:
Your reader request:
Yes, Nolan West is the SON of Anoka County Commissioner Robyn West, who is running for re-election in much of the same area her son is running for the House.
Might I suggest that voters would be much better served voting for Susan Witt for the State House and Nyle Zikmund for County Commissioner!
[highlighting added]
Since that Sept 14 post, more has been reported, the situation even reaching one DC outlet.
Republican candidate apologizes, deletes old Facebook post about ‘lynching’ Obama
By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times - Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Nolan West, a GOP legislative aide who is now a candidate for the Minnesota House, started scrubbing his Facebook profile of the controversial comments after being contacted by the Star Tribune.
“I apologize for posting insensitive material,” Mr. West told the newspaper in an email. “I’ve taken those posts down because they do not reflect who I am or what I believe.”
On the eve of President Obama’s 2008 election, Mr. West, who was then a teenager, reportedly wrote on Facebook: “IT’S LYNCHING TIME.”
In later years, he posted derogatory comments about women and gays, the Star Tribune reported.
In 2011, he reportedly expressed admiration for the Confederacy and called President Abraham Lincoln “the single worst president this country has ever seen.”
In 2015, he reportedly advertised a Confederate flag sale on his page the same day that South Carolina removed the Confederate battle flag from its statehouse grounds in the aftermath of the Charleston church shooting, in which nine people were gunned down by a white supremacist.
Another 2015 post appeared to belittle nationwide efforts to ban the Confederate flag, equating it with the rainbow LGBT flag, the Star Tribune reported.
Mr. West’s Facebook page appeared to be disabled Wednesday morning.
So Nolan is running for office as a candidate for the 'party of Lincoln?' What is wrong with the MNGOP that the GOP would ever hire someone like this to be a legislative aide? That as a problem precedes the concern about him running for office.
He would not seem to be a good candidate, likely to lose, with crap like this illustrating who he is. But a greater concern to me is that he can easily continue in his state salaried job when his candidacy fails. This man is actively contributing to the drafting of legislation in the state of Minnesota for a party that controls one of the two houses of the legislature.
That is wrong.
[" ... trove ..." link in above quote headlining is in original]
The CP reader seems to have hit upon something akin to the intransigence the GOP, primarily via its House leader Kurt Daudt, has shown in grandstanding and obstruction vs. the business of governing, passing legislation all can live with, etc.
However, an interesting pattern exists, per a Google this morning = nolan west legislative aide minnesota
Nolan West, a yes-man for Republican legislators, is running for a ... What is wrong with the MNGOP that the GOP would ever hire someone like this to be a legislative aide?
No lil' Nolan listed there, as of this morning. Scrubbing of the GOP embarrassment reached beyond anything by Nolan or his family, into the legislature's MnGOP staff folks mopping up, per the reports of Nolan's "resigning" his job.
The alacrity with which the House GOP staff scrub was done suggests the "resignation" might have been prompted and assisted.
Which brings us to the major question - family dynastic intent towards career politician status. Robyn West has been for years an occupant of a seat on the Anoka County Board, elected and reelected - whatever you make of that.
Young Nolan - His LinkedIn page, not yet scrubbed at the time of this post, indicates:
Oversaw and modified the visual presentation of the department.
Sold a variety of electronic merchandise ranging from clock radio to LED TVs.
Provided IT support for the warehouse.
Advised the member service department on electronic returns.
Repaired computers ranging from corrupt operating systems to faulty RAM.
Consulted for the customer service department regarding customer issues and faulty electronics.
With a degree in history from the U being so employable, no real jobs, just Geek Squad to pol in the family tradition; and his primary skill might be marching in parades.
So Robyn and contacts got the kid a political paycheck. Bravo, Robyn. It's a real service to the public. Especially as how his Facebook history - pre-scrubbing - shows what a substantial character the gentleman brings to the public payroll.
Is this your idea of good government? The tree, or the apple that's fallen not too far away from the tree? Both, together in this sad and sordid thing, project a need for new blood on the County Board, and for another person more fit for the actual requirement of good legislative government. We have enough Kurt Daudts. One more would be a mistake.
