Well, you know, it was only eight years after Lifeboat... I can't really blame them.

... or we'll make you shift it yourself.

What a bunch of pablum.

Did some democratic voters vote in a republican primary? Possibly. I'm sure some did, especially in states that don't matter in the late primary process (i.e. Oregon). It could not have happened in every state, and it absolutely did not happen in the crucial early primary states where a victory is a lifeline for your campaign.

Would it have had any effect? No. See above. Also consider: closed primaries - you get given a Republican or Democratic ballot based on your party affiliation. In many states you cannot get a Republican ballot unless you have already registered as a Republican.

Why? Because there was also a Democratic primary going on, where Democratic voters got to choose their preferred candidate from their own party.

You're acting like 2016 didn't have a hotly contested primary on both sides, when we know there was and there was no shortage of bitching about "anointing Hillary" as you just did in the same post. A small handful of people that would have navigated the bueaucracy to be able to vote in a Republican primary isn't going to make any difference at all.

TL;DR: nice try blaming Democrats for the worst president in history. Nobody is buying that bullshit, because at the end of the day, Republicans voted for this fucking chump. Three times.

Stop blamecasting.

I have to say - it's VERY depressing reading that and comparing President Eisenhower's thoughtful words with the bile, bombast, and often even absolute hatred that's regularly spewed by the current occupant of that office.

I was just flipping through the broadcast TV channels, looking for a good Woodwright's Shop program and I passed by Sesame Street. There's good old Elmo. And Elmo's buddy, a cheerful talking smartphone.

Fuck you, Sesame Street.

Other slop.

Maybe we'll get lucky and that'll make Sam Altman's head explode!

That's simplistic. I like the flavor of coffee... but sometimes I like the flavor when it's combined with cream.

I mean when someone cooks a stew, do you tell them they wouldn't have to make stew if they just bought higher-quality carrots?

5G. In the woods. Good luck with that.

You're probably right about selling the cellular option. AT&T has been buying up bandwidth like the Hunt brothers bought silver. And nobody is buying (well, not enough to pay). Hence, the MVNOs have been going nuts reselling service at cut-rate prices. They need more customers.

This is it. Traditionally, a lot of regulation has been tied to POTS (the copper wire type). They want out from under that. The replacements may, or may not be*, more expensive from a capital/maintenance cost. But the revenues will be open ended.

*Watch what the telcos did in some of our rural areas. They said, "Sorry. No service available out there." Then the local rural electric cop-ops started handing their lineman a spool of fiber-optic cable when they went out to climb poles. And the telecoms went absolutely ape-shit over that. Those customers were actually being held ransom for high priced services. And someone stepped in and undercut them. Suddenly, areas they didn't serve became "their service territory".

... is copper wire service. Even if it comes from a cabinet down the street fed from fiber. It sounds like what AT&T wants is to retire POTS and switch customers from basic $9.99/mo service to a $99.99/mo plan over FTTH or wireless.

... for more than half an hour.

Of wine? ;-)

Now?

This is old technology. Given the applicable laws (or apathy toward them) the tech has been available for years.

Your "medicine" isn't allowed to taste good, after all.