I think I’ve made it pretty clear how I feel about John Bolton.  I think we should tie him to a fire ant hill and pour honey on top.

However, I do not think his testimony during the impeachment hearing would have done one whiff of good. First, even I don’t believe him. I want to believe him, but I cannot justify doing so because I don’t trust him.  I think of this: maybe, just maybe, Bolton did not testify because he would have been under oath.  Books are books and oaths are oaths.

We had people with far better reputations and motivation than Bolton and they got dismissed as liars during the hearings, or sometimes just ignored.

I have come to think it’s folly to believe that Republicans in the Senate would have listened to fifty people testify under oath that Trump is a danger to society and is going to get us all killed (face it, he’s trying his damnest) and Senate Republicans would have changed their minds.

Honey, the spines of Senate Republicans are not worth the paper they are printed on.

Bubba just hollered at me as he was leaving for court – the Supreme Court just ruled for DACA.   Hope I heard him right.

Okay, this 5-4 decision simply stalls Trump’s efforts to end DACA – Roberts wrote the opinion.  The court said the Trump administration did not follow the law in HOW he tried to roll back DACA.  If Trump is re-elected, he can go after it again.

After some pondering, I suspect that John Roberts does not want his legacy to be the most political court in the nation’s history.  Please don’t forget that the is the man who gave us Citizen’s United and shook his head NO during the President Obama’s State of the Union when Obama suggested it was a harmful decision.  He has not switched sides, he’s just picking his fights.

… more to come!

Charles Landers, who was looking for a place to fish as he drove along a roadway in east Texas when he apparently made a wrong turn onto the man’s property.

He was met by Michael Alan Truelock who is 50 years old and mad as hell that somebody might be in his driveway.

The language is rough but bleeped, and thank God, Landers made it home safely that night.

It’s kinda hard to believe that all this took place in Honey Grove, Texas, ain’t it?

I looked up Michael Truelock’s voting record. He is registered to vote and – surprise – he votes in the Republican primary.  I wonder if there’s guns involved in voting in Honey Grove.

Thanks to Dennis for the heads up.  

You remember the movie, Network from 1976, yes?  If you don’t, go find it and watch it.  It’s about a major network anchor, Howard Beale (played by Peter Finch), who suddenly experiences enlightenment (or just goes stark raving mad) about the negligence of network television feeding bullshit to its audiences in a continuous stream.  Here’s one of the best rants from Howard:

https://youtu.be/3HQTNZRmJdg

Well, it’s happened again, for real this time, on MSNBC this morning.  Joe Scarborough went all Howard Beale on Mark Zuckerberg, pointing out his gross negligence in allowing bullshit to proliferate on Facebook that is now endangering lives and democracies all over the world.  This is mass media platinum, folks, not to be missed, though you do have to turn it down a bit when Joe loses control about halfway through the rant.  It would have been better if he collapsed on stage in a Bealeian finale.  Got to watch this:

Speaker Nancy Pelosi is tightening the rules on face masks in House committee meetings following Tom Rice announcing that he had been naked-faced at the capitol while he had tested positive for Covis 19.

Three congressmen have decided to test Speaker Pelosi and refuse to wear a mask anywhere ever.  They are Louie Gohmert, Andy Biggs, and Jim Jordan, who just coincidentally also happen to be three of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

They’ve got death, pestilence, and famine covered.  All they need is one of the cheap war hawks and they can head on over to the stables and get their horses.

John Bolton’s book had lackluster pre-sales.  Trump sued him and called him a liar.

Boom!

Oh, yeah.

“Trump’s opposition to publication vastly increases the book’s value, and reader interest around the world… And we’re told that Attorney General William Barr has a starring role in the book.”

Trump, bless his scrambled egg brain, is threatening criminal action.

Thanks to Dennis for the heads up.