I am so grateful that the legal system appears to be holding. Next, I want to see several traitorous Representatives and Senators indicted and convicted.
I am so grateful that the legal system appears to be holding. Next, I want to see several traitorous Representatives and Senators indicted and convicted.
Cha Ching! These Congress people(Jordan,MTG,Boebert and the others) were involved in an armed insurrection and should not be ballot-worthy just like TFG is.
I hope the legal system continues to hold, but I think itтАЩs unlikely to do so. These matters will be decided in the Supreme Court, which is led by a white supremacist (Roberts) who has spent his career shoring up ways for Republicans to suppress or nullify Democratic votes. Citizens United, demolition of the Voting Rights Act, and refusal to curtail gerrymandering are three examples but not a complete account of his nefarious record. And, he has five other white supremacist justices to back him up. It would be shocking, to put it mildly, if a Supreme Court so constructed were to decide in favor of lawsuits attempting to use the 14th Amendment to exclude Trump from the ballot of a state.
HI Ally, I'm a bit late this morning. It hit me that I did not see any comments from Jeri this morning. Hope all is well with her. (Also, a really odd thing that I wondered if you'd ever noticed--I sometimes click on people's names to read a bit about them. I also saw the link to those who "follow" them. Under Jeri's name is Sandy Lewis, and, get this ELON MUSK. Whether it is truly him or not, who knows. I just thought, well, that is sure strange!)
There is literally no doubt that tRump is ineligible to serve in any public office if the 14th amendment is followed. To rule any other way is to say the Constitution isnтАЩt worth the paper it is printed on.
The only hope I see, and I do think there is a chance, is that Kavanaugh and Barrett have many years ahead of them, and might not want this stain on their record, and Roberts needs to clean up his record to not go down in history as the worst Supreme Court Justice. I am also hopeful that the role of the Federalist Society is exposed with criminal charges attached to it. There is a powerful force pulling the strings; I assumed Putin, but the other player is the Federalist Society.
Ron Johnson was caught red handed with a list of illegal WI delegates and nary a word by the MSM or anyone since it happened. And Josh Hawley, waving his fist in support of the insurrectionists. Of course there are the 100+ Republican Congresscritters that voted not to certify the election. And Ted Cruz and Lindsay Graham also could be indicted for GA and/or January 6th.
Who amongst us thinks this will happen to any of them?
Here are three points from the article by J.B. Shurk
1) History is simply saturated with pivotal moments that radically altered what otherwise appeared to be the course of destiny. In fact, I would say that history is really written only when good men and women find their backs against the wall and realize that the only way to preserve their free will is to fight like hell and buck everything that stands against them. Suffering has a tendency to focus the mind and strengthen resolve. Character truly reveals itself only when it is tested. I'll take a spirited and courageous insurgency that knows why it is fighting over an army of automatons enfeebled by groupthink.(2) When fighting evil, there are no half-measures. There is no point when you kick back, light a cigarette, and say to yourself, "Dang, evil sure did get the best of me this time." Huh-uh. You fight evil even if you find yourself hanging with fingertips from a cliff's edge while the devil is smirking above and crushing your hand. It doesn't matter how compromised you feel; all you have to do is tell the devil to stick it where the sun don't shine. Your refusal to submit is your greatest weapon. Others will find inspiration in your indefatigability and push ahead, too.
(3) Even if you think things are irreversibly bad, apathy guarantees that they will get only worse. There will be a time in the future when you are being forcefully herded onto a train car headed for who knows where, and you will think to yourself, "If only I had resisted earlier..." Now ask yourself, "What would I be willing to do today to avoid that train car tomorrow?" If fighting back is never going to get any easier, then that makes today the best day to begin kicking and screaming against what's already barreling down the track. Your future self will thank you.
I am definitely guilty of apathy. I comment out here but then go about my life without lifting a finger to help.
Anyone have some suggestions on what we can due to help?
