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RAZD Member (Idle past 1427 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined:
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Does failure to impose sanctions on Russia, after they were overwhelmingly approved by bipartisan supermajority, NOT constitute giving aid and comfort to Russia, a known enemy? Is this a serious question? ... The question is when does he cross the line with each baby step in the destruction of America? The Mueller investigation continues, obstruction of justice continues (by Trump and other Republicans), the assault on our democracy continues. I expect that the results of the investigation will show
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1427 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
Only in a civilian context. Legally, treason requires us to be at war. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg - Wikipedia
quote: Technically we weren't at war with Russia then. The definition in the Constitution doesn't require being at war: "... or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them aid and comfort. ... " (Article III section 3 I'm sure there are plenty of laws governing passing classified information to the Russians or aiding them in other ways (not enforcing sanctions). Enjoyby our ability to understand Rebel☮American☆Zen☯Deist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share. Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click)
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1427 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
IT'S CHOOSE DAY, Nov 6 ...
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1427 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined:
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It's early returns but ... Darrell Issa concedes democrat will win his district.
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1427 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
My one takeaway from this election is that the Democrats can't just function as the 'anti-Trump' party. They need to start putting forth a more cohesive message and set of ideas. ... They need to stop being anti-progressive and they need to return to being for workers. Progressives count for a large number of the seats taken last night, and their message/s have resonated with voters. They need to end dependence on corporate campaign donations or they will continue to be republican lite, and voters will continue to see them as cut from the same cloth. Health care and minimum wage issues resonate as positive issues. Enjoyby our ability to understand Rebel☮American☆Zen☯Deist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share. Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click)
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1427 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
I don't get the sense that Democrats are anti-progressive. ... The DNC tried to squash a number of progressive candidates, and they have said that the progressives will be put on a leash if elected.
I think the solution is that Democrats need to start acting like liberals again. ... Agreed, and that means more than supporting Medicare for All and $15/hr minimum wage. They need to welcome the other liberal parties into a broader liberal base, from the Green Party to the Working Families Party to the Social Democrats Party. They need to be serious about climate change and how our armed forces are used around the world, take responsibility for the results of interfering in other countries that then results in refugees. Have open nation wide primaries and use ranked or instant runoff voting to whittle down candidates to ones that are strong consensus candidates. The 2020 election could have a bucket load of candidates, and the archaic first-past-the-post single vote system is an abject failure at dealing with more than 2 candidates (why Arnold won governor of California).
Democrats need to start listening to the common man again ... They need to take a good hard long look at what Beto O'Rourke accomplished in heavy red-state Texas, nearly winning (48.3% to 51% for Cruz).
... I would like to see Democrats having honest conversations with workers and finding real solutions to the problems they face. If workers are upset about jobs being shipped overseas, tackle that problem directly. If they are concerned about immigrants taking their jobs, talk to them and explain the truth. Ignoring their concerns just allows the fear mongering from the right to fester. Education plus listening, and putting together an immigration program that meets the needs of people and the companies that need workers -- jobs Americans don't seem to want ... Enjoyby our ability to understand Rebel☮American☆Zen☯Deist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share. Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click)
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1427 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
If you had some kind of runoff voting system then there's no need for open primaries. The only reason you have this strange primary system in the US is because your system favours everyone deciding to get behind one of two candidates. ... It's the one person one vote issue, and this only works with two candidates. I like to think of the the primaries as a whittling process, weeding out the worst candidates, but also a means to introduce the candidates to the voters. Bernie had little name-recognition compared to Clinton in the early primaries.
... Change the system to one without this bias and the Republican and Democratic parties would be free to fracture into parties representing the half a dozen or so ideologies they currently subsume. Indeed, but we can start with the Democrat primaries. Enjoyby our ability to understand Rebel☮American☆Zen☯Deist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share. Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click)
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1427 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
Uh, actually that would be the Social Democrats. Democratic Socialists are an entirely different beast based on a very different economic and social model. It is very easy to get the names switched. It is very unfortunate that our social democrats have gotten the names wrong. It seems to me that the best working example of Social Democracy is the Mondragon Corporation:
quote: Cooperatives run democratically by the workers and making business decisions based on shared values instead of authoritarian decisions from owner capitalists, and working within a capitalistic economy. Enjoyby our ability to understand Rebel☮American☆Zen☯Deist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share. Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click)
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1427 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined:
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It's amazing they still push the trickle-down crap after so many failures, especially Brownback's Kansas fustercluck. That's because it isn't about money actually trickling down, it's all about creating a huge deficit and putting the money in 1% pockets. Only the ignorant base believe it. DUHby our ability to understand RebelAmericanZenDeist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share. Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click)
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1427 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
Giving money to the rich starves the economy. Getting money into the hands of the middle class and the poor feeds and invigorates the economy. The economy is the movement of money, not the possession of it. This is why the stock market is not a measure of the movement of money so much as a measure of the possession of it (it doesn't go anywhere except stock market statements). Enjoyby our ability to understand RebelAmericanZenDeist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share. Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click)
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1427 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
Democrats in charge: deficits come down, but Republicans scream about out of control spending. Republican in charge: budget deficit explodes, Republicans now remarkably complaisant. Lather. Rinse. Repeat. Democrats (Progressives) need to understand and embrace MMT:
quote: I've started a thread on this. See Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) Enjoy Edited by RAZD, : .by our ability to understand RebelAmericanZenDeist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share. Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click)
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1427 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined:
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or Stephen Miller read it to him ...
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1427 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
This is all he's thinking about. And it gets worse ...
quote: Ludicrous that a (purportedly) grown man goes to such lengths. Enjoyby our ability to understand RebelAmericanZenDeist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share. Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click)
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1427 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
The Emperor's new clothes are getting threadbare ...
Two (count em 2) whistleblowers. Lost court case re income tax returns. Conspiracy case against Biden a big blowout The returns on the tax/trade war with China getting worse. Throws (Christian) Kurds to the wolves. What's next? Enjoy Two (count em 2) whistleblowers. Lost court case re income tax returns. Conspiracy case against Biden a big blowout The returns on the tax/trade war with China getting worse. Throws (Christian) Kurds to the wolves. What's next? Enjoy Edited by RAZD, : No reason given.by our ability to understand RebelAmericanZenDeist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share. Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click)
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1427 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
But remember, Pence is a far bigger threat to democracy than Trump. I'm not so sure anymore. Pence wants an evangelical christian theocratic America. Trump wants to destroy America. Recent events with Turkey and Syria show this. And now there are reports of a horrific video
quote: We can probably expect more of this as part of his campaign both against impeachment and for re-election. We can also expect some of his base supporters to act out. I choose to not link the video. Yikes.by our ability to understand RebelAmericanZenDeist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share. Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click)
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