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None Dare Call it Treason?

By NCD on Wed, 01/05/2022 - 10:44pm |

Ironic that the hysterical 1964 right wing screed, “None Dare Call it Treason” is flipped on it’s head with today’s right wing grifters and apparatchiks. The title is a quote from a 16th century Englishman.

In full it is 'Treason doth never prosper, what’s the reason? Why, if it prosper, none dare call it treason. ’ Treason has never been so lucrative as with the Republican Party today.

While AG Merrick Garland displays an unambiguous lack of will to call it, or hold it accountable as, treason.

Stupidity, a Basis for Political Power, Bonhoeffer

By NCD on Mon, 11/29/2021 - 11:16pm |

Excerpts from essay below. by Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

"Upon closer observation, it becomes apparent that every strong upsurge of power in the public sphere, be it of a political or of a religious nature, infects a large part of humankind with stupidity. It would even seem that this is virtually a sociological-psychological law. The power of the one needs the stupidity of the other. "

A Shameful Flight Last US Days in Kabul

By NCD on Sun, 08/15/2021 - 11:15am |

A frenzied U.S. flight from Kabul as chaos descends.   link

"A frenzied evacuation of U.S. diplomats and civilians kicked into high gear, while Afghans made a mad dash to the banks, their homes and the airport. Crowds of people ran down the streets as the sound of gunfire echoed in downtown Kabul.

Wuhan & the Rand Paul Fauci Quarrel

By NCD on Tue, 07/20/2021 - 8:10pm |

Rand Paul and Fauci had a big quarrel today in the Senate, accusing, blaming, without talking, calm testimony and inquiry, about the heart of the topic, virus research, like that at Wuhan and elsewhere. Some funded by the NIH.

They did not talk about what kinds of restrictions on virus research should exist or be tightened.

Viruses were being created for infectious disease research in Wuhan.

Is Our Proud Boys Learning?

By NCD on Sat, 02/13/2021 - 3:02pm |

That Trump is a coward. Trump is a liar, who told you nothing but lies. Trump is a user who used you. Trump doesn't give a damn about you, when he tells you "he loves you", that too is a lie. He has no respect for you, nor any concern for your fate.

In his mind you failed, you are losers, he has no pity or remorse about what he told you or conned you into doing. When you "remember that day", remember that.

Trump Using Language of the 3rd Reich

By NCD on Wed, 12/30/2020 - 11:17am |

LTI - Lingua Tertii Imnperii, Victor Klemperer, was a Professor of Literature at the Dresden University of Technology who lived in Dresden throughout WW2.  He wrote "The Language of the Third R

Congress Cannot Stop Trump Closing the Government

By NCD on Sun, 12/27/2020 - 6:05pm |

According to the US Constitution rules on "pocket vetoes" and also the Constitution on when a new Congress convenes, Trump may, on his own, close the government until Jan 16th and there is nothing Congress can do about it until then. Unless they give in to his demands on the military budget details, including  base renames, various other parts of the overall federal budget, levels and nation's getting foreign aid, the 'section 230' on internet liability and whatever else he manages to demand.

Reason One:

GOP Campaign 2024 Begins 'Biden an Illegitimate Failure'

By NCD on Thu, 12/10/2020 - 4:34pm |

Before most of the apparatchiks and toadies of Trump's Party even admit Trump lost the election, the Party that has lost the national popular vote in every election since 1988 except for one, is now in campaign mode for 2024, with a lies, obstruction and a scorched earth strategy that is already well in motion.

Church of Covidians Opens Bars, Restaurants

By NCD on Thu, 11/26/2020 - 9:37am |

The Supreme Court decision recognizing the exemption of religious organizations from attendance limits has led to a filing today for tax exemption under IRS Code 501 (c) for the Holy Church of Branch Covidians.

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