Hopstretch Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 I like my analysis better. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsavitsk Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 34 minutes ago, TMoney said: the subsequent bailouts, and the uneven distribution of the fruits of the recovery. So it is basically all Larry Summers' fault. I actually think the Frontline analysis is wishful thinking and that Stretch's view is, sadly, closer to the truth. I think it is a race, gender, sexual orientation, and religious backlash. https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/600/will-i-know-anyone-at-this-party 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 ^ Ding, ding, ding. Winner, winner, chicken dinner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsavitsk Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 The linked TAL will send shivers down your spine. It is one of the most horrifying things I have heard in a long time. Oddly, I don't think Trump has any fealty to these issues other than an early recognition that he could ride them to power. I also don't think he has any aversion to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzziguy Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 Set my clock back 300 years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMoney Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 56 minutes ago, dsavitsk said: So it is basically all Larry Summers' fault. I actually think the Frontline analysis is wishful thinking and that Stretch's view is, sadly, closer to the truth. I think it is a race, gender, sexual orientation, and religious backlash. https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/600/will-i-know-anyone-at-this-party All that is also mentioned in the Frontline Doc, I just didn't mention it. Will give the TAL episode a listen when I get a chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skullguise Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 50 minutes ago, dsavitsk said: The linked TAL will send shivers down your spine. It is one of the most horrifying things I have heard in a long time. Oddly, I don't think Trump has any fealty to these issues other than an early recognition that he could ride them to power. I also don't think he has any aversion to them. This is what worries me. If he got in on the rhetoric, but also brought in qualified staff that didn't necessarily support these views, I wouldn't worry so much. But, he's brought in people who have their agendas, and many of them revolve around making a profit, or extending their own extreme agendas, out of his term as president. And he doesn't seem to care. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 3 hours ago, TMoney said: I was watching the latest Frontline special last night (a retrospective look at the last 8 years of the Obama presidency) and one of the theories Frontline put forward was that a lot of the roots of the explosion of populism and populist rage can be traced to the 2008 recession, the subsequent bailouts, and the uneven distribution of the fruits of the recovery. It actually made a lot of sense. I'll post more on it once I finish watching. It a 4 hour long program. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/divided-states-of-america/ But then why did they elect Trump? All he cares about is the 1%... Me: slept, shivered -- I think I have a fever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahame Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 (edited) Hacked Fireworks? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4141030/Trump-firework-display-appears-spell-USR-instead-USA.html https://www.rt.com/viral/374309-usr-trump-fireworks-inauguration/ Edited January 20, 2017 by Grahame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMoney Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 16 minutes ago, Dusty Chalk said: But then why did they elect Trump? All he cares about is the 1%... I'll say this, for people who wanted a Washington outsider they definitely got one. Do we even know who he cares about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 3 minutes ago, TMoney said: I'll say this, for people who wanted a Washington outsider they definitely got one. Do we even know who he cares about? No, that was entirely guesswork. Someone posted elsewhere -- if you want change, you don't put rat poison in your coffee. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 IMO it's all related to the dumbing down of America. And it's no accident. Our schools do not educate anymore. They teach children to achieve good tests scores. Uneducated people don't make educated choices. Uneducated masses can be easily swayed through doom and gloom tactics. Throw in a good old fashioned propaganda campaign orchestrated by Putin, as the cherry on top, and you have a successful Presidential campaign. An uneducated population also make good consumers. Yes, this is an oversimplified view, but the way many in this Country rallied around a Vice Presidential candidate that was as dumb as a rock, was a very telling look into the future of the Republican Party (yes, I'm talking about you Sarah). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMoney Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 (edited) On a different note, about to leave the office early for the day and take the ferry in to SF for a little birthday dinner @ the Slanted Door with friends and family. Damn I am feeling old today. Edited January 20, 2017 by TMoney 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Sawyers Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 I watched the - ahem - inaugural address. In the midst of a truly scary speech, there was this: "And most importantly, we will be protected by God" or, paraphrasing "Gott mit uns" (God with us), the German motto to justify war from the Prussian empire to the Third Reich. Worn on the spiked helmets in the First World War and on the belt buckles in the Second Съ нами Богъ which translates the same (apparently) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexicanDragon Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 IMO it's all related to the dumbing down of America. And it's no accident. Our schools do not educate anymore. They teach children to achieve good tests scores. Uneducated people don't make educated choices. Uneducated masses can be easily swayed through doom and gloom tactics. Throw in a good old fashioned propaganda campaign orchestrated by Putin, as the cherry on top, and you have a successful Presidential campaign. An uneducated population also make good consumers. Yes, this is an oversimplified view, but the way many in this Country rallied around a Vice Presidential candidate that was as dumb as a rock, was a very telling look into the future of the Republican Party (yes, I'm talking about you Sarah).Sarah Palin seeing Russia from her porch. I can't believe I missed this foreshadowing.**BRENT** On a different note, about to leave the office early for the day and take the ferry in to SF for a little birthday dinner @ the Slanted Door with friends and family. Damn I am feeling old today.Hitting the big 4-oh(ish) has got to be traumatic.**BRENT** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 15 minutes ago, MexicanDragon said: Sarah Palin seeing Russia from her porch. I can't believe I missed this foreshadowing. I associate Sarah Palin with the birth of the Tea Party, as do many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdipisReks1 Posted January 21, 2017 Report Share Posted January 21, 2017 2 hours ago, TMoney said: Do we even know who he cares about? Of course we do. He cares about Donald Trump. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted January 21, 2017 Report Share Posted January 21, 2017 20 hours ago, Dusty Chalk said: Me: slept, shivered -- I think I have a fever Been eating nothing but chicken soup and drinking water, feeling better, but still sick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VPI Posted January 21, 2017 Report Share Posted January 21, 2017 Grilled some steaks on the deck in shorts, T-Shirt and sunglasses in January. Not sure why the Illinois people claim Illinois winters are so difficult. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltron Posted January 21, 2017 Report Share Posted January 21, 2017 This kind of comment is why Jim is in Florida and cancelled his NY trip. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherwood Posted January 21, 2017 Report Share Posted January 21, 2017 I heard a great quote about Trump from a colleague who recently briefed him. "He doesn't really understand these issues with any depth, so he generally just agrees with the last person he spoke with." My colleague was talking about the state of our involvement in Syria, but we might safely expand this to a number of interactions. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark baguette Posted February 5, 2017 Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 Ever sucked runny jello off a laptop keyboard? Well, here we are. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdipisReks1 Posted February 5, 2017 Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 8 minutes ago, aardvark baguette said: Ever sucked runny jello off a laptop keyboard? Well, here we are. I would probably have chosen something else as a work surface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexicanDragon Posted February 5, 2017 Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 Just went and saw Dave Chappelle. He's still good. No cellphones allowed, so no pix, but had a good center lower balcony seat at my favorite stage in Chattanooga.**BRENT**Sent from my ONEPLUS A3000 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreadhead Posted February 5, 2017 Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 Watching Super Bowl very lucky I turned it on about an hour ago and walked off because Comcast Internet and X1 platform (which allows channels to be changed etc) are down and should come back sometime after the game. I am unable to change channels but I have the right one on and I have my kid tethered to my work phone. So we are in business. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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