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LakeVermilion

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August 28, 2022

What if the "Big Lie" was the smokescreen to cover the document theft?

Consider this idea: Lots of people have their eyes on the capitol (Jan 6), and replacement electors, and state by state challenges, and sending money to challenge the election results.

But no one was watching the other hand: The real prize for Trump was the documents that would fetch more money than Trump had ever had in his lifetime.

Now that its been discovered, Trump falls back on his tried and true protector: the U.S. justice system. With the appointment of a special master, any process to indict Trump will slow down.

Trump is probably two steps ahead still. I can't imagine that he didn't have documents copied and stored elsewhere.

I'm guessing he will continue to walk free among us and never see jail in his lifetime.

July 20, 2022

What's with the Lawrence O'Donnell replay?

I have MSNBC on Sirius all night. Starting at Midnight (Central) Lawrence O'Donnell has been on a 30 second loop. The loop is a rant about the Secret Service deleting the text messages.

Tune in, its still running.

May 22, 2022

Replacement Theory

If I understand this correctly...

• White American men have been chased out of much of the floor work in meat packing.
• White American men cannot get jobs roofing houses
• White American men can't get employment to clean stadiums and/or arenas.
• White American men have been replaced in housekeeping in the hospitality industry.

I'll believe in the Replacement Theory when I see White American men applying for these jobs. Obviously, Replacement Theory is just more Right Wing code.

May 8, 2022

Barbara Bush (elder) was Pro-Choice

I saw an interview with her regarding abortion. She defined life very simply and accurately:

"When a being does not breathe it is dead. Therefore life begins when a being can breathe." (paraphrased)


My thoughts:

We do not call an egg a chicken, or a duck, or a goose. It is an egg. When it can breathe it is a chicken, turkey, duck, or goose.


* Not a Bush family fan, but in this case the comment makes a point.

May 4, 2022

This is White Privilege!

Abortions will not disappear. Its just that people with means will have access. Generally, that means that White women who can afford to travel will have access. The rest will live under restrictions and poor health care.

February 21, 2022

While we are focussed on Trumps and the Ukraine...

the markets are robbing us. The market goes up: I lose a few bucks, the market drops: losses accelerate, market rebounds: I'm left behind.

Luckily, I don't have much in there, but if people are depending on their investments, they are in a bad place.

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