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July 25, 2023

Hillary Forgets it's Hot in Summer, Blames MAGA

Timothy Birdnow

Hillary Clinton blames MAGA for hot summer days.

From El Zoro News:

Clinton's social media postcame in response to a tweet from left-wing think tank Center for American Progress which stated "MAGA Republicans are pouring fuel on the climate crisis fire." The post included an image of recent media stories highlighting the recent spate of high temperatures in the U.S. and noted Republicans voted against the Inflation Reduction Act, Democrats' $739 billion climate package — which President Biden signed into law in 2022.

"Hot enough for you? Thank a MAGA Republican. Or better yet, vote them out of office," Clinton tweeted Tuesday.

Thank God this woman never became President.

I guess she and the Center for American Progress don't know we are in an El Nino, or that the sun has been active this year. Or that the records we set are tied with many other years.

Or that we have no control over the weather. They do not understand basic science. The "blanket of co2" supposedly holding in heat is really more like chicken wire, with just four molecules of every ten thaousand being co2. And they release their energy in a picosecond, and most of it is going to go upward anyway.

But it's the Republicans fault and especially the MAGA crowd!

I guess Hillary has been so long in the lap of luxury she forgot it gets hot outside in summer.

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1 Our thermometer hit 100 for a while this afternoon, and the only one of it it discombobulated was our beloved elderly dog, who really didn't want to go outdoors long enough to do a respectable #2 when he normally would have. He finally did that before finally coming in to bed later in the evening. Meanwhile, my wife and I had to forego Happy hour on the deck, drinking our wine in our comfortably air-conditioned office instead. What an awful sacrifice -- considering we didn't even have a deck two years ago. We do our best to keep these things in perspective. And being MAGA types ourselves, we're intelligent enough to not blame the hot weather on people.

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Posted by: Becky at July 26, 2023 04:50 AM (bOIyR)

4 Yeah Dana, hot but hardly unusual. We hit 101 according to my car thermometer. I had to go to the store and get some sherbet (my sugar of choice for lows) and it was half melted by the time I got it home.

Yeah; your poor dog probably thinks it is miserable. Hope he doesn't get constipated.

Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at July 26, 2023 08:37 AM (yE5yX)

5 Thanks Becky. Yes, it is neither helpful nor rational.

Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at July 26, 2023 08:39 AM (yE5yX)

6 More Democrat logic. Clinton is blaming Republicans for the heat because they voted against a bill which passed. Their vote therefore had no effect on anything, since the furschlugginer bill passed, so how does she think it caused the heat?

Posted by: Bill H at July 26, 2023 09:14 AM (Q7br2)

7 Yeah, Bill... as if anything Washington does would actually make a bit of difference in the temperature on any given day. The morons there are used to heat -- the place has been known as a fever swamp for how many years now?

Yep, Tim, my dog is not overjoyed with the heat, but it's not as if he's never experienced it before. And when I took him out after lunchtime today, I managed to convince him to... er, defecate. Actually, it was just that he was ready to -- you can't really influence a dog to poop -- or pee either, for that matter. You just have to put them into a happy environment to do so and keep them in it until they respond.

Posted by: Dana Mathewson at July 26, 2023 11:49 PM (QD3ev)

8 Nobody expects logic from Hillary Clinton or any Democrat Bill.

Yeah; Dana...you can lead a horse to water or a dog to a tree but...

Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at July 28, 2023 04:52 PM (tRNrL)

9 Just wondered -- is the Hildebeeste having trouble keeping her box Chardonnay cold these days?

Posted by: Dana Mathewson at July 30, 2023 10:46 PM (QD3ev)

10 I can't see how Dana, fast as it is consumed.

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Wildfires NOT Caused by Global Warming

John Lees

As is now standard whenever there is a major wildfire, the media trot out the assumption that wildfire is a worsening problem globally.
I will accept that arson, accidentally caused fires, the number of people living in harm's way and the value of property damaged may well be increasing.
But, has wildfire extent increased around the world?
According to this paper published by the Royal Society... NO!!

