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The dipshit comments that fell from the face of Drew Brees yesterday had at least one beneficial effect, namely an opportunity to use the term "patriotism cliché bukkake."
Brees needs a fucking history lesson (and by history I mean something that's less than a decade old):
Follow. The. Money.
How the NFL sold patriotism to the U.S. military for millions
The Story Behind Bill Barr’s Unmarked Federal Agents
Garrett Graff / POLITICO
The motley assortment of police currently occupying Washington, D.C., is a window into the vast, complicated, obscure world of federal law enforcement.
Use the force, Duke . . .
I say, I say, I say — boy, this ain’t all that difficult . . .
. . . look no further than that there Erik Prince.
(There’s blood money to be made made . . .)
. . . the answer you seek is there on Planet Amway
Exactly. Or as Trump would say, if the US Army is "weak," I've got my OWN private army, paid for by the taxpayers of course – the Prince Prancers and Panzers.
Prince is the drug supplier.
Putin is the puppetmaster
Monday morning, President Trump had a friendly chat with campaign supporter and Russian strongman Vladimir Putin. Shortly after, he held a call with governors in his own country, where he sternly lectured that Minnesota had become “a laughingstock all over the world.”
from Axios:
Charting Big Oil's renewable investments
Driving the news:
https://www.axios.com/charting-big-oils-renewable-investments-cd71c654-0b1d-48e8-98b6-e0d9daed8463.html
Another interesting number I picked up from a chart here…there has not been a year in which oil company investment in renewables has reached 2 billion dollars.
As expected, there are a host of headlines about
Dem Hickenlooper held in contempt by Colorado ethics …
And in contrast, positive reaction to news about
Full funding for LWCF plus
Cory is going to greenwash his campaign and burnish his medallions for being bi-partisan.
So, is anyone actually paying attention to this ethics kerfuffle?
It was a kerfuffle until Hickenlooper didn't show — I think there are a number of people (including me) who aren't impressed by his avoidance, going to court to avoid showing up and losing, and then not showing up. Headlines are about a 5-0 vote to get a subpoena enforced, a Democratic AG taking the matter to court, Hick's "principled" stand about not participating over Zoom vanishing in his offer to show up on Zoom on June 16.
It is an anecdote that reinforces the idea that Hick sees himself as an entitled "winner." He probably will still win the nomination — but I'm betting it is going to be much closer than the race seemed to be last week.
Agree, John. If Hick could have made a non-laughable case to not show up, it would have slid by in the news. Instead he took a self-contradictory "stand" on a non-issue i.e. the world has been operating virtually for more than two months, why is he exempt? I think you nailed it with the "entitled" attitude Hick has conveyed. And now it's backfiring on him.
Don’t worry, ya’ll. If Hick gets to be a senator, he won’t do that stuff anymore.
and probably won’t do it any less.
Romanoff for Senate!
It's a self-inflicted wound by Hick. Not necessarily fatal, but enough to make a lot of Democrats give a once-over to Romo.
Agree that this should be a boost for Romanoff if he chooses to use it.
What's confusing to me is that the Public Trust Institute has recently been trying to plaster feces on the enemies of O&G such as former Rep. Joe Salazar.
In Hick they have a rare D friend.
PTI must be shooting before they look.
“I’m betting that it (Senate race) is going to be much closer than the race seemed to be last week.”
Hmmm. If so, then Romanoff had best not produce any more ads like the one I saw last night. Real limp and lame; that one = R’s unforced error.
I had to go looking, but did find a news outlet which had a mention of Romanoff.
The Detroit News ran an AP story which, 11 paragraphs in, said
The statement did not get to his website. The most recent news release there is from Thursday, May 07, 2020, noting the ballots are "Headed to print."
Denver Post's story mentions Romanoff … in the next to the last sentence, saying that the ballots are going out and voters will decide between Hick and Romanoff. The Spot column mentioned Romanoff … saying he released an ad, got an endorsement, and will be in some debates with Hick next week.
I've said I'm not a fan of negative campaigns — so I guess I should be happy Romanoff isn't exploiting this bumbling move of Hickenlooper.
I had some spare time this morning so I jumped on to Andrew's Zoom call with CO High School Democrats. He is doing an amazing job communicating with these kids on a wide range of subjects and fielding tough questions. I'm #VBNMW but he is clearly an adept Ambassador for Colorado values who would make an exceptional member of the upper chamber.
When I've seen Romanoff in person, I've been impressed, too. He is obviously intelligent, focused on service, and able to listen to and speak with people.
I think both Romanoff and Hickenlooper could beat Gardner. I'll vote for either as a better representative of the state than the "in step with McConnell" version of politics Gardner presents. I still buy The Big Line's summary of the race: "We finally know that the June Primary ballot will have only two names: Hickenlooper and Romanoff. That’s good news for Romanoff, though the odds of him winning are slim."
COVID-19 has made this a different campaign than I expected, diminishing the chances of R to overcome the name recognition and money of H.
This race feels more like the Weiser/J Salazar primary for AG (I was in the Weiser camp on that one) when JS came within a whisker of the win.
It has been a while since I have seen Andrew. I volunteered within the environmental community when Andrew was the Speaker of the Colorado House. His down to earth sincerity and his ability to listen made him enormously able to do that job. He did it in such exemplary fashion, he won some awards for it.
Neither of his opponents can come close to the level of integrity and honesty you will find in the person of Andrew Romanoff.
The usual, "boy I am getting tired of this being necessary" disclaimer… Hick is better than Gardner, by far…I will vote for Hickenlooper over Gardner. Really…I mean it. OK?
Dave Kreiger makes the case in the Colorado Sun.
Apparently, all across the US clumsy protesters are tripping and falling. As Mark Sumner puts it at DailyKos:
“Casual violence and indifference to suffering.”
It isn’t just a few “bad apples”. Rioting riot police have often been a presence at demonstrations; we’ve always had lynching and police brutality against black. Police can turn off their body cams, and cover up their badges, but now everybody has cameras.
When the New York Times echoes Antifa:
What do you call thousands of gullible armed rednecks sitting at home slackjawed on their couch today, disappointed that they didn’t get to shoot themselves any black folks? . . .
Your own Private
BlackwaterIdaho?Not-deplorables?
Neville family reunion?
FOXNews watchers?
The same as it ever was?
Ttumpmerica?
From Josh Marshall at TPM: "Community Goes Full Feral With Anti-Antifa Hysteria"
We’ve got a local gun store here using their Facebookkk page, urging their heavily armed customers to take to the streets a few days ago to “protect” their store from “protests,” and then again yesterday to go “protect” the town of Parker on “short notice.”
Yes, folks. Forks, WA is in fact the town featured in the Twilight series.
From TPM: "Tiny Town In Washington Gets Ramboed Up, Traps Family Over False Antifa Scare"
Life in Lincoln's United States.
A thoughtful interview worth reading in its entirety . . .