Jon Schaffer is the first flipper in the massive investigation into the deadly insurrection and will not be the last. Jon has entered into a cooperation agreement with investigators 100 days (not a coincidence) after a mob of Trump supporters including Proud Boys and other low-life traitors to America who violently overran the Capitol and attacked and killed or maimed 140+ police officers. Schaffer, who originally faced six counts, pleaded guilty to two charges:

* Obstructing an official proceeding
* Entering restricted grounds with a dangerous weapon.

Every one of these Traitors belongs in prison for their crimes against the United States, and that includes the pathological lying elected politicians who disseminated the propaganda that radicalized these terrorists and provoked their attack on the Capitol.

In his plea deal, Schaffer acknowledged that he was among the first people to force their way through police lines and into the United States Capitol on January 6. Schaffer also acknowledged wearing a tactical vest and carrying bear spray.

https://www.npr.org/2021/04/16/988120319/justice-department-secures-1st-guilty-plea-of-capitol-riot-investigation

So to recap: Not Antifa. It was Oath Keepers, Proud Boys, QAnon conspiracy nuts, and various other assorted gullible Trump supporters who bought "all in" to the Big Lie and were deceived by Duping Donald... the victims of the pathologically lying con artist who claimed to be a billionaire who didn't need campaign contributions yet fleeced the gullible rubes right out of theirs (and continues doing so), radicalized them to attack the United States Capitol and our democracy, and still wouldn't spit on them to put them out if they were on fire. Enjoy prison.

GOD: Right! Arthur, King of the Britons, your Knights of the Round Table shall have a task to make them an example in these dark times.

ARTHUR: Good idea, oh Lord!

GOD: Course it's a good idea! Behold! Arthur, this is the Holy Grail. Look well, Arthur, for it is your sacred task to seek this Grail. That is your purpose, Arthur, the Quest for the Holy Grail.

;)

well, that goes without saying.

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some people are confused by pie. fruit? meat? meringue? it's a very complex topic, but a very elegant solution to all our political problems.

It becomes easy as pie with chocolate... for God invented chocolate on the third day when He separated the water and made dry ground appear and vegetation began to grow, including Theobroma cacao... the cacao tree that is native to deep tropical regions of Mesoamerica. Theobroma means "food of the gods."

Thus ends our sermon on chocolate. :)

Naturally pie is the solution. There's a pie for everyone, and given enough, everyone gets a piece of the pie.

@caddy/bleyd,

good point about taxes vs. social unrest.

It was.

the solution of course is pie.

It is... provided there is an ingredient of chocolate, of course. :)

I am confused about the press vs. a political blog?

State the obvious; your confusion has been obvious for many and multiple years. Normally when people use a question mark, it is preceded by an actual question rather than a glaringly self-evident fact.

Nothing you said cleared anything up.

Reading is fundamental; understanding simple English and comprehending the written word isn't your strong suit... the very reason why you are repeatedly encouraged by multiple posters to "take a class" or "work on it."

Normally when making a comparison you describe the differences between the two or more things.

Said the board "poster boy" comparing diametrically opposed political entities while insisting repeatedly there is little difference... one of the primary reasons you are frequently not taken seriously.

You simply said the press reports on current events.

I don't have memory issues, and I also pointed out that you were confused and dumbfounded... among other points I made.

What is the difference between the press and a blog?

I hereby rest my case on the obvious fact that you've been demonstrably confused about this for multiple years, and your incessant equating of those different things is not at all unlike your obvious confusion regarding the two dominant political parties among the many others in America.

One Demand is not current?

Normally when people use a question mark, it is preceded by an actual question rather than a glaringly self-evident fact. Full disclosure: I nicked that comment from above... stole it verbatim from myself because it seemed infinitely appropriate in both instances.

Did I miss the part when big money was eliminated from our political process?

You have repeatedly missed the part and the obvious fact that individual contributions are already limited by definition in United States statute and that your personal crusade to redefine "big money" to fit "your idea" wouldn't even scratch the surface to accomplish said elimination and doesn't address the reality of where the "really big money" is actually originating. "Your idea" misses the forest for the trees... a swing and a miss... batter out.

The people in a position of power are the ones responsible for the deaths.

The people who lied about the virus are definitely responsible for some of the deaths; however, a virus is responsible for the deaths... it's science but not rocket science.

That is the Deathocrats, Republikillers, the big money interests and the media (including bloggers) that have enabled the Deathocrats, Republikillers and big money interests by spewing their moosepoop instead of exposing their lies and hypocrisy.

You too have a website presenting your political opinion, and that therefore makes you the equivalent of "the press"... by your own definition, of course. Murderer.

Way to blame one of the victims for the deaths caused by the people that are oppressing the people that are trying to solve problems.

Thank you for confirming my observations about you and your whining grievances... ever the whiney "victim" and victimhood that comprises the near entirety of the platform of the GQP, QAnon nuts, MAGAts and Trumpanzees.

I reiterate my prior statement that no one is oppressing your ability to state your opinion... least of all CW who has given you a platform for a shit-ton of years (nearly) unabated in which to "solve problems." I reiterate also that you are undeniably and irrefutably the author of a website containing your political opinions, and by your own definition, that makes you "the press" of which you obsessively bitch and moan. Murderer.