Global trends in wildfire and its impacts: perceptions versus realities in a changing world | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
royalsocietypublishing.org

Tim adds:

"the value of property damaged may well be increasing" Yes, because so many more people are living in places where they did not used to live and thus at greater risk of damage. it's a function of population rise. And of course we know they aren't culling the forests these days the way they used to . Forests - and grasslands - burn in a state of nature. We suppressed that by removing fuel. But now this idea we need a "pristine" old growth forest left as nature intended means going back to large destructive fires. All of this is a coefficient of a natural process we used to control. The same is true for flooding; we are building in flood plains now and then surprised when flood damage is greater than ever. It's not warming but human stupidity.

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Active Sun and Heat; Don't Gamble on the Weather

Tomer Tamarkin

From Dr. Peter Stallinga:

For everybody following the mainstream news, especially about the weather.

Currently we have the combination of a very active Sun and a very strong El Niño, both contributing to a relatively warm summer in Europe and America. It should also be noted that this is the last solar cycle with high activity, the Sun will go to sleep for a while. Thus, this warm weather is a foreboding of a mini ice age awaiting ....

Yet, to show you how difficult climate prediction is, this solar cycle is much bigger than expected (see image). And also El Niños and La Niñas are not predictable.

If people tell you they predict the climate, protect your wallet, you are bein May be an image of text that says '150 ISES Sunspot Number: 2002 2023 You are here 100 ----.---...--...-.1 years official forecast uncertainty actual data 50 June 2023 Cycle 23 July 2025 2004 2006 2008 Solar Cyçle 24 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 Solar Cycle 25 2022 2024 2026 2028' g swindled.

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1 Yogi Berra, the Great American Philosopher, nailed it when he said "Predicting is difficult -- especially about the future."

Posted by: Dana Mathewson at July 25, 2023 10:18 PM (Idemf)

2 Berra was a man of great perception and mangled tongue.

He's a hero here in St. Louis. He grew up on "The HIll" (formerly known as Dago Hill) the Italian American neighborhood here. I often eat at the restaurants there and sit where Yogi and many other great players like Joe Garagiola sat and enjoyed fine Italian cooking.

The Hill is the largest Little Italy left, much bigger than New York's.

At any rate Yogi was a true philosopher, no question.

He was being nagged about swinging at unhittable pitches once. The batting coach said "think!" So Yogi went to the plate and struck out "how the hell can you think and hit at the same time!" You gotta admire a guy like that.

Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at July 26, 2023 09:19 AM (yE5yX)

3 You certainly do. It sometimes takes more than a bit of time to figure out what he was talking about, but it's worth it.

One of my favorite "Yogi-isms" is "In theory, there's no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is." Spot-on, man!

Posted by: Dana Mathewson at July 26, 2023 11:56 PM (QD3ev)

4 Aw Dana...that is one of the priceless ones indeed!

Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at July 28, 2023 04:50 PM (tRNrL)

5 There have been many truly wise people whose wisdom does not always flow trippingly from the tongue. And on the other hand, there have been many un-wise people who have been thought to be wise, or at least smart, basically because their "stuff" appealed to those on the left who liked their glib crap. I'm thinking at the moment of two-time loser Adlai Stevenson. I'd have been glad to shut the door on him in order to sit at the feet of Yogi. And if I'm not mistaken, there's at least one book out there dedicated to Yogi's wisdom. Can't say I've heard that Stevenson has one praising him.

Posted by: Dana Mathewson at July 30, 2023 10:57 PM (QD3ev)

6 Yeah; Stevenson is a classic example of golden tongue and lead brain.

Obama is another, though perhaps smarter than Stevenson (not at all wiser though).

Wisdom and intelligence and eloquence are three distinct things. Some may have all three, but often a person has one or two at the most. Yogi certainly had two.

