Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Education Makes Liberals

The Washington Post this week had a front page, above-the-fold story with the headline Elitists, 'Crybabies,' and Junky degrees. The "problem" is that college tends to turn young people into liberals. A recent poll found that 58 percent of Republicans and GOP-leaning independents believe colleges and universities have a negative effect “on the way things are going in the country.” This article represents the tip of the iceberg of the attack on education by conservatives, which has gone on for decades and is the movement's most pointed spearhead.

It is a hard point of view to explain without sounding stupid; well, they are advocating ignorance. The Post was able to find a local politician from Dragoon, Arizona, who would provide some quotes to a reporter.

I can remember as a young man sitting in an Anthropology lecture hall at Arizona State University, learning about the concept of ethnocentrism. If you are going to study another culture (which anthropologists do), you have to try to shake off your own society's assumptions and understand the target culture as the people see themselves. It is difficult but necessary to try to understand why they do the things they do, and believe what they believe. Having grown up in the (back then) small town of Phoenix, this whole concept was new to me. People have different ways of living. They aren't stupid, they're just different.

I didn't realize it at the time, but that moment of epiphany made me a liberal.

My studies taught me to see the different social groups of the world, including groups within my own country, as having ways of life that made sense from some point of view, even if I did not intuitively and instantly understand them. The concept did not only apply to exotic groups like !Kung bushmen and Australian aborigines, but to European and Mexican immigrants, local Indian tribes, jocks and hippies. I switched from thinking of out-groups as laughable and dumb to realizing they had their own kind of sense and reasons for being. My culture was one of many. I didn't appreciate it any less but the scientific perspective made it impossible to believe that our particular group had been singled out to be uniquely superior to all others. So there you have it: college made me a liberal.

And that is not to single out anthro. Any science has that effect on you, any study of the literature, religion, philosophy, or knowledge of other peoples. The student learns to stop seeing himself or herself and their own "way of life" at the center of the universe.

That is why conservatives don't like education. To be a conservative means to believe their own group's norms are truly better, realer, and more moral than other groups. No matter what kind of people they are -- defined by religion, ethnic group or anything else -- conservatism is the belief that their own way of life is special and good. It doesn't mean they try to change other groups, necessarily, but they regard them as something strange, ignorant, they assume other groups' beliefs are wrong and their intentions are bad. And education undermines that way of thinking. As you learn, as you become educated, you come to see your own place in the universe in a different and humbling way. You sometimes see the aphorism, "Truth has a liberal bias," and well, it's not a joke, that's just how it is. Education will make you a liberal.

You and I think of education as a good thing. People learn facts, they learn critical thinking, and they can make better decisions, do better things, accomplish more, they understand more things. The effect of education on our society has been amazing, just look around at the technology we have, the institutions that people have made, this is all based on the ability to reason objectively about the real world. But not everybody sees that as a plus; these same skills are a threat to traditional, tribal, parochial norms.

We have a President Trump because a lot of people are not educated and do not value knowledge. His presidency is defined by ethnocentrism, that is the concept that sums up his appeal and his decision-making; he stands for white Americans and that's that. There is no regard for higher values of ethics, reasoning, no respect for facts. When you let education slide this is what you get, the once-great United States of America is now like some third-world country, dysfunctional and petty. Trump's election is a consequence of bad education and his Presidency will ensure that American education in the future is even worse.

86 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

There you go again.

Mic drop!

November 28, 2017 9:23 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

you have to wonder about the educational background of the person who wrote this post

whatever it was, it left him pretty ignorant

November 28, 2017 11:49 AM  
Blogger Priya Lynn said...

"We have a President Trump because a lot of people are not educated and do not value knowledge. His presidency is defined by ethnocentrism, that is the concept that sums up his appeal and his decision-making; he stands for white Americans and that's that. There is no regard for higher values of ethics, reasoning, no respect for facts.".

That's exactly right. A lot of people try to excuse trump's support as being due to economically disinfranchised people, but that's not the case, his support was due to his racism. He courted racists and his base liked him due to those racist policies and positions.

Just one tidbit from the long article:

"Clinton defeated Trump handily among Americans making less than $50,000 a year. Among voters making more than that, the two candidates ran roughly even. The electorate, however, skews wealthier than the general population. Voters making less than $50,000, whom Clinton won by a proportion of 53 to 41, accounted for only 36 percent of the votes cast, while those making more than $50,000—whom Trump won by a single point—made up 64 percent. The most economically vulnerable Americans voted for Clinton overwhelmingly; the opposite of the false claim that people voted for Trump because they were economically hurting.

Yet when social scientists control for white voters’ racial attitudes—that is, whether those voters hold “racially resentful” views about blacks and immigrants—even the educational divide disappears. In other words, the relevant factor in support for Trump among white voters was not education, or even income, but the ideological frame with which they understood their challenges and misfortunes. It is also why voters of color—who suffered a genuine economic calamity in the decade before Trump’s election—were almost entirely immune to those same racist appeals by Trump. "

Wyatt/bad anonymous is a good example of this racism. When I posted an article that showed black defendants got 20% longer prison sentences than white defendants he tried to excuse that by claiming it wasn't due to racism but rather that because blacks were poorer than whites and couldn't afford as good of lawyers. Problem for that excuse was the study showing the disparity controlled for economic status to remove the possibility of the disparity being due to income and the 20% bias in length of sentence was still there. That was in the article I posted but Wyatt/bad anonymous pretended it wasn't there because he wanted to pretend that racism doesn't exist - exactly what racists do, deny the negative effects of racism on blacks and other minorities.

November 28, 2017 12:28 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"you have to wonder about the educational background of the person who wrote this post

whatever it was, it left him pretty ignorant"


Says the ripped off Trump U grad

November 28, 2017 1:01 PM  
Anonymous Coastal Elite said...

Do point out the ignorant part for us, anon.

November 28, 2017 1:22 PM  
Blogger Priya Lynn said...

Right Wing Site: Vote For Roy Moore Because God Often Chooses Evil Men To Promote The Greater Good

According to the far-right Federalist, Christians should feel comfortable voting for “morally questionable” candidates like Roy Moore because “God uses evil men to carry out his purposes.” Seriously.

Hit the link for a whole lot of crazy. Funny how you'll never hear them make that claim about a Democrat they consider evil.

November 28, 2017 1:48 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"We have a President Trump because a lot of people are not educated and do not value knowledge"

this is exactly wrong

Trump was elected because educated people realized that his opponent intended to destroy our Constitution the same way Satan destroyed God's command in the Garden of Eden: by saying it doesn't really say what it says

and because his opponent did not address the concerns of workers in older unionized industries - who are a diverse population

Hillary won among those with lower income, who also tend to be less educated

"His presidency is defined by ethnocentrism, that is the concept that sums up his appeal and his decision-making; he stands for white Americans and that's that."

this is pure bullshit

it's true that racists tended to support him but that's not because of anything he did or said but because the party in power had chosen to use identity politics to divide our nation without justification

to oppose that is not racist per se but the racists will, obviously, be opposed to trying to give preferences to racial minorities

you simply make the ignorant assumption that everyone who opposes something does so for the same reason

is that a product of education?

if so, it was a bad one

"There is no regard for higher values of ethics, reasoning, no respect for facts."

here's some ethics, reasoning and facts:

Al Franken and John Conyers have been accused by multiple women of sexual assault and they deny it, with the exception of one incident where pictures exist

they remain in their seats

Nancy Pelosi says they are icons

Roy Moore has been accused of by three women of sexual assault 40 years ago and Dems act as if he were elected, it would represent the end of civilization as we know it

Dems are hypocrites

they realized that at first but now have convinced themselves they can get away with it

November 28, 2017 2:34 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"anonymous is a good example of this racism."

this is a good example of the rantings of the half-educated (if that)

to disagree about whether racism is causing something is not necessarily racist

completely ignorant

"When I posted an article that showed black defendants got 20% longer prison sentences than white defendants he tried to excuse that by claiming it wasn't due to racism but rather that because blacks were poorer than whites and couldn't afford as good of lawyers."

excuse? I'm not part of the justice system so why would I be making excuses?

I've actually had occasion to sit through days of court and have watched the proceedings

people who use public defenders invariably have less favorable outcomes than those come in with a paid lawyer who the judge tends to know socially

I've watched the same thing happen to younger or lower class whites

it's a travesty but it's not racist

"Problem for that excuse was the study showing the disparity controlled for economic status to remove the possibility of the disparity being due to income and the 20% bias in length of sentence was still there."

Priya will always come up with an article that fits a preconceived notion

problem is there are plentiful "articles" that say the opposite

so, it doesn't make much sense to drop everything and analyze every article Priya quotes, especially when Priya is so biased to begin with

in this particular case, Priya's referenced article says the bias is exactly the same degree whether you factor in income or not

that's so preposterous that I think you can eliminate the article from serious consideration

btw, regardless of Priya's insinuation, I'm not foolish enough to say there's no racism in America

racism is part of human nature

but it's less onerous here than in most places and in most times

most disadvantages faced by minorities are the result of economic and historic factors, not because of the racism current in our society

the justice system, especially, has so many checks that only economic factors disadvantage a person

btw, in the case with black people, the historical disadvantages are unique and extreme enough that reparations is a conversation worth having

if we could strike a grand bargain where every black family is America would receive, say, 200K, in exchange for the revocation of all laws against employment and housing discrimination, I might support it

Dems would never support that though

they need to encourage racial division

they can't win without it

any educated person who looks at voting statistics can tell you that

November 28, 2017 2:35 PM  
Blogger Priya Lynn said...

