NBMisha

Another Valentina lover. Extra points for the melanine plate.

The shit Seattle and Portland are seeing now has been in SF for a decade. Just moved from Seattle proper (Magnolia) to Bainbridge Is. The desire to trip into town was dwindling yearly as the homeless climate escalated. They say there is one homeless person on Bainbridge. Pretty sure that is a smug joke.

Well, aat least in that scenario Trump is gone

Well, at a minimum that would be an acceptable outcome. I'm also uncoommitted in that I look at the big crowd without having settled in my own mind what the positions are that I unequivicolly support. There is a good case for Warren and Harris as being the least damaging. But the Biden and Bernie factions will dominate the ladscape for the next year. The dems going with Biden would be the cop out of the century.

The better to be thrilled with Trumps clown Fed nominees.

I'm all for making college less onerous, and generally for student loan relief as I know some folks for whom this is a terrible burden. That they didn't think through or realize. Yet I'm for some reform, some forgiveness). But all forgveness for everyone? Something like 1/2 of all outstanding balances are for people with incomes in the top 25%. Why would we target the top 25% (attorneys, drs, a few engineers) for the bulk of the relief? I need to do more homework on her stuff.

Put him on a plane, get his ass to a legal state, and let him hang there awhile. Send a parcel back FedEx. Be a good son.

Biden the winner vs We can't go back to normal, that got us Trump. And in this case, old socialist, gay centrist, or nagging intellectual option. The dem gordian knot. Well, the problem we face as a nation are very difficult to solve, if possible. Who we should grant the solution to is important. Beating Trump is a gateway to moving to that question. All legit finishers need to prove their electibility. How will that be done?

IT THatwas a pretty horrific statement. You need some quiet time.

Yes, VAB got some things going. Been completely lackluster towards practice the last few weeks. Got back up to WA yesterday where my 714CE lives. That and some WA style "cuba libres" and KPOW! Never played so well. Or so it seemed.

With respect to others, I could not disagree more on the single speed option. Single speed removes the majority of the potential for joy from cycling. Any 7 year old can handle shifting, it is no barrier. Joy, for me, is more hours on it. Gears make a huge difference in that. And mastering them is part of the art and practice of riding. It all becomes an extension of you. Anyway, buy the bike that will make would love to ride it. I doubt the single will make you love it. Having said that, my wife has foregone a nice 2x11 to use a 3 speed townie. She thinks she looks better on that.

Well, it might decrease the odds, that is an assertion. That's not what actually happened in the WJC case. The dems gained in the election just before the impeachment. But not in the one immediately after. An there is merit to the case that the proceedings tarnished Gore enought for his close loss.

The tired phrase "its an "and" world" probably applies here. Certainly Trump is a danger himself and it is a top priority that he be taken out in the next election. Those that don't want to further fire up his base are speaking to that. But an equally existential problem is that of the Trump base. A phrase in a recent Foreign Affairs got to me: the civil war never ended, it just has been changing locations. The attack on the US from the inside must be beaten back. This traitorous revolution must be defanged.

One of the Duke boys

I've appreciated your brutal honesty many times. Maybe less so this time. Terribly obtuse might be the worst crime. Anyway... I'm saying the pubs consider "lesser" and supposed lib moral infractions, and their own "worse" moral views as equivalent. (Implied, this isn't justified). Also, that while they might see some trouble sometimes with their own views, they just can't take on the dem views because they are creatures of their own comfort. One of J. K Galbraiths last books was "The Culture of Contentment" and it has probably overly influenced me. The thesis is that it is difficult, too difficult for most people, to vote against their comfort. Now that most Americans are in the comfort zone, policies will be geared to the desires of the comfortable, not to those suffering. The pubs are simply showing this by example. As have the centrist dems of the Clinton era. This is an observation more than an indictment. At this point. I'm well among the comfortable, but don't see my comfort as a justification for policy. Yay me. I don't remember the context of the post you reference...what this thought was responding to. Another problem with age.

You don't get to the 500k level by being a sentimental fool.

I think that "at any age" would be essential to garner broad support. Having said that, this type of program would be inconsistent with the essential American value of selfishness.

An unfunny joke. Which is not a joke.

There is no practice focus like good weed, VA. A move to a weed friendly state will do wonders for your guitar. Well, it will help some.

Your mileage may vary. The one kid I persuaded to do UT engineering has it sort of made in the shade. It is no guarantee, but it is a tremendous advantage to some bullshit college bullshit major. Before I retired, UT was our number one source of PE's and geologists, worldwide.

Well, any positive number. But you are right.

I kind of like that random percussive effect. Of course, my taste and playing are shit, so there's that.

That is just too fucked up to think about. I had thought he was just a terrible person. Its a lot worse than that.

Well, good humor here and all. I've always thought the JDG live album "Full House", circa 70 or 71, was just about the best fast R&B party record out there. No more slippin and doggin around anymore. Wolf is doing interesting, if low energy stuff these days.

But the spice, man.