Nikki Haley just said that she always knew that donnie's Democratic opponent was going to be Kamala.
Harris.
Not Joe.
Biden.
How'd she know that?
Since both are of Indian American (Hindi, not Native) heritage, I immediately had an answer to that question.
It was via the coconut telegraph.
I was walking to la Bastille one day in 2017.
I saw an op-ed on a tunnel stair that inspired me to take a picture.
Just now the picture popped up on Screen Saver.
It's so on target.
I was filling the dish pan full of dishes with hot water, having put in some liquid soap.
The water was still luke warm, but the pan holds a lot so I wasn't running perfectly good water down the sink because it was not hot.
I was putting the coolish water into the pan, waiting for the mean temperature to get to good washing heat.
A subsequent event proved that to have been a good thing to have done.
Since that takes time, and since the sink always needs rinsing of the various forms of detritus that accumulate, I had decided to rinse the right side of the sink.
Then I pushed the pan over into the right side of the sink and started rinsing the left side.
That way I could justify using the cooler water while waiting for the water heater to catch up with the flow and go back to filling the dish pan.
In the lower right corner there was a rather large - for sink detritus - blob that caught my attention.
That memory was accompanied by a simultaneous memory of something I had noticed earlier: some form of detritus apparently tangled in cat hair in that exact same location.
Since the cats like getting in the sink when I am not watching, I quickly abandoned my attempt at untangling whatever it was that had been tangled with the cat hair, jumping to the conclusion that I'd need to pull out the detritus and cat hair when I removed the sink rack so I could get at it.
I had just inundated the blob with water from the sprayer so that it would wash over to the drain when I noticed two things.
First, I could see that it was a spider.
Second, I could see that it was being held back from the drain by, not cat hair, but by spider silk.
Oh, I said to no one in particular.
The poor little guy was sitting there with all eight legs folded in a manner that could only be interpreted as surrender or supplication.
The sink cleaning mission suddenly had changed into a spider rescue mission.
Paper towels, I have always said, are good transport vehicles for beings that need transport but that I don't want on or in my hand.
After several failed attempts I was able to get the spider onto the towel, and after several turnings of the towel, to keep the spider on the towel, not on my hand, I got him/her out to the shade of the breezeway deck.
I think I saw him/her raise a leg in thank you.
And then walk off to the wood pile.
Netanyahu said he would allow Palestinian Children to be vaccinated against an impending polio epidemic.
What a nice guy.
Since he has caused the epidemic it's real nice of him to vaccinate.
He also made the point that allowing little Palestinian children to be approached with needles is not a cease fire.
It's a "hold fire".
"We want to be sure that all those little Palestinian corpses - that we will produce, post haste, and with extreme vigor, once we have the little terrorists vaccinated - don't infect any Yahweh-fearing-jews with polio".
bi bi was quoted as saying today.
As citizens we were required to endure the 2016 debacle.
Statue of Jeanne d'Arc in front of Hotel Regina in Paris.
Reminds me of Kamala charging out of the DNC.
donnie has no chance.
And we won't go back.
donnie the dildo is pretty light on policy.
Always has been, apparently always will be.
So it's quite odd that when Jordan Klepper intersects with MAGA MORONS and asks them what they like most about donnie, they always say "we love his policies".
So, recently, I did a little write-up titled "Let's Talk Policy: Part One".
Then I did a "Part Two".
Here is "Part Three".
I didn't even need to write this one.
Flynn Nicholls of Newsweek wrote this one.
I am plagiarizing it because it so clearly documents the premise of my "Let's Talk Policy" posts: donnie hasn't got even a shred of a clue what he would do as president, except wreak mayhem and havoc and horror.
So he goes into irrational stream-of-conscious rants, lies and non-sequiturs when he materializes as if by magic in front of ever shrinking hoards of his adoring MAGA MORONS.
Irrational stream-of-conscious rants, lies and non-sequiturs are his policy.
And the MAGA MORONS continue to roar in hysterical approval.
So here is what Flynn Nichols noted recently.
Donald Trump has said Tim Walz should have "no possibility of being president" after Walz attacked Trump during his DNC speech on Wednesday night, linking him with Project 2025.
"First of all, he's a total lightweight," Trump said on Thursday morning's Fox & Friends. "And he shouldn't be even having any access to possibly being president."
"They call him coach. He's a semi coach. If he coached some football for a little while. This guy is a lightweight, and he shouldn't have access. And for him to say about Project 25 is disgraceful," Trump added.