MY "stale shit" hasn't changed because CW and the rest of the deceivers "stale shit" hasn't changed.

I think it is a major step that you've admitted your shit is indeed stale. Now we're getting somewhere... you're going to have to change your stale shit or continue to accomplish what you've accomplished so far... the murder of Americans because of your obvious inaction in selling your political opinion on your website and CW's website and however many websites of the other "press" where you've failed along with your own, of course.

I reiterate that CW's website is not stale and has my full support... and we now agree on yours so...

And it is CW and the rest of the deceivers "stale shit" that caused the election of Trump and the over 500,000 covid deaths because they used their power for evil instead of doing good.

That "good and evil" sermon you've got there is surprisingly biblical for a person who insists there is no God. Have you considered the fact that your repeated insistence that God doesn't exist is why you're an abject failure at political activism and repetitive instances of word salad contained on "press" websites... you babble on like the story of Babylon wherein God smote them with terminal confusion. That would sure explain everything. It's not too late to repent, you know. Evildoer. :)

I agree with the first 3 words of your post...you are confused. The rest of the words entirely support this assertion.

good point about taxes vs. social unrest.

the solution of course is pie.

Makes a lot of sense. Taxes are one thing, they can be accounted for ahead of time and figured in to operational costs. Protests and riots though, those are pretty hard to predict and account for, and can potentially be far more costly. Shops are going to order a lot less Coca-Cola when they're closed or on fire. Also, the stock market in general tends to frown upon instability and uncertainty, so shareholders are going to get hit there as well.

In short, it posits that Corporate America cares far more about the instability that will inevitably follow in the wake of Repug voter surpression. In fact, the author states that having to pay higher taxes isn't even in the same ballpark. This is why folks like Coca-Cola and MLB are taking a stand in Georgia.

Make it so!

But Captain! Tricorder readings indicate the lack of scotch in the area.

Dammit! Damned tribbles have been raiding the ship's alcohol stores again?

Yeah, Kiddo. I was just napping my comment and the 24/7 juke box in my head just jumped onto those lyrics.

"It's a Boomer thang...and you wouldn't understand," Miss Texas.

It's true, Death Harris. All the years you've put into, what's it called, "Oh -- Dimentia!" when you coulda been saving half a million 'Murican's lives.*smh*

Signed --
Hopeful. But Not Quite Exacatackaly Holding my breath in Country-Cali

I feel ya.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vYCjqtNaKA

:)

We will not purge the big money interests from our political system until we get a press that does their job instead of being useless propagandists breathlessly pontificating about the show as if it was real.

You appear to be confused regarding the American press and dumbfounded regarding a political blog versus "the press." The press in America generally reports on current events. Your bullshit is neither current nor an event.

Over 500,000 dead and you keep spewing moosepoop.

Your stale shit hasn't changed since the first person died so what exactly is it that you are doing to change anything besides the same thing that has gotten you nowhere? Rhetorical question.

Meanwhile, look at all the destruction you've allowed to happen, Death Harris. Murderer.

I tend to agree with MtnCaddy on this issue. The career politicians know exactly what they're doing here, and Biden et alia have an angle they're playing. Remember that Biden has been on the "DC beat" for eons now and knows exactly what he's doing... playing a game of "good cop/bad cop" as per standard operational procedure... with the exception that he's now in a position to play both of them. Biden is the coach and the quarterback, and I wouldn't bet against him getting a lot done during the time of his presidency. No president is going to be able to deliver on everything, but Biden is the right man for the times we are living in.

Speaking of Supreme Court chicanery, Biden delivers Merrick Garland to head the Department of Justice. You don't think that was mere coincidence, do you? I don't. :)

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) expressed a desire to collaborate with Republicans but acknowledged that at some point Democrats might end up going their own way, according to a source familiar with the call.

So. I hope, in my secret heart of hearts, that this is Mr. Joe "Don't fergit...that Ah Keeps Winning in Redneckville" Manchin is, like Joe and now Nancy (h/o CW,) "doing politics?" Or "working politics" or even "playing politics" -- as in, "I'm in a GROOVE! The damn basket looks big as an ocean to me! Just gimme tha damn ball!" A leaping and hopping on a moon shadow easy?

Signed --
Hopeful. But Not Quite Exacatackaly Holding my breath in Country-Cali

The first rule of reform is (or should be), "OK, so how will the bad guys try to subvert this?"

In other words, think ahead with your opponents' point of view. Here, let's say, the opponents are the conservative party with a structural minority of the electorate, but a constitutional majority in the Senate and Electoral College that lets them put conservative justices on the Supreme Court in numbers far outweighing their relative success in getting the popular vote for president and for senators nationwide. How are these guys going to capture and put to use your favored fourth option, the one about the Appeals Courts providing a rotating cast of Supreme Court justices?

Yep, I think Wikipedia offers analysis that BEST explains the SCOTUS "turnaround."

Recall, too, that Dubya's Chief Justice John Roberts has caught a sort of "What's going to be my legacy here on the SCOTUS fever" that afflicts many a Justice who teaches "The Show."

And HERE is where I suspect that Nancy is, like Joe, "practicing politics."

This is a gentle reminder that if we want a functional government we should elect people ("damned