It's the economy stupid.

It's the economy stupid.

Is it?

"But my reasoning was straightforward, and I stand by it. Issuing my critiques without attribution forced the President to answer them directly on their merits or not at all, rather than creating distractions through petty insults and name-calling. I wanted the attention to be on the arguments themselves."

at a rally in Arizona, President Trump said: "This guy is a low-level lowlife that I don't know."

'Anonymous' Trump administration critic identifies himself

"But my reasoning was straightforward, and I stand by it. Issuing my critiques without attribution forced the President to answer them directly on their merits or not at all, rather than creating distractions through petty insults and name-calling. I wanted the attention to be on the arguments themselves."

And the man himself falls right into the trap.

at a rally in Arizona, President Trump said: "This guy is a low-level lowlife that I don't know."

How many lies is that now?

Been spending a little time watching https://www.youtube.com/c/VirtualRailfan and of late there have been a lot of trains full of armored vehicles and tanks running all over the USA. I hope this isn't related to the upcoming election and some plot.

Alan Alda Speaks Out Against Donald Trump’s Willful Denial Of Science In The COVID-Era: “At This Moment, We Are All On Fifth Avenue”

“Trump once said he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue without consequences,” Alda continues in the Post piece. “At this moment, we are all on Fifth Avenue.”

His words carry weight, given the United States had by Thursday recorded nearly 9 million infections and over a quarter of a million deaths from the virus.

Alda, who is not just an an actor and writer but also a co-founder of the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University, is particularly offended by the president’s denial of science.

“Trump’s deceitful assurances that covid-19 (sic) is nothing to worry about have laid untold dead at the feet of this president,” Alda writes, before pointing out the scientific community’s unanimous opposition to one of the president’s most recent (supposed) lightbulb moments.

The concept of herd immunity, Alda maintains, “has been excoriated by the world’s leading infectious-disease experts. But the Trump administration seems willing to let a few hundred thousand people die and hope for the best.”

And for those who think he’s just another unelected, entitled celebrity criticizing the president, Alda claims an authority based on one of the measures most valued by Trump: ratings.

“Almost 63 million people voted for Donald Trump in 2016,” writes the actor, “but in 1983, more than 106 million people watched the last episode of M.A.S.H. So, it seems that by this president’s standard, I’m a bigger deal than he is.”

So, I’m speaking now, and I hope you will, too. Someone you know who hasn’t thought it necessary to vote might decide to cast a ballot.

I hope they’ll vote for science. I hope they’ll vote for life.

Been spending a little time watching https://www.youtube.com/c/VirtualRailfan and of late there have been a lot of trains full of armored vehicles and tanks running all over the USA. I hope this isn't related to the upcoming election and some plot.

I remember doing that in 1968. Seeing lots of trains with tanks and other military vehicles. No idea why.

A couple of days later, in Red Square Moscow, we learned that the USSR had invaded Czechoslovakia (as it then was), and Dubcek had been deposed. The military trains had been on the opposite line as we travelled from Warsaw to Moscow.

Talked to a friend tonight who hangs out at Joint Base San Antonio. Says they have been moving stuff and troops around and in like crazy. Even hiring Russian contractors using Antonov AN-22 planes to move M1 tanks. Something is up. As has been said, can't have a coup without the military.

That lesson has stuck with me ever since. Always listen critically, whoever the speaker. Double-source (at least) everything.

• That looks and sounds like a pathetic schoolyard lie to try to cover up an earlier schoolyard lie to dig into looking even more childishly stupidly foolish.
  
  
• It even sounds like a scam!!
  
  
• And yet... That is 'prime time American news' ?!!
  
  
• That sort of blatant fabrication/lies goes far beyond supposed 'fake news' into deliberate misrepresentation, defamation, and propaganda.
  

There must be laws against such harmful misleading silliness.

Have "Team Trump" really stooped so low to try to throw dirt that they are now just "making it up"?


Disgustingly totally untruthful Trump!

Stay safe!
Martin

Martin - that video was posted two days ago, and has already appeared in this thread (message 2060192).

More interestingly, my morning paper today had a printed piece where the shipping company self-identified themselves as UPS, and stated that the missing contents had been located - and would be returned (though it's not clear whether to New York or to Los Angeles).

Fox News's Tucker Carlson mocked for 'lost in mail' Biden documents claim

The Fox News host Tucker Carlson has been mocked for his attempt to explain why he could not produce documents he had promised relating to Joe Biden, implying some kind of conspiracy.

On Thursday United Parcel Service (UPS) confirmed that it had indeed lost, and then found, the package in question.

Carlson said the only copy of the papers, which he alleged added to claims about Biden’s son Hunter, had been lost...

Watch for late-breaking news...

Google she say: Tucker Carlson: How UPS explained the missing Biden family documents, and a word about Hunter

Nothing about the contents of the documents, though.

There must be laws against such harmful misleading silliness.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.