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Aboriginal People Take Property Owner To Court For Building A Bridge Over A Creek

James Doogue

This Real Estate agent and country property owner, Tony Maddox, has been taken to court for building a bridge over a creek on his own property.

This is an alleged breach of the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act. This act requires any landowner of plots greater than 1100 sq metres to consider Aboriginal Heritage before making any changes to their land. more...

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Cameron on AI

Carlos Velazquez

Cameron has a built in bias to promote the theme of his apocalyptic and entertaining and fascinating movies which I've always enjoyed. He is a remarkable story teller. But if you know anything about computer systems and the hugely complex requirements necessary to achieve compatibility among the myriad systems AI would have to access and control, you'd realize Skynet is an extremely unlikely scenario. The likelier possibility, which I've posted about and which Musk agrees is the real danger, is that an AI programmed to scour and learn from social media will learn how to impersonate humans and take to social media and post messages that will mislead many to bad societal outcomes.
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James Cameron is weighing in on AI as computer programming continues to mature and become more sophisticated. The director of The Terminator made a call back to the film he also co-wrote and that Arnold Schwarzenegger starred in.

"I warned you guys in 1984, and you didn’t listen,” he told CTV News about AI.

"I think the weaponization of AI is the biggest danger,” he added. "I think that we will get into the equivalent of a nuclear arms race with AI, and if we don’t build it, the other guys are for sure going to build it, and so then it’ll escalate.”

Cameron doesn’t think AI will replace writers anytime soon saying, "I just don’t personally believe that a disembodied mind that’s just regurgitating what other embodied minds have said — about the life that they’ve had, about love, about lying, about fear, about mortality — and just put it all together into a word salad and then regurgitate it … I don’t believe that have something that’s going to move an audience.”

He continued, "Let’s wait 20 years, and if an AI wins an Oscar for Best Screenplay, I think we’ve got to take them seriously.”

Tim adds:

I think the greatest of all dangers is AI takes over doing the work Americans Just Won't Do, and eventually all of humanity will become horribly enfeebled by it. We've seen that happen in aristocratic societies repeatedly and know people become weak and inbred and decadent if they have too little to do themselves. I fear this is what AI will do to the whole world. After the crash which is inevitable few will be able to survive because everything will be on the computers and print books will probably hve disappeared and the public won't know how to use them or do anything anyway. The great Irish famine was caused by overreliance on one staple crop. That's kind of where we are going with AI, only in spades.

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ChatGPT Admits Evolution May Have it Wrong

Carlos Velazquez

ChatGPT AI admits there has never been any positive/ improvement observed in so-called genetic evolution.

"ChatGPT: Studies have shown that certain gene losses and functional changes have occurred during human evolution. For example: Loss of Olfactory Receptor Genes: Humans have a relatively smaller number of functional olfactory receptor genes compared to other mammals. This reduction is thought to be associated with a decreased reliance on the sense of smell and an increased emphasis on other sensory modalities during human evolution.
Pseudogenizatio n and Gene Inactivation: Some genes that were functional in ancestral species have become non-functional (pseudogenes) or have been inactivated in humans. These changes can occur due to genetic mutations that disrupt the functionality of the gene or make it no longer necessary for the organism's survival."

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So So Socialists

Diane Kimura

When the socialists howl against "the evils of capitalism," they have yet to offer a better system that will continue to lift more people out of poverty.

Perhaps, we should offer a swap: free transport for all socialists to the socialist country of their choice and we allow people who love America and seek opportunities vs handouts to become lawful citizens.

The map below shows the GDP per capita (as a proxy for average incomes) for each country as of 2021. Per capita GDP in the countries colored red and orange are still below $4,000.

May be an image of map and text that says 'Under 800 800 -4,000 4,000 8,000 8,000 12,000 12,000- 24,000 24,000- 36,000 36,000 48,000 48,000- 60,000 60,000or more'

Tim adds:

And you will notice that those who push socialism are the last to give their own money to the poor. Red states are far more charitable than blue states, and "capitalist" countries more so than socialist. If these people really meant what they said they would hand over their own money to the poor, lead by example. But look at these people; Bernie Sanders is worth several milloion bucks and owns three houses but he's for the poor and working man! What socialists want is to be able to put their hands in the pockets of people whoa ctually do something.

