Are they Republicans in Dem clothing? Are they normally reliable Dems who are trying to hold on to red districts? Do any of you have any info?

tia
las

Sorry, no link. Saw it on a CNN crawl (scroll?). That stuff that runs across the bottom of the screen.

OK FACEBOOK!!!!! You now have a moral model!!!!!

... used such complicated methods (computer voice recognition, transcribers and regional expert) instead of a recording? How common is this throughout government? Does anyone know?

tia
las

... Igor Fruman????

tia
las

... what possessed Trump to take his advice?

Did they honestly think there was nothing wrong???

Or were they convinced it was going to see the light of day anyway?

This has continued to puzzle me for weeks.

tia
las

...."contrarian voters." If you put a label on a behavior, like voting for Obama and then Trump, it's somehow reassuring. Probably not valid, but there. Do you agree? Ideas about why?

tia
las

As Shields or Brooks pointed out tonight, several candidates would be stuck in D.C. in the runup to the Iowa caucuses.

What do you think?

tia
las

There are studies which support this notion, even in the age of Trump. Today in the NYT there was a story about the requirement that all new buildings be topped either with solar panels or green spaces. I found that very heartening. It will become easier and easier for other entities, from individuals to municipalities to require the same things.

BUT! Is it too little too late? Climate change isn't going to wait for the building turnover in NYC to make a difference. We do need radical change. And FAST!

.... the state department's employee association for their members' legal bills. There's a story in the Times today, but I can't find it via Google News ( search on NYT + "pay steep price" ) for a link. The headline was "To Testify, Civil Servants Literally Pay Steep Price," and it's about the legal bills witnesses incur. The employees association "dispatched an appeal to its nearly 17,000 members." I wanted to give them some money. But I can't find a way. Any ideas?

tia
las

More trivia. I was Googling images to see if Warren wore any makeup (just lipstick, I think), and realized that she has a really youthful looking neck. I'm sure that contributes to her general image of youthfulness (along with her marvelous energy), since, I think, necks aren't easy to do surgery on, so they're revealing. Now I'm wondering if some marketing guru advised her to wear her constant medium low necklines, to accentuate this. Or maybe just her mirror did. In general, I'm interested in the people, like image advisors, if any, in the background of these candidates.

I know, MineralMan, my motives in this post are suspect. I'm probably a bad person for being interested in anything but policy. But, hey, just wondering.