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How To Get Through To A Trump Supporter-- First, Know What You Are Fighting

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  There are several categories of Trump supporters. The naive followers of Religious fundamentalist leaders The legitimately stupid and ignorant. The ambitious political and social climbers who go wherever the money is. The enraged self-victimized racists and bigots The pious "Holier than Thou" Religious hypocrites The greedy Social Darwinists who believe in "Survival of the Fittest" The people who know better but are too cowardly to buck their peers, Pastors and families. The anti-government fanatics who are Libertarian Anarchists posing as "Conservatives" The People who are so thoughtless, they believe that Freedom derives from Guns and Money The Trump followers who share his narcissism and selfishness, and identify with it. The pathologically violent, looking for a pretext to explode, in the name of "Patriotism" And then there are the truly mentally ill, the sick paranoid psychotic conspirophiles who follow QAnon and other Cults, w...

Random Thoughts, Feb. 27-- The "Pulling No Punches Edition"

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 Today's Random Thoughts, Feb. 27- Pulling no punches Edition-- 1. President Biden has decided not to directly exact sanctions or punishment against Prince Mohammed Bin Salman for the Khashoggi murder, while releasing the declassified report proving that he ordered it. Supposedly this "measured approach" is designed to not disrupt US/Saudi relations, rather to "reset" them. The problem as I see it is this: Prince Bandar, former Saudi Ambassador to the US, and head of Saudi Intelligence, personally funded the 9-11 hijackers as they were living here and training, through his Wife's personal bank account. This is documented in the partially redacted 9-11 Commission Report. A faction of the Saudi government and Royal Family, of which Bandar is a member, ran 9-11. Now, add up the casualties from 9-11, the KIA and wounded in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere, military and civilian, infrastructure damage, and the total financial cost of 20 years of post 9-11 warfare,...

The US Power Grid Is a Target For Russian Hackers--"Patchwork" is No Answer

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  "Sandworm". "Electrum". Remember those names. They are two hacking groups used by Putin's GRU, and they are both targeting and infiltrating the North American Electrical grid. These groups have knocked out the power twice in Ukraine in the recent years, affecting first 250,000 people, then half of Kyiv, and have the destructive malware capability to attack our grid. What needs to be addressed is not just shoring up our firewalls and other cybersecurity measures. The vulnerability of the physical architecture of our power grid has to be revisited urgently. This is not just a question of developing then downloading patches sent out by Engineers. Our power grid has little depth or redundancy for withstanding an attack. Imagine if a Winter storm could cause the damage that it did in Texas, and extrapolate that to a Nationwide paralyzing attack on our grid. How many Companies with factories do you think exist in the US for building transformers, or manufacturing pa...

Biden On the Phone With Vlad-- The Valentine's Day Edition

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  Joe's convo with Vlad, earlier today--- Blinken: Joe, I got Vlad on line one, you available? Joe: Yeah, yeah. Put him through. (Sigh) Vlad: Yo Dudeski, how's it hanging? Joe: What? Vlad: Sorry Joe, I work on American idioms little bit. Joe: Look Vlad, I'm up to my neck, and the Dog has to go out, could you make this quick? Vlad: Oh cute! Donald not have Dog, just Son-in-Law. Joe: Vlad! Get to the point, will ya'? Vlad: Ok ok, relax. I get call from "you know who" today. Joe: Oh for fucks sake, now what? Vlad: He call to tell me he fully exonerated yesterday and now is lock for Prezident again 2024. Joe: Alright, and so... Vlad: He tell me he don't want wait four years, wants back in sooner because he tired of Golf already. Joe: And.... Vlad: He ask me for write him instruction book on how to make Coup and punish enemies. I only man he trust to help him. Lawyers all fuckheads he say. Joe: Oh my God, it never stops. Did he offer you something in exchange? ...

