The "Unnecessariat" and the rise of Trumpism.

[Kinser79]

(05-13-2019, 11:28 PM)pbrower2a Wrote:

(05-13-2019, 10:28 PM)inser79 Wrote: Yawn  More Muh Russia nonsense.  Funny you Blues were all about Russia when it was communist.  I'm not impressed with Mr. Horn's sources.  Or the Dallas Gazette either which for all I know is just an other dying Democrat rag.  And accusations are just that.  If someone has evidence bring it to court or they are doing nothing but slandering.  And there is a lot of slander--or perhaps in this case libel going on and it is coming from the left.

The reference was to the Dallas Morning News, one of the most conservative large-circulation newspapers of a giant American city. Printed newspapers and magazines everywhere may be a dying technology as mews on newsprint becomes more costly than news through other means. I think also of brick-and-mortar stores for anything other than groceries, motor fuel, greeting cards, lottery tickets, liquor, and cancerweed products.

As for Russia --the Soviet Union was becoming more economically and technologically backward in contrast to the West, but many of us liberals thought glasnost and perestroika good ideas for modernizing the Soviet Union politically and technologically. But that short window of time, when the Soviet Union was making baby steps toward markets and general openness, did not last. Russia got a taste of democracy -- but that is over. Russia is run by oligarchs and has a single-party system as rigid as that of China. It is now right-wingers who especially love Russia.

I find that retail itself is pretty much dying in the traditional sense. Also I'm not convinced that this newspaper is "conservative" because you say it is. I have a subscription to a paper too. I find it necessary from time to time to line my cats' litter boxes and the Orlando Sentenal does a very good job in that reguard, it also provides free wraping paper for gifts, is good for cleaning windows and can be used to wipe one's ass in a pinch. The trick is to not use the shiny paper--that shit is worthless for those practical applications.

As for getting news...I have other sources.

Having been to Russia, it is still far to the left of the US in many reguards (and yes I've been there recently). Glastnost and Peristroika were a backward attempt to modernize Russia. Gorbachev if he was serious about preserving the Union should have focused on the economy first and then liberalized politically when and where necessary like Deng did in China, and like Kim seems to be attempting to do in the DPRK.

Laos and Vietnam never really constructed or attempted to construct socialism, their system is communist in name only and mostly a relic of the Cold War anyway and their economies are quite liberal if their politics are not.

I'm using liberal in the 19th century sense and not the retarded way the American Left has hijacked that word for their own purposes.

As for the Right liking Russia now...there is much to like about Putin's Russia. Starting with it is stable, and well run, and that he's been actively promoting both Russian Culture and Russian Orthodoxy (which is only a real problem for the evangelicals who have a thing about anything remotely like Catholicism)

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Quote:Makes me wonder if Muh Russia-Gate is a matter of projection again.

If only it were not true.

It isn't. The Mueller report was a big giant nothing burger and Rachel Meddow who did nothing but promote Muh Russia-Gate for two years has egg on her face. Maybe you need glasses so that you can see it. Want me to google an optometrist for you?

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Quote:I've found that dry heat is more tolerable than humid heat, but not by much.  110F is still 110F but you can beat the heat more effectively by wearing clothing and if necessary wetting them--or simply waiting for night to cool things down.  Humidity sort of traps the heat.  That being said Florida is unique from the rest of the south in that nearly all of it is coastal in climate and benefits from the moderating effects of the Gulf and the Atlantic.  On days it gets too hot the kid and I pack up the truck and go surfing.

OK. I know the tricks, like never go out barefoot in anything resembling summer weather by Midwestern standards. (OK, I was in Dallas, and the fire ants were savage, which was another reason to never go out unshod). Drink water, water, and more water. Never buy a car with a dark interior.

I go barefoot all the time outside. Personally I find shoes to be largely uncomfortable and confining--though society expect them to be worn so when I can get away with it...sandals. Personally I like the "Jesus" type as I find flop flops to flip-flopity. You should drink plenty of water reguardless the weather. I vape so that is even more important now...glycerol and propylene glycol are both dehydrating. Also due to the heat sweating and such. Still much better than smoking though. Dr. says I have the lungs of someone who never smoked now. So long term effects of vaping apparently are clear lungs.

As for dark interiors...depends. Usually you can get away with cloth interiors in dark colors, leather not so much. In fact leather not so much no matter the color of the leather. Also dark window tint helps but you don't like pimpmobiles so....probably not for you.