Exactly right. There are tens of millions of Americans, not to mention people around the world who are suffering as a result of his policies, who would love to see him dead, by whatever means: accident, disease, assassination, you pick it.

But that’s not a vindication of true American values.

We need to end this horrible section of U.S. history with a total repudiation of everything Trump stands for: dishonesty, cruelty, racism, corruption, obstruction of justice, and criminality in the White House. His death won’t do that.

Indictment, conviction, and imprisonment, on the other hand, will do exactly that.

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The first thing anyone should do before commenting on a controversial topic is checking to make sure the facts are correct.  This is especially important when the subject is so bizarre as to be beyond all credibility, as is the case here.

Is the most powerful person on Earth really asserting that Americans should vote for him because he gets better television ratings than his opponent?  That the greatness of our nation is rooted in how much  airtime he and his criminally insane behavior receives?  Um, yes, sorry to say, it is true.

This may be his single most deranged statement to date.

At the risk of revealing that I have “a firm grasp on the obvious”: He is very dangerous.  

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American Christian pastor and author John Pavlovitz is best known for his social and political writings from a liberal Christian perspective.  Needless to say, he writes voluminously on Trump and his supporters, frequently describing the latter as cult members.

Along with the meme here, he notes:  When you believe one man above Science, above our Intelligence agencies, above former CIA directors and retired generals and revered journalists—when you believe that one man above even your own eyes and ears—you are fully indoctrinated.‬ (more…)

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Scottish philosopher David Hume left us with this gem: We always disbelieve the greater miracle.  We’re constantly bombarded with information that conflicts with things we believe.  How do we sort this out?  There is really no other way to do this other than via what Hume told us. (more…)

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Even in these days of hate, ignorance, environmental irresponsibility, greed and selfishness, there are still many good things–and they continue to get better.

With each passing year: (more…)

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Franz Jaegerstaetter was an Austrian conscientious objector during World War II, sentenced to death and executed for his refusal to fight for Nazi Germany. He was later declared a martyr and beatified by the Catholic Church.

The reader who sent me this added a quote from Jaegerstaetter, “That we Catholics must make ourselves tools of the worst and most dangerous anti-Christian power that has ever existed is something that I cannot and never will believe.”

I can only surmise that the reason for the reader’s mentioning this is his belief that present-day Christians find a similar discomfiture in being forced to operate in a country defined by racism, lies, violence, corruption and criminality, all emanating from its president.

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Was Romney actually the worst Republican in 2012?  That’s debatable. He got whacked after it was revealed that he had said to a private group of donors that 47% of the country would vote for Obama “no matter what, (since they feel) that the government should give them housing, food, healthcare, whatever.” That’s not good, to be sure.  (more…)

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There are a few possible reactions to this, two of which are as follows:

1) Stupid people are constantly killing themselves, and there’s nothing you or I or anyone can do about that.  This is natural selection at work; it’s how species evolve.  Letting this upset us is like crying over the disappearance of slow gazelles. (more…)

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We’ve discussed this before, but a reader asked me the question at left.

I reply: I propose leaving this to the 1.3 million members of law enforcement, assisted as required by 1.1 million active duty military service people. Every single one of them has sworn to defend the U.S. Constitution, and they, collectively, are equipped with hundreds of billions of dollars of weaponry. That should get the job done in a matter of minutes.

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The good people at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) want to teach you how to arrest immigrants…presumably without your getting yourself wounded or killed, or charged with assault, battery, kidnapping, misprisonment, stalking, threatening, harassment, hate crimes, terrorism, negligent homicide, manslaughter, murder, or any of a broad number of other misdemeanors and felonies.

Good luck with that, hateful morons.

Yes, academy students face numerous types of physical threats and legal liabilities, but don’t think the “professors” are immune from prosecution when one of those students commits multiple murder and goes down for 25 years to life.

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