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K “The time to think good thoughts.”
J “For old times’ sake.”
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Oh, And Happy Holidays! (December 23, 2024)
Posted in Culture, Society on December 23, 2024 by e-commentary.orgSyria. Extending ______________ (December 16, 2024)
Posted in Russia, Syria, World War III on December 16, 2024 by e-commentary.org. . .
J “Russia.”
K “U.S.A.”
. . .
K “Both countries are getting extended.”
J “One country is retreating.”
. . .
K “Russia had little choice. Russia is moving purposefully because it must move purposefully. The U.S. is moving clumsily because it always moves clumsily.”
J “This is the biggest game changer in recent years.”
K “Turkey is the emerging big player.”
J “I do not doubt that there will be many unintended consequences.”
. . .
K “When you have someone cornered, you are in the same corner.”
. . .
K “They all certainly extended and expanded World War III. More war, more death, more destruction, more violence. More war, more death, more destruction, more violence. More war, more death, more destruction, more violence. And as I have said many times, when the tide shifts, the blowback over the next 100 years will be unprecedented in human history.”
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[See “Overextending and Unbalancing Russia” by a number of authors in “Rand” dated April 24, 2019.]
Bumper sticker of the week:
“When two neighboring countries fight each other, just know the USA visited one.” Nelson Mandela
The Shot Heard Round The U.S. Of A. Oh, And Happy Saint Nicholas Day! (December 9, 2024)
Posted in Civil War, Class, Courts, Ethics, Health Care, Judges, Morality, PMC on December 9, 2024 by e-commentary.org. . .
K “Takes one back to that timeless question in the first year philosophy class. If a killer has in the past and continues now to issue and execute death warrants against your grandchildren and the legal and political system block and preclude each and every possible means of resistance or redress, are you morally obligated to dispatch the killer?”
J “I agree with the verdict of the Internet.”
. . .
K “I have never seen one issue so unite peoples of all races, colors, creeds, classes and backgrounds so quickly. Every caste except the Ruling Class and their Parvenu PMC errand boys and girls are united.”
J “People have been using the word ‘mandate’ recently. This incident elicited the most resounding mandate in recent years.”
. . .
J “A member of the Silent Majority appears to have used a silencer to silence corporate violence.”
K “They say it only takes one butterfly.”
. . .
J “If a presidential candidate campaigned on a promise to deport all health insurance company executives on the afternoon of January 20, she or he would garner 250,000,000 votes.”
K “In many Native cultures, the sociopaths and the psychopaths are readily identified and banished from the group/tribe/clan. Banishing them is a more tidy way of dispatching a killer.”
J “That would work, but how would it work?”
. . .
K “I presented my appeal to a state court judge with an IQ of 105 dripping wet while standing on his tip toes who seemed to be imposing some type of perverse Chevron deference when he said that a private insurance company exists to tell the public when they should be reimbursed for their necessary medical care. The appellate court used arrogance to hide their ignorance and were hostile when they were not indifferent. The courts have failed. There is no recourse.”
J “And the judge surely has health care coverage with $25 deductible and is able to remind the insurance adjuster that he or she is a judge and expects the claim to be reimbursed in full.”
K “Yup. The judges are part of the problem not part of the solution. One of the adjusters for BC/BS blurted out on the recorded line that she could get fired immediately for saying to me that they are directed to deny all claims and then force the patient to fight back.”
J “You should have said that you are a judge. You have the skills and the talent and the acumen for a judge; most judges do not.”
. . .
K “Are the folks with the pitch forks finally uniting with the people with the burning torches?”
. . .
[See “Murder and Social Murder: The Case of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson” by Yves Smith, the recipient of the Seventh Annual Pushitzer Prize In Commentary For 2022 (May 9, 2022), in “www.NakedCapitalism.com” dated December 5, 2024.]
