Tuesday Open Thread

by: Colorado Pols May 22, 2018 at 6:18 AM MDT

“Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.”

–Ralph Waldo Emerson

mamajama55 says:

May 22, 2018 at 6:36 AM MDT

We won one. Celebrate.

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Voyageur says:

May 22, 2018 at 7:20 AM MDT

Trump stinks.

Stay upwind, America.

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Diogenesdemar says:

May 22, 2018 at 8:35 AM MDT

Interesting that these are also the same occasions that good drinkers won’t miss . . .

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Zappatero says:

May 22, 2018 at 8:50 AM MDT

National Dems planning their Bestest Strategery Ever for November. Oh boy, they’ll show those Stooooopid Republicans once andfor all this November.

Just you wait.

Going to be good.

Brlliant.

Best.

Strategery.

Evah.

By Democrats.

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- unnamed says:
  
  May 22, 2018 at 8:55 AM MDT
  
  What are you trying to say? That National Dem strategy is totally content-free, like 95% of your posts?
  
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  - notaskinnycook says:
    
    May 22, 2018 at 9:06 AM MDT
    
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- RepealAndReplace says:
  
  May 22, 2018 at 11:12 AM MDT
  
  But how does your post affect M. Bennet?
  
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  - unnamed says:
    
    May 22, 2018 at 11:33 AM MDT
    
    Bennet is involved in the "brilliant strategy" somehow, by some unknown means and is manipulating it from a smoke-filled room.
    
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    - Voyageur says:
      
      May 22, 2018 at 1:57 PM MDT
      
      But is the smoke from marijuana?
      
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      - unnamed says:
        
        May 22, 2018 at 2:29 PM MDT
        
        Yes it is. Because that is how it is different from the olden days.
        
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Pseudonymous says:

May 22, 2018 at 4:00 PM MDT

The "community banking bill" that Michael Bennet was an original cosponsor of just passed the House with the help of 33 Democrats (16 and Angus King eased passage in the Senate). The vote's not up yet. I wonder who'll be in there.

The bill had already started protecting "community" banks by getting consolidation in the sector rolling along. Of course, the CBO says that the bill creates greater risk in the financial system, in part by potentially allowing neighborhood banks like Citi and JPMorgan Chase to increase leverage and debt.

Thanks, Senator Bennet for helping ensure that an industry that had been so beaten down by regulation it was only able to make record profits last quarter survives. Bullet dodged!

#Resist

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- Pseudonymous says:
  
  May 22, 2018 at 4:04 PM MDT
  
  Ah, here's the vote. Neat tool, by the way.
  
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  - notaskinnycook says:
    
    May 22, 2018 at 6:26 PM MDT
    
    Thanks for the link, Pseudo. I like your kitty, BTW.
    
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    - Pseudonymous says:
      
      May 22, 2018 at 8:06 PM MDT
      
      It's super fun, isn't it? Here's the original.
      
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Moderatus says:

May 22, 2018 at 4:26 PM MDT

BOO!

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- JeffcoBlue says:
  
  May 22, 2018 at 4:27 PM MDT
  
  Look what the cat dragged in.
  
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  - notaskinnycook says:
    
    May 22, 2018 at 6:27 PM MDT
    
    Did you mean Pseudo's cat, Jeffco? I don't think that beautiful creature would touch Moddy to bite him
    
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Hakim says:

May 22, 2018 at 8:29 PM MDT

Heh. elected a high school math teacher to replace their majority leader in KY.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/teacher-beats-kentucky-house-majority-leader-in-gop-primary/2018/05/22/58e5b97a-5e27-11e8-b656-236c6214ef01_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.6d072f34bfb4

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- notaskinnycook says:
  
  May 22, 2018 at 10:03 PM MDT
  
  Now if they'll just put him on Appropriations…
  
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Hakim says:

May 22, 2018 at 10:07 PM MDT

Four of the 10 largest donors are supporting Johnston for Governor. Big $$ in "education reform".

https://www.denverpost.com/2018/05/21/top-colorado-donors-2018-election/

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