It didn’t strike me as strange–it struck me as funny, and apt. (You should probably stop.)
So when I make a business call, or call a doctor’s office, or call a contractor, or whatever, and I get their voicemail, I should just hangup? Sometimes leaving a voicemail is the only option.
When people call me and I don’t answer they leave a voicemail. I usually appreciate that, unless they’re someone I don’t want to talk to, in which case I wouldn’t appreciate the call even if I had answered it.
But this is a hijack of the thread so we shouldn’t continue it.
All the popular kids are using them.
Because the Allies want to invade us?
I believe the thinking was non-work related voicemails. As you say, it’s used in business but if you are calling up your buddy and he doesn’t answer, nowadays most would prefer you send a text rather than having to go through the rigamarole of logging into voicemail.
Honestly, I’d be confused as to why my friend is calling me.
Okay. I don’t disagree with that. I guess what confused me is that most of my actual phone calls are to or from a business or something similar; other than some older relatives who don’t text.
If we can pause giggling and snickering about the latest Trump idiocy, we should probably take note that Conway seems to have stopped the bleeding. Trump hasn’t done anything ridiculous in over a week; the Mexico trip is a great idea (unless…please God…JohnT’s prayer comes true); and 538’s trend line shows Trump holding steady, even chipping away just a bit.
To be preceded by Trump trying to greet him in Spanish and failing badly, and to be followed by Trump openly insulting him and threatening Mexican War II.
He had to bottom out at some point.
There’s no reason 8% chance to win had to be the bottom. It could sink lower. Of course, on November 8, one candidate or the other will hit zero. But even at this point it’s perfectly possible for a candidate’s odds to be worse than Trump’s were.
Had we had this sort of analysis in 1984, I am quite certain Walter Mondale would have bottomed out way lower than eight percent.
Although one should note that in the average of the polls, Trump spent the entire month of August in the range of 36.3 to 38.3 (37.8 today) in the 4-way race and 40.1 to 42.3 (41.4 today) heads up. Clinton has slipped a couple of points, but Trump has not picked those people up.
We haven’t seen anything come from Bannon yet. Conway is competent (even if she has never run a campaign before) but when Bannon and Trump get together alone, who knows what will come out. And she has to sleep sometime.
Does she? First thought, first look, isn’t meth-head? How about if you knew she was 23?
These designer drugs are getting out of hand. Now they’re digital?
You’re not going to see anything from Bannon - it’s not his role to be a public voice. He will do his dirty work in the darkness of the deep web, and from the looks of things, he’ll probably be linking up with hacktivists while finding ways to put distance between himself and the stories. Manafort might also be still a factor in that regard, with his pro-Russian ties and money. Basically, Nixon’s plumbers and CREEP on major 'roids. Their mission is to sow doubts – doubts about Hillary, doubts about the election results. If it works according to plan it’s a win-win. Even if they don’t win the election (which they still conceivably could), they could be the crusaders in contesting a close election or fighting a president-elect that would be deemed barely legitimate and, politically speaking, mortally wounded before even taking the oath. Conway’s job is to keep Trump from saying things that might f*ck it all up in the meantime.
The NewYorker is stealing your ideas.
This strikes me as pretty sharp analysis.
I’m not seeing this distinction. Many businesses have gotten rid of their voicemail systems:
Buzzfeed had a funny piece about this (and it kind of ties it back to why it would be relevant to how much people hate Trump, that they actually think he’s worse than people who leave voicemails in 2016): An Open Letter To All The Idiots Still Leaving Voicemails
It’s actually really fascinating to Google this, because you get a mix of hits from 2014 and later that are similar to the Buzzfeed one, plus some from around 2008 or 2009 from people complaining “why are people increasingly calling me without leaving voicemails?”. Kind of says it all right there.
I guess so, but the one who really strikes fear in my heart is Roger Ailes … the brains behind the popular “Fair and Balanced” slogan, which is actually the exact opposite of what Fox pushes. Wasn’t Ailes behind another magic slogan - “Morning in America” - wot got Ronald Reagan re-elected? And now he’s telling his good friend Trump what to do if he really wants to win. If Trump listens to Ailes, November could be more of a squeaker than we think.
Statistically, analyses like Nate Silver, Wang, and other poll watchers will tell you that the race is over, and it’s hard to argue with them. Clinton pulled away and has come close to putting a number of crucial swing states out of reach. Trump’s early August implosion created bit of a geography problem, beyond his perception problem. I also wonder how he’s actually going to get out every last vote in the swing state of Ohio when it’s pretty clear that John Kasich, who could be pivotal, is not really interested in helping him.
Having said that, Hillary Clinton is just not that popular, and the Trump team is going to start getting nasty in ways that are probably difficult to predict or quantify at present. The goal right now among the Trump supporters seems to be one of softening his rough edges while convincing his base that they’re still being courted and listened to, and at the same time, they’re going to attempt to viciously tear into Hillary and the Democrats. There will be no-holds-barred. Expect anything.
I have the feeling that it’ll be so ugly that uniting this country after the race, no matter who wins, is going to be extremely difficult. The polarization could be paralytic.