icmpeachment of donald john trump

[Dark Lightning]

^ which reinforces my own, DL's, and Billy's observation that a lot of THE REST OF us are not too bright.

Caps mine. I AM smarter than the average bear. 

[Magdalena]

the number of dumbasses hasnt changed



half of the people you meet onthe street willalways have below average cognitive ability, on any way you choose to measure it. not a big deal, because intelligence is not what makes societies work well. nazi death camp commandants were conniseurs of classical music, after all. what makes them work is cohesion, where people have a common sense of what is important, where they need to go-- together-- and how to get there. we don't have that anymore

what's different right now is a social and political phenomenon. people used to have confidence in the idea that there was a difference between fact and opinon. that isnt reality anymore, and so incorrect views of the real world get as much credibility as correct views.

i think a big part of the problem is the egalitarian ways that information is now avialable. i mean the net. there are still reliable sources of information about anything on th enet, but there isn't any way of distinguishing them from the BS without extra effort.

how many times has somebody told you someweird factoid that you know isn't true, and when you look it up, you discover that it originated compeltely in some two-bit facebook meme?







i just made ^^^this shit up. yet if i posted it on facebook, somebody would take it seriously

You mean none of this is true?!?

[Ecurb Noselrub]

Crazy Town Road. Once you start down the path, like Hotel California, you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.

Gonna take my horse down Crazy Town Road, gonna ride till I can't no more.

[billy rubin]

well, i've been listening to the impeachment trial for three days now son the radio.

on a purely ojective basis, the prosecution is doing a much better job than the defense. but that doesn't matter, because the republicans in the senate aren't going to risk angering the trumpanistas.

i've been supplying my republican senator with daily assessments of my opinion through emailing him on hos dot-gov website. typicallys i don't hear anything back for a long time, if at all. he's retiring after this term, but was onea of the republicans who voted that the trial was unconstitutional.

watching the republicans debase themselves is pretty depressing, but they've lost their way and see clinging to a demagogue as the only way to cling to power long enough to re-invent themselves.

one of the defense arguments has been that the house brought this impeachment because they are afraid of donald trump winning the next presidential election. a house prosecutor made a very telling disagreement-- he said he wasn't afraid of what would happean if trump won, he was afraid of what would happen if trump lost.

[Tank]

Given the impeachment fails all the arguments against Trump will have been articulated for future use.

[Randy]

This will become another event where Congress doesn't do its job.

[billy rubin]

i've mostly lost all respect for them. i used to buy into the argument that my representatives were statesmen and women who had vision for the country and were willing to all pull together for the common good . . . and all that

but since i've actually started watching the sausage being made i've seen senators debase themselves, house represenatives tell constituents they didn' care about their needs, supreme court nominees park their ethics to move ahead in their careers, and a second rate real estate swindler become the president of the united states.

this impeachmenat is a history test, and what these people are doing is writing the chapter about themselves that peop-le will read for hundreds of years.

i don't think it will reflect well on most of them.

[Ecurb Noselrub]

I propose an Idiocracy.  The Executive Branch is run by the Turd in Chief and the Vice-Turd in Chief.  The Legislative Branch is composed of the House of Eggplants and the House of Toads.  The Judicial Branch is the Supreme Pizza.  The House of Toads eats whatever the House of Eggplants gives them, and the the Executive Branch turns it into turds. These are placed on the Supreme Pizza's docket, which gives long legal names to the various smells emanating from the dish, such as Res Ipsa Loquiturd; Obiter Dicturd; Qui Tam Turd, etc.  This seems to be a superior constitutional arrangement that the shit we now have.

[billy rubin]

how long did it take you to think that out?

have you considered politics?

[Magdalena]

how long did it take you to think that out?

have you considered politics?

Don't encourage him.

[Ecurb Noselrub]

how long did it take you to think that out?

have you considered politics?

It came to me by revelation from the Angel Moroni - moron that he is. I'm starting a New Party based on it - we all wear Turd Absorbing Underwear and have special glasses.

[Icarus]

Methinks that EN is in a bit of a tizzy.  I join him in his anger and frustration and feelings of hopelessness.   I doubt that his elegant wines are responsible.....Actually, if I remember my Latin, which i do not, it is something like; en vino es veritas.  Help[  me out here Recusant.

[billy rubin]

from the office of the ex president. hicis statemeant about being acquittead

I want to first thank my team of dedicated lawyers and others for their tireless work upholding justice and defending truth.

My deepest thanks as well to all of the United States Senators and members of Congress who stood proudly for the Constitution we all revere and for the sacred legal principles at the heart of our country.

Our cherished constitutional Republic was founded on the impartial rule of law, the indispensable safeguard for our liberties, our rights and our freedoms.

It is a sad commentary on our times that one political party in America is given a free pass to denigrate the rule of law, defame law enforcement, cheer mobs, excuse rioters, and transform justice into a tool of political vengeance, and persecute, blacklist, cancel and suppress all people and viewpoints with whom or which they disagree. I always have, and always will, be a champion for the unwavering rule of law, the heroes of law enforcement, and the right of Americans to peacefully and honorably debate the issues of the day without malice and without hate.

This has been yet another phase of the greatest witch hunt in the history of our country. No president has ever gone through anything like it, and it continues because our opponents cannot forget the almost 75 million people, the highest number ever for a sitting president, who voted for us just a few short months ago.

I also want to convey my gratitude to the millions of decent, hardworking, law-abiding, God-and-country loving citizens who have bravely supported these important principles in these very difficult and challenging times. 

Our historic, patriotic and beautiful movement to Make America Great Again has only just begun. In the months ahead I have much to share with you, and I look forward to continuing our incredible journey together to achieve American greatness for all of our people. There has never been anything like it!

We have so much work ahead of us, and soon we will emerge with a vision for a bright, radiant, and limitless American future.

Together there is nothing we cannot accomplish.

We remain one people, one family, and one glorious nation under God, and it's our responsibility to preserve this magnificent inheritance for our children and for generations of Americans to come.

May God bless all of you, and may God forever bless the United States of America.

[billy rubin]

trump is moving on to four more years of lies and chaos.

mcconnell as senate monority leader made a disingenuous speech about how trump was guilty but as a private citizen he could not be convicted

we've seen the comedy. now the tragedy starts.

[Ecurb Noselrub]

I think a lot of Repubs are just as tired of Trump as we are. Haley and McConnell are signaling that it's time to move one, not to mention the 7 who voted to convict him.  They are trying to marginalize him.  I think.