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Re: Case Closed: A Summary of Our Series on Glenn Greenwald, Other Useful Idiots and Cancel Culture

Berynice — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 17:19:41 -0000

It reeks of envy to me. And roping in an old tired man to barely say, "I'm not sure what is happening" is pretty sad. It's like a mad rant. What to do? I only stumbled upon this by accident and felt sorry for this guy.

Re: Is Facebook down? Problems

Berynice — Sat, 04 Apr 2020 21:43:32 -0000

Been so slow all day - won't load

Re: Chris Matthews and the Twilight of the Boomers

Berynice — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 22:00:58 -0000

Bush junior was a boomer too. We're doomed!

Re: What’s Driving Democrats’ ‘Bernie-or-Bust’ Freakout

Berynice — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 00:22:13 -0000

Maybe we could get one of Trump's sons to run for the Democratic ticket then, by that logic. Who needs the guy who endorsed George Bush's reelection at the 2004's Republican National Convention? “As a Democratic candidate for president, he makes an excellent Republican donor,” quipped Pennsylvania Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman.

Re: What’s Driving Democrats’ ‘Bernie-or-Bust’ Freakout

Berynice — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 00:16:43 -0000

Too young and new and untried. Nina Turner would be a more likely choice.

Re: What’s Driving Democrats’ ‘Bernie-or-Bust’ Freakout

Berynice — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 00:15:48 -0000

It would never be Bloomberg - why would you think that? It's Bernie's choice. He's not naming the guy that endorsed Bush at the Republican campaign on his second run for president. I bet it will be a woman.

Re: What’s Driving Democrats’ ‘Bernie-or-Bust’ Freakout

Berynice — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 00:13:49 -0000

Breaking News: Mayor Pete crushes second place in New Hampshire while Sanders plummets to first.

Re: What’s Driving Democrats’ ‘Bernie-or-Bust’ Freakout

Berynice — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 00:10:56 -0000

Definitely. However, if Sanders is the ticket he can beat Trump. Democrats will vote the Democrat line - they may hold their collective noses, as many did when voting for Obama and not Hillary, but they'll vote for whomever is on the Democratic ticket. Not so of the Bernie followers because many aren't Democrats - they're independents who want a real party of the people. They not shopping at the company store run by Pelosi. So if anybody's interested in the Democrats winning, they'd be well advised to vote for Bernie.

Re: How Democrats Failed Voters in Iowa

Berynice — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 08:07:32 -0000

And not just the very rich but all those white women who voted for Trump don't want too pay taxes either - I refer to them because who would have thought?

Re: What Renée Zellweger Did To Her Face, According To Plastic Surgeons - by Michelle Villett

Berynice — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 00:13:06 -0000

Everybody's face gets squarer as they age - the jowls and whatnot. You still look like you though.

Re: Sanders Campaign Says ‘Bring It’ Following Trump’s Attacks

Berynice — Fri, 31 Jan 2020 21:38:30 -0000

He always said he would support the Democratic nominee whoever it be.

Re: Sanders Campaign Says ‘Bring It’ Following Trump’s Attacks

Berynice — Fri, 31 Jan 2020 21:37:41 -0000

I think he knows but chooses not to focus on it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Re: Bernie Sanders’ Political Revolution Is Long Overdue

Berynice — Fri, 31 Jan 2020 11:19:13 -0000

Right? I went to UCLA free in the 1960s. How radical was that?

Re: The Electability Argument Is the Second Biggest Threat of the 2020 Election

Berynice — Fri, 31 Jan 2020 11:12:11 -0000

Like Obama, the deporter in Chief, who I only voted for once.

Re: The Electability Argument Is the Second Biggest Threat of the 2020 Election

Berynice — Fri, 31 Jan 2020 11:11:33 -0000

Overall, Nixon signed 14 major pieces of “green” legislation into law, basically setting up the framework of the U.S. environmental policy up to now.
Nixon’s 1970 speech to Congress sounds a thoughtful and dialogue-encouraging note on the environment that resonates today:
“The fight against pollution,” Nixon said, “is not a search for villains. For the most part, the damage done to our environment has not been the work of evil men, nor has it been the inevitable by-product either of advancing technology or of growing population. It results not so much from choices made, as from choices neglected; not from malign intention, but from failure to take into account the full consequences of our actions.”
He was also realistic about how the environment and the economic needs of America are interconnected.
"The price of economic growth need not, and will not be, deterioration in the quality of our lives and our surroundings,” said Nixon. “The destiny of our land, the air we breathe, the water we drink, is not in the mystical hands of an uncontrollable agent. It is in our hands."
Perhaps, without Watergate, history would have an entirely different opinion of Nixon. Outside of Teddy Roosevelt, another Republican President, and also considered one of the most environment-friendly leaders for his work on conservation, Nixon made probably the most significant contribution to protecting this planet (maybe of anyone ever, if you think about the influence of his office). Whatever his personal failings, his Presidency is a reminder of a time when bipartisan action on key issues like the environment was possible. The Clean Air Act of 1970 passed the Senate with just one “nay” vote.
Under Eisenhower the top federal tax rate was 90%. They were different then, nonetheless in kindergarten I voted for Adlai Stevenson.

Re: The Electability Argument Is the Second Biggest Threat of the 2020 Election

Berynice — Fri, 31 Jan 2020 11:06:47 -0000

It's like that old Uruguayan saying, "If assholes could fly, you wouldn't see the sky." I try not to feed the trolls.

Re: The Electability Argument Is the Second Biggest Threat of the 2020 Election

Berynice — Fri, 31 Jan 2020 11:02:54 -0000

Because? Biden would win like Hillary?

Re: The Electability Argument Is the Second Biggest Threat of the 2020 Election

Berynice — Fri, 31 Jan 2020 11:01:59 -0000

Except Obama who had nearly no experience in government.

Re: Chris Hedges: Democrats Have No Moral Authority on Impeachment - Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists

Berynice — Mon, 27 Jan 2020 10:44:29 -0000

Yeah, who needs analysis?

Re: Hillary Clinton Spoils the Party

Berynice — Sun, 27 Oct 2019 20:10:05 -0000

The Dems soliticited the peepee tapes from an ex MI agent in England. Does that count? Sheesh. Should we all be cowering under our desks while the Russians persue making us all speak Russian?

Re: Hillary Clinton Spoils the Party

Berynice — Sun, 27 Oct 2019 20:07:27 -0000

Nobody says "much" like that anymore. It's really for old people.

Re: 'The Great Hack' Shows How Facebook Got Your Number

Berynice — Thu, 08 Aug 2019 10:17:09 -0000

LOL

Re: Is the Pentagon Behind the Rise in Lyme Disease?

Berynice — Wed, 07 Aug 2019 22:19:12 -0000

Really? We're going to drop lyme disease infested ticks on Iran and in ten years their soldiers and civilians may be sick? And people participated in this that had kids and family? Like, as biologists they might not think their family could get infected? Just unbelievable.

Re: The New York Times Is Oblivious to the Student Debt Crisis

Berynice — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 20:03:18 -0000

And one wonders why the Trumpster goes around saying "Fake News" and getting away with it. Two words: Judith Miller.

Re: Europe Is Acting Like Climate Change Is No Big Deal—Even as It Melts

Berynice — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 20:00:07 -0000

Stop feeding the trolls already. The block function really really helps!