Wednesday, December 08, 2021

Hump Day Wrangle

I've caught up, finally, so these round-ups of the best of the left of Texas are going to start getting weirder, in that what-Austin-used-to-be kinda way.


Not what you clicked over for?  Okay.  Back to politics.


Chairman Padrino looks a little defensive back there (and this photo wasn't taken recently).  Maybe the Colonel was already ragging him about something.


I'm wondering if Svitek has ever written "who is White" or "who is Latin@" after someone's name. Smells like elitism to me, and that's on an upwind day.  I retweet him a lot but I have to be honest: the stench of clubby oligarchy hangs thick on the guy.  He's been snuggling with Evan Smith, the Roger Ailes of the Lone Star State, since the TexTrib first got going, and now they are two sides of the same coin.  Even Scott Braddock and Harold Cook aren't this bad (but they're still bad).


These aren't the drones we're looking for.  This isn't the democracy I paid for.


But my satisfaction wasn't guaranteed, and I don't get my money, or the decade I spent trying to change the Democratic Party from within, back.  If I could, though, I would use it to build my pie higher.  I'da been a better capitalist.  Made a lot more money and then become an expat by now.  That's still the plan.


I cracked back on Dr. Jones earlier for this.


I'll let others pick up the slack.


Democrats and Republicans should pay, since they conduct primary elections.  Greens and Libertarians nominate at convention, so filing fees for them -- as well as stringent requirements for independent candidates -- are just a ballot access cockblock.  Which is the way the Blues and Reds like it.  Couple that with the Sviteks and Smiths who won't so much as acknowledge minor party candidates, and it's a perfect storm of indifference.

To his credit, Braddock is an adept purveyor of snark without fear of its potential consequences, like losing access.


Then again, Larson capitulated to the wingnuts.  He gave up all his power, so swinging at him after he's left the building seems gratuitous.

Let's move on to the criminal and social justice news.


That's my segue to the environmental updates.


Ending today with the calm-me-downs.

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