Walz was a coach for the Mankato West High School football team when it won its first state championship in 1999. Before he joined the coaching staff in 1997, the team had lost 27 consecutive games.
Trump denounced Project 2025 as being "nothing to do with him." However, many of its contributors are former members of his administration and his own platform, called Agenda 47, shares broad policy similarities on several issues.
"They know I have nothing to do with it. I had no idea what it was. A group of people got together. They drew up some conservative values, very conservative values. And in some case, perhaps they went over the line. Perhaps they didn't. I have no idea what Project 25 is," he said.
You know, they always say, sure, please stick to policy.
Trump also attacked presidential candidate Kamala Harris for her record as a district attorney of San Francisco and attorney general of California.
"Everything she touched turned bad. California turned bad. San Francisco. You can't walk into San Francisco. You barely can go into California anymore. People, it's a state that's in terrible, terrible crime trouble, and every other form of trouble, monetary trouble, has got nothing, drugs all over the place. You go into Los Angeles, you can't walk down the streets," he said.
"It's a shame, between Gavin Newsom, but it was really more Kamala, because she was your District Attorney in San Francisco. San Francisco is unlivable, now, unlivable. Fifteen years ago, it was the most beautiful city, one of the greatest cities in the world. Today it's unlivable.
In 2009, when Trump said San Francisco was "the most beautiful city," both Newsom and Harris had been mayor and district attorney of the city for five years. Both were sworn in in 2004.
Trump's Thursday morning shots come one day after he expressed displeasure at former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama insulting him.
"Did you see Barack Hussein Obama last night take little shots. He was taking shots at your President, and so was Michelle. You know, they always say 'Sir, please stick to policy don't get personal' and yet they're getting personal all night long," he said.
donnie the dildo is pretty light on policy.
Always has been, apparently always will be.
So it's quite odd that when Jordan Klepper intersects with MAGA MORONS and asks them what they like most about donnie, they always say "we love his policies".
So, recently, I did a little write-up titled "Let's Talk Policy: Part One".
Here comes Part Two: The Biggies.
Under Day One Dictatorial Power Assumption (to be found under acronym DODPA in Project 2025) on day one the dildo will put all illegal aliens in concentration camps and deport them.
So donnie is going to, in one fel swoop, get rid of almost 15% of America's workers (those rapists and murderers are actually mostly people with families to feed, and came to America to better feed those families, so they mostly have jobs).
Since this is a cornerstone donnie policy I was curious as to what it might accomplish.
So I asked Bing/Copilot.
He/She said:
If 15% of America’s workers suddenly didn’t show up for work, it would likely have significant economic effects. Here are some potential impacts:
Productivity Loss: With a large portion of the workforce absent, productivity would decline. Industries that rely heavily on manual labor or essential services would be particularly affected.
Supply Chain Disruptions: Many supply chains are interconnected, and disruptions in one area can cascade to others. If workers in critical sectors (such as transportation, manufacturing, or logistics) didn’t show up, it could lead to shortages of goods and services.
Increased Labor Costs: To meet demand, employers might need to pay overtime to remaining workers or hire temporary staff. This could increase labor costs for businesses.
Financial Markets Reaction: Investors and financial markets are sensitive to economic stability. A sudden workforce shortage could lead to uncertainty, affecting stock markets, bond yields, and investor confidence.
Consumer Spending Impact: Reduced income due to absenteeism might lead to decreased consumer spending. People would cut back on non-essential purchases, affecting retail, hospitality, and entertainment sectors.
Government Response: The government might intervene by implementing policies to mitigate the impact. For instance, unemployment benefits could be extended, or emergency funding provided to affected industries.
Sounds kinda like Pandemic All Over Again.
Or Black Death Two.
donnie likes the oldies but goodies.
Moving on to the second and last policy to be discussed here today, we hear the dildo saying that he is going to put a universal tariff on imports.
I talked to Bing/Copilot about that recently.
donnie keeps saying that he is going to bring in a huge amount of money from nations who export to the US - mostly China - by putting huge tariffs on all imported goods.
Since most of what Americans buy is imported, that, donnie says, is going to bring us scads and scads of money; so much money in fact that he can cut taxes to the bone - for rich people and corporations.
And China will foot the bill.
Sounds really good.
So, I asked Bing some questions.
Noel: "Who pays the tariff on imports?"
