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Frasier Balzov

Frasier Balzov's Journal
Frasier Balzov's Journal
June 7, 2025

CNN's Live from Broadway tonight

Clooney aside, the play conveys a need for political courage.

I expect it to be a stage version of the movie he made of this subject a few years ago.

I also expect it to be a worthwhile re-telling of a critical American historical moment.

May 21, 2025

George Wendt has went.

Norm on Cheers.

May 19, 2025

Lincoln avoided taking cases in Ford County.

They hold court in a barn and they want to pay me in chickens.

April 17, 2025

Is there a recent DU census revealing posters' ages?

I assume age data for users of this site would be self-reported in a poll format.

My sense is that we collectively skew toward the geriatric.

That we see ourselves as endeavoring to save the country for younger Americans as much as for ourselves.

But that we are only marginally capable of holding up protest signs, let alone taking up arms.

And that the population skewing young and fit who are already serving in or eligible for military service would be fighting for Trump-- either out of loyalty to him or respect for their chain of command notwithstanding personal opinions they happen to hold.

April 15, 2025

Is there a written agreement with El Salvador?

Regarding acceptance and incarceration of deportees?

If so, may I please read what it says?

Has any judge seen it?

https://apnews.com/article/migration-rubio-panama-colombia-venezuela-237f06b7d4bdd9ff1396baf9c45a2c0b

April 15, 2025

Disbarment will be rendered obsolete under Trump.

Oh there may be certain blue states which attempt to prevent attorneys from practising in their own courts when someone is disbarred for complicity in Trump-era official misconduct.

But a new federal license will be legislatively created to enable an attorney to practice in federal courts as long as the boss hasn't blackballed you for some other reason.

April 11, 2025

Does the PRC want to annex Taiwan?

If so, is there a better time than right now to make that move?

Would it risk harming relations with the United States any more severely than the harm which Trump is already causing?

The outrage of the world would be muted by the humiliation suffered by Trump for his hubris, sending him reeling and scrambling to save face.

I understand that Taiwan is not Hong Kong, and that the people of Taiwan have everything to say about this. They can rightfully be expected to resist invasion and annexation.

But come on. Look at a map of where Taiwan sits. Look at how vulnerable Trump is to having his global bluffs being called.

What set of circumstances could be more ripe for this being the PRC's moment to achieve the unification it has sought for decades?

April 1, 2025

Donald Trump is a lame duck.

I know it bothers Donald to hear that.

I know some people are inclined not to bet against him given how many rules he's broken and gotten away with.

But when the SOB threatens to run for a prohibited third term, the automatic response should be that he's over with.

His days of influence are waning. His brand has withered, dried up and is blowing away.

No more coattails.

Expired like raw tripe left out overnight after its use-by date.

March 29, 2025

Will TikTok's blackout day be postponed again?

The current reprieve runs out on April 5.

Trump is suggesting that he might use a partial relaxation of tariffs on China to induce ByteDance to sell the American operation of the popular short-form video platform on the condition that no supervisory or backdoor access be retained.

Maybe there's public reporting I haven't seen regarding progress toward a deal?

March 28, 2025

All this trouble with a 49.8% mandate?

Let that sink in.

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