great OT, smiley and thanks a ton for filling in for a while, got to run off to work right now on this damp and raining day, I'll try to pop in periodically. Thanks again, my friend.

nice OT and soothing music.

You know whom/what Bernie Sander saying "Do I look like Hillary Clinton?" reminds me off? Doc Martin. He can have the same "charme"...

I hope Bernie Sanders keeps playing hard ball with the press. They deserve it.

can't make this stuff up: Bush III, who will today become the 5678th nematode to declare for the 2016 presidency, says "his father, the first President George Bush, is the 'greatest man alive' and the mere thought of him might make him cry."

This is The Greatest Man Alive who famously said, after a US Navy warship blew an Iranian civilian airliner out of the sky, "I'll never apologize for the United States of America—ever—I don't care what the facts are."

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10qatUWwIeg]

In that clip he speaks of "keeping our eyes wide open," which recalls the time The Greatest Man Alive borrowed some crack from his son, Bush II, took it into the Oval Office, and went on TV with it (sound doesn't begin until 0:24):

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkyBfJfcIoM]

When Bush III is elected, he will have his brother, Bush II, with no apologies, and eyes wide open, paint his official White House portrait.

... how many dailykos diaries will be written about HRC and Bernie Sanders?

Let's make a bet and the one who comes closest to the real number ... is going a freedom cake fedexed by yours truly on the day after.

Sigh, it shows I am nervous and bored. Sorry.

and I hope to post a video that we both enjoyed at EB on Joe's birthday--Torna A Surriento, on one of your future threads. I recall very much enjoying videos that you posted that evening, as well.

Believe me, I've in favor of infrastructure spending, but I can't support another hit against Medicare (piecemeal Grand Bargain) to accomplish it.

I'm almost stunned that Democrats are treating our seniors' social insurance programs as a 'cash cow' for their discretionary spending. The only reason that my Family hasn't called Pelosi's office about this, is that we always get a recording.

Hopefully, the final legislation will spell out exactly what the trade-off was for the Medicare cuts. Sometimes, the language can be very ambiguous. I don't know enough about the TAA to know if it was a completely useless bill. But I do know that some of the dislocated worker bills in the past were--but that was mostly because Congress refused to fund them, not inherent in the substance of the bill. Why Democrats don't push to "trade" war spending for discretionary spending, beats me.

BTW, I'll hope to add a bit about FSC's New Hampshire townhall that I just heard live (on XM Radio). She sounded a bit like Stephen Moore from the 'Club For Growth.' Now, she was in New Hampshire, but if this is any indication of "how" she plans to carry out her so-called liberal agenda, there may be a revolt, yet.

I must admit, the more that FSC says, the more that I'm beginning to believe that Senator Sanders might could win the Dem nomination. However, I do believe that much of this depends upon the "facts and details of her agenda" becoming well known in the Dem Party Base community.

And I hope to do my part in achieving that. I shudder to think that there could possibly be a third term of WJC's toxic austerity regime, especially since much of today's inequality is due to his Administration's privatization schemes, deregulation, and the weakening, and in some cases, the destruction of vital New Deal programs.

I didn't realize until a couple of years ago, but it was in one of WJC's Ombudsmen Bills that MERP (Medicaid Estate Recovery Program) was greatly expanded to recoup medical costs--beyond skilled nursing facilities--from the elderly poor and disabled.

In one instance, the Bush Administration actually overturned one of the more unreasonable measures that instituted 'recovery' against the estates of the elderly poor for the measly amount of monthly assistance that they received to pay for their Medicare premiums. BTW, this is a fairly small group of low income seniors--just above the FPL (Federal Poverty Level) who don't qualify for Medicaid coverage. Unconscionable!

And, many addicts were completely cut off from the ability to draw SSDI--topics that I will expand upon much closer to the election.

Anyhoo, welcome as a 'sub' for DT for the summer.

This is a perfect thread to share a video of a 6-year-old's absolutely adorable and fantastic performance in her dance recital, which I'll do in a separate comment.

Mollie

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