____________UPDATE_____________
Curiously, young Nolan's campaign website about page's bottom facebook and twitter links don't link, as of the time of this post, to any actual content. Scrubbing bubbles at play today. Possibly earlier. How about this for an about page, less wordy than his content:
"Dork."
__________FURTHER UPDATE____________
Reader help needed. The less terse actual Nolan West about page among other things apart from Lincoln, Obama, Jefferson Davis, and all:
Nolan currently lives in Club West and works for the House Majority Caucus in the Minnesota Legislature. He is running in House District 37B to represent Blaine in the Minnesota Legislature.
Well, we know about that "currently [...] works for the House Majority Caucus" bit; the site needs updating; currently without a job; and we know about the candidacy. It's been in the news.
What about "Club West"?
Links online: here, here, here, here and here. Is this more of the Robyn - Nolan West activity? Did they develop a property, farming a new cash crop, suburban housing expansionism? The West family name is not on the SoS filings; but, so what? Developers are Crabgrass.
Does any reader know the history, and if so, a comment with detail would be greatly appreciated?
LAST: Possibly fertile grounds for cause and effect speculation, Seeking Alpha here as to possible cause, then City Pages, here.
This link. At least, if history is true, with the decent lawyer such chicken shit can be swept up when the affronted party declines to get drawn into a passing match. (Oh --- Did I get my vowel wrong?)
Seriously, abuse of restraining orders is an affront to the issuing court and shows insufficient respect for the courts and for other people. Deficient personality is an explanation, but not an excuse. Decent people do not do indecent things.
About half the practice of a decent lawyer consists of telling would-be clients that they are damned fools and should stop.
Elihu Root, quoted in Philip C. Jessup, Elihu Root (Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1964), vol. 1, p. 133, as cited by Lloyd B. Snyder, "Is attorney-client confidentiality necessary?", Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, Spring 2002, p. 33.
Huffpo, here. What's wrong with being truthful? And a related question, if using a high-flying drone with guided weaponry to kill in other nations is not terror inducing, what is it? Put another way, how do you define "terrorism," and the related question, how should our nation's terrorism be reason to deny victim redress against the Saudis? Sometimes DC insiders boggle one's ordinary imagination. To scheme together is to dream together? Who sez? Is the smell of OIL really that strong?
This HuffPo link. Screw 'em. Single payer is the only sane answer apart from a reality of lobbyist influence predominating 'back then' for money takers in the insurance racket. If now locked in on their intent on overcharging a captive audience, run the program by the government, for the people, and leave the extortionists out in the rain. They'd only get wet, and; so?
Trump’s economic team estimated that the complete tax plan, combined with rollbacks to some federal regulations and new initiatives to open up more public and private lands for oil and gas drilling, would deliver 3.5 percent growth per year for the next decade and produce 25 million new jobs.
Trump should try to see if Franklin Graham would accept press secretary, if/when. Nixon, with Watt in tow, was close to Billy.
On Wednesday, one day after Berniecrat Tim Canova lost a Florida U.S. House primary to Debbie Wasserman Schultz, whose scheming to sabotage Sanders’ bid for the presidency forced her resignation as Democratic National Committee chair, Our Revolution, the newly formed progressive group created by Sanders, offered its condolences in an email.
“Last night was a tremendous night for our political revolution. Out of the five progressive primary campaigns we supported, three were victorious. But we did lose one, a big one, in Florida: Tim Canova against Debbie Wasserman Schultz,” said Jeff Weaver, Our Revoution’s newly installed president, who met Sanders in his 1986 campaign for Vermont governor.
Canova took on the corporate Democrat most despised by the Sanders legions (in June, Wasserman Schultz had tried to delay new federal regulations reeling in predatory payday loans). Backed by Bernie this spring, Canova raised several million dollars from Sanders’ nationwide network. But when Sanders launched Our Revolution last week in a national webcast, and listed some of the candidates they would be supporting this fall, Canova wasn’t among them. Sanders didn’t make any last-minute campaign appearances in Florida either, although Canova was listed among 60-plus candidates on Our Revolution’s website just days before his primary loss. Canova told reporters he left messages on Bernie’s personal phone, but got no reply.
[...] The email ended with a pledge to “take our country back from the billionaire class” and below that, a big red "Contribute" button.
