7/27 News Roundup – Abdul El-Sayed Ad – “For the People, By the People”, The Elite Fixation With Russiagate & More
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T & R, LD! This guy HAS to win.
We can’t keep getting more of the same. We just can’t!
https://twitter.com/davidsirota/status/1022885952799236096
Amazon’s Face Recognition Falsely Matched 28 Members of Congress With Mugshots
I was going to have a good laugh, but “The false matches were disproportionately of people of color.”
Amazon wrongly IDed 28 members of Congress, and they’re not happy about it
Works perfectly say the old R keep off the grass types that are looking to buy this for business use
Hey Democrats: Take a Hint from Labour and Ocasio-Cortez and Try Moving Left
Sen. Bernie Sanders: Bail has criminalized poverty and undermined the tenet of ‘innocent before proven guilty’
Last night I watched the documentary, “The Queen of Horses”, which was about a muni fraud case. $53M was embezzled from the town of Dixon, IL (yes, the hometown of the St Ronnie) for a time period of 21 years. The town was $21M in the hole at the time of the woman who kept the books. No one caught it.
The woman who was caught paid a bail of $4500 for a $53M white collar crime. At the time she was caught, only 2-3M was discovered.
The film is available on Netflix, Prime, and google play, I believe. The forensic accounting used in the discovery phase actually pretty interesting. Huge failure on the bank, the city, the city council, the accounting firm, and the lack of an independent audit. I’m certain this will be a case study for accounting classes across the country.
I was very disappointed in The Root this morning when I saw this:
The piece is written by Terrell Jermaine Starr who, of course, has been very critical of Bernie for years.
Bernie Sanders Takes on Unjust Cash Bail System, but Still Doesn’t Make Direct Connection to Institutional Racism
Obviously everyone, even Bernie, always has room for improvement. But what does the article actually accomplish?? Will Bernie read it? I doubt it. So all it achieves is to drive a wedge between Bernie and the black community.
Meanwhile, there’s plenty of evidence that the premise of the article is just downright wrong. Even if you only have time to watch the first 30 seconds…
And, of course, even Bernie admits that he’s still learning and evolving on issues involving racism. Wouldn’t it be more effective and productive to encourage Bernie’s evolution, rather than to try to tear him down?
From Shaun King:
How Bernie Sanders Evolved on Criminal Justice Reform
It appears as if some fact checking is in order for the Root article.
Ouch!
Here’s another one about the formulas and breast feeding, mags.
Trump Has Found a Way to Make Enemies of Breastfeeding Mothers (Although AFAIK, most admins have favored formula, just bc corpses make it and this article discusses some of the history.)
I also have close relatives whose family line seems to have that same milk shortage. I think that if breast feeding were more easily discussed and supported by the government, rather than pressure women to do this on their own by one group, which can lead to the harm to the baby that you described, we’d have specialists in lactation who would be one of the first people a medical team might call if the baby is crying too much. And just helping mothers with babies that do have problems of any kind.
In helping out with babies, I’ve seen moms home alone with the baby + and it can be so overwhelming to even know everything they’re expected to know on their own and then to understand that the crying is not their fault and the baby and/or they need help, sometimes professional. And that accepting help is natural and good, not a sign of weakness. Community is soooo important. I know that I want to build it up more in my own life.
Thanks polarbear. I’m the oldest sibling and my mom says she made all of her mistakes on me, poor dear. She was not in a helping environment when she had me and would have greatly benefited by being nearer to my gram at that time. She resented me for years because she said I cried all the time and it made her feel inadequate.
My friend is very skinny, as I mentioned, no excess body fat and could be described as ‘flat’ if you know what I mean. Do people ever use wet nurses anymore? Imo, that should be an honored profession.
This NYT article pretty well lays out a summary of the history of formula.
Breast-Feeding or Formula? For Americans, It’s Complicated
Mrs. WI had already made up her mind when we decided to have kids to breastfeed. She was able to do that for all 3. Their were way to many benefits for the infants not to. Nature can do a lot better job by far than anything corporate America can make up with artificial this and additive that. I’m glad that she was able to pump and produce enough milk during that time of our babys life as we realized that some moms couldn’t and had to resort to the other option.
