Comments on: Fake, staged, fraud…It’s the brand https://habitablezone.com/2020/05/08/fake-staged-fraud-its-the-brand/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 04:45:30 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: DanS https://habitablezone.com/2020/05/08/fake-staged-fraud-its-the-brand/#comment-44572 DanS Sat, 09 May 2020 20:04:27 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=81649#comment-44572 Nobody has to go anywhere. No need to walk all the way over to Building 3 to file the report, there's an online folder. No need to stand up and drop a file into an in box, there's an online folder. No need to get in the car and drive all the way down to Key West for sightseeing, there's a pic. No need to go to the Grand Canyon, there's a pic. No need to go to a concert, there's YouTube. No need to look out the window at a sunset, there's a pic. No need to type, just click on an icon. No need to do much more than twitch a digit -- if that. It's not really all that bad. If you know how the body works and what it needs to remain vital simple exercises can do wonders to keep in shape. It's just that there are so many kids out there who barely twitch at all these days. Nobody has to go anywhere.

No need to walk all the way over to Building 3 to file the report, there’s an online folder.
No need to stand up and drop a file into an in box, there’s an online folder.
No need to get in the car and drive all the way down to Key West for sightseeing, there’s a pic.
No need to go to the Grand Canyon, there’s a pic.
No need to go to a concert, there’s YouTube.

No need to look out the window at a sunset, there’s a pic.

No need to type, just click on an icon.

No need to do much more than twitch a digit — if that.

It’s not really all that bad. If you know how the body works and what it needs to remain vital simple exercises can do wonders to keep in shape. It’s just that there are so many kids out there who barely twitch at all these days.

]]> By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2020/05/08/fake-staged-fraud-its-the-brand/#comment-44568 podrock Sat, 09 May 2020 03:47:05 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=81649#comment-44568 Got the government online. I can't even calculate my savings in time and money when it comes to getting information for my work. It's also saved the government trillions. At least. Infrastructure investment pays off in ways we don't expect. The Democrats have to play hardball. Got the government online. I can’t even calculate my savings in time and money when it comes to getting information for my work. It’s also saved the government trillions. At least. Infrastructure investment pays off in ways we don’t expect.

The Democrats have to play hardball.

]]> By: Robert https://habitablezone.com/2020/05/08/fake-staged-fraud-its-the-brand/#comment-44566 Robert Sat, 09 May 2020 03:01:01 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=81649#comment-44566 Gore never claimed to have "invented" the Internet. He rightfully claimed to have written the legislation that opened ARPANet up for public use, thereby creating our modern Internet, and along the way, creating trillions of dollars of value. Not bad for a Liberal hellbent on destroying capitalism. At the same time, he coined the term "information superhighway". I wonder why nobody (that I know of) has written an alternate history in which Gore won the 2000 election? Gore never claimed to have “invented” the Internet. He rightfully claimed to have written the legislation that opened ARPANet up for public use, thereby creating our modern Internet, and along the way, creating trillions of dollars of value. Not bad for a Liberal hellbent on destroying capitalism.

At the same time, he coined the term “information superhighway”.

I wonder why nobody (that I know of) has written an alternate history in which Gore won the 2000 election?

]]> By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2020/05/08/fake-staged-fraud-its-the-brand/#comment-44565 podrock Sat, 09 May 2020 01:15:01 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=81649#comment-44565 But if Gore can invent the internet... But if Gore can invent the internet…

]]> By: Robert https://habitablezone.com/2020/05/08/fake-staged-fraud-its-the-brand/#comment-44564 Robert Sat, 09 May 2020 01:08:03 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=81649#comment-44564 Pence claims he was only joking about the empty boxes. The <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/05/08/jimmy-kimmels-false-claim-that-pence-carried-empty-boxes/" rel="nofollow">WashPo article</a> refers to the original CSPAN video, at the 9:00 mark. One of the other guys says the rest of the boxes are empty, and then Pence asks "can I carry the empty ones? Just for the camera?". There's a bit of laughter at that point, suggesting that everyone there got the joke. Sorry to be a wet blanket. As the Post said,<blockquote>With so many well-reported articles about the Trump administration’s mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic, why would anyone resort to inventing a story of malfeasance?</blockquote> Indeed. I watch Kimmel clips pretty much every day and enjoy him, but looks like he blew it this time. It'll be interesting to see what he says tonight about it. Pence claims he was only joking about the empty boxes. The WashPo article refers to the original CSPAN video, at the 9:00 mark. One of the other guys says the rest of the boxes are empty, and then Pence asks “can I carry the empty ones? Just for the camera?”. There’s a bit of laughter at that point, suggesting that everyone there got the joke.

Sorry to be a wet blanket. As the Post said,

With so many well-reported articles about the Trump administration’s mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic, why would anyone resort to inventing a story of malfeasance?

Indeed. I watch Kimmel clips pretty much every day and enjoy him, but looks like he blew it this time. It’ll be interesting to see what he says tonight about it.

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2020/05/08/fake-staged-fraud-its-the-brand/#comment-44563 RL Sat, 09 May 2020 00:39:26 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=81649#comment-44563 God, that is so emblematic of this administration... God, that is so emblematic of this administration…

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