Another long day. Let’s see if the President’s defense can come up with anything beyond lies and talking points.
Impeachment Trial Live – January 22, 2020Post + Comments (169)
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Another long day. Let’s see if the President’s defense can come up with anything beyond lies and talking points.
Impeachment Trial Live – January 22, 2020Post + Comments (169)
This post is in: Meetups and social events, Readership Capture
Quinerly has landed in Las Vegas, NM, for a train ride. She’ll be in Santa Fe for a month – January 27 to February 27 – and we should have a meetup while she’s here. She particularly likes La Boca restaurant, so let’s start with that as the venue and, arbitrarily, the week of February …
This post is in: Impeachment, Live Blogging, Trump Crime Cartel
We’re less than a year to inaugurating a Democratic President. But for now, the impeachment trial.
Impeachment Trial Live – January 21, 2020Post + Comments (116)
This post is in: Cat Blogging, Open Threads
Looks like we could use a new thread, but I don’t have any topics. Too busy today cleaning house, shoveling snow, and paying bills. But that makes tomorrow ready for good things like practicing piano! While I was cleaning house, I moved the kitties’ boxes and the mat in front of the door so I …
This post is in: Domestic Politics, Open Threads, Women's Rights Are Human Rights
The National Archives has an exhibit on suffrage and women’s protests. A big photo of the Women’s March greets visitors. But some things are missing. Criticism of Trump is blurred out. References to women’s anatomy (OMG vagina!) are blurred out. Let’s hear from the reporter. Historians and museum curators have been unanimous in saying that …
Some Of Our Government Still Works For UsPost + Comments (194)
This post is in: Impeachment, Information Warfare
Started, they have, the disinformation wars. Michael McFaul, the US Ambassador to Russia during the Obama administration, warns us that the disinformation will be flowing thick and fast during the impeachment trial. He points out three tactics: Deny facts Deflect attention, also known as “whataboutism” Disseminate lies The net of all this is to make …
This post is in: Meetups and social events, Readership Capture
Valued commenter Quinerly will soon be on the road again, and she’d love to meet Juicers during her travels. Here’s her schedule: 1/27 Arrive Santa Fe 1/27 2/27 Arrive Gallup 3/1 Arrive Farmington 3/8 Leave Farmington She also plans short trips to Las Vegas (NM), Albuquerque, Abiquiu, Taos, Bosque del Apache (and the Owl Bar …