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January 27, 2023 10:49 PM UTC

Weekend Open Thread

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  • by: Colorado Pols

“Education is our only political safety. Outside of this ark all is deluge.”

–Horace Mann

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31 thoughts on “Weekend Open Thread

      1. An excerpt below. Paywalls are indeed annoying, but media outlets that actually do the work that feeds social media or blogs need some type of revenue. Guessing you could read the link at the end of the Paul Pelosi paragraph without a paywall.

        (Mark) Robinson’s religion is indeed the whipping, slashing kind. It mingles cruelty and snark. When Paul Pelosi was assaulted in his home by a hammer-wielding intruder, Robinson didn’t offer prayers for his recovery. He expressed doubt that Pelosi was an innocent victim — and mocked him.

        He has referred to homosexuality as “filth” and to the transgender rights movement as “demonic.” He’s preoccupied with the devil, whose hand he saw in the movie “Black Panther,” which was “created by an agnostic Jew and put to film by satanic marxist,” he railed in a Facebook post that could have used some copy-editing.

        His whole persona could use some copy-editing. It’s all exclamation points.

        But that’s his power, too. “Mark Robinson is extremely popular with the Republican base and the Republican rank and file,” Chris Cooper, a political science professor at Western Carolina University, told me. (He has no relation to Roy.) “The reality is that he’s a compelling speaker. And just as many Republicans thought that Donald Trump went too far but at the same time were happy he gave the finger to ‘the establishment,’ Mark Robinson has many of the same advantages.”

        1. Thanks. I’m all in favor of the desire to seek out revenue. But most everybody, and his sister/brother, has a paywall now. One can’t subscribe to them all and stay personally solvent..

          1. I get the solvency thing. A lot of outlets allow some number of free stories before they cut you off.

            I might like to see news subscriptions where a reasonable fee gets you access to a package of outlets, but have no clue how the numbers would work for the news outlets. For now, I pay for a few online subscriptions and honestly get much more stuff than I can read.

    1. OMG!  All those idling Teslas spewing polutants! 😉

      I've heard Las Vegas is even worse.  Just wait until they open up the Superchargers to all the CCS EVs!

      Which Tesla did you get?

      1. Good friends recently purchased an ID.4 and love it.  I have a Ford Lightning (with long-range batteries) on order and a fast plug installed in my garage. Looking forward to having an electric vehicle in the barn. 

        1. The long delivery times are going to be with us for at least another year or two as manufacturers ramp up factory capacity.  I'm still waiting for delivery of my wife's Model Y, which, fingers-crossed, should arrive next month (no guarantees).  I'm fortunate that both of ours will share the same fast charging plug in our garage.

          But it'll be worth it as EVs with 500,000 mile drivetrains and low operating costs will provide massive savings to owners.  Our cars have a lot more miles in them than we do! 

          It will also force a complete transformation in the automotive market, particularly for dealers.  I can foresee the majority of the transportation market leaving car ownership behind, with people subscribing from a menu of personal transportation services — from dedicated vehicles to a spectrum of shared, on demand, vehicles. 

          I don't think I'd ever buy a fully autonomous vehicle, but I hope one day to use them regularly for everyday needs.

      2. Ive only used a public charging station for the novelty. I don't think the claim that the infrastructure isn't there is correct just in the fact every house has electricity.

        1. My wife and I drove my Model 3 to Chicago and back, and then to San Diego and back. The only pain was that our house in San Diego didn't have a charger so every 4 days or so we had to go charge somewhere.

    1. He has painted himself into such a corner, I would bet (if I had any money) on it being more likely he commit suicide and try to make it look like a mob hit or something. Maybe he'll visit Moscow and jump fall out a window.

      1. Whoever is backing him (Putin?) isn't going to put up with someone so incompetent for very long. THEIR secrets will be revealed. George should stay away from windows and a few other things. 

      2. I don't think he's the tool of someone major. I think he's a low-level grifter that lucked into winning the seat. And is going to learn that winning was the worst thing that can happen to him.

        Sort of like the movie The Producers (original was better).

          1. There are plenty of rich GOPers who were willing to back him since he was taking a previously Dem. seat. Don’t both them with details of his past.

            I agree with David’s assessment

        1. just a quick thought….we are looking in the wrong direction when it comes to Santos…look at china…while we are distracted by daily attacks on our democracy, they snuck this guy in under all of the radars of both parties, and a corrupt media…imagine that…

  1. Bad news on the anti-trust front. From BIG:

    Alas, it’s not all good news. On Friday, Bloomberg’s Emily Birnbaum confirmed some bad news about the Republican Party.

    It's confirmed: Rep. Ken Buck, one of the most fervent tech critics in the House, will not be the chair of the House Judiciary antitrust subcommittee. It will be Rep. Thomas Massie, who takes a libertarian view on corporate oversight. This is a win for the big tech companies.

    Buck was the key anti-monopolist on the House Antitrust Subcommittee, and he lost a major battle with libertarian Jim Jordan and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy over whether the GOP will do anything on antitrust vis-a-vis big tech. There’s a shot that there will be some action in other committees around app stores, but the antitrust story for the coming House of Representatives is an ugly one.

    Buck was doing good work on the anti-trust front.

  2. I have a question for the assembled political junkies here…

    What has been, to the degree it is possible to pick, McCarthys’ biggest mistake, so far?

    I think the unleashing of Margie Greene must be one of his most boneheaded choices. Once she cements the power he has given her, she will bite off his head.

    1. Empty G does have  that “ Praying Mantis” vibe. Fun fact: During mating, if the lemale mantis bites off the male mantis’ head, he has  a spare, smaller brain in his tail section.

      if McCarthy is similarly equipped, it may explain his subsequent decisions after giving EmptyG everything she wanted. 

      To answer your first question, though, I think that seating George Santos is going to bite MyKevin in the ass, big time. 

        1. I remember listening to her speak when she was campaigning for the first time, or had just gotten elected…don't recall which. 

          She was ranting about why she ran for Congress, saying she was angry because "they" wouldn't listen to her and she was going to get in a place where they would HAVE to listen to her. 

          This is going to get even crazier.

    2. Qev's biggest mistake thus far was seeking the speakership in the first place. No room for debate on that point. The pot of gold at the end of that rainbow is two years of herding psychotic, wet-brained cats. What a dumbass.

      Number 2 has to be hitching his wagon to Mad Madge's star.

      1. You have a colorful menagerie, what with the psychotic, wet-brained cats and the fondly remembered “ Trumpanzee pants-hooters”. Keep em coming, Gemghis!

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