@librul
Yeah, Dirty Ol’ Sniffer is in a world of trouble. MSNBC’s Mika on Morning Joe surprisingly having no problem dropping the knife in and twisting on Tara Reade, so… yeah, the media arm of the DNC know the game’s up. They know it’s already game over vs Election Maestro Don.

Posted by: MadMax2 | May 5 2020 18:29 utc | 3

Please, let it be Killary. And let the Donald destroy her again, so she can spent the rest of her days in padded room in asylum.

Posted by: Abe | May 5 2020 18:44 utc | 5

Here’s the note Jesse Ventura posted to his FB on 27 Apr:
“I keep getting asked who I’m voting for, if I’m going to endorse anyone, if I’m going to run. Let me be clear: I have ZERO confidence in Democrats and Republicans. That doesn’t mean I won’t be voting. If you want to know my “down ballot,” it’s the Green Party. My political views are more aligned with the Green Party than any other party, so for me it makes sense. I’m voting Green all the way and if you’re looking to me for guidance, then do some research into who is running GREEN in your state and VOTE THEM IN. Yes, this is me endorsing the party. I’m voicing my opinion on which party has earned my vote (and has earned it in the past). I’ve also decided I’m going to test the waters with them. IF I were going to run for president, the GREEN party would be my first choice. I authorized a letter of interest that was sent on my behalf to the Greens – to be clear, I haven’t filed to run – but right now I’m testing the waters, seeing if there is interest and support for me for the Green Party nomination. So we’ll see where this goes. I’m an independent. I’m not a Democrat or a Republican because I know they’re not the solution. I refuse to vote for “the lesser of two evils” because in the end, that’s still choosing evil. You want change? VOTE your conscience. That’s the only way to get the pencil pushers, the chicken hawks, the draft dodgers with so called “bone spurs” out of Washington in 2020.”
He posted “a “populist” thread to his Twitter. Here’s the first part:
“If #COVID19 doesn’t wake us up to how workers are being treated, nothing will. Low-wage workers bring us food & essential items but they’re told they aren’t important enough to receive better working conditions, better wages, better healthcare.”
And then there’s his show on RT. His latest was May 2: “‘Gov’t can’t put you on house arrest except under martial law’” is its title.

Posted by: karlof1 | May 5 2020 19:03 utc | 7

nah, as long as DC Democrats run the show, it’ll be Biden all the way.
VP nominee: Jeb Bush in drag.

Posted by: ptb | May 5 2020 19:09 utc | 9

I say its time for Cthulhu.
https://cthulhuforamerica.com/
After all, Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn..
Right?

Posted by: Lozion | May 5 2020 19:30 utc | 11

Lozion @ 14:
Cthulhu couldn’t destroy the US any more than its politicians and other leaders in its other institutions (in education, in the entertainment and media industries, in the financial sector, in the defence industry) have already done so perhaps his time has come.
Yog Sothoth for Vice President!

Posted by: Jen | May 5 2020 20:08 utc | 13

Lozion 12
The masses seem to have voted already, no matter whether their ugly “human” representative turns out to be Hillary or remains Trump.
I do not recall distinctly when it began, but it was months ago. The general tension was horrible. To a season of political and social upheaval was added a strange and brooding apprehension of hideous physical danger; a danger widespread and all-embracing, such a danger as may be imagined only in the most terrible phantasms of the night. I recall that the people went about with pale and worried faces, and whispered warnings and prophecies which no one dared consciously repeat or acknowledge to himself that he had heard. A sense of monstrous guilt was upon the land, and out of the abysses between the stars swept chill currents that made men shiver in dark and lonely places. There was a daemoniac alteration in the sequence of the seasons—the autumn heat lingered fearsomely, and everyone felt that the world and perhaps the universe had passed from the control of known gods or forces to that of gods or forces which were unknown.

Posted by: Russ | May 5 2020 20:58 utc | 15

Really pointless to discuss this. Trump have already won the election. The Democrats successfully neutralized the “Progressive” movement. Majority of the Progressives would likely not vote after the Sanders debacle.

