14 thoughts on “Thursday Open Thread”

1. Morning.

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   1. Good evening*.

       

       

       

      * Note: I'm sure it's probably evening somewhere. Like, on Mars.

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      1. Your home world, Birdie?

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2. 1. Dober večer. I am learning a new language for my vacation trip.

   2. https://www.coloradopolitics.com/former-colo-gubernatorial-candidate-mike-johnston-to-challenge-gardner-in/article_b37bb598-2559-11e9-b259-afeaec63f71b.html
   Time to update the Big Line

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   1. Huh. My mom would say "Dobra večer" instead of "Dober večer", tho I'm not really as good with my serbo-croatian as I'd like to be.

      Edit: No, fuck. It was definitely “Dobro veče”.

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      1. I am going to a country that uses the Euro, not its own currency.

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         1. Ah! You're in Slovenia!

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   2. Which primary race gets more entrants: Dem pres or CO Dem senate?

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      1. Prez definitely.  It’s a big country with a boundless supply of optimists🙂

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   3. At the risk of turning this into Facebook, I'm going fly fishing in Bosnia and catamaran sailing in Croatia this June. 

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      1. My mother wants me to visit my grandma in Belgrade over the summer, but she suggested that, like, last week and I don't think I'd be able to until next year.

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3. Cory Gardner signing on to co-sponsor a Congressional Gold Medal for Fred Korematsu.

   “Fred Korematsu stood up for the rights of more than 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II, and continued his fight for decades to expand civil rights and overturn his own false criminal conviction,” Hirono said.

   1. Korematsu died in 2005.

   2. He already had his conviction was overturned in 1983 and he was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1998.

   3. Gardner continues to support Trump, despite the Sad!-ministration's support of internment of asylum seekers, decreased number of refugees allowed to come to the US, and outright ban on people from some countries.

   So, Sen. Gardner continues to take symbolic stances which have limited impacts while supporting those who act in direct opposition to the stance of Korematsu.

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4. Politico has an excellent analysis of the current state of the Dem candidates for President

   …because of early voting and changes to the still-unsettled primary calendar, candidates can’t just camp out on the cheap in bucolic Iowa throughout 2019, shaking the most hands and hoping for a late break. Well before the first Iowa caucus-goer stands in a high school gymnasium corner, candidates will need enough coin to bankroll an ad campaign in megastates like California and Texas. A campaign that cannot get sufficient media attention is likely to dry up and close down before we even get to 2020.

   That’s why the presidential campaign rollout matters more than ever. Without a good first impression, candidates may fail to achieve liftoff.

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   1. One number I've seen is a campaign in California, spread out before voting starts and until the final election day on March 3, is likely a MINIMUM of $5 million for that state alone.  Edward-Isaac Dovere,  a staff writer at The Atlantic, wrote:

      According to Democratic operatives who are planning campaigns, to get to the first week of March, when Super Tuesday is held, it’ll take a minimum of roughly $40 million. On the high end, it could soar past $60 million.

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