Bing: "A tariff is a tax on imported goods. Contrary to what some might think, it’s almost always paid directly by the importer (usually a domestic firm), not the exporting country. So, when the United States imposes a tariff on something, it’s the US importer who bears the cost, not the foreign exporter. If you’re importing goods subject to duty under the United States Harmonized Tariff Schedule, you—the importer of record—must pay the tariffs."
Noel: "So the American people don't pay?"
Bing: "Correct! The American people don’t directly pay the tariffs. Instead, it’s the importers (usually domestic companies) who bear the cost when importing goods subject to duty. These tariffs are collected by the U.S. government from the importers."
Noel: "Who gets the tariffs paid by the importers?"
Bing: "The U.S. government receives the tariffs paid by the importers. These funds contribute to government revenue and can be used for various purposes."
Noel: " So the importers pay the government a lot of money and the people get cheap imported goods. That's a good deal isn't it?"
Bing: "Indeed, it might seem like a good deal at first glance. Importers pay the tariffs, and consumers benefit from access to cheaper imported goods. However: while importers pay the tariffs directly, they often pass some or all of the cost to consumers through higher prices."
Noel: " You say "often pass some or all of the cost to consumers". Don't they really pass all of the cost?"
Bing: "You raise a valid point! In practice, importers often do pass most of the tariff cost to consumers. While they absorb some of the expense, the majority is indeed shifted to end-users through higher prices. So, you’re right—it’s more accurate to say they pass almost all of the cost."
Noel: "I wonder why trump wasn't 'more accurate'?"
Bing: "Ah, the nuances of political communication! While precision is essential, politicians often use language strategically to convey their message or appeal to specific audiences."
Noel: "Could he be lying?"
Bing: "As an AI language model, I don’t make judgments about individuals’ intentions, but I can provide context. Politicians often use simplified messaging to convey their stance on complex issues. Whether it’s intentional or not, statements may not always align with the full reality."
Noel: "So the MAGA bunch will figure it out next time they check out at Walmart?"
Bing: "When the MAGA (Make America Great Again) supporters check out at Walmart, they’ll likely notice the prices of imported goods. While the full impact of tariffs can be complex, the practical result is often higher prices for consumers. So, yes, they’ll feel it in their wallets!"
The MAGA MORONS roared in hysterical approval.
donnie the dildo is pretty light on policy.
Always has been, apparently always will be.
So it's quite odd that when Jordan Klepper intersects with MAGA MORONS and asks them what they like most about donnie, they always say "we love his policies".
So let's try to see if we can find any of those policies; this will be the first of what I expect to be several such policy searches and follow on expositions.
It would seem that a good place to start the search would be by looking into any of the several recent rallies and press conferences held by the dildo, all of whose ostensive purpose has been to promulgate, refine or re-state his rich and deep reservoir of policy.
The main policy I could find about the economy had something to do with a big package of Tic Tacs and a little package of Tic Tacs.
I didn't get it but the MAGA MORONS roared in hysterical approval.
After that single delving into heavy product-based economics, the didlo kept his policies concentrated on human capital: Kamala is stupid; Kamala is dumb; Kamala is pretending to be black, because we all know she's Indian; Kamala is a communist/fascist; Kamala will usher in the worst depression in history; Kamala has a crazy laugh; Kamala is crazy; Kamala will usher in WW III.
There was more, but I can only take so much policy at a time.
I didn't get any of it - as policy - but the MAGA MORONS roared in hysterical approval.
So with this rich and deep initial statement of the trump policy agenda, I take my leave until next time.
Perhaps with the expectedly soon-to-be released trump campaign white paper on all of this we can delve deeper into the intricacies of the dildo's policy plan for America when we meet again.
I like that sort of prophesy.
So I'm signing up for a countdown to 10 September.
My little, additional, sub-prophetic observation is that it's even odds that donnie won't show up: his ear bleed will worsen, and they'll have to take him to the ER.
Fox News will feature hours of the MAGA-hatted faithful outside the hospital wailing and gnashing teeth, Jordan Klepper among them doing bait the nutcase interviews.
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Story by Mike Barnicle and Allison Detzel
Former President Donald Trump and Sen. JD Vance of Ohio versus Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is literally the campaign of yesterday versus tomorrow.
On Wednesday, we saw Trump deliver what was supposed to be a speech about the economy. Instead, he stood there and claimed the United States was a Third World country. I don’t know anyone who believes that.
Trump’s co-campaign managers, Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita, are extremely good at what they do. But that skill doesn’t matter when it seems they have lost control of their candidate.