Posted by: Ian2 | May 5 2020 22:08 utc | 17

Any second now that sucker is going to collapse at free fall> (Sputnik)
“Massive Fire Breaks Out in 48-Story UAE Residential Skyscraper”

Posted by: Walter | May 5 2020 22:16 utc | 19

@21 Very true Davis G, very true. Birds of a feather. Lets ring Nyarlathotep then, the only One with personality..

Posted by: Lozion | May 5 2020 23:08 utc | 21

@16 Russ, haha you beat me to it 🙂
@23 Ah yes, Sleepy Toth..

Posted by: Lozion | May 6 2020 0:42 utc | 23

or we could vote 3d party, jack the ripper. but the elder gods won’t let him win.

Posted by: pretzelattack | May 6 2020 0:46 utc | 25

The Hill does an analysis of the mass desertion from the rapist Biden allegations. The sniffing groper bites the dust.
This video is a great take down of the entire dem apologist camp.

Posted by: uncle tungsten | May 6 2020 1:05 utc | 27

Trisha #13

The problem with the Greens is that they can’t seem to get out of their own way, being disorganized and infected by dysfunctional leadership. Which I find is true of a lot of other “progressive” groups in my neck of the woods (Oregon).

I have been observing Greens for may years across the globe and some clearly managed to develop agile decision making and advocacy systems while others became bound and chained to elephantine processes that bogged then into obscurity. This may indicate the foibles of human nature in politics but I have seen first hand in some Green organisation the results of directed entrism and disabling mendacity by coordinated efforts.
There is often a tendency to bind flexibility by installing rigorous and labyrinthine selection and rule systems that result in internalised distractions and arm wrestling. They are easy targets for sabotage by the state either by introducing policy discussions that are tangential to political development or splittist. That is a difficult journey for those with political integrity to have to negotiate. In the USA context the Presidential candidate selection cycle leaves the anointing of the spokesperson or lead candidate very little time to broadcast their message and the voice of the party.
I trust someone in the USA with the charisma and capacity to ‘take on’ the immense national debate can emerge. So go Jesse Ventura GO FOR IT.

Posted by: uncle tungsten | May 6 2020 1:24 utc | 29

karlof1 #8
down thread at 4H mark on the Jesse site someone calls him out on a mighty relevant point:

Why didn’t you show up at the @GreenPartyUS
debate tonight? It’s disrespectful to say you are thinking of running, get into the party, get invited to the debate, and refuse to show! You owe us an explanation.

Maybe Jesse is fishing around? Maybe it is all wrestling bluff and fakery??

Posted by: uncle tungsten | May 6 2020 3:01 utc | 31

Russ @ May 6 2020 5:58 utc | 34:
“Typing this comment I just discovered that the name Cthulhu is so well-known by now it doesn’t trigger any spell-check notification on my system. His recognition factor and approval rating must be surging.”
Some years ago a friend typed Cthulhu’s name into a document, only to be queried by spellcheck, “Do you mean Catholic?”
😀
“They’re not only evil, they’re gutless about it.”
This is so true.

Posted by: Vintage Red | May 6 2020 6:20 utc | 33

Posted by: Vintage Red | May 6 2020 6:20 utc | 35
Some years ago a friend typed Cthulhu’s name into a document, only to be queried by spellcheck, “Do you mean Catholic?”
Ha! The great priest Cthulhu will have no truck with mere Catholics.

Posted by: Russ | May 6 2020 7:06 utc | 35

@Dr Steven Brule, MD | May 6 2020 2:38 utc | 32

Excellent point B, I completely agree!

The question is whether there will be an election at all. Biden is surely not a candidate.

Posted by: Norwegian | May 6 2020 11:00 utc | 37

The question is whether there will be an election at all. Biden is surely not a candidate.
Posted by: Norwegian | May 6 2020 11:00 utc | 40
To Norwegian and many others, I have this answer: You are a lying pony faced dog soldier! Eh, perhaps lying soldier faced pony dog? But you surely got the gist.

Posted by: Piotr Berman | May 6 2020 13:55 utc | 39

@Piotr Berman | May 6 2020 13:55 utc | 40

To Norwegian and many others, I have this answer: You are a lying pony faced dog soldier! Eh, perhaps lying soldier faced pony dog? But you surely got the gist.

No, I don’t have a clue what you are trying to say. Please explain.

