Juliajms

Yes, it is wrong for them to turn away refugees. It's just that I'm having a hard time figuring out which country has the moral high ground from which to judge. Canada maybe? Germany to some extent. When people call Israel an apartheid state I figure they are talking about the fact that they (sort of) control Gaza and the West Bank, but those people can't vote.

I read an article predicting this outcome a few weeks ago. Israel is our ally so this was the way foreign policy experts expected Iran to take revenge. Israel is our client state. That's why we generally take their side. It's not out of the goodness of our hearts. Even when Obama was in charge they got massive aid packages, because they are useful to us. I wouldn't say I trust them exactly. It depends on the context. That said, I am pretty unequivocally on the side of Israel, which isn't to say that I think everything they do is right. Still, if Gaza were on the US boarder with Hamas sending (and paying) terrorists to kill our civilians, we would have bombed it out of existence long ago. Look at how many countries we've carpet bombed for far less.

Lord help us.

Not a very capable one lately. I wonder if anyone in this administration can even articulate the plan. I doubt it since I don't believe there is one. I don't really think it's the fault of the Saudi's or the Israeli's. How can we blame other countries for decisions made by our own bad government? They lobbied for what they believe is in their own best interests. That's what foreign governments do. The buck stops in DC as far as I can see. If you believe that we would have a different government if not for Russian interference, then I would say some of the blame goes to them as well.

^ This whole thing is already so ugly. It's clearly going to get worse. I only hope that the people who deserve jail get it, but I also won't be surprised if the mask totally slips from the Republicans and they try to subvert justice entirely.

Right. I think it depends on the criteria we're using to evaluate. More people are dead because of W and those around him. We set Iraq on fire under his regime when they basically did nothing to us. Some estimates put the number of dead around 1 million, if you count lack of food and medicine due to the war.

That's awful. It's terrible that so many women's prospects have been impacted by these entitled men. Even though some have been rooted out I think there is an endless stream of them. It's disgusting.

I certainly think there's a case to be made for Andrew Jackson. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/04/11/hunting-down-runaway-slaves-the-cruel-ads-of-andrew-jackson-and-the-master-class/?utm_term=.22a182c61d88

I don't. At this point it's clear to me that there are some very violent men of all political persuasions. I might consider a set up for anyone in power accused by only one person. In this case the women involved told people at the time it happened, so it seems pretty clearly true. I bet there will be a few more victims coming forward before it's over. The ones coming forward in this case were very brave. I doubt I would have had the nerve because this is the kind of guy who can and will make your life hell. Thank God he's been stripped of his official power.

And they got it and brought it to the rest of us.

^ Holy $hit. These women coming forward against him are incredibly brave. That's always true of survivors who come forward, but when you take on a guy with this much power, there is so much reason to be afraid. Schneiderman was elected to the New York State Senate in 1998, and served for twelve years. He wrote many laws, including one that created specific penalties for strangulation. He introduced the bill in 2010 I find this especially creepy. It seems like he had a specific fascination with strangulation.

This is an interesting article. Even if we rid ourselves of Trump, parts of the world are going to be worse off long after.

This one's for you Khan.

Yes, this was a good episode. I bet Uber drivers around the country were happy that Roseanne demanded a tip. I liked Dan's story with Mark too and of course Dan was right about customer service. Bev and Jackie were funny, but the underlying issue was pretty sad. We have a crisis with elder care and it's only going to get worse as more baby boomers age.

This is just terrible and sad.

I believe this will happen.

You called it.

So the Chaplin was fired in part because he is Catholic.

You crack me up.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/03/rudy-giuliani-said-trumps-son-in-law-jared-kushner-is-disposable.html Giuliani sounds a bit off the rails with this stuff. Does he really believe America is going to come together as one to defend Ivanka? He sounds like he has a crush. "Ivanka Trump? I think I would get on my charger and go right into ... their offices with a lance if they go after Ivanka," the former federal prosecutor said of Mueller's team."

Gods below...

Ugh. I see what you mean. My take away was basically he is alienating all of our allies. The way Merkel was described as basically looking away while he talked, wow. . Not that I blame her, but she must really disdain him to show it so openly.

If it wasn't clear, I was being sarcastic.