I just don't think there's any space between 'rogue republican group' and 'democrats' anymore.
So it's just saying that Democrats planted a false flag operation with plausible deniability back to the actual campaign... whose media ops were ready to capture and amplify the event -- but not sufficiently curious to interview or talk to the racists.
Which is just how politics and non-profit pacs operate these days. Its supposed to be the sort of thing that NON-cospirationalists are supposed to expose and condemn. We don't want False Flag Ops on any side.
My theory is that people (esp in NOVA) were more than willing to signal to pollsters/media that they are unhappy with Dem/Lib Education policies... but that a critical mass won't actually pull the lever for Youngkin.
And by Education, it includes the media darlings of CRT and School Boards, but the real deep seated anger is with Covid response and the exposure of the 'True Fact' that Education Policy serves Education Professionals, not parents.
As a result, wrong lessons learned by all. So that much stays the same.
Re Graham, yes, I was just disclosing who was #1 to Collin's #2.
Well, in 2022 are you anticipating that these Republicans will be supporting primary challengers to Trumpy R's? As key Republican Operatives and former RNC chairman, they must have a network of possible contenders?
I don't think they will... but I'd be fine to wager a fine Milk Stout over the matter.
Which got me to wonder, "have they supported a single 'moderate' Republican anywhere?"
A Republican operation would support moderate/centrist Republicans to defeat Trumpism... But the Lincoln project has not funded a single Republican candidate anywhere. Only Democrats and one Independent. I mean, the second most money they spent AGAINST a candidate was Susan Collins (the most was Lindsay Graham). Which doesn't really seem to speak to their bona fides about moderating the Republican party.
And that's fine... but that's just being a Moderate/Centrist Democrat.
Honestly have not even heard that objection in Catholic Circles... only heard it among fundies.
Not saying you couldn't nutpick something somewhere... but the only matter that has been reviewed and commented upon is the substantive issue of the relation to abortion.
Edit to add: the 'concern' about mRNA vaccines is in fact prudential in the sense that they are new and we don't have a longitudinal study... and, in fairness, we're all going to look pretty dumb if something happens long-term to us.
Opposite... J&J is manufactured with the stem cell lines. Pfizer/Moderna were just tested with them.
The Stem Cell issue is the issue and it's been carefully reviewed on multiple (Catholic) fronts and the Vaccines publicly declared Licit as the cooperation is formal but remote.
The way to think about it is this: we cannot condone the original act; but as long as that act is not repeated or becomes necessary for additional or new vaccines, then absent other options and in the face of prudential need, the vaccines are licit.
A very difference scenario would apply if, for example, we constantly needed to harvest new cell lines from aborted babies in order to keep up with the demands of production and/or the needs of research/testing.
The stable equilibrium of a past act is the only thing in the balance at the moment. Change that, and the Church would change it's position and defend conscience rights (like nurses/doctors/health care workers on Abortion participation).
A secondary issue is that the US has an incoherent 'Protestant' notion of Religion enshrined in our Constitution... there's no real way to appeal to "The Church" or anything other than individual conscience. That's an Us/American problem, not a Church thing... the Church would happily sign a Concordat enumerating the Church's rights and duties.
In the grand scheme of things, voters gonna vote as they probably were gonna vote.
But, as someone saturated with the media for both campaigns, Youngkin is landing body blows around McAuliffe's massive education Gaffe(s) and it's definitely polling in the suburbs and independents.
McAuliffe attempted the old "I was quoted out of context" play... but that got turned into another Youngkin ad which lands (though some of those ads are pretty tone-deaf in their own way).
McAuliffe's entire campaign at this point (i.e. one day left) is trying to associate Youngkin with Trump. That's what this play was all about... the fact that it was obviously an Op, a botched Op, (and pretty clearly collaborative) does in fact hurt McAuliffe because a thread that is polling is that Youngkin isn't really perceived as *that* Trumpy and this ironically reinforces that.
My gut tells me that NOVA won't quite push Youngkin over the top, but if Youngkin wins... well, we'll substitute all of our priors anyway... but still.
Heh, Teacher's Unions ate (and are eating) their stored social capital in other ways. I don't think they consumed *all* of it yet, but they consumed a lot...
I was clearing out a drawer in my office and I found a $100 American Express Traveler's Cheque that I'd 'won' at a job about 20-yrs ago.
I'm tempted to go to a Starbucks and offer to pay for their fine comestibles with three beans and this bearer bond which will entitle them to great wealth should they ever find a genie capable of reading its script.
I think my oldest has a $20 bond in our safe deposit box too. Nothing says I'd like to give you $10 but pretend that I'm giving you $20 20-years from now quite the same way.
Hmmn, that's not really how I remember it from the books. But possibly I have not fully considered it from the perspective of the thinking machines that were enslaving humanity.
I kid... since I really don't remember the details... and didn't his son write a series on this?
Our best intelligence suggests that the virus couldn't possibly come from anything related to the WIV or our grant money as determined by our grant recipients.
