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August 10, 2024 12:27 AM UTC

Weekend Open Thread

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  • by: Colorado Pols

“The blame diminishes as the guilt increases.”

–Friedrich Schiller

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  2. Just kind of shows that Old Joe is a master tactician and good judge of character to pick Harris as his running mate. It's her time to shine thanks to his skillful handoff. Go Dems.

  3. I was in Arizon yesterday so managed a ticket to the Harris-Coach rally. Unfortunately the Fire Marshall shut the doors due to “capacity” before I got in but I have to tell you the crowd energy is off the charts. That crowd approached 20,000k, with folks left outside.  Meanwhile in Bozeman…(please no one tell Cokehead Magee there is a ‘crop’ function on his phone!)

  5. Why "go back" when you can create a company in today's America with a $5bb market cap on revenue of less than $1mm per quarter???

     

    Trump Media reports $16 million loss for quarter as revenue falls

    Trump Media, the social media company whose majority shareholder is former President Donald Trump, on Friday reported a net loss of more than $16 million for the most recent financial quarter, as its already meager revenue fell 30% to just $836,900.

    Trump Media owns the Truth Social app, which is often used by the former president.

    The stock price of Trump Media, which trades under the DJT ticker, has fallen sharply from a high of more than $71 per share shortly after began publicly trading in late March following a merger with a so-called special purpose acquisition corporation.

    Trump Media stock closed at $26.21 per share Friday afternoon, a decrease of .49%

    1. Perhaps ironic that DJT was outearned by Phunware ("a leading mobile applications platform provider"), which reported growth and strategic expansion in Q2 2024.  "The company reported a 10% revenue increase from the first quarter of 2024, achieving $1 million in Q2."  The startup company only lost $2.6 million in the quarter.

       

  8. New polling confirms Kamala Harris' edge over Trump

    New Battleground Polls Show Harris Has Fundamentally Changed the Race

    On question after question, the poll finds that voters don’t seem to have any major reservations about her. A majority say that she’s honest and intelligent; that she brings the right kind of change and has the temperament to be president; and that she has a clear vision for the country. A majority doesn’t think she’s too far to the left, either: Only 44 percent of likely voters say she’s too liberal or progressive, compared with 44 percent who say she’s not too far either way and another 6 percent who say she isn’t progressive enough. We didn’t need to ask whether voters thought she was too old to be an effective president.

  10. Here's a gift link for a Washington Post column by Jennifer Rubin:  https://wapo.st/3WYbQ1r

    Walz brings the vibes, but that’s not all

    Walz knows a thing or two about agriculture. While in Congress, he championed rural issues critical to his state. “He sponsored legislation during his last term in the 115th Congress to expand veterans’ access to farm programs, and some provisions were incorporated into the 2018 farm bill,” Roll Call reported. “Those provisions expanded access to farm education and training and all USDA agriculture programs to individuals who obtained veteran status within the last decade.”In addition, it extended crop insurance benefits for veterans.

    His record on agriculture as governor is impressive as well,…

    Some MAGA ideas are radical and nonsensical, such as eliminating the Conservation Reserve Program, designed to help slow the loss of topsoil, which could be fatal to farmers. Once again, the matchup with Walz pits someone who knows and works with farmers against an ideological vendetta against government, regardless of the consequences.

     

  11. Don’t look now, but EVs are cheaper than ICE-cars.

    VW ID4 is cheaper than Jetta, Camry or Corolla.

    Hyundai Ioniq or Kia EV6 (REALLY good cars) are leasing at $250, and they cost $2 per 100 miles to run if you charge from home at off-peak rates.

    What does an ICE car cost to run? 3-5 gallons per 100 miles equals….

    At 1,000 miles per month, EV = $20/mo and ICE = $110 – $200.

  12. Karma is my Boyfriend – Deadbeat Don.

    [Trump is] not holding as many rallies in 2024:  he’s a deadbeat and unwelcome in towns and cities across America.  That’s why his rally in Montana this week was held in Bozeman rather than Billings.  He’s unwelcome in Billings.  Wary towns now want him to pay in advance and guess who’s falling behind on fundraising while paying hundreds of millions of campaign dollars on legal bills?

    According to the Center for Public Integrity, he stiffed venues in

    • Lebanon, OH
    • Mesa, AZ
    • Erie, PA
    • Green Bay, WI
    • Eau Claire, WI
    • Tucson, AZ
    • Burlington, VT
    • Spokane, WA
    • El Paso, TX (over $500,000)
    • Billings, MT

    Added Since Original Post:

    • Minneapolis, MN (NEW)
    • Sioux City, IA (NEW)
    • Missoula County MT (NEW)
    • Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC (NEW)

    • Albuquerque, NM had to send Trump’s overdue bill of $211,000 to a collection agency in 2021.  As of 2020, La Crosse, WI is still waiting for over $13,000 for multiple visits.  

    Karma is a cat on my lap 'cause she loves me.

  14. On CNN JD Vance accuses Democrats of engaging in name-calling and schoolyard bullying in campaign. How about a little history lesson? 

    F***ing B*tch Kamabla, Sleepy Joe, Crazy Nancy, Bird Brain Nikki Haley, Lyin' Ted, Crooked Hillary, Little Marco, Mini Mike Bloomberg, Slimeball James Comey, Jeff Flakey, Gavin Newscum, Pencil Neck Adam Schiff, Pocahontas, & Low-IQ Maxine Waters all salute you JD Couch****er!

  16. Question – a friend of mine (Republican) said he saw a video of Kamala Harris in Norway at a conference on energy. And when she was asked a question, laughed and asked for help answering.

    I searched and can't find anything like this. I'm guessing it was Fox News with clever cropping. But I'd like to see the full clip.

    Anyone know of this clip?

    thanks – Dave

    1.  

      Reuters made an unbiased video report of the press conference between Polish president Duda,  and Vice president Kamala Harris. At about eight minute 30 seconds into the video she responds at length to questions about NATO Ukraine, US aid to Poland, and more.

      There is no laughter. There is discussion of Poland taking in Ukranian refugees, but no giggles from Harris.

      That was apparently spliced  in later somehow. I did find a “news site” called WION that had the same press conference with her, laughing at the refugee question that clip is here. So yeah, someone sliced and diced it to make her look, frivolous and bad . 

      At 33:00 in the presser video, Harris laughs when there is a question of whether she or Duda will respond first to a reporter;s question about holding Russia accountable for war crimes. the laughter is brief and appropriate..

      At 3809 in thevideo, there is another awkward moment when it is unclear whether Harris or Duda will respond to the reporters question first. The question is about the United States accepting refugees and helping Poland with Ukrainian refugees. Harris does laugh and does say” a friend in need is a friend indeed”. This is in relation to which dignitary will speak first. Both she and Duda then respond to the refugee question.

  17. Grasping at Straw Men. Posted from my only MAGA "friend", via Catturd and Insurrection Barbie.

    Supposedly Kamala Harris's crowds are AI generated. The "evidence" is a collage of a blurry crowd scene and some App that claims the image is AI. 

    I'm seeing other Dis-info ops, but they're mostly still throwing spaghetti at the wall.

  18. Who's going to tell Fat Donnie from Queens that HE'S been voting by mail? 

      1. “……who is going to tell Donnie it’s over?”

        Could be over, in more ways than one. If Trump loses, his usefulness to Putin is gone. Vlad is not known for leaving loose ends. No, I’m not a “conspiracy theorist.” But when there has been so much “smoke” over many years, there is bound to be some “fire” there. Just sayin’.

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