it may be accidental, but there's a danger here - because most thinking people will see he's right. on the other hand, i'm not sure how many people actually care about the emails.

i mean, i know the premise is that he's dwelling on "bad media" when he has the opportunity to "deflect". i'm just not sure that i agree with the premise. he may, in the end, get a better upside by pushing back against childish media coverage than hitting hillary on an email story that all evidence suggests is unimportant to most people.

i mean, what's the track record up to this point? first, he does very well when he pushes back against this kind of contrived media garbage - and let's be real, that's what it is. nobody actually thinks he tweeted a star of david. second, the emails haven't actually hurt hillary at all.

i don't want to push back on the claim that trump is lacking in intellect. but, this is the one thing that he's actually good at. did he actually make the right choice on what story will resonate more? we'll see what happens.

j reacts to the absence of ministerial responsibility in the united states?

i just want to point out, on the clinton case, that i'm learning that this is a concept that does not exist in the united states. i think that the (supposedly false) westminister assumption of ministerial responsibility may have affected my understanding of the legal proceedings.

the argument that they're throwing around - she's not responsible because she didn't know - would not be successful in canada. as secretary of state, she would be expected to have oversight over her employees and be expected to take responsibility for any errors that they make. the defense of incompetence would simply be taken at face value, and both be discarded legally and used against her politically.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individual_ministerial_responsibility

08-07-2016: burning out repeatedly at the end of the head clear (some inri007 listening)

tracks worked on in this vlog:
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/confused-2
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/period-1

j reacts to the general election choices, one last time

i need to reiterate that i'm not picking a side in clinton v trump and would suggest you vote for the green party if you live in the united states. i would especially encourage you to vote greens if you are in a swing state, in order to send the message to the democrats that clinton is an unacceptable candidate and that candidates like her, in the future, will fail. voting a protest party in a safe riding is meaningless. it's the swing states that give you the better opportunity to send the message that the democrats need to change, or they're going to have to get used to losing.

so, if you're here looking for political analysis then you're going to be disappointed. i may stop to spit, essentially - to react in disgust. but, i have no interest in these choices or see any use in ranking them.