Posted by: Norwegian | May 6 2020 14:42 utc | 41

So, being a complete noob in crypto-currency matters, what does the finance savvy folks here think, should one invest in bitcoin or not? Thoughts?

Posted by: Lozion | May 6 2020 15:05 utc | 43

which candidate (white washed, natch) is pointing out that, in the longer view, say 2-3 years, covid 19 will be remembered as small potatoes?
the only thing to point out about the US presidential race is how utterly irrelevant it is. like cars and a whole host of other garbage, electoral politics is another form of empty capitalist ritual and spectacle. the troglodytes watch sports. “smart” people argue over parties and causes. at least people tend to drink while watching sports and that’s not nothing.
they’ll be happy to have us “vote” by liking shit on facespace.
vote with your feet.

Posted by: jason | May 6 2020 16:15 utc | 45

Posted by: Russ | May 5 2020 20:58 utc | 16
“Iä-R’lyeh! Cthulhu fhtagn! Iä! Iä!”

Posted by: carl | May 6 2020 16:58 utc | 47

The job of US Prez is not a coveted gig!
Now a figurehead position, where ‘advisors’ create policy, at the behest of lobbyists for Big Corps, MIC, others – who control the whole show, while at cross purposes amongst themselves.
A mouthpiece role, propped up, shepherded along, controlled, manipulated, despised, threatened with impeachment or censure or whatever.
Trump at least has the personal umph to tweet. How long before Twitter bans him? For fake news? For not abiding by standards? For…past behavior like pussy grabbing?
How does it come about that the Prez. of the USA, supposedly the most powerful person in the World, has to go on some start-up internet thingie made for ravers, fashionistas, niche influencers, sellers of all kind of blah opinions and meme stuff …? Which limits length of messages to a very small no. of characters?
He regularly objects to what other State orgs. / authorities / bodies have stated or decreed, Twitter gets the briefs in first place?
The governance of the USA is not being run by Pres.- Congress – Senate. Other forces are at work and they control the simulacrum of ‘democracy.’
The no. 1 opponent to Trump, J. Biden, probably doesn’t even understand what he is letting himself in for (shame on his family for letting that happen), he is severely mentally-challenged and out of the game. Loopy-loop, senile, pushed in front of the Big Hall, aka today, to babble incoherently on TV. Amazing that ppl even listen.
Yes, possibly it is all a sneaky strategy to replace Biden with Killary, or someone else, but that changes nothing in the overall landscape, where the ‘instituted’ bodies and mechanisms that ‘govern’ have been gutted of all legitimacy.

Posted by: Noirette | May 6 2020 19:39 utc | 49

The job of US Prez is not a coveted gig!
…
Posted by: Noirette | May 6 2020 19:39 utc | 50
Nice precis of the obstacles strewn in the path of every POTUS since ?.
Candidate Trump was fully aware of “the fix” in 2016 and promised to change it. I’m still confident that he knows what he’s doing and is smart enough to succeed. Thankfully, The Swamp still believes all of its own bullshit, despite a growing list of childish blunders and mis-steps.

Posted by: Hoarsewhisperer | May 7 2020 4:54 utc | 51

Abscam. That was the name of the FBI investigation of crooked dem pols – the only rethug indicted got off at trial. AFAIK he was the only rethug who the feds tried it on with.
Several other pols sussed the attempted fit up as they may be greedy, but not all pols are as dumb as a rock, as silly as a wheel. Taxpayers spend a fortune hiring ‘aides’ for these arseholes so the pols generally have a bagman tasked with collecting the cash. Consequently many pols refused to accept a brown paper bag from a stranger. Mostly they got off apart from one videotaped arguing with his ‘aide’ about who should trouser the wedge.

Posted by: A User | May 7 2020 7:55 utc | 53

@Noirette 50:

The job of US Prez is not a coveted gig!
Now a figurehead position, where ‘advisors’ create policy, at the behest of lobbyists for Big Corps, MIC, others – who control the whole show, while at cross purposes amongst themselves.
A mouthpiece role, propped up, shepherded along, controlled, manipulated, despised, threatened with impeachment or censure or whatever.

