National Embarrassment
Regardless of how this ends for Trump, it will be a very long time before we (and the rest of the world) can begin to forget the vast humiliation that Trump has leveled upon the United States of America.
From the American Firearms Association It’s Time to IMPEACH JOE BIDEN!
They write:On day one of his presidency, Joe Biden declared war on our Second Amendment rights, and he hasn’t let up. He’s illegally and unconstitutionally used unelected federal bureaucrats to attack our God-given right to keep and bear arms. He is a traitor to our country and our Constitution. Protect our 2A rights.
A few comments:
Yes, Biden favors the same set of common sense gun laws as the vast majority of his fellow Americans, e.g. banning weapons of war and mandating background checks for prospective gun owners. But it doesn’t seem that he’s any more aggressive in this arena than the other recent Democrat president. Keep in mind that it
is not happening anyway, as the gun lobby has an iron grasp on our lawmaking process.
You have to be something of a nut to refer to Biden as a traitor to our country and our Constitution, simply because he doesn’t believe that the Second Amendment guarantees citizens, some of whom are mentally deranged, the right to own weapons whose sole purpose is killing as many people in as short a period of time as possible.
I normally don’t ridicule others’ religious beliefs, but I challenge the American Firearms Association to support the notion that gun ownership is a “God-given right.” If they want to claim that God wrote the bible, that’s up to them. But I’m fairly certain that He didn’t write the U.S. Constitution.
“Defund the Police”
The cartoon here is an apt description of what we mean by the phrase “defund the police.”
This may be the worst misnomer in the history of the English language, because it suggests that we neither need or appreciate law enforcement. What we actually mean is not defund, but rather focus, redirect, or concentrate.
Police should be redirected so as to focus solely on stopping criminal behavior that threatens public safety.
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Trump Walks the Tightrope with Considerable Skill
I’m not sure that Trump is as unhinged, and is such a danger to himself, as people say. Though I guess we’ll find out when he goes to trial, defending himself against a wide range of charges, and the prosecution introduces evidence that was derived purely from Trump’s own words, whether verbal or written.
Right now, he seems to be skirting the line that separates free speech from threats against Jack Smith, his judges, and the turncoats from his former inner circle. If you ask me, I’d say he’s doing this with a great deal of skill and panache.
Keep in mind that Trump, now in his 78th year, has survived a lifetime of white-collar crime, without so much as a scraped knee. Let’s also not forget that his very freedom depends on the support of tens of millions of people who hang on his every word of aggression and bravado.
Playing it safely (and honestly) is a quick way to lose that support, and wind up dying in prison. I’ve never seen the inside of a prison, but I’m told they have no gold toilets there.
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Who Buys from the Trump Store?
2GreenEnergy “headquarters” is in Santa Ynez, CA a small town in a rural part of the state. As such, it’s chuck full of Trump supporters.
Yet one doesn’t see many overt suggestions of that. For example, the merchandise photographed at left is from the Trump Store, and I’d be astonished to see any of it around here.
And today, with Trump on his way to prison, that’s truer than ever before.
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Trump Arrest “Cardiac?”
I hear people say this constantly, but I remind them that what this country needs is not a dead criminal ex-president, but the repudiation of a criminal ex-president.
This can only happen via indictments, trials, convictions, and prison sentences.
So far, so good.
Range Indicators Are Set to Scare Drivers
A reader sent me this pic and notes: Welp, time for my regularly scheduled bi-monthly “am I gonna make it to the gas station” panic.
My advice: Find out how large your gas tank is and how many gallons of gas are required to fill it when your range indicator says 0 miles. Act accordingly.
When I’m not running the air conditioning, my Prius gets 51 – 52 MPG, and my range indicator says 0 miles when I still have 1.9 gallons in the tank, meaning almost 100 miles.
When the range says 0, I reset my trip odometer to 0, and fill up when I actually am running low. Saves time spent pumping.
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An End to “Antiquated Bigotry?”
Here are the words of American singer, writer, actor, and comedian Henry Rollins, and he’s not alone in this belief.
It’s certainly true that elderly people in the U.S. grew up in an era where bigotry was extremely common and almost universally accepted. When they die, these attitudes go with them to the grave.
Another theory, however, is that prejudice is a natural result of hate, fear, hard times, and lousy education.
Hate and fear derive from the rise of social media and right-wing “news” sources.
Hard times come from wage stagnation and the growing chasm between rich and poor.
Lousy education is the result of a society that has simply lost interest in the subject, pays its teachers slave wages, and suffers from the cream being swept off the top and sent to private and charter schools.
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Is Education the Path to Enslavement?
In the days of antiquity, the victors in wars enslaved the people in the countries they had vanquished.
Now, at least according to the meme here, slaves are made in our universities. Reading the world’s great books, asking (and attempting to answer) the questions that have challenged humankind since its inception, and, by far the most lethal, learning about science, technology, engineering and math, makes slaves of anyone foolish enough to attempt it.
If that makes sense to you, you have what it takes to be a MAGA American, and, by all means, jump right in. You’ll be in good company. In fact, there are entire broadcast media empires that will welcome you with open arms. Wanna buy an overpriced pillow?
But wait, there’s more.
If you aspire for the very top, there is a civil war about to be fought for the purpose of making Donald Trump our 46th president. And, if not a full-fledged war, at least another insurrection.
Pretty attractive, if you ask me. Why wait?
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Sad Times for Republicans
The video below is a piece of political satire I thought readers might enjoy.
It really has been a sad time for Trump supporters, though that’s not likely to turn itself around.
One has to love Lindsey Graham’s tearful plea: “Give the man some money so he can defend himself! Give the man some money!”
