The Cowardly MAGA Bullshit: From Trump To Palin All The Way To Floyd.

I'm not going to shit on Trump supporters, either collectively or individually. They live in a still free country and can support whomever they like, Trump included.

But jeez Louise, there are repeated patterns there: it started with using his supporters as dupes to try and disrupt the election certification. In other words, Trump wanted MAGA supporters to do physical dirty work that he himself would never do. Start of a pattern. Next case: Palin. Well, by golly, Palin says a civil war is coming if prosecution of Trump is not stopped. Clue in Sarah, not you, not anyone can impede the rule of law and the judiciary playing their proper role. Grand juries aren't idiots. So, it has to fully play out, whether you and your supporters happen to like it or not. All your bullshit about this leading to a second civil war are the words of cowards who will run and hide as soon as any kind of skirmish breaks out. Cowards galore, and No, this won't get YOU the VEEP nomination if Trump is renominated. Too bad, that, for YOU.

The American people aren't bloodthirsty fiends who will start a second civil war because they can't get their way. Nope, not happening. The average American is too intelligent and patriotic for that. Their loyalty, is not to Trump, or to Biden, or to anyone else. Their loyalty is to the United States of America, so fucking clue in. Like I said, your ridiculous arguments are bullshit and par for the course where you're concerned. End of story. Run and hide from your collective stupidity. You've embarrassed yourself enough already.

Now, let's go down the Floyd road, you know, the guy still rotting in the Georgia jail. Too funny, LOL. Notice how he can't make bail. Notice how the MAGA SuperPac and none of the others are rushing in to bail their soldier out. Interesting. Notice how Trump isn't lifting a finger to get him out, either. Hum. Interesting. 

Here's a news flash for you, Sarah: Trump doesn't spend one red cent on his own legal bills, not to mention on those of anyone else who did his bidding. Nah, he lets the SuperPacs and MAGA supporters themselves foot the bill for the unfortunate billionaire. Classy as hell, but what can I say.

So Sarah, keep fronting for Trump by all means, but again, you won't be getting the VEEP spot if Trump is renominated. Not a chance in hell that you'll get it. Remember that Trump showed us all how talk is cheap. When it comes to taking action, guess who is always and predictably MIA? Oh right, some guy called Trump.

Pence: The Trump Antipode Will Be The Republican Nominee.

Take Mike Pence. First off, he showed his honourable and decent character by serving as a loyal vice-president to someone who was the exact opposite of him. There were no Pence intrigues during the Trump Administration. (By the by, Mike, I would drop references made by you to a Trump-Pence Administration. It can only hinder and tarnish you in the general. Pro-tip.)

Mr. Five Indictments with 91 felony charges stands for pretty much everything that Pence is not. That's to Pence's credit. Trump is entitled to the presumption of innocence, and that's how it should be. However, most Trump supporters and a lot of other Republicans are missing the shifting sands that are slowly moving against Trump in a big way: in their heart of hearts, almost all the party draws the line at a potential Trump conviction. If that happens, Trump is finished, period. 

The other elephant in the room is election viability: they can dream as much as they want, but Trump can't and won't beat Biden (and maybe not even Harris) in a general. He just won't.

Pence has two (forgive me, but I can't resist) TRUMP cards: first off, he followed his oath to the constitution and almost all of his rivals give him credit for that. These are the same people running against him for the nomination, and that speaks volumes and quietly shifts minds and later support in his direction.

You see, what a plurality of Americans are slowly figuring out is that Pence represents them: faith-based, honourable, decent, hard-working and compassionate. That's who the American people are, and have always been. In short, Pence is the next Reagan, short of the charisma. 

The next shoe to drop will be developments in the trial processes, if not the setting of actual trial dates, long before the nomination race is over. That will finish Trump off with independents, and everyone whose even remotely sentient knows that no Republican nominee can take the presidency without at least a plurality of the independent vote.  That's just how it is.

So...Mike Pence could run on a platform of "Hang Mike Pence!" and WIN. Pence showed himself to be nothing more than a genuine and true American on January 6th and that is sinking into the minds of Republicans and Republican voters. Pence is quite literally Mr. Osmosis, and it shows. As the Trump train wreck continues to grow by leaps and bounds, the party will necessarily at first at least distance itself from Trump and ultimately break those bonds, to win with someone else. And when that Aha! Moment inevitably comes, most Republicans will figure out that the Trump Antipode is the candidate for them. 

That's Pence, quite conceivably, the next President of the United States. He's certainly not God's chosen candidate, but he is the finest representative of good works and dedication to duty running in this race. And that should, and will mean, something highly significant down the road. The man who, quite literally, never, ever, shirks in his responsibility to speak truth to power, not to mention fellow Republicans. That's guts for you.

[For the record, I'm Democrat-leaning since Obama.]

