Donald J. Trump cannot hide or deny any of what Democratic Congressman, Eric Swalwell, just finished reminding us of and laid it all out for Americans who love this country to hear and see. Over and over in his Tweets, rallies, etc., Trump said and wrote THE date, “Jan. 6”. He was correct about one thing . . . yeah – it was damned ‘wild’.

Trump will get off free; we know that. And, the frightened, backbone-less GOP will never attempt to make sure he reaps any of what he’s sown. What cowards.

Keystone cancellation payoff

I expect I will be writing a lot of these.

Have you wondered why cancelling the Keystone Pipeline was so urgent? Initially it might have appeared to be simple pandering to environmentalists, but everything Biden is about money or politics.

The Keystone was intended to safely transport Baken oil to pipeline hubs and then to refineries for use. Currently, the oil is delivered by rail car, which is many times more dangerous than by pipeline.

So, who owns the current rail tankers? And who owns the Union Tank Car company, which makes the upgraded tank cars being phased in? None other than Warren Buffet, who has donated millions to the Democratic Party congressional candidates and party funds

Open Secrets.

Finishing the Keystone would have sidelined hundreds of tankers and cancelled orders for hundreds more upgraded cars.

Now it makes sense.

Vaccine registration site expected in a few weeks

He had 10 months, and now expects to have registration in a few weeks and be able to make appointments in a few months.

Of course, by then all the Public employee union members and other cronies will have been vaccinated and it will be OK for the serfs to get in line.

https://theweek.com/speedreads/965773/who-expert-says-coronavirus-probably-didnt-leak-from-china-lab

WHO expert says “probably not”. I still remain a bit skeptical, but am leaning toward believing that it didn’t. Until a definitive answer comes out saying one way or the other, we can never be sure.

Source: Marginal Revolution.

Economist Alex Tabarrok has been promoting the hypothesis that the two-dose Covid vaccines we already have may be as effective as one-dose vaccines in recipients who have previously been infected with the virus. A change in policy based on such a finding automatically and immediately would almost double the vaccine inventory available for injection.

Source: American Thinker.

As with mens rea, the principle that a defendant cannot be compelled to testify against himself is part of the bedrock of our legal system. And for the same reasons, it is essential to responsible debate. The alternative is mob rule.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/08/joe-biden-trump-impeachment-live-updates/?wpmk=1&wpisrc=al_news__alert-politics–alert-national&utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wp_news_alert_revere&location=alert&pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJjb29raWVuYW1lIjoid3BfY3J0aWQiLCJpc3MiOiJDYXJ0YSIsImNvb2tpZXZhbHVlIjoiNTk3ZmY2ODk5YmJjMGY2ODI2ZDc4NGRhIiwidGFnIjoid3BfbmV3c19hbGVydF9yZXZlcmUiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy53YXNoaW5ndG9ucG9zdC5jb20vcG9saXRpY3MvMjAyMS8wMi8wOC9qb2UtYmlkZW4tdHJ1bXAtaW1wZWFjaG1lbnQtbGl2ZS11cGRhdGVzLz93cG1rPTEmd3Bpc3JjPWFsX25ld3NfX2FsZXJ0LXBvbGl0aWNzLS1hbGVydC1uYXRpb25hbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWFsZXJ0JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPXdwX25ld3NfYWxlcnRfcmV2ZXJlJmxvY2F0aW9uPWFsZXJ0In0.NvQS8NGXZLfwYmUnVaAWB-IUPWfqk0i7GMb9cJauNOQ

If the Senate Impeachment Trial is a “…brazen political act…” by Democrats (as the ‘djt’ lawyers say), then, what would they call what the 147 Republicans were attempting on January 6, 2021, by trying to change the results of the actual election which had already been confirmed by the individual states?

Were those Republican lawmakers NOT seeking their very own “…brazen political act…” ? Can a ‘political act’ get much bigger than taking an election away from a winner and giving it to the loser? I don’t think so.

I mean, really?! And, if that attack on our country’s Capitol outside was not to commit the most ‘brazen’-in-your-face’ takeover of America’s seat of Democracy, just what was it?

This all went together: ‘djt’s months long lies about Democrats ‘stealing’ his eventual imagined win, the 147 GOP Congress members determined to overturn the election already confirmed, AT THE VERY SAME TIME ‘djt’s’ domestic terrorists were trying to destroy the Capitol and trying to hunt down Congressional Democrats. By the way, am I the only one who thinks all that activity coming together at the same time was just a tad too coincidental? Think about it – ‘djt’ is a TV guy – he does love his drama.

We all saw what we saw, and heard what we heard from ‘djt’ and his followers. He deserves more than a slap on his little hand, actually. He deserves serious time in a Federal slammer.

Source: The American Conservative.

The writer does a nice job revealing the legal concept of mens rea (criminal intent) as it applies to free speech.

Source: American Thinker.

The FBI deserves a guffaw for this incident, but the problem of seeing what we wish to see afflicts all of us.

CNN backtracks on officer cause of death

Breaking into the capitol is still a crime but felony murder charges are pretty much off the table.