[See the e-commentary at Fight Or Flight In The Face Of Fear? A Principled Reaction To Stand (November 30, 2020) and “If I Get Diagnosed With Stage 4 Cancer . . . .” (December 13, 2021).]
Bumper stickers of the week:
“Those who make peaceful revolution [resolution] impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” John F. Kennedy (Ted could have polished/improved/balanced/cadenced the statement by saying “peaceful resolution” rather than “peaceful revolution”.)
“Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.” Frederick Douglass
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did. It never will.” Frederick Douglass
“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if every Security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family? Or if, during periods of mass arrests, as for example in Leningrad, when they arrested a quarter of the entire city, people had not simply sat there in their lairs, paling with terror at every bang of the downstairs door and at every step on the staircase, but had understood they had nothing left to lose and had boldly set up in the downstairs hall an ambush of half a dozen people with axes, hammers, pokers, or whatever else was at hand? … The Organs would very quickly have suffered a shortage of officers and transport and, notwithstanding all of Stalin’s thirst, the cursed machine would have ground to a halt! If … if … We didn’t love freedom enough. And even more – we had no awareness of the real situation … We purely and simply deserved everything that happened afterward.” Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918 – 1956
“The most terrifying force of death comes from the hands of Men who wanted to be left alone. They try, so very hard, to mind their own business and provide for themselves and those they love. They resist every impulse to fight back, knowing the forced and permanent change of life that will come from it. They know that the moment they fight back, their lives as they have lived them are over. The moment the Men who wanted to be left alone are forced to fight back, it is a form of suicide. They are literally killing off who they used to be. Which is why, when forced to take up violence, these Men who wanted to be left alone fight with unholy vengeance against those who murdered their former lives. They fight with raw hate and a drive that cannot be fathomed by those who are merely play-acting at politics and terror. True terror will arrive at these people’s door, and they will cry, scream, and beg for mercy… but it will fall upon the deaf ears of the Men who just wanted to be left alone.” Author Unknown
“I’m starting to think the ppl that got more upset about Oct 7 than the preceding oppression/subsequent genocide of Palestinians, & the ppl who are more upset by the murder of a healthcare CEO than the systematic killing of 10,000s of ppl via denial of healthcare, are the same ppl.” Rohan Grey
Le Pardon. Pardon Moi. (December 2, 2024)
Posted in Biden, Presidency, Prison/Criminology on December 2, 2024 by e-commentary.org. . .
K “He said he would not pardon him; she said he would not pardon him; they said he would not pardon him. He said he would not pardon him; she said he would not pardon him; they said he would not pardon him. He said he would not pardon him; she said he would not pardon him; they said he would not pardon him. He said he would not pardon him; she said he would not pardon him; they said he would not pardon him. He said he would not pardon him; she said he would not pardon him; they said he would not pardon him. He said he would not pardon him; she said he would not pardon him; they said he would not pardon him. He said he would not pardon him; she said he would not pardon him; they said he would not pardon him. He said he would not pardon him; she said he would not pardon him; they said he would not pardon him. He lied; she lied; they lied. The pardon is unpardonable.”
J “Closing a chapter.”
. . .
K “I observed that he would pardon him just before leaving office.”
J “Not at all surprised. Closing a chapter.”
K “More pardons of the Biden clan are coming.”
J “Closing chapters.”
. . .
K “I shared a story that I reflect on frequently. An old experienced law professor who taught comparative law in American and European law schools for over two score years shared his settled observations about the fundamental difference in training and perspective between American-trained lawyers and European-trained lawyers. With some exceptions, an American-trained lawyer first asks: ‘Can we get away with it?’ With some exceptions, an European-trained lawyer first asks: ‘Is it lawful?’.”
J “They will get away with it. Trump got away with his crimes. Biden will get away with his crimes.”
. . .
K “Because he is mentally incompetent to enter into a contract and or execute a will, is he competent enough to grant a valid pardon? And then you wonder if the quid pro quo for buying Mr. Hunter’s silence might backfire because now he cannot assert the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination and refuse to testify. Life is funny that way.”