Oh, here's the 2019 report indicating that some of our research funds were used *NOT* for Gain of Function but for 'accidentally' changing the spike protein on a coronavirus that is definitely not related to 'the' bat virus... and, what's that? The 2019 report wasn't filed until 2021? Well, mistakes were made. But not any mistakes that might impede future funding.
I think the cautionary tale we learn from CDC and Fauci is similar to the cautionary tale we learned from the DoD and Afghanistan: fundamentally our institutions are about distributing money... we want to believe that they are doing it according to expertise; but expertise is what puts you in charge of the money granting machine... it doesn't necessarily mean you are executing the ostensible core capabilities well.
In fact, it is possible that our institutions have forgotten what their core competencies are supposed to be... what with all the money that needs distributing.
Cool, I'll let you know after I see it. I'm not a big Chalamet booster, so I have concerns. I'm also curious about Mamoa as Duncan Idaho... I mean, we need Duncan to play (and play, and play).
On “SCOTUS Rejects Religious Exemption From Mandatory Vaccinations: Read It For Yourself”
Sepsis FOMO?
Glad you pulled through!
On “From CNBC: Early voting hits record high in Virginia ahead of dead-heat governor’s race”
I think McAuliffe wins by 2-3%... which is to say, not particularly close; but golly-gee only a candidate as inept as McAuliffe would win by only 2%.
If there was a party untainted by Trump? Youngkin wins easily.
On “The Lincoln Project Takes a Trip to the Theater”
I just don't think there's any space between 'rogue republican group' and 'democrats' anymore.
So it's just saying that Democrats planted a false flag operation with plausible deniability back to the actual campaign... whose media ops were ready to capture and amplify the event -- but not sufficiently curious to interview or talk to the racists.
Which is just how politics and non-profit pacs operate these days. Its supposed to be the sort of thing that NON-cospirationalists are supposed to expose and condemn. We don't want False Flag Ops on any side.
On “From CNBC: Early voting hits record high in Virginia ahead of dead-heat governor’s race”
I'm going with McAuliffe too.
My theory is that people (esp in NOVA) were more than willing to signal to pollsters/media that they are unhappy with Dem/Lib Education policies... but that a critical mass won't actually pull the lever for Youngkin.
And by Education, it includes the media darlings of CRT and School Boards, but the real deep seated anger is with Covid response and the exposure of the 'True Fact' that Education Policy serves Education Professionals, not parents.
As a result, wrong lessons learned by all. So that much stays the same.
On “The Lincoln Project Takes a Trip to the Theater”
Re Graham, yes, I was just disclosing who was #1 to Collin's #2.
Well, in 2022 are you anticipating that these Republicans will be supporting primary challengers to Trumpy R's? As key Republican Operatives and former RNC chairman, they must have a network of possible contenders?
I don't think they will... but I'd be fine to wager a fine Milk Stout over the matter.
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I get spending against Trump. Sure.
Which got me to wonder, "have they supported a single 'moderate' Republican anywhere?"
A Republican operation would support moderate/centrist Republicans to defeat Trumpism... But the Lincoln project has not funded a single Republican candidate anywhere. Only Democrats and one Independent. I mean, the second most money they spent AGAINST a candidate was Susan Collins (the most was Lindsay Graham). Which doesn't really seem to speak to their bona fides about moderating the Republican party.
And that's fine... but that's just being a Moderate/Centrist Democrat.
https://www.opensecrets.org/outsidespending/recips.php?cmte=C00725820&cycle=2020
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I'm not sure if you're trying do damn the Republican Party with faint praise or what, but:
https://www.vpap.org/committees/367571/independent_expenditures/
On “SCOTUS Rejects Religious Exemption From Mandatory Vaccinations: Read It For Yourself”
These days we're mostly just Pelagians... the Renan Catholics / Adoptionists have mostly died off (or been made a Cardinal).
On “The Lincoln Project Takes a Trip to the Theater”
Yes, there's something soothing about a return to Venture Capitalists as the embodiment of the party. Lots of NOVA folks can relate.
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We'll only know for sure if we're calling him Governor Youngkin; because if we are, he got there with Dem NOVA votes.
On “SCOTUS Rejects Religious Exemption From Mandatory Vaccinations: Read It For Yourself”
Honestly have not even heard that objection in Catholic Circles... only heard it among fundies.
Not saying you couldn't nutpick something somewhere... but the only matter that has been reviewed and commented upon is the substantive issue of the relation to abortion.
Edit to add: the 'concern' about mRNA vaccines is in fact prudential in the sense that they are new and we don't have a longitudinal study... and, in fairness, we're all going to look pretty dumb if something happens long-term to us.
"
Opposite... J&J is manufactured with the stem cell lines. Pfizer/Moderna were just tested with them.
The Stem Cell issue is the issue and it's been carefully reviewed on multiple (Catholic) fronts and the Vaccines publicly declared Licit as the cooperation is formal but remote.
The way to think about it is this: we cannot condone the original act; but as long as that act is not repeated or becomes necessary for additional or new vaccines, then absent other options and in the face of prudential need, the vaccines are licit.
