Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Let’s delete this post and never speak of this again.

Radicalized white males who support Trump are pitching a tent in the abyss.

No offense, but this thread hasn’t been about you for quite a while.

the 10% who apparently lack object permanence

“In the future, this lab will be a museum. do not touch it.”

Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to.

When you’re in more danger from the IDF than from Russian shelling, that’s really bad.

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

Rupert, come get your orange boy, you petrified old dinosaur turd.

With all due respect and assumptions of good faith, please fuck off into the sun.

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

Tick tock motherfuckers!

Those who are easily outraged are easily manipulated.

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

The republican speaker is a slippery little devil.

This country desperately needs a functioning fourth estate.

America is going up in flames. The NYTimes fawns over MAGA celebrities. No longer a real newspaper.

I’m starting to think Jesus may have made a mistake saving people with no questions asked.

You know it’s bad when the Project 2025 people have to create training videos on “How To Be Normal”.

We can show the world that autocracy can be defeated.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty. ~Thomas Jefferson

If you tweet it in all caps, that makes it true!

Mediocre white men think RFK Jr’s pathetic midlife crisis is inspirational. The bar is set so low for them, it’s subterranean.

You don’t get rid of your umbrella while it’s still raining.

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Just a quick housekeeping note to say that I added a new section in the sidebar on the right: Democratic Convention 2020

It is just above the Recent Comments.

If you know of a good site for watching the convention, chime in.  Here’s what’s on there so far.

Simplified Convention Schedule
Official DNC Schedule
Official Convention Stream
YouTube (with Trump ads)
Crooked Media Includes Pre-Show
C-SPAN

How to Watch (scroll for instructions): TV, Phones, Apple TV, Fire, Roku, Prime

The final link above goes to the DNC site, but if you scroll down just a little bit there are instructions for watching on all sorts of devices.

The simplified schedule at the top is the one from Cheryl’s thread this morning.

Chime in if you would like any of those links in the hamburger menu on mobile.

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I saw in an earlier thread that Trump did a huge ad buy with a huge banner on YouTube, and there will apparently be a non-skippable Tump ad on Hulu.  Personally, I won’t be using either site while his advertising is up.

 

 

 

 

 

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  2. 2.

    WaterGirl

    @Baud: Thank you!  I was going to joke and say you win the thread, but since you’re still the only comment, it might not be the best comment, it might be the only one!  :-)

  4. 4.

    Emma from FL

    Me neither. I get enough tsuris from the Trump ads embedded in my “must watch” regulars.

  5. 5.

    Kropacetic

    @WaterGirl: Hey, I looked for the Crooked Media Kennedy/Markey interviews you suggested I watch on a thread last night/this morning, I couldn’t find them.
    I looked through all their videos going back to February, tried including names in my search terms, the state, Senate, anything else I can think of. U haz links?

  7. 7.

    laura

    This is such a nice thing to do watergirl even compared to all the nice things you do. You are nice!

  8. 8.

    Baud

    The official schedule has a spot for a “Keynote Address” on Tuesday as well as a separate listing for AOC. That’s inconsistent with what some people were saying.

  9. 9.

    SiubhanDuinne

    Thanks so much for doing this, WG! You make life a little easier and a lot more pleasant every day.

  10. 10.

    WaterGirl

    @Kropacetic: I listen to the podcast on Stitcher, but I think they do have them on video.

    Anyway, it’s Lovett or Leave It, the Aug 8 edition, called Biden’s VP Pick Revealed.  The interview started just before the 38 minute mark on the podcast.

  12. 12.

    SiubhanDuinne

    I’m rather surprised that there’s no speaking slot for Stacey Abrams. I know time is limited, and there are lots and lots of great Democratic speakers, but this seems a significant omission to me.

  15. 15.

    WaterGirl

    Are there any mobile peeps here?  Do you guys want any/all of these links in the hamburger menu?

    You guys are more tuned in than I am – Is anybody besides the Crooked Media Obama Bros doing a pre-show thing at 8pm?

  20. 20.

    WaterGirl

    I’d like to put in a plug for the special Medium Cool post we’re having on Tuesday evening for the release of Tom levenson’s book on Tuesday.  Somewhere around 7pm.  it’s a big day for Tom so I ‘m hoping that post doesn’t get lost in the shuffle.

  24. 24.

    WaterGirl

    Seventeen rising Democratic stars will together give the keynote address at the party’s convention on Tuesday, the Democratic National Convention Committee said Sunday.

    The keynote spot is generally given to one emerging leader in the party — Barack Obama famously had the slot in 2004, when he was a U.S. Senate candidate from Illinois — but with the virtual convention proceedings limited to two hours each day, officials decided to showcase more people.

    The 17 Democrats will jointly give a single speech on Tuesday night’s theme, “Leadership Matters.”

    Stacey Abrams, the former Georgia House of Representatives minority leader and gubernatorial candidate, is perhaps the best known politician in the group. At 46, she’s also the oldest.

    This is from CNN, but the same story is basically all over the place.  Found when I googled “tuesday stacey abrams convention”.

  32. 32.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @WaterGirl:

    I read/comment/watch on my phone and I don’t need the links in the hamburger. They’re showing up just fine right below the comment box and above the “recent comments.”

  36. 36.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @WaterGirl:

    Amazon tells me I pre-ordered the book back on March 12 (was that in the Before Times?), so it will be downloaded to my Kindle app in something under 28 hours! Really looking forward to this read, and to the now-rescheduled discussion.

