Bookworm Beat 9/16/24: The coming apocalypse meme edition
Honestly! At the rate apocalyptic stories are exploding, I’ll need to start doing daily meme editions.
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Tag: Debate
Bookworm Beat 10/8/20 — the post-debate illustrated edition
This post highlights how Pence routed Harris, but that’s not all: There’s Trump, Biden, the Wuflu, stupid leftists, climate change, and more!
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First thoughts about the Trump-Biden debate
This is a complete information dump as I try to sort through what was important and what wasn’t. You’ll need stamina if you want to read it. I’ll start with general impressions and then get to specifics. Biden was on his game. A friend who took care of an aging
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The First Debate
The first debate is over and it was . . . probably a Trump win, but Biden survived. Overall, Trump won the debate it appeared to me, though his style was that of a bar room brawler. Whether or not that appealled to undecideds, I won’t hazared a guess. That
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The big debate open thread
With the first presidential debate practically upon us, I want to know what advice you would give and what you think will happen. I won’t bore you with the details, but it was a busy day. Because I don’t have time both to sleep and write, I thought I’d give
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Post-debate open thread
I confess: I once again skipped watching the debate. It’s not going to change my vote and I hate listening to either of the candidates speak. Instead, I went out with a bunch of friends and we had an excellent and cheerful time. I’m trying to remember that I am
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What’s happening at the Watcher’s Council?
I have been remiss. Because the revamped Watcher’s Council site — WOW! Magazine — is fairly new, I know that you all are not yet used to checking it as a matter of course. You really should, though. It’s an amazing collaborative effort from people who are (in my opinion,
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The Bookworm Beat 10/10/16 — the special post-debate illustrated edition
This has been a good weekend for political commentary, meaning that those who create posters have been very busy. These are all good although some (most notably those regarding Hillary’s “feminist” supporters, are amazingly vulgar):
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Post-debate open thread
I do not pretend to know what @TheRealAbrahamLincoln would have said of the debate. All I know, was that I thought it was great when Trump charged Clinton with sex, lies, and servers. What was your take on the debate?
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Debate analysis and open thread
I tried to watch the debate, not as a politics nerd who is up on a lot of data, but based on what I’ve learned about persuasion techniques from reading Scott Adams’ posts. This meant tuning out a lot of the words and focusing on the key points Hillary and
Continue readingA word about Donald Trump’s Fox News debate boycott
I think Trump is very clever for getting as much airtime about not showing up at a debate as he would if he did show up at the debate — all without the risk of saying something at the debate that might backfire. Rather than add to that airtime, the only
Continue readingNewt’s not as smart as all that — say liberals
Since at least Reagan, the standard liberal trope is that Republicans, both voters and politicians, are stupid. That trope has, of course, emerged again this year. The joker in the deck is Newt Gingrich, a PhD and author who spokes with incredible fluency and has a masterful grasp of facts.
Continue readingDoes Obama even bother to listen to himself?
A brief history: Obama promised that the health care debate was so important, it would be carried on C-SPAN. That did not happen. Obama promised that any proposed bill on health care would be placed on a website for public comment far in advance of the vote. That did not
Continue readingSetting the bar to a new low *UPDATED*
Do you get the feeling that a lot of Democrats, having watched the first debate, are saying that their man is qualified to be in the White House merely because he managed not too drool all over himself and say anything too stupid? That is, they’re acknowledging that, substantively, McCain
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