01-07-2021, 10:34 PM
Betsy DeVos resigns as Secretary of Education. All these loyalist Cabinet members starting to bail... I need to look up if there's a quorum for the Cabinet vote on a 25th amendment removal.
(01-08-2021, 11:18 AM)Bob Schroeck Wrote: [ -> ]Trump Officials Rush to Keep Him From Sparking Another Conflict—at Home or Abroad
(01-07-2021, 03:09 PM)Bob Schroeck Wrote: [ -> ]Trump is still lashing out at anyone who's not kissing his butt:
Trump withdraws actng Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf's nomination to become the actual Secretary of DHS after Wolf says Trump should 'strongly condemn' Capitol violence.
(01-08-2021, 10:54 AM)Bob Schroeck Wrote: [ -> ]Oh, and the death count from Wednesday's attack on the Capitol is now five -- one of the Capitol police has died.
Quote:But they could not find Mr. Schumer’s office. He said they asked a Capitol Police officer, who tried to direct them. But they appeared to have gotten nowhere near the minority’s leader’s office. They ended up smoking a few cigarettes inside the building — “We can smoke in our house,” Aaron said — and one of his friends, who would not give his name, joked that he had gone to the bathroom and not flushed.
(01-08-2021, 11:09 AM)Bob Schroeck Wrote: [ -> ]Dominion Voting Systems sues Sidney Powell for defamation for $1.3 billion
(01-08-2021, 01:35 PM)Bob Schroeck Wrote: [ -> ](01-08-2021, 11:09 AM)Bob Schroeck Wrote: [ -> ]Dominion Voting Systems sues Sidney Powell for defamation for $1.3 billion
Dominion Voting doesn't rule out suing Trump, media allies over election conspiracy theories
(01-08-2021, 01:10 PM)SilverFang01 Wrote: [ -> ]It seems some police officers were very helpful with the insurrectionists:
These Are the Rioters Who Stormed the Nation’s Capitol
Quote:But they could not find Mr. Schumer’s office. He said they asked a Capitol Police officer, who tried to direct them. But they appeared to have gotten nowhere near the minority’s leader’s office. They ended up smoking a few cigarettes inside the building — “We can smoke in our house,” Aaron said — and one of his friends, who would not give his name, joked that he had gone to the bathroom and not flushed.
Others had zip ties with them so at least we can infer they wanted to take hostages, plus the pipe bombs, plus beating a cop to death with a fire extinguisher. We were damn lucky that it failed as fast as any business Donald Trump is involved in, and that DC's gun laws prevented most of them from taking their toys. But next time? And there will be a next time, with someone smarter at the helm.
gryphon & juniper' Wrote: "Why are we here?"
Saionji gave his student a sidelong look. "Philosophy isn't one of your usual hobbies," he said.
"No, not in an abstract sense. I mean, what are we doing -here-? These people... " He hesitated, fidgeting.
"Go ahead," Saionji said. "Never hesitate to speak your mind to me, Ani."
"... Well... it's just that most of them are -losers-," Anakin said. To his surprise, the remark drew a snort of laughter from his teacher.
"That's true - more true than you know," Saionji said.
(01-07-2021, 03:18 PM)Bob Schroeck Wrote: [ -> ](01-07-2021, 10:06 AM)Bob Schroeck Wrote: [ -> ]Video Shows Newly Elected W.Va. Lawmaker Among Mob That Stormed The U.S. Capitol
A followup NPR article notes that the video was originally a live feed on the Facebook page of Republican Derrick Evans, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates. It's since been deleted, but not before copies were made and spread across the Web. Evans is currently claiming he was there "as an independent member of the media to film history" even though he isn't a journalist of any kind. However, the members of the mob in his vicinity clearly knew who he was, and "We're in! We're in! Derrick Evans is in the Capitol!" can be heard on the video.
West Virginia House Speaker Roger Hanshaw has implied he's going to be interrogating Evans as to just what the hell he was doing. And there have been calls for his resignation from other House of Delegates members.
(01-08-2021, 02:48 PM)Labster Wrote: [ -> ]To me I look at them, a mix of people wearing shirts bearing neo-Nazi slogans, Confederate flag bearer bros, your run of the mill skinhead or two, and a few dozen gentlefolk rejected during Duck Dynasty casting calls, and I can't help but think back to this bit from Ash Knight:
gryphon & juniper' Wrote: "Why are we here?"
Saionji gave his student a sidelong look. "Philosophy isn't one of your usual hobbies," he said.
"No, not in an abstract sense. I mean, what are we doing -here-? These people... " He hesitated, fidgeting.
"Go ahead," Saionji said. "Never hesitate to speak your mind to me, Ani."
"... Well... it's just that most of them are -losers-," Anakin said. To his surprise, the remark drew a snort of laughter from his teacher.
"That's true - more true than you know," Saionji said.
All of these folks are history's rejects. And even when they invade our government on a fluke, a few hours later we go back to what we were doing, denounce them a bit, and move on. Trump is a loser, and so are all of his followers.