tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post3773759346781798801..comments2024-03-28T22:02:16.520-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: UPDATED: Donald Trump - Equivocator-In-Chief?Lornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-40609365679118741452016-03-02T19:14:24.786-05:002016-03-02T19:14:24.786-05:00Very interesting, Mound. My understanding from Sco...Very interesting, Mound. My understanding from Scott's FB page is that it did indeed come under attack (or at least strongly implied by references to a security breach). From what he said, I think it will require the rebuilding of the entire site.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-63726192965061466942016-03-02T18:28:40.243-05:002016-03-02T18:28:40.243-05:00Off topic but I find it curious that ProgBlog is s...Off topic but I find it curious that ProgBlog is still down. About the same time it crashed I tried to access Kinsella's web site only to be blocked by Norton Anti-Virus. I mentioned this at Scott Tribe's Facebook page but he dismissed it saying he had no trouble accessing Warren's page. Curious, I used another system to get into Kinsella's web page a few days later. There he'd posted that several others had also been blocked by their anti-virus programmes. Seems the site had been hacked and WK's techie had to strip about a hundred lines of malware code. Given the timing, I still wonder if the ProgBlog hack wasn't a knock-on of whatever got to Kinsella's site.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-64882264700665254012016-03-02T18:21:44.450-05:002016-03-02T18:21:44.450-05:00What we need to know, Lorne, is why so many Americ...What we need to know, Lorne, is why so many Americans don't care that he's a crass, vulgar, manipulative liar. Why are they ready to support him regardless?The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-10844046496072609942016-03-02T16:09:37.782-05:002016-03-02T16:09:37.782-05:00In a few words, that says about all we need to kno...In a few words, that says about all we need to know, eh Mound?Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-55930653993343298152016-03-02T15:47:38.080-05:002016-03-02T15:47:38.080-05:00I like the take of the New York Times editorial bo...I like the take of the New York Times editorial board that yesterday described Trump as a "shady, bombastic liar."The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-63443423550924478642016-03-01T20:34:56.824-05:002016-03-01T20:34:56.824-05:00Thanks, Pamela. "A combination of gangsterism...Thanks, Pamela. "A combination of gangsterism and a porky pig cartoon" is a splendid and apt way to describe the Republicans' current dysfunction.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-29062814144777663982016-03-01T19:09:36.352-05:002016-03-01T19:09:36.352-05:00Trumps behaviour Lorne is like a testing stone to ...Trumps behaviour Lorne is like a testing stone to American culture and how far down it has fallen. The face and voice of this wasteland is Donald Trump. The republican party has not been driven by rational political thought for a long time now. Chomsky does not even consider them a political party.The republicans have been presenting the lowest intellectual common denominator in their presidential candidates for a long time now. Trump is just their latest politically empty headed buffoon. The founding fathers would be stunned! America whose republic and constitution was based on Greek philosophical thought specifically Aristotles, is now, judging by todays political discourse based on a combination of gangsterism and a porky pig cartoon. This was an excellent post. Thx for sharing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07842215982128591742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-51153798985030055162016-03-01T11:01:38.718-05:002016-03-01T11:01:38.718-05:00The demagogues are counting on such people, Owen. ...The demagogues are counting on such people, Owen. And owing to the long tenure of our homegrown version, Stephen Harper, we clearly have no shortage of such benighted souls in Canada either.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-67427569125293590842016-03-01T09:43:52.801-05:002016-03-01T09:43:52.801-05:00It's remarkable how many people believe that T...It's remarkable how many people believe that Trump is trustworthy, Lorne. So much of life seems to be above their pay grade.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.com