KevinG
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So I've been thinking about this: the immigration debate by every indication is coming down to a kind of Sophie's choice for democrats. Will they accept a wall in exchange for DACA?
Every time this trade has come up in the news cognitive dissonance has made me stop thinking about it. Maybe there's some other way for it to go down, but that might just be it. Obviously the moral answer is yes, but it's a tough pill to swallow. It would be such an expensive, ignorant, and disgusting symbol to his perception of success.
This is a no trainer, the Dems should trade DACA for a wall. The wall will take years to build, sure there will be some BS ground breaking after the bill is signed, but a massive project like that would take a long ass time. By the time there is a new president, they will be able to stop it.
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Cubs are singing this Wilco classic today.
https://www.mlbdailydish.com/2018/2/10/16999526/cubs-sign-yu-darvish
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Feel free to correct me on this, living in the middle of nowhere I only go to a handful of concerts a year, but is $70 that ridiculous? I feel like most concerts I've been to in the past few years have been in that ballpark.
Well the Eagles Ballroom is a shithole.
Other bands in area
TMBG @ Pabst $29.50
Jason Isbell @ Riverside $42.50
Bon Iver @ Bradley Center $42.50
And if memory serves I paid like $50 for Wilco and similar for Ryan Adams when they came through awhile back. I generally feel $50 to $60 is my max.
I guess $72.50 seems steep for such a horrible venue.
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Personally I enjoy watching him bring his studio efforts to life onstage. Seen him Solo & a few times with The Raconteurs, dam I miss them.
Never seeing him live (and I would love to) do you think it is worth nearly $100 bucks (72.50 plus fees)?
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New tourdates announced this morning. I'm in for Vancouver and probably Seattle.
I saw that he was come to The Eagles Ballroom in Milwaukee, but at $72.50 per ticket before fees? Jesus, not gonna be able to swing that one.
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Good song. I continue to be exactly 1/2 as interested in Jack Black as I am in The White Stripes.
That is too bad, because his solo stuff is twice as good as the White Stripes.
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I believe this little obstacle called "The First Amendment" will defeat Trump's gambit. He can sue for defamation, but he can't prevent the publication of the book.
I am no law talking dude, but I think Bannon signed a Non Disclosure Agreement. Which could complicate things. But Trump threatens to sue people like he drinks diet coke. So I am not sure what if anything this means.
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So the tax plan passed. No one seemed to mind that it favors the rich...
It was the politicians who seemed not to care, the tax plan was pretty unpopular by most Americans.
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A couple of new songs by the Decemberists: a cover of Big Star's "Jesus Christ" and a song the lyrics for which were written by Lin-Manuel Miranda of Hamilton fame:
I love the Ben Franklin song. Now how can I get played in my son's 8th grade history class? (they start the Revolution next quarter)
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Hey mods, how do we make sure Viachicago.org is on the fast lane of the internet?
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Doug Jones appears to have won. If the vote totals hold true I would expect the first lawsuit, calling for a recount or somehow otherwise challenging the results will be file sometime tomorrow afternoon. Anything to prevent him from being seated as long as possible.
Trumps tweets tomorrow should be interesting.
What does it say about our state of affairs that we a celebrating a narrow victory over a confirmed racist and alleged pedophile?
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Franken used the word "her" during his statement when referring to his potential replacement. Any guesses who might replace him if his replacement is a woman?
The Lt Gov Tina Flint Smith
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and for this i need to apologize to Kevin G for my post.
No need to apologize. But I do get to dance around and yell I was right.
In all seriousness, this is a sad day for the US Senate. For his failings personally he seemed to be a fair and honest legislator and one who I felt shared my beliefs. Unfortunately his personal life overshadowed the the good things he has done and could have done. With his actions he not only lost the trust of the people of Minnesota but of all citizens of the United States. It is because of this lack of trust that it was right for him to resign.
