Next up- Hannibal!

Republicans hoping to beat Hillary Clinton aren't going to be bailed out by some mythical criminal prosecution in a case where there is clearly no evidence of any kind of crime. Perhaps they should spend a bit more time developing policies that might appeal to middle class Americans and a bit less on fantasy indictments and hysterical talking points that speak only to their extremist base.

But man - location, location, location.  It's also in an area that is zoned commercial, and would be the perfect bed and breakfast.  And presidents vacation there...

Of course it's also got a historical exterior, and is completely falling apart.  Which means it would probably be cheaper to tear it down and build a new one from scratch but you can't do that because this is Massachusetts.

They showed W. addressing the Houses of Congress  - talking about Uranium from Africa and all that bul-sh-t.

What is glaring to me is how obvious it is, when you watch him, that he is lying - telling a tale.

He has this semi-secret smile on his fkd up face that gives it all away.

Why they all went for it is a mystery that we, as hapless citizens, should demand to know.

For years, liberals have decried the conservative theology of the Roman Catholic hierarchy, lamenting U.S. bishops' efforts to push back against LGBT equality, for example. But a new study illustrates a widening ideological gulf between Catholic leadership and people in the pews. In fact, typical Catholics are not only more left-leaning than the Church, but also more progressive than average Americans on most major issues -- sometimes by significant margins.

The accuser has changed several details of her story or not remembered saying certain things, but the story of the defendant also may have problems.

It seems to me as if both parties are lying in part . . .  Unfortunately, lying by the defense doesn't mean he is guilty and lying by the accuser doesn't mean that he is completely innocent . . .

supposedly a certain fraction of rapes are situations in which a consensual sexual encounter becomes nonconsensual.

The accuser says that she told the defendant three times, "no."  The question is, do we believe her, given the inconsistencies in her stories? . . . I do not know . . .  Judging whether or not she said no is very hard now to do . . .

I somewhat think that women and girls in some of these situations should in fact slap the guy . . .

Anyway, who wishes to share a view . . .  although some of you strongly dislike me for my views, you may find it interesting that in this case, I have no view.  I don't think we have enough information to know if a rape actually occurred . . . except in the sense of statutory rape . . .

It seems like the only thing that separates this from rape or not is the use of the word no . . . and we don't really know if she did or did not add that detail to her account.

The successful career of 1940s screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) comes to a crushing end when he and other Hollywood figures are blacklisted for their political beliefs. TRUMBO (directed by Jay Roach) tells the story of his fight against the U.S. government and studio bosses in a war over words and freedom, which entangled everyone in Hollywood from Hedda Hopper (Helen Mirren) and John Wayne to Kirk Douglas and Otto Preminger.

Biden has made fun and funny verbal gaffes.  Clinton has got herself into situations repeatedly in which others have questioned her integrity . . .

I don't think it is worth it to you folks to endure

the drip, drip, drip and drip of whatever is being discussed or being revealed . . .

"Although Biden, like Clinton, supported the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, those calamitous wars have instilled in him a new devotion to the cautious realism that men like Scowcroft and Baker exemplify. In 2009, according to Bob Woodward, the then-secretary of state argued passionately for sending 40,000 more troops to Afghanistan, at one point pounding her fist on the table and declaring, "We must act like we're going to win." Biden, by contrast, didn't think defeating the Taliban was either possible nor necessary, and argued for a narrower mission focused on al-Qaeda alone. What she feared most in Afghanistan was chaos and barbarism. What he feared most was quagmire.

Biden, according to Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes's book, HRC, was also skeptical of a Western air campaign in Libya. Clinton supported it."

But then I was thinking.  What the hell do I know.  So my question for those with more knowledge who would care to have an opinion, is it possible to run until you have a miscarriage?

If you are sec of state, it probably comes with the territory that some of your reading and some of your correspondence will be including classified information.  Originally hrc was saying that none of her emails contained any classified information--which would have meant that out of 60,000 and some emails, she somehow either avoided completely including using or mentioning or referring to classified information . . .

or that

when she did use, mention or refer to classified information, she actually used some other form of communication such as telephone, in person or written or other emails.

Now, given that she did not seem to regularly use a gov account . . . how intrinsically likely is it that over the space of several years and over the volume of 60,000 or so emails, that she was so careful to use, mention or refer to classified information only orally or only in regular writing and never in emails?

Given that HRC and you and me and all the rest of us are human, it is not intrinsically likely.  It is intrinsically likely that she would make mistakes . . . and then, that she would then have broken the law.

The law could be good or it could be bad, but it seems to be the law . . . some laws require criminal intent and some laws are "strict liablity."  I forget even the meaning of strict liablity . . . but some laws you get in trouble for, even if you did not know you were breaking them.

Originally hrc claimed that none of her emails were classified or contained classified info, but she has changed apparently her story to saying that none of her emails contained, used or referred to information marked as classified.

But someone in the position of hrc is supposed to know and behave towards classified info as if it is classified, whether it is marked as such or not.

Some people are claiming that 2 or more of her emails, out of the 60,000, did in fact use, mention or refer to classified info and I believe I have read that one of those somebodies is the IG of the state department.

If so, then . . .

HRC surely would have made an error, just like you or I and dozens and hundreds of other people  . . . in her situation, if we had been using a private email account and server . . . and the law may consider her error a crime without criminal intent . . .