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Death by AI

Carlos Velazquez

Any person or organization or government who makes a life/death decision solely on "AI" input is crazy and does not understand the limitations of AI. And that includes AI powered robot "soldiers."

Girl dies in Mie after AI suggested not taking her into custody
japantimes.co.jp

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July 24, 2023

Law Professors Call for Biden to Ignore SCOTUS

Timothy Birdnow

A group of law professors want Joe Biden to simply ignore the U.S. Supreme Court and make himself into the First Citizen.

Red State points out that a Harvard law prof and one from San Francisco State U. wrote that Biden should ignore "wrong" rulings - especially over affirmative action - and simply impose his own will in monarchial fashion under the guise of "popular constitutionalism" whatever the hell that means.

The Left is going full tyrant these days.

Maybe the universities should hold these guys respective paychecks under the guise of "popular academism"?

They should understand refusing to faithfully execute the laws of the United States is a violation of Biden's oath of office and grounds for impeachment, right?

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Limiting the Out of Control israeli Supreme Court

John F. Di Leo

The Left is unjustly attacking Israel for passing a law today that finally limits Israel's supreme court.

The mistake people make is in assuming that Israel is structured like the United States. It's not.

In a proper constitutional republic (as the USA was designed to be), the constitution limits ALL branches of government. No branch can exceed the authority granted by the constitution.

Israel has no constitution, so in Israel, the voters (represented by the Knesset) must hold the whip hand. SOMEBODY has to. Otherwise, whichever body has the most dictatorial inclination will take control (remember, "nature abhors a vacuum.")

Irael's supreme court has been acting as an authoritarian body for years. It NEEDED to be limited.

Congratulations to the Knesset for standing up to the woke mob and taking the action that Israel needed.

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The Seriousness of What the Democrats are Doing

"The seriousness of what is being done to Donald Trump by local and federal Democrat prosecutors cannot be overstated. it is alarming. It is shocking. And this republic is teetering,” he wrote. "It is extremely difficult to fight all these prosecutors, and fight for your freedom, and run for president at the same time. And these prosecutors know it.”
"The fundamental transformation of America’ they are constantly talking about will have been enshrined, with more to come,” he wrote. "This is tyranny.” ~ Marc Levin

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About the "Experts"

John F. Di Leo

Trust the experts? Um, maybe not.

18-Year-Old's Science Reporting Leads Stanford President to Quit
sciencealert.com

Tim adds:

Well let's see; "experts" told us that bumps on the head could explain personality, that blood letting cured "blood poisoning",, that the races are at different evolutionary levels and so we should try to breed out the bad stock (eugenics), They told us ulcers were cause by stress and that you can't lose weight eating all protein. I could go on but I think I've made the point.

As Glenn Greenwald said " ""Incestuous, homogeneous fiefdoms of self-proclaimed expertise are always rank-closing and mutually self-defending, above all else.”

That is what Academia presents by and large.

I would add that Liberals believe in experts and distrust the common wisdom. Conservatives trust the wisdom of crowds and tend to be distrustful of "experts" because those experts are self-crowned and usually reach the level they are at by self-promotion.

Yes, there are cases of expertise - such as in building a bridge or performing surgery - that the crowd cannot do. But that is quite different from the kinds of expertise we see today, which basically revolves around stuffed shirts bloviating about their personal opinions.

And Academic success is based on novelty. Nobody wants to just be a solid researcher; they want to make a splash. To do that you have to come up with some new and spectacular idea. So the academic is forever reinventing the wheel in an effort to find something to make a name for himself.

And rule by experts leads to a tyranny worse than any in history. People have to be forced to obey them.

