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Scott Alfter
3 Feb 2016
Bernie Sanders supporters can’t describe socialism Bernie Sanders supporters are very enthusiastic, but seem a little short on political philosophy. A reporter from CNN recently asked attendees at a Sanders town hall event to describe socialism. Josh Feldman reported at Mediaite: CNN’s Baldwin Asks Sanders Supporters to Define the Word ‘Socialist’ At a recent Bernie Sanders rally, CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin asked some of his supporters to define the word socialism. [ 35 more words. ]
Not much of a surprise here
Bernie Sanders supporters can’t describe socialism
Bernie Sanders supporters are very enthusiastic, but seem a little short on political philosophy. A reporter from CNN recently asked attendees at a Sanders town hall event to describe socialism.
Josh Feldman reported at Mediaite:
CNN’s Baldwin Asks Sanders Supporters to Define the Word ‘Socialist’
At a recent Bernie Sanders rally, CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin asked some of his supporters to define the word socialism. And, well, some of them didn’t exactly know…
Baldwin showed her video of the very enthusiastic Sanders supporters she spoke with on CNN earlier today. A few of them contrasted Sanders with Hillary Clinton.
They can’t win if they can’t cheat
Even when it’s blue-on-blue:
Give ‘Em a Few More Days, And Everyone Will “Know” That Rubio Won Iowa
The last report is that the [Democrat] Party is asking 90 Iowa precincts to “recreate” their polling sites because they were not properly staffed. I don’t know what that means, either. I don’t know if they mean they want people to come in and re-caucus, or just turn over their records.
But 90 precincts, I guess, could change the vote, which currently stands at Hillary 49.8%, Sanders 49.6%.
She won one delegate by a coin flip.
Zincfinger says she won six delegates by coin-toss:
According to Barone, HRC won 6 delegates by coin-flip, going 6/6 on six separate coin-tosses. A 1/64 probability occurrence. Amazing!
Scott Alfter
2 Feb 2016
With that version number, this picture seems appropriate: It’s not mine (I don’t have the kind of money it’d take to get into one of these now), but one can always hope. :-)
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With that version number, this picture seems appropriate:
It’s not mine (I don’t have the kind of money it’d take to get into one of these now), but one can always hope. :-)
Scott Alfter
1 Feb 2016
The view outside this morning before heading into work…we don’t usually get snow on Frenchman Mountain.
Running: Sat, 30 Jan 2016 15:43:09
- Activity: Running
- Distance: 4.85 mi
- Duration: 01:15:45
- Average Pace: 15:37 min/mi
- Calories Burned: 806
- Activity Link: https://runkeeper.com/user/salfter/activity/727049040
- Start Time: Sat, 30 Jan 2016 15:43:09
Scott Alfter
29 Jan 2016
I received about 100 lbs. of range lead through the mail yesterday. Here’s some of what’s involved in turning it into ingots that can later be used to make bullets.
What were you doing 30 years ago?
I didn’t hear of what had happened until I got home from school, but then it had happened in the early afternoon where we were. The BBC had cut over to CNN for coverage, which was an unusual occurrence.
I don’t recall this address having aired over there either, except maybe as a snippet or two. Then again, it would’ve been after midnight if they’d chosen to run it live.