Tuesday Lenny Polls 8/21/18 (Open Thread)

August 21, 2018 6:00 am EDT Lenny Ghoul News Commentary 63

Yesterday’s Final Results 8/20/18

(Tallies are combined from both TNB and Twitter )

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Today’s Polls 8/21/18

Old Stuff

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Lottery

Finnish Eurojackpot lottery ticket. Photo by Santeri Viinamäki.

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Dewey Decimal System

Interior view of Stockholm Public Library. Photo by Marcus Hansson.

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  2. Shoah Dog 21 minutes ago
    The President can do anything he wants you Libt@rd.

    How did you people get so f cking dumb?

    this is last nights winning response to me in a forum. Several strong contenders as usual.

  3. Not much of a surprise. Russia knows that the U.S. either lacks the cyber capability to respond or, more likely, the willingness to do so under the Trump Administration. This latest act also reinforces the short-sighted nature of John Bolton’s elimination of the cybersecurity coordinator on the National Security Council earlier this year.

  16. Crickets from Ryan and the rest of his cohorts about the voluminous dump of Trump antics – but plenty of time for this.

  17. As a reminder, 50 years ago this week lethal violence broke out at the Democratic convention in Chicago. The Walker report said the only name for what happened in Grant Park and carried on live TV was a “police riot”.

    Back then, unscrupulous politicians exploited the fears of some people and sought to curtail the rights of others. There were also attacks on the media for covering stories some did not care to see or hear about because the protesters were “not real Americans”. These attacks were applauded by many. George Wallace’s campaign slogans were Stand Up For America and Let the People Speak. The later was ironic as these voters wanted to silence people who were black, brown, Jewish, liberal or members of the despised national press.

    As a reminder that irrational hatred is not new on the political scene, reporter Mick Dumke visited the archives of then Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley for a sampling of fan letters Daley received from those who approved of the lethal suppression of demonstrstors.
    https://www.propublica.org/article/protests-and-blaming-the-media-sound-familiar-that-was-during-the-68-democratic-national-convention

  20. From Reuters:

    In the interview, Trump blamed the investigation for hampering his efforts to strengthen the country’s relationship with Russia and for sowing discord among the American public.

    He again neglected to blame Russia for interfering in the 2016 election, a conclusion reached by the U.S. intelligence community.

    The probe, he said, “played right into the Russians – if it was Russia – they played right into the Russians’ hands.”

    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-mueller-exclusive/exclusive-trump-is-worried-that-mueller-interview-could-be-a-perjury-trap-idUSKCN1L526P

    Three points:

    1. Russia’s conduct on the world stage, including the cyber activity just revealed by Microsoft, are responsible for the difficult bilateral relations between the United States and Russia. The investigation Robert Mueller is leading has no bearing on that relationship.

    2. Trump is again implicitly undermining the national intelligence community by questioning the veracity of Russia’s interference in the 2016 election by qualifying his statement with the phrase, “if it was Russia.”

    3. Trump remains unwilling and unable to hold Russia responsible for its conduct. The reason for his inability to do so remains uncertain. It is also deeply troubling, as critical American interests are involved.

  25. From Reuters:

    The U.N. nuclear watchdog said it did not find any indication that North Korea had stopped its nuclear activities, adding to doubts about the country’s willingness to abandon its arsenal.

    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-usa-iaea/no-indication-north-korean-nuclear-activities-stopped-iaea-idUSKCN1L61HB

    President on June 13, 2018 via Twitter:

    Just landed – a long trip, but everybody can now feel much safer than the day I took office. There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea. Meeting with Kim Jong Un was an interesting and very positive experience. North Korea has great potential for the future!

  26. Facebook and violence against refugees. Does too much time spent on social media mess with perceptions of reality and of right and wrong?
    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/21/world/europe/facebook-refugee-attacks-germany.html

    Karsten Müller and Carlo Schwarz, researchers at the University of Warwick, scrutinized every anti-refugee attack in Germany, 3,335 in all, over a two-year span. In each, they analyzed the local community by any variable that seemed relevant. Wealth. Demographics. Support for far-right politics. Newspaper sales. Number of refugees. History of hate crime. Number of protests.

    One thing stuck out. Towns where Facebook use was higher than average, like Altena, reliably experienced more attacks on refugees. That held true in virtually any sort of community — big city or small town; affluent or struggling; liberal haven or far-right stronghold — suggesting that the link applies universally.

    Their reams of data converged on a breathtaking statistic: Wherever per-person Facebook use rose to one standard deviation above the national average, attacks on refugees increased by about 50 percent.

  27. From NBC:

    Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former personal attorney, is discussing a possible guilty plea with federal prosecutors in Manhattan in connection with tax fraud and banking-related matters, multiple sources familiar with the matter tell NBC News.

    Those sources stress no deal has been reached but do say the potential deal could be reached as early as today.

    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/ex-trump-lawyer-michael-cohen-discussing-plea-deal-prosecutors-n902571

    Trump World is under bombardment. The IAEA reported that there is no evidence that North Korea has curbed its nuclear activity. Microsoft revealed a new cyberattack by Russia. The Manafort jury may be close to reaching at least a partial verdict.

  32. well it looks like they all got their talking points today. all of them are smearing Phil Mudd today.

  54. David Jolly‏Verified account @DavidJollyFL

    33m33 minutes ago
    FWIW, Trump will be speaking off script at a West Virginia rally mere hours after a presumed Cohen plea deal is unveiled.

  59. Avenatti just said the resolution of the Cohen case will allow him to unseal pertinent documents and go after Trump hard. (paraphrased)

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