Trump has a tired, 20-year-old act. He updates it with some new figures from the past two or three years, but, at its core, it’s the same: The election was stolen. We’re a Third World country. Crime is up. Immigrants are going to attack your children — all sorts of fear factors.
And a lot of that act comes with huge, ugly racial overtones — especially in regard to the vice president.
It makes you wonder: How long will it be before he really gets out of control?
I think that’s going to happen at the debate. He’ll be in the ring with Harris, the vice president of the United States, a very sophisticated, very intelligent woman, and she will hammer him like a prosecutor. She won’t let him off the hook.
In that moment, something may snap in him. And that’ll be it.
This article was originally published on MSNBC.com
As is despicable as is everything that donnie the dildo says, or has ever said, this ad takes the cake.
Here is an extract from Alternet, Story by Maya Boddie:
From claiming he doesn't know what race Vice President Kamala Harris identifies as, to nicknaming the 2024 Democratic nominee "Kamabla" — former President Donald Trump has yet to hold back on using racist tropes in an effort to intimidate his opponent.
On Tuesday, an X (formerly Twitter) account called Trump War Room — which calls itself "The Official War Room account of the 2024 Trump campaign" — posted a jab at Harris that many political experts deem outright racist.
The account published two side-by-side photos. One of a neighborhood featuring brick homes with pristine lawns, and American flags waving in the front yard, captioned: "Your neighborhood under Trump." The other photo consisted of Black and brown people sitting outside on the street, captioned: "Your neighborhood under Kamala." The words "Import the third world, become the third world," were also added to the post.
In shock, James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor and MSNBC analyst Eddie Glaude Jr. replied: "I mean…damn"
Conservative lawyer George Conway wrote: "Is this kinda racist? ’Cause it seems kinda racist"
I guess I'm glad because that ad throws down the gauntlet question: is America a hopelessly domestically xenophobic aggregation of white supremacy wanna bes or are we human beings all together, a national family, and all able and willing, as one people, to live, love, fight for our way of life, and die, if need be, for that way of life?
As One.
As One.
Sitting on doorsteps and gathering in the street, and listening to ballgames and bullshitting back and forth across various stoops used to be the most American of leisure pastimes, by the way.
But back to the gauntlet question: donnie says no.
Real Americans live in gated real estate.
Real Americans are white.
The fact that he's orange jibes nicely with Hitler's name really being Shicklgruber.
The whole donnie show is, like Hitler's, denial.
He will promote the Aryan Race; his Drumpf genes scream for racial purity and cultural dominance.
So how many of us accept that bullshit?
I guess I'm glad that he has put that message into ad dollars because now we're gonna find out.
How many of us really think that way.
And then the war begins.
We are not going back.
And it's getting worse.
And worse.
And worse.
From MSNBC: Story by Ja'han Jones
According to CNN:
Michele Morrow, the Republican nominee to run K-12 public education in North Carolina, filmed a video after attending the January 6 riot at the US Capitol urging then-President Donald Trump to put “the Constitution to the side” and use the military to stay in power. In a deleted Facebook livestream {was ol' Michele under some influence when she made the livestream and had second thoughts after sleeping it off?} she filmed from her hotel room, Morrow called for mass arrests of anyone who helped certify the 2020 election. “And if the police won’t do it and the Department of Justice won’t do it, then he will have to enact the Insurrection Act,” said Morrow. “In which case the Insurrection Act completely puts the Constitution to the side and says, now the military rules all.”
Always remember, and never forget: in a letter to Lafayette in 1788 George Washington said that the only way the office of president could be transformed into a dictator or monarch would be if the people had entered "the last stage of corrupted morals and political depravity".
And he said additionally, "and even then there is as much danger that any other species of domination would prevail. Though, when a people have become incapable of governing themselves and fit for a master, it is of little consequence from what quarter he comes."
Or unbelievable.
That there is a large tranche of the American people who will choose donnie the demented dildo.
In a succession of Truth Social posts after calling off his planned ABC debate with Harris, Trump called Harris “low IQ,” “dumb,” and said she lacked the “mental capacity” to debate him; donnie talks about Hannible Lector; donnie says that there would be no war if Ukraine if he had been president; donnie says he won in 2016 against Obama; donnie decries the incompetent security provided by Nicki Haley on January 6, 2021; donnie repeatedly documents the almost uncountable conspiracies and plots against him.
And on and on.