. . .
K “I am revising my ranking of Presidents which has been and is quite an undertaking. He may be the worst President in American history.”
J “Just a parent taking care of a kid. Not my favorite President.”
. . .
[See “President Biden Cloaks His Legacy in Infamy With the Hunter Biden Pardon” by Jonathan Turley, the recipient of the Ninth Annual Noble Prize In Jurisprudence (October 21, 2024), in “JonathanTurley.org” dated December 2, 2024.]
[See the e-commentary at Afghanistan: Free Friendlies; Impeach Biden (August 23, 2021).]
Bumper sticker of the week:
“I abide by the jury decision. I will do that and I will not pardon him.” Joey R. Biden
Not World War Tres. Again. The U.S. Declares War On Russia. Again. Oh, And Happy Thanksgiving! Again. (November 25, 2024)
Posted in Nuclear, Russia, War, World War III on November 25, 2024 by e-commentary.org. . .
K “A mentally incompetent lame goose President is further provoking World War Tres after his party and ideas were resoundingly rejected and repudiated by a majority of Americans. He really has no legal or moral authority to do anything more than pack his bags and leave.”
J “Until a new President is inaugurated, he is in control.”
K “But is he? He is not. Those in control are evil beyond compare.”
. . .
K “The actual date when the U.S. and its vassals declared war on Russia is not clear at this time because it has been gradual, but the two decisions to allow the use of ATACMS missiles controlled and operated by Western technicians and also to use land mines may mark the red letter dates.”
J “Russia invaded. That is my fundamental factor.”
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K “When the NYT is not mature and sober and responsible enough to see that nuclear war is not ducky, we are all doomed.”
J “The West needs to hold the line.”
. . .
[See the e-commentary at U.S.A. And Britain Invade Russia (August 19, 2024), Washington Wants War In The Worst Way: Dust Off The IOSAT Or Return To The Status Quo Ante Bellum? (January 24, 2022), Dragon < Eagle > Bruin; Dragon + Bruin > Eagle; Eagle + Bruin > Dragon (June 20, 2022), NATO: Nations Aggressively Taking Over (March 31, 2014), NATOExit? NATOExeunt? (July 4, 2016), Guitar / Drum ; Dove / Hawk ; Pax / War. Oh, And Happy Memorial Day! (May 27, 2019), Dragon < Eagle > Bruin; Dragon + Bruin > Eagle (April 19, 2021), Russian Interference; Russian Collusion. Epilogue (March 25, 2019), Impeachment Imbroglio. Oh, And Happy Saint Nicholas Day! (December 2, 2019), Johnnie Bolton: The Triumph Of the Chickenhawks And Neo-Cons. Join Fellow Patriots For The “April 14 Rally” And The Memorial Day “March For America”. Oh, And Happy April Fool’s Day! (April 2, 2018) and Giuliani – Draft Dodger And Chickenhawk (March 2, 2015).]
Bumper stickers of the week:
The U.S. Declares War on Russia. Again.
Give complete nuclear annihilation a chance
The nuclear family, not the nuclear war
Dragon < Eagle > Bruin; Dragon + Bruin > Eagle; Eagle + Bruin > Dragon
“Breaking news: Harris and Trump battle to the wire in swing states, [NY] Times/Siena polls find [November 3, 2024]” “Nearly Every Poll in 7 Battleground States Says Race Is a Tossup. [NYT. November 5, 2024]” Oh, And Happy Armistice Day! (November 11, 2024)
Posted in Elections, MSM, Presidency on November 11, 2024 by e-commentary.org. . .
K “Dewey beats Truman. Again.”
J “Surreal. America gave up on itself.”
. . .
K “This was the single largest citizen jury verdict in American history rejecting and repudiating an incompetent and criminal regime in Washington. When the ‘Deplorables’ and the ‘Garbage’ unite, things happen. Things happened.”