Crooked Conservative Org Tries To Show Washington Post Isn't Credible On Roy Moore

James O’Keefe of the ironically named Project Veritas, who made the fake news that Planned Parenthood was "selling baby parts", has screwed up another sting operation. He sent a woman to the Washington Post to tell a story of Roy Moore raping her when she was 17, presumably to show that they’ll just print any allegation and thus undermining the credibility of the Roy Moore story. There was just one problem: The reporter figured out she was being conned very quickly.

O’Keefe had no comment. He’s really bad at this. When he does successfully do a “sting” he edits it so dishonestly that it’s obvious how slanted it is. And he often fails, once getting arrested pretending to be telephone techs in order to plant something in a senator’s office.

All he did was prove the exact opposite of what he set out to do, that the Washington Post does have serious standards that have to be met before they’ll print a story. They do the work necessary to make sure it’s credible. And he and the little stooge he sent in there have none.

November 28, 2017 2:36 PM  
Blogger Priya Lynn said...

Oh, and by the way: Guess who gave a donation to O’Keefe’s organization? Donald Trump’s “charity.” It gave $10,000 to him to make videos falsely claiming that the Clinton campaign was paying anti-Trump protesters. Trump's charity is under investigation for corruption which is no surprise given he used money donated to it for his personal expenses. Trump tried to close the "charity" to thwart the investigation but the justice department wouldn't let him do that until the investigation is complete.

November 28, 2017 2:36 PM  
Blogger Priya Lynn said...

Wyatt sure gets testy when you show him he's wrong (which is all the time).

Hahahahahahahahahahahaaha!

November 28, 2017 2:44 PM  
Blogger Priya Lynn said...

Read the long article on Trump's racist support at the link I posted above.

You'll see how Republicans like Wyatt/bad anonymous claim they aren't racists and that Trump's policies they whole heartedly support aren't racist while they ignore the very negative impacts those policies have solely on black people and minorities.

November 28, 2017 2:56 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"All he did was prove the exact opposite of what he set out to do, that the Washington Post does have serious standards that have to be met before they’ll print a story"

so, what's the problem?

I think it's legitimate to investigate these media outlets for integrity

you don't have a problem with the result so you obviously feel the media are beyond question

that's known as idol worship

"Oh, and by the way: Guess who gave a donation to O’Keefe’s organization? Donald Trump’s “charity.”"

oops, you all say he never gives money away

you should do some QC on your stupid statements

"sure gets testy when you show him he's wrong"

the half-educated (if that) always thinks anyone who disagrees with them is testy

one question for Priya: after kindergarten, do you have have many more years of education?

November 28, 2017 2:56 PM  
Blogger Priya Lynn said...

There there poor Wyatt/bad anonymous. We can see how upset you are that you look like the stupid racist you are. Try not to feel too bad about it.

Just so you don't feel too heartbroken about what a terrible person you are, here's a picture of Justin so you have something to fantasize about after you get in bed tonight.

November 28, 2017 3:04 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Read the long article on Trump's racist support at the link I posted above"

there's nothing to read

everyone already knows that certain racists support Trumo and why

"they ignore the very negative impacts those policies have solely on black people and minorities"

since the Dems took over Congress in 2006 and throughout the Obama years, black people and minorities have seen their situation deteriorate

GOP policies are in their favor

let us know when you stop opposing giving black parents a choice where their kids go to school

let us know when you start opposing the killing of unborn black children

let us know when you have an idea how to stop the wave of homicide directed toward inner city blacks

November 28, 2017 3:05 PM  
Blogger Priya Lynn said...

Anti-gay Christian Luminary Tony Perkins Pretends He Didn’t Cover Up Sexual Predator's Actions

I wrote recently about Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council covering up the fact that Republican politician Wes Goodman was a gay man who trolled for naive young men despite being a hardcore “family values” christian in public who was loudly anti-gay (but I repeat myself) and, presumably, lied to his wife about it all. A lot more has come out since then. The Independent Journal Review says that it goes way beyond Perkins, that at least 30 other people in the Christian right knew about it and didn’t say a word in public.

Disgraced Ohio state Rep. Wes Goodman — a Republican — in the wake of the lawmaker’s recently revealed sex scandal and resignation is being accused by dozens of people of sexual misconduct. IJR has obtained testimonies from over 30 individuals who have had inappropriate and never-before-shared experiences with Goodman.

Goodman, who always campaigned on “family values,” recently made headlines for all the wrong reasons — he was caught on Tuesday having consensual sex with another man in his office.

And there’s nothing wrong with being gay and having sex, of course, but if you’re going to present yourself as an anti-gay “family values” politician, that’s a serious problem. And his particular modus operandi was to seek out young conservatives and offer to mentor them while grooming them for sex.

Goodman has a reputation of reaching out to those involved in politics via Facebook Messenger — but things tend to quickly turn south, as he has been known to flirt with men, solicit sex, and even send pictures of his genitals, according to dozens of sources. The majority of the people he targets are between the ages of 18 and 24 and have had very little interaction with him personally.

In many instances of his alleged sexual misconduct, Goodman apparently offered to be a “mentor” for those looking to get into politics. Because of the power he had, his victims say they were afraid to report instances of abuse for fear of damaging their own political careers.

Sounds like a whole lot of other cases of sexual harassment we’ve heard about lately, doesn’t it? I can’t really blame the young people here for not blowing the whistle on him, just as I can’t blame a young actress in Hollywood for not calling out Harvey Weinstein and others. But Tony Perkins has nothing to fear from Goodman, he was his boss. And he’s one of the most powerful people on the Christian right. And he knew all about it. So what did he do? Write a private letter to Goodman encouraging him not to run for office. But when he did run, as a "family values" Republican of course, and won, Perkins said nothing.

And what is Perkins saying now? Nothing: “The Christian Post reached out to FRC and Perkins for comment, but was told the organization will not be releasing a statement on the issue.”

November 28, 2017 3:27 PM  
Anonymous still waiting for how much education Priya has..chirp, chirp, chirp... said...

Dems are always so confused

whenever Congress wouldn't do what Obama wanted, he'd issue illegal executive orders

now, the morons think they can appoint Trump's directors

the half-educated Dems apparently missed constitutional law

well, it stands to reason since Hillary won among the less educated

who tend to fall for liberalism

"WASHINGTON, Nov 28 (Reuters) - A U.S. district court on Tuesday denied a temporary restraining order to prevent President Donald Trump from naming an interim director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

A lawsuit requesting the temporary restraining order was filed by Leandra English, an Obama-era appointee and deputy director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau who claims to be the rightful acting director of the agency.

On Tuesday, Judge Timothy Kelly said the agency was part of the executive branch and he saw nothing in the law that prevented budget director Mick Mulvaney from holding the two positions."

November 28, 2017 8:00 PM  
Blogger Priya Lynn said...

The Evils Of Catholicism

The recent news stories about sexual predators like Roger Ailes, Bill O’Reilly, and Harvey Weinstein have given rise to widespread puzzlement over how so many people who knew what was going on could have remained silent about it for so long.

It is well past time to break a similar silence by calling a spade a spade in an area where few dare to tread: the Roman Catholic Church, with its centuries-long record of being a force for bad.

But let’s not dwell on the past, with its multiple Crusades, centuries-long Inquisition, pogroms, literal witch hunts, torching of astronomers as part of its general anti-intellectualism, the Reichskonkordat that enabled Nazi Germany to pursue its atrocities with zero moral outrage from Rome, and so on. What have you done to us lately?

The priesthood’s rampant pederasty and its subsequent coverup by church hierarchy got all the headlines in the United States and was the subject of the Oscar-winning 2015 film Spotlight. More recently similar abuses have come to light in Australia.

But abuses caused by Catholicism’s perfervid obsession with human sexuality don’t stop there. There’s the enforced peonage of unwed mothers in Ireland, rampant AIDS in Africa because of Catholicism’s irrational and irresponsible opposition to condoms, and the pervasive squalor and misery of the poverty-stricken barrios and favelas in Latin America due to gross overpopulation.

Money, misery, and misogyny also loom large in the Catholic scale of values, with baby sales in Spain, money laundering via the Vatican Bank, fawning adulation of Mother Teresa for her contemptible advocacy of poverty and suffering as the surest path to their imaginary paradise, and general denigration of women as not fully human.

Let’s be clear here. My beef is with the corrupt institutional church itself. I’ve got nothing against human beings who happen to be Catholic. Quite the opposite, in fact. They’re not the ones who are running the scam, they’re the dupes, the suckers who fell for it. They’re not the perpetrators, they’re the victims. As such, they deserve our understanding and pity. (Somewhat mitigating that sympathy is that some of them are also enablers, like the owner of that bodega who just quietly pays his baksheesh to the mob and never complains to the cops.)

Most importantly, individual Catholics are witnesses! They are closer to the nefarious doings of the Catholic Church than anyone else, and they are in a unique position to be able to step forward and denounce them. If only they would. If only they were not afraid. If only they were not cowed. If only they were not humbly submissive.

See the whole article and more supporting links here

November 28, 2017 8:38 PM  
Anonymous information request to Priya said...

Priya, you seem to gravitate to some pretty ignorant writings

I realize you don't have the intelligence to form many thoughts of your own

but still, it's remarkable that you seem drawn to paste the most easily dismissed propaganda

generally, an educated person has developed some sense of skeptical analysis to recognize such

so, we ask again:

how much education do you have?

November 28, 2017 11:35 PM  
Anonymous for the sake of decency said...

The recent news stories about sexual predators like John Conyers, Al Franken, Kevin Spacey, and Harvey Weinstein have given rise to widespread puzzlement over how so many people who knew what was going on could have remained silent about it for so long.

