I Like You, But I Don't Like You Like You

A Utah apartment complex is trying to coerce renters into giving them positive feedback by way of Facebook likes.

Some tenants at a Salt Lake City apartment complex are fuming over a new lease agreement that requires tenants to “like” the complex on Facebook.

 The contract requires tenants to friend the City Park Apartments on Facebook within five days, or be found in breach of the rental agreement, though some of the tenants already signed a lease agreement months ago.

You can't "friend" a business, you can only connect with it by clicking "Like" on its page.

This is their regular website. They must be feeling the blow back because their Facebook page says "content isn't available right now" but here's a screenshot of some of the cached page.

An Open Letter to California Democrats and Independents

(A letter by California Governor Jerry Brown, with some edits by me for clarity)

On Tuesday, June 7, I have decided to cast my vote for Hillary Clinton because I believe this is the only path forward to win the presidency and stop the dangerous candidacy of Donald Trump. better the devil you know.

I have closely watched the primaries and am deeply impressed with how well Bernie Sanders has done. He has driven home the message that the top one percent has unfairly captured way too much of America’s wealth, leaving the majority of people far behind. In 1992, I attempted a similar campaign. Bernie, despite being a career politician, is scary to other career politicians.

For her part, Hillary Clinton has convincingly made the case that she knows how to get things done and has the tenacity and skill to advance the Democratic agenda. Voters have responded by giving her approximately 3 million more votes – and hundreds more delegates – than Sanders. If Clinton were to win only 10 percent of the remaining delegates – wildly improbable – she would still exceed the number needed for the nomination. In other words, Clinton’s lead is insurmountable and Democrats have shown – by millions of votes – that they want her as their nominee. Not things that are complicated, like using two different email accounts, but things like trading favors for donations.

But there is more at stake than mere numbers. The Republican nominee, Donald Trump, has called climate change a “hoax” and said he will tear up the Paris Climate Agreement. He has promised to deport millions of immigrants and ominously suggested that other countries may need the nuclear bomb. He has also pledged to pack the Supreme Court with only those who please the extreme right. might win! He's totally disrupting the crony system, how are long-time politicians supposed to pad their wallets if we have a president who doesn't follow the pay-to-play system we have now? Trump only said he wanted to deport people who were here illegally, but let's pretend he's talking about all immigrants because that gets the stupid people fired up. He also only promised to nominate a conservative justice to replace Scalia (who was conservative), he never promised to nominate "only those who please the extreme right" for any other seats that might open in the next four years.

The stakes couldn’t be higher. Our country faces an existential threat from climate change and the spread of nuclear weapons. people who don't like the U.S. existing. A new cold war is on the horizon. This is no time for Democrats to keep fighting each other. The general election has already begun. Hillary Clinton, with her long experience, especially as Secretary of State, has a firm grasp of the issues and will be prepared to lead our country on day one. of being mediocre at best at every position she's held is still eager to grasp power.

Next January, I want to be sure that it is Hillary Clinton who takes the oath of office, not Donald Trump. the Democratic Machine recognizes that I tried to support their sorry candidate and doesn't hold her loss against me.

With respect, I hope you suckers fall for this,

Jerry Brown

What Did the President Know and When Did He Know It?

The man who was State Department inspector general from 2005 to 2008 said, “I would have been stunned had I been asked to send an email to her at a personal server, private address. I would have declined to do so on security grounds and if she had sent one to me, I probably would have started an investigation.”

There was no Inspector General during the time Clinton served in the State Department.

The White House acknowledged earlier this year that they had been aware of Clinton's private email address and that President Obama had exchanged emails with her. To be clear, everyone knew she had a private email address, no on wondered what server it was on. The fact that it didn't raise any red flags for anyone makes me wonder if she wasn't the only one in the administration using private email to avoid FOIA searches.

"Dad" Isn't a Bad Word

"When I was a little kid, I started with B. Then it was Ber and then Bern and now it's Bernard. Or the Bernster. I've never called him Bernie. And I never have called him Dad," says Levi. "Even when I was six years old, I thought it was childish. He was a friend, not an authoritarian."

This is just sad. What his son calls him doesn't matter, whatever they like and is comfortable for them is fine. What's sad about it is that Levi thinks that Dad = authoritarian. "Dad" isn't a bad word.

There are all types of dads - some good, some bad, a lot in between. I can see wanting to reject a bad one (which no one is saying that Sanders is), but rejecting the word "dad" just seems to be rejecting the whole concept of dadness.

By contrast, the Trump kids usually refer to Donald Trump as "dad".

Blaming Her for Not Leaving Her Husband

“You hear one presidential candidate talking about something 30 years ago, blaming her for his actions and blaming her for not leaving her husband and things like that,” Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) told The Hill.

No, the problem isn't that she stayed with him, it's that she actively attacked the women he assaulted.

• Kathleen Willey
• Juanita Broaddrick
• Paula Jones
• Gennifer Flowers

These were not private peccadilloes and Hillary Clinton is not simply the wife whose husband cheated on her. She headed up the "war room" to attack and harass these and other women with threatening phone calls and visits.

Other women can understand a woman might choose to stay married to an unfaithful husband, even if they don't agree with that choice. What is beyond understanding is claiming on her website that she has a record of fighting for women and girls. Hillary has a record of doing what's best for Hillary. Period.

Fake Libertarians

According to Red State, Gary Johnson and William Weld are fake libertarians.

On the plus side, they haven't stripped at a convention yet.

Bing vs Google: Today's Winner

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I know it's a U.S. holiday, but they could have had a Memorial Day Google doodle to commemorate the holiday and shown it only to those accessing their site from U.S. IP addresses.

They don't mind honoring someone who called the U.S. government "the main terrorist and the main enemy of the world's people". Would it be that hard to honor those who fought for her right to say what she thought?

They do have the flag and ribbon. I guess we should be grateful for that....