Today's Random Thoughts.-- Feb 16, 2021

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  Today I'm starting something new, since I'm getting feedback that my posts are too long and exhausting. In part, people have had enough of Trump and are trying to de-stress, which is understandable. Plus people have busy lives. So, I'm going to do one thing in the morning which will be "Random Thoughts" which come up as I read the News over Coffee in the Morning. Second is that I'll revive the "Today in History" series, just not everyday, because it's too much. Longer stuff I'll continue to post on my Blog. Thanks to all! So, Today's Random Thoughts.-- Feb 16, 2021 1. Whatever the GOP says or does to defend or promote Trump, its important to know that most of them are in the grip of two institutions. Evangelical powerbrokers, and Billionaire funded Right Wing Think Tanks, like the Heritage Foundation, Hoover Institute, Federalist Society, Cato Institute, (no, they aren't followers of Bruce Lee from the "Green Hornet") and...

The Courage Of Congressman Adam Kinzinger

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  I know people like Adam Kinzinger. It is very difficult to be raised in a Cult. It means that from childhood, your pathway, ideology, and emotional connections have been preordained, and are managed by others, either family or Church. Outside of your small group is a hostile world of infidels, non-believers, and enemies. And you have been relieved of the worldly burden of making your own decisions or forming your own thoughts. You are told that seating in Heaven is limited, and to get in you have to adopt certain beliefs, behaviors, associates, and positions on issues. Jesus is turned into "Big Brother", watching you 24/7, judging every thought and action, punishing you with guilt and the threat of burning in Hell for all Eternity. And Jesus says and is whatever your Pastor and Sunday School teacher says he is. If you question anything said, you are told you are weak in your Faith. You have been raised with the idea that everything is predestined, and you have no ability t...

Today's edition of "Random Thoughts", 2/17/21

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  Today's edition of "Random Thoughts", 2/17/21 1. In a fit of craven political opportunism and scientifically fake gobbledygook, Texas Republicans and the Fox News talking headless pundits agree that Green Energy is the cause of the power outages in Texas. Hello! Green energy amounts to 10% of Texas power generation, and collapsed Windmills did not knock out the power grid. Deregulation in Texas allowed power companies to avoid Winterizing their equipment. Frozen machinery and equipment caused the crisis. In El Paso, where they are served by a different power grid which is regulated and did winterize is doing just fine. The Right Wing anti-science lying liars are just covering their butts. 2. Joe Biden struck a chord with all of us yesterday, when he said, " I'm tired of talking about Trump". Whatever disagreements people have with him, try not to forget that he is a Mensch. 3. Mike Lindell was sued yesterday by Dominion voting systems. Would you refer to ...

Dead Is An Improvement-- Rush Limbaugh. 70 years of purveying noxious Poisonous Gas leads to death from Lung Cancer.

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  In Memoriam, Rush Limbaugh. 70 years of purveying noxious Poisonous Gas leads to death from Lung Cancer. -- Rush Limbaugh died today, as most are now aware, finally reuniting his decades long dead soul with his Earthly body. Limbaugh, after a long radio career, inspired the following question. "What's the difference between Rush Limbaugh, and The Hindenburg"? "One is a flaming Nazi gas bag, and the other is just a Zeppelin". Limbaugh, following in the footsteps of Hermann Goering, (below) was a life long committed obese Fascist Drug addict, who made a fortune for himself by building a political movement to scapegoat "Liberals" and minorities for the decline of "moral values". In the tradition of fascist provocateur and propagandist Josef Goebbels, (also below) there was no lie big enough that he wouldn't go out on the air to spread, in service of his "Leader", Donald Trump, and people like Gingrich and Dick Cheney before him. ...

Today's Episode of "Random Thoughts" for February 18, 2021

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  Today's Episode of "Random Thoughts" for February 18, 2021 1. Marjorie Taylor Greene apparently grew up in the most violently racist County in America, Forsythe, right outside of Atlanta. Our old collaborator Rev. Hosea Williams denounced this place as the actual Capitol of American Apartheid, where Blacks were not allowed to even pass through, much less live there up until the late 90's.. Rev. Williams led a March through her hometown in 1987, then 1992, and was almost killed along with his people by a Mob of violent rock and bottle throwing Confederates and Nazis. In 1992, the Courthouse still had a sign out front, "N_____s, keep moving". MTG was in High School in 1992. I'll have more on this. 2. Speaking of Marjorie Taylor Greene, there are rumors that she is planning to start a "Lifestyle Academy," the Conservative Christian Tantric Sex Institute . She is hoping to issue a "release" soon with her plans... three months from now...