Also Bill Clinton blazed the trail of shamelessness that currently reigns in the halls of power. Prior to Clinton, any politician found to have sodomized an intern just out of college in the Oval Office would have the decency to resign. Clinton simply lied until proof was produced and then shrugged it off. This emboldened a whole generation of male predators to act out their worst impulses and assume they'd get away with it, if caught. This is his main legacy.

Of more immediate concern is Congress, which has paid out millions in recent years in settlements to women harassed by members of Congress. These payments were made from taxpayer funds. But, it has been sealed from public scrutiny. Their constituents need to know the details, and taxpayers should be reimbursed by these creeps.

November 28, 2017 11:55 PM  
Blogger Priya Lynn said...

Justin Trudea makes an apology to LGBT Canadians in the House of Commons

A couple of excerpts:

"To all the LGBT2Q people we have harmed in so many ways, we are sorry. For stripping you of your dignity, we are sorry. To the victims of the purge, who were forced to turn on friends and colleagues, we betrayed you.

Mr. Speaker, the number one job of any government is to keep its citizens safe. And on this we have failed the LGBT community. It is with shame and sorrow and deep regret for the things we've done that I stand here today and say, 'We were wrong. I am sorry. We are sorry.'

Thanks to dialog and better mutual understanding we'll move forward together. Canada's history is far from perfect, but we believe in acknowledging past wrongs so we can learn from them. We're Canadians. We want the very best for each other regardless of gender or sexual orientation." - Justin Trudeau.

It was Justin Trudeau's father Pierre who in May of 1967 stated the" state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation"and thus decriminalization of gayness began 25 months later and several decades before the U.S. finally did the same thing.

$100 million will go to thousands of LGBT members of the government, military, and RCMP who lost their jobs in a gay purge. All Canadians convicted of being gay will have their records expunged.

Imagine a national leader marching in the Gay Pride parade in 2017. The biggest Pride in the nation in the biggest city in the country right smack downtown, with eyes all around, media coverage in droves, and then waving a flag that combines the national flag with the rainbow flag. Canada has this, the U.S. has Trump who won't even acknowledge Pride.

Robin Williams on Canada:

"You are a big country. You are the kindest country in the world. You are like a really nice apartment over a meth lab."

November 29, 2017 12:31 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Justin Trudea makes an apology"

amazing

Priya is so stupid

can't even spell the name of the country's "leader"

"To all the LGBT2Q people we have harmed in so many ways, we are sorry."

actually, the dauphin doesn't really think he has anything to apologize for

he's simply doing this on behalf of all the people he thinks aren't as enlightened as him

basically, imposing an apology on them

"To the victims of the purge, who were forced to turn on friends and colleagues,"

Canadians did that

what a despicable country

""We want the very best for each other regardless of gender or sexual orientation." - Justin Trudeau."

do you really, Justin?

couldn't you actually do more if you wanted the "very best"?

"It was Justin Trudeau's father Pierre who in May of 1967 stated the" state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation"and thus decriminalization of gayness began 25 months later"

so what's the apology for?

"Imagine a national leader marching in the Gay Pride parade in 2017. The biggest Pride in the nation in the biggest city in the country right smack downtown, with eyes all around, media coverage in droves, and then waving a flag that combines the national flag with the rainbow flag. Canada has this, the U.S. has Trump who won't even acknowledge Pride."

the last time I was in Montreal, a gay pride parade was marching and the crowd was heckling

I've never heard of that in America, although I admit I've never seen one here

"Robin Williams on Canada"

this guy killed himself and it was revealed that he spent most of life depressed

it's kind of sad but he seems an unlikely candidate for our daily words of wisdom

November 29, 2017 12:49 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"he spent most of life depressed"

he had that in common with most LBGTQrians

all the revelations about sexual harassment and assault by Dems seems to be making the accusations against Roy Moore seem less singular and more distant:

"Alabama voters are increasingly skeptical of the accusations against GOP Senate nominee Roy Moore, according to new polling released this week that also shows Mr. Moore has recovered his lead in the race.

In the middle of November Mr. Moore had lost his lead in the Change Research survey of voters, but is once again back on top in a survey Monday with a 49-44 advantage, the polling company said.

Perhaps most striking is that Republicans are growing more skeptical of the accusations against Mr. Moore, including that he pursued relationships with teen girls when he was in his 30s, and made sexual advances toward one 14-year-old.

Mr. Moore denies the accusations, which were first made in The Washington Post, and has since characterized his race as a chance for voters to strike back at the political establishment.

It appears to be working.

An Emerson College poll released Tuesday also found Mr. Moore with a lead of 50-44.

Emerson’s pollsters said independent voters are breaking for Mr. Jones, but undecided voters are tilting toward Mr. Moore.

Spencer Kimball, a professor at Emerson and adviser on the poll, said the numbers suggest that the allegations “aren’t going to be detrimental to the extent that many people thought it would be.”

He also said pro-life and evangelical voters are sticking with Mr. Moore.
“He still has that base of support to lean on,” Mr. Kimball said on the Emerson College Polling Weekly podcast.

November 29, 2017 1:20 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"NOVEMBER 28, 2017 11:55 PM
Blogger Priya Lynn said..."

Priya, there's a question on the floor, asking about your educational attainment.

if you didn't graduate from high school, what grade did you get through?

November 29, 2017 1:25 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think of education as a good thing. People learn facts, they learn critical thinking, and they can make better decisions, do better things, accomplish more, they understand more things. The effect of education on our society has been amazing, just look around at the technology we have, the institutions that people have made, this is all based on the ability to reason objectively about the real world.

November 29, 2017 1:37 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"to be a conservative means to believe their own group's norms are truly better, realer, and more moral than other groups"

don't TTFers think that about their group?

or have they just been pulling our legs all this time?

November 29, 2017 1:39 AM  
Anonymous exactly said...

"I think of education as a good thing. People learn facts, they learn critical thinking, and they can make better decisions, do better things, accomplish more, they understand more things. The effect of education on our society has been amazing, just look around at the technology we have, the institutions that people have made, this is all based on the ability to reason objectively about the real world."

That's exactly right.

November 29, 2017 1:45 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"widespread puzzlement over how so many people who knew what was going on could have remained silent about it for so long."

You don't get out much do you?

21st Century Fox gets nearly $90 million from insurers to cover harassment claims


November 29, 2017 6:25 AM  
Anonymous James O’Keefe shows what real fake news is said...

"The phrase “the truth will out” has always been at home in American newsrooms where journalists dedicate their days to making it so.

Sometimes Truth needs a little nudge, as was the case recently when an anti-media organization, absurdly named Project Veritas, apparently invented a story intended to impugn The Post (and the media more broadly), while also helping Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore.

Briefly, Project Veritas and its creator, the self-regarding (bad) actor James O’Keefe, seems to have hired a woman to say that Moore impregnated her in 1992 and that she got an abortion at 15. As if you could forget, Moore has been accused by several women of molesting them when they were teens and he was in his 30s.

Jaime T. Phillips presented herself to Post reporters with her scandalous tale, apparently expecting them to concede the paper’s bias against Moore, and, voila, a scoop! O’Keefe surely would have raced to present his findings, all filmed on hidden camera, his usual modus operandi, and launched a fresh fundraising drive.

You see? O’Keefe’s mission has been to prove that the media is biased. While this may be true to the degree that all human beings carry biases, The Post’s editorial board isn’t coy about its positions. That said, the editorial and opinion pages shouldn’t be confused with the reportorial staff, which adheres to basic journalism tenets, including “park your bias at the door.”

Essentially, Phillips baited The Post and The Post declined to play. Or, rather, the paper did what it’s supposed to do and checked out the story. This isn’t cause for trumpets and heraldry, mind you. It’s what journalists do. As opposed to what pseudo-journalists — also known as typists — claim they do. With a little footwork, Post reporters were able to trace Phillips to Project Veritas and demonstrated that her story was a fraud.

It was — you may now cue the horn section — FAKE NEWS.

Thanks to O’Keefe, The Post also showed a skeptical public just how different real journalism is from the effluvia produced by what would be more aptly named Pretext Veritas. Perhaps there’s a place for him at Pravda.

Moore, meanwhile, might have hoped to discredit all his accusers, though O’Keefe refused to respond to questions Monday regarding his relationship to Moore. If one woman would lie, however, wouldn’t it be possible to suggest the others were lying as well? If The Post had run with the story without confirming it, O’Keefe could prove that The Post was biased against Moore for publishing a fake story.

Again, none of this happened.

The lie was outed by the truth, while O’Keefe’s own obvious agenda was revealed. Hating the media these days is good business and good politics among a certain constituency. If anyone should feel betrayed by O’Keefe, however, it is all those people who have been duped into believing that the mainstream media is the bad guys. Let’s be very clear. The bad guys are the ones who lie.

Recall that it was Trump who wielded the phrase “fake news” whenever he didn’t like some story written about him. Not that covering Trump requires embellishment or fakery. Originally, the term was used in real news stories about fake stories being promulgated through social media. But Trump’s marketing savvy — and his appreciation for the fact that people tend to believe what they want to believe — prompted him to make “fake news” the battle cry of the conservative right.

Excuse the echo, but this bears repeating: Those who would purposely mislead or seek to confuse others are bad people. Worse, they are evil.

Conspiracy theorists will always be among us, and the credulous are in no danger of extinction. However, that a million people — or 60 million — believe something doesn’t make it true. Nor does crying “fake news” alter what is. The proof is anyone’s for the asking."

November 29, 2017 6:29 AM  
Anonymous Pretext Veritas said...

"...O’Keefe declined to answer questions Monday and Tuesday about whether Phillips worked for him, but he appeared to indirectly confirm the connection in a fundraising appeal after The Post published its story. Post reporters watched as Phillips walked into Project Veritas’s office in Mamaroneck, N.Y, Monday morning, five days after presenting her with the GoFundMe page during an interview about her allegations against Moore.

