Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda

Looks like deregulation.

I was at the California State Fair yesterday and saw a whole family, parents and kids, wearing MAGA shirts.

Mrebo said:

As a kid, I thought it would be great to have one of these someday:

family truckster?

oojason said:

Hackers ‘targeting US mid-term elections’…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-44898505

Trump says Russia isn’t doing that anymore, so it must be fake news.

suspiciouscoffee said:

That’s nothing. William Hartnell looked like my late grandmother.

Hmm, come to think of it, he looked like mine too.

Ok, that’s a lot more interesting than the teaser was. But dang, one of those companions looks jarringly like my late father. creepy!

Warbler said:

Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:

Warbler said:

Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:

Your letters highlight that you have no idea what really happened.

that is correct, I don’t know what happened. No one does, yet the media(at least the local news that I was watching) acts like it does know what happened and that what happened was racism.

Wouldn’t that be a justification for writing to the media, rather than writing to the people in the story? Maybe I’m missing something.

I suppose I could have written to the media. I just decided to write the people involved.

btw, you do understand I didn’t really send them letters, right?

You asked for opinions regarding your letters, I gave mine. Whether you actually sent them or not, wouldn’t affect my opinion of their content.

Warbler said:

Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:

Your letters highlight that you have no idea what really happened.

that is correct, I don’t know what happened. No one does, yet the media(at least the local news that I was watching) acts like it does know what happened and that what happened was racism.

Wouldn’t that be a justification for writing to the media, rather than writing to the people in the story? Maybe I’m missing something.

Your letters highlight that you have no idea what really happened. They are structured like “if this, then…” else “if this, then…”. I’m not sure what compels giving advice in situations we know little about.

Do you think that there is even one portion of your letter to CVS that they haven’t already fully considered?

Mrebo said:

Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:

There is no comparing Obama’s relationship with Russia versus Trump’s. They are in a completely different league. Obama never publicly called on Russia to hack into an opponent’s system.

Neither did Trump, to be accurate. At the time of Trump’s statement the server was wiped but believed to have been hacked before that point.

Accordingly the NYT, at the time, described Trump as saying that “he hoped Russian intelligence services had successfully hacked Hillary Clinton’s email, and encouraged them to publish whatever they may have stolen.”

Notice use of the past tense. Also the DNC also had already been hacked at that point.

Trump’s comments were inappropriate and encouraging of bad behavior by foreign adversaries, but it was understood, at the time, that he was asking for release of materials already presumed stolen because of negligence by Clinton.

Now that the context is forgotten, the NYT claims, “Donald J. Trump made a direct appeal to Russia to hack Hillary Clinton’s emails and make them public.”

So now we’ve shifted to a future request for hacking, rather than a request to publish what was already hacked, only because people are ignoring the context.

Trump clearly said, and I quote: “Russia, I hope you’re able to find” Hillary’s emails. I remember seeing the interview live at the time, and couldn’t believe a candidate could talk like this and not be run out of town. It’s up for posterity on the BBC channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b71f2eYdTc

There is no comparing Obama’s relationship with Russia versus Trump’s. They are in a completely different league. Obama never publicly called on Russia to hack into an opponent’s system. Obama didn’t have the depth of business ties. And Obama most certainly never openly trusted Putin’s word over his own intel.

If you want hypocrisy, look no further than Fox News’ vitriol when Obama floated the idea of meeting with North Korea.

Jaguar XKE, best car ever AFAIK.

But that Homer car has me re-assessing…

I’m not sure what the teaser was attempting to portray. But I’m still looking forward to the next season and the next doctor. When is the first episode?

Warbler said:

Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:

Warbler said:

Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:

The problem with a play-till-you-win match, is if it isn’t a final, it could ruin the final. Just look at Wimbledon… after that marathon Mahut-Isner match, Isner could barely play the next match. Now I hope I’m proven wrong, but there is every likelihood that this recent marathon Anderson-Isner semifinal is just as likely to have ruined the final.

Surely they could set things up so that is a full day’s rest between the semifinal and final.

One day’s rest is insufficient recovery time after an 11-hour match. (that was the length of the Mahut-Isner match)

What are the odds a soccer game would go for 11 hours?

I’d guess about the same odds as for a tennis match.

Having said that, I’ve always thought there should be better ways than penalty kicks. What about reducing the number players on each team by 1 (or 2), at each 10 minutes of overtime play?

