Father Jack joins the Yellow Vests demonstrating at the Arc D' Triomphe!

Seems to be yelling Feck Off!... or maybe Drink!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-DF9iZnM5M

approx. 50 seconds into the video :)

Should Obama have shared the intel he had that Russia was aiding Trump’s campaign with the Electoral College voters prior to their vote?

The Electoral College failed at its role as the protector of the office of the presidency from individuals who are unfit to hold the office. Trump is exactly the type of candidate that Madison and Hamilton both believed the EC would prevent from coming into power, and this failure undermines the logic for us even having electors.

I realized the other day that if the EC were not privy to the intelligence reports regarding Trump and Russia, then there was no true opportunity for them to fulfill their obligations as electors. McConnell prevented Obama from letting the world know that the FBI was investigating Trump’s ties to Russia prior to Election Day, but shouldn’t the electors have all the relevant information about the candidates they will be voting on?

Do we need a law requiring the EC to be given all relevant intelligence information about any candidate being investigated by our intelligence agencies prior to their vote? Would it have changed the outcome of the 2016 election? I have no idea if it would, but I would have still felt better knowing the EC had all the information available for them to cast their vote for who should lead our nation!

Trump's self defense was literally reduced to unhinged arm waving at a presser prior to leaving for G20.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjOjoBve-Ko

New term: Arm Salad...

"The gesticulations accompanying unhinged arm waving."

Interesting idea....sort of a reverse secession. Mississippi, the new Micro-Union would have little choice but to declare war on the 49 breakaway states. On to Washington! Ken Burns gets fresh material for a PBS documentary! What's not to like?

I get partisanship, religious disability, homophobia, agoraphobia and even 'luposlipaphobia'...but as long as I have a hole in my arse, I'll never get racism. Even my time spent in upstate NY shed no light on this American under-current of blinkered bigotry. It makes no sense. It does not compute. It's not logical. And, it get on my tits. So knock it off, America. Dumbasses.

Rip, G.H.W.B 41. I quite liked this old fart, he found his ground when Iraq jumped Kuwait. Not only did he organize a veritable worldwide coalition against an aggressor, but he also defied belief in bringing Israel and that fuckwit, Netanyahu, to heel after the SCUDS started dropping. (Joke at the time...'why won't the Israelis listen to the Americans? because last time they listened to a bush, they spent 40 years wondering around a desert) So hat off to G.B 41.

Great article, C.W...well worth the price of admission. I'm not saying that like, "you have a great face for radio' either. It does feel like the Dems are like drunken sailors as January approaches, they need to focus on drilling Trump for his many crimes, healthcare, immigration and infrastructure. By focusing on universal concerns, they keep their message simple enough that even the odd stray republican can see its logic.

Back to the Leafs...Happy Saturday.

LL&P

my right to throw a pie stops where your face begins. in this case really it's CW's right to allow whatever content he deems appropriate for his own blog. if he says you can complain about things most people don't care about when pie would be much better, then you can. but of course i can hope that eventually you'll be converted to supporting pie.

JL

I am far more optimistic about the country now we have the ability to stop Trump's corruption and moronic ideas and put forward sensible ideas that benefit most Americans instead of just the super wealthy and stockholders.

i disagreed with a lot of his policies and appointments, but he was a part of that last generation of republicans who still believed in the honor of his position. which placed him in stark contrast with his rival and running mate. by robert bork's nomination and breaking the air traffic controllers strike, reagan really started the post-nixonian nuclear arms race in american politics. bush soldiered on but never really bought in, which is probably why he was eclipsed by the clintons.

JL