A very difference scenario would apply if, for example, we constantly needed to harvest new cell lines from aborted babies in order to keep up with the demands of production and/or the needs of research/testing.
The stable equilibrium of a past act is the only thing in the balance at the moment. Change that, and the Church would change it's position and defend conscience rights (like nurses/doctors/health care workers on Abortion participation).
A secondary issue is that the US has an incoherent 'Protestant' notion of Religion enshrined in our Constitution... there's no real way to appeal to "The Church" or anything other than individual conscience. That's an Us/American problem, not a Church thing... the Church would happily sign a Concordat enumerating the Church's rights and duties.
On “The Lincoln Project Takes a Trip to the Theater”
Per my comment above, I think it de-Trumpifies Youngkin.
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Sure... the idea of false flags are obviously preposterous. Until we have evidence of one (or many).
I suppose this falls into the category of was it a false-false-flag seeking to undermine all future trust in the narrative of false flags?
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In the grand scheme of things, voters gonna vote as they probably were gonna vote.
But, as someone saturated with the media for both campaigns, Youngkin is landing body blows around McAuliffe's massive education Gaffe(s) and it's definitely polling in the suburbs and independents.
McAuliffe attempted the old "I was quoted out of context" play... but that got turned into another Youngkin ad which lands (though some of those ads are pretty tone-deaf in their own way).
McAuliffe's entire campaign at this point (i.e. one day left) is trying to associate Youngkin with Trump. That's what this play was all about... the fact that it was obviously an Op, a botched Op, (and pretty clearly collaborative) does in fact hurt McAuliffe because a thread that is polling is that Youngkin isn't really perceived as *that* Trumpy and this ironically reinforces that.
My gut tells me that NOVA won't quite push Youngkin over the top, but if Youngkin wins... well, we'll substitute all of our priors anyway... but still.
On “SCOTUS Rejects Religious Exemption From Mandatory Vaccinations: Read It For Yourself”
Heh, Teacher's Unions ate (and are eating) their stored social capital in other ways. I don't think they consumed *all* of it yet, but they consumed a lot...
On “Weekend Plans Post: The Last Piggybank”
I was clearing out a drawer in my office and I found a $100 American Express Traveler's Cheque that I'd 'won' at a job about 20-yrs ago.
I'm tempted to go to a Starbucks and offer to pay for their fine comestibles with three beans and this bearer bond which will entitle them to great wealth should they ever find a genie capable of reading its script.
I think my oldest has a $20 bond in our safe deposit box too. Nothing says I'd like to give you $10 but pretend that I'm giving you $20 20-years from now quite the same way.
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I hear ya, looks like I'll be sitting in that rain tomorrow am when first day of black powder season opens.
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UGMA... Universal Gift to Minor Act/Account
Are 529s Boomer or GenX? I've used the heck out of our 529s... but then I have like 40 kids and I think all but 3 are in college at right now.
But the UGMA is where the real action is at... well, if you can't afford a proper trust fund and all that.
Now I just have to see if the accounts allow for bitcoin investing....
On “Dune: What I’d Wanted For Almost 35 Years, Finally Here”
Hmmn, that's not really how I remember it from the books. But possibly I have not fully considered it from the perspective of the thinking machines that were enslaving humanity.
I kid... since I really don't remember the details... and didn't his son write a series on this?
On “Going to the Dogs Over Anthony Fauci”
Our best intelligence suggests that the virus couldn't possibly come from anything related to the WIV or our grant money as determined by our grant recipients.
Oh, here's the 2019 report indicating that some of our research funds were used *NOT* for Gain of Function but for 'accidentally' changing the spike protein on a coronavirus that is definitely not related to 'the' bat virus... and, what's that? The 2019 report wasn't filed until 2021? Well, mistakes were made. But not any mistakes that might impede future funding.
"
I think the cautionary tale we learn from CDC and Fauci is similar to the cautionary tale we learned from the DoD and Afghanistan: fundamentally our institutions are about distributing money... we want to believe that they are doing it according to expertise; but expertise is what puts you in charge of the money granting machine... it doesn't necessarily mean you are executing the ostensible core capabilities well.
In fact, it is possible that our institutions have forgotten what their core competencies are supposed to be... what with all the money that needs distributing.
On “We Need To Talk About The Dave Chappelle Netflix Thing, Like We Did The Last Dave Chappelle Thing”
Whose Zeit, which Geist?
That's the only way you could argue against it... parse zeitgeist into meaninglessness.
On “Dune: What I’d Wanted For Almost 35 Years, Finally Here”
Cool, I'll let you know after I see it. I'm not a big Chalamet booster, so I have concerns. I'm also curious about Mamoa as Duncan Idaho... I mean, we need Duncan to play (and play, and play).
On “We Need To Talk About The Dave Chappelle Netflix Thing, Like We Did The Last Dave Chappelle Thing”
"How many comedians from the early 70s are still in today’s zeitgeist?"
The Top 20?
Ok, maybe not Richard Lewis.