This woman has a bachelor's degree (graduating cum laude), an MBA, and a JD. She's a state legislator and bills herself as a "corporate attorney and financial advisor" and this is what she tweets during the debate:

Did @realDonaldTrump just say 545 kids they can't find their parents for came over through "cartels and coyotes"?! How the hell does a coyote bring a whole human across the border?! Lord-----stop talking.

The tweet was "widely mocked."

Later that evening, she tweeted wondering how states setting the minimum wage was supposed to work.

Hank Johnson, call your office. You've been replaced as the stupidest person in politics.

And once again I am not approved to see that twitter thread.

• Mel Brooks. (Did I see him in the Brentwood Starbucks a few years ago? Yes, I did. He was already wide awake and eagerly sharing anecdotes with other customers.)

• A popular nightmare.

Ben, often I have to reload the page when viewing a Twitter link from here.

> been replaced as the stupidest

Nevahoiduh the guy. Is there a favorite anecdote?

• Sure, nobody neeeedz that kind of kill power, but wouldn't you like to have one in the basement closet, just for the zombie apocalypse?

• This dog story is worth a rerun, I thought it was illuminating.

Nevahoiduh the guy. Is there a favorite anecdote? ~ Crid at October 23, 2020 10:34 AM

He was the one who worried that, with too any US Marines on the island, Guam would tip over.

That's all the anecdote I've got, but it's all I need.

He surpassed even the near-constant idiocy of Maxine Waters with that one moment.

PS - David Hogg tweeted that Trump calling immigrant parents bringing their children to the US coyotes to be xenophobic. Do these folks really not know what "coyote" means in terms of human smuggling?

Gcmortal, I've had that experience as well in the past. Server issues and whatnot could explain things. This is something different. As the US election draws closer most any twitter link that is unflattering to Democrats has become censored for me. Miraculously links that support Democrats work just fine.

And that is the problem with censoring any voices that disagree with you. The guys at twitter don't realize just how transparent and counterproductive their actions are.

Conan, it is one thing to be ignorant of the term. But it is another to not even try to figure out what it means after coming across it the first time.

Ben, she was also astounded that state and local governments can set minimum wages.

Do these folks really not know what "coyote" means in terms of human smuggling?

It just isn't Hogg the Younger, it's a lot of 'em. It's like they don't consume any popular culture, or even give a single fuck about goings on near the border.

Conan, yes, her ignorance was inexcusable. Any adult should know better, even if immigration issues bore that adult to death. Or, at least, keep quiet. As Aesop said: "stretch your arm no further than your sleeve will reach."

Unfortunately, IF she had been, say, a sheltered high school freshman who doesn't read news stories very much, I would not blame her for assuming that someone like Trump was referring to four-legged coyotes. (Also, at that age, many kids are cynical enough to believe that most politicians are that "stupid.")

More on her tweet, if you like - it's under nine minutes:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2f-9FykPooU

Oh, I agree IRA. As I said to not even try to understand the topic before you spout off on it is quite foolish. But it isn't exactly a unique situation. John Wiley Price in Dallas got famous in a similar way. When his fellow councilman complained that central collections "has become a black hole" he responded "Excuse me! They are a white hole!". A third councilman Judge Thomas Jones then demanded an apology for such 'racially charged terms'. You can guess the skin color of everyone involved.

Sophia Narwitz collects some bleuchequemark screenshots.

Tonight on blue checkmark twitter, they don’t know what coyotes are.

(This isn’t even half of all I found Woozy face)

https://twitter.com/SophNar0747/status/1319524700721192967

@Ben, @Ira.

It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.

https://twitter.com/SophNar0747/status/1319524700721192967

Unfortunately, IF she had been.... ~ Lenona at October 23, 2020 11:38 AM

But, she wasn't. She's a grown-up responsible for writing and voting on the laws of a US state.

It's not that she was unfamiliar with the term, it's that she assumed since Trump used it, it must be racist. It's that she jumped in to criticize without knowing (or looking up) what Trump meant (there's that assumption of racism again). She instantly dialed up the self-righteous indignation and let fly.

It's also that she doubled down on the mistake declaring in a subsequent tweet that she didn't have time for all the people criticizing her, she was too busy "trying to stop the US president from killing Americans."

And, Leona, I agree with the video host's assessment of her grammar. For a 38-year-old woman who holds a communications degree, an MBA, and a Juris Doctorate, her grammar was disgraceful, even for a tweet. For someone in a senior leadership position in a statewide legislative body, her communication skills are sadly lacking.

It's not that she was unfamiliar with the term, it's that she assumed since Trump used it, it must be racist.
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Can you show me where she implied that? I can't get into Twitter right now and I have to run. Was it her second or third tweet on the matter?

Maybe it was the tweet where she said "The current President of the United States is racist. Period. End of story. Full stop."

When I first got to Hollywood, Katzenberg was as powerful a name as could be dropped, so this was fun to read… because though I am in fact an old guy now, it's *always* funny when Olds pretend to be clued in:

Katzenberg is also not the first to equate profligate spending with deeper meaning, or the first to make a big, loopy bet on what the youth seem to be doing and what they therefore must want.

Truly, the enduring principle of show business is a four-letter word: Next!

Quibi sounded so crazy it could actually work. Alas, it never materialized into something profitable thanks to the pants on head retarded mobile infrastructure -and the oligopolies that make sure it stays that way- in America.

What kind of thing do you mean?

(No strong feelings, but I still can't see what's supposed to be so attractive about 5G. And yes, I worked for AT&T for the last decade, so don't tell the boss.)

Girlfriends can be annoying.

@Crid,

Metered internet for one. Watching videos on your phone eats up the allotted data caps in a heartbeat.

Quibi sounded like something copied from the Japan, S. Korean, and/or any Scandinavian nation back then when they had really fast internet services for the civilians before anyone else.

Talking about annoying girlfriends:

https://twitter.com/lporiginalg/status/1319659265737461774

That stuff is hard to judge. There was a time when we were supposed to envy the French for Minitel.