Personally, I tend to be a big fan of any freshwater protozoans that have an elongated body rounded at the anterior end and feature an oblique funnel-shaped buccal groove bearing the mouth at the extremity…..
I have several candidates for the award because none of them have any spine or backbone. 1- Hal, Cash, Boone, and the entire bloated Yankees front office. 2-Republican Congressmen. 3-Establishment Democrats.
Carl J. Weitz, I'm down with you on two of those. Not feelin' it with "establishment Democrats," though.
I hear this all the time from the would-be socialists here (most of them hardworking yuppies) and they keep claiming that establishment Dems go along all the time.
But exactly what have they "gone along with"? This isn't the 1980s, when you had all sorts of "blue-dog Democrats" supporting Reagan. Almost everything Trump gets passed, passes by the razor-thin majorities he has in Congress (or is handed to him by the most corrupt Supreme Court in our history).
And while the right has managed to co-opt or shut down most dissenting media (REALLY frightening), if you look at MSNOW, you'll find "establishment Dems" raising what hell they can every single night.
Just saying that I think this emerging party civil war is the last thing we want or need right now. And that's my sermon for the Fourth! (uh, Third).
I think the establishment Dems have been slow on the uptake. They have let a lot slide, or at least that's my perception. Maybe they carry the weight of Merritt Garland's astonishing lack of action against Trump and his co-conspirators. They are not loud enough, not blunt enough in their opposition, and come off being "careful" and "moderate," when the nature of Washington politics has greatly changed.
If they were at the Stadium, they would do well to heed the "Make Some Noise!!" lights. They come off as being too focus-group guided, not realizing a lot of the populace wants those "radical socialist" programs like Medicaid for All.
The people, as usual, have moved past them. Leadership is wanted and doesn't seem to be there.
I guess we just disagree about #3. And it's the reason why Democatic Socialists (not Socialists) have been winning against incumbent Dems nationwide with more to come. Many are unhappy that elected party members are not vocal enough or aggressive enough against Trump (Joe Biden, Merrick Garland, Chuck Schumer, etc al). For years, the more Progressive wing of the party have been marginalized abd ignored. Not anymore. Also, don't buy the media hype that there's a party civil war-there isn't. It's policy disagreements thar can be sorted out after the November election.
Merrick Garland deserves his own classification of invertebrate. Hides from light. Capable of being dormant for years at a time. Achieves nothing and fucks everything up, if spurred to action. A slime mold, perhaps? Very tricky to classify.
Chuck Schumer, would be very different kind of invertebrate. He is instinctively attracted to money, is prone to arrogance and slow to learn. Hence his fatal 2016 comment that "for every working class person [in PA] we lose, we'll get two in the [Philadelphia] suburbs."
That is exactly the kind of 'establishment democrat' that people define as invertebrates and are completely done with.
By the way, the photo in the post is last year's invertebrate winner:
"Last year’s Invertebrate of the Year was a triumph for Milnesium tardigradum, a microscopic multisegmented animal that resembles a piglet wrapped in an enormous duvet."
I'm nominating a delicious sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus franciscanus. Native to the kelp forests of the Pacific Coast of North America, it is highly prized as a source of high quality delicious "uni." I love uni as sushi nigiri.
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Personally, I tend to be a big fan of any freshwater protozoans that have an elongated body rounded at the anterior end and feature an oblique funnel-shaped buccal groove bearing the mouth at the extremity…..
ReplyDeleteHow’s that nasty cold, JM?
Feeling better ?
Still sucks, AA. Gets better, gets worse. Gets better, gets worse.
ReplyDeleteIt's like the fucking Yankees. Win streak, loss streak. Win streak, Boone, loss streak.
JM, take ACV daily (Any brand with "The Mother") and 1-2 grams of vitamin C.
DeleteLife is but a dream....sh boom...
ReplyDeleteI have several candidates for the award because none of them have any spine or backbone.
ReplyDelete1- Hal, Cash, Boone, and the entire bloated Yankees front office.
2-Republican Congressmen.
3-Establishment Democrats.
It should be quite the contest.
Does it have to be a specific echinoderm or can I nominate the entire phylum?
ReplyDeleteFeel Free
DeleteYou have both MY blessing and permission, Winny
Carl J. Weitz, I'm down with you on two of those. Not feelin' it with "establishment Democrats," though.
ReplyDeleteI hear this all the time from the would-be socialists here (most of them hardworking yuppies) and they keep claiming that establishment Dems go along all the time.
But exactly what have they "gone along with"? This isn't the 1980s, when you had all sorts of "blue-dog Democrats" supporting Reagan. Almost everything Trump gets passed, passes by the razor-thin majorities he has in Congress (or is handed to him by the most corrupt Supreme Court in our history).
And while the right has managed to co-opt or shut down most dissenting media (REALLY frightening), if you look at MSNOW, you'll find "establishment Dems" raising what hell they can every single night.
Just saying that I think this emerging party civil war is the last thing we want or need right now. And that's my sermon for the Fourth! (uh, Third).
I think the establishment Dems have been slow on the uptake. They have let a lot slide, or at least that's my perception. Maybe they carry the weight of Merritt Garland's astonishing lack of action against Trump and his co-conspirators. They are not loud enough, not blunt enough in their opposition, and come off being "careful" and "moderate," when the nature of Washington politics has greatly changed.
DeleteIf they were at the Stadium, they would do well to heed the "Make Some Noise!!" lights. They come off as being too focus-group guided, not realizing a lot of the populace wants those "radical socialist" programs like Medicaid for All.
The people, as usual, have moved past them. Leadership is wanted and doesn't seem to be there.
Just what I'm seeing.
I guess we just disagree about #3. And it's the reason why Democatic Socialists (not Socialists) have been winning against incumbent Dems nationwide with more to come. Many are unhappy that elected party members are not vocal enough or aggressive enough against Trump (Joe Biden, Merrick Garland, Chuck Schumer, etc al). For years, the more Progressive wing of the party have been marginalized abd ignored. Not anymore. Also, don't buy the media hype that there's a party civil war-there isn't. It's policy disagreements thar can be sorted out after the November election.
DeleteMerrick Garland deserves his own classification of invertebrate. Hides from light. Capable of being dormant for years at a time. Achieves nothing and fucks everything up, if spurred to action. A slime mold, perhaps? Very tricky to classify.
DeleteChuck Schumer, would be very different kind of invertebrate. He is instinctively attracted to money, is prone to arrogance and slow to learn. Hence his fatal 2016 comment that "for every working class person [in PA] we lose, we'll get two in the [Philadelphia] suburbs."
That is exactly the kind of 'establishment democrat' that people define as invertebrates and are completely done with.
By the way, the photo in the post is last year's invertebrate winner:
ReplyDelete"Last year’s Invertebrate of the Year was a triumph for Milnesium tardigradum, a microscopic multisegmented animal that resembles a piglet wrapped in an enormous duvet."
Mmmmm ... bacon wrapped tardigrade!!
ReplyDeleteI'm nominating a delicious sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus franciscanus. Native to the kelp forests of the Pacific Coast of North America, it is highly prized as a source of high quality delicious "uni." I love uni as sushi nigiri.
ReplyDeleteStrongylocentrotus purpuratus is also eaten.
ReplyDelete