Warbler said:

Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:

The problem with a play-till-you-win match, is if it isn’t a final, it could ruin the final. Just look at Wimbledon… after that marathon Mahut-Isner match, Isner could barely play the next match. Now I hope I’m proven wrong, but there is every likelihood that this recent marathon Anderson-Isner semifinal is just as likely to have ruined the final.

Surely they could set things up so that is a full day’s rest between the semifinal and final.

One day’s rest is insufficient recovery time after an 11-hour match. (that was the length of the Mahut-Isner match)

The Belgium-England match was great, especially the last 20 minutes. Both sides really did some impressive passing combinations that should have led to scores. One of the more exciting games, in my opinion.

The problem with a play-till-you-win match, is if it isn’t a final, it could ruin the final. Just look at Wimbledon… after that marathon Mahut-Isner match, Isner could barely play the next match. Now I hope I’m proven wrong, but there is every likelihood that this recent marathon Anderson-Isner semifinal is just as likely to have ruined the final.

It seems like most of the posts lately are just posting about posting. Not much about politics. That said, I have to admit that “it’s pointless, that’s the point” was pretty good.

Croatia winning the WC in Moscow would be pretty cool.

I personally believe that it wasn’t a “perfect storm” that got the donald elected. Rather, I fear that he and his ilk will continue to be elected and the reasons have little if anything to do with the democratic party. I hope I’m wrong.

moviefreakedmind said:

Jay said:

While there’s more to quality of life than just environmental threats and humans are still better off today than at any other point in history,

Do we have to make this pointless statement every single time we criticize Trump?

I agree climate change is probably the most pressing issue for us as a species and it’s unfortunate that bad politics could end up wrecking the planet.

Unfortunate? It’s not just politicians. It’s primarily to blame on a willfully ignorant population that votes for people like Trump. Even Hillary, although she would’ve been better, was still incredibly weak on environmentalism. There’s also a lot of corporate propaganda in conservative-leaning media that spread outright lies about climate change. I’ve noticed lately that they’re back to spreading the lie that climate change is a total myth. I think it should be illegal to publish fraudulent studies about climate change, kind of like how it’s illegal for tobacco companies to publish fraudulent studies that cigarettes won’t destroy your lungs.

Although I disagree with them, I could sorta understand people supporting politicians that deny climate change. The science isn’t obvious to the layman (it’s not even obvious to scientists in different fields), and expecting layfolks to assess the scientific research process itself is just as tenuous. But what I do not understand is the voters’ support for the repeal of protections on obvious things like clean water, clean air, national monuments, etc. That stuff affects people directly and in the short term, as do protections against bank and loan fraud. And wanting to dismantle the EPA? Geez! The willingness of voters to go along with those sorts of things, when the only positive is quick corporate profits for the mega-rich, has me questioning the basic validity of our political system. (And, the utter failure of our national education.)

Having traveled a large swath of the world and having had the chance to chat with a wide range of people of all types and backgrounds around the globe, I am convinced that American pride in its “greatness” is naive at best. We’ve got an uneducated and at times degenerate underbelly that politicians are getting very good at exploiting for their own personal profit. Whereas a good half of our population is oblivious to it, I can assure you that the rest of the world is not.

Mr.Knowitall said:

Baby’s First Uzi

moviefreakedmind said:

Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:

It’s true that there could be some missing context. I know of a couple of restaurants where rude waiters are part of the appeal. Or maybe the stuttering guy was being an ass and this was the barista’s clumsy form of revenge. Or maybe the barista was having a bad day - his bike was stolen or something. Or what the heck, maybe he’s just a prick. I wouldn’t make fun of someone’s disability, but 49% of voters seem to think it’s ok for the president to do it.

Is he really disabled? I’d be offended by that kind of language more than being made fun of. Maybe that’s just me. It probably is.

That’s interesting… you’re offended by it being called a disability, but not by it being mocked? You can be tricky to navigate sometimes 😃

As to whether stuttering is considered a disability, I have to admit that I didn’t know if it was or not. But a brief Google search seems to indicate that it is. at least the American Institute for Stuttering sure thinks so. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) also seems to be applicable to stutterers, so while I have no horse in this race and would be happy to agree with you to avoid offending, apparently as an educator I am legally obligated to consider it a disability. Sorry.

TV’s Frink said:

I mean, I certainly don’t remember ever coming close to finding humor in someone mocking a person who stutters, but ok.

Well, there is that famous scene in “A Fish Called Wanda” (although I have to admit, I found it a bit uncomfortable).