The MSM only seems to care about $$$$s dwelling on Trump 99% of the time. The other 1% of the time they harp on Joe's age.
Yor response reminded me of Sophie Scholl as she was facing hanging. When offered her life for the names of her compatriots, she replied that they will know their names when they come to avenge her. or words to that effect. Sad that her sacrifice has been forgotten in this day.
Jeri, your comment made me think of the dark comedy set in Nazi Germany: тАЬJoJo RabbitтАЭ (2019). About beliefs, propaganda, resistance and sacrifice. Will make you laugh and cry.
Jeri, I sometimes like to click on the names of people who comment. When I do, I saw a link that shows who "follows" them. Are you aware that Sandy Lewis, and supposedly Elon Musk (!?!) are following you? I wonder if that is "the" Elon Musk, and you've often mentioned that you got banned from fb and Twitter. I just found that coincidence rather interesting.
I got that notification and did a double take. Thought it was a fluke of some sort. I do not want to be on the radar of the someone with such an agenda as Musk. Money cannot buy humanity. Glad to be old. BTW, I was banned before Musk bought twitter; they objected to my post equating chump with Nazi idiots just before 2020 election.
I recall you saying that about the ban--which is a badge of honor in my book. I found that very peculiar. Just for fun, I've randomly checked some of the frequent fliers on here and have not seen his name listed as following anyone else!!
I thought that was odd--we were just discussing billionaires last week. I have no idea how long he's been "following" you.
I got a notice dated July 14, have no idea why, makes me a little queasy. IтАЩm a тАЬunder the radarтАЭ person, if there is such a thing with social mediaтАж
Jeri, pretty awesome if he is watching you. Perhaps there is hope for him yet and he'll learn something from you. You're pretty wise, IMHO
I'm the eternal optimist, I actually had a smidgen of hope that when Trump was inaugurated, that he'd step up to th job and change all the minds about him. Oh well.
Hey ELON if you're reading this, it isn't too late! Start by building a sewage system for that poor town that was on 60 minutes. Then fix Flints water.
As Churchill said, of what use is it to be anything else. IтАЩm another optimist, but wonтАЩt hold my breath re Elon. How rare is it for a rich man to give up a dime (without a little nudge from TR), or to enter the gates of heaven. Heard that somewhere??
Perhaps the fodder for a new take on "A Christmas Carol"?? Here we have the ultra-rich man gain a conscience and create HUGE amounts of good? A "X"-mas Carol?
Gary, one of the MSNBC segments yesterday (as I recall it might have been Chris Hayes) had one of HunterтАЩs lawyers interviewed. I thought I pretty much knew what was happening regarding the gun charge issue, but he added a bunch of info/context that makes the TFFG and RтАЩs screeching about politicization of indictments/Special Council as a witch-hunt laughable. Kind of on par with the need to impeach Biden because TFFG was impeached, and because of *reasons*. Scary that these folks are considered leaders!
More especially, Qevin McCarthy, Maggot Traitor Goon, and that piece of crap, Gym Jordan. I would love to see them led out in hand and leg cuffs. Wish i could be there to heckle them and laugh and point at those rotten criminals.
Speaking of hecklingтАжdid you see the protester behind Peter Navarro who blew a whistle every time he tried to speak at a press conference outside (the courthouse I presume)? I think he was asking for $$$. It was funny to see his chagrin.
I am so grateful that the legal system appears to be holding. Next, I want to see several traitorous Representatives and Senators indicted and convicted.
And held off the ballot as ineligible under the 14th Amendment, just like TFG. Can't happen too soon.
Cha Ching! These Congress people(Jordan,MTG,Boebert and the others) were involved in an armed insurrection and should not be ballot-worthy just like TFG is.