My mom was unable to breastfeed.
Sometimes that happens. Things not always so..simple. But you certainly seemed to have turned out great! 🙂 (thank goodness for you & for us)
Yay for Mrs. WI. {hug} to her. So awesome that she was able to do that.
Child-bearing SO underrated.
Damn right it is ,and in Benny’s case I don’t think their are any other options but the Mom is so important in those early years. Just thought I would throw this out their
Breast feeding Dads
https://youtu.be/aBnW2EO144I
Boy, 6, Has Skin-to-Skin Contact with Newborn Brother After Mom Previously Suffered a Miscarriage
Big bro wanted a brother so badly. I imagine that being exposed to his brother’s immune system didn’t hurt l’il bro, being brothers after all. Baby a preemie in this pic, was born less at less than 2 lbs. But he’s doing just fine now.
The Elite Fixation With Russiagate
While these allegations are somewhat serious, it’s deflecting on what else is going on in Congress. Plus, the elite still can’t believe that their candidate lost. They’ve not gotten over it.
Should Dems play up Russia in midterms?
That’s what the Democrats always do when they don’t have any policies to offer the American people.
you forgot about their main line
VOTE. VOTE.
without making a huge deal about election integrity
in other words, VOTE and keep me looking like I am legitimate, but don’t expect me to attend to the destruction of democracy
as long as the dem party is not totally committed to know solutions to election integrity, they continue to be a sham
iirc, it was lee camp who compared voting to a toddler “driving” a fire engine. AND i forget if it was camp or englehardt that we still MUST vote bc we need overwhelming numbers to even have the possibility of winning. I agree. That’s why I worked so hard for Obama. And of course, Bernie. And will work harder if we get a true progressive anywhere that I can help elect.
If anyone cares to recd this diary at TOP, do drop by: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/7/27/1784077/-Tad-Devine-CT-and-Suckers-on-Daily-Kos
I might add I tipped the diarist because it was a gutsy move as a Clinton supporter to write the diary. I did not rec’d it.
I think that all Dems should use Henry Kissinger to justify talking about other important issues, as opposed to this current litmus test vis-à-vis Russia, and explain to voters in a direct, non-condescending, way why just hating on Russia all time is unproductive.
Per the article I posted yesterday, Kissinger is now pushing Trump to ally with Russia to contain China (who seems to be seen nowadays as a rising threat to the U.S. global interests).
I don’t necessarily agree or disagree with Kissinger, myself.
But I think that talking to voters about how our relationship with Russia is far more of a complicated matter than many think might help many people gain a wider perspective that would hopefully include room to discuss other issues!
All politics is local and if an Russian influence question comes up? The most simple response for me is that their are a lot of hackers out their that are not friendly to the US. We need to do a better job with cyber security at the local,state and national level and protect our voter machines not only from hacking but have a verifiable paper trail for them.
The missing photo from the 2hr meeting
The United States Was Failing Long Before Donald Trump
yes
TomDispatch.com
part of The Nation project (magazine)
2 to 3 posts per week. Mostly on foreign policy. Many on war and international relations.
We’ve had several warnings since Ike warned us of the MIC, So will what ultimately happen? Allowing the corporate controlled govt continue and let it eat itself from within until collapse. Rule 1 of empires they all collapse and are replaced with something else. The wild card is climate change if we don’t address that, the something else wont be mankind.
Former top Sanders adviser assisting in Manafort prosecution: report
Oh noes! Devine convinced Bernie to not concede the primaries and a Bernie staffer was caught with the data breach in Dec 2015! That means Bernie worked with the Russians to make the baroness lose! (this is what the kiddie pool at TOP is discussing this morning–I am not linking to that piece of fake news/commentary/lack of analysis garbage diary).
unfrackingbelievable.
Diarist got bojo’d. Thank goodness. I think it was a zombie–possibly Sally allbright.
lol.
Sadly some at the TOP will believe it as gospel☹
Its so hard to keep it all straight because I thought she was behind the Uranium One deal and so was cool with Putin and now he wanted her to lose?
Truth is I dont think Putin cared who won, but I wouldnt put meddling in way to stir discord beneath him either.