Just how much Our Revolution is going to contribute to sustaining and building a nationwide progressive movement is the big question. This goes beyond Bernie believers who cringed at the last-minute distancing from Canova. When Sanders launched Our Revolution, he promised the group would be led by progressives to shepherd a continuing wave of activism to hold the Democratic Party accountable, and to elect candidates to local, state and federal office.
That high-minded pronouncement didn't come in a vacuum. It came after a majority of the new group’s young staffers—said to be among the best from his presidential campaign—quit after Weaver was given the top job. They may not appreciate that Sanders would want to have someone he trusts overseeing the most valuable mailing list in progressive politics today, the Nation noted. But in their statements they said they didn’t like Weaver's apparent plans to tap big-money donors whose names could be kept secret just like in any other super PAC, and that Weaver wasn’t cut from the same grassroots cloth as their nationwide base.
[link in original] Read the rest at Alternet. It's worth reading.
It appears Canova, like Hendrix, now is experienced. Not exactly congruently experienced, let it be: EXPERIENCED.
Hat tip to an occasional Crabgrass reader for forwarding the link. The item is not alone in documenting "Our Revolution" as "Whose Revolution" and noting its solidarity is cheese cloth.
The Alternet item is a suitable starting point for anyone's websearch.
It appears from general online coverage that the setup of "Our Revolution" as a 501(c)(4) entity for tax purposes constrains ways it may operate, and assures anonymity to big-buck donors who may, that way, have a bigger say on entity policy than one responding to the email solicitation by cutting a fifty buck check; or offering bitcoins.
Aimed primarily at a cottage industry income stream? Aimed to not really step on establishment toes; but to mine a vein of silver not concentrated but extensive, and a mailing list away? Ask that Weaver guy.
We have our own Weavers in Anoka County; but they are not progressive revolutionaries. Not one bit. Business Roundtable, Pawlenty sorts. Mining their own cash flows, at a guess. We know Pawlenty prosperity has been firmly grounded, and Tim's got a Weaver friendship reaching back to law school days.
_______________UPDATE______________
Some readers may recall an earlier post from the end of August, here, where an email thread emerged, stating in part:
From Bob - site author-
I'm just trying to promote progressive candidates - it's unfortunate that the narrowly focused new entity Our Revolution has hijacked a much more widely encompassing movement's hashtag.
My website, SupportOurRevolution.com is not affiliated with Our Revolution. Our Revolution has NOT endorsed Angie Craig. If you see I list BoldProgressives.org as the endorsing organization. I have been promoting #OurRevolution candidates on twitter (@4OurRevolution) - progressive candidates vetted by SEVERAL progressive organizations -- for MANY months before OurRevolution.com was formed.
[...] i registered as a Green on July 12 (after 39 years as a registered Dem). I was disappointed by Jill's VP pick, which, just as Our Revolution has done, narrowly focused her viability, making it impossible for her to get the 15% of the vote to qualify as a 'major party' let alone win the election. But i'll vote for her, because obviously i can't vote for Hillary. Meanwhile, will spend all my energy promoting progressive down-ballot candidates. I am also shifting my 'branding' to http://SupportProgressives.com which pisses the hell out of me, because i spent many months working 12 hour days to do the 700 memes/posts/outreach with #OurRevolution. But whatever it takes to move things forward.
[...] not sure i'm even relevant to your post as i'm not the Our Revolution folks [...] if you think my 15 month-efforts promoting Bernie and down-ballot Berniecrats/Greens/Progressives at @4OurRevolution on twitter and my website SupportProgressives.com, (formerly SupportOurRevolution.com and my reasons for abandoning it) make a good story - i guess go ahead and quote me [...]
I am thankful for the gentleman's taking time to correspond. Readers have three helpful links from the effort.
Interested readers should also find time to read (reread) Tom Paine. I have tracked down links for online availability of Paine's writings, which I intend to pursue -- which now remains a topic for future posting. All for now.
_____________FURTHER UPDATE______________
The latest updated "SUPPORT PROGRESSIVES" endorsements for Minnesota, per the state-specific link:
On the site each item in this screenshot is a hot link to a progressive plank in a quality agenda:
This from the website footer appears to also be a 501(c)(4) organization; in that way similar to the Sanders/Weaver disputed operation; both endorse candidates, lists do not necessarily overlap; and neither is as extensive in endorsements as supportprogressives.com
Fragmentation and lack of a single anchor at this point may not be necessarily bad. Each effort can prosper and progressives can like more than one group and website. It's not like "your party or your excommunication;" as with a prominently known establishment duopoly that shall not (and need not) be named again.
