tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post5008555148522444830..comments2024-03-28T10:07:24.955-04:00Comments on Northern Reflections: Living In InfamyOwen Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-27970579013531140152020-02-07T10:38:06.072-05:002020-02-07T10:38:06.072-05:00Precisely, RJ. It's a message from a conservat...Precisely, RJ. It's a message from a conservative that modern conservatives have forgotten.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-67342976099849869712020-02-06T15:42:19.967-05:002020-02-06T15:42:19.967-05:00Trump was clearly intimidating witnesses during th...Trump was clearly intimidating witnesses during the House investigations, Mound. This was criminality at the higest levels of government.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-46859162543529672622020-02-06T14:22:12.885-05:002020-02-06T14:22:12.885-05:00I've been wondering whether we didn't just...I've been wondering whether we didn't just witness the crime of jury tampering happening in plain sight right beneath the nose of America's Chief Justice John Roberts.<br /><br />The majority leader, Mitch McConnell, openly stated that he was coordinating the trial with the defendant on trial, Donald J. Trump. No end of Republican senators said, in advance, that they would acquit Trump before they heard any evidence, before they even took the jurors' oath.<br /><br />That less reliable Republican senators were threatened with what would befall them should they not vote to acquit surely rises to the crime of jury tampering. The reliable ones, by contrast, freely said they would be swearing a false oath. And the Chief Justice of the highest court in the land blithely presides over this farce.<br /><br />It sounds to me like there was no shortage of criminality going on right under John Robert's nose.The Disaffected Libhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13135599782685108764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-72601022154219604572020-02-06T14:10:38.194-05:002020-02-06T14:10:38.194-05:00These pathetic parasites have drunk the Kool-Aide,...These pathetic parasites have drunk the Kool-Aide, John. And -- as was the case with Jim Jones -- they'll commit political suicide on Trump's order.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-31570191975146625492020-02-06T14:00:14.182-05:002020-02-06T14:00:14.182-05:00And, if Trump is re-elected, Cap, he'll get ri...And, if Trump is re-elected, Cap, he'll get rid of the two term limit.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-40940096586742754072020-02-06T13:52:30.926-05:002020-02-06T13:52:30.926-05:00There seem to be a lot of senators saying "I ...There seem to be a lot of senators saying "I know he did the deeds, but they're not a high crime/misdemeanor". Track down and gather those names, add all their names on a big list and project it on buildings, publish it, nail it on the door of the Senate (a la Martin Luther), so all can act on their behaviour at the ballot box. Edmund Burke got this one right.<br /><br />RJ<br />“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-58724132428196813632020-02-06T13:23:59.192-05:002020-02-06T13:23:59.192-05:00The sham trial in the Senate was a loyalty test, a...The sham trial in the Senate was a loyalty test, and all but Romney passed. Romney will be made an example of - that's how autocrats establish control. If you want to see how it works, punch "Saddam Purges Government" into YouTube.<br /><br />The Senators have said they see nothing wrong with Trump interfering in elections. They have agreed that he may seek foreign assistance to do so. And they have allowed the Trump regime to ignore Congressional subpoenas. None of this is consistent with modern liberal democracy and I see no reason to continue to refer to the US as one. <br /><br />I expect Trump to move quickly now to consolidate power and will not be surprised if the next election resembles those in Hungary, Poland and Russia.<br /><br />CapAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-78465753794464486392020-02-06T13:12:41.059-05:002020-02-06T13:12:41.059-05:00Is it rooted in their ability to mine the depths o...Is it rooted in their ability to mine the depths of our intellectual laziness and stupidity or in their absolute shamelessness while living lives of pure sycophancy? What would dad have thought of a world where people take pride in their success as ass kissers? We've got to get over the shock, use every opportunity to call them what they are and find out whether enough of us still care. Otherwise we should all just find a cult that gives us comfort and wait until they tell us to line up for our ration of the Kool Aid.John B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07402794337521523610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-50058377275193882272020-02-06T11:19:03.229-05:002020-02-06T11:19:03.229-05:00These spineless creatures are a reminder, sal, tha...These spineless creatures are a reminder, sal, that republics are destroyed -- not from without -- but from within.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-67858008679612061252020-02-06T10:46:39.302-05:002020-02-06T10:46:39.302-05:00.. look forward to reading her oped thanks.. in fu..... look forward to reading her oped thanks.. in full !<br /><br />Its a point I banter more on Twitter lately.. that the history books are not going to be their friends.. EVER .. Quite the opposite. The Republican garbage train, gravy train, hell, pick a name or analogy for parasites like The Trump Hallelujah Choir & Dance Troop.. and go with it ! Think rancid, sellout, despicable, ignorant, devious, snivelling, hinky kinky, dumb as a hammer. <br /><br />Heroism came knocking and they were found to be fatheads, drunk with position, wealth and power, yet in any estimation of any sort... Republicans were found wanting. The 'Right Stuff' aint in their dime store makeup kit nor do they have enough lipstick on hand to lip gloss their pig of a party<br /><br />But ya gotta admire the abject tenacity, the mendacity, the vainglorious self congratulation, the flatulation and the holier than thou, conceit deceit of preposterous 'logic' or 'perception' .. Choose, McConnell or Lindsay Graham or the misc frazzled fuzzy brained Senators. The closing of the stinking rank.. and I do mean rank.. the wagon circling, the shake n bake partisan mindlessness, hell.. the cowardice !! Its fever pitch senatorial flashblob stumbling about in public by the motley elected current & slimy lamprey eels of THE SENATE !!the salamanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853337802990122289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-8294855761215103742020-02-06T10:41:51.986-05:002020-02-06T10:41:51.986-05:00There are a lot more voters against Trump than for...There are a lot more voters against Trump than for him, rumley. Hillary won by three million votes. The trick will be beating the Electoral College.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-9578983463454997172020-02-06T10:16:44.391-05:002020-02-06T10:16:44.391-05:00Politico has a piece about Rachel Bitecofer and he...Politico has a piece about Rachel Bitecofer and her turnout is paramount theory. Trump instils fear in republican senators but at the same time scares democratic voters. <br /><br />He motivates Ted Cruz to lie for him but also motivates Democrats to get out the vote. rumleyfipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03346146988416679423noreply@blogger.com