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August 6, 2023

Sunrise — 6:00, 6:01, 6:04.

15 comments:

YoungHegelian said...: Izzit just me or do Hunter Biden & Devon Archer look so much alike that they could easily be brothers?

Hunter.
Devon Archer.

Was Poppa Biden out spreading his seed far & wide a half-century or so ago? I wanna see DNA testing on these two!; 8/6/23, 7:04 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: Short video: A suggestion to dads; 8/6/23, 9:15 PM
gadfly said...: If former President Donald Trump committed a “technical violation of the Constitution,” it doesn’t mean he necessarily broke any criminal laws, John Lauro, Trump’s criminal defense attorney, argued Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press."

Lauro would have us return to the early days of the Enforcement Act of 1870. Back when judges twisted logic to permit two pathways to "justice." Morrison Waite, the chief justice back when decided illogically:

The people of the United States resident within any State are subject to two governments: one State, and the other National; but there need be no conflict between the two. The powers that one possesses, the other does not.

So the police powers of the State supersede the constitutional powers of the central government or vice versa? Nor so anymore, but either way, it really doesn't make any sense since Special Counsel is charging Trump with actions taken to violate laws; he is not seeking rulings on constitutional technicalities. And of course, the District of Columbia's functions are administered by the Federal Government.; 8/6/23, 11:06 PM
The Crack Emcee said...: On Cynicism & Gullibility In America, Part I

http://themachoresponse.blogspot.com/2023/08/on-cynicism-gullibility-in-america-part.html?m=1; 8/7/23, 1:19 AM
wendybar said...: Justin Amash
@justinamash
I may not like Trump, but I love our Constitution, so I feel compelled to speak out.

The latest indictment, which I encourage everyone to read, attempts to criminalize Trump’s routine misstatements of fact and law in connection with the 2020 election.

But this is precisely the sort of wrong that must be addressed politically under our Constitution, not criminally.

Our system can’t survive if political disputes are removed to the criminal realm. There’s no limiting principle to such an approach.

Remind me again which former presidents have been indicted for going to war without congressional approval, spying on Americans in violation of the Fourth Amendment, abusing emergency declarations to bypass checks and balances, or ignoring legal advisers to pursue a clearly unlawful policy.

We don’t criminalize these actions, egregious as they are, because they are matters of political contention. We’re allowed to disagree about the workings of our constitutional system without fear of criminal reprisal.

Politicians are constantly misguided and just plain mistaken about a lot of things—often remarkably so. It endangers all Americans to begin treating politicians’ false beliefs regarding political or constitutional matters, even when they’re obviously wrong, as criminal offenses.

We impeach people for violating the public trust—for political misconduct or serious incompetence. We reject them. We vote them out. We never again elect them.

We don’t imprison them.; 8/7/23, 3:53 AM
wendybar said...: Harry Taft
16 hours ago @ Powerline
In a private conversation between Blinken and a friend who inquired about his surprising comment, Blinken explained that the Russians were reigniting the Cold War by trying and sentencing their political prisoners before the Biden Administration could try and sentence theirs. Told to me by a friend.; 8/7/23, 4:52 AM
wendybar said...: Buck Ofama
16 hours ago @ Powerline. (same article, (Blinkens Message) in the comments)

First they came for those questioning the mask and vax mandates
And I did not speak out
Because I needed to eat and not lose my job

Then they came for those going to church and singing
And I did not speak out
Because I did not want to be censored and cancelled

Then they came for the parading grandmas at the Capitol
And I did not speak out
Because I did not want my banks to turn over my information

Then they came for the pro-lifers
And I did not speak out
Because I did not want to be raided by the FBI

Then they came for the parents at school board meetings
And I did not speak out
Because I did not want to be labeled a terrorist

Then they came for the children to groom them
And I did not speak out
Because I did not want to be attacked by Klantifa

Then the came for me
And there was no one left to speak for me
Because the leftwing extremist Democrat Party Socialists were in total unquestionable control; 8/7/23, 4:54 AM
wendybar said...: "That silence you hear these dog days of a wilting empire is the calm before the storm and everybody knows it. “Joe Biden’s” final desperate ploy against the menace of Donald Trump looks about on par with the Ukraine spring offensive, hardly even worth a “hey, nice try.”

