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That is absolute BS. I've just seen her interviewed on another cable channel. If she is not on CNN, it is because she likes the producer at MSNBC more than the producer at CNN. There is no effort to silence her at all. Yeah, yeah, yeah; it is like I hear you always saying others are wrong because you are always right because you are right wing and because you're right wing, you're right because if you weren't right wing you'd be left and you're right and that makes you right because, yeah, you're right wing and so everyone else is wrong. I love the logic of the right because,

Those on the right need a 12 step program to drop their addiction to white supremacy, says Emory University Prof. Carol Anderson. Here is the article that prompted the interview I saw in which the prof- head of the African-American studies department at Emory made the statement. pubby

Missed it 'till now. Happy, Happy birthday. pubby

I think that the level of audacity is greater than you imagine. The latest set of laws being proposed by Republican state legislatures say: NC motorists who hit protesters blocking roadways will be legally protected under proposed bill A similar bill is being proposed in Tennessee and I can't help but wonder how soon it will become a part of the ALEC package. Hey, maybe we can call it the Neo-Nazi approval law. I wonder how they can write ISIS use out of the law. That my be the sticker; after all if neo-nazis are going to be protesting, maybe we could call this the Blues Br

I know, but the whole thrust of the Trump administration has been 'America First" which implies some new kind of isolationism (aka: 1920s). Tearing up treaties from the TPP to the Paris Accords to refusing for an agonizingly long three months before apparently grudgingly agreeing that he wouldn't tank NATO - the tanking of which is Vlad Putin's biggest and bestis wet dream - is action speaking that this guy is hoping to make the US the world's number one flake. I mean anyone, who during the campaign hell, even before the inauguration - didn't recognize that this guy couldn't be counted

I think the point you make is we should have allowed the Chinese to overrun the peninsula rather than establishing a base in the land. I mean you'll have economic development of some kind anytime you create an army base of between 50,000 and 100,000 troops. And, you have to admit, the essence of US Foreign policy since the end of WWII was to make those parts of the world it protected safe for free enterprise. My big question is why did the right wing repudiate this idea given they were the nations most vocal supporters on this for the first 100+ years of this policies existence. (We capt

That's easy, they're out defending a chain grocery store's right to discriminate against someone on account of sexual preference while they simultaneously protest their right to discriminate against gays who don't want to exercise in the meat lockers where the buff cops kick the proverbial sand in the eyes of the proverbial 97-lb weakling. If they were honest with themselves they'd just admit they like the idea that they're bullies and that their mentality is that of fascists. BS: Liberals do it all the time. What is so gratifying about defending the first amendment is that

It is obvious to me the marketing thrust is toward people who are viscerally put off by the jock/locker room culture that many associate with the military and police departments. I think the right wing trolls saw the opportunity posed by the effort of the exercise club owner to avoid the macho manly, man nickname culture and made the effort to have a laid-back, non-judgmental exercise club a matter of social media torture. I mean it is not like right wing social media trolls aren't good at getting people pissed off over something as trivial as an exercise club tolerant to the LGBTQ commun

One of the elements of my privacy policy says that I will go to extremes to protect your privacy ... as long as I'm of the opinion that in doing so, you will make me party to a crime or criminal conspiracy. In fact, if you read the privacy policy, you'd see that if I got that idea, I would reserve the right to rat your silly butt out to authorities without them even having to ask. (Note, such a rattery would not necessarily result in the suspension of your services or any outward restrictions or notifications ... i.e. you would probably be advantaged if I or in the context of the topic, thes

Making this stuff work effectively is why there is an on-off switch. Even the cameras in the cars are activated only when the blue lights are flashing. The reality is there are practical reasons for the switch, most notably even with today's tech, a body cam would run out of power and storage after about 2 hours of recording. Body cams are also 'unnatural' ... I.e. they are new and their intrusion into the activities of anyone is, or can be disturbing. If you don't get that, you're dense. The way to make sure they are on is to make life uncomfortable for those who get

I think the silicon valley companies think so ... Take the airbandb ...thing. Folks from stormfront may have chosen homes to rent that were adjacent to a prominent black preacher or Rabbi (these are suppositions but it is possible) and they planned to burn a cross or hang a swastika from the tree for decoration at the 'after party.' ... The owners who rented their house for that might be rather upset. Ditto, there is a substantive difference between a fundraiser to help a family with surgical costs for their kid and the purchase of five tons of fertilizer for placement in the back o

This article in the NYTimes about the far-right's complaints about silicon valley's culture, bolted when it finally dawned on them that the first amendment does not prohibit private companies from discriminating against their hate speech. It seems that companies from Google to Air B&B and Patreon have nixed activities by far-right anarchists who expect first class treatment. For example: Another crowd funding site Patreon, nixed a righ-winger's efforts to raise funds to disrupt a refugee rescue mission in the Mediterranean Sea saying they didn't have a problem with her politi

