I find it odd that Owens started her "research" into childhood vaccines two years ago, when the pandemic had barely begun and well BEFORE we knew we were supposed to hate vaccines. I call bull.
In past 24 hrs, so much has changed, but not unexpectedly. I’m sure Trump is sitting in FL rooting for the Kremlin. This may seem petty, but with the flavor of MAGAland can Trump as well as the other shills have contact with Putin? I know our gov doesn’t eavesdrop on its citizens, but it makes me angry some of our own side with a dictator as P. I wish we could kick them out. But we would be no better.
Yes, that was exactly my take, too. That's why I suggested the parallel to Putin's puppet. In either case, the satiric thrust of the possessive case is definitely dehumanizing, as satire often is, but softens it by adding, "We hope they wake up sooner rather than later to the outrage of their being owned and dehumanized."
How can anyone be backing the Putin view? He is a ruthless KGB trying to put Russia back together with the help of feckless GOP members of the Senate like Hawley and in the House like Gosar, Gaspacho Gal and McCarthy-Kevin not Charlie
How can anyone believe the voluminous bullshit pouring out of Tucker Carlson, his Fox toadies or their new BFF Vladimir Putin?
We are in a period of the rise of the idiocracy, verified daily by the empty-headed tweets of any number of MAGA Know-Effing-Nothings who can't seem to find the time to read a history book; nor can they think critically (read: deeply) about any subject about which they tend to be flammably concerned (read: ignorant).
I know this isn’t really the focus of the pod but I would really value a “what if”episode on Russia. What if they invade a nato ally, what if the invasion of Ukraine is swift, what if it is gradual, what if China joins them with Taiwan, etc. I can’t really find anything like this on other outlets and I am realizing how little I know about what could happen. Thanks so much for everything you do!
Every evening as I pull into my drive, I can see my neighbors big screen TV as I grind to a hault. I see the giant face of Tucker Carlson or Mark Levin. They are a nice and friendly older couple, helpful, polite, and gracious. Well, at least they were. You see, the husband died of Covid a few months back. When the wife was asked if he was vaccinated. She replied, "Oh, no the vaccines are bad, I have found many things that are not good". Later, with my 73 year old mother visiting. She approaches to say hi, her husband a few weeks passed. She apologizes for saying such things about the vaccines. Then proceeds to pull out a stack of papers, printed off form websites that prove "vaccines are bad". As she began her rant my mother feinted a headache and we politely excused ourselves from the dissertation. I never see her outside much working in the yard, tending to her deck and yard, or walking briskly through the neighborhood. The other day, I had my 4 year old ring her doorbell and give her a rainbow painted sun we had made togher, wished her, "Happy Valentine's" with 4 year old glee. My daughter commented, "she was really happy DaDa". Indeed she was. But every evening, I still pull into my drive. And Fox news is still plastered across her giant TV screen.
"Traditionally, there has been strong bipartisan support for Ukraine. But the Kremlin believes that a lack of U.S. internal cohesion will undermine Washington’s capacity for a strong response." Alexander Vindman
I am betting that the Kremlin is reading this right.
BREAKING NEWS: Tucker Carlson has just declared Texas and Florida Independent "entities" as a pretext to complete red state secession wherein Fox "news" will be the official and only source of information. Rumors are swirling that Fox's post-secession name will be UTASS, as a nod to President Putin. There has yet been no response from the White House or the Kremlin.
Paul Gosar is not of an age that he likely has any significant or meaningful memory of that little set-to with Russia (at the time the top and only real dog in the U.S.S.R., the rest of the pack being mostly yelping pups) that we had back in the fall of 1962, since he was about a week short of his 4th birthday when the Cuban Missile Crisis ended. The same lack of direct experience is a trait shared by most if not all of the Rouge's Gallery of Putin's Stooges mentioned today. Being a bit older, I can still vividly recall the worry I felt as I watched my parents and those of my friends stuffing provisions into make-shift fallout shelters in their basements. At that time even an almost 9-year-old kid knew what a missile was, who the ones causing all the furor belonged to, and more or less that whatever they were capable of, it was really, really bad. And that the damned things were not very far away. Had Gosar et al had a similar experience, perhaps he wouldn't...
Wait, wait. Never mind. You can't fix stupid. And his assertion that "We have no dog in the Ukraine fight" is nothing short of spectacularly stupid on its face. As is his contention that NATO is a "Cold War relic" with "no current purpose or mission", though I guess he hedged his bet just a bit on that one by using the word "arguably".
The situation in Ukraine is every bit as simple as it is complicated. Regardless of whatever "democratic flaws" it has (like we don't have perhaps one or two to account for ourselves), Ukraine is a small, peaceful, non-aggressive country which prefers to be aligned with us and folks like us more than with the dog pound next door to it. Russia under Putin is the polar opposite. So, how many patches of sovereign soil such as Ukraine's do Putin's dogs have to cock their legs on before Gosar and his comrades think it's worthwhile and appropriate to cock our own kennel door open in at least some meaningful kind of way? I guess only they can answer that. But I expect it's a fairly large number. After all, we've got to keep our hounds on hand to deal with that tyrant ruling over those poor souls just over our own border to the north.
Russia is not the former Soviet Union. But Vlad's doing his best to see that it will be once again. And if he is successful, he will owe a debt of gratitude to the Stooges who helped him along the way. Maybe he'll hand out a few faux Faberge' eggs or somethin'.
your efforts are always appreciated and admired by this retired foreign correspondent
I find it odd that Owens started her "research" into childhood vaccines two years ago, when the pandemic had barely begun and well BEFORE we knew we were supposed to hate vaccines. I call bull.
