tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post6462488819198588727..comments2024-03-28T05:37:00.890-04:00Comments on the daily howler: SUMMER BOOKS AND A BIT OF SPRING CLEANING: Marcotte and Marcus, here at long last!<b>bob somerby</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02963464534685954436noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-75709132879832762542017-08-17T15:49:15.706-04:002017-08-17T15:49:15.706-04:00> “... he’s beaten, killed and buried that hors...> <i>“... he’s beaten, killed and buried that horse.”</i><br /><br />Then exhumed it for continuous flogging ever afterward, ad infinitum....Ravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974090948640572660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-43889330993057813472017-08-17T15:29:31.046-04:002017-08-17T15:29:31.046-04:00If it's so embarrassing, why do you read it? S...If it's so embarrassing, why do you read it? Stop wasting your time.Ron Obviousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-55464448989804266322017-08-13T04:24:23.743-04:002017-08-13T04:24:23.743-04:00WOW!!!
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Call him or what’s-app: +2348160153829 stay bless <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09399939590894367798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-82901855615517484952017-08-12T22:36:44.882-04:002017-08-12T22:36:44.882-04:00The Trumps made some effort to distract from the t...The Trumps made some effort to distract from the two points Ruth Marcus hit:<br /><b>(1)</b> Natalia Veselnitskaya was there, per previous email discussion, as <b>an emissary of a foreign government</b> — which isn’t anywhere near covered by merely describing her as “a Russian lawyer”.<br /><b>(2)</b> The email also specifically offered that <b>incriminating information</b> as <i>help from the Russian government</i>, Trump Jr had responded enthusiastically (quote “I love it!” end quote), so he knew that going in and was <b>not</b> blindsided by it — yet his initial statement as dictated by his father [over the objection of staffers who pushed for the truth] was: <i>“It was a short introductory meeting. I asked Jared and Paul to stop by. We primarily discussed a program about the adoption of Russian children that was active and popular with American families years ago and was since ended by the Russian government, but it was not a campaign issue at the time and there was no follow up.”</i> [Omitting the topic he’d gone there to discuss, the papers she left behind, and even what it was Russia wanted in exchange for permitting adoptions to resume.]<br /><br />Efforts at concealment are generally taken to show awareness of guilt.Ravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974090948640572660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-1626958441525209682017-08-12T19:42:00.404-04:002017-08-12T19:42:00.404-04:00What you have highlighted is her saying Junior sho...What you have highlighted is her saying Junior should not have gone, not her saying why, except in some childish "we all know that's not OK, so shame, shame on you" sense. That is what I take to be Bob's point.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13197292277189338349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-4744089859027751712017-08-11T05:50:01.468-04:002017-08-11T05:50:01.468-04:00Bob Somerby: “She railed, quite hard, about the cl...<b>Bob Somerby</b>: <i>“She railed, quite hard, about the claim that Junior should never have gone to that meeting. But we couldn’t really find the place where she told us why.”</i><br /><br />You must have skipped right past paragraph #6:<br /><br />“But this meeting was unacceptable. It was not even in the exurbs of appropriate. Hard to believe this really requires spelling out, but apparently it does, so here goes: <b>A candidate for president of the United States and his campaign have no business, none, trucking with an emissary of a foreign government peddling incriminating information about their opponent.</b>”<br /><br />Emphasis added, to help you see it this time.Ravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974090948640572660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-44545831450979563212017-08-10T23:33:13.631-04:002017-08-10T23:33:13.631-04:00@5:19 PM - what's that got to do with Robert S...@5:19 PM - what's that got to do with Robert Somerby's incessant hit pieces and personal insults that have gone on for years, most of which have nothing to do with Maddow's credibility? <br /><br />If his point is to warn liberals about her, he's beaten, killed and buried that horse.<br /><br />Spoiler: I'm not a Rachel Maddow fan by a long shot.Ken Haerkreetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-58739972598162491412017-08-10T19:36:42.122-04:002017-08-10T19:36:42.122-04:00An important way to fight both fascism and totalit...An important way to fight both fascism and totalitarianism is to hold on to reality, to fight the distortions of truth. Calling out wrong must not stop. Hitler drove out his opponents by force and they carried news of his menace to the rest of the world, which finally woke up and opposed him. His opponents weren't strong enough to fight him from within. Now we are faced with a similar menace. Will we appease him or stand up to him?<br /><br />Hitler beat the German communists by labeling them communists so that no one would care what he did to them. When the alt-right complains that it is being suppressed, we can sort out their lies by noticing -- who has the stick in his hand?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-28825732714754012092017-08-10T18:27:42.023-04:002017-08-10T18:27:42.023-04:00"insane dogmatism combined with pharisaical s..."insane dogmatism combined with pharisaical self-righteousness is definitely one of the most unpleasant qualities of the modern American liberals."