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I didn’t call you weak, I didn’t call you a pus.sy, I didn’t call you anything at all and have no idea why you think I might. I told you what I thought about Trump’s comments directly, and provided examples of comments I thought were hateful. I didn’t “hate” Anderson Cooper before the silly comment by Trump, I don’t hate Anderson Cooper after Trump made the silly comment…in fact, I rarely think of him one way or the other and I think I’m probably in the majority. I guess we just disagree, but it sure seems to me you’re the small-minded one in this conversation, seemingly wanting to position yourself as the arbiter of how everyone must feel.

Deplorable. Irredeemable. Garbage. These are words used as well, and there was no cattle call for resignation for the hateful language used. I’d have been perfectly ok without hearing this silliness from DJT about Andersen Cooper, it’s ridiculous and completely unnecessary. Still, selective outrage is n interesting thing. To answer your question, I would consider deplorable/irredeemable/garbage terms about tens of millions of American voters heinous. It would be interesting to see if AC used the type of language you used here to call out Clinton/Biden, and of course compelled them to resign over that hate speech.

This is interesting, Kay, regardless of anything I may say subsequently that might inadvertently offend. It’s not always what you say, it’s sometimes what’s not said that is intriguing. The calendar year has 191 days left, and the subject revolves around radical religious fanatics waging a holy war against…everyone. 192 days wouldn’t manke me feel all that great. 198 days is better, but still, reminder…fundamentalists, holy war, believe in human sacrifice for the cause, etc etc kaBOOM! When exactly does your dad believe that Iran will be able to strike Israel? Let’s agree to disagree, indeed! As to the pantsuit, how dare I? How dare I? You’ve missed on every new or reimagined portrayal of me from day one, and I’ve not taken offense. I dare, Kay, I dare lots.

Well you would be wrong, ya rube.

We go where the road takes us, Mup. If it takes me to potato chips, so be it. Soon enough, everyone will have an opinion of the Straight of Hormuz, except maybe me and a few other souls. Potato chips though—the byproduct of the food of my ancestors, that’s forever girl.

Real rock n roll deep state intrigue. Dogs and butterflies don’t mix after all.

I like sour cream and cheddar potato chips with my lunch. I have no idea how anyone could not like them as well. You want Pringles? You’re no friend is mine.

Rolling Stone Cub reporter Doobie “Hash” Piper with his first big story since covering the Vibe divide between Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart.

Still skeptical of government power, still question everything, still recognize that the camp I’m in— the “Holy crap I hope the evidence they saw that convinced them that they had to act at this level, at this time”—-and hope it turns out to be the correct camp to be in. It’s ultimately a luxury to sit and judge this (or any) military action, and I’m mindful that I could be in the wrong camp. However, the international community, keepers of the peace, etc all seem to point to the conclusion that Iran unchecked was going in one direction and that was a very bad thing. That they chose that path tilts the scale for me. I think I’m pretty consistent in this regard. I appreciate your diplomacy before death approach to this situation, but I see a certain amount of naivety in parsing between a day, a month and a year with the stakes here. The Iranians were in the catbird seat and simply had to agree not to do that which everyone (even a non-intervention interventionist in a Hillary Clinton pantsuit like you) feels they should not be done. You’re apparently willing to wait unit the bomb is made but not yet deployed, I’m hoping the decision was appropriate and they dealt with it before that happened.

Yes, exactly like Iraq…that’s why you have to hold your nose. And yes, hopefully they go quietly, though they could have done that already.

I’m no warmonger, but it seems clear to me that Iran was viewed as an imminent threat to the safety of…the world. I say this not because bombs were dropped, but because the international community seems quite fixated on Iran not developing nuclear weapons. Yes, it was possible to sit back, wait another year, or two, or five, or to allow Iran to develop their weapons program. At the risk of repeating an earlier point, the reality is we don’t know what intelligence analysis revealed and at some point, hold your nose and trust, or hold your nose and criticize, each of which leaves us in the same place. I understand your perspective and guess we’ll have to see. Off the top of my head….Costa Rica. Argentina. Dominican Republic. Columbia. Guyana.

There’s a lot of hypocrisy in the public school system. I saw something last night where a young lady received sportswoman of the year award. I’m sure she’s a great young lady and athlete, but I just don’t see the point when other students might suffer at home, with learning or whatever. Anyway, the 10 Commandments should not be posted in a public school imo.