The reason things are so touchy in Korea is that 25 million people live within range of thousands of cannon which are designed to lob all sorts of ordinance 40 miles. In essence, South Korea is and has been held hostage since industrialists got the notion to invest in south Korea. If south Korea were as undeveloped as north Korea, we wouldn't have this problem. pubby

I'm not singing his praises; I just haven't convicted him. Fact is, even with your courtroom visits, you don't have enough information to convict him. I've not seen even enough to indict him although it is obvious you have. And despite illusions to the contrary, this is no courtroom at all. pubby PS: Presumably there is an ethics body in the state that would have the people/resources to have folks sit in the courtroom and make the judgments you suggest should be made. If there aren't - and I suspect ethics boards and judicial commissions get short shrift under Republican rul

It doesn't happen to you TP ... you are on Medicare and it is universal One of the more far reaching proposals is Medicare for all. pubby

That is not exactly accurate, tundra. When you cast votes that mean you materially fail to live up to signed contracts and then you vote to file a lawsuit to force performance of the party you just screwed by not living up to the terms of the contract to force them to live up to their part of the bargain; your votes are integral to the lawsuit that ensues. That was the view of Judge Brantley in allowing the search of Todd's personal phones and computers as well as the depositions that established that Todd initiated the contact with Delta's president who engaged Chip Lake to create and fun

Hell radiohead; I'm thinking you believe the only money the county should spend is to put a gate on every highway leading to the county ... and the county shouldn't buy anything else. pubby PS: the idea that it should be a general aviation airport is very generous of you; I thought you thought it would make a better drag strip.

I suppose I should add that that fire truck was surplussed back in April and the purchase by Cobb was engineered in a way that netted the county presumably more than selling it auction. As far as the idea that the purpose of surplussing the equipment was to put another barrier toward use of the airport for charter flights or other uses; well, you got to know that such moves were to please the backers of the chicken world four - i.e. Delta Airlines and the city of Atlanta. There is simply no other way to read that. pubby PS: the sale went through today.

First, the airport designed fire truck owned by Paulding was bought used ... it was a 2010 model bought for $590,000 in 2014, if memory serves. Second, as to the original article misreported: It seems, that in sworn depositions, that Post 2 commissioner Todd Pownall actually wrote a letter to the Delta Airlines President back in 2013 that asked his help in stopping the commercialization to which the airline president replied by commissioning Chip Lake to start Protect Paulding and effectively elect and lobby (unregistered) the Paulding Commission to pursue efforts favorable to

The opening lines from Judicial Watch's wiki entry: That most of its lawsuits have been dismissed may mean that the charges they make are largely unfounded in fact; hence, their press releases might be characterized as 'fake news.' pubby

If you know anything about Dr. Who; you know that 'he' changes his physical body (actor portraying him) every year or so. This is worked into the character and given that he's had a equally broad number of sidekicks in the past; some of whom were portrayed as girl friends is just part of the story. I haven't watched this show in at least a dozen years so I'm sure they've had five, six, maybe ten or twelve Dr. Who's since I last tuned in. That said, if they had a gay Dr. Who, that would be a matter of percentages. Further, if previous Dr. Who's were getting more and more gay, one might

I would think that if the DA thought he had a strong case, he would be making noise that there has been a miscarriage of justice far and wide. Of course the DA may be waiting for more solid evidence to surface that would guarantee a conviction or he may have concurred with the judge that there was insufficient evidence to hold the boy. As far as my knowledge of the judge, I know the man but I have not sat in on many of his hearings. Some attorney's I know and trust say good things about him. That said, you are known to be dismissive of the man and presumably your comments are bas

No but the mere assertion that an injustice occurred is not proof that an injustice occurred. What we have here is report that has been followed up by the big city media. As for the assertion of one's constitutional rights demanding a search warrant be obtained before allowing entry, I would encourage everyone to demand such before allowing entry for any search. Beyond that, it is pure conjecture and the unfounded allegation that a former superior court judge participated in obstruction of justice by allegedly allowing or participating in the destruction of evidence at a crime scene

I remember several protests, though. I recall a caravan of cars honking and carrying on as they circled the old courthouse. It wasn't 'electoral' opposition - as in a candidate - but there was no mistake they were opposing a sitting judge. I know. Still, if I were a catholic parishioner a couple of decades ago I would be outraged if one of the priests were caught with his hand in the till of the weekly bingo game... but I mike remark at the local cafe that I am happy that the local vicar wasn't caught up in child molestation and exploitation. pubby

Overall, I would say that the problems plaguing the administration of justice in the nation is much, much bigger than than those in the Paulding judicial district. That is not to say that those issues are absent here. Indeed, they've probably been discussed as much and as often here as anywhere. pubby