Doug's Darkworld

I really enjoyed writing yesterday’s post. I loved the comment one reader left about Lincoln and his decision to commute the death sentences of hundreds of natives:

“I agree with your assessment of Lincoln’s role as one of the better people during an ugly time. One remark I recall: when he was told that commuting many of the death sentences of Sioux warriors would cost him votes, he said “I can’t hang men for votes.””

Lincoln really had a way of seeing things from a different and wiser perspective. When asked if he prayed that God was on the Union’s side, he replied “No, I pray that  the Union is on God’s side.” So yes, going to try to have one current events post followed by a history or science post. More fun for me to write, hopefully more fun for my readers, and easier to achieve my goal of posting every day. Hope to do so for the next 30 plus years, especially now due to recent developments in my life, but the future is known to no one.

Speaking of which, the above meme. I do agree, the chances that the Democratic controlled Congress will overturn Biden’s election is effectively zero. Reminds me of the Dem’s impeachment proceedings against Trump last year, there was zero chance the Republican controlled Senate would vote to impeach Trump. So what, exactly, is the purpose of these sorts of sheet shows? Governing signaling, IE to fire up their base and make them think the party of their choice has their back. Political theatre basically, to distract people from the fact that neither party is interested in the welfare of poor and working class Americans, it’s all about shovelling money into the coffers of the corporate rich and the imperial war machine that have run Washington for decades. Yeah, I’m cynical about all American politicians. They are welcome to convince me otherwise.

So, Trump has called for protests in Washington on Wednesday when Congress is set to formally certify Biden’s electoral victory. And some of his followers have been making threats: Far-right group Proud Boys claim they will attend January 6 DC rally ‘incognito’ and wear all-black to blend in with antifa protesters and Trump supporters are threatening violence at Wednesday’s march on DC — and he’s egging them on. The Georgia run-off elections are Tuesday, and if the Democrats win it will add gasoline to the fire. Fun times.

And, breaking news! US election: Trump tells Georgia election official to ‘find’ votes to overturn Biden win. In a nutshell, Trump phoned the Georgia secretary of state and basically pressured and threatened him to change the outcome of the presidential election in Georgia. It’s all on tape, and apparently it’s likely criminal action: Trump’s pressure on Georgia election officials raises legal questions. And it gets better! Trump to sue Georgia secretary of state for recording a call where he demanded a crime be committed: report. In Georgia as long as one party to the call knows it’s being recorded, it’s legal to record a phone call.

Well, this Tuesday and Wednesday are likely to be interesting. Wouldn’t surprise me in the slightest if Trump made more criminal phone calls and dug himself in deeper. He really does believe he won the election and it was somehow magically stolen from him. Magical thinking has been one of his hallmarks forever. Sadly if so many high ranking members of the GOP weren’t backing this fantasy, it wouldn’t be such a big deal. Trump may actually believe his fantasies, tens of millions of his followers do. The fact that every Republican judge and election official that looked at Trump’s election fraud allegations deemed them baseless pretty much means most of the GOP congressmen and senators who are backing them also understand they are baseless. Trump doesn’t actually think he’s committing a crime trying to overturn the election results, I don’t think the congressional leaders backing him have the same excuse.

Crazy times, but a golden age for memes. This one cracked me up. I no longer give a crap about treating Trump with any sort of respect, the death and chaos his fantasies and failures of leadership have caused makes him fair game for criticism. Stay safe, sane, and warm everyone. #StaytheFHome #WearaDamnMask #FelesRegula

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