Emptywheel commentary includes links to Politico [above headline quote's source], Buzzfeed, and The Intercept. Interesting reading. Two of the items overlap substantially, the other two digress their own ways.
In Strib's limelight, here. LinkedIn, here. Fitting to the headline, here.
The opening image is from the candidate's website, cropped.
____________UPDATE_____________
Reader help requested because no answer was found online: Is there any kinship relationship between Robyn West and Nolan West? Any reader knowing the answer is asked to submit a comment; ideally with a link if available. West, obviously, is not an uncommon last name.
Then there's the townfolk. The extended headline - This link. Babbitts abound. Many consult. Some come out of Indiana.
North metro towns have a homegrown share; and then some. My suggestion is the one Strib-quoted planner-idiot should try The Brothers K. Strib's item continues:
"A lot of people felt the government didn't need to hold that prime property and it should be in private hands," Willer said. "We were getting a lot of push on that.
"We really heard it more from the business community: 'We need more people to contribute to our tax base. Spread the load.' The City Council would hear about it, I would hear about it. We struggled for many years with the decision to sell it."
Sauk Centre has a deal in principle with Oppidan Inc., an Excelsior-based developer specializing in big-box retail, fast-food restaurants and other franchise outlets.
Something in that Sauk Center situation reminds me for some reason of Darren Lazan's hot-shot deal for the Town Center McDonalds.
Build that tax base. Block that kick. Win that war. And if you have any thought Babbits are absent from county boards, you don't live where I do. Babbits, Big Mac attacks, hand in glove.
Awaiting big box retail is so grounded in Americana that they made a movie.
God bless the tax base. And those that promote it's growth via propagating root runners.
____________UPDATE____________ This link. And this. Time isn't helping us. Time isn't hurting us. There is the old saying about nine women each with a month, and not that way producing a baby. Put another way: Peristalsis cannot be speeded up. How many taxpayer purchased studies are needed to prove that?
And, what? More mischief about the phony Christian school relocation begetting infrastructure spending of tax dollars leading to the kiting of the value of the raw land? Crabgrass prospering? Given the generous watering? What?
$ 5,000 Mrs. Kathryn M Myhre of Globe University
$ 5,000 Mr. Terry L. Myhre of Globe University
[...]
$ 5,000 from Bridgepoint Education Inc. PAC
Excerpting above shows the three biggest plungers on the listing. Then there is current news, Strib here, stating in part:
The state of Minnesota took steps toward closing Woodbury-based Globe University and the Minnesota School of Business on Thursday after a judge ruled that the for-profit schools committed fraud in marketing and recruiting for their now-shuttered criminal justice program.
[...] The state’s action was set up by a 133-page rebuke by Hennepin County District Judge James Moore, who ordered Globe and the Minnesota School of Business to stop the fraudulent practices.
Moore also ordered unspecified civil penalties against the schools, which operate as separate corporate entities but are owned by the Myhre family and share the same management team.
[...] As a result of the court ruling, Higher Education Commissioner Larry Pogemiller ordered the schools’ authorization revoked late Thursday afternoon.
State law prohibits a private school from operating if it has been found to have committed fraud.
[...] On Thursday night, Jeanne Hermann, the schools’ chief operating officer, said they were not aware of the state’s action until asked to comment by the Star Tribune.
Too Close for Comfort: One Family-Managed Group of For-Profit Colleges' Curious Relationship With Preferred Lender
For the past few years, Globe Education Network schools have faced intense scrutiny for, among other things, their high price tag, poor graduation rates, leaving students deep in debt, and even consumer fraud. Today, the Globe Education Network (GEN) consists of nearly 30 schools, which are owned or partially owned by Terry Myhre and the Myhre family. Twenty of these schools operate under the name Globe University and Minnesota School of Business, while other Globe Education Network schools include Duluth Business University, Minnesota School of Cosmetology, the Institute of Production and Design, Broadview University, Truck America Training, and the Transportation Center for Excellence.