“Following months of undercover work within The Washington Post, our investigative journalist embedded within the publication had their cover blown,” he said in the email. “Please donate so our team can FULLY follow through on our promise to expose the Establishment Media in 2017 and 2018.”"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/undercover-conservative-activist-rented-basement-apartment-in-home-of-top-democratic-operative/2017/11/28/7bc43dec-d49b-11e7-9461-ba77d604373d_story.html

November 29, 2017 7:03 AM  
Anonymous Leigh Corfman said...

Mr. Moore,

When The Washington Post approached me about what you did to me as a child, I told them what happened, just as I had told family and friends years before. I stand by every word.

You responded by denying the truth. You told the world that you didn’t even know me. Others in recent days have had the decency to acknowledge their hurtful actions and apologize for similar behavior, but not you.

So I gave an interview on television so that people could judge for themselves whether I was telling the truth.

You sent out your spokesmen to call me a liar. Day after day.

Finally, last night, you did the dirty work yourself. You called me malicious, and you questioned my motivation in going public.

I explained my motivation on the Today show. I said that this is not political for me, this is personal. As a 14-year old, I did not deserve to have you, a 32-year old, prey on me. I sat quietly for too long, out of concern for my family. No more.

I am not getting paid for speaking up. I am not getting rewarded from your political opponents. What I am getting is stronger by refusing to blame myself and speaking the truth out loud.

The initial barrage of attacks against me voiced by your campaign spokespersons and others seemed petty so I did not respond.

But when you personally denounced me last night and called me slanderous names, I decided that I am done being silent. What you did to me when I was 14-years old should be revolting to every person of good morals. But now you are attacking my honesty and integrity. Where does your immorality end?

I demand that you stop calling me a liar and attacking my character. Your smears and false denials, and those of others who repeat and embellish them, are defamatory and damaging to me and my family.

I am telling the truth, and you should have the decency to admit it and apologize.

Leigh Corfman

November 29, 2017 7:15 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Priya said:

"widespread puzzlement over how so many people who knew what was going on could have remained silent about it for so long."

TTF said and pasted:

"You don't get out much do you?

21st Century Fox gets nearly $90 million from insurers to cover harassment claims"

I don't defend Priya much but the silent people referred to were not people who received settlements to compensate them but associates who knew what creeps like Weinstein or Conyers were up to and fail to speak up

"James O’Keefe shows what real fake news is"

James O'Keefe didn't publish the story, he tested the Post to see what they woud do with an allegation

it was a good idea

I'm glad he did

the people objecting are taking the position that he press is sacred and beyond question

and that's objectionable

"Moore, meanwhile, might have hoped to discredit all his accusers,"

there is no evidence Moore had anything to do with this

"If anyone should feel betrayed by O’Keefe, however, it is all those people who have been duped into believing that the mainstream media is the bad guys. Let’s be very clear. The bad guys are the ones who lie."

well, actually, the mainstream media lie all the time

they have an agenda

O'Keefe didn't spread this story to anyone but the Post and, if they had published it, he would have obviously quickly disclosed the whole thing

hopefully, this kind of testing of the press will happen regularly

and the mainstream media have been shown to publish false allegations without due diligence many times recently

the Duke lacrosse rape fraud and the UVA frat rapes are two infamous examples

young men whose lives and reputations were smeared over lies published by the mainstream media

meanwhile, the mainstream press has shown to be as bad as Dem politicians:

Matt Lauer of NBC, Charlie Rose of CBS, Glenn Thrush of NY Times, David Sweeney of NPR were all fired for being sexual predeators

"Excuse the echo, but this bears repeating: Those who would purposely mislead or seek to confuse others are bad people. Worse, they are evil."

that would be the mainstream media

you know, the ones that covered for Harvey "soul of the Dem party" for years

O'Keefe did nothing but a QC check on the Post

they passed this time, but they haven't always

and, hopefully, people will continue to check up on them

"Conspiracy theorists will always be among us, and the credulous are in no danger of extinction. However, that a million people — or 60 million — believe something doesn’t make it true."

you mean the conspiracy hoax about Trump ad Russia

"Mr. Moore,

When The Washington Post approached me about what you did to me as a child, I told them what happened, just as I had told family and friends years before. I stand by every word."

Dear Ms Corfman

You are not a child now but a woman in your mid-fifties

there is no way for anyone to confirm or deny your story about something that happened forty years ago

you kept silent all those decades and, now, when this individual was weeks away from an election, you come up with this story

and the voters of Alabama are supposed to elect a man who doesn't speak for them on the issues of the day based on what you're saying?

come off it

if evidence is actually found once he gets in office, he can be removed and a person can be put in office who accurately represents the voter of Alabama

there have been too many false charges publicized in the recent past against innocent parties for us to upend democracy every time an accuser comes forward with allegations that can't be confirmed

"So I gave an interview on television so that people could judge for themselves whether I was telling the truth."

and, yet, there is no basis on which to judge

November 29, 2017 8:25 AM  
Anonymous another mainstream media predator bites the dust said...

"NEW YORK (Reuters) - NBC News fired popular "Today" show host Matt Lauer after receiving a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace, the network announced on Wednesday.

"While it is the first complain about his behavior in the over twenty years he’s been at NBC News, we were also presented with reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident," NBC said in a statement."

and you knew nothing about this pattern until receiving this complaint, NBC?

November 29, 2017 8:34 AM  
Anonymous Dem predator pattern said...

more allegations about the guy who started the shameless era of sexual predation, Bill Clinton:

"Linda Tripp -- who helped bring President Bill Clinton's relationship with Monica Lewinsky to light -- has come forward with new allegations of sexual misconduct against the former president.

Before being sent to the Pentagon, the former White House staffer alleges the housekeeping staff were afraid to bend over in front of the President in fear of his lewd impulses.

In addition, she told the Weekly Standard she also witnessed the aftermath of an alleged assault against former White House volunteer, Kathleen Willey in 1993, claiming Clinton had groped her.

At the Pentagon, she met and befriended Monica Lewinsky in 1996 and came to the conclusion that President Bill Clinton was a "predator by pattern."

Tripp secretly recorded the conversations and later became a whistleblower."

November 29, 2017 9:42 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Abortion has emerged as a firewall issue for Roy Moore in Alabama, where the GOP Senate candidate is framing support for Democrat Doug Jones as a blow to the anti-abortion rights movement.

Abortion is a sensitive issue in Alabama, and one that favors Republicans. A 2014 poll by the Pew Research Center found that most of those polled in Alabama say abortion should be illegal in most or all cases — higher than in all but three states in the country.

Sentiments are strong enough that Moore’s campaign believes voters will choose the anti-abortion rights Republican over Jones, who supports abortion rights, despite unconfirmed allegations against the Republican.

Moore has seized on those sentiments, moving to make abortion a central issue in the campaign.

“Nothing is more precious in the sight of most people than the life of the child, so I can see why people in Alabama would be enraged knowing that Doug Jones is willing to take the life of a child,” Moore campaign chairman Bill Armistead told The Hill in an interview.

“Alabamians are pro-life and as they find out how extremely liberal Doug Jones is on this and other issues like transgender bathrooms, they are going to flee from him. … Voters need to be educated on the candidates and the issues regardless of what they are regardless of what other allegations are out there,” he said.

Moore’s campaign has focused on comments Jones made in September, when he told MSNBC’s Chuck Todd that he is “not in favor of anything that is going to infringe on a woman’s right and her freedom to choose.” Those comments sparked attacks from Moore supporters and other conservatives, who claim that Jones is in favor of late-term abortions.

November 29, 2017 9:52 AM  
Anonymous case closed said...

NPR Chief News Editor David Sweeney has left the company following allegations of sexual harassment filed against him by at least three female journalists.

"David Sweeney is no longer on staff," Chris Turpin, acting senior vice president of news, said in an email to staff.

"This is a difficult time for our newsroom and I'm committed to supporting all of you as we move forward," Turpin added.

TThis follows a formal internal review into Sweeney's conduct, after three current and former NPR journalists made formal complaints against him.

November 29, 2017 9:55 AM  
Anonymous after review, we've decided that reporters are going to disclose what we already knew, so, heave-ho, Matt said...

Following NBC News Chairman Andy Lack's announcement on Wednesday morning that Matt Lauer had been fired from NBC News, more details have emerged on the longtime anchor's alleged history with sexual misconduct.

According to a handful of journalists on Twitter, multiple outlets had been working on exposing Lauer's behavior for months. Elizabeth Wagmeister of Variety, Yashar Ali of HuffPost and the New York Times are all reportedly working on exposés that would ultimately shed light on the former "Today" anchor's past.

"I, and other reporters, have been aware of several women who have come forward privately in the past few months," he continued. "Even before Weinstein. They weren't willing to go public though...they were terrified of Matt. Matt Lauer put the fear of God into these women. He had relationships with reporters outside NBC that he cultivated just for this purpose. They knew that."

"Lauer is among the worst I've heard about," Ali added. "Not in terms of the kind of misconduct but the way in which he manipulated these women into silence. It's evil, frightening stuff."

"NBC was aware," Wagmeister said of her reporting. "There are multiple women we've spoken to with far-ranging accusations against Lauer."

In addition to the additional stories being worked on that will likely be published, Page Six reported on Wednesday that Lauer allegedly sexually assaulted a female NBC staffer during the 2016 Rio Olympics.

"An NBC staffer came forward with a claim that Matt sexually assaulted her at the Olympics," a source told the outlet. "There have been rumors about Matt having affairs with subordinates at NBC for years, but those were believed to be consensual. This incident in Rio was not."

