Just in case you don’t have the good sense to follow my Facebook feed, here’s a nice quartet to keep you busy this weekend.
(1) Obama interviews “The Wire’s” David Simon in the White House, Discusses Lessons for Drug Policy
Now here’s something you don’t see a U.S. President do every day. Let’s hope that Obama not only gets it, but does something significant about it. A bit over 12-minutes long.
(2) Banks, Upset at Sen. Warren’s Criticism of Immense Political Power, Threaten to Prove It’s True
The message is apparently intended as a shot across the bow of Hillary Clinton, however.
Big Wall Street banks are so upset with U.S. Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren’s call for them to be broken up that some have discussed withholding campaign donations to Senate Democrats in symbolic protest, sources familiar with the discussions said.
Representatives from Citigroup, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and Bank of America, have met to discuss ways to urge Democrats, including Warren and Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown, to soften their party’s tone toward Wall Street, sources familiar with the discussions said this week.
(3) A Harrowing Tale of a Women Whose Husband Dragged into the White Supremacy Movement — and He Has Custody Over Their Daughter
Mama, don’t let your babies grow up to be Nazis. This story will shake you up, especially if you’re a parent.
“So, are you a white supremacist?”
That was one of the first questions I asked my future husband, Kyle Bristow, back in December 2010. We were parked outside a bar in his dark green Jeep, an hour into our first date, and I wanted to know if there was any truth to his online reputation. I was a recently graduated “campus conservative” who had gained my fifteen minutes on Townhall.com and the Sean Hannity Show. But I wasn’t that kind of conservative—nor did I desire to be.
He looked me in the eye and said, “No.”
“Are you sure?” I asked again, recalling what the Southern Poverty Law Center had written about him in his “extremist file.”
“Everyone says you’re a white supremacist, or a neo-Nazi or something.”
“No,” he said again, adamantly. “I’m not.”
He was lying, of course. And that was the very beginning of my three-year trip through his weird world of white supremacy, one that finally ended in the living hell where I currently reside.
Read it if you can stand it.
(4) And Because We Want to End on a Happy Note
I can’t get Post-Modern Jukebox’s cover of the most pleasingly parodyable song of the moment to embed, so you’ll have to click this link instead. Enjoy!
This is your Weekend Open Thread. Talk about these or whatever else you’d like, within reasonable bounds of discretion and decorum.
*Pretty interesting that Kerry is still going to pull off a Uranium Peace Accord with Iran. Yemen needs more drones. The Kurds needs more Armor……Assad needs more interviews with Charlie Rose. Netanyahu needs a new PR firm. GAZA needs to be rebuilt into a resort mecca…….like Lebanon was back in the 50’s. How about Palestinian Gambling Casinos, like our Native Indians have, right here in America? We still need Kentucky and Wisconsin to lose in the Sweeter 8…..and the world will be just fine!
Interesting conversation about privacy in the Internet and its impact on democracy, between Robert Scheer and journalist Aleecia McDonald.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFo574M_Wy4
A company called “Doorway to Design Ltd.” has something that no one else in the entire world has.
This “thing” is not only unique, but it was (and for some still is) objectively the best in the world in one specific way — a characteristic that has been historically been considered to be extremely important.
That characteristic is this: decades ago, what this company has would literally have been faster to use than anything of its type in the whole world.
This category of thing possessed by this company still exists today. Even today, it is in widespread use worldwide. But, for all other than a small minority of the world, this one belonging to Doorway to Design is no longer appreciably faster to use than most others of its category. And yet it is unchanged and entirely modern in every way.
What is this “once-fastest thing in the world” that Doorway to Design has — and why was it the fastest? You may ask “yes-or-no” questions to pursue the answer.
Before going off to Google, I’ll put it all on red without “buying a vowel”, and, going strictly by the name, ask “Is it a search tool for locating patents ?” Well I’m off (if they haven’t changed names or been purchased) to find out!
OK, Blank! Well, if it were THAT easy, I’d be reading it here already, right?! Well, is it a product that can be used to develop ideas? (OK, Start the clock, cue game show melody!)
*Just got back from a CRA meeting in Newport Beach. Matt Harper was the guest. This guy actually could be the next Republican Brad Sherman. He is sharp, straight forward and moving it. The scrub Assemblyman has put forward four bills including “NO RED LIGHT CAMERAS”. He seems on the right track on several things including Yes on Desal.
In a Public Private Partnership with OCWD…even….if necessary. Clever. Anyway, we will see whether he answers our e-mails…….
So, remember when Aaron Park spent a couple of months slamming John Moorlach in all sorts of ways while Art generally didn’t engage in comments, leaving the task of actively opposing Aaron’s pro-Wagner attacks to me and a few others (including Ron Winship)?
Well, those memories are all you’ll have, because Art has deleted everything. I just posted this on OC Politics:
Art can be better than this. I hope that he decides to be.
We have always been at war with Oceana.
Here are the portions of the recent “Aaron Park on Moorlach” oeuvre that I was easily able to retrieve from Google Cache, which I’m putting here for safe keeping.
#SD37 Update: John Moorlach Extreme Office Makeover! …
#SD37 Update: Moorlach Got Caught Campaigning On Our Dime in 2013, Got Sued for Not Paying …
#SD37 Update: Immigration Part 2, Moorlach said WHAT??? Posted on …
#SD37 Update – The Immigration Issue Cuts Both Ways. Posted on February 9, 2015
#SD37 Update: More from the Mind of Moorlach, Supporting Car Tax?
#SD37 Update – Breaking News, CRA Scorecard for 2014 Moves Don Wagner UP to 93% Lifetime! Posted on February 14, 2015 by Aaron Park Posted in 2015 …
The Moorlach Race Relations Train Wreck Continues – Deborah Pauly as Volunteer Manager??? Posted on February 12, 2015
My best memory of Deborah Pauly is watching her shoot up the April 2011 CRA Convention with her mouth. Apparently, Deborah Pauly’s political Tourette’s …
*Dr. D., what do they say? “The best revenge is success!” We can now let this burnt grass go………..we think.
But, how bout that Mike Pence?……he watches Scott Walker and thinks he can do the same thing. Ooops…Wrongo! Never pays to get too gay and festive
if you are an elected………..especially in the mid-west. Metaphorically…of course!
did not know where else to put this but a bunch of us were talking about the Indiana law at the loading dock the other day and this came up….
here is the question for all you liberal attorneys (yes greg, this means you)
individual who owns a restaurant walks into your office and indicates that he is being sued by some group, and perhaps the county, for a sign he has in his establishment. the sign reads “we gladly serve n*****s and f*****s. we do not like them but the law makes us serve them”. in twenty five years of being in business, he has never had one complaint with regard to discrimination and he pays his workers three dollars above minimum wage. does he have the right to have that sign in his establishment and would you represent him
Yes, he has the First Amendment right to have that sign. Personally, I doubt that I would represent him because he could easily find another attorney who would love the case and I’m pretty much needed doing what I am doing. But I think that he’d have the better of the case. If not, it would be due to some application of the “fighting words” doctrine.
Thank you. I will deny having said this but you are a man of principle and integrity