  39. 39.

    Geminid

    @WaterGirl: I myself would like to hear what Debra Haaland (D-NM) has to say. Haaland is not a star of the national stage like AOC or Katie Porter, but that’s not because she doesn’t bring as much or more to the table. But I really hope I get to see Georgia Governor Stacy Abrams speak at the 2024 Convention. She is one capable woman.

  40. 40.

    satby

    @WaterGirl: jeezus no

    Edit: to be less blunt, the point of being on mobile is usually to avoid bloat. If you want all the bells and whistles, you usually use a bigger device.

  41. 41.

    Yutsano

    @SiubhanDuinne: I’m familiar with the story Tom is telling here. No spoilers but it’s definitely a wild story. He’ll flesh out a lot of the details from what I know. But I do have to wait a bit to order the physical copy. But it will be mine.

  44. 44.

    WaterGirl

    @Baud:  I supposed we could have done it tonight, but the book isn’t out yet, and Tom has some fun news for us but he can’t share it until Monday.  So I imagine we’ll stick with Tuesday since the convention starts tomorrow.

  45. 45.

    Ken

    @WaterGirl: Maybe this is Be Especially Kind to WaterGirl Day.

    Actually it’s National Tell a Joke Day. But all kidding aside, thanks for all you do.

  47. 47.

    WaterGirl

    @satby:  I always appreciate hearing different perspectives.

    I wouldn’t think adding something to the hamburger menu would change the load on the phone, but it surely makes no difference to me.

  49. 49.

    Ken

    @Omnes Omnibus: I am sure that Tom would happily reschedule his book release and all that to fit our timetable.

    That would be great. Maybe he can put it off two weeks, so it overlaps with the Republican convention and draws all the reporters away from that?

  51. 51.

    TS (the original)

    @Baud:  I think these are the two keynotes for Tuesday (or one of them) – listed in the overall speakers list

    Former President Bill Clinton, and Former Second Lady Dr. Jill Biden

     

    Edit: And then I read Watergirl’s comment @24

  52. 52.

    satby

    @WaterGirl: It doesn’t add load to the phone, it’s that the phone wouldn’t be the first choice tool for most people to watch on, unless they were stuck some where with only a phone. Mobile stuff is minimalist by design.

  55. 55.

    NotMax

    @Ken

    Noted that earlier, so – a quickie.

    A skeleton walks into a bar and says, “Gimme a beer and a mop.”

  56. 56.

    different-church-lady

    Here’s what I want to know: IN WHAT GODFORSAKEN HELLHOLE OF A COUNTRY DID THEY START SENDING KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST??!?

  58. 58.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @NotMax: Jesus walks into a Holiday Inn Express, puts three nails on the counter, and says “Can you put me up for the night?”

  67. 67.

    Geminid

    I just saw a report in Politico that Speaker Pelosi is calling the House back into session Saturday August 22 to address the Postal Service sabotage.

  74. 74.

    FelonyGovt

    Thank you, WaterGirl! I have a busy week coming up but I do want to see some of the Convention and this will make it easier. ❤️

  76. 76.

    NotMax

    Full list of those additional other speakers preceding Jill Biden at 10:

    The evening’s “keynote address” will feature 17 of the party’s “rising stars,” including Stacey Abrams, State Senator Raumesh Akbari of Tennessee, Congressman Colin Allred of Texas, Congressman Brendan Boyle of Pennsylvania, State Senator Yvanna Cancela of Nevada, former State Representative Kathleen Clyde of Ohio, Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried of Florida, Long Beach, California Mayor Robert Garcia, State Representative Malcolm Kenyatta of Pennsylvania, State Senator Marlon Kimpson of South Carolina, Congressman Conor Lamb of Pennsylvania, State Representative Mari Manoogian of Michigan, State Representative Victoria Neave of Texas, Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez, State Representative Sam Park of Georgia, State Representative Denny Ruprecht of New Hampshire, and Birmingham, Alabama Mayor Randall Woodfin. Source

  81. 81.

    Kent

    @different-church-lady: strangely, it’s mostly in the really hot parts of the country.  As a teacher I can tell you it makes some sense in that you can break the semester at Christmas instead of late January.  The week before Christmas break is always a waste when you aren’t doing final exams.  And it is hard to come back in January after break just to do review and final exams.

  82. 82.

    Another Scott

    ObOpenThread – Meanwhile, RollCall:

    If coronavirus relief talks are at a stalemate, as top administration officials and Democrats said this week, it may be a divided Senate GOP that set the first dominoes tumbling.

    And it may take the threat of a partial government shutdown next month to get things back on track.

    The next deadline to force action is Sept. 30, when Congress has to pass a continuing resolution to keep federal agencies operating at least through the November elections. Combining stopgap funds and pandemic relief into one bill could be a less painful vote for Republicans than separate votes on each.

    “I think it would be better for Republicans, instead of taking two expensive votes, to take one expensive vote and make it a little more convoluted with the [continuing resolution],” said a GOP lobbyist who asked for anonymity in order to speak candidly. “Do a bunch of COVID stuff on a CR and call it a day.”

    Much Bravery, Such Leadership, etc., etc.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  83. 83.

    HeartlandLiberal

    FWIW, FireFox with AddOn AdBlock Plus still suppresses most advertising on YouTube. Often a video will start with an error, then either refresh the page or wait a few seconds, and it plays without the ads. And I watch a LOT of stuff on YouTube.

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