DL Open Thread Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024
The Federal Trade Commission sued to stop the grocery mega-merger between Albertson’s, parent company of Acme, and Kroger’s, on the grounds that it would be bad for workers and consumers. I don’t know when that became the standard, but I hope they keep applying it.
Not that it will change the narrative – “Biden old” is a message so simple Tarzan, Tonto and Frankenstein’s monster can say it – but a knowledgeable psychologist from Johns Hopkins notes that Trump’s slurring speech and inability to pronounce words are symptoms that indicate mid-stage dementia, while Biden’s misstatements are signs of aging. See! He’s aging!
The hyperventilating segment of MAGAworld wants to blame Biden for the murder of a nursing student in Georgia by a Venezuelan immigrant. One problem with that: Republicans like Venezuelans because they’re fleeing a leftist dictatorship, so Trump made it easier for them to get in. I don’t expect facts to have any bearing on the screechfest.
Stop me if you’ve heard this one: Biden says Israel and Hamas are close to a cease-fire. No, for real this time, despite Netanyahu’s insistence that attacks on Gaza won’t end until the capture of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, who’s reputedly hiding in the tunnels under Khan Unis where he’s reputedly using hostages as human shields. I wonder where Trump got the idea that politicians can just lie their way through public life?
The floor’s yours.
A book recommendation for those wondering about the 2nd Amendment, from its inception to its current unrecognizable form:
“One Nation Under Guns” by Dominic Erdozain.
Great history, under 200 pages, it will leave you ‘armed’ with all the facts you’ll ever need.
Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Mick Jagger, Keith Richard all in their eighties. Stop yammering about Biden’s age…
So is Brian Wilson.
Seriously, comparing aged rock stars to the president of the united states?
If Biden falls down again, it is all over. Trump, of course, could shit his pants while pouring a pitcher of water over his head and the GOP would declare it the most patriotic pants shitting EVER!!
Bullshit!
I’m nnot sure which part you are at odds with. “If Biden falls down again, it is all over.” That is and obvious fact. Age is an abstraction until it isn’t. Also, Bob Dole fell down and lost. QED
“Trump could shit his pants …and the GOP would declare it the most patriotic pants shitting EVER!!”
Again. Simple facts. You are familiar with our modern GOP, right?
Don’t engage in condescension! If Biden gets up again and keeps on going, It is not over. AND, what you are calling “facts” is actually conjecture. With all due respect, I agree with you 99% of the time, but I hate it when “good guys” repeat destructive and arguable media tropes.
I like your positivity a lot. Stick around. 🙂
Speaking of Bob Dole, remember how elderly he was when he ran…”Dole eventually won the nomination, becoming the oldest first-time presidential nominee at the age of 73.”
73!?!? Eight years younger than Biden is right now.