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This oughta make Ragu's day

 

We actually almost bought "Battleship" at the craft store today. It was her favorite game as a child, although they just used pencil and paper. She always does a double take when she sees the actual game we grew up with.

So we'll take a "Battleship" game, Santa.

 

But you can't become Person Of The Year that way!

 

NOAA and the Fail

Emails Show Government Agency Melting Down Over Trump’s Hurricane Fiasco: ‘This Has Really Gotten Out of Hand’

 

I don’t see this making an impact. Bloomberg has little recognition outside of New York. Other than being the “take away your soda” guy.

His work on gun control is admirable. Maybe he gets traction there. But I don’t see it.

 

That's the thing. Bloomberg has taken what IMO is an outstanding cause and done a lot with it. Now he's gonna run for President, finish up the track like a horse I bet on, and go back as damaged goods. It's sad, except that it's for ego, so screw him.

 

Furious Kentuckians Blame Mitch McConnell After FEC Complaint Knocks Potential Challenger Off the Airwaves

You can take my healthcare, doom generations to a hellscape and plunder Social Security, but don't you goddam dare take Matt Jones off my radio!

 

Why is that a reason he should be outed?

 

Deadline is tomorrow Friday, I think.

 

Unless he has solid policy ideas and plans to fund them, I can't see him making a dent.

 

You have that backward. Without the whistleblower coming forward, we would not know about Trump's extortion of Ukraine, the hiding of the "phone transcript" in a highly classified server, or any of the other matters that Vindman testified about. All of the stuff that has been dragged out into the light with more yet to come is known because someone went to the IG and said "This smells bad and someone needs to look at it". We wouldn't even know who Vindman is otherwise.

This sort of calling people to account for their actions is exactly why there is a whistleblower law, that and to allow such people to have someone within the chain of command to go to, rather than taking possibly sensitive or classified matters to the press to push for accountability.

Although your question is an excellent one for those who want to out the whistleblower. Given that what he alleged was accurate, given that the WH released the edited "transcript" and themselves confirmed that it had happened, given that multiple mid-to-high level diplomats and bureaucrats have testified about those events, Trump's demands, and the timeline, why do you need to know a damn thing about the whistleblower?