NBC News Chairman said that NBC had "received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by Matt Lauer. It represented, after serious review, a clear violation of our company's standards. As a result, we've decided to terminate his employment."

November 29, 2017 10:46 AM  
Blogger Priya Lynn said...

Trump Selling New Merchandise Made Overseas

Predictably, after all his talk about other countries “stealing” our jobs and launching that big fake “buy American” campaign, Donald Trump is selling new merchandise made in countries like Bangladesh, which means almost certainly made in sweatshops with terrible pay and conditions.

President Donald Trump’s company started selling a new line of Trump-branded merchandise this month and some of the products are manufactured overseas, The Daily Beast found.

The Trump Organization launched Trumpstore.com and sells a $32 Trump Golf hat made in Bangladesh and a $25 faux gold bouillion “TRUMP” coin bank made in China. The Trump Organization is still owned by the president and is managed by his sons, Eric and Donald Jr. (who promoted the opening on his Facebook page). It appears then that Trump is profiting off of foreign-made goods despite his promise to put “America first” when it comes to manufacturing.

The Trump Organization and the White House did not respond to requests for comment.

Of course they didn’t. What could they possibly say? And why would anyone be surprised? He’s always peddled this populist nonsense while completely contradicting it in practice. At any time, he could have chosen to have everything with his name on it made in the United States and he chose not to because he could make more money by having them made in third-world sweatshops. That single fact alone should have destroyed his political career the moment it got started. The fact that it didn’t tells you all you need to know about human gullibility.

November 29, 2017 11:17 AM  
Anonymous another education scandal said...

oh, hi Priya

you're back!!

did you forget that we are waiting to hear what level of education you attained?

we know you think it's "exactly right" that conservatives are uneducated morons

so, let's make 'em look real bad and tell them about all your educational credentials

meanwhile, those obnoxious an evil Trumpsters are trying to hold higher education institutions to the same laws all the rest of us have to follow

that's just offensive!

am I right, Priya?

There is suddenly much wailing and gnashing of teeth over the “politicization” of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division over its inquiry into discrimination by Harvard University against Asian-American applicants.

Because, well, that certainly never happened when Eric Holder or Loretta Lynch presided over DOJ, right?

The political angst aside, if proven, such actions by Harvard would be both odious and illegal.

And it’s not as if Harvard doesn’t have a history of such conduct. Its attempts to set a quota for Jewish students after 1925, when they made up more than a quarter of the entering class, are now well documented.

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A civil suit was filed against Harvard in 2014 by the nonprofit Students for Fair Admissions because Harvard imposed a cap on Asian-American student admissions. Harvard officials say Asian-American students make up about 22 percent of this year’s freshman class as they did last year. International students from Asian countries are not counted in that total.

The Justice Department probe mirrors the civil suit — but with a couple big differences, the chief one being the clout of a government agency. In fact, now DOJ is threatening to sue Harvard if it does not comply in a timely fashion with its demands for records.

“Harvard has responded with delays, challenges to our authority to investigate, and a belated, unacceptable proposal to restrict our investigation,” wrote Matthew Donnelly, an attorney for Justice’s Civil Rights Division.

The university has cited student confidentiality, although it has submitted redacted copies of student files in connection with the civil suit.

The other tool DOJ brings to this battle — which no private party could — is the ability to bring a claim of “disparate impact” — in fact, a favorite tool of the Holder-run DOJ on so many fronts. It’s far easier to prove that Harvard’s policies have had a “disparate impact” on Asian-American students than that they were intended to discriminate.

But if indeed Asian-American students have to have far higher SAT scores than their white, African-American or Hispanic counterparts even to be considered for admission, then that would be gross discrimination. And good for DOJ for getting under the hood of this one.

November 29, 2017 12:03 PM  
Blogger Priya Lynn said...

Whatsa matter Wyatt? Did your easy-bake oven quit?

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

November 29, 2017 12:18 PM  
Blogger Priya Lynn said...

Catholic Bishop: Nativity Scene With Two Josephs is an “Attack” on Christianity

There’s a joke that Jesus had two daddies (since his mother was supposedly a virgin), but comedian Cameron Esposito recently noted that her neighbors had actually made that happen with a two-Joseph Nativity scene:

It’s cute, it’s entertaining, and it’s on someone’s private property so who the hell cares?

Lots of people, apparently, including Providence, Rhode Island Bishop Thomas J. Tobin, who wants everyone to pray that “Jesus will forgive this sacrilege, this attack on the Christian Faith.”:

"A Gay Nativity?

Just came across this phot of a "gay nativity" scene - two Josephs dressed in pink watching over the Christ Child. How sad taht someone believes its okay (or funny or cool) to impose their own agenda on the holy Birth of Jesus. Pray for those who did so, for their change of heart, and that Jesus will forgive this sacrilege, this attack on the Christian Faith."

If someone’s yard display is an attack on his faith, then imagine how furious Tobin would be if he found out the Catholic Church tried to change our laws to prevent gay people from getting married and women from obtaining abortions. I guess it’s okay when his people force their views on everybody else, but “sacrilege” when other people make a simple statement on their front lawn.

The sky isn’t going to fall just because someone put two pink Josephs in a makeshift Gaytivity scene. Hell, Christians should be celebrating how Jesus has two parents who love Him.

Somewhere, there are two Marys looking for a child to love.

November 29, 2017 12:18 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

repeated question to Priya:

what level of education did you achieve?

typical response from Priya:

"Whatsa matter? Did your easy-bake oven quit?

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!"

let's just say, not exactly ivory tower material

"Catholic Bishop: Nativity Scene With Two Josephs is an “Attack” on Christianity"

not a Catholic myself but, yes, this is an offensive attack on Christianity

it's obvious why

November 29, 2017 12:32 PM  
Anonymous Reginald Goodworth from the Ivy League said...

I, for one, would still like to know.

Priya, how much education have you received?

November 29, 2017 12:34 PM  
Anonymous Ms. Ima Professeur said...

From the sounds of it, I doubt Priya has received any formal education.

November 29, 2017 12:37 PM  
Anonymous a little to close to Canada said...

MINNEAPOLIS — Garrison Keillor, the former host of “A Prairie Home Companion,” says he’s been fired by Minnesota Public Radio over allegations of improper behavior.

November 29, 2017 12:51 PM  
Blogger Priya Lynn said...

New Barbie Line Features Rainbow “Love Wins” Shirts

Far-right Anti-gay Christian blog LifeSiteNews is ever so pissed:

"The Barbie children’s doll is being used to further LGBT issues. “Proud to wear this “Love Wins” shirt,” states a Barbie-associated Instagram account, along with a photo of two dolls wearing the LGBT-themed t-shirt. The “Love Wins” slogan is associated with support for legalization of gay marriage. An iconic blond Barbie doll representing the @BarbieStyle Instagram account is pictured in the post along with a brunette Asian doll representing fashion blogger Aimee Song.

LifeSiteNews did not hear back from Mattel on an inquiry to confirm the dolls were licensed Mattel products and specifics of what the company sought to convey with them. The @BarbieStyle Instagram account is run by Barbie staff designers, according to the fashion blog Racked. The account is focused on fashion and is separate from the Barbie account aimed at children and parents."

Mattel issued a statement today to Gay Star News: “We are an inclusive brand that celebrates diversity, kindness and acceptance. We are proud to partner with Aimee Song, a top fashion influencer, and promote her t-shirt collection.”

The “Love Wins” posts have tens of thousands of likes on Instagram.

November 29, 2017 1:08 PM  
Anonymous I'm ever so pissed!! said...

today, we have a Democrat who's been in Congress fifty years and the Congressional Black Caucus is negotiating his resignation because of his history of abusing his office to assist his activities as a sexual predator

and Priya thinks a rainbow Barbie is a big deal!

boy, am I pissed!

but I should calm down..

after all, Barbie can't vote and Congressmen can

hahahahahahaha!!

like when the Senate approves tax reform tomorrow

and the Senate begins the reconciliation process

Nancy Pelosi is ever so pissed!

btw, Priya, how much education do you have?

November 29, 2017 1:23 PM  
Blogger Priya Lynn said...

AUSTRALIA: Senate Approves Marriage Equality Bill In Lopsided Vote, Easy Passage Expected In House Next Week

The Guardian reports:

The Australian Senate has passed a same-sex marriage bill, the first marriage equality bill to pass either house of federal parliament, succeeding where more than 20 previous attempts have failed.

Two weeks after the announcement that 61.6% of those who participated in the unprecedented national postal survey voted in favour of same-sex marriage, the Senate passed the cross-party bill unamended.

The bill will now go to the House of Representatives, where it is expected to pass easily next week, fulfilling the Turnbull government’s promise to facilitate a marriage equality bill in the event of a yes vote and legislate the historic social reform before Christmas.

The cross-party bill passed the Senate 43 votes to 12 as almost all Labor senators, the Greens, the Nick Xenophon Team, Derryn Hinch and members of the ruling Liberal-National Coalition voted in favour.

November 29, 2017 1:26 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

you've already posted that

you should stop dodging the question of the hour

how much education do you have?

November 29, 2017 1:31 PM  
Blogger Priya Lynn said...

Wyatt/bad anonymous, your fascination with me is understandable but its time you accepted that I'm married and you can't have me.

I know that's incredibly painful for you so here's a picture of Justin so you have something to fantasize about after you get into bed tonight.

November 29, 2017 2:32 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

you should stop dodging the question of the hour

how much education do you have?

November 29, 2017 2:45 PM  
Anonymous Ms. Ima Professeur said...

I think it's become very obvious that Priya Lynn has little or no formal education.

November 29, 2017 2:48 PM  
Anonymous Captain Obvious said...

