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I didn't mean to butt in, but this was an older post, and I didn't think you'd see Mr. D's uninformed assault.
Commented 5 days ago on A Democrat's suicidal - or expatriate - musings at The Carpentariat
A Democrat's suicidal - or expatriate - musings
Yesterday, New York's brilliant and refreshingly articulate governor, Andrew Cuomo, said that he held the ancestral philosophy of "prepare for the worst, hope for the best." I have realized of late that I've overindulged the latter, and addressed the former as would Trump a killer virus. See bel...
Yes. Tilly stares. Frannie hisses.
Commented Mar 18, 2020 on Puppy watch at The Carpentariat
Puppy watch
The "puppy," Matilda "Tilly" Carpenter, a month later. Surreptitiousness was required for taking the photo, since she rarely stands still in my presence. She's gazing at my daughter's cat — which I'm watching while she's on university spring break; my daughter, not the cat — through a baby gate....
Still waiting, at 4:30am.
Commented Mar 16, 2020 on The Thrilla in D.C.: Biden vs. Sanders at The Carpentariat
The Thrilla in D.C.: Biden vs. Sanders
[update: Contemporaneous debate remarks are in the comment section. DEBATE POLLING BELOW.] Via Politico, this is what Bernie Sanders' campaign aides say is the "ideal world" to be born from a victorious debate against Joe Biden tonight: "It would give him enough momentum to carry at least one ...
Terrifying, even for some of the young, as in the case of 29-year-old Dr. Xia Sisi.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/13/world/asia/coronavirus-death-life.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
Commented Mar 13, 2020 on A father's daughter-update at The Carpentariat
A father's daughter-update
My daughter's trip is off. She's resecuring most of their airbnb deposits and the airline has offered to make good on the tickets through November. This was her decision, not mine. For being 20-years-old — and, like all youth, utterly unconcerned with contracting a serious bug — she's a remarkab...
I should add that some readers will miss the post's point (or worse, deliberately elide it) — its point being, obviously, that the validity of the charge has nothing whatsoever to do with political utility of it.
Commented Oct 8, 2019 on Now it's Warren's night in the barrel at The Carpentariat
Now it's Warren's night in the barrel
CBS News: Fresh out of the University of Houston, Warren was hired by the Riverdale Board of Education in New Jersey as a speech pathologist for the 1970-1971 school year. Since she began her campaign for the presidency, she has repeatedly said that she was "shown the door" after just a year as...
Good analysis, Jason, even if it was hardly a draw; Ed was sent (I use the passive voice, out of modesty, and with a bit of tongue in my cheek) whimpering into the very silence he so urgently advocated. I do hope he returns, for as I informed commenter Mary this a.m., a diversity of views is peachy — and I assume we're all emotionally strong adults who, every one of us, can handle legitimate criticism of any view. But you really put your finger on things when you referenced "temperament." I almost never — Never — comment on a comment. I take such things in stride — or perhaps I might compliment comments such as yours. Regrettably, I'm human. Incessant, ridiculing comments and little else can accumulate to the point where I just have to unload. Which I did. And I'm not the least bit ashamed. Shame emerges from either spinelessness or sinister recklessness.
Commented Sep 23, 2019 on The latest on Iowa caucus polling at The Carpentariat
The latest on Iowa caucus polling
Selzer & Co., the gold standard for Iowa polling, has released its latest — and the findings are fascinating. The poll was conducted Sept. 14-18, included 602 of those who "will definitely or probably attend the 2020 Democratic caucuses," and has a +/- 4 percent margin of error. Going into the...
No problem, Mary. I always appreciate criticism and differing views. I'm sure Ed can handle them too; he can handle taking some of his own medicine. We all have to do that from time to time.
Commented Sep 23, 2019 on Waiting for (an) E.T. at The Carpentariat
Waiting for (an) E.T.
I am not yet a defeatist or altogether doom-minded fatalist, but I'm beginning to think that only a resolute extraterrestrial descending on D.C. and ray gun-zapping the curiously colored Donald from the White House will save us. Because it is also becoming disconcertingly clear that we cannot sa...
George, thats something Ive heard from others about. Ive asked Typepad for technical information on line spacing.
— Phil
Commented Sep 3, 2019 on American paranoia on the rise at The Carpentariat
American paranoia on the rise
From a USA Today/Suffolk University poll, here's an exemplary sample of the potentially lethal poison that Trump has introduced into our politics: "If the candidate they support loses, nearly four in 10 [registered voters] said they would have little or no confidence that the election had been c...
No I wasnt aware of these. Thanks, Max. Ill keep them handy.
Phil
Commented Aug 21, 2019 on Opinion, please at The Carpentariat
Opinion, please
Do you like this new layout? (I still need to increase the font size and narrow the main body, which I'll do as soon as I understand how. Update: Please bear with me. I have had to ask Typepad about these procedures — and they're on the case, as I write — because 90 minutes of trying on my own h...
That's only for "the subset of 402 Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents." The smaller the universe in polling, naturally, the higher the MOE. "Results for the full sample [more than twice the subset's size] have a margin of sampling error of +/- 3.7 percentage points."
Commented Aug 20, 2019 on The Democratic frontrunner, 7-Up at The Carpentariat
The Democratic frontrunner, 7-Up
CNN headline: Joe Biden regains double-digit lead over 2020 Democratic field "[He's] up 7 points compared with a late June CNN survey," to me, a most pleasing upside. "No other candidate has made meaningful gains over that time." (Survey conducted by SSRS, rated "A-" by 538.) On the gratifyingly...
Thanks for pointing that out. The change in layout design obliterated several sidebar links — and I didn't even notice.
Commented Aug 20, 2019 on Opinion, please at The Carpentariat
Opinion, please
Do you like this new layout? (I still need to increase the font size and narrow the main body, which I'll do as soon as I understand how. Update: Please bear with me. I have had to ask Typepad about these procedures — and they're on the case, as I write — because 90 minutes of trying on my own h...
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