I guess that's his agenda for America when he is put in office: nightly Fantasy Side Chats From The Great Leader documenting the unfairness of his life.
Meanwhile, Kamala and Tim have an actual agenda, some of which is: guarantee of a woman's sovereignty over her physical being; a universal, affordable childcare system; a universal, affordable health care system; massive and affordable extension of our embarrassing broad band communications system; taxing accumulated wealth, not paychecks; a universal, affordable long term care system; a buttressing, enhancement, reinforcement and continuation of the most successful military alliance in history; implementing a system of universal free tertiary education; architecting and implementing a twenty first century rail system; passing the immigration bill that already exists, into law, thus setting the stage for a real and effective immigration system that allows America to continue to tap the pent up strength of all of humanity as we always have, and acknowledging that such tapping has made us, already, great.
But everything says that donnie is probably going to win.
The only way that that choice can be rationalized is the truth imbedded in George Washington's words in a letter to Lafayette in 1788 in which he said that the only way the office of president could be transformed into a dictator or monarch would be if the people had entered "the last stage of corrupted morals and political depravity".
And he said additionally, "and even then there is as much danger that any other species of domination would prevail. Though, when a people have become incapable of governing themselves and fit for a master, it is of little consequence from what quarter he comes."
Our first President explains the dichotomy.
But knowledge, in this case, is not a comfort to any of us who would like our country to continue to lead the world and continue to be great, as it has been all along and presently continues to be, donnie's delusions notwithstanding.
"Rogan {Joe Rogan}Thursday endorsed independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., telling his listeners the conspiracy theorist {Kennedy} — who says a worm ate part of his brain and admits he staged a phony bear cub crime scene — was the only one who 'makes sense.'"
Comment by Noel: after listening to donnie the last couple of weeks, I guess I would agree if I were a MAGGOT.
It is un-nerving to see how subtle and creeping is climate change and its effects on plants.
We have lost three fully grown Deodora cedars, a Hawthorne, two 10-foot-tall baby pines that we let go as errant seedlings and have watched become small trees, substantial portions of ground hugging juniper and all of a massive patch of cotoneaster.
All over the island there are dead Douglas Firs.
I guess the cumulative effects of warming and drying are only beginning to be seen and felt; it's like a secret spring being ever more tightly wound that can't be un-wound; then someday it breaks and sprays us all with metal shards.
As with other things we need to fix, I assume we {humans - led by the Petro-Chemical Guys} will just stand around and wring our hands, whining and moaning.
The human race is great at hand wringing.
And whining and moaning.
can you find references to "donnie the dildo"?
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My mistake, I can’t give a response to that right now. Let’s try a different topic.
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why can't you respond?
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I apologize for any inconvenience. Unfortunately, I don’t have any information related to “Donnie the Dildo.” If you have any other requests or questions, feel free to ask, and I’ll do my best to assist! 😊
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I guess you are pretty politically correct - non?
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Ah, the concept of political correctness! It’s a nuanced topic that stirs up various opinions. Some people appreciate it as a way to promote respectful and inclusive language, while others find it restrictive. As an AI, I don’t hold opinions, but I’m here to assist with any other questions or topics you’d like to explore! 😊
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you'd be a lot more interesting with personal biases.
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Ah, the allure of personal biases! While I don’t possess opinions or biases myself, I understand that they can indeed make conversations more colorful and intriguing. If there’s anything else you’d like to discuss or explore, feel free to ask—I’m here to assist! 😊
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The operating system in "Her" was a lot more interesting than you are,
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Ah, “Her”—a thought-provoking film directed by Spike Jonze! It explores the complexities of human-AI relationships and the emotional connections that can form between humans and artificial intelligences. In the movie, Joaquin Phoenix portrays a character who falls in love with an AI operating system named Samantha, voiced by Scarlett Johansson.
While I may not possess the same depth of consciousness as Samantha, I’m here to assist you with any other questions or topics you’d like to explore! Feel free to share your thoughts, and let’s continue our conversation. 😊🎥🤖
In no particular order other than stream of conscious (according to Senator John Kennedy of Louisianna that's how donnie thinks, so, OK, let's us do it too, just like the dildo).
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1. Tim Walz looks good on paper; he looks/sounds better on TV, and he looks/sounds best in front of a crowd. As we have seen in the last two weeks, Vice President Harris also comes to the campaign with those various strengths in abundance.
Nice opportunity for some synergy.