J “He will break every one of his promises. You really think he will even propose making Social Security payments non-taxable. No way. Or making overtime payments and tips non-taxable. No way. He will abandon the citizens and jurors who will be even angrier at and more frustrated with the system.”
K “One side of me says you are right. From another perspective, we are better off if he does break many of his promises.”
J “The voters clearly wanted American money and resources to be spent by Americans for Americans in America. Trump made a more convincing pitch to the pitch fork crowd. But he will not perform.”
. . .
K “Who is seriously interested in why it happened?”
J “It is all about social media in the Age of Rage and Anger. An angry old white man bamboozled the angry men and angry women.”
K “Why are they angry?”
. . .
J “I did not necessarily support her as much as I supported those who surrounded her.”
K “That’s what terrified me about her.”
J “What about the clowns and buffoons Trump is now surrounding himself with.”
K “That’s what terrifies me about him. And in the first week. He appointed the War Pigs by or on Armistice Day.”
. . .
K “Keep one unreality in mind. One high-ranking senior Biden official stated without hesitation that Biden was sharp as a tack. Another high-ranking senior Biden official stated without hesitation that Biden was sharp as a tack. Another high-ranking senior Biden official stated without hesitation that Biden was sharp as a tack. Another high-ranking senior Biden official stated without hesitation that Biden was sharp as a tack. Another high-ranking senior Biden official stated without hesitation that Biden was sharp as a tack. Another high-ranking senior Biden official stated without hesitation that Biden was sharp as a tack. Another high-ranking senior Biden official stated without hesitation that Biden was sharp as a tack. Another high-ranking senior Biden official stated without hesitation that Biden was sharp as a tack. Another high-ranking senior Biden official stated without hesitation that Biden was sharp as a tack. Another high-ranking senior Biden official stated without hesitation that Biden was sharp as a tack. Another high-ranking senior Biden official stated without hesitation that Biden was sharp as a tack. Another high-ranking senior Biden official stated without hesitation that Biden was sharp as a tack. Another high-ranking senior Biden official stated without hesitation that Biden was sharp as a tack. Another high-ranking senior Biden official stated without hesitation that Biden was sharp as a tack. The highest-ranking official stated without hesitation that Biden was sharp as a tack, until she implicitly intimated that he was not and joined the palace coup.”
J “Everything about that situation was poorly handled. Harris did not have enough time to get traction and to develop a brand. She could not run against Bidenomics and she could not run for Bidenomics. A little racism and sexism may have been thrown it to complicate things.”
. . .
K “Polls are no longer accurate measures of voter sentiment. They are weapons of election influence . . . and interference. That may be a federal criminal offense. Under the extant rules of Lawfare, a pollster could be indicted for election interference.”
. . .
K “The election was also a broader referendum on the MSM and alternative media.”
J “There is that problem. The MSM was bruised and battered and may now be buried.”
K “I am troubled by much of the alternative media, yet the enlightened alternative media provides the only promise.”
. . .
K “A few months ago, I endured listening to one smarmy Parvenu PMCer interviewing another unctuous Parvenu PMCer who agreed that ‘indeed’ the Stupid Proles do not realize there is no inflation because they are stupid. They cited the NYT. Within a few weeks, I watched a Stupid Prole in line at the grocery store prioritize the final nine food items and pay for only seven at the register and leave two items behind in the cart.”
J “The messaging was not very astute. The MSM really needs to go back to the drawing board and reflect and retool.”
K “The MSM is superfluous. The NYT posted at least six articles a day in favor of Harris and at least six articles a day against Trump. Under the NYT’s current interpretation of the law and the First Amendment, the individual authors and the newspaper itself could be subject to election interference and RICO criminal charges for openers. In desperation, they would try to avail themselves of the Assange Defense. But Assange was guilty of practicing journalism, whereas they are guilty of promoting propaganda.”
. . .