Hopefully some good will come of all of this. Powerful men will begin to understand there are consequences to their actions. Women are not objects, something that you can grab or kiss just because you are a celebrity. What it also does politically is gives Dems the moral high ground. With Franken's and Conyer's resignation it shows that Democrats will not tolerate these actions. This is especially important since they turned a blind eye to Bill Clinton.
My twitter feed was filled with retweets from every female senator asking for Franken's resignation. The same furor and outrage needs to be placed upon our President. Most notably Sen. Murkowski, who has remained completely silent on POTUS and Moore.
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He's got a really great voice.
(Discuss.)
He does an A plus job with a B minus voice.
If that sounds critical it is not. What I mean, is he technically is not a great singer. But what he does with his voice, especially in context of the songs, musically and poetically is amazing.
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Or ten or twenty... big fingers strike again
your own personal covfefe moment.
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orbtennorntwenty
what is this word?
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so many it done fucked up your grammar!
So what you are saying is, hey it is ok that she got groped and forcibly kissed because she did the same thing. Good job!
Anymore victims you'd like to blame?
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maybe sometimes, the woman grabs and kisses the man.
Wow, there is so many things wrong with this statement.
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Although, I will say my inner libertarian (which is about 5% of my political brain) has to wonder how one would stop catcalling.
I don't call anyone the N word. Whereas 100 years ago it would have been commonplace.
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i think you have unreasonable expectations.
I have the expectation that women are treated like people and not as objects. I have the expectation that a woman should not be afraid to be alone with a man, because he might try to grab her or kiss her. I have the expectation that a woman isn't afraid to go out at night. I have the expectation that a woman can walk down the street and not be catcalled.
Our society has normalized this behavior. Played it off as sophomoric, or boys will be boys, or locker room talk. You know what, it has to stop. Yes it sucks, Franken won't be the last "good person" to be caught up in this (looking at you Charlie Rose.) But a reckoning has to happen, we as a society have to let it be known that this behavior is unacceptable. So hey maybe the next guy will think twice and not treat a colleague like a piece of meat.
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A boy band called All Knight. They dress up in Medieval garb.
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So, Al Franken's punishment, according to you, is that he should never be able to hold any kind of job ever again?
Any job? No, if MSNBC wants to hire him or whatever, that is fine. Hell if he wanted to run for office again, he could, as long as all his transgressions were out in the open. In my perfect world it would go down like this, Franken would get up on the floor of the Senate and apologize, not only to Tweeden, but to the people of Minnesota and to the citizens of the United States. He would state unequivocally that rejects behavior like this and it is not something becoming of a representative of the US. And state because he really has lost the trust of the people of MN he will step down. But also he could state that know that this is all out in the open he still intends to run in 2020, and hopes that the people of MN would trust him again.
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the voters of MN should decide his fate.
He is not up for re-election until 2020. Shouldn't they have had the change to know this when he first ran? If this was out in the open and a known story, then I guess the people of MN did decide, but they were not privy to this, so in essence they didn't get to decide.
if we are going all-in on a policy of zero tolerance regardless of when it happened, then we might as well get ready for a giant turnover in our government positions.
You say this like it is a bad thing.
If he's an exemplary employee, and this is the first time this has happened, there's no chance he would be fired.
Many companies rightful have a zero tolerance policy when it comes to sexual harassment, including the one I work for.
MLB 2018
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I for one I am extreme happy that the Cubs signed Darvish. They needed to get a big time arm to compete with the fire power that Brewers got (BTW, how awesome does the NL Central look this year? Looking forward to some great games.) I love Arrieta, but he did seem to be down a step from his Cy Young year (but still great). Darvish is on the same level, but I think the same level as 2017 Jake not 2015 Jake. It is my understanding as the Cubs were close to signing Darvish they offered Jake the exact same offer. He declined. He either thought he was worth a lot more money, or did not want to stay with the Cubs. There is a new pitching coach, so that might be a thing. For what it is worth, Darvish, seems to be really excited to be a Cub. He seems to really like the front office, and coaching staff (or at least that is what his press conference indicated, but of course is he gonna say he hates everyone, prolly not).