Where I am from, the response to such a situation is to admit things, to say, I did it and I hope you would have the sense to not prosecute me if possible . . .

You folks also might wish to consider the fact that a few months ago, I pointed out that there were possible problems, in my view, with the law that made it illegal to wipe clean your computer if you even mildly or somewhat anticipated an investigation of your computer use.  A bunch of you gave me grief about my protests against the law and now one of my questions is, If it is against the law to wipe clean your computer or servers and you know that such computer or servers are likely or even possibly going to be used to gather evidence in a criminal investigation, then,
would hrc and her server company also be guilty of that crime?

I still think very highly of the cast, but the scripts are becoming more and more pedestrian.

What started out as an interesting insight, or take, into the world of computers, politics, corporations and the manipulation of events by brilliant hackers. has morphed into a personal drama - the effects of a childhood trauma and the like.

It seems a bit difficult for the leads to express the lines they are being given - although they are serious and do their best.

I have read that he never actually invested his clients' money.

If that be the case, what did all the people on two full floors of office space, with their computers, think that they were doing?

What did the people compiling  monthly statements, annual tax statements, trade confirmations and bank transfers think that they were doing?

Were they all in on it, or just clueless?

An online tool to check email addresses against the dump dataset.

Another online tool to check email addresses against the dump's dataset.

(1). Jon Stewart at WWE, and

(2). Wiz Khalifa arrested at LAX for refusing to get off hoverboard.  

Specifically, peoples in the Muslim world have legitimate grievances against the Western world.

I noted that the perpetrator in France had already been on some kind of watch list.

A lot of good that does.

There is, unfortunately, no way to prevent unbalanced or fanatical or determined people from wreaking violence upon the innocent. They feel justified. That is the way with war.

So what we need to do is to make a concerted effort to understand their grievances. Disarm them by compassion.

That may sound naive, but I think it is a much more efficient means of diffusing this endless cycle of violence than our current course of resorting to ever more military action.

We also have to face the fact that wealth is very unevenly distributed in this world. People are starving in some countries, while in others there is relative abundance.

Because according to attendees, Coach Steve Sarkisian showed up completely inebriated, slurring his words and cursing aloud, and was so unsteady on his feet that he actually had to be pulled offstage by USC athletic dept. personnel before his remarks were completed.

"Get ready to f---in' fight on, baby!" LOL! I bet that went over really well with the old Trojans and other USC donors seated in the front row.

The best thing UW did was allow Sarkisian to leave for SoCal, and hire Boise State's Chris Peterson -- who had turned down USC only days earlier -- - as his replacement. That in turn allowed Boise State to hire a great new coach from within, and everybody did fine at USC's expense. As it should be.

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Amtrak is an apt metaphor when considering the Democrats' crop of 2016 presidential hopefuls - and why the party may be in more trouble than it realizes.

The problem, in two words: geographic isolation.

On paper, it's a good time to be a national Democrat. The party's won the popular vote in five of the last six presidential elections. According to a Pew Research Center survey from earlier this year, 48 percent of Americans identify with or lean toward the Democratic column, versus only 39 percent for the GOP.

But reality speaks otherwise.

The party that denigrates Republicans as exclusionary and lily-white has not a single minority presidential candidate at present.

The same Democratic Party that gave America three 40-something presidents in JFK, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama has not a single presidential candidate who's AARP-ineligible.

And the same party that claims to speak for America's heartland has not a single presidential candidate from the west, south or northwest of suburban Washington, D.C.

Instead, what the Democrats offer in 2016 is the equivalent of Amtraks's Vermonter, which runs each morning from the nation's capital to St. Albans in the upper left corner of the Green Mountain State.

(Yes, it can be argued that Democrats have a woman running, which, even though part of a 52% majority, is still considered a minority.  And yes, it can be argued that HRC is from Illinois and lived in Arkansas for many years ago - but that was 20 years ago and longer).

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So why should this concern Democrats, especially with Republicans mired in their summer of voter discontent?

Three reasons:

1. Not since 1976 and Jimmy Carter has America elected a president whose voting address fell in the Eastern time zone. Before Carter, John F. Kennedy was the last to do the trick.

2. Except for Webb, who's virtually non-existent as a candidate but whose home state of Virginia could decide next year's outcome, none of the Democratic hopefuls comes from a pivotal swing state (Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Ohio).

3. Even if the Democrats wanted a non-Eastern, non-Hillary alternative, that creature apparently doesn't exist. As already referenced, the biggest names that might challenge Mrs. Clinton all are "Amtrak Democrats."

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For Democrats, such is the mixed blessing that's been the Obama presidency. On the one hand, after two decisive Obama wins, the next Democratic nominee enjoys a 332-206 working advantage in the Electoral College (that's using 2012's results as a baseline for 2016).

Now, the bad news: During Obama's tenure, Democrats have lost 16 Senate seats, 48 House seats and 11 governorships, placing the party at lows unseen since the 1920s. And then there's this question: If there's no Clinton45 presidency, who runs in 2020?

I see that Seattle has finally managed to create a gotopless day event with some people who actually showed up . . . which appears to be a first . . .
One of my friendly acquaintances went and that was quite nice and told me about it .. .

you folks do know that 8/23 was gotopless day?