I hope the legal system continues to hold, but I think itтАЩs unlikely to do so. These matters will be decided in the Supreme Court, which is led by a white supremacist (Roberts) who has spent his career shoring up ways for Republicans to suppress or nullify Democratic votes. Citizens United, demolition of the Voting Rights Act, and refusal to curtail gerrymandering are three examples but not a complete account of his nefarious record. And, he has five other white supremacist justices to back him up. It would be shocking, to put it mildly, if a Supreme Court so constructed were to decide in favor of lawsuits attempting to use the 14th Amendment to exclude Trump from the ballot of a state.
Hope you're wrong, Rex; worry you're not.
Morning, Lynell. I agree wholeheartedly.
HI Ally, I'm a bit late this morning. It hit me that I did not see any comments from Jeri this morning. Hope all is well with her. (Also, a really odd thing that I wondered if you'd ever noticed--I sometimes click on people's names to read a bit about them. I also saw the link to those who "follow" them. Under Jeri's name is Sandy Lewis, and, get this ELON MUSK. Whether it is truly him or not, who knows. I just thought, well, that is sure strange!)
Morning, Ally!
Never mind, I posted too soon, There she is. PHew!
There is literally no doubt that tRump is ineligible to serve in any public office if the 14th amendment is followed. To rule any other way is to say the Constitution isnтАЩt worth the paper it is printed on.
The only hope I see, and I do think there is a chance, is that Kavanaugh and Barrett have many years ahead of them, and might not want this stain on their record, and Roberts needs to clean up his record to not go down in history as the worst Supreme Court Justice. I am also hopeful that the role of the Federalist Society is exposed with criminal charges attached to it. There is a powerful force pulling the strings; I assumed Putin, but the other player is the Federalist Society.
But donтАЩt forget the тАЬHeritage FoundationтАЭ and their embrace of white supremacy
Ron Johnson was caught red handed with a list of illegal WI delegates and nary a word by the MSM or anyone since it happened. And Josh Hawley, waving his fist in support of the insurrectionists. Of course there are the 100+ Republican Congresscritters that voted not to certify the election. And Ted Cruz and Lindsay Graham also could be indicted for GA and/or January 6th.
Who amongst us thinks this will happen to any of them?
Meanwhile - Hunter Biden, Hunter Biden, Hunter Biden.
Just like it was HillaryтАЩs emails, ad nauseam. Their evil never takes a holiday
I immediately thought that "Their evil never takes a holiday" would be a great title for a book. So I looked it up and I found this intriguing article -- https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/08/evil_never_takes_a_holiday.html
Here are three points from the article by J.B. Shurk
1) History is simply saturated with pivotal moments that radically altered what otherwise appeared to be the course of destiny. In fact, I would say that history is really written only when good men and women find their backs against the wall and realize that the only way to preserve their free will is to fight like hell and buck everything that stands against them. Suffering has a tendency to focus the mind and strengthen resolve. Character truly reveals itself only when it is tested. I'll take a spirited and courageous insurgency that knows why it is fighting over an army of automatons enfeebled by groupthink.(2) When fighting evil, there are no half-measures. There is no point when you kick back, light a cigarette, and say to yourself, "Dang, evil sure did get the best of me this time." Huh-uh. You fight evil even if you find yourself hanging with fingertips from a cliff's edge while the devil is smirking above and crushing your hand. It doesn't matter how compromised you feel; all you have to do is tell the devil to stick it where the sun don't shine. Your refusal to submit is your greatest weapon. Others will find inspiration in your indefatigability and push ahead, too.
(3) Even if you think things are irreversibly bad, apathy guarantees that they will get only worse. There will be a time in the future when you are being forcefully herded onto a train car headed for who knows where, and you will think to yourself, "If only I had resisted earlier..." Now ask yourself, "What would I be willing to do today to avoid that train car tomorrow?" If fighting back is never going to get any easier, then that makes today the best day to begin kicking and screaming against what's already barreling down the track. Your future self will thank you.
I am definitely guilty of apathy. I comment out here but then go about my life without lifting a finger to help.
Anyone have some suggestions on what we can due to help?
