Sunday’s Forum
Steven L. Taylor
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Sunday, August 10, 2025
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About Steven L. Taylor
Steven L. Taylor is a Professor Emeritus of Political Science and former College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored
A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog).
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The immense power of a press conference.
@Daryl:
Only if Trump, Noem, and Hegseth plan to be headquarted elsewhere. Any city could use fewer dog killing drunken pedophiles.
Would it liven things up around here if I said I would like to appoint Beth as my Special Entertainment Director, responsible for coordinating the OTB host/commenter kickline visitation?
I would like her to ensure that the recording of Ethel Merman’s “No Business Like Show Business” is the background music.
Thank you.
@Daryl: Wow, Trump has really accomplished a first.
For my entire life, I have been pacifistic, or later, merely 95% pacifistic. I have not sought or weighted solutions that involve vioilence.
And now, they have just made me want to go to Washington DC and engage in violence just to show them what dumbasses they are.
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(Like Jack Benny, I’m thinking it over)
No. No I won’t.
Of course, they will cook the books to show fake statistics about how much they cleaned up that town.
@Jay L. Gischer:
They don’t even need to do that. Crime in DC has been trending down for years.
All they have to do is their playacting shtick, then trot out the real stats and prove they succeeded.
@DK: More bullshit from Trump. DC isn’t even in the top 20 most dangerous cities in America, let alone the world.
Also Trump didn’t give a fuck about DC crime until one of his incel turds got his ass kicked by a couple of teenagers.
About Jim Lovell, here are some interesting stats:
24 people have flown to the Moon
12 of them walked on the Moon
3 of them, Lovell, Young, and Cernan flew there twice
1 of them, Lovell, flew to the Moon twice but never landed on it
@Kathy:
This probably explains it. Seems Edward “Big Balls”Coristine of DOGE fame got his ass kicked in an attempted carjacking.
If one ever finds oneself surrounded by 10 juvenile males at 3:30am in a bad part of town who are telling you they are taking your car, just hand ’em the keys.
You want my keys? Here ya go! Sorry there’s only half a tank of gas in it. Have a nice joyride!!!
ETA
At my current job (mega-conglomo-office sh** inc), I keep telling our younger employees that no, our job is to wave a cheery fare-thee-well to anything they carry out of the store.
ETA redux
Over half a century ago in Seattle, at the White Center 7/11, we ALL carried firearms, and knew how to use them (crazed vets seemed to be the default hiring preference). At our location, no one ever got shot on either side, because the guns were to protect us, not the till or smokes, and everyone knew it.
@DK:
On third thought, he’s lucky they didn’t know who he was. If he’d told them who he was (and who he worked for) they’d probably still be dredging the river looking for him.
@Flat Earth Luddite: The felon in me condones this action. “Ohhhhh, YOU’RE Big Balls? Of DOGE, House of Elon Musk? How nice to meet you. Have you heard of a Red Wedding?” 😉
I have to wonder how much online cred those teenagers are getting for kicking that guy’s ass.