Comments on: WHAT THE HELL? https://habitablezone.com/2017/05/15/what-the-hell/ Sat, 11 Apr 2026 02:11:35 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2017/05/15/what-the-hell/#comment-39258 RL Thu, 18 May 2017 04:42:59 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=64045#comment-39258 see email see email

]]> By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2017/05/15/what-the-hell/#comment-39257 podrock Thu, 18 May 2017 04:34:44 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=64045#comment-39257 A gift from my in laws, nice plastic ones, another pair for Ms P, plus spare cardboard ones just in case. Likely in the SE. Have friends in Charleston, for totality, otherwise a spot in the Blue Ridge with 90% totality but a sixty mile view of the shadow sweeping the Piedmont. Difficult choice. Wyoming is an option, but remote, no place to stay, highways will be a mess... Would like to know your optimal spot, but understand not wanting to share on a public forum. A gift from my in laws, nice plastic ones, another pair for Ms P, plus spare cardboard ones just in case.

Likely in the SE. Have friends in Charleston, for totality, otherwise a spot in the Blue Ridge with 90% totality but a sixty mile view of the shadow sweeping the Piedmont. Difficult choice. Wyoming is an option, but remote, no place to stay, highways will be a mess…

Would like to know your optimal spot, but understand not wanting to share on a public forum.

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2017/05/15/what-the-hell/#comment-39255 RL Thu, 18 May 2017 04:12:31 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=64045#comment-39255 Assuming civilization still exists... I am pretty sure I have found the optimal spot in the eastern half of the US... Assuming civilization still exists…
I am pretty sure I have found the optimal spot in the eastern half of the US…

]]> By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2017/05/15/what-the-hell/#comment-39252 podrock Thu, 18 May 2017 02:54:55 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=64045#comment-39252 Act III should end with the Eclipse. Act III should end with the Eclipse.

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2017/05/15/what-the-hell/#comment-39246 RL Thu, 18 May 2017 01:12:48 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=64045#comment-39246 I fear it could drag on for years... I fear it could drag on for years…

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2017/05/15/what-the-hell/#comment-39232 RL Wed, 17 May 2017 06:22:36 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=64045#comment-39232 Gets his presidency terminated in the third trimester? Gets his presidency terminated in the third trimester?

]]> By: hank https://habitablezone.com/2017/05/15/what-the-hell/#comment-39224 hank Wed, 17 May 2017 00:48:19 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=64045#comment-39224 ...they had some White House National Security goon telling us how the President has every right to tell anyone he wants any classified information he feels fit to tell them. We are reminded that they were also telling us Trump had every right by law to fire the head of the FBI. Well, both of those facts ARE true. They are also irrelevant. No one is saying Trump didn't have a legal right to do those things. The question is, is it a smart thing to do? Once again, we are reminded of the new favored defense tactic of the Right: if you can't defend indefensible behavior, then defend another type of behavior that IS defensible. No one is claiming the Russians stole the election, or that Trump didn't win fairly according to the Electoral College rules. No one is even accusing Trump's aides of being traitors. But by indignantly defending against those allegations, they hope to distract attention from the fact that the Russians interfered in our elections, that Trump won in spite of a popular minority, and that his campaign was open to blackmail from the Russians. It reminds us of some of our own Zone conservatives, doesn't it? Move the goalposts, change the subject, and when all else fails, blame it on the left-wing media and scream that "Obama did it first". …they had some White House National Security goon telling us how the President has every right to tell anyone he wants any classified information he feels fit to tell them. We are reminded that they were also telling us Trump had every right by law to fire the head of the FBI.

Well, both of those facts ARE true. They are also irrelevant. No one is saying Trump didn’t have a legal right to do those things. The question is, is it a smart thing to do? Once again, we are reminded of the new favored defense tactic of the Right: if you can’t defend indefensible behavior, then defend another type of behavior that IS defensible.

No one is claiming the Russians stole the election, or that Trump didn’t win fairly according to the Electoral College rules. No one is even accusing Trump’s aides of being traitors. But by indignantly defending against those allegations, they hope to distract attention from the fact that the Russians interfered in our elections, that Trump won in spite of a popular minority, and that his campaign was open to blackmail from the Russians.

It reminds us of some of our own Zone conservatives, doesn’t it? Move the goalposts, change the subject, and when all else fails, blame it on the left-wing media and scream that “Obama did it first”.

]]> By: mcfly https://habitablezone.com/2017/05/15/what-the-hell/#comment-39220 mcfly Tue, 16 May 2017 18:19:00 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=64045#comment-39220 LOL...nice! LOL…nice!

]]> By: hank https://habitablezone.com/2017/05/15/what-the-hell/#comment-39218 hank Tue, 16 May 2017 17:52:55 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=64045#comment-39218 The day before yesterday, the Trump campaign was swearing that nothing classified was discussed. Sometimes the right hand does not know what the right hand is doing. The day before yesterday, the Trump campaign was swearing that nothing classified was discussed.

Sometimes the right hand does not know what the right hand is doing.

]]> By: mcfly https://habitablezone.com/2017/05/15/what-the-hell/#comment-39217 mcfly Tue, 16 May 2017 16:01:41 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=64045#comment-39217 They featured a story yesterday about how it wasn't Trump, but actually the Washington Post that was responsible for disclosing the classified info. Oddly enough, that story has vanished today, after Trump sends out yet another tweet saying essentially that, as prezident, he can do whatever the hell he wants. They featured a story yesterday about how it wasn’t Trump, but actually the Washington Post that was responsible for disclosing the classified info. Oddly enough, that story has vanished today, after Trump sends out yet another tweet saying essentially that, as prezident, he can do whatever the hell he wants.

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