Happy Anniversary, ‘Progressives Chat’!

It was two years ago this week—actually, it was the date of Monday, September 25, 2017—that marked the official beginning of Progressives Chat.

I launched this website to pick up from The Far Left Chat (and its sequel) by cathyx. I did not want to lose having a blog site for progressives—ones who were more aligned with Bernie Sanders (not Hillary Clinton) from the 2016 Democratic presidential primaries—as it is more relatable and very comfortable given we are basically on the same page for politics.

The timing coincided with the start of the 2017–18 television season. The date of this blog topic is also the first day of 2019–20 television season. It is pretty cool it worked out that way because I, a past television junkie (I now watch regularly less than five of the broadcast networks’s series), am good at recalling the calendar.

I want to thank cathyx for helping me create and launch Progressives Chat. I want to thank everyone who has posted comments. I will keep this going for however much longer it will last.

I want to leave this with a video. I am a private person. And this means I haven’t revealed much about myself. I will keep myself private, for the most part, but I will reveal the following: My name is not Candy. It is Dave. I go by Candy83 because, from 1983–1997, I had a beautiful beagle who I named Candy and have since not had any more dogs. I have never been good at creating user names for discussion forums requiring registered membership. I go with something I know I will not forget. I chose CoolBlue71, for Twitter, because blue is generally my favorite color; it is a cool hue on the color wheel; and I was born in the year 1971. I live in a suburb of Detroit, Michigan.

(Everyone should go ahead and still refer to me by Candy83, or Candy, because it is my user name.)

On Friday, August 30, 2019, I called The Tim Black Show (a.k.a. TBTV) to share a little information and insight. (He runs a live program, taking calls, on Friday nights. Duration tends to be around three hours.) In the following video, you can hear me speak around the mark of 2:26:50. Host Tim Black, when taking a call, tends to prompt the upcoming caller he/she is about to go live by referring to the person’s area code. I am in 313 (which is Detroit, Michigan). So, if you want to hear me, go ahead and play the video. (It was published to YouTube on Sunday, September 1, 2019.)