<br /><br />Well, it's more unpleasant than them being 100% correct about Conservatives being an amoral dumpsterfire, that's for sure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-76112970278480595262017-08-10T18:22:08.033-04:002017-08-10T18:22:08.033-04:00"German Communists called the Nazis all sorts..."German Communists called the Nazis all sorts of mean names. It didn't do much good."<br /><br />I fully support this call to kill Conservatives on sight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-68457291678593737362017-08-10T17:19:50.898-04:002017-08-10T17:19:50.898-04:00Honest, accurate criticism of Maddow or anyone els...Honest, accurate criticism of Maddow or anyone else isn't "mistreatment". Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-78960253473807601602017-08-10T16:58:22.982-04:002017-08-10T16:58:22.982-04:00German Communists called the Nazis all sorts of me...German Communists called the Nazis all sorts of mean names. It didn't do much good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-79866054287038112152017-08-10T14:25:38.766-04:002017-08-10T14:25:38.766-04:00...curiously, their permanent moral outrage doesn&......curiously, their permanent moral outrage doesn't appear to be based on any strong convictions, but rather on the stalinist-style 'party line'. For example, in a recent thread, the top level executive (Bill Clinton) is held completely blameless (and even admired) for his sexual exploits with a lowest-level subordinate. All blame is assigned to the young lady. Liberal values, really? Oh, the irony...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-30576081303528450572017-08-10T13:58:55.349-04:002017-08-10T13:58:55.349-04:00Bob, I hope you can review the new book "The ...Bob, I hope you can review the new book "The Destruction of Hillary Clinton ".Alan Snipeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05070460889011106908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-53770762982416407842017-08-10T13:51:02.132-04:002017-08-10T13:51:02.132-04:00Well, yeah, insane dogmatism combined with pharisa...Well, yeah, insane dogmatism combined with pharisaical self-righteousness is definitely one of the most unpleasant qualities of the modern American liberals. <br /><br />That's why they rarely can be engaged in a meaningful discussion; everything for them is self-evident moral outrage, dualistic struggle of good vs. evil. <br /><br />Sad, very sad. Oh well...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-31543693090716234182017-08-10T13:40:16.991-04:002017-08-10T13:40:16.991-04:00Yes, we're so dumb, Bob. You know, I guess the...Yes, we're so dumb, Bob. You know, I guess the Germans who were anti-Nazi (yes, there were a few) should have tried to understand the feelings and concerns of the Nazis and their sympathizers, right, rather than calling them mean names. How insensitive. I'm sure that would have worked out just dandy.<br />(Look, aside from the neo-Nazis, I know most Trump voters aren't Nazis...but I'm making a point about calling out lies and bs when it exists, like birtherism, which is not an understandable or acceptable or tolerable viewpoint, in my mind).<br />My 85-year-old mother, who voted for Obama, lost a lifelong friend because of that. Her friend called Obama the "n" word and said he was taking us down the road to hell (she screamed that, actually) and then slammed the phone down and never spoke to her again. Yeah, my mom must be the dumb, insensitive one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-11887132916205248762017-08-10T12:50:22.542-04:002017-08-10T12:50:22.542-04:00Both Somerby and Hitchcock seem to think that an o...Both Somerby and Hitchcock seem to think that an occasional loathing of women is normal. It isn't. It is pathological. Hitchcock's problems with women have been explored at length. It doesn't make him a better filmmaker. It makes him a distorted person who might perhaps have created even more brilliant films without that crack in his lens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-22217643921548686022017-08-10T12:09:32.739-04:002017-08-10T12:09:32.739-04:00It used to be that the phrase "ambivalence to...It used to be that the phrase "ambivalence toward women" was a thinly veiled way of calling someone gay. I think it perfectly describes Somerby's attitudes toward women in political journalism. He knows he isn't supposed to express his disdain for women as a gender, but he cannot help disliking them. The source of his dislike is that they are having good careers while being imperfect, while he is not, despite trying to be more perfect than they are.<br /><br />Somerby says: "We agree with that assessment of Notorious, a spectacularly well-crafted thriller and a "darkly brilliant" exploration of men's occasional loathing of women, including the women they think they love." <br /><br />This is the heart of his dilemma. He isn't supposed to loathe women but he does. So he needs a reason -- it must be their fault. He cannot loathe all women -- too transparent to others. So he needs a few targets, like Maddow and Marcotte, who can be seen to richly deserve his mistreatment of them. Otherwise it will be too obvious to all that he doesn't like any women much and that just ain't the liberal way. It may be the male way, the Berniebro way, the Southern white gentlemen's way, the standup comedian's way, but it isn't the liberal way to dislike women and consider them incompetent by birth.<br /><br />I'm tired of this kind of column, in which Somerby fluffs himself by pointing out the ever so abstruse failings of someone else, usually someone female. He needs to clean up his act or stop blogging, in my opinion. This is just an embarrassing journey into his psyche, something that should remain private.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com