Can we imagine a better 28-ish hours for Trump than dusk Sunday to 12:01 AM Tuesday? How many more days like this would you need to believe that his re-election is locked in?

SR-71 pilot narratives: Graham, Rosenberg.

Moar fun gossip from Rosenberg.

These guys must have felt like giants.

This would amuse.

Can we imagine a better 28-ish hours for Trump than dusk Sunday to 12:01 AM Tuesday? ~ Crid at February 4, 2020 11:13 PM

While I've never thought of Trump as smart, he does have a certain savvy, following Napoleon's dictate, "Never interfere with your enemy when he is making a mistake."

I thought he would gloat and brag at his SOTU, but he delivered what, for him, was a pretty decent speech. Schiff and Nadler being self-righteous prigs in the Senate trial, the fiasco at the Iowa caucus, and Nancy Pelosi tearing up the speech before Trump left the dais could be the images Republicans need to lock up the re-election and, possibly, win more House seats. They did themselves no favors with any of those.

Trump's made all the right moves while the Democrats have devolved into the gang that can't shoot straight.

SR-71 pilot narratives

Sadly, the sound isn't working on this computer, so I'll leave you with a Blackbird pilot saying I saw somewhere: "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for I'm at 80,000 feet and climbing!"

“The Iowa caucus is the perfect example of systemic racism. 91% of the voters in Iowa are white,” MSNBC analyst Zerlina Maxwell.

https://twitter.com/DailyCaller/status/1224746735542657024?s=20&mod=article_inline

Congrats. Just by being white you are doing racism.

"The Iowa caucus is the perfect example of systemic racism. 91% of the voters in Iowa are white."

Reminds me of Joe Morgan's demand that there be a quota for black players in baseball. The question was asked: "Joe, which white and Hispanic players are you going to ban from the sport to make room?"

> Trump's made all the right
> moves while the Democrats
> have devolved

Indeed, and the internet reminds upon waking this morning that today the Senate will decline to prosecute. So unless the Norks fire on Hokkaido or fifty in Paris drop from 2019-nCoV, he's going to have a third fantastic day in a row. Like, maybe the best week of a presidency since August '45.

Pelosi may regret her own attempt at Trumpian theatrics: If affirms to Trump voters that the 2016 Lefty pretense of blithe supremacy to his tawdriness was tissue-thin illusion.

See this RS article for [A.] the amusing mirror gag and [B.] the offhand use of "haterade," which will confound historians of the future: Brands are (broadly) dying in Western Civ, and they'll be quenching their thirsts with dignity.

Fortunately, this is a fake resume. But it it were real, one would be better off claiming to have been homeless the entire time, live off of dumpster dives.

https://twitter.com/TylerDinucci/status/1224793942190780416

Fun perspective on Pelosi's shred.

Difficult to believe that police thought this was the appropriate setting for an armed & violent apprehension.

The Trump Cosmic Revolution will be incomplete if it doesn't evermore squelch the word problematic—

In particular, her group’s sprawling and opaque structure has frustrated fellow Democrats, with some arguing that ACRONYM’s “company-within-a-company” collection of progressive news sites, consulting services and experimental merchandise vendors lacks transparency regarding its payments to consultants and staff, obscuring potential conflicts of interest or governance issues.

They point to the mix of for-profit entities under the nonprofit parent company as especially problematic.

“People are really frustrated and skeptical about the structure that Tara has created,” said one Democratic operative, who did not want to be quoted for risk of alienation. “There’s a nonprofit and then there are for-profits below it, like a nesting doll. It’s moving money around in a way that’s unclear to people.”

"risk of alienation"

“While I've never thought of Trump as smart, he does have a certain savvy, following Napoleon's dictate, "Never interfere with your enemy when he is making a mistake."

I’ve always thought Trump was smart. Of course I had the benefit of attending law school in New York City where most of my acquaintances and classmates were smart asses.

I think the last year has pretty much demonstrated just how smart he is. But it could, of course, just be brass balls. I dunno.

Certainly a refreshing change from the limp dicks that were elected after Reagan.

Mr. Ellis is a man who understands national politics. As Mickey Kaus once put it, "He has connections...."

And a sense of humor.

But if his reasoning here is correct…

"[T]he more you think about it, the more you think the Democratic Party’s best, perhaps only, hope of defeating Donald Trump is Michael Bloomberg."