Tuition and Student Debt
Get ready to break the bank if you're headed to a Globe University, or another Globe Education Network school. Not including room and board or fees, Globe's degrees range from $12,870 for a one-year Certificate in Internet Marketing to $93,510 for a four-year bachelor's degree (.doc).
College students in Minnesota graduate with an average of $29,800 in student loan debt, which ranks as the third highest in the country. This, however, is nothing compared to graduates of Globe University and Minnesota School of Business. [...]
Lawsuits
This past August, Globe University was forced to pay nearly $400,000 to former dean, Heidi Weber, after a jury decided that the school had unjustly fired her for blowing the whistle on fraudulent conduct occurring at the school. In her suit, Weber claimed that Globe University paid commissions to recruiters, violated multiple accreditation standards, falsified job placement numbers, and used unethical tactics to mislead prospective students.
Weber also claimed that Globe/ MSB changed the Medical Assistant Program's accreditation agency, because the school was unlikely to continue to meet the former agency's more stringent accreditation standards. [...]
A second wrongful termination lawsuit was brought against Globe/ MSB by former Dean of Business, Jeanne St. Claire. According to St. Claire, she was fired in 2011 after she blew the whistle on Globe's practice of exaggerating its job-placement record and inflating graduation rates.
A third lawsuit was recently brought against Globe University/ Minnesota School of Business, by current and former students alleging consumer fraud.
[italics added, links omitted] There is more to the HuffPo item and linked material. That family backed John Kline with their money.
City Pages, here. Bridgepoint Education's homepage. Hometown newspaper reporting Bridgepoint news, here. This item:
John Kline Channels For-Profit School Donors To Darlene Miller
[...] A quick review of wannabe-Congresswoman Miller’s recent FEC filing reveals quite a few contributors from the For-Profit Education industry :
Michael W Buttry of Capella Education Co.
John Kevin Gilligan of Capella Education Co.
Kathryn Myhre of Globe University
Terry Myhre of Globe University
Bridgepoint Education Inc PAC
Capella Education PAC
For those that thought with John Kline retiring and with Corinthian Colleges, Westwood College, Heritage College, University of Phoenix, Trump University, etc. drawing headlines for various investigations and complaints, that the For-Profit Educaiton industry would ignore Minnesota’s Second District campaign were wrong … support for Darlene Miller is growing.
The Myhre family owns Globe University, currently in the news; this websearch, this link. Another websearch, HuffPo on for-profit student debt mills, PiPress, MPR, AND a websearch = "Terry L. Myhre" "john kline" minnesota
JOHN KLEIN IN A NUTSHELL: In my mind, the defining moment for second-career politician John Kline came early in his political career, and throughout the remainder of it he has lived up to the promise of what pro-Kline campaigning literature represented back then, and in his case still, now.
The lowest commonest denominator. Appalled by it when it came in the mail. Appalling still, but the essential Kline, there from the start. Making me think of the contents of the family's septic tank, this campaign literature item - first image has the left side as a fold-out, - and when it is folded out, you see characteristic Kline camp subtlety at play:
That Chester - Molester lit-drop thing still offends me years and years after that election. From back when Kline ran where then-current districting had the Ramsey home included with Bill Luther the incumbent in Congress, John Kline the carpet-bag insurgent craving attention and support.
How do low life people like that prosper up the officer corp food chain in the military? What're the military's defect prone selection criteria? Mediocrity rising via up-or-out as with scum ensconcing itself atop a stagnant pond?
The SoS presidential part of the November ballot will have a number of choices besides the duopoly depressants; with already noted Green and Libertarian candidacies represented per the below images (click it to read):
But wait. There's more. If disenchanted with Green and Libertarian, the ballot allows yet a different quality vote (as a complete reading of the above image discloses) namely:
You could call that the secondary green ballot choice. The "Light up your life" choice. The mellow way to vote.
Two months from Election Day, Hillary Clinton has a clear edge over Donald Trump in nearly every measure traditionally used to gauge success in presidential races.
She's raising huge sums of money and flooding airwaves with television advertisements. A sophisticated data team with a history of winning White House contests is meticulously tracking voters in key battleground states. Clinton also has multiple paths to the 270 electoral votes needed to win in November — so many that she could lose Ohio and Florida and still become America's first female president.
