The Conservative Cave

wITH AN ESTIMATED 97% OF THE VOTE COUNTED, lieDEN GOT 71.3% OF THE VOTE, https://www.cnn.com/election/2024/primaries-and-caucuses/results/kentucky . Nobody in particular ("Uncommitted") got 17.9% of Dem the vote. Trump got 85% of the R vote; Haley and Williamson both got a bit over 6%. Neither the Dem nor the R numbers add up to 100%, the R numbers being a bit farther off.

Bernardo de La Paz (49,132 posts)

Can we stop with the nameless "he"?
So many posts on DU refer to the nameless "he", assuming we have imputed so much power and influence to tRump that it eclipses the other "he", President Joe Biden. Like I just read a three paragraph post with many sentences that turned out to be about tRump's trial but never named him or referred to him by a nickname. Just "he" and "him".

In olden days, writings that referred only to "he" or "him" were automatically about god, though often capitalized.

Let's not be in such awe of tRump's power and influence that we honour it by making posts that only refer to "he".

Plus, actually naming the Mango Mussolini or tRump or traitor Don when talking about his crimes and trials and campaign, or using one of his many common nicknames, will help bring up posts against him in search engines for the wobbly middle. Even though a DU post is not likely to be in the top ten offered by search engines, DU posts that name tRump when referring to things like trials and crimes and fascism contribute to the weights in the algorithms that tip search results more favourably to our causes.

When proofreading posts about "him" before pressing "Post", if you find that it is light on or absent his name, really consider the benefits of actually naming tRump.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218968161

More blah blah blah

Did anyone pay attention to the Kentucky primary numbers last night?  I saw them scrolling across the screen last night and noticed Ol' Joe was only getting about 70% of the primary vote.

Wonder how the DUmmies are going to spin that?  I haven't seen any threads on it yet so I'm curious to see what kind of shape they bend themselves into to explain that.

KC

January 6, Covid Stir the Fascist Soul of the Educated Liberal Female
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/05/january_6_covid_stir_the_fascist_soul_of_the_educated_liberal_female.html

In researching my new book, Ashli: The Untold Story of the Women of January 6, I discovered something unexpected: an alarming confirmation of my September 2022 article in which I argued that Educated Liberal Females (ELFs) are the single greatest threat to our enduring liberties.

My new book deals specifically with the ELF’s natural foes, the women of January 6. Among the ten women I profile is Dr. Simone Gold. Even before getting caught up in the events of that memorable day, Dr. Gold had set the ELFs on edge through her work with America’s Frontline Doctors, a group she founded.

An M.D. as well as a lawyer, Dr. Gold, 55 at the time, went to Washington not to protest the election but to address the issue of medical freedom. She had secured a permit to speak at a venue on the east side of the Capitol, but when organizers cancelled the event, Gold decided to give the speech on the Capitol steps. The daughter of a Holocaust survivor, she did not readily surrender her right to speak freely.

Standing at the top of the steps on the Capitol’s east side, Gold got swept into the building when the doors opened from the inside, and the crowd surged forward. Finding her way to the rotunda, Dr. Gold stood on the base of a statue to speak. Someone passed her a bullhorn, and several people came over to listen. Following her five-minute speech, she took questions. After twenty or so uneventful minutes in the Capitol, Gold exited the building, having seen no violence or vandalism.

Along with 1200 or so other citizens, Dr. Gold was hunted down by the FBI in the most sweeping series of arrests on American soil since the notorious Palmer raids of a century ago. Twelve days after January 6, roughly 20 agents came knocking at her Los Angeles door with a battering ram.

Meet the ELF or Educated Liberal Female or AWFUL (Affluent White Female Leftists). The enemy within.

Inflation still causing pain for Americans — with parents hit the hardest in nearly a decade: Fed survey
https://nypost.com/2024/05/21/business/inflation-still-causing-pain-for-americans-especially-parents-fed-survey/

Parents are feeling the worst about their finances in nearly a decade –  and experts say stubborn inflation is to blame. 

In a possible blow to President Joe Biden’s reelection bid, the percentage of parents with kids under 18 that felt OK financially fell to 64% last year, compared to 69% in 2022, the Federal Reserve reported on Tuesday –  the lowest level since data collection began in 2015.

Overall, the share of US households that said their financial health was OK fell to 72% last year, the lowest since 2016, according to the study.

The figure ticked down from 73% in 2022 and 78% when Biden took office in 2021.

The Fed survey of 11,000 adults, conducted in October of 2023, found that 35% said price hikes were the main source of financial worry, up from 33% the previous year.

Families are hit the hardest by inflation. It has gotten worse.