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The Silent Switch

Timothy Birdnow

I touched on this yesterday. Here's more.

Joseph Bast

"Overall, more than one million Americans have switched their party affiliation from Democrat to Republican in the last 12 months.” First I’ve heard of this. You might think it would be newsworthy?

Longtime Democratic lawmaker turned activist defects to Republican Party — Fox News
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The Big Steal

Lynn Clhu

Reading the literature on the 2020 election, it is clear that our voter rolls across the nation are completely corrupt and easily manipulated by bad actors. The more computerized, the more easily corrupted and controlled by crooks. Both major political parties indulge in vote rigging. But Ds are way ahead of Rs in these dark arts.

A lot of data is available but analyzing it all is a bitch.

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The Soros Revolution

Timothy Birdnow

George Soros and Sons is funding the Revolution:

One of the Biggest Organizations Helping Democrats Win Elections
theepochtimes.com

[...] America Votes can maintain its considerable year-round power thanks to significant support from funding behemoths Sixteen Thirty Fund, the Open Society Foundation, and countless others.

In 2021, the Open Society Foundation, founded by George Soros and now chaired by his son, Alexander Soros, gave America Votes four grants totaling almost $29.9 million. One grant alone was $23.85 million and was one of the most significant single grants the Open Society Foundation awarded in 2021. Open Society hasn’t yet released its 2022 awarded grants. The Open Society Foundation didn’t respond to The Epoch Times’ request for comment about its donations to America Votes. [...]

The GOP doesn't have a chance. There is a reason the DNC dominates all the high density population cities, when they 'knock on doors' it's close proximity, they run the unions, all levels of government and education, and they love rich Leftists such as George Soros (now his son Alex).

Tim adds:

In 2022 the Democrats outspent the Republicans 10 to 1. With money they will win every time. The Red Wave turned into a pink wrinkle.

Hat tip: Kurt Womack

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Canceling a Nobel Laureate

Tim Wolford

When a Nobel Prize winner is canceled, it's no longer about "The Science."

Report: Nobel Prize-winning scientist Dr. John Clauser — who recently declared climate science a ‘pseudoscience’ — has his IMF talk abruptly canceled • Watts Up With That?
wattsupwiththat.com

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July 23, 2023

Trump in the Lead

Timothy Birdnow

Trump is ahead of Joe Biden 45% to 40% in the latest left wing Harvard Harris poll.

Trump is up18% with Independents, the guys we were told hated Donald Trump and we had to dump Trump or lose.

You know, in 2020 Donald Trump won 74 million votes. That in a country with only 38.8 million registered Republicans. Who voted for Trump? Clearly he picked up a lot of independents. He also picked up a lot of Demcorats.

And that hasn't changed despite what the media is trying to tell us. In 2022 over million suburban voters switched to the GOP. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/more-than-1-million-voters-switch-to-gop-raising-alarm-for-democrats

I know it's early yet and much can change. Certainly the multiple prosecutions will probably bear some fruit at some point; they will eventually find a bunch of suckers to sell their "Trump is a mass criminal" scam to and Trump will have to appeal. If nothing else Trump is going to spend all his time in court and won't be able to campaign - his personal strong suit.

But is it time to change horses in panic? Seems to me Mr. Trump is doing pretty well at this point, and the more the Demo-left squeezes the more sympathy Mr. Trump gets from the voters. I think he could win it all, even with the massive vote fraud they we will see in this coming election.

(BTW Trump reminds me of Grover Cleveland. Cleveland was an outsider seeking reform too, and the Establishment hated him and fought him bitterly. He lost re-election to Benjamin Harrison, who stole the election in Indiana to win. Cleveland came back and squahsed Harrison in a rematch. He, like Trump, talked of draining the swamp - and the swamp doesn't like dry land.)

At any rate Trump is in the catbird seat if he can stay out of prison. If not he can always pardon himself from his jail cell.

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Wither Impeachment?

Timothy Birdnow

Here is exactly what is wrong with the GOP and their complete ineptness at power politics.

