Biden seems to be mitigating the disaster that is the Afghanistan withdrawal through the unparalleled success and competence of the “Afghan airlift” up to now, so I will give him credit for turning things around, although I think the ultimate decision to leave will prove a grave mistake; time will have to prove me wrong. Of course, anything can change in an instant in any direction.
Officer Harry Dunn summed it up perfectly on the first day of testimony at the select committee to investigate the 6 January 2020 insurrection: “Everything is different, but nothing has changed.” Indeed! Indeed! Indeed! Because it is so true I can confidently say America’s democracy is irreversibly declining! Mark my words, morons. Most of the Democratic f***tards out there think that Biden’s win has extinguished the threat — problem solved and now they can go back to their daily apathy. Nope, idiots! Biden — being weaker than I expected — is proving to be a mere speed bump in the road as white supremacists, MAGA morons, evil evangelicals, and RepubliKKKlans continue their march to destroy America’s democracy and remake the nation into a “fascist theocracy” — I’m claiming to be the first to coin this phrase, which is probably needlessly redundant. As they say: Democrats may be done with RepubliKKKlans, but RepubliKKKlans aren’t done with Democrats. RepubliKKKlans are coming for Democrats, to kill them! Literally!
The threat is real and ongoing (“everything is different”) and dumbass Democrats are charged with saving America through their usual listlessness (“but nothing has changed”). So, we are f***ed! I have written countless posts about how dumbass Democrats are too weak, incapable, and ill-equipped to face this new traitor trump era of politics. Democrats need to be ruthless, vengeful, and cunning to counter trumpism; sadly, they are none of these things. Believing that America can return to “normal” by merely governing well as if “normal” is the goal is misguided and demonstrates that dumbass Democrats are still clueless about the threat of trumpism to the country. Biden’s determination to work with RepubliKKKlans on legislation is a perfect case in point. Believing that fixing the economy or managing the pandemic are other examples of Democrats’ failure to comprehend the current threat against the nation. Look f***tards, we are so beyond a return to “normal”; those days are gone forever. Now we are in the era of perma-political culture warfare — well at least RepubliKKKlans are. Democrats are still looking to play nice with the enemy. I’ve said it before: It’s the culture wars, stupid! All of this! Traitor trump, anti-vaxxers, anti-maskers, anti-science. Everything! The relentless attack on America’s democracy is because of the culture war. Nothing else matters, f***tards. It’s not the economy; it’s the culture. The short version: Racists (and all associated -ists) want their country back! Full stop! It is that f***ing simple. Welcome to stupid America. Get ready because the racists are slowly winning. Mark my words!
Un-f***ing-believable! Only! in stupid America. Hey, f***tards: Don’t swim if you have the sh*ts! God, I hate people!
I read this headline and literally laughed out loud — the real, original meaning of literally and not the usurped, incorrect meaning. I am a dog lover, but seriously?!?! That thing is something a cat coughed up, right? I will take a mutt any day of the week.
Let’s just be clear about something. If Major, one of the First Dogs, nipped at a Secret Service agent, then the person deserved it. Sorry, but dogs know dog haters! They smell it and they may not hold back. Moreover, I have no doubt the person nipped was a traitor trump loving holdover who I — and Major it seems — would not trust said Secret Service agent to protect President Biden. Dogs protect their owners — the good owners that is to say. (Hopefully, they eat the bad owners!)
From Axios, “Greene’s past online activity indicating support for violence against Democrats and promoting debunked conspiracy theories about mass shootings are presenting a huge problem for Republican leadership. … In a recently resurfaced video of Greene confronting Hogg, she calls the gun control activist a ‘coward’ and accuses him of ‘attacking our Second Amendment,’ before telling him she’s a gun owner and has a concealed carry permit.” She is a vile, vile human being as is every person who voted for her and supports her! They are all Hitler wannabes! And may I remind people that the only good thing Hitler ever did was to put a bullet in his head! Welcome to stupid America! We’re f***ed!
Boring golfing professional Justin Thomas is apologizing for using a homophobic slur. Namely, he uttered the term f*ggot after he missed the hole on a put. What? I don’t get it. Does he not understand how to use the slur properly? Usually, f*ggot is something you call someone to offend or demean a person, not for some botched action or out of frustration. Look! If you can’t use the slur correctly, then it really is meaningless. This is one of the more baffling headlines in the days following the domestic terrorist attack on the Capitol. It’s like me yelling cracker because I stubbed my toe. It raises more curiosity than offense.
I opined a while ago about which justice wanted to be known as that guy who killed the Affordable Care Act. I further suggested at least one more needed conservative would not hesitate to be that guy; perhaps, I was wrong — again, I will readily admit that it is far better to instill fear than hope. Maybe — just maybe — Kavanaugh is inclined to let the entire law stand based on what he signaled in oral arguments, though one must note comments and questions during oral arguments is not a definitively rendered opinion. It is still all speculation.
But I think Roberts nailed the central argument succinctly by stating, “I think it’s hard for you to argue that Congress intended the entire act to fall if the mandate was struck down when the same Congress that lowered the penalty to zero did not even try to repeal the rest of the act. I think, frankly, that they wanted the court to do that, but that’s not our job.” This is at the heart of the matter. Congress tried dozens of times to kill the law in its entirety and failed, and when RepubliKKKlans were able to muster the majority in Congress to kill the law they were only able to change the law by reducing the mandate penalty to zero dollars. In short, they waived any penalty for not complying with the mandate to buy health insurance. It is a “requirement” without consequences which really is no mandate at all. Yet, they left the rest of the law fully intact — on purpose! So, if the conservative justices are the true “textualists” that they claim to be and do not wish to read into the intent of Congress, then every single conservative justice should agree with an opinion that allows the law to stand, notwithstanding any argument about severability because in the end Congress had many, many opportunities to strick down the law but never did so. Thus, the law must remain as is. In fact, I’m not sure why severability is even a consideration in this case. If Congress wants to create or change a law to “mandate” something that has no penalty or even if they wanted to impose a one dollar penalty for not buy health insurance then so what? That is Congress’s prerogative, no matter how feckless the “penalty” is or is not. It is just my opinion as a layman, but I think the argument is rather straightforward. A zero dollar penalty is just that — no penalty and not an indication that the entire law is invalid. Oh, I can’t wait to read the opinions from those justices that argue the entire law is null and void.