Yes Jolly, I would agree with what you just wrote with a few possible caveats.

People here might recall that prior to my extended hiatus, I never subscribed to the Russian collision accusation leveled at Trump. Of course the Russians interfered where possible in social media with the 2016 election to discredit Clinton. They also undoubtedly hacked the DNC. They also likely targeted a few in the Trump campaign to co-opt them for future utility. Well so what? Disinformation and targets of opportunity are part of sometimes high stakes game Moscow and Washington have been playing since the 1920s.

Still, it always struck me how Trump always came across as somehow cowed by Putin. After Trump's one encounter face to face with Putin in Helsinki two years ago, the world saw a noticeably subdued and sheepish and subdued Trump at their joint press conference in Helsinki. If I didn't know better I would suspect that behind those closed doors Putin, in no uncertain terms, layed out to Trump on matters pertaining to the dismal state of Russia US relations since GW Bush's second term and the whole of the Obama Administration; foreign policy topics such as Syria, Ukraine and NATO; as well as bilateral nuclear security topics, all which which left the POTUS speechless. To top it off Putin could very well have shown a few embarrassing banking documents involving Trump corporate business interests and dubious Russian money transfers into and out of the former's numerous real estate assets and offshore bank accounts.

This is of course is my read on the matter as foreign policy issues regarding Russia remain more than just a passing interest of mine. Like the cartoon character said, "I knows you did it - I just don't when you's did it or how's you did it. But I knows you did it".

No one, other than perhaps Vladimir Putin it seems, knows just what it is he did.

@jolly said in House to return tonight to resume counting:

Yes, FDR won an unprecedented four terms in office. But to think he was universally loved, is simply not so.

We are speaking the same thing. My pint was the a lot of people did not agree with FDR and thought his policies and programs were not for the good of the country. I am not saying he was universally loved - just the opposite.

Reads like you @Jolly is asymptomatic or have only very mild symptoms. I hope it won‘t get worse and you’ll stay healthy. Take care.

Including the doctor

I have a few WhatsApp people, but in Thailand, LINE seems to be much bigger.

(Actually LINE is pretty big all through Asia)

@aqua-letifer said in Just what we need:

@horace said in Just what we need:

Again, you can publicly wring hands over them, but if I noticed you never doing that over CHAZ, then it won't work.

Didn't you just say you don't notice much?

I guess I notice my neighborhood more than the world.

Shawomen.

@jon-nyc said in Official Election Predictions!:

@Axtremus said in Official Election Predictions!:

B. The Senate may split 50-50, effectively giving Biden's "reasonable choice" VP control of the Senate

If the senate is split 50-50 Joe Manchin will control it.

https://redstate.com/shipwreckedcrew/2021/01/07/georgia-voters-made-joe-manchin-president-on-tuesday-n305628

Georgia Voters Made Joe Manchin President on Tuesday

Joe Machin is 73, and he will be 77 when he next faces the decision of whether to run for a third full term. If Manchin really has an “inner socialist” crying to get out, it could be that he decides to not seek re-election which would liberate him from limits he feels from the West Virginia electorate to maintain his moderate voting profile.

The pressure on him is going to be enormous. But one thing is certain, he does not need the influence or financial support of the Democrat Party or its outside interest groups to help him win in West Virginia if he does choose to run again. They have no leverage over him in that regard.

There are parts of the Democrat agenda that he is fully onboard with — such as guaranteed health care, which is a big issue for his constituents. He voted for Obamacare — which the GOP has not repealed. I’m not certain he would be a vote for a Bernie Sanders form of single-payor socialized medicine — not as long as Obamacare address the issue to the satisfaction of West Virginians’ needs.

He is not going to cripple West Viriginia’s economy with the use of any kind of carbon emission caps, and he will not support any legislation to end fracking.

Joe Manchin has been consistently moderate throughout his political career. He is the Democrat version of Susan Collins, He might vote for Chuck Schumer to be Senate Leader, but the socialist/liberal Democrats won’t be able to count on his vote as might be the case with 49 others.

@copper

Indeed, and you are soooooo common. Feel better now?

She called Medical Records Health Informatics this afternoon. She explained that she received 5 discs, 4 of which were clearly her radiology studies going back years, and the one, with a sharpie-made label on it, containing 135 records of other patients.

"Wait...what???"

::Explanation occurs::

Silence on the other end of the line for about 15 seconds.

"We're going to mail you a FedEx envelope into which we ask you put the questionable CD. Please get it back to us ASAP."

Public square.

Whether you like what's being said, or not.

A race to the bottom?

@george-k

You're probably out of the doghouse by now, Dr. George.

Something like “I promise when I leave office it will be boring.”

A lot of peope will tell you that it's the quantification of how he's been able to convince the world that he's a genius.

It’s either a total breakdown of security or orders from on high. Both need to be investigated and the truth will come out. We can speculate all day long and we will but we will absolutely find out and regardless people will be fired.

What happened yesterday was gross, shameful and needless.

Shit show.

Bsc, Msc in CS and Math, PhD in CS, went through the professor ranks.

@larry said

Talking to you is worse than talking to a fucking 3 year old. Just fuck off. I try to engage in a discussion where both sides are respected, and you can't do it. So just go fuck yourself.

😞

@larry

attempts to have Trump declared winner of the presidential election are going to be hampered by the fact he lost it