So, the best they could do was to charge Mr. Trump with objecting vocally to an election that looked as rotten as Hunter’s uncapped teeth? We all saw what happened overnight November 3 and 4, 2020: what the numbers looked like in the swing precincts at midnight and the magic mathematics that swapped tens of thousands of votes over from the Trump column to the Biden column (say, whu?) "

https://kunstler.com/clusterfuck-nation/desperation-creeps-in/; 8/7/23, 6:12 AM
BUMBLE BEE said...: VDH Nails It.

https://amgreatness.com/2023/08/07/the-remaking-of-america/; 8/7/23, 6:25 AM
MadTownGuy said...: Newsom Team Appears Agitated That DeSantis Accepted Debate Challenge

"The team for California Governor Gavin Newsom appears agitated that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis accepted his debate challenge.

Newsom had sought to raise his national profile for months by attacking the now-Republican presidential candidate and has repeatedly challenged him to debate.

During an interview on Fox News with Sean Hannity in June, Newsom said that he was “all in” to debate, that he could go for up to three hours, and he only needed “one day’s notice with no notes.”

DeSantis accepted the debate challenge this week during an interview with Hannity. “Let’s get it done,” DeSantis said. “Just tell me when and where we’ll do it.”

The proposal that Newsom sent to Fox News makes the first date that he is available to debate three months out, contrary to his claim that he only needed “one day’s notice.”

In their separate proposals, both sides have agreed:

Hannity is the moderator.
The debate lasts 90 minutes.
No help from staff.
Both governors get equal speaking time.
Governors are not allowed to interrupt each other.
Closing statements are two minutes long.

Where the governors disagree:

DeSantis does not want any opening remarks and instead proposes that each governor can submit a two-minute video that would be aired before the event.
Newsom does not want an audience, while DeSantis does and proposed splitting tickets evenly.
The two proposed different states for the event — with Georgia being the only state the sides have in common.
DeSantis proposed much earlier dates for the debate, but also included a late date that matches the earliest date that Newsom offered.
Newsom’s team, apparently unable to handle a live audience, lashed out at DeSantis when they saw his debate proposal.

“What a joke,” said a Newsom spokesperson to POLITICO. “Desantis’ counterproposal is littered with crutches to hide his insecurity and ineptitude — swapping opening statements with a hype video, cutting down the time he needs to be on stage, adding cheat notes and a cheering section.”

[Side note: no content, just insults and baseless accusations. Kind of like some commenter here.]

“Ron should be able to stand on his own two feet,” he added. “It’s no wonder Trump is kicking his a**.”

Most of what Newsom’s team said was false. DeSantis proposed the same length for the debate and the same two-minute closing statements. DeSantis did not propose being able to bring in notes and both sides would be allowed to have fans attend with equal ticket allotment."; 8/7/23, 7:17 AM
Jersey Fled said...: Pollution cuts have diminished “ship track” clouds, adding to global warming

https://www.science.org/content/article/changing-clouds-unforeseen-test-geoengineering-fueling-record-ocean-warmth; 8/7/23, 7:57 AM
Kai Akker said...: So the gist of these reports is that Joe was not only selling out our Strategic Petroleum Reserves, but he had his Energy Secretary Granholm secretly coordinate it with the CCP so that a Hunter company could do a lot of the buying?

Not only would those sales have come under huge criticism back when this society was still more on guard -- the late 20th century -- but a scandal of this magnitude would have had him impeached already.

How low do we have to fall before we hit bottom? A bad question to have to ask, isn't it.; 8/7/23, 9:00 AM
Drago said...: Once again gadfly, as always, just give us the link to the content you keep plaigarizing and presenting as your own creation so we can better evaluate it.; 8/7/23, 10:54 AM
wendybar said...: Wonder WHY Americans are ignorant?? THIS is why... We don't have a media, we have state run propaganda...

Here's how much time the network Sunday shows devoted to the Devon Archer transcript...

https://twitter.com/ChrisStigall/status/1688547412418105345?s=20; 8/7/23, 11:55 AM
William50 said...: Kai Akker said...

How low do we have to fall before we hit bottom?

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We are there now. The Republic is dead, we are now a Police State.; 8/7/23, 3:14 PM