July 8, 2017

Trump is a muse to his voters. He makes them feel smarter and he allows them their

frightened tribalism and racism. He gives them wings like any muse would.

July 7, 2017

I would think younger women were wearing the sleeveless dresses and

shirts. I'm guessing that they are mostly democrats. Fox news was the first to out their women in cocktail dresses. The fashion followed that everywhere else. So certainly Republicans are not about women not dressed for cocktails during the day. I wonder if Ryan just does not want Democratic members of Congress to out attract the hoard of old white men. Maybe this is directed at Kamila Harris and all the other Democratic female candidates in 2018 and 2020? Think of all the pretty footage that will be missed out on in the races to come.

July 6, 2017

Trump is dyslexic and like me chokes when faced with something truly terrifying

to him. In Trump's case Putin makes him go blank on any Russia issue. Notice how he talks around Putin. Suppress suppress suppress all Russia interference info in his episodic memory brain. I don't know why Trump is so afraid of putin. But it is interspecies predator fear of Putin. I doubt Trump thinks putin could kill him physically. Maybe political or financial death?

Why do I go blank as a dyslexic? So that I can handle an imminent attack on my psychology and be prepared to have it not damage me, a more rigid psychy could get damaged. So that I don't provoke the interspecies human preditor too. A number of survival reasons.

July 5, 2017

Righties on Discussionist were going cray cray last night about CNN. Is this why?

Investigators explore if Russia colluded with pro-Trump sites during US election

Julian Borger in Washington,the Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/05/donald-trump-russia-investigation-fake-news-hillary-clinton

"SNIP.............


The spread of Russian-made fake news stories aimed at discrediting Hillary Clinton on social media is emerging as an important line of inquiry in multiple investigations into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Moscow.

Investigators are looking into whether Trump supporters and far-right websites coordinated with Moscow over the release of fake news, including stories implicating Clinton in murder or paedophilia, or paid to boost those stories on Facebook.

The head of the Trump digital camp, Brad Parscale, has reportedly been summoned to appear before the House intelligence committee looking into Moscow’s interference in the 2016 US election. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee carrying out a parallel inquiry, has said that at least 1,000 “paid internet trolls working out of a facility in Russia” were pumping anti-Clinton fake news into social media sites during the campaign.

Warner said there was evidence that this campaign appeared to be focused on key voters in swing states, raising the question over whether there was coordination with US political operatives in directing the flow of bogus stories.


...............SNIP"

July 4, 2017

Some republicans are sadistic and like taking things away from others.

A few of them. Maybe not Trump. He's just narcissistic and doesn't care about the details of policy. But Ryan comes to mind. Who dreams about taking medical care away from poor people during their kegger days? But they are calling the shots right now. Some are resentful of 'others' 'cheating' and have been conditioned to feel that way about a nation helping the less fortunate. Some really do hate abortion. Some really do not want to share a country with people less $$$$$ endowed because the ceos in the republican party have been conditioned to think they built their fortunes all by themselves. Some ceos are just as capable of being manipulated as the little guy. Some republicans are just afraid of: gun control, Muslims, communism, gays, non whites etc and have been conditioned to fear some or all of these things and in many cases the fear has been nurtured and kept alive. Some truly believe in less regulation to unleash the economy. Some truly believe trump would get all their good jobs back. It is a coalition based on lies and wedge issues rolled out over 50 years. That is a complete coalition. Presto! As easy as 123. These wedges are chosen in ways that work together. ..chosen simple human created fictions or chosen exploitable facts that work in tandem. Democrats deal with real people in ways that sometimes naturally conflict and are complicated because it is real. People really do want to get together and have a good healthcare plan. The numbers show it.

I don't think the people wanted to see union membership collapse but it happened 40 years ago and the resulting powerlessness made people angry and they turned on the 'other's. Which was completely predictable that powerlessness would result in more racism and i think the GOP were counting on that. I guess the payoff for republicans in bad healthcare would be fewer liberal voters over the age of 50, fewer Medicare recipients, fewer middle class people to oppose the GOP agenda. Who knows. But one thing for sure: they really, really, do not want great healthcare for Americans. Like really, really, really.