2020 Presidential Election

[OldPhiKap]

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[MarkD83]

This thread moves fast so I hope this is new news...

https://news.yahoo.com/ceos-top-us-f...144938354.html

It may have been mentioned upthread somewhere that perhaps this group would start to exert their influence.

[bundabergdevil]

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Brilliant.

[Furniture]

So far, this sounds like the kind of speech one gives when they are trying to make the case for their historical legacy. There's also an underlying tone of resignation. I take this to be a positive development.

Edit: Trump nearly said "the next administration" when talking about the possibility of a national lockdown. He sounds like he's approaching the 5th stage of grief.

Bit of a conundrum for Trump. How does he criticize anything Biden might do without admitting that Biden is President Elect...

[Kdogg]

Chose your idiom: Too little, too late? Try to put the genie back in the bottle. Pandora’s box is all ready empty. Still a big dollar GOP donor trying to make amends in his old age.

Charles Koch Says His Partisanship Was a Mistake.

He probably doesn’t know the reference but it makes be uncomfortable that he wants to be called Chuckie.

[gumbomoop]

https://news.yahoo.com/ceos-top-us-f...144938354.html

It may have been mentioned upthread somewhere that perhaps this group would start to exert their influence.

Thanks for the link. Can’t be a coincidence that these CEOs are planning unified action to counter any attempt to overthrow the election results after hearing from Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny. They seem to be taking to heart his warning: ”What Donald Trump is attempting to do has a name: coup d’état. Poorly organized though it might seem, it is not bound to fail. It must be made to fail.”

They appear committed to action, if necessary, to “make it fail.” Preëmptive warning, I suppose.

[lotusland]

Oh no. I didn't think it was. I was quoting "Candide" because you made a Voltaire reference. Sorry!

Funny I thought it was a Kris Kristofferson quote

https://youtu.be/YQl08RyB_Ps

[OldPhiKap]

Funny I thought it was a Kris Kristofferson quote

https://youtu.be/YQl08RyB_Ps

And when all possible worlds are gone . . . .

https://youtu.be/NrubHPRf65s

[OldPhiKap]

Look out Trump haters, the big artillery is here:

”President Trump has put his personal lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, in charge of his campaign lawsuits related to the outcome of the election, as well as all public communications related to them, four people familiar with the move said on Friday.”

https://twitter.com/jaketapper/statu...701621760?s=21

Game, set, match.

[ClemmonsDevil]

Funny I thought it was a Kris Kristofferson quote

https://youtu.be/YQl08RyB_Ps

And Kris he is a movie star and he's moved off to L.A.
And nobody wants to get drunk and get loud
And all my rowdy friends have settled down

[OldPhiKap]

And Kris he is a movie star and he's moved off to L.A.
And nobody wants to get drunk and get loud
And all my rowdy friends have settled down

They say "Everything's all right"
They say "Better days are near"
They tell us "These are the good times"
But they don't live around here
Billy and Christie don't
Bruce and Patti don't
They don't live around here.

— Warren Zevon, The Indifference of Heaven

[ClemmonsDevil]

They say "Everything's all right"
They say "Better days are near"
They tell us "These are the good times"
But they don't live around here
Billy and Christie don't
Bruce and Patti don't
They don't live around here.

— Warren Zevon, The Indifference of Heaven

I am not aware of this. I will check it out

[Mike Corey]

Upon reflection, Porter Wright’s attempt to withdraw from a lawsuit it filed days ago is a disgrace. If I were their client on other matters, I would be even more concerned about this turn of events than their decision to file the lawsuit in the first place. What could they possibly have learned in the past few days that they did not know when they signed the complaint?

I agree with this, and Porter Wright deserves this fate.

[Steven43]

They say "Everything's all right"
They say "Better days are near"
They tell us "These are the good times"
But they don't live around here
Billy and Christie don't
Bruce and Patti don't
They don't live around here.

— Warren Zevon, The Indifference of Heaven

Good one, OPK. That album has two of my favorite songs — “Similar to Rain” and “Mutineer”. This guy was one helluva songwriter.

[bundabergdevil]

Posted this in the Plague thread but y'all will appreciate it, too. Jacinda Poppins from our friends in New Zealand...

[OldPhiKap]

Upon reflection, Porter Wright’s attempt to withdraw from a lawsuit it filed days ago is a disgrace. If I were their client on other matters, I would be even more concerned about this turn of events than their decision to file the lawsuit in the first place. What could they possibly have learned in the past few days that they did not know when they signed the complaint?

There may be a one-word answer why these firms are leaving: Rudy.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/1...l-plans-436475

[OldPhiKap]

Good one, OPK. That album has two of my favorite songs — “Similar to Rain” and “Mutineer”. This guy was one helluva songwriter.

Quick aside: Jason Isbell and a very pregnant Amanda Shires covering Mutineer on Letterman: https://youtu.be/TX4nrkd0b0I

[OldPhiKap]

I am not aware of this. I will check it out

https://youtu.be/x3DGn9OwtkY

[Tripping William]

There may be a one-word answer why these firms are leaving: Rudy.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/1...l-plans-436475

Is Mr. Bracewell also on-board?

[ClemmonsDevil]

There may be a one-word answer why these firms are leaving: Rudy.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/1...l-plans-436475

Bill Simmons has a fantastic theory for how to construct a basketball team. His basic premise is you can have one crazy person. Because that person can be influenced by more rational actors. You can't have two crazy people on a team because they will invariably be drawn to each other and there is a negative synergy that is definitely going to occur.