This has been true since the Kennedy assassination, if not before. POTUS’s time is spent mostly giving speeches, raising money, setting tempo, distracting, taking flak, etc. As Bush the Younger, Shrub, once candidly admitted, “…Catapulting the propaganda.” Still, there is no shortage of egotists in the conga line for the position.
So, yes, but…. there is STILL this:
We know who the major interest groups are: MIC, Big Ag, Pharma, FIRE, Tech, etc. And we know that they, and the billionaire oligarchs fund the think tanks which act as cut-outs crafting policy for them. We also know that there still remains some sort of “disinterested” longer-term planning function for the empire — Kissinger, Bzrezinski types etc. Even John Q. Public is represented, if only by opinion polling firms which measure what will fly.
But the $64,000 question still remains: Who mediates between these interests, and how is it really done? Within that black box lies the power of the real President.
Any thoughts on this conundrum?

Posted by: Lucille Crystal Ball | May 8 2020 10:29 utc | 55

CARES act unemployment benefit increase is $260 billion to supplement unemployment insurance with these programs: Pandemic Unemployment Compensation, Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation, and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance
PUC adds 13 weeks to whatever existing maximum weeks of unemployment assistance a state offers
PEUC adds $600 to each weekly unemployment check
PUA adds self-employed and gig workers to unemployment eligibility
To put these in perspective:
All but 8 states have 26 weeks maximum unemployment benefit duration. PUC’s adding 13 weeks is a 50% increase in duration.
The PEUC payment amount is higher than the maximum possible unemployment payment for all but 8 states (notably, California is $450, less than Texas).
And of course, normally self employed and gig workers don’t get any benefits whatsoever.
Now consider this in context of the 30 million plus Americans suddenly unemployed due to lockdowns.
If they were making minimum wage – 40 hours * $7.25 = $290 per week. The PEUC payment alone is double this. So even someone working 2 federal minimum wage jobs would be “even”. Someone working a $15/hr job would be even. To be clear, this still isn’t a great living but the point is simply to convey what the CARES act unemployment provisions mean.
Now consider the provenance of the stimulus bill, of which the CARES unemployment supplement was a portion.
Will the credit go to Biden? Hell no. Invisible man.
The Democrats? Given that nothing even slightly similar was passed during Obama’s terms, this seems unlikely.
So I’m revising my “Trump might win in 2020”, which was a revision down from “Trump slam dunk 2020” due to coronavirus, back to “Trump slam dunk 2020”.
I’ll go even further: I won’t be surprised to see Trump surges even in core blue state strongholds. The self employed, business owners and working class all have been badly hurt by the shutdowns.
The stimulus packages are the only positive benefit any of these groups have received in contrast to the lockdown-induced economic beat down instigated by the state governments – both Republican and Democrat.
Trump won’t be shy about taking the credit, and it is even somewhat due.

Posted by: c1ue | May 8 2020 15:16 utc | 57

…
But the $64,000 question still remains: Who mediates between these interests, and how is it really done? Within that black box lies the power of the real President.
Any thoughts on this conundrum?
Posted by: Lucille Crystal Ball | May 8 2020 10:29 utc | 55
I agree. That is the $64,000 question.
My 6 pennyworth says that the bosses of Think Tanks, NGO’s & lobby groups are the go-betweens. So the bosses of those pressure groups would, logically, have direct contact and interaction with ranking, if not elected, representatives the millionaire & billionaire shareholders of corporations which finance the corruption and consequent hijacking of US internal and foreign policies.
I hope that’s correct because there’s a glaring weakness which should make the movers and shakers easily identifiable and open to formal prosecution for treason and/or corruption.
They’ve made a lot of mistakes recently, and POTUS has significant powers which cannot be easily removed or over-ruled…

Posted by: Hoarsewhisperer | May 9 2020 13:43 utc | 59

I will further add that interesting to me in the matters they were discussing was their campaign to be placed on the ballot by addressing the Supreme Courts of each of the states that have so far denied them access. They have used the argument that with the condition of the US in respect to the covid virus, it is impossible to be able to run a normal petition campaign – and so far in several states the court has agreed with them and required that restriction to be waived. That is very promising news.
I’ll just repeat, it is an enjoyable video. Low key but on point and even humorous in places. And personally I am shutting out the sleaze and drang of R and D. Not gonna listen guys; tuning out!

Posted by: juliania | May 11 2020 4:17 utc | 61