In past 24 hrs, so much has changed, but not unexpectedly. I’m sure Trump is sitting in FL rooting for the Kremlin. This may seem petty, but with the flavor of MAGAland can Trump as well as the other shills have contact with Putin? I know our gov doesn’t eavesdrop on its citizens, but it makes me angry some of our own side with a dictator as P. I wish we could kick them out. But we would be no better.
Yes, that was exactly my take, too. That's why I suggested the parallel to Putin's puppet. In either case, the satiric thrust of the possessive case is definitely dehumanizing, as satire often is, but softens it by adding, "We hope they wake up sooner rather than later to the outrage of their being owned and dehumanized."
How can anyone be backing the Putin view? He is a ruthless KGB trying to put Russia back together with the help of feckless GOP members of the Senate like Hawley and in the House like Gosar, Gaspacho Gal and McCarthy-Kevin not Charlie
How can anyone believe the voluminous bullshit pouring out of Tucker Carlson, his Fox toadies or their new BFF Vladimir Putin?
I am so happy I am subscribed to The Bulwark!
We are in a period of the rise of the idiocracy, verified daily by the empty-headed tweets of any number of MAGA Know-Effing-Nothings who can't seem to find the time to read a history book; nor can they think critically (read: deeply) about any subject about which they tend to be flammably concerned (read: ignorant).
The wingnuts can’t seem to find a boogeyman as scary as Hillary. I still hear Jane Fonda’s name thrown around on occasion too.
I know this isn’t really the focus of the pod but I would really value a “what if”episode on Russia. What if they invade a nato ally, what if the invasion of Ukraine is swift, what if it is gradual, what if China joins them with Taiwan, etc. I can’t really find anything like this on other outlets and I am realizing how little I know about what could happen. Thanks so much for everything you do!
Every evening as I pull into my drive, I can see my neighbors big screen TV as I grind to a hault. I see the giant face of Tucker Carlson or Mark Levin. They are a nice and friendly older couple, helpful, polite, and gracious. Well, at least they were. You see, the husband died of Covid a few months back. When the wife was asked if he was vaccinated. She replied, "Oh, no the vaccines are bad, I have found many things that are not good". Later, with my 73 year old mother visiting. She approaches to say hi, her husband a few weeks passed. She apologizes for saying such things about the vaccines. Then proceeds to pull out a stack of papers, printed off form websites that prove "vaccines are bad". As she began her rant my mother feinted a headache and we politely excused ourselves from the dissertation. I never see her outside much working in the yard, tending to her deck and yard, or walking briskly through the neighborhood. The other day, I had my 4 year old ring her doorbell and give her a rainbow painted sun we had made togher, wished her, "Happy Valentine's" with 4 year old glee. My daughter commented, "she was really happy DaDa". Indeed she was. But every evening, I still pull into my drive. And Fox news is still plastered across her giant TV screen.
The long-standing Russian term for Carlson and Hawley. Useful Idiots. Will they be awarded The Order of Lenin?
Putin's Right Wing Shills and why they matter
"Traditionally, there has been strong bipartisan support for Ukraine. But the Kremlin believes that a lack of U.S. internal cohesion will undermine Washington’s capacity for a strong response." Alexander Vindman
I am betting that the Kremlin is reading this right.
BREAKING NEWS: Tucker Carlson has just declared Texas and Florida Independent "entities" as a pretext to complete red state secession wherein Fox "news" will be the official and only source of information. Rumors are swirling that Fox's post-secession name will be UTASS, as a nod to President Putin. There has yet been no response from the White House or the Kremlin.
FFS. It just keeps getting worse. Every f'ing day. <shakes head, heads for liquor cabinet early>
Biden is dropping the ball here. We need to make Ukraine a provisional member of NATO today
Owens got her PhD in BME and graduated Med School in 2 years? Impressive
Paul Gosar is not of an age that he likely has any significant or meaningful memory of that little set-to with Russia (at the time the top and only real dog in the U.S.S.R., the rest of the pack being mostly yelping pups) that we had back in the fall of 1962, since he was about a week short of his 4th birthday when the Cuban Missile Crisis ended. The same lack of direct experience is a trait shared by most if not all of the Rouge's Gallery of Putin's Stooges mentioned today. Being a bit older, I can still vividly recall the worry I felt as I watched my parents and those of my friends stuffing provisions into make-shift fallout shelters in their basements. At that time even an almost 9-year-old kid knew what a missile was, who the ones causing all the furor belonged to, and more or less that whatever they were capable of, it was really, really bad. And that the damned things were not very far away. Had Gosar et al had a similar experience, perhaps he wouldn't...
Wait, wait. Never mind. You can't fix stupid. And his assertion that "We have no dog in the Ukraine fight" is nothing short of spectacularly stupid on its face. As is his contention that NATO is a "Cold War relic" with "no current purpose or mission", though I guess he hedged his bet just a bit on that one by using the word "arguably".
The situation in Ukraine is every bit as simple as it is complicated. Regardless of whatever "democratic flaws" it has (like we don't have perhaps one or two to account for ourselves), Ukraine is a small, peaceful, non-aggressive country which prefers to be aligned with us and folks like us more than with the dog pound next door to it. Russia under Putin is the polar opposite. So, how many patches of sovereign soil such as Ukraine's do Putin's dogs have to cock their legs on before Gosar and his comrades think it's worthwhile and appropriate to cock our own kennel door open in at least some meaningful kind of way? I guess only they can answer that. But I expect it's a fairly large number. After all, we've got to keep our hounds on hand to deal with that tyrant ruling over those poor souls just over our own border to the north.
Russia is not the former Soviet Union. But Vlad's doing his best to see that it will be once again. And if he is successful, he will owe a debt of gratitude to the Stooges who helped him along the way. Maybe he'll hand out a few faux Faberge' eggs or somethin'.