But Trump's campaign believes there are pockets of voters eager to be persuaded not to back Clinton. While Trump squandered a summer's worth of opportunities to court those voters, his campaign heads into the fall suddenly confident in its ability to make up lost ground.
Trump aides were gleeful Friday over the release of FBI notes regarding Clinton's controversial email practices while secretary of state. His campaign plans to come out of the Labor Day weekend wielding the report as a warning about the Democrat's judgment.
Getting Trump to make that kind of consistent case against Clinton has been a herculean task for much of the campaign. But advisers say he's more receptive to his new leadership team's more scripted approach, mostly because it's coincided with a tightening in the public polls he monitors obsessively.
What? Clinton's attention to polling is less? Get real. Both have to be looking in the mirror in the morning saying, "I like you." Believing it too, one hopes.
The Democratic presidential nominee is also slipping in trustworthiness and honesty. Thirty-five percent of voters view Clinton as honest and trustworthy, compared to Trump's 50 percent. Voters think Clinton has the better temperament to serve in the White House and is more prepared to take on the responsibilities of commander in chief.
50% trust Trump? Really? I find that hard to believe. My big question, if you take the headline 54% and 56% does that mean a super majority of 110% are like me and dislike both of them?
If either Jill Stein or Gary Johnson were let into the debates, the two party duopoly numbers would plummet. On likeability and perception of honesty alone. Never mind adding in policy with less war mongering and war borrowing/spending AND legalization being appealing policy into the future. It would be a romp if Green or Libertarian speakers were let in the door to debate the "frontrunners."
What an awful,sorry excuse of a choice we are given by the shabby two-party dominated SYSTEM. We, as a nation, deserve better. It's a surprise Clinton is not trying to charge for her debate appearances. And it will be a surprise if Trump does not use debate appearances to push some "TRUMP" branded consumer product of questionable quality and of Asian origin of manufacturing.
"See this tie I'm wearing, it's a TRUMP tie and you can have one too," might be unlikely, but not impossible, given personalities and all. Ditto, "The Foundation is still open for a proper class of donors, at suitable levels of contribution."
What else is there to expect, from a pair of grifters?
FINALLY: Lunch with Lloyd really unpins my bullshit meter. Especially in light of a three-quarters-of-a-million bucks in speech payments, Lloyd's folks to the Clinton pocketbooks directly, not even routed Foundation-wise.
What about those transcripts? How about some heat and light again on that question? It's surely a proper consideration. Would an answer at a debate to any such question be, "Email me, and I'll have Huma get back to you"?
The headline is from opening paragraphs, Atlantic, this link, titled, "The Inverted Politics of American Exceptionalism - Hillary Clinton champions a concept the Republican Party has embraced and Donald Trump has disavowed."
The Clintons are exceptional, with only their pockets open and an open handed foundation, they reached nine-figured wealth under their control, as nothing besides career politicians. GHW Bush went privateer, Carlyle Group, to amass his politician's fortune, a less exceptional step.
As to American Exceptionalism, it had been called "policeman of the world," with the rest of the world resenting that term, too. Trump seems closer to Rand Paul, that way, than to the Bushco neo-con war lust. Put Obama on that end of the spectrum too; given Libya and Syria on his watch; and Gitmo same as ever, on his watch. War hawks have failed miserably, and one definition of insanity is to continue doing something that does not work, but fails time after time. Vietnam was a lesson for some. Too few, however. Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, how much crap is needed to evidence something like a learning curve?
HYPOCRITE: "“It’s not just that we have the greatest military, or that our economy is larger than any on Earth, it’s also the strength of our values.” Clinton added: “Our power comes with a responsibility to lead.” The candidate said that. With an "economy larger than any on Earth" the Clinton spouses and daughter have been grabbing wealth hand over fist, showing obscene greed, while normal persons not connected to the willing wealthy as are the Clintons get table scraps from the 1%. It is an outrage, that the true Clinton "responsibility" is to grab all the loot they can, whenever they can, as quick as they can, with dubious circumstance not being any impediment whatsoever.
They show avarice to an inhospitable degree. They are grifters. Or for them, should the term be "grafters?"
