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Just like Colorado, this too will fail in the Supreme Court but only worse. If it was this easy for secretaries of state to just unilaterally remove a federal candidate from state ballots over personal perception this tactic would have been used long before now.
Ok, let’s play. All red secretaries of state just unilaterally remove Biden from their ballots for failure to perform his sworn duties and corruption. No trial or proof needed and voila.
I am trying to figure out if Democrats secretly want Trump to win reelection in 2024. The latest is the Colorado ruling that is sure to fail in the SCOTUS for several reasons. First is Trump hasn’t been tried nor convicted for “insurrection”, second he did not participate in the capital riot and third the 14th amendment doesn’t apply to the president or VP among other reasons. Then there is the case being heard by SCOTUS that the Enron era evidence law being misapplied to convict people of “corruptly obstructing an official proceeding” could blow up the entire slew of cases brought against Jan 6 rioters and Trump.
Two liberal impeachment attempts, all of the liberal concocted criminal and civil cases brought against him, politicized judges in those cases making blatantly biased rulings and now the liberals on the Colorado Supreme court making such a bone headed mockery of law has only further the appeal of Trump as a martyr and emboldened his campaign as a champion against the extreme overreach of a desperate left wing. I was hoping for someone else but Democrats are making it impossible.
Although the title sounds negative, the video message is actually positive. Economist Pippa Malmgren notes that when wars end it is normal for the vanquished to become reintegrated into civilization. She points out that since the eventual reintegration is inevitable, it should be always possible to avoid wars in the first place through diplomacy.
That’s a paraphrase, of course, but the perspective arises from basic economics. When people shift from producing food, clothing, shelter and children to destroying them, the resulting deadweight losses become profound. Think of it this way: Suppose a victorious combatant doubles his land and population. It may seem he has doubled his wealth, but in reality he has also doubled (or more) his debt (or, obligations). In effect, the only way to win the game is to not play.
Some are heralding Time’s article (at the link) as a pivot point. They suggest that U.S. policy in support of the war in Ukraine has changed — without any formal announcement — and that material and practical aid will soon end, as well. The war has observably been lost, they say.
I don’t know the truth of that. My view has always been that the Ukraine war was lost (by Ukraine) the day it started for purely technical, material reasons.
That said, something in Time’s piece stands out to me as especially notable. On his latest trip to the U.S. Zelensky’s “aides tried to arrange an in-person appearance for him on Fox News and an interview with Oprah Winfrey. Neither one came through.”
Is it not odd that Fox and Oprah would decline to interview Zelensky during his visit?
President Biden’s plan to visit Israel tomorrow is very foolish.
It should be obvious that by entering the war zone he is risking his life and — potentially — our lives, too. It also is clear that grandstanding such as this has nothing to gain that could not be gained by other, less dramatic, means. Further, Biden’s frailty and dementia are sure to create problems we don’t need. What if he loses his temper in public, or falls down?
I don’t know how to resolve the conflict at hand, but I’m sure that bombs and bloodshed are unlikely to be effective. We must hope that our president has something better in mind as the purpose of his visit.
Our Bufoon in Chief has spoken.
No more thinking on the matter will be allowed. It is time to start killing women and children in the Middle East again.
An alternative might be to partner with Russia and China to defuse the conflict. But that would be to appease “unmitigated evil,” if I understand Uncle Joe correctly.
I like this:
Washington, DC, September 12, 2023 — The Libertarian National Committee is taking urgent action to protect the interests of the American population, with imminent plans to file for conservatorships for President Joe Biden and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. The clear incapacitation, mental lapses, and deficiencies in decision-making that are clearly observable in numerous, recent, and well-publicized instances necessitate these actions.
But I don’t expect much to come of it. Wikipedia has a brief article on conservatorship. As I understand it, becoming a conservatoree is not, technically, a barrier to remaining in office, although it might count against a candidate in a competition or as an impeachment target. There are also legal questions as to whether a political party can sue to place someone into conservatorship. I can imagine any number of constitutional reasons that “lawfare” of this sort should be prohibited.
As a result, LNC’s efforts may be little more than circus-making. Only, LNC’s point that incapacitated persons should not be allowed to operate in the public sphere seems a good one.
Source: The Wall Street Journal (free link).
I have mixed feelings about the potential impeachment of President Biden. On one hand I have no doubt that Biden’s corruption and incompetence represent an active danger to our nation. On the other hand, corruption and incompetence are so prevalent in our nation that it seems unlikely to me the removal of this president would make much difference.
Mixed feelings aside, I support the impeachment inquiry. I don’t know what we will learn or what may happen as a result, but learning is inherently superior to not-learning.
The House passed a bipartisan bill to forbid California or any other state from banning ICE cars. Even the Secretary of Transportation learned an ugly lesson while trying to sell the EV concept with an EV road trip dog and pony show that left him with nothing but egg all over his face. Reason? Because the charging infrastructure is far from there, too costly and too time consuming. It is also illegal to ban market choice to promote an agenda.
Will the Senate see the light? Will Biden? Doubt it but remember Va tethered our transportation policy to CA while under Democrat control so those in favor of this nonsense should prepare to smile with their thumb up their butt while waiting hours to “gas” up at largely nonfunctional EV charging stations…if you can find one.
Source: The Wall Street Journal (free link).
Because I’m open to the possibility that UFOs are piloted by intelligent extraterrestrials, I’m glad to see that NASA is considering a project to try to figure them out.
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