After a Post article on the tussles of executing the search warrant on Mar a Lago, evidence seems to be rising that the FBI is more pro-Trump than his personal Javert. The Clinton server fiasco was in response to fear that pro-Trump agents would leak the second announcement anyway.
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Mass shootings continue, including in rural Mississippi.
We are having some fun now. Mass shootings continue at a nice clip. Not all were “urban” (wink, wink), some were “real Americans” (wink, wink, wink). To borrow a phrase from the women’s movement, Americans need more guns like fish need bicycles. I know, an armed society is a polite society…reality, however, is not so much. Thank you gun lobby.
January job growth high and unemployment lowest since 1969.
If paywalled, the same story is everywhere. Only about a quarter of the jobs were in hospitality, the rest in high paying sectors like professionals, construction, healthcare. Pretty good news…unless you are a Republican in the House.
Now Pence had classified documents also.
“Pence has been among the Republicans criticizing Biden in recent weeks over the discovery of classified documents at his old office and his Wilmington home from Biden’s time as vice president and as a Delaware senator.”
Sometimes living in a Pyrex walled home requires wisdom before casting stones. But Biden did the same. So far both Biden and Pence have returned what they had as soon as discovered. No whining, no balking, just a bit of humble pie. Trump could have done the same thing. But, he didn’t. I think the actions of both Biden and Pence will contrast sharply with the MAGA in chief. News at 11 folks.
Chechen fighters for Ukraine creates a new worry for Putin.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/chechens-avenge-family-lost-in-wars-against-moscow-599b5nh6l
If paywalled, the article covers Chechen fighters who remember how brutal Putin and Russia were to their own homeland. Some have been fighting since Russia invaded in 2014. If Russia loses in Ukraine, then other republics under Russian rule would be emboldened to secede.
Happy New Year to all fellow posters.
Just an honest, heartfelt greeting to ease us into 2023. When I was young, I wondered if I’d see the millennium change. I did and so did everyone here, obviously. Now I am working to hang on to my “dust” as long as I can without creating havoc for my family. The last few years have been interesting… in many ways. Glad to be here and hope to stick around.
No matter the verbal combat, we are all so fortunate for the luxury of being able to joust. Most in the world are not nearly as well off, in fact often suffering terribly. I try to keep that in mind when I sweat the small stuff. Take care and see you next year I hope.
Gott Nytt År (Swedish, my native tongue and homeland before I became a U.S. citizen.)
Finally, something we can all agree on.
Hopefully not paywalled. Max Boot was a pretty ardent conservative, and still is. The premise is interesting and is also taking the long view.
A pertinent quote:
“But it is striking just how much Biden’s general approach echoes that of Truman, and his successor Dwight D. Eisenhower, who responded to a world in crisis reminiscent of our own by building and maintaining alliances with like-minded countries to contain authoritarian aggressors without risking World War III.”
Denazification? More like cultural extinction.
Destroy what it can’t conquer. A strategy to deny the existence of a nation, its people and its culture. “First they came for the Ukrainians, but I was not Ukrainian…”.
And we are focusing on a “grooming” and salacious laptop photos of a troubled son of a President. No wonder we had four years of a regime run by a looney fraudster.
And this is what autocratic wannabees do…
“There is going to be investigations coming,” Greene added. “And there should be. There definitely should be, because the way corporations have conducted themselves, I’ve always called it corporate communism.”
Greene also advised big businesses to “lawyer up” and focus on “customer service” instead of politics.”
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An embarrassment for the US and VA just got worse.
US maternal mortality rate is terrible compared to the rest of the industrial world. And it appears to get worse at least in VA. And the red states are the worst approaching Third World stats. Toss in the new draconian abortion restrictions for low income women (effectively) and we are probably heading to an even greater national tragedy.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/maternal-mortality-rate-by-state
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