Hot Air's Jazz Shaw asks where is the GOP and where are the calls to impeach Joe "Blow" Biden.

Shaw theorizes at the end and sound rather in agreement, that the GOP has to be careful because of Trump; they don't want to legitimatize an impeachment and suggests instead they may want to just keep dribbling this stuff out.

That is profoundly wrong.

The Democrats twice impeached Mr. Trump, and smeared him with multiple investigations over lies, precisely because they knew there would be no retribution, nothing done in reprisal.

IF the GOP fails to impeach Biden then the Democrats see this is a viable option in the future. They think that way.

And what of the rest? It MAY hurt Trump but probably not. More likely it will disgust the public who will see parity between the two. NOT impeaching Biden puts him on a higher moral plane than Mr. Trump. He will appear clean and the GOP will appear to be just going after Biden on dubious claims they know to be false, or have so little confidence in they don't want to bring charges. It will appear to the public as an admission of weakness. You have to act on this stuff.

And if the Biden Administration can be shown to be so corrupt it will suggest to the public that Donald Trump is merely being persecuted.

But you get nothing if you do nothing. Biden looks clean. By comparison then Trump looks dirty. The Democrats see they can get away with this. Prosecutors see they can just use lawfare to ruin Republicans.

And the media will continue to put a lid on this and it will just be background noise. Only an impeachment will work; that cannot be ignored by the media, nor can Biden just sidestep it.

The time for half-measures and overthinking this stuff is over. We need resolute action.

This sort of tip-toeing is vintage RINO Republicanism. All it will do is cost the GOP, more seats, more money, and probably the Presidency.

The rules of engagement are set by the aggressor. The Democrats have been the aggressor. It is the job of Congressional Republicans to learn to play by those rules. They seem utterly unwilling to learn to fight as dirty as the Democrats.

Being the bigger man is what every cowering child with a baby tooth knocked out and his lunch money stolen has tried and failed to do. It's the fast way to get your head stove in.

I cannot believe the GOP is still that naive. They must know the stupidity of refusing to respond in kind. Shoot; even if Biden were pure as the wind driven snow I'd advocate he be impeached. Tit for tat must be th rule. I know, Gandi said an eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth makes the whole world blind and toothless. But not following that precept leads one bully with two good eyes, a mouth full of teeth, and the other fellow blind in both eyes and toothless, plus broke as the bully will now have his bank roll.

The GOP acts as nothing but a foil, the Wiley Coyote to the Democrat Road Runner. They exist to lose, and they play that part quite well. But that is not what WE elected them to do. WE want them to win, for US. They have other plans. They like losing because the bully lets them keep some of their lunch money. Or worse. Actually the bully has taken the GOP on as the toadie, the weak kid who basks in the glory of the fear of the bully. They get their cut, if less. And that is satisfactory to them.

But it isn't to us. If the GOP refuses to impeach Joe Biden they will lose us to a third party. I know I'll join one.

And who cares if Kamala winds up President? She is a political disaster, and even if not she is no worse a manager and administrator than Joe Biden, who showed himself totally incompetent repeatedly.

No, we want Biden impeached, even if the impeachment fails. It is the only way to turn the tide. Otherwise all we do is fight defense. We've got to stop defending and start attacking.

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1 Oh, Timothy. You go on at length about how impeaching Trump made the Democrats look corrupt, stupid, and treacherous, and then you say it would be a mistake for Republicans NOT to impeach Biden. Try to think with the left side of your brain my friend. That's the side that uses logic. Leave the right side, with all of its emotion and fantasy, to the Democrats.

Posted by: Bill H at July 23, 2023 11:47 PM (Q7br2)

2 No Bill; the Democrats didn't just LOOK corrupt, they showed they were by twice impeaching Trump with what were clearly bogus charges. And endlessly investigated a political attack by Hillary Clinton as if it were true, besmirching Trump's name. There was no there there.

