Octopus Overlords

hepcat wrote:sigh...My hardcore right, Trump supporting coworker has taken to sending me weekly emails about American made IT products we should be using. Today he sent me an exclamation filled email about why we should switch to PC Matic for our antivirus solution. Long story short, they bill themselves first and foremost as the American made antivirus solution.

I'm evaluating laptops for the next fleet rollover and when he found out I was looking at Lenova, he immediately asked why we would even consider a Chinese manufacturer over Dell or "some other American company".

He really does follow the dog whistle.

Smoove_B wrote:Alternative theory: Moore surges in the polls because of his gun antics. This leads Trump to attempt to hip-fire an M60 at his next fundraising rally, but his tiny hands and lack of upper body strength lead him to accidentally mow down a row of Trumpaloos.

Rip wrote:

hepcat wrote:sigh...My hardcore right, Trump supporting coworker has taken to sending me weekly emails about American made IT products we should be using. Today he sent me an exclamation filled email about why we should switch to PC Matic for our antivirus solution. Long story short, they bill themselves first and foremost as the American made antivirus solution.

I'm evaluating laptops for the next fleet rollover and when he found out I was looking at Lenova, he immediately asked why we would even consider a Chinese manufacturer over Dell or "some other American company".

He really does follow the dog whistle.

The only thing "American" in a Dell computer is the handling.

hepcat wrote:

Rip wrote:

hepcat wrote:sigh...My hardcore right, Trump supporting coworker has taken to sending me weekly emails about American made IT products we should be using. Today he sent me an exclamation filled email about why we should switch to PC Matic for our antivirus solution. Long story short, they bill themselves first and foremost as the American made antivirus solution.

I'm evaluating laptops for the next fleet rollover and when he found out I was looking at Lenova, he immediately asked why we would even consider a Chinese manufacturer over Dell or "some other American company".

He really does follow the dog whistle.

The only thing "American" in a Dell computer is the handling.

It does go to show that Trump supporters don't really like to research things very much. They just follow what their leader says, or what the people on that television box tells 'em.

malchior wrote:

Smoove_B wrote:Alternative theory: Moore surges in the polls because of his gun antics. This leads Trump to attempt to hip-fire an M60 at his next fundraising rally, but his tiny hands and lack of upper body strength lead him to accidentally mow down a row of Trumpaloos.

Mortoned.

El Guapo wrote:Probable future Senator in action.

El Guapo wrote:Yup - thanks.

In other big news, Bob Corker (R-TN) is not seeking re-election. Open seat is good news for democrats (not that it will necessarily be a prime pick up opportunity, but it helps).

I also believe the most important public service I have to offer our country could well occur over the next 15 months, and I want to be able to do that as thoughtfully and independently as I did the first 10 years and nine months of my Senate career.

Captain Caveman wrote:

El Guapo wrote:Yup - thanks.

In other big news, Bob Corker (R-TN) is not seeking re-election. Open seat is good news for democrats (not that it will necessarily be a prime pick up opportunity, but it helps).

This part of his statement sure might raise some eyebrows:

I also believe the most important public service I have to offer our country could well occur over the next 15 months, and I want to be able to do that as thoughtfully and independently as I did the first 10 years and nine months of my Senate career.

Bob Corker is no Donald Trump hater. Which makes what the Tennessee Republican senator said Thursday about the President all the more powerful.

"The President has not yet been able to demonstrate the stability nor some of the competence that he needs to demonstrate in order to be successful," Corker told reporters following a speech in Chattanooga.

Later, he sounded a similar note: "We should hope that (Trump) aspires that he does some self-reflection, that he does what is necessary to demonstrate stability, to demonstrate competence, to demonstrate that he understands the character of our nation and works daily to bring out the best of the people in our nation."

Stability. Competence. Stability. Competence.

Words matter in politics. Corker, who was the mayor of Chattanooga before being elected to the Senate in 2006, knows that. Which is why his repeated emphasis on Trump's "stability" and "competence" matter.

Corker is clearly hinting at the possibility that Trump is not simply misguided in some of his policies and pronouncements -- but that he may be fundamentally unfit for the office that he currently holds.

Doubt it? Ask yourself what the opposite of stable and competent is. It's unstable and incompetent. Corker doesn't go all the way there but he is absolutely leading people to ask those questions by choosing the words he did.

geezer wrote:On the bright side, for me at least, for one glorious night Texas isn't the stupidest electorate in the US of A. Party on, my moronic cousins to the east.

El Guapo wrote:The other thing I would say is that while it's infuriating that someone like Moore will (probably) be a U.S. Senator in the near future, the actual policy outcome differences between a Senator Moore and a Senator Strange are less than one might think.

Captain Caveman wrote:It’s more than a little scary that it’s not only possible to run to the right of Trump, but that it’s apparently a winning position in today’s GOP. Has Trump ever pulled out a handgun at a rally, called for homosexuality to be illegal, or suggest that Muslims should be banned from Congress? Trump is such a RINO.

The outcome was never in doubt, and the message Tuesday was even clearer: We want Washington to deliver on President Trump's platform.

El Guapo wrote:The other thing I would say is that while it's infuriating that someone like Moore will (probably) be a U.S. Senator in the near future, the actual policy outcome differences between a Senator Moore and a Senator Strange are less than one might think.

Holman wrote:

El Guapo wrote:The other thing I would say is that while it's infuriating that someone like Moore will (probably) be a U.S. Senator in the near future, the actual policy outcome differences between a Senator Moore and a Senator Strange are less than one might think.

That's true, but the same could have been said about Trump and, say, Cruz during the 2016 primary.

As we've now seen, though, there really is an effect on the country when one candidate openly stokes the hatreds and reaction that the other only passively exploits.