It’s interesting that a guy who lead the free world for 8 years and is known for his eloquence struggled to find the words to describe his version of government regulated free speech.

I don't know, Kay, because while Iran was potentially compliant during v1.0, they clearly were not compliant after being compliant. In addition, it seems logical to question the arbiters of compliance, given Iran's wax on/wax off approach to being good international citizens. It seems more likely to me that they are playing a long gane, moving forward with the intent to secure nuclear capability. Ah, so you were not talking at all about the US government/intelligence apparatus covertly encouraging regime change. It seems to me that a fundamentalist regime like Iran would not be comfortable as all with allowing the Tok (et al) and western decadence into the homeland. CKA shows way too much skin for the average extremist, I would think, and they view that as a non-negotiable and far beyond the pale. Maybe, though. As to Israel, you've beaten that drum loudly and clearly, and at some point to me you cross from sensible citizen of the world to...well, to something I'm not interested in debating.

Right, but they're a scary bunch, too, like the Leprechaun.

Me too!

I use Leprechaun. That way there is no confusion whatsoever, except between the Lucky Charms guy and the Leprechaun from the movie. I just say "Not the Lucky Charms guy!" when necessary.

Non-intervention would be wonderful if workable. Another agreement is sensible if there is both carrot and stick to contend with, and an appropriately heavy hand were to come down at the first sign of non-compliance. Instead, it seems in the past we've got warnings and concerns but precious little else. I guess my question for you--as a non-interventionist, why do you support intervening via low-key revolution and king-making for the Iranian people? Why would the current Iranian leadership stand by and accept that approach, any more than they are accepting the direct assault by Israel now? Why not let the Iranian people see it through as they see fit?

Gotcha. Do you feel those under your professional care consistently acknowledged receipt and conveyed understanding via socio-medical relevant verbal/non-verbal cues, in a manner that an objective observer would conclude met the needs of all stakeholders?

Well, your partners in blue would most definitely spread the virus on their way to, during, and on their journey back home to all manner of voter—blue, red, independent. That was the reason the mass protests were so destructive, and why it was insane that you let your people run amok without so much as a whisper. As a doctor, did you tell people and patients that the virus hovered above the protests? That when they stopped at rest areas, hotels, slept in vehicles or bought supplies at stores along the way that the virus stayed in the car? I think the problem is actually that you oversimplified something quite serious.

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A "doctor' minimizing the spread of a highly contagious disease in mass gatherings is really fascinating to see, but it goes back to the notion that even people with medicine have agendas that trump common sense. It was sort of an awkward pitch he made though---The fact that a 5 digit number of ignorant people---it's like he had to work extra hard to find something silly to say to distract from what he was saying.,

Nonsense. When tens of thousands of people protest regularly in cities across the country, traveling from there to here, or here to there, standing shoulder to shoulder, the damage is exponential. Worse still, these same folks often returned to disadvantaged communities, obviously spreading the virus to people the most at-risk members of the community, the death and damage from things like long covid would be unfathomable. You can attempt to downplay that all you like, but it's obviously bull-sh!t. To make matters worse, then VP Harris and soon to be Candidate Harris spread vaxx disinformation to many people of all parties and encouraged distrust of the vaccine developed in very quick order through a strategic alliance between pharma and govt. The damage she did there was catastrophic---at least when viewed through the number of potentially unnecessary deaths on her watch. Meanwhile, millions of conservative, independents followed the guidance, social distanced, stayed away from houses of worship, kept to themselves in families where no more than two households were gathered at any given point in time and quarantined in place once they became ill. Then again, this is just what the science and common sense tell us.

If vaxx hesitancy and reliance on HCQ was a problem, one can only imagine the spread caused by social justice mass gatherings. Death and serious illness was very good for the liberals leading up to Biden's election. Imagine if Trump had not delivered the vaccine?

I do miss her on some level. Or as Kamala might say “Our hearts yearn for acceptance in the most acceptable sense, our souls stretch across the divide that represents the divide between us, and soap and water ain’t gonna clean anything without a whole lotta elbow grease and some white wine vinegar.” Happy Juneteenth to you as well!