The MSM only seems to care about $$$$s dwelling on Trump 99% of the time. The other 1% of the time they harp on Joe's age.
Thank you for tickling my curiosity.
Yor response reminded me of Sophie Scholl as she was facing hanging. When offered her life for the names of her compatriots, she replied that they will know their names when they come to avenge her. or words to that effect. Sad that her sacrifice has been forgotten in this day.
Jeri, your comment made me think of the dark comedy set in Nazi Germany: тАЬJoJo RabbitтАЭ (2019). About beliefs, propaganda, resistance and sacrifice. Will make you laugh and cry.
Got another movie to look for. Thank you
Excellent cinema: The Last Days of Sophie Scholl.
Jeri, I sometimes like to click on the names of people who comment. When I do, I saw a link that shows who "follows" them. Are you aware that Sandy Lewis, and supposedly Elon Musk (!?!) are following you? I wonder if that is "the" Elon Musk, and you've often mentioned that you got banned from fb and Twitter. I just found that coincidence rather interesting.
I got that notification and did a double take. Thought it was a fluke of some sort. I do not want to be on the radar of the someone with such an agenda as Musk. Money cannot buy humanity. Glad to be old. BTW, I was banned before Musk bought twitter; they objected to my post equating chump with Nazi idiots just before 2020 election.
I recall you saying that about the ban--which is a badge of honor in my book. I found that very peculiar. Just for fun, I've randomly checked some of the frequent fliers on here and have not seen his name listed as following anyone else!!
I thought that was odd--we were just discussing billionaires last week. I have no idea how long he's been "following" you.
I got a notice dated July 14, have no idea why, makes me a little queasy. IтАЩm a тАЬunder the radarтАЭ person, if there is such a thing with social mediaтАж
Jeri, pretty awesome if he is watching you. Perhaps there is hope for him yet and he'll learn something from you. You're pretty wise, IMHO
I'm the eternal optimist, I actually had a smidgen of hope that when Trump was inaugurated, that he'd step up to th job and change all the minds about him. Oh well.
Hey ELON if you're reading this, it isn't too late! Start by building a sewage system for that poor town that was on 60 minutes. Then fix Flints water.
As Churchill said, of what use is it to be anything else. IтАЩm another optimist, but wonтАЩt hold my breath re Elon. How rare is it for a rich man to give up a dime (without a little nudge from TR), or to enter the gates of heaven. Heard that somewhere??
Perhaps the fodder for a new take on "A Christmas Carol"?? Here we have the ultra-rich man gain a conscience and create HUGE amounts of good? A "X"-mas Carol?
I can dream.
WasnтАЩt it Jesus who thought the odds were slim. IтАЩll go with Dickens thoughтАж
Gary, one of the MSNBC segments yesterday (as I recall it might have been Chris Hayes) had one of HunterтАЩs lawyers interviewed. I thought I pretty much knew what was happening regarding the gun charge issue, but he added a bunch of info/context that makes the TFFG and RтАЩs screeching about politicization of indictments/Special Council as a witch-hunt laughable. Kind of on par with the need to impeach Biden because TFFG was impeached, and because of *reasons*. Scary that these folks are considered leaders!
More especially, Qevin McCarthy, Maggot Traitor Goon, and that piece of crap, Gym Jordan. I would love to see them led out in hand and leg cuffs. Wish i could be there to heckle them and laugh and point at those rotten criminals.
Speaking of hecklingтАжdid you see the protester behind Peter Navarro who blew a whistle every time he tried to speak at a press conference outside (the courthouse I presume)? I think he was asking for $$$. It was funny to see his chagrin.
HeтАЩs broke because of his own misinformed arrogance. FAFO
DonтАЩt forget Josh Hawley and his encouraging of the insurrectionists that day.
And people tend to overlook Mo Brooks standing next to John Eastman on the dais.
Karen, IтАЩd like to see Chuck Grassley questioned as to his role if Mike Pence had gotten into the car.
So far, so good.