There is simply no reason for Priya or anyone else to post how much education they have had when the person (troll bot?) requesting has been absolutely fastidious about releasing no significant personal information about his / her self.

It is sufficient to notice that Priya, whatever level of education she has attained, has clearly mastered the concepts of capitalization, punctuation, and paragraphs, while the incessant troll has not.

The trolls "arguements" seldom exceed the level of regurgitating a right-wing bumper sticker or over-used talking point - oblivious to the fact that repeating failed ideas doesn't make them any more true. But it seems to work for Republicans. Go figure.

Tell us again how Obama was really secretly a Muslim born in Kenya.

Benghazi!




November 29, 2017 3:09 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"There is simply no reason for Priya or anyone else to post how much education they have had when the person (troll bot?) requesting has been absolutely fastidious about releasing no significant personal information about his / her self."

yes, but you see, I haven't implied that people with a certain political viewpoint are educated and those with another aren't

Jim did that

and Priya said "exactly right!"

"It is sufficient to notice that Priya, whatever level of education she has attained, has clearly mastered the concepts of capitalization, punctuation, and paragraphs, while the incessant troll has not."

this is a blog, not a term paper

a certain style is appropriate

I've actually noticed that Priya tends to mimic my style unless Priya is doing a "cut and paste"

I also notice you didn't include spelling (ha-ha)

Priya doesn't generally acknowledge what is cut and pasted so that's probably why you're confused

"The trolls "arguements""

yeah, I see why you didn't include spelling

btw, Priya qualifies as a classic troll

"seldom exceed the level of regurgitating a right-wing bumper sticker or over-used talking point - oblivious to the fact that repeating failed ideas doesn't make them any more true. But it seems to work for Republicans. Go figure."

this is a common dodge of liberals

they echo each other constantly but anyone who opposes them is employing "regurgitated ideas" and "talking points"

interestingly, it's not unusual for me to make a point here and then see some columnist repeat it a few days later

I doubt it's because they're reading this blog though

"Tell us again how Obama was really secretly a Muslim born in Kenya."

that's never been refuted but I never bring it up

"Benghazi!"

an incident displaying the incompetence and recklessness of Obama and Hillary

they actually started worldwide riots by lying

still waiting for the partially educated Priya to answer

November 29, 2017 3:53 PM  
Anonymous Captain Obvious said...


"this is a blog, not a term paper"

It doesn't have to be a term paper to try and get points across coherently.

Check your own spelling. You don't have anything to brag about.

"never refuted" and "worldwide riots"

- Only in the minds of those who live in the world of fake news.

"they echo each other constantly but anyone who opposes them is employing "regurgitated ideas" and "talking points"

Hardly. Congress has been cutting taxes and deregulating everything it can think of since Reagan took office, promising the decreased taxes would pay for themselves by increased revenue and bring greater economic growth for everyone.

One only has to look at the ballooning national debt, and the series of ever larger stock and commodity bubbles that have boomed and crashed, culminating in the Bush crash of 2008 to see the Republican economic philosophy has utterly failed the average American while the rich have benefitted enormously. While that may sound like a talking point to you, it takes a willful denial of the facts over the past forty years to observe otherwise. One doesn't have to copy anyone else to see what has happened.

If one cares to go back in history and look back at the casuses of the Great Recession, one soon learns that a lack of reasonable investment regulations played a major role in that catastrophe as well.

Getting out of that mess essentially required socializing part of our work force, which was a useful exercise in preparation for WWII. For getting out of that, it was rules and regulations that put us into a moderate but stable growth path afterwards. Otherwise, we would have repated the same boom-bust cycle the preceeded the war.

When those regulations were removed from the investment / banking industry, the predictable happened again.










November 29, 2017 4:37 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"It doesn't have to be a term paper to try and get points across coherently"

oh, I my be occasionally incoherent, but it's nothing to do with the concepts of capitalization, punctuation, and paragraphs

the paragraph thing makes my stuff easier to read

even Priya recently conceded that

"Check your own spelling. You don't have anything to brag about."

cock-a-doodle-doo!

"One only has to look at the ballooning national debt,"

how about looking at the origin?

over half of it was borrowed by Obama

"and the series of ever larger stock and commodity bubbles that have boomed and crashed,"

you mean, like Clinton's tech boom?

"culminating in the Bush crash of 2008 to see the Republican economic philosophy has utterly failed the average American while the rich have benefitted enormously."

the fate of the poor, minorities, youth, and women during Obama's reign was a catastrophe of historic proportions

"While that may sound like a talking point to you, it takes a willful denial of the facts over the past forty years to observe otherwise."

forty years

that's a generation and this country was doing swimmingly until Dems took Congress in 2006, paving the way for the worst POTUS ever in 2008

btw, Priya, we're waiting

November 29, 2017 4:54 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"the casuses of the Great Recession"

need I say more?

ha-ha!!

November 29, 2017 4:56 PM  
Blogger Priya Lynn said...

Wyatt/bad anonymous said "The paragraph thing makes my stuff easier to read even Priya recently conceded that".

No surprise here, you're lying again.

What I said was it makes it easy to know at a glance which posts are yours if a person wants to ignore your lies and B.S.

November 29, 2017 5:27 PM  
Blogger Priya Lynn said...

Trump has told over 1200 lies so far this year.

Wyatt/bad anonymous and Trump - two peas in a pod.

November 29, 2017 5:29 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"James O'Keefe didn't publish the story, he tested the Post to see what they woud do with an allegation"

The Washington Post checked out her story and debunked it as FAKE.

Komrad O'Keefe, one the other hand, was trying to create FAKE NEWS by hiring a FAKE VICTIM with a FAKE STORY and sending her to LIE to the WaPo in yet another one of his LAME ATTEMPTS to fool the public like he did about ACORN.

In this case, O'Keefe wanted to fool the public into disbelieving the MANY REAL VICTIMS OF SUSPENDED FORMER JUDGE MOORE and help that pedophile get elected to serve in the US Senate along with your pussy grabber president.

More information about Roy, the wannabe Boy Toy:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Moore#Federal_lawsuit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Moore#Judgment_and_appeal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Moore#Removal_from_office
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Moore#2016_suspension_from_the_bench_and_resignation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Moore#Suspension_by_the_Court_of_the_Judiciary
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Moore#Appeal_to_the_Alabama_Supreme_Court_and_resignation
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-doug-jones-ad-shows-names-faces-of-each-roy-moore-accuser/

Sorry troll but your idol, James O'Keefe, manufactures pro-right wing fake news stories for a living while the Washington Post wins Pulitzer Prizes and Peobody Awards and the like.

You're with the faker.

Go reap what you sow and do the Donnie.

'"the casuses of the Great Recession"

need I say more?"


No.

It's pretty obvious your education has left you unable to recognize a typo when you see one.

You think "casuses" is a spelling error.

Typing 1: asdfghjkl;

November 29, 2017 5:38 PM  
Blogger Priya Lynn said...

Good annonymous said
"Tell us again how Obama was really secretly a Muslim born in Kenya."

Bad anonymous said "that's never been refuted but I never bring it up".

This is the level of dishonesty Wyatt/bad anonymous normally operates under. Obama presented his birth certificate and there was an announcement of his birth in a Hawaii newspaper in 1961.

Obviously no honest person would make the absurd claim that its never been refuted that Obama was born in Kenya.

But then Wyatt/bad anonymous says "Everyone lies all the time" because that's what he does and by default he thinks most people act like him.

They don't, thank god.

November 29, 2017 5:50 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"The Washington Post checked out her story and debunked it as FAKE.

Komrad O'Keefe, one the other hand, was trying to create FAKE NEWS by hiring a FAKE VICTIM with a FAKE STORY and sending her to LIE to the WaPo in yet another one of his LAME ATTEMPTS to fool the public like he did about ACORN.

In this case, O'Keefe wanted to fool the public into disbelieving the MANY REAL VICTIMS OF SUSPENDED FORMER JUDGE MOORE and help that pedophile get elected to serve in the US Senate along with your pussy grabber president.

More information about Roy, the wannabe Boy Toy:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Moore#Federal_lawsuit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Moore#Judgment_and_appeal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Moore#Removal_from_office
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Moore#2016_suspension_from_the_bench_and_resignation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Moore#Suspension_by_the_Court_of_the_Judiciary
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Moore#Appeal_to_the_Alabama_Supreme_Court_and_resignation
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-doug-jones-ad-shows-names-faces-of-each-roy-moore-accuser/

Sorry troll but your idol, James O'Keefe, manufactures pro-right wing fake news stories for a living while the Washington Post wins Pulitzer Prizes and Peobody Awards and the like."

boy, what a lot of crap to throw up just to disguise that you said something false

this sting that O'Keefe did was entirely to check up on the Post

he never publicized the women's account and it's quite clear that if the Post did, he would immediately debunk it

so, calling it fake news is a lie

congratulations!

you have earned entry into the TTF Knights of the Big Fat Lie

November 29, 2017 5:51 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Obviously no honest person would make the absurd claim that its never been refuted that Obama was born in Kenya."

his birth certificate is fake

it uses the term "African American"

google that and see when that began to be used

Hawaii doesn't release copies of the original birth certificate

where are the witnesses remembering his mother bringing him home from the hospital?

his grandmother said she was at his birth but she's never left Kenya

November 29, 2017 5:57 PM  
Blogger Priya Lynn said...



I said "Obviously no honest person would make the absurd claim that its never been refuted that Obama was born in Kenya."

Wyatt/bad anonymous said "his birth certificate is fake it uses the term "African American" google that and see when that began to be used".

Fake news. And you still have the problem of explaining the announcement of his birth in a 1961 Hawaii newspaper. What, did he go back in time and plant that fake birth announcement to throw people off the path once he decided to run for president?

