The movie was called “The Jerk.” Steve Martin. Good movie.

Dagwood222 when reading this comment.

‘Man, fuck Reagan.’

The Left had two chances to get Bernie Sanders nominated. In 2020 he did better in the caucus states [where the DNC would be able to exert more control of the outcome]. The Left failed both times. Maybe we should stop looking at the Dems and get our act together. FYI I contributed to Bernie both cycles.

Sure it is, but I feel you

So, this whole thing has been about your feelings?

Whatever.

It’s from the 1990s but still relevant.

“War And Anti-War” by Alvin Toffler. Even before 9/11 he predicted that there’d be a major war against a non-government entity like ISIS. He used the term ‘anti-war’ to mean a war completely different from the old style of conflict.

Hmmmm…

Mass shooters stop targeting schools and start going after the 0.01%?

That’s one way to get gun control.

Something I say whenever I read history.

If we can split the vote the Left has a chance of moving ahead.

Again, it comes to Ronald Reagan.

When he took office as California Governor, the State had a great system of mental health hospitals. Ronnie wanted to save money by closing them and sending the patients to live in the community where there would be walk in clinics. Plan failed and the homeless population skyrocketed. Which meant that the citizens needed more police and jails to control the miscreants.

When he became President, he did it again.

I’ve been hoping for a war between the MAGoos and the old guard RNC for almost a decade.

Even the DNC?

I knew it was a fantasy when I wrote it. I mean, obviously they pay more for lawyers than anything else.

Just amazing how far they can stretch the law without it snapping back on them.

I once read a novel from the 1970s. There were a couple of thugs who were arguing over who’d had more STIs. It was a simpler, happier time.

I hadn’t heard that algorithmic health care decisions had been ruled illegal. If the company were doing that, couldn’t they be considered a criminal enterprise?

Trump wants to be able to take away the tax free status of groups that ‘support terrorism’

Here’s the main reason I worry about people taking direct action.

So, this isn’t a thread about direct action?

Because gunning someone down seems pretty direct to me.

Think about this. Public sex clubs like ‘Plato’s Retreat’ and gay bath houses were mainstream in the 1970s. Bette Midler got her start performing at a gay bath house. There were porn theaters catering to couples all over the place. AIDS came along and threw everything back fifty years.

Here’s the main reason I worry about people taking direct action.

Blackwater et al.

If you think that companies run and staffed by ex-CIA operatives don’t have a plan to capitalize on civil unrest, you haven’t been paying attention.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRA8LsMNqTQ

Michelle Wolf on the idea of ‘having it all’

No. Guess I’ll have to start paying her more attention.