Self-fulfilling circular reasoning by Wall Street. “Stocks down as consumer sentiment drops.” Yeah, it’s dropping because the market keeps dropping!

@kel Thanks.

@kel Not familiar with the Politico reference.Are they in the tank too?

@BreakingNews I’m sure his lawyer is ecstatic over that. Not!

@kel Okay, a new direction for the cable company. But trying to be another Fox News is not the way to go.

No, I’m sorry. CNN didn’t just air that “town hall” because, after all, Trump is a leading candidate for the Republican presidential nomination. They not only hosted the event, they created it! And what “towns” are populated only by Trump supporters? To use Trump’s often used excuse for a bad showing: It was rigged! I feel sorry for the moderator, Kaitlin Connors, who felt it was her duty to push back on the lies her bosses surely knew would be spewed by Trump. This isn’t 2015-2016 anymore.

CNN. Really?

Rep. McCarthy, when the story of Santos’s fraud came out: “ He hasn’t been charged with anything. It’s up to the voters.”

McCarthy, when Santos was indicted: “Everyone is presumed innocent until proved guilty.”

(Prediction) McCarthy when Santos is convicted: “Let the appeal process play out.”

@JV3MJD Yeah, it seems that even if you’re white in Texas, you can’t have open-carry if you protest police brutality against blacks.

@feloneouscat @AlphaCentauri I use both the AP Stylebook and the CMS, choosing one over the other if they differ based on what I think should be right.😀 I see your point about the possible connotation with White Supremacy, but it seems to me that shouldn’t govern how to write it. Would capitalizing black in the ‘60s be avoided because of a possible association with the Black Panthers? Better, it seems to me, is to avoid the dichotomy and put both in lower case. That’s what I do in my writing.

I did some research! While I can see the rationale taken by The Atlantic, Columbia Journalism Review, the AP Stylebook and others for capitalizing “black” when referring to a person of African lineage (the Chicago Manual of Style favors lowercasing unless the author or publisher deems otherwise), the reason for lowercasing “white” seems contrary to that rationale. Why can’t White represent European lineage, with all the cultural and ethnic history that entails?

@AlphaCentauri I have yet to see white capitalized, but I’ll keep my eyes peeled for an example.

Why is it that “black” is capitalized in some news stories concerning a person of color, but “white,” when referring to a Caucasian, never is? Just wondering.

Yet another windy, though sunny, day in SE coastal N.C. Feels like I’m living in Hawaii! But guaranteed, when the hot summer starts, the breezes will stop.

Wow! Didn’t take long to indict Santos. I’m waiting for him to take a page out of Trump’s book and claim it’s a political witch hunt and that the justice system is a disgrace.

Okay, I was wrong about Trump being convicted in the defamation case.But the verdict hasn’t swayed Republican Trumpists, let alone Trump himself, who still claims he doesn’t know who the woman is and brays on that he wasn’t allowed to defend himself at the trial. Really? The judge bent over backwards to give him more time to come to NYC and testify after Trump declared he would do so. Sen. Rubio has called the jury a joke. No matter what happens, the Rs can:t get off the Trump train.

Biden will have to run a marathon and finish at least middle-of-the-pack every month until Nov. 2024 to get the too-old label off him. And that’s not gonna happen. So independents and a few Republicans the Dems could pick off if Trump wins the nomination will balk voting for Biden, afraid he’ll die or become incapacitated, leaving Harris president. And this country, sadly, is not ready for not only a female, but a female of color, to be president.

@kenyatta2009 I’d have to say it’s more like cruel pragmatism than stupidity or incompetence. Abbott and the legislature know who their constituents are and the red meat they crave.

Gov. Abbott again blames another mass shooting in his state on mental illness. If he really believed that, you’d think he’d push for more spending on mental health in his state. But Texas ranks near the bottom in that kind of support. And he must then think that the U.S., especially his state, has much more mental illness than in other countries. But maybe he thinks anti-abortion, anti-immigrant, antisemitic, anti-LGBTQ and white supremacy advocates, prevalent in Texas, all have mental illness!

Wake me up when Trump actually, finally gets convicted of something. The defamation case? He’ll skate. Porn star payments? He didn’t want Melanie to find out, that’s all. Georgia? No. Fake electors? “Hey, they were just trying to help me right a wrong.” Inciting insurrection? That’s a bridge too far regarding proof. But the classified documents obstruction of justice case - that could be real jeopardy for him. We’ll see. Meanwhile, I’ll be taking a long nap.