Yeah, that's how "credible" your absurd claim is.

You don't believe he wasn't born in Hawaii, you're just lying for the troll effect.

November 29, 2017 6:06 PM  
Blogger Priya Lynn said...

No where on Obama's birth certificate does it say "African American".

Once again, when Wyatt/bad anonymous finds a lie he likes he clings to it like a drunk to his bottle of whiskey.

November 29, 2017 6:10 PM  
Blogger Priya Lynn said...

And here is the debunking of Wyatt/bad anonymous's lie that his "his grandmother said she was at his birth but she's never left Kenya"

Once again, when Wyatt/bad anonymous finds a lie he likes he clings to it like a drunk to his bottle of whiskey.

November 29, 2017 6:19 PM  
Blogger Priya Lynn said...

But then, what do you expect from someone who says "there are many situations where its appropriate to lie".

Far, far, too many such situations for Wyatt/bad anonymous.

Its hard to imagine that for Wyatt/bad anonymous there is any situation where he thinks it isn't appropriate to lie.

November 29, 2017 6:22 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"You don't believe he wasn't born in Hawaii"

alert the papers

it's a big story

the half-educated priya tells the truth, for once

I never said I believe he wasn't born in Hawaii

I simply said it hasn't been refuted that he wasn't

it's actually so odd that so few parts of Obama's early have any witnesses

even if his mother had no friends, you'd think there'd be neighbors who would remember and inter-racial couple, which was rare at the time

that's was gives the whole story life

but, of course, you guys brought it up to divert from the embarrassing cascade of hypocrites and predators coming from the upper ranks of the rank Dem PArty

November 29, 2017 6:31 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Priya: Jim says "Education makes liberals"

you said "exactly right!"

what education made you so liberal?

did you get out of high school?

if so, then what?

did you go to public school or Catholic school or were you raised by wolves or did you spend your youth in a nut house?

my feeling is everything you need to know to be a liberal you learned in kindergarten

right?

November 29, 2017 7:28 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

c'mon, Pri

this is for posterity!

what education was it that made you liberal?!?

btw, Matt Lauer hasn't released a statement yet

he went on retreat to Lake Woebegone and is groping for the right thing to say

he's a very educated liberal

dopedy-do!

November 29, 2017 7:51 PM  
Anonymous Captain Obvious said...

"his birth certificate is fake"

If you believe that, then you have to believe that after Barack's mom surreptitiously smuggled him past customs at the airport, she then somehow went and faked both a long and short form birth certificate, and then went on to announce his birth in TWO local papers. Why? Just for the off chance that decades later her mixed-race child might run for president.

Yeah. That sounds likely.


"it's actually so odd that so few parts of Obama's early have any witnesses"

Early... -what-?

Was that a word you couldn't spell?

"remember and inter-racial couple"

*an*, *interracial*

November 29, 2017 7:53 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"he went on retreat to Lake Woebegone and is groping for the right thing to say"

While the left has been purging creeps and gropers from its midst, the right is preparing to elect yet another one to office.

Gotta love those "family values."

How much "Moore" of this are people going to take?

November 29, 2017 8:04 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Why? Just for the off chance that decades later her mixed-race child might run for president.

Yeah. That sounds likely."

actually, there are numerous advantages of being American, even if you're not President


""it's actually so odd that so few parts of Obama's early have any witnesses"

Early... -what-?"

life

didn't think I'd have to splain the obvious to Captain Obvious but that's the kinda thing that makes life so fun

""remember and inter-racial couple"

*an*, *interracial*"

so, you agree with me

"While the left has been purging creeps and gropers from its midst, the right is preparing to elect yet another one to office."

the accusations against Moore are forty years old

sexual predators don't change but, if you accept the accounuts, he must have

doesn't really make sense

"Gotta love those "family values.""

like all life matters, even unborn life,

and innocent until proven guilty?

yeah, love it

"How much "Moore" of this are people going to take?"

sounds like he'll be a Senator soon

get ready, people!

November 30, 2017 12:32 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Mr. Moore better be ready because the witnesses against him are credible.

"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told Fox News Wednesday that an ethics investigation of Roy Moore is "almost certain" if the Republican is elected in next month's Alabama runoff vote.

McConnell, who backed incumbent Sen. Luther Strange against Moore in September's Republican primary runoff, told "The Ingraham Angle" that the Senate would "deal with the aftermath of the decision the people of Alabama make on Dec. 12." He declined to indicate whether the Senate would vote to expel Moore, saying only "it'll be up to the [Senate Ethics] committee."

Moore has been accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl and a 16-year-old girl in two separate incidents that occurred when he was in his early 30s. Other women have accused Moore of asking them out on dates while they were teenagers during the same period.

Earlier this month, McConnell said Moore should step away from the race, telling reporters, "I believe the women."

Those remarks were echoed by Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who told host Laura Ingraham, "I find the accusations against [Moore] to be credible and I don’t think anything he has said or done in the last couple of weeks has helped him in that regard."...


http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/11/29/mcconnell-roy-moore-ethics-probe-almost-certain-if-hes-elected.html

November 30, 2017 6:49 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"EXCLUSIVE

VERY SPECIAL

Trump Bragged: ‘Nothing in the World Like First-Rate P**sy’

Years before the ‘Access Hollywood’ tape, the president crassly bragged about a woman’s private parts during a golf weekend at Mar-a-Lago.

Brandy Zadrozny
BRANDY ZADROZNY
11.29.17 9:00 PM ET

In a previously unreported comment to the now-defunct Maximum Golf magazine, Donald Trump singled out a “young socialite” at his club at Mar-a-Lago by telling a reporter, “there is nothing in the world like first-rate pussy.”

The remark never made its way to print, as a top editor of the magazine forbade the reporter from putting it in the publication. But the former journalist who wrote the article, Michael Corcoran, and another editor, both confirmed that it was said by Trump as Corcoran followed him around at his Florida golf club for a profile.

The White House did not respond to a request for comment.

Trump’s use of the word fits a pattern he exhibited before he found himself at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. In the run-up to the 2016 election, Trump took great pleasure in repeating a comment yelled from a supporter about Ted Cruz. “You’re not allowed to say… She said he’s a pussy! Terrible. Terrible,” he said to an elated crowd. And Tucker Carlson remembers Trump responding to a jab about his hair with the observation, “But I get more pussy than you do.”..."

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-bragged-nothing-in-the-world-like-first-rate-psy?via=twitter_page

November 30, 2017 8:05 AM  
Blogger Priya Lynn said...

Wyatt/bad anonymous is a member of the tin-foil hat brigade.

November 30, 2017 11:34 AM  
Blogger Priya Lynn said...

More CEOs Contradict Trump and Republicans on Tax Cuts

We’ve already seen polls that show that, contrary to the claims of Republicans, a corporate tax cut will benefit owners and shareholders rather than employees. Now Bloomberg News adds more evidence to the pile. CEOs of major companies are telling their shareholders that when the tax cut goes through, they’ll increase stock buyback programs and dividends rather than invest it in things that will create new jobs.

The president has held fast to his pledge even as top executives’ comments have run counter to it for months. Instead of hiring more workers or raising their pay, many companies say they’ll first increase dividends or buy back their own shares.

Robert Bradway, chief executive of Amgen Inc., said in an Oct. 25 earnings call that the company has been “actively returning capital in the form of growing dividend and buyback and I’d expect us to continue that.” Executives including Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey, Pfizer Chief Financial Officer Frank D’Amelio and Cisco CFO Kelly Kramer have recently made similar statements.

“We’ll be able to get much more aggressive on the share buyback” after a tax cut, Kramer said in a Nov. 16 interview…

That money is also unlikely to spur hiring because companies are already well-capitalized and can bring on as many employees as they need, said John Shin, a foreign-exchange strategist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

“Companies are sitting on large amounts of cash. They’re not really financially constrained,” Shin, who conducted a survey of more than 300 companies asking their plans for a tax overhaul, said in an interview. “They’re still working for their shareholders, primarily.”

And therein lies the real reason why the corporate tax cuts will not create news jobs. Conditions right now are as conducive to new investment, which is what creates new jobs, as they could possibly be. Most big corporations have large cash reserves and, even if they didn’t, credit is extremely cheap because of low interest rates. If they believed that new investments, new plants and products or other forms of expansion, were likely to boost their profits enough to make them worthwhile, they’d already be doing those things. Nothing is preventing that, and in fact conditions are very good for it. But they obviously do not believe such investments would make their companies more profitable and make themselves richer.

So what are they doing with those large cash reserves? Increasing dividends and buying back stock, which boosts its value. And the only ones who really benefit from that are large shareholders. The claim that this will lead to a $4000 boost in earnings is simply ludicrous. Which is why the unions want them to put it in writing. If they really believe that average wages will go up, put it in the bill that if wages are not up by X percent after two years, the tax rates revert back. But the Republicans won’t agree to that because they know they’re lying.

November 30, 2017 11:35 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/debunked-trump-s-claim-obama-didn-t-say-merry-christmas-1106457667627

November 30, 2017 3:52 PM  
Anonymous Musta been a typo said...

President Trump is inviting reporters to a "Holiday Reception" at the White House after vowing last month that his administration would start "saying Merry Christmas again."

Invitations sent to White House reporters on Thursday explicitly calls the Dec. 1 event a "Holiday Reception," though the subject line and body of the email refer to it as a "Christmas Reception."

"The President and Mrs. Trump request the pleasure of your company at a Holiday Reception to be held at the White House on Friday, December 1, 2017 at two o'clock," the invitation itself reads.

The email states that formal engraved invitations should arrive in the mail soon.

