tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post7958092966441197459..comments2024-03-28T19:49:43.203-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: TRYING TO GET MY BEARINGSRobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-53556516867948855522017-02-19T17:43:20.754-05:002017-02-19T17:43:20.754-05:00I'm sure that Mark Zuckerberg knows the differ...I'm sure that Mark Zuckerberg knows the difference between Sweden and Sehwan, and maybe even speaks a few words in Swedish: he's a very gifted young man. <br /><br />Still, there used to be this strange idea of the government of the people, for the people and by the people, not of the super-rich, for the super-rich and now by the super-rich. s. wallersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448905469871566228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-86768475353209021132017-02-19T17:06:16.382-05:002017-02-19T17:06:16.382-05:00The ICE raids have me very anxious. However, at le...The ICE raids have me very anxious. However, at least here in California there seems to be a good deal of opposition to them. Even the farmers, who largely supported the so-called president, are voicing worry now that their cheap workforce is threatened. The big dummies. (Each election season, Interstate 5, which runs up the middle of the state through its farmlands, becomes one long boulevard of advertisements for whatever Republican candidate is running.) We'll have to see what develops.<br /><br />It rankles me to think of Zuckerberg as the politician of the future. Ugh. Maybe it's because we're the same age. However, T***p is so off-the-spectrum terrible that almost any possiblity would seem like a welcome return to normalcy. Zuckerberg, as far as I can tell, is a libertarian -- good on social issues, obtuse on economic issues.<br /><br />Finally, people are speculating about T***p's Sweden gaffe. Apparently there was a terrorist attack in a town called Sehwan in Pakistan, and it seems likely that T***p read this in his briefing as "Sweden." Our minority-president is not functionally literate. <br /><br /><br />Ed Barrerashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245166137503830356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-13545449096279456312017-02-19T15:52:09.963-05:002017-02-19T15:52:09.963-05:00This Observer editorial about Zuckerberg is very c...This Observer editorial about Zuckerberg is very critical of him and seems worth a glance.<br />https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/19/the-observer-view-on-mark-zuckerberg<br /><br />Zuckerberg, unlike Trump, is competent and efficient, pro-globalization (in the capitalist variety), liberal about gay rights and women's reproduction issues, not blatantly racist, has never defined himself very clearly whether he is a Republican or a Democrat, and can read everybody's minds. On his Facebook he "likes" Obama and Corey Booker, but he also likes Chris Christie and Nicolas Sarkozy.s. wallersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448905469871566228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-11157122621219927792017-02-19T15:44:01.002-05:002017-02-19T15:44:01.002-05:00To Robert's suggestion of doing what we can to...To Robert's suggestion of doing what we can to dull the effect of ICE -- I totally agree. In my home state of Massachusetts we have four proposed measures, the most notable of which is the Safe Communities Act, which stop short of making the state a sanctuary state. There are currently 4 states doing this. For those so inclined, join the Our Revolution #slack channel devoted to sanctuary and keep on top of initiatives in your home state.<br /><br />As for Mr. Zuckerberg, I'm sort of in a "fuck all billionaires" mood today. Check back with me tomorrow to see if the verb has changed.<br />David Enoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-11134679811653059712017-02-19T15:39:46.057-05:002017-02-19T15:39:46.057-05:00Only what I saw in the movie about him, which did ...Only what I saw in the movie about him, which did not give me a warm fuzzy feeling.Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-43785513319440011072017-02-19T14:39:16.626-05:002017-02-19T14:39:16.626-05:00I see more and more stuff in the media about Mark ...I see more and more stuff in the media about Mark Zuckerberg having presidential ambitions. <br /><br />What do you think about him?<br />s. wallersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448905469871566228noreply@blogger.com