I think her hawkish statements on wanting a no-fly zone over Syria edged Putin’s preference to Trump. Not that I think that made much of a difference in the election (other than with people like me who didn’t appreciate her apparent willingness to bring on war with Russia..).
Connecticut Is a Mess. Can Ned Lamont Clean It Up?
I sent Ned a donation 12 years ago as I despised Lieberman for wrecking the Dem Party.
one of the big disasters of Obama was to campaign for Joe Lieberman after he lost the primary to Lamont.
obama had sold out long before the pulled this crap.
I may have posted this before, but this is a rhetorical analysis of Obama’s speech to the founding meeting of The Hamilton Project and thanks bob rubin for teaching him about economics. Will we ever find out how this manchurian candidate came to be selected?
the author is one of the 2 main bloggers at Naked Capitalism. Note the use of color coded ways to highlight the rhetoric
rhetoric was zapped by Plato, One of the reasons was that rhetoric could be used in the agora (assembly) to sway people. The truth was in mathematics, not in rhetoric. After Plato, in Aristotle’s academy, half the day was on rhetoric.
Obama at the Hamilton Project, 2006: “This is not a bloodless process.”
not bloodless
fuck you
the future is on the way
globalization and finance are the future
so, not only fuck you, but bloodless killing you
which is what we have seen.
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As is my way, Bruno Latour is being read by people in rhetoric. There is a book Doing Rhetoric with Bruno Latour which I don’t own because it is too expensive, so far.
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In any case, the rhetorical analysis of Obama is insightful for understanding how politics speech works, or speech in general.
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crap. cannot stop without more from Latour. He views political speech as a circular, not linear, not a pure rational process. Politicians are given the right to lie because they have to bring together various groups. How to learn to move beyond the rationality of the Enlightenment to open up space for more diverse views like learning from indigenous people and their ways.
That is only a snapshot of his work. Along with the political theorist Hannah Arendt, these are the two who present politicians in what they really do and how important they are.
Obama was a master. Even this fairly jaded old timer spent so much energy and money on the hopes that he would be a new FDR. Used to play Les Miserables songs on YouTube and feel the feeling! Prolly why I can’t stand him now.
Obama was a master orator. Still is. After that, he’s pretty transparent. Definitely a Raygun fan and a YUPPIE. I always had questions and doubts about him from the time he ran in 2008. Wish I had been wrong, believe me.
I had the same hopes but that was extinguished quickly. He could have been so much more.
Don’t even get me started!!! If Lamont loses, it’ll be mainly because of Malloy!!!!!
I hear Malloy is taking another look at highway tolls. He just got a plan to spend more money to ‘study’ the issue, at a cost of $10 million dollars!!!!
This is electoral suicide, and I’d bet that you couldn’t find ONE voter who thinks tolls, or wasting $10 Million dollars, is a good idea, but what does Malloy care?? Is he getting paid under the table? I’ll certainly be watching for where Malloy lands after he FINALLY leaves. He’s been a nightmare for the state of CT.
This is from one of those who voted No on authorizing the bond to fund this ‘study’:
The Republican Davis is right!!
That Republican is right too!
Just last May the CT General Assembly voted down a similar proposal to ‘study’ the tolls. So for Malloy to just go ahead and do it anyway?? right before midterms??? Why? 🙁
https://ctmirror.org/2018/07/25/bond-commission-oks-10m-tolls-study/
At least Lamont had the spine and good sense to issue a statement:
The comments under the article are brutal.
Whom Is the DSA Reaching? The Teens.
Democrats Shouldn’t Defend Bad Policies Just to Resist Trump
If only. They believe in the corpse stance.
American Society Would Collapse If It Weren’t for These 8 Myths
Lee Camp. Too chock full to even try to pull out of AND fairly short. Go Lee. 😉 So glad to see him in CD.
Nice link PB sad but true.
An Unhappy Birthday for Medicare and Medicaid
A World Designed by Playground Bullies
139 House Democrats Join GOP to Approve $717 Billion in Military Spending
“How are they going to pay for this? Oh wait, that question only gets asked when it comes to social programs that benefit the working class.”
Exactly.
Great graph.
GAG!!!!