As a presidential candidate, Trump repeatedly channeled the so-called "war on Christmas" — the notion that the holiday is being aggressively secularized — and promised that, under his administration, "Merry Christmas" would become the common greeting.

After months of silence on the matter, Trump reaffirmed the initiative during a speech at the Value Voter Summit in Washington last month, in which he blamed political correctness for stifling Christians' religious expression.

“We’re getting near that beautiful Christmas season that people don’t talk about anymore. They don’t use the word Christmas because it’s not politically correct," he said, later adding: "We’re saying merry Christmas again."

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/359646-white-house-invites-reporters-to-holiday-reception

November 30, 2017 4:07 PM  
Blogger Priya Lynn said...

Court Documents Again Show Trump’s Hypocrisy on Economic Nationalism

Donald Trump pretends to be an America-first economic nationalist and populist, but literally his entire career in business shows him to be a fraud. Not only does he have his products made overseas, he has also hired undocumented workers and paid them a pittance to make more money on his building projects. The New York Times reports on court documents from a settlement he made in one such case.

In 1980, under pressure to begin construction on what would become his signature project, Donald J. Trump employed a crew of 200 undocumented Polish workers who worked in 12-hour shifts, without gloves, hard hats or masks, to demolish the Bonwit Teller building on Fifth Avenue, where the 58-story, golden-hued Trump Tower now stands.

The workers were paid as little as $4 an hour for their dangerous labor, less than half the union wage, if they got paid at all.

Their treatment led to years of litigation over Mr. Trump’s labor practices, and in 1998, despite frequent claims that he never settles lawsuits, Mr. Trump quietly reached an agreement to end a class-action suit over the Bonwit Teller demolition in which he was a defendant.

For almost 20 years, the terms of that settlement have remained a secret. But last week, the settlement documents were unsealed by Loretta A. Preska, a United States District Court judge for the Southern District, in response to a 2016 motion filed by Time Inc. and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. Judge Preska found that the public’s right to know of court proceedings in a class-action case was strengthened by the involvement of the “now-president of the United States.”

This is not the only project on which he has hired undocumented workers and paid them lower wages in order to maximize his profit, proving once again that his pose as an economic nationalist is completely fake. He has literally never done one single thing that is consistent with his fake campaign of buying American products and hiring American workers. To this day, his resorts still hire waiters, maids and cooks from foreign countries. He gets permission to do that by posting what are essentially fake classified listings in small, local newspapers that carry only a fax number, no email or telephone number that would allow people to apply easily. Then they use the lack of response as proof that they can’t find American workers for those mundane jobs.

Everything about Trump is fake, but nothing more so than this pretense of being a pro-American populist. Trump is pro-one thing: profit. Anything that maximizes his profits, he’ll do.

November 30, 2017 4:42 PM  
Anonymous Insanity = doing the same thing over and expecting a different outcome said...

-Repealing the estate tax, or, as Republicans have dubbed it, the “death tax.” But the estate tax is not a tax on the dead; it is a tax on their heirs. Repeal would reverse an important aspect of the American Revolution and establish an American hereditary aristocracy. If your estate is not above $11 million, your benefits from this portion of the GOP’s tax cut will be a nice round number: zero.

-Eliminating deductions for state and local taxes. The GOP has called these deductions favoritism for people who live in high-tax states. In fact, ending deductibility of state and local taxes would tax income that has already been taxed away from a taxpayer. It is, quite simply, double taxation.

-Repealing the Alternative Minimum Tax, which assures that wealthy people who hire accountants to find all the obscure ways to avoid taxes cannot escape taxation altogether. Repealing it would save Trump millions.

-Extending the “pass-through” provision to noncorporate businesses, including some 500 entities Trump owns. It would allow the owners of these businesses to pay taxes at 25 percent, instead of 39.9 percent. This provision would allow Wall Street fund managers, among other very wealthy people, to pay a lower tax rate than many middle-class Americans pay.

-Ending the deductibility of large medical expenses.

-Taxing waived tuition for college students, ending deductibility for student loan payments, and even disallowing teachers from deducting what they spend on school supplies for their students.

-Ending the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate, which would cause 13 million Americans to lose health insurance and result in much higher premiums for those who do get insurance through the exchanges. The Congressional Budget Office has indicated that, if enacted, the Republican tax bill may force deep cuts in Medicare through a generally unknown budget rule that its deficits would trigger.

The analysis of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found that people making less than $100,000 a year (approximately 80 percent of American households) will have their taxes increased while the millionaires and billionaires will make off like bandits.

November 30, 2017 6:03 PM  
Blogger Priya Lynn said...

In true Republican fashion, the smaller your income the worse you will get hit by their tax bill.

These guys are major league assholes.

December 01, 2017 12:53 AM  
Anonymous No surprises here said...

Americans have declared Fox News as the winner of the "Fake News Trophy."

In a recent Rasmussen Reports poll, 40 percent of respondents found the cable network worthy of the distinction.

CNN was the runner-up, with 25 percent of the vote. MSNBC came in a distant 3rd at 9 percent, while ABC, CBS, and NBC garnered, 4 percent, 3 percent, and 2 percent, respectively.

According to the survey, 53 percent of Democrats and 42 percent of voters not affiliated with either major party cited Fox as the leading source of misinformation.

Only 24 percent of Republicans agreed...

https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/11/30/poll-reveals-fox-news-as-the-winner-of-fake-news-trophy/23293447/

December 01, 2017 7:25 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Insanity = doing the same thing over and expecting a different outcome"

like when JFK cut taxes and caused an economic boom?

or when Reagan cut the marginal rate and American growth dazzled the world and unemployment plummeted for twenty-five years?

btw, cutting the marginal corporate rate so that it's not the highest on the world hasn't been tried

one sign of insanity is to make the same stupid remarks over and over again and hoping no one notices

you know, like TTFers do

"-Repealing the estate tax, or, as Republicans have dubbed it, the “death tax.” But the estate tax is not a tax on the dead; it is a tax on their heirs. Repeal would reverse an important aspect of the American Revolution and establish an American hereditary aristocracy. If your estate is not above $11 million, your benefits from this portion of the GOP’s tax cut will be a nice round number: zero."

actually, inheriting 11 million would establish a nice American hereditary aristocracy

estate taxes weren't a cause of the American revolution

one was enacted in 1797 and another in 1862 but both were repealed shortly thereafter

the idea that government owns all your property when you die is an abomination

those who work hard and are successful and paid taxes all their life should have the right to determine what happens to their assets

to say otherwise is insanity

"Eliminating deductions for state and local taxes. The GOP has called these deductions favoritism for people who live in high-tax states. In fact, ending deductibility of state and local taxes would tax income that has already been taxed away from a taxpayer. It is, quite simply, double taxation."

truly ignorant remark

state taxes are double taxation

so are corporate taxes

but. at least, state taxes apply to everyone

corporate taxes only tax twice those who invest in business

which is insanity

if you want less of something you tax it

do we want less investment in business?

"-Repealing the Alternative Minimum Tax, which assures that wealthy people who hire accountants to find all the obscure ways to avoid taxes cannot escape taxation altogether. Repealing it would save Trump millions."

read some history. this tax was originally to apply to a small group

it now taxes millions, including many middle class citizens

that's insanity

"-Extending the “pass-through” provision to noncorporate businesses, including some 500 entities Trump owns. It would allow the owners of these businesses to pay taxes at 25 percent, instead of 39.9 percent. This provision would allow Wall Street fund managers, among other very wealthy people, to pay a lower tax rate than many middle-class Americans pay."

this simply taxes all businesses the same

anything else is insanity

"-Ending the deductibility of large medical expenses."

few people take these

"-Ending the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate, which would cause 13 million Americans to lose health insurance and result in much higher premiums for those who do get insurance through the exchanges."

those 13 million will choose not to buy health insurance

why are we going after the poor to make health insurance cheaper for the rest of us?

insanity

"Blogger Priya Lynn said...
In true Republican fashion, the smaller your income the worse you will get hit by their tax bill.

These guys are major league assholes."

this sounds like an uneducated person talking

how much education do you have, Priya?

"Anonymous No surprises here said...
Americans have declared Fox News as the winner of the "Fake News Trophy."

In a recent Rasmussen Reports poll, 40 percent of respondents found the cable network worthy of the distinction."

interesting, then, that they are the most watched cable news network

must be because 60% don't think they are fake news

that 60% is merely scattered among the liberal mainstream and it's hard to figure which of them is worse

surprised a TTFer would admit that


December 01, 2017 10:07 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

To the uneducated and uninterested in knowing any facts TTF Troll:

"The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 65% of Likely U.S. Voters consider fake news a big problem, with 42% who say it’s a Very Big one. Thirty-two percent (32%) disagree, but that includes only 16% who believe fake news is not a big problem at all. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

Trump suggested earlier this week that the media should award an annual Fake News Award for the worst coverage of his presidency but left Fox News out of the running since it is the only network the president and his supporters believe gives him fair coverage. But 40% of all voters think Fox News should be the winner of the first annual Fake News Trophy.

CNN is in second place with 25% support, followed by MSNBC (9%), ABC (4%), CBS (3%) and NBC (2%). Six percent (6%) say the award should go to someone else, and 11% are undecided."

December 05, 2017 9:01 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

National Survey of 1,000 U.S. Likely Voters
Conducted November 28-29, 2017
By Rasmussen Reports

1* Is the current media coverage of political issues and events better or worse than it has been in the past? Or is it about the same?

2* How big a problem is so-called “fake news”?

3* If the broadcast media established an annual Fake News Trophy, which network should be the first winner – ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, NBC or someone else?

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/questions/pt_survey_questions/november_2017/questions_fake_news_award_november_28_29_2017

December 05, 2017 9:03 AM  

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