Holman wrote:Right. But as an Alabamian by upbringing, I see this both on the scale of the state and as what it means nationally down the road.

Moore has been removed from office twice. His career should have ended long ago, but instead he's gaining national stature. There will be others like him, and not just in Alabama.

And now, as the most prominent standard bearer for the Christian Right in DC, he could very well find himself gaining even more influence. Moore is here now because the same thing happened to Jeff Sessions, after all.

Abbe Lowell, a top Washington lawyer, exchanged emails on Monday with a prankster posing as his client Jared Kushner, at one point telling the prankster he needed to see "all emails" sent and received from a private email account Kushner had set up in December.

On Monday, the prankster wrote to Lowell from the address asking what he should do with "some correspondence on my private email ... featuring adult content."

"Can I remove these?" the prankster asked.

"Forwarded or received from WH officials?" Lowell responded.

"I think one was forwarded from a White House official, we had discussed a shared interest of sorts," the prankster said. "It was unsolicited. Then there are a handful more, but not from officials."

"I need to see I think all emails between you and WH (just for me and us)," Lowell wrote. "We need to send any officials emails to your WH account. Not stuff like you asked about. None of those are going anywhere."

"But we can bury it?" the prankster responded. "I'm so embarrassed. It's fairly specialist stuff, half naked women on a trampoline, standing on legoscenes, the tag for the movie was #standingOnTheLittlePeople "

Lowell replied: "Don't delete. Don't send to anyone. Let's chat in a bit."

"I write specially to state that the homosexual conduct of a parent -- conduct involving a sexual relationship between two persons of the same gender -- creates a strong presumption of unfitness that alone is sufficient justification for denying that parent custody of his or her own children or prohibiting the adoption of the children of others," he said in one of the opinion's more tame passages.
In others, Moore labeled "homosexual conduct" by parents as being "detrimental to the children," writing that it "is, and has been, considered abhorrent, immoral, detestable, a crime against nature, and a violation of the laws of nature and of nature's God upon which this nation and our laws are predicated."

Kurth wrote:Any chance his opponent, Doug Jones, may actually win? I know it's Alabama, but this was a primary after all, and we all know the people who tend to vote in primaries are a little off from the main electorate. I'm guessing the answer is, "Not a snowball's chance . . ." But I don't know anything about Jones, so I'm grasping at whatever thin reed there is this morning.

Captain Caveman wrote:It's Alabama. I'm guessing that the Joker with an R by his name would defeat Batman with a D by his.

ImLawBoy wrote:

Captain Caveman wrote:It's Alabama. I'm guessing that the Joker with an R by his name would defeat Batman with a D by his.

Batman would totally run as a Republican on a tax cuts and law-and-order platform.

Doug Jones, the Democratic candidate for Alabama's U.S. Senate seat, capitalized on a bus ad mishap on Thursday, purchasing the domain for a misspelled Republican opponent's website to redirect all traffic to his campaign site.

Great America Alliance, a pro-Trump super PAC backing Republican candidate Judge Roy Moore, misspelled the URL for the website supporting Moore on the side of a bus, writing "alabamaderservesmoore.com", versus the correct URL, which is "alabamadeservesmoore.com."

Jones campaign seized the opportunity, purchasing the domain and linking it to redirect traffic to "dougjonesforsenate.com."

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro called on his nation's military leaders Tuesday to prepare for war against the U.S. days after the Trump administration banned Venezuelan officials from entering the nation.

"We have been shamelessly threatened by the most criminal empire that ever existed and we have the obligation to prepare ourselves to guarantee peace," said Maduro, who wore a green uniform and a military hat as he spoke with his army top brass during a military exercise involving tanks and missiles. "We need to have rifles, missiles and well-oiled tanks at the ready....to defend every inch of the territory if needs be," he added.

The Trump administration has taken a hard stance against Maduro's regime by banning money lending to Venezuela's government or its state oil company PDVSA, and passing sanctions against Maduro and his top officials.

El Guapo wrote:

ImLawBoy wrote:

Captain Caveman wrote:It's Alabama. I'm guessing that the Joker with an R by his name would defeat Batman with a D by his.

Batman would totally run as a Republican on a tax cuts and law-and-order platform.

Oh, and pretty lax concealed carry rules on weapons.

LordMortis wrote:I'm not sure of my opinion on this but it's news worthy.

Ralph-Wiggum wrote:The email prankster strikes again!

Abbe Lowell, a top Washington lawyer, exchanged emails on Monday with a prankster posing as his client Jared Kushner, at one point telling the prankster he needed to see "all emails" sent and received from a private email account Kushner had set up in December.

On Monday, the prankster wrote to Lowell from the address asking what he should do with "some correspondence on my private email ... featuring adult content."

"Can I remove these?" the prankster asked.

"Forwarded or received from WH officials?" Lowell responded.

"I think one was forwarded from a White House official, we had discussed a shared interest of sorts," the prankster said. "It was unsolicited. Then there are a handful more, but not from officials."

"I need to see I think all emails between you and WH (just for me and us)," Lowell wrote. "We need to send any officials emails to your WH account. Not stuff like you asked about. None of those are going anywhere."

"But we can bury it?" the prankster responded. "I'm so embarrassed. It's fairly specialist stuff, half naked women on a trampoline, standing on legoscenes, the tag for the movie was #standingOnTheLittlePeople "

Lowell replied: "Don't delete. Don't send to anyone. Let's chat in a bit."

malchior wrote:The thing that should really cause us to stop and think is that there is a very real chance that the Republican's are shattering *but* will remain in control of important functions of the government.

Pyperkub wrote:

malchior wrote:The thing that should really cause us to stop and think is that there is a very real chance that the Republican's are shattering *but* will remain in control of important functions of the government.

In control, but even more incompetent at actually governing.