I sensed the last years of my work personna migrating from a fully Dilbertized stance to pure Wally by the end.
Pretend I Agree
How Many Rats Left?
Based on Mr. Philbin’s performance opening the so-called Trump impeachment defense, it seems many rats have already jumped the sinking Trump ship. If he’s the best they can put on stage at this juncture, I’m afraid the writing is on the wall. A more monotonous, repetitive, rambling course of snooze material is hard to recall. They didn’t even attempt to address the charges or evidence, presumably because no plausibly exculpatory comment is possible. Rather, the GOP rhetoric and innuendo stream meanders through administrative and he-said she-said trivia and propaganda, repeated endlessly for the media.
Sipollone’s weak closing after such a brief, substance-less opening is telling.
Pompeo the Prick
Time to address one of the smarmiest of the Trump gang – Mike Pompeo. If Cuntway is the most despicable, Pompeo is the biggest liar. As the Secretary of State, he is culpable for the cruelly fraudulent treatment of Marie Yavonovich, the former Ukrainian ambassador.
“I’ve defended every single person on this team,” Pompeo said in an interview with NPR. “I’ve done what’s right for every single person on this team.”
Apparently Marie was not on the team of criminal conspirators attempting to defraud the country. If it is “right” to have an ambassador surveilled by organized crime operatives, then order her firing as the lynchpin of political corruption activities, then I guess he is right. My characterization of this fatass Trump cocksucker is the enabler spouting the biggest of the lies. He’s a real tough guy with the ladies. A real class act. If Americans “don’t give a fuck about Ukraine” as he claims, then what’s the big deal?
We are not Lost – Just Misled
One of my favorite local pundits Mike Littwin, did another great job embellishing the details of our failed government’s foibles in his Senate Impeachment Day Three article. He summed up his piece with this somber warning:
“Right does matter. Truth does matter. And we have been lost. The question is whether — and how — we will find our way back.”
I wouldn’t go that far. I’d say it is more akin to the part “after” being lost, walking along in the wrong direction, where at some point finally realizing where you are. It’s not where you thought you were, and it definitely is not where you want to be.
Sackless Trump Toady
Credit to Colbert for coining the term, which so accurately describes one of the GOP limp-dicks I have yet to compliment myself: Lindsey Graham. This then inexperienced lawmaker earned his stripes with among other things, opining how impeachment was about “cleansing the office” during the Clinton scandal. If this feckless piece ‘o shyt had half a conscience he’d resign his seat and publicly apologize to his constituents and indeed all South Carolina’s citizens, for disgracing the office and the country itself.
Gotta give the lot of ’em credit for getting one thing right, tho. Alot of people sure do hate this capricious, lying mutherfucker, and certainly do seek to topple his fat, bleached, painted ass.
Roberts Calls It
I’m liking The Chief Justice’ comportment and poise, right out of the gate. Isn’t this peculiarly American, politically inflammatory contrivance really the big game for aspiring Pettifoggers everywhere?
Another Trump Phone Call?
“Within hours of Bezos’ receipt of the video, the analysis found, “a massive and unauthorized exfiltration of data from Bezos’ phone began, continuing and escalating for months,”
If it looks like a duck… I imagine the call with Saudi Prince Salman went something like this: “Yes Mohammed, the Aramco deal is going to be amazing! But I need you to do us a favor…”
That's My Boys!
I knew it right away – just like when Malaysian flight 17 was shot down over the same AOR 6 years ago. It doesn’t take a veteran space cadet to know it was bad actors any time an airliner goes down in flames. The good thing out of this mess is SBIRS early warning keeps our troops safer. I was working in the Block 10 control room when the Malaysian plane went down. The big difference this time is the government was quick to say how we knew those missiles were coming. Six years ago it was hush-hush for months. SBIRS is the real deal. Our adversaries have no corresponding capability and no answer for it.
Working with the Russians is tricky, huh Donnie? We’ll expect to hear about upcoming negotiations on a new Russian missile warning treaty.
Capitalistic Exclusivity
Dr. Martin Luther King was perhaps the greatest civil rights leader of all time. One thing that set him apart was his focus on economic inequality. This concept is deeply ingrained in current western economic dogma.
