A snowy day in Wisconsin.
The week got off to a surprising start with the whole Warren/Sanders thing. I had a bunch of possible tweets rolling through my head all week, but I read one by Ilhan Omar calling for deescalation and kept my opinions to myself. I will say that I view Bernie Sanders as more trustworthy. Elizabeth Warren was 4th or 5th on my wishlist mainly because Trump goaded her into a DNA test and she touted a potential positive of 1/1024th as vindication. It made me question how she would withstand the constant barrage coming from the Trump camp in a general election. Also, Warren beat GOPer Scott Brown in 2012 after he held that Senate seat for 3 years. Before an appointee, Ted Kennedy held that seat for 47 years, so her inflation of her electoral victories fell flat for me.
I didn't watch the debate and haven't seen any of them. The format is inadequate and outdated and the corporate circus is an insult. As a registered Democrat, I think it makes the party look bad at a time when the DNC should be doing all it can to reform its image. People I know and/or work with mostly associate the DNC, and by extension the party, with the shenanigans of 2015-6. For some people, that'll be the first hurdle any Democratic nominee will have to jump. For me, that's where the "Who's more electable?" argument begins.
Anyway, I much prefer highlights and analysis from Youtubers like The Hill, The Humanist Report, The Rational National, Sam Seder, The Convo Couch, and Jimmy Dore, and then doing a compare/contrast with mainstream media takes. Hopefully gets me a wide spectrum of views, at least on the big news.
I have mixed feelings towards Bill Maher, but for the most part (propping up Amy K and questioning Bernie as too Left aside), I really liked his appearance on the Joe Rogan podcast. Maybe it's the lack of an immediate audience to need to play to. I disagree with his opinion that Bernie would be unable to get any of his proposals passed, but even if that's true, it's at least a starting point for negotiations. Let the debates and compromises come after the election's won.
I never watch Real Time with Bill Maher in it's entirety. I watch the monologue, any mid-show gags, and New Rules, but I only watch the one-on-ones if the guest is compelling and totally skip the panel discussion. I connected with last night's New Rules because, for a variety of reasons, I have no contact with my family and haven't for 6 or 7 years. It's a weird situation and I'm a weird individual. Sometimes it really gets to me, and then I can go weeks without giving it a thought. Sometimes I regret it a lot when I think about certain family, and sometimes I laugh about others.
On the mundane side, the 4-6 inches of snow we got was a good excuse to hunker down today and get organized. I'm still recovering from a back injury that knocked me out for a week or two over the holidays, then had a little over 40 hours of work this week. So behind on dishes and cleaning, but I do have a small place, so that helps. Still updating an ebay auction that ends tomorrow, which I completely forgot about until yesterday (if you know anyone looking for Magic the Gathering cards, share this link with them). Catching up on hockey highlights. Watching to see if bitcoin tops $9000. Never enough hours in the day for no shortage of things to do.
"Without going out-of-doors, one may know all under heaven;
Without peering through windows, one may know the Way of heaven.
The farther one goes, the less one knows.
For this reason, The Sage knows without journeying,
Understands without looking, accomplishes without acting."
Tao Te Ching
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