 

Willem Middelkoop: BRICS Expansion Is A Step Closer To WWIII.

Absolutely, no doubt about it. This is a crystal-clear trend going forward. There will be a Good block and an Evil block. Some countries need to step back now, or they will ultimately pay the consequences when Good ONCE AGAIN defeats Evil in the next World War. It's coming pretty fast.

(1802) BRICS expansion is a step closer to WW3: We’re moving into very dangerous phase – Willem Middelkoop - YouTube

Vivek Ramaswamy.

Ramaswamy is a twerp and a sad joke. End of story.

Milwaukee: Republican Debate.

I just watched the Republican debate. Frankly, I thought they all did well. Most of them were as good on offense as defense. Ramaswamy looked out of his league: some of his positions were ridiculous, amateurist and seemingly improvised. He showed, quite obviously, how he knows nothing about foreign policy, hence his nutty position on Ukraine. 

But one guy fared worse than Ramaswamy and his name is Trump. It was a big mistake not to show up. He got blasted but good by Christie and others. 

You could tell by the booing of Pence, Christie and others that the Trump lustre is rapidly fading, even among some Republicans. It wasn't the whole room that booed for Trump. Far from it. That means Trump is already in trouble and you can bet your last dollar that what happened tonight will make damned sure that Trump shows up at the second debate. It's the beginning of panic time for the Trump campaign. Good going, genius...it's starting to slowly slip all away. [Smiling.]

Bye, Bye, Prigozhin.

Is this a surprise? Nope, not at all. I was expecting it from Day One, but now the fun will be trying to find fingerprints. Maybe the plane was shot down by Russian air defences and maybe not.  Could it be an accident? That's theoretically possible, but that's not likely to be what most people will think or assume. 

And if Putin is involved, does Prigozhin's untimely demise strengthen Putin's hand or weaken it? Well, the big positive is one less traitor that Putin has to deal with. Follows the death of several Russian generals recently. Sure, it sends a message, but that message is old hat. It's been sent so many times already that it has no practical effect in reality. That's why these deaths keep happening.

Does Prigozhin's death leave an impression of Putin being in control or losing control? Sure, in the short run, it consolidates his power by getting rid of a major adversary, but over time it diminishes Putin's hold on the leadership. Not a plan I would have advocated or pushed for. 

Putin has potentially gone out of his way to make 50,000+ Wagner Group enemies. Can all these people be corralled, much less controlled? I doubt it. So...some people will likely be gunning for Putin and looking for a way to get even. That's at least 50,000 fighters. If Putin is involved, this was a big strategic mistake. Why go out of your way to create a legion of determined enemies? To Putin, I would say, not good. His future could get interesting, fast.

Jean-Talon: Sondage Léger et le PQ.

Il semble que le gouvernement Legault n'est pas sur une piste d'accélération pour annoncer la date de l'élection complémentaire partielle, dans la circonscription de Jean-Talon. Quelle surprise. Un sondage Léger démontre que c'est potentiellement une lutte serrée entre la CAQ et le PQ, avec ce dernier en avance avec 32% des intentions de vote et la CAQ devancer par deux points. QS est au troisième rang avec 17% et le PLQ est à 16%. Le PCQ finit loin derrière à 5%.

À mon avis, il faut voir qu'il y a deux histoires parallèles dans ces chiffres: premièrement, la montée de l'effet cendrillon du PQ et ensuite un reflet du déclin naturel du PLQ, par rapport au vote francophone. Oui, c'est uniquement un sondage, mais la trace des événements est déjà longue depuis un certain temps. Pour le chef du PQ, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, c'est au moins une victoire morale. Pour le PLQ, c'est une autre indication que les libéraux ne sont désormais plus l'alternative naturelle au gouvernement sortant. Le PLQ est en voie de devenir une tierce-partie avec un château-fort seulement sur l'ile de Montréal. Pour le PQ, la couronne nord et sud de la Métropole devient un terrain possiblement fertile aux prochaines élections.

Pour le premier ministre François Legault et la CAQ, les sondages récents ne sont pas glorieux. Les jours où la CAQ avait une avance de quarante points sont loin d'arrière pour eux. La CAQ mène encore dans les sondages récents, mais avec une avance typiquement entre dix et quinze points. Théoriquement, c'est encore assez fort pour former un nouveau gouvernement majoritaire aux prochaines élections, mais, mais, mais, si la remontée du PQ continue? En d'autres termes, les feux jaunes sont déjà allumés dans l'esprit de beaucoup de Québécois. C'est un signe qui devrait provoquer un sens de prudence et de réflexion dans l'esprit du premier ministre. Peut-on parler d'une renaissance du PQ? Pas encore, mais

le moins qu'on peut dire est que le PQ est sur une piste montante. Cela est déjà très clair.