Donald Trump not welcome in Roslindale restaurant

Yes I did, and I recently spent an extended amount of time in Savannah GA. This guy is out of his mind, and looking to stir the pot.

To know one.

More projection than a 20 screen multiplex.

Your post about the U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords shooting reminded me of fake-news coverage of the Marathon Bombings. Giffords attacker was a drug addict, described by some friends as liberal, and registered independent. Nothing to do with Republicans, despite the hype. On the day of the Marathon Bombings, I recall some of the Boston TV anchors saying because it was April 15 (Tax Day) the suspect could be a conservative or Tea Party member upset about paying taxes. The gravity of that day made it impossible to laugh but it goes to show what you're dealing with.

Another really shitty thing about this election is how mouth-breathers like dmcboston discovered the word "vitriol", and now they have to use it or one of its variants in every other sentence.

"In that, he's no different than a lot of other people."

Except that he can predict the future.

It was nice to get it a day early, direct deposit even! Still waiting on the Section 8 checks, a few days late. You might want to bicycle down to the pension board and voice your displeasure and quibble over years of payroll records. Hit Boston Housing while you're at it. Keep your arms out, it will be harder for them to put a net over you.

Kind of like the unhinged trashing of President-elect Trump wears thin? I might talk about domestic abuse forms once or twice a year, I didn't realize it bothered you. I filed many 51A's and protected dozens of children over the years but I'm no longer a mandated reporter. Still, you're right. Morally, a phone call might be in order based on the extreme language and tone of this man.

I'll never forget the night I was given the honor of being appointed guardian ad-litem for a family of small orphaned kids on a night when former Superior Court Judge Maria Lopez had the overnight judicial response phone. Judges would take turns on-call, issuing restraining orders and warrants when court was closed. Although far-left, (she was a Dukakis appointee and husband owned the Boston Phoenix) I found Judge Lopez to be very professional and genuinely caring about the kids and the police. McDonald's fed them Happy Meals and provided toys until DSS (now DCF) could place them in a foster home. One of the better memories.

He's lying about when he 'allegedly' received a pension check. That, I know. ;)

Maybe, just maybe, folks like jonbowen and me prefer our entertainment -- restaurants, musicians and celebrities in general -- to be apolitical?

Nah, that will never sell, at least on UH!

Did I mention Trump?! No. I don't like shrimp and grits served with a side of intolerance so feel free to continue to stuff that intolerance down your gullet. Yum!

I voted for Hillary, but I was not a huge fan. Lots of people who voted for her (maybe even the majority of people) didn't really like her that much. Even though I like most of her stands on the issues, she was still the lesser of two evils. She didn't lose because she "forgot about the blue collar worker", she lost because she wasn't very likeable while Trump was, to a lot of people, strong and saying what they wanted to hear.

and her hubby decided not to attend the inauguration as a head nod to the burgeoning resistance movement. But politics is politics.

Where she blew it was in not paying enough attention to Electoral College math,

She blew it by being an absolutely toxic, arrogant person. People that might have voted for her didn't. They either didn't vote, or voted for a third-party. Funny thing is that next to Trump, her arrogance was somewhat dimmed.

FWIW, I did not vote for Trump.

Still in denial? Adam, you are smart enough to know the brilliance of the electoral collage when it was created almost 200 years. You are also smart enough to know we live in a representative Republic where the states that make up this country vary greatly in population, size, economic and social needs. Would it be fair(and reasonable) that heavily populated states like CA, NY and TX decide elections for the rest of the country? It is clear many totalitarian Lefties would love a one-state nation where our 'brilliant elites' coerce the population with top-down one-size fits all form of policy and government...

Since you mention the popular vote. lets examine CA. It is the most populated state in the country. CA is a one party state, Democrat. Obama won 6.5 million votes in California in 2012. Clinton won 8.7 million - that's a difference of 2.2 million votes. Considering that Clinton won the popular vote nationwide by 2.8 million votes, it's hard to ignore that California number as a major factor behind her popular vote win. Hypothetically speaking, if you remove CA votes from the election its essentially a tie.

They used to teach this stuff in school:

"The Electoral College is a reflection of the very compromise that formed the Constitution. The large-state delegates proposed the Virginia Plan, which would apportion Congressional representation by population. The small-state delegates proposed the New Jersey plan, which would give each state an equal vote. The ultimate compromise was, as we all know, to have one part of the legislature (the Senate) in which each state had an equal say, and another (the House) in which representation was apportioned by population.

The Electoral College reflects this compromise. The 100 votes of the Senate, the 435 of the House, and three extra votes for the District of Columbia make up the 538 electoral votes.

It’s a central part of the compromise that made this country possible.

They used to teach this stuff in the schools. In case they don’t, pass this along to anyone who complains about the Electoral College today."