“The trouble is that we live in a failed system. Capitalism does not permit an even flow of economic resources. With this system, a small privileged few are rich beyond conscience and almost all others are doomed to be poor at some level…That’s the way the system works. And since we know that the system will not change the rules, we’re going to have to change the system.”
The unconditional support of government and industry is enshrined in money’s ability to quash all comers. Witness the ability of the GOP to literally attempt re-defining reality in the third U.S. Presidential impeachment. Fairness equates to people’s ability to compete. History has shown capitalistic success to often equate with people’s ability to quash fair competition.
Don’t let the robber-barons convince you to be a bigot on their behalf.
Alien Technology
Maybe good for not just Corporate Culture?
“Senators are not the only jurors in the president’s trial. History will deliver its own verdict. So will the American people. Regardless of how the Senate votes, Americans will make up their own minds about the trial process and the president’s guilt or innocence. Their verdict will profoundly affect the outcome of this year’s presidential election.”
The Cover-Up Expands
Now the shameless twits are simply denying media access. “Nearly 60 news organizations including NPR signed a letter organized by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press on Thursday urging Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to relax the new restrictions on reporters.”
You can run, but you can’t hide.
Define High Crimes and Misdemeanors
The Founding Fathers didn’t, nor shall We, the People assign any definition. The term was purposely left ill-defined for various reasons. The judicial system as t’were, barely existed at the time. The “Term” ≠ criminal act(s). Despite the fact that Trump and co-conspirators have clearly broken MANY laws, that is not the issue. The issue to me is now simply, how low can politics go, before politics itself becomes equated with crime?
But think about exactly what they did say – particularly you literal-leaning conservatives: “High” crimes and misdemeanors. Perhaps in their well-considered opinion, the Term should be expected to include a wide range of activities from high to low on the criminal terminology scale. Now watch McConnell and his gang of hate mongers interpret that exactly ass-backwards, with literally nothing “rising” to the level of an impeachable offense.
Must be a long way to rise from the bottom of that cesspool.
A Quick Referesher
Upon learning Mr. Jason Crowe was named to the prosecution team yesterday, he got a copy of my impeachment hearing rants. I’m sure the staffers have a handle on all the details, so I figured maybe a little help with some flagrant perspective wouldn’t hurt:
“Congratulations on being selected to carry one of the heaviest responsibilities to fall on a congressman’s shoulder’s in this generation. My outrage towards the present administration during the hearings was shared only with the Republicans involved, for obvious reasons. Now I’ll share it with you – just a few ideas of mine.”
Intel Portion Complete
Judiciary Phase in the Can
“There are a few other related, targeted posts, but these 2 covered the hearings specifically.
Good luck.
v/r”
Fuck Christianity
These cocksuckers cannot keep their filthy mits off anything.
Right. Keep your repulsive gawd worship to yourselves. People like me are fed up with the nonsense.
One of the many church-oriented benefits you may partake. Then you have these nutbags to deal with.
OMG! The Queen is Pissed!
“When the most powerful members of the so-called royal “Firm’ meet at the queen’s Georgian mansion, Elizabeth, 93, and her son Charles, 71, will have to grapple with much more than family issues: their decisions could shape the monarchy’s future.”
People in England have been wondering about the monarchy’s future for decades. The only question was if and when some unmitigated backlash would take root. Enter Meghan Markle. Did anybody really think this medieval holdover from the days when serfs really serf’d and rulers ran roughshod over the populace at will would last through an American celebrity? Sheesh. C’mon people – dump this huge waste of resources and encourage the royals to go retire somewhere in anonymity.
This is what they are afraid of “Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are considering sitting down for a “no-holds-barred’ television interview about their decision to step back from their royal duties.”
The Fog of War
Here’s your next example of just what type idiots these people are – Religious fundamentalist, zealot idiots – who apparently didn’t receive enough training on their Russian SAM systems. Trump is provoking them, and Russia is arming them. Anyone who has not connected the dots on this yet is simply not paying attention, doesn’t care or is in cahoots to leverage the conflict for economic and political purposes. Like I said in the last Mideast Mania post, it’s far too late to salvage any of this.
Imagine the chatter in that control room when somebody yelled “Aw crap – that was not an American warplane.” We REALLY need to just get completely, totally entirely the fuck out of that region. The peeps are not happy, and the U.S. is just one of their many problems. What more do we need to see for this foreign policy to be put to rest, once and for all?