It seems unlikely that voters, even Trump's forsaken 2016 enthusiasts, are going to elect a consecutive oblivious New York City billionaire as president.

This is worth a wager, if anyone's into it... Offer open until midnight, conviction/acquittal be damned. Amy holds the money until Wednesday 4 Nov 20.

This is worth a wager, if anyone's into it... Offer open until midnight, conviction/acquittal be damned. Amy holds the money until Wednesday 4 Nov 20.

Crid at February 5, 2020 9:45 AM

Bloomberg’s anti gun nuttery is a stone cold loser anywhere outside of the coasts, and in some places on the coasts.

So, you’re on. Besides Bloomberg won’t be the nominee.

It will be Bernie or a brokered convention.

> I've never thought of Trump
> as smart, he does have a
> certain savvy

I don't think he's smart in any conventional, intellectual sense. He's crippled by the cowardice of the uninterested… Wounding, in the fullness of time, even his dearest intimates (let alone the rest of us) in response to his pettiest insecurities.

This guy hasn't made a meaningful exploration of a new idea since the 8th grade.

But here's the thing:

He knows the shit out of the 8th grade.

Those who love him remember their rage in the 8th grade perfectly well. They themselves seem never to have moved beyond that last bitter summer before high school, and admire his audacity at not getting sucked up into that whole "adulthood" thing.

When he ridicules Ted Cruz' dork, he's a punk. But when Pelosi shreds her copy of the State of the Union, she's got her eyes off the ball.

Yep, his best week.

The Ellis link of 9:45 AM for those who are paywalled.

Upscaling a short film from 1894 to 4K goodness. Mostly works, some artifacts.

https://www.digg.com/2020/arrival-train-la-ciotat-upscaled

As described above, theatrics.

Senate votes not to impeach; Congressional office liquor stashes getting a workout this afternoon.

Here's a fun article - the Brookings Institution telling Trump to make more friends in the Senate in case he gets impeached.

August, 2017

> Here's a fun article

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So Trump survived impeachment. I will still consider voting for William Weld in the primary, since Trump seems not to have done a lick to reduce the deficit in more than 3 years in office. One measly government shutdown; that was it.

And the Coronavirus Live Update Thread Feb 5th, 2020 (Agenda Free TV)

Woke banksters.

Leakage.

If you are hoping for presidents to limit spending you are going to be repeatedly disappointed Mpetrie98. Read a copy of the constitution. The US government doesn't work that way.

Personally I'm annoyed with the drug prohibition stuff he keeps pushing. I just don't have a better alternative to vote for.

It's your vote. Use it as you see fit.

Swear to God, I wrote the '8th grade' comment before listening to this podcast today, but it's apparently a popular appraisal.

(I almost certainly stole it from somebody years ago.)

That's a thoughtful discussion of reparations, and I concur with Hughes' perspective on race (and Trump) in many contexts. You could listen to the whole thing. At the very least, back it up a minute or so and listen to the guy... He's strong and clear-headed and extremely young, more of each than anyone I know of in public life.

Were he representative of his generation, we could all relax.

> I will still consider voting for
> William Weld in the primary,
> since Trump seems not to have
> done a lick to reduce the deficit
> in more than 3 years in office.

Props to you, Pet.

(This is a good time to tease Raddy about his fascination with the "BILLIONAIRE!" Trump, as if he betokened fiscal insight or discipline.)

This is a remarkable week, and almost certainly not representative of how the rest of the campaign season will go.

But after a few more weeks like this, you might be able to vote for Weld without fear that Berniegieg could sneak in from the backcourt.

Don't know about this week being that special Crid.

Yeah Trump beat impeachment. But you could see that coming for over a month. Pelosi certainly isn't going to mature over the coming weeks. Her childishly tearing up that speech is just normal behavior for her. Yeah hopefully the coming Democrat primary votes are less embarrassing. But the outcomes of those votes aren't likely to be too wildly different. Sanders has strong support across the nation. Mayor Pete not so much. Polls are still pretty crummy. Pretty much business as usual. This is still Trumps election to lose. As long as he doesn't screw up massively he will get reelected.

It will be interesting to see if the DNC actually lets Sanders become the nominee or if they pull some shenanigans again.

COMMAS

I will not give in to your comma tyranny Crid! I will fight them on the beaches! I will fight them in the trenches!

Victory or Death!