What I am calling for is impeaching Joe Biden for cause. If they fail to do so the GOP will be the ones who look corrupt. They will let a crime go unpunished. They will appear weak and vacillating and lacking the courage of their convictions.

And the Democrats must know that they cannot get away with such things.

We used that strategy in the Cold War all the time.

Perhaps YOU should think with the left side of your brain. I do not know why you had to get nasty here but obviously understanding what was written and logic are not your strong suits.

You read into my statements. I laid out a series of arguments about why the GOP should do this and you simply dismissed them all.

If you don't think the GOP should impeach Biden then give solid reasons and rebut what I actually said; don't just sneer. It's unbecoming.

Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at July 24, 2023 08:29 AM (3BNSK)

3 Because, Tim, no matter what the facts are, the public will not believe them. A majority believe that Trump was guilty. A majority believe that the election was NOT rigged. And a majority will believe that Biden is being unfairly attacked. Elections cannot be won by spouting dirt on the other guy. Elections have to be won by offering something better.

Posted by: Bill H at July 24, 2023 11:21 PM (Q7br2)

4 First Bill, who says a "majority" believe? I have posted here about how Trump's poll numbers are doing against Biden, and I have also posted a little noticed report showing over a million people switched to the GOP after 2022. The media and liberal polling is telling us things to make us adopt the very defeatist attitude you are displaying here, that we can't win because everyone thinks Trump is guilty and they all hate him. It seems fairly clear this isn't the case - especially since they continue to go after him. IF it were true they would just let Trump alone to be the nominee so the GOP would get creamed.

Second, this would be about Joe Biden - not Donald Trump. Even if what you say is true it does not automatically mean the public loved Joe Biden and wouldn't listen to an impeachment.

What do you suggest? I suppose just doing nothing and hoping it all happily works out? The Karl Rover strategy? We've seen that fail time after time with the GOP and still so many on our side want to do that.

IF we have the information and it is credible - and since we actually do have people who have direct knowledge of what Biden did and are working up the paper trail as we speak - then the public will not gain sympathy for Biden. Especially since he's wrecked the economy and made America a laughingstock.

But if we do nothing nothing will happen. The media puts constant pressure on our side and they protect Biden (or any Democrat) so if nothing comes from our guys nothing will happen. You know that.

We have no choice here. It's either impeach or let Biden simply walk away from it. And if we do that they will continue to take liberties with the Constitution. They will keep going after Trump, for instance, and anyone else who opposes them.

This is basic power politics. Read Macchiavelli. Read Sun Tzu. They have.

We need to be getting our own politicized prosecutors and going after theirs. If we fail to respond they will up the ante.

And the Big Guy is the top target at this point and should be. They made our big guy their target. If we fail to respond in kind all it will do is embolden them.

Why did the politics of personal destruction ramp up in the first place? Bill you remember the Nixon era. When the Democrats pursued Richard Nixon as they did the GOP did nothing, or worse were on their side. It was the way things used to work. But the Nixon investigation taught a basic principle to young Democrats and the media; they could drive Republicans out with baseless accusations of scandal or minor scandal. The failure of the GOP to back Nixon led to the endless investigations of Reagan (you do remember Iran Contra, for instance) and the destruction of Robert Bork. It led to the attacks on Clarence Thomas and eventually to Brett Kavanaugh. It led to special counsels investigating Bush and Chaney over Valerie Plame, a phoney scandal if there ever was one. It has led to multiple fake investigations against all sorts of Republican legislators, like Ted Stevens in Alaska, causing the Democrats to steal seats. And it is why they felt confident they could do this to Trump without reprisal. There never has been any.

So you think there shouldn't be any now. I can't fathom that. If we don't start taking action they will take everything away. The radicalization of America didn't just happen. It happened because good men on our side did nothing. The Karl Rover approach.

Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at July 25, 2023 06:54 AM (NpDLy)

5 You don't beat your opponent by becoming indistinguishable from your opponent. You don't win a war by doing exactly what your enemy does. You have to be visibly different. The Republican Party is barely distinguishable from the Democrats now. What do we stand for? The fact is we don't stand for anything other than hating Democrats. Impeachment merely adds to that, based on facts or not. We need to stand for something rather than merely being against Democrats.

Posted by: Bill H at July 25, 2023 08:02 AM (Q7br2)

6 Bill you would continue to fight using the same tactics that have seen us lose and lose. This isn't a game; these people are not just in disagreement with us. This is a true war and it's for our very survival. Being "visibly different" is fine and dandy but losing the war means we get that anyway.

The aggressor sets the rules of engagement. We didn't choose this fight, nor did we choose the terms of it, nor the place and time. It has been thrust upon us.

How did our military tactics differ from that of Germany in WWII? NOT our social and cultural issues but our military tactics. A little but not by that much. We didn't win WWII by sending in groups of Mennonites preaching pacifism. We won it by fighting with the same weapons and using many of the same strategies that Germany used. Germany set the rules of engagement - we finished it using THEIR rules.

It sounds nice to fantasize about a world where we don't have to fight in this fashion, but they did it and unless we fight back in kind they will win. As I said this is not a game. Our future, our way of life, our freedom depends on this.

You do realize Bill that the Colonists fought the British oftentimes using tactics considered out of bounds for the day. We used gueeilla warfare. We hid behind trees and sniped at them. We targeted officers. We did all that because it was the only way we had a chance against the British, the best military on Earth.

And we won because we were not too squimish to get our hands dirtied. The Brits called us cowards and cheaters but who wound up gaining independence? I would add the British had their greatest successes when they tried to copy our tactics. And we had our worst loses when we fought in a standard military matchup with them.

You want to hold to some idea of honor that says it is better to lose but retain your dignity. I say there is no dignity in defeat, especially by such a wretched and vile bunch. This is about survival.

I imagine the Tsar's supporters were proud of themselves for losing to the Revolutionaries with dignity too. Served them well until they got their heads cut off.

Again I ask; what would YOUR appraoch be? If you have some brilliant new approach that will snatch victory from the jaws of defeat I'd like to hear it. But I rather doubt you do; you seem to be promoting the same tired Republican idea of being the bigger man here. As I have already said, the bigger man in the school yard is the kid without teeth or lunch money.

I agree we need to stand for something different than the Democrats (and that is STAND FOR, not necessarily use different weapons) and that is exactly what Trump and MAGA was about. We have a uniparty; two ships sailing in the same direction. The main difference is the Democrats want to go faster and a bit farther. But the GOP wants what they want too. The GOP wants open borders. The GOP wants huge amounts of spending. The GOP wants economic interdependence with the world. The GOP wants to empower international institutions and maintain entangling alliances that we fund. The GOP wants wars all over the globe to profit the corporations. The GOP wants this tribal politics. The Democrats want all these things too. Theyare just more eager.

It is THERE that we should set ourselves apart. I do not understand why you complain about methods here. You see what they've done to Donald Trump. That never would have happened had the GOP struck back when the Democrats did this to Nixon, to Reagan, to Bush, to so many of their appointees. If we return to a policy of reprisals we can restore the balance. Everyone will know this is outside of the rules. But the Democrats no longer care about the rules because the GOP refused to enforce them. They cared more about looking statesmanlike than protecting themselves. And that is why we have so much vote fraud (and the Democrats have been able to steal both the Presidency and Congress.)

I am not suggesting we simpoly toss mud either Bill, or make stuff up. I am saying there is ample material to work with and we need to get off our butts and use it. I have no doubt that these prosecutors who are currently pursuing Trump have skeletons in their closets that can be unearthed. We should be unearthing them - and our own prosecutors should be looking into charges. We didn't weaponize the law - they did. But by God we need to finish it. Just as we finished it in Germany and Japan.

Your suggestion seems to be going back to what got us here in the first place. Good luck with that.

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