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kentuck's JournalWhy Trump called off his mob at 4:17 pm?
He was not talked into it. He did not do it because he thought it was the right thing to do.
He had gotten a message that Mike Pence had usurped his authority and called out the National Guard to "clear the Capitol". He did not have the people or the weapons in place to defeat the National Guard.
His plan was to declare "martial law".
The timeline:
At 2:12 pm, VP Pence was rushed off the Senate floor as the mob flooded inside.
Twelve minutes later, at 2:24pm, Trump tweeted, "Mike Pence didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify,”.
At 3:36pm, Kayleigh McEnany, tweeted that Trump had just called in the NG...We now know some of this is not true... We now know Trump was not the one who called in the NG, Pence did. Pence would have called them a few minutes earlier and someone informed Trump, who then informed McEnany to put out the tweet that he (Trump) was the one calling out the National Guard.
At 4:08pm, Pence placed an urgent phone call from the Capitol as rioters pummeled police and vandalized the building, informing Miller the Capitol was not secure and asking military leaders for a deadline for securing the building, according to a document prepared by the Pentagon for internal use that was obtained by The Associated Press.
“Clear the Capitol,” Pence had told them.
Nine minutes later, at 4:17 pm Trump, knowing that his mob was not in place and was going to be defeated and embarrassingly beaten down, tweeted his video message to his mob:
"I know your pain. I know your hurt," he begins. "We love you. You're very special. You've seen what happens. You've seen the way others are treated. ... I know how you feel, but go home, and go home in peace."
Around the same time, Maryland and Virginia were sending National Guard and state troopers to the District of Columbia. Trump and his mob retreated.
I sincerely believe this is what happened.
When anybody can become a US Supreme Court Justice...
...then we end up with a Court like we have today.
For most of our lives we expected a certain balance and a certain bipartisanship that prevented such predictability as we now have on the Court.
It required a certain type of leadership and an innate intelligence to keep the justice system from falling apart.
It required justices that were not married to their political ideology.
We no longer have that.
We no longer have the intelligence or the partisan separation that is needed to maintain trust in our Court system.
The Supreme Court has been corrupted.
It is no longer a legitimate voice for justice in this country.
Just my opinion.
What time does Bannon go before the Judge?
I suppose he is ready for an appeal?
The really good criminals know how to use our justice system to their advantage.
Stone Walls and Steel Bars
"Vote for me so they don't put me in jail".
Rolling Stone is reporting that Donald Trump is motivated to run for president again so he can stop any criminal charges against him.
Wow! What a platform!
"Vote for me so those "Democrats" don't put me and my people in prison."
As if the Justice system is a political revenge machine of the Democratic Party?
As if people go to jail for being Republicans, not because they break the law?
As if the number of people who identify with criminals out-number law-abiding citizens?
This is a political story for the ages.
"Drunk Monkey With A Machine-Gun" Crazy
I heard Malcolm Nance use this descriptive term on the Katie Phang Show on MSNBC.
They were discussing Patrick Byrne, who had been questioned by the Committee on Friday, and Katie called him "whackadoodle".
Malcolm liked that term and said it was much better than just calling them "conspiracy theorists".
He said he was more like a "drunk monkey with a machine-gun crazy".
They were discussing Byrne's off-the-wall ideas and how he was in the White House advising Donald Trump.
But, as we all know, Trump is drawn to crazy like a moth to a flame.
Kentucky Governor reports highest growth rate in 31 years.
https://www.nolangroupmedia.com/beattyville_enterprise/kentucky-just-reported-the-highest-annual-growth-rate-in-31-years/article_4380ccca-03a8-11ed-a1bd-f366fcd247a8.htmlKentucky’s record-breaking economic momentum continues as Gov. Andy Beshear today announced that Kentucky’s fiscal year 2022 General Fund receipts grew at the highest rate in 31 years.
The Office of State Budget Director reported 14.6% growth over last year and noted that General Fund receipts totaled $14.7 billion, exceeding the budgeted estimate by $945.4 million. This is the second-highest revenue surplus ever – surpassed only by last year’s record amount – and the budget surplus is expected to be even higher once the books are closed on spending later this month.
“One of my most important jobs as Governor is to ensure the financial strength and solvency of our great commonwealth – essentially to make sure our financial house is in order,” Gov. Beshear said. “These receipts show that personal income, sales and business income are all going up significantly, and even our road fund is up. My administration has now delivered the highest and second-highest revenue surpluses in the history of Kentucky, thanks to strong fiscal management and a hot, record-breaking economy.”
Pentecostal connection to Rock and Roll...
Whipping Post
Warning to America: Defend It or Lose It
America - Close your eyes. Close your ears. You will not see. You will not hear. You will die.
Can it be made any more clear?
There are enemies, foreign and domestic, intent on destroying the America we have known for two-hundred and forty-six years.
It may not matter to you? You may hate America already? Look at all her sins of the past. Look at all the bad things she has done.
Still, people wanted to come to America. There was something different about America than any other place in the world. Despite all her flaws, you could make a better life and do what you wanted to do. It didn't really matter where you began. America was unique to everyone else around the world, whether or not they would admit it.
Now you, as an American, have to make a choice. Do you want America to survive or do you want America to die?
That is the choice that you face at this moment.
What are you going to do?
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