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@Jolly said in Whither the DNC post Biden-Obama-Clinton:

BTW, Bill was admitted to the hospital with a fever. Bill is not in the best of health.

@Jolly said in Whither the DNC post Biden-Obama-Clinton:

Bill is not in the best of health.

How many 78 year olds are?

The Critical Drinker.

Kevin Drum: "Americans have not lost trust in the media. Republicans have."

https://jabberwocking.com/americans-have-not-lost-trust-in-the-media-republicans-have/

n the post-Fox era, Republicans have lost trust in the mainstream media. Among Democrats, trust has actually gone up a little.

Republicans have spent the past few decades setting their own hair on fire and then pointing out that it's getting a little warm in here. But those of us who stay away from the conservative gas can haven't been affected much. We just smell the burning scalps and wonder why Republicans do this to themselves.

Drum, for some reason, ignores the third group in the Gallup Poll:

Maybe people have lost trust in the media because they only report the news that they want us to see. Right, Mr. Drum?

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/22/democrats-2024-election-problem-focus-group-00195806

Without a clear party leader and with losses across nearly every demographic in November, Democrats are walking into a second Trump presidency without a unified strategy to improve their electoral prospects. And while some Democrats blame Biden, others blame inflation and still others blame “losing hold of culture,” the feedback from the focus groups found Democrats’ problems are even more widespread and potentially long-lasting than a single election cycle.

The focus groups offer “a pretty scathing rebuke” of the Democratic Party brand, said Rachael Russell, director of polling and analytics at Navigator Research, a project within the Hub Project, which is a Democratic nonprofit group.

“This weakness they see, [Democrats] not getting things done, not being able to actually fight for people — is something that needs to be figured out,” Russell said. “It might not be the message, it might be the policy. It might be something a little bit deeper that has to be addressed by the party.”

Disclaimer: I"m not defending Gaetz, just pointing out what his supporters and attorneys are saying. He should not serve in government just because of his freakzoid looks. However...

I may have posted Hemmingway's article in the past:

House Probe Into Matt Gaetz Relies On Witnesses DOJ Found Lacked Credibility

The two witnesses have massive credibility problems. The claims arose from Joel Greenberg, “one of the most corrupt Florida politicians of all time,” according to Florida reporter Marc Caputo, who is now with the anti-Trump media outlet The Bulwark.

Among many things the former Seminole County tax collector admitted to as part of a wide-ranging case for which he is currently serving 11 years in prison was falsely accusing local political opponent Brian Beute of having sex with a minor, similar to the outlandish claim he made against Gaetz. Greenberg also reportedly later attempted to frame his own attorney with pornographic images of children. One New York Times writeup of Greenberg was headlined, “Like the Tiger King Got Elected Tax Collector.“

According to the Washington Post, Greenberg admitted to “fabricating allegations against a schoolteacher who was running against him to be a tax collector. Greenberg had sent letters to the school falsely claiming the teacher had an inappropriate sexual relationship with a student — a similar allegation to the Gaetz case.” U.S. District Judge Gregory Presnell, appointed by President Bill Clinton, said Greenberg’s actions against that innocent victim were “downright evil.”

As someone commented, you have to remember that this report is not a legal exercise, but a political one. The House of Representatives can do whatever it wants because there are no points, and the rules are made up.

@Jolly said in Ireland's Autogenocide:

England and Ireland saw a pretty large influx of Polish workers and their families, but the essential culture remained the same.

Same in the US - Germans, Italians, etc. Even Chinese.

One could say that the Chinese are a bit more isolationist than the others I mentioned, but assimilation occurs anyway. Can you say that about the current crop of migrants in the UK?

Why not?

@kluurs has used them. I sampled, and they were okay.

However, he just used them for audiobooks.

My hearing aids can stream via bluetooth - but the fidelity is not as good as a set of "real" phones for music. Fine for books, however.

Google this: "Most common boys name in England in 2023."

ETA: These "migrants" aren't from Italy and Norway, are they?

Whatever happened to "Datsun."

It'll be interesting.to see what their lineup will look like. I'd guess Honda > Nissan.

Take comfort in the fact that the murderers are not going to be released.

Right?

RIGHT???

I need a link to that....

@Jolly said in Mr. Clemency:

Heard on the radio today, that privately, several Dems are upset with this one.

And they plan to....what?

Surprised it took so long...

It could happen...