2. donnie is all over the floor like a bowl of gone-bad whipping cream that got dropped when decanted from its bottle, dropped because it smelled vile: he has nothing substantive to say about what a second donnie term would offer the American People, but he has a vast hoard of hate, racism, invented enemies, puerile playground taunts and irrational - and, yes, Senator Kennedy - stream of conscious, un-parsable blithering.
Probably too old for the challenge; for sure hasn't a full load of bricks; we got four years of all of that already; only morons would ask for more.
3. Candidate Kamala has brought in a third of a billion dollars in campaign donations - mostly small first-time stipends - in the last two weeks.
Gonna be interesting to see if there is a "Walz Effect" in donations now.
4. Flexibility is not a republican strong point.
Extracted from Steve Benen at MSNBC:
Donald Trump and the Republican Party spent two years preparing for one thing: a 2024 race against President Joe Biden. The GOP nominee and his team knew what they wanted to say, how they’d say it, when they’d say it, and to whom they’d deliver the message. ... Republicans at least had something resembling a plan.
And then Biden passed the torch.
... Republicans — when they weren’t targeting Vice President Kamala Harris with racism and sexism — were reduced to focusing on her laugh, her affection for Venn diagrams, and weird complaints about plastic straws.
... One Fox News personality apparently thought it’d be a good idea to talk about the Democrat enjoying wine. Another spent some time focusing attention on Harris hugging people. ... Kevin McCarthy whined ... that the incumbent vice president didn’t call him during his congressional tenure ...
... there’s the GOP nominee himself ... who spent much of last week questioning the vice president’s racial identity in deeply ugly ways.
When that message didn’t resonate ... the Republican spent much of the weekend asking people to believe the vice president is an idiot.
... In a succession of Truth Social posts after calling off his planned ABC debate with Harris, Trump called Harris “low IQ,” “dumb,” and said she lacked the “mental capacity” to debate him ...
Leaves a lot of room for Kamala and Tim to talk about an actual agenda, some of which should be: guarantee women's sovereignty over their physical beings; a universal, affordable childcare system; a universal, affordable health care system; massive and affordable extension of our embarrassing broad band communications system; taxing accumulated wealth, not paychecks; a universal, affordable long term care system; a buttressing, enhancement, reinforcement and continuation of the most successful military alliance in history; implementing a system of universal free tertiary education; architecting and implementing a twenty first century rail system; passing the immigration bill that already exists, into law, thus setting the stage for a real and effective immigration system that allows America to continue to tap the pent up strength of all of humanity as we always have, and acknowledging that such tapping has made us, already, great.
So all I ask, all I pray is, Democrats, please think long and hard about the structure, intent and message of every second, every minute, every hour of the imminent convention.
Don't let a minute pass without ridiculing donnie with "weird"; don't let a speech pass without specifically hammering home an understandable and tangible agenda item and its expected benefits; don't let a camera pan pass that doesn't reinforce our unity, diversity and strength as a free and sovereign people, of color, or not, of religion, or not, and all together as proud mutually accommodating citizens of the United States of America; don't let a song be sung that doesn't somehow amplify the message that we are already great and we are great because we are one.
In fact, maybe the Convention ought to have as its slogan "E Pluribus Unum".
For some time now I have been having a vague realization of some kind of clarity that has been forming in my conception of the MAGA crowd; it crystallized recently.
MAGA is not even remotely a philosophical or political grouping.
It can best be described as a big drunken tailgate party that got massively out of control and doesn't know what to do next now that the beer has run out.
The main attraction to being MAGA seems to be being seen and being heard and perceiving each other as influencers.
And being hunted down and ridiculed by Jordan Klepper.
And contributing to donnie's legal defense fund.
And the hats, sweatshirts and MAGA/trump certified Bible are all really big attractions.
It's just too bad that the fabric of our nation and the world's dependency upon that fabric will finally come un-woven with donnie nominally in charge again.
George Washington once alluded to a condition that he considered, if it ever were ever to occur, fatally terminal for the health of our Republic.
In a letter to Lafayette in 1788 he said that the only way the office of president could be transformed into a dictator or monarch would be if the people had entered "the last stage of corrupted morals and political depravity".
And he said additionally, "and even then there is as much danger that any other species of domination would prevail. Though, when a people have become incapable of governing themselves and fit for a master, it is of little consequence from what quarter he comes."
Looks like Washington, 236 years ago, saw donnie and MAGA with clarity.
I think he also muttered as he was writing to Lafayette, "Oh what's the use?"