K “What if the citizens resurrected an old remedy and tarred and feathered the charlatans and the con men and the con women and ran them out of town? That is what they did albeit less ceremoniously at the voting booth.”
J “And hopefully save some tar and feathers for the Trump crowd.”
. . .
[See “Fight! Fight! Fight! . . . for the Truth” by Robert Gore dated November 12, 2024 in “Straight Line Logic”.]
[See the e-commentary at Is The MSM Really The WSM? (August 26, 2024); Tulsi, MSM, NYT, CNN, FOX, MSNBC, Real News, Fake News, Neo-McCarthyism. Oh, And Happy Halloween! (October 28, 2019), Truckers; Convoys; Politics; Race; Class; Religion; The American Effete And The PMC. Oh, And Happy Valentine’s Day! (February 14, 2022), Revisiting “Does Any Institution In America Function? Oh, And Happy Friday The 13th! (December 9, 2019)” Four Years Later (December 11, 2023) and Eighth Annual Pushitzer Prize In Commentary For 2023 (May 8, 2023).]
Bumper stickers of the week:
NYT: Too close to call
Nate Silver: Too close to call
J. Ann Selzer: Harris in Iowa by 3 (Someone said that Trump took Iowa by 13.2 which suggests an error of . . . 16.2, but you will not hear it on the MSM)
By Americans for Americans in America
“This Is a Collapse of the Democratic Party” Ralph Nader
“D” Day: Donkey v. Elephant Fight; The “D” Division Of The War And Wall Street Party v. The “R” Division Of The War And Wall Street Party; Pitch Forks v. Burning Torches (November 4, 2024)
Posted in Elections, Presidency, War and Wall Street Party on November 4, 2024 by e-commentary.org. . .
K “We are on final approach. Flaps down. Landing gear down.”
J “We are down to the wire.”
K “Are we on course for a CFIT?”
. . .
K “Some Democrats are saying that the Republicans will only win if they steal it. Some Republicans are saying that the Democrats will only win if they steal it.”
J “Unity, unity at last. Everyone agrees that it is going to be a stolen election.”
. . .
K “Those in power are keen to keep the folks with the burning torches turning on the folks with the pitch forks.”
J “Or to keep the folks with the pitch forks turning on the folks with the burning torches. We turned on each other long ago.”
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Bumper stickers of the week:
An elephant and a donkey fight in a puppet show and the crowd cheers for one or the other while thieves pick their pockets. And when the people start to notice their wallets are missing, they’re told they can stop the pickpocketing by cheering louder for their favorite puppet. Parable told by the End The Two Party System Movement.
Pat Paulsen 2024
J: The Harris Gang!; K: Stein . . . Or Trump/Kennedy/Gabbard/Vance . . . Or Stein? (October 28, 2024)
Posted in Elections, Presidency on October 28, 2024 by e-commentary.org. . .
K “Both are vile.”
J “Both are vile. That is a wash.”
. . .
K “Both are evil.”
J “Both are evil. That is a wash.”
. . .
K “Harris is unfit. She had three and a half years on the junior varsity job to evince that she is fit. She failed miserably.”
J “Trump is unfit. He had four years on the varsity job to evince that he is fit. He failed miserably. That is a wash.”
. . .
K “You must find some irony in concluding that someone who did the job or at least was in the actual job for four years is unfit for the job.”
J “He had a chance at center stage. He proved himself unfit.”
. . .
K “Trump was the Symptom of a staggering Problem who has metastasized into another Problem. The election is between Systemic Problem versus Trump Problem.”
J “The original Problem is less of a problem than the new Problem.”
. . .
K “The Harris Gang is just the fourth term of the O’Bama administration. Every single major grifter and grafter in the Biden Administration has known for years that Joey is mentally unfit and yet they have engaged in a cover up much wider and more pernicious and of longer duration than anything even Tricky Dick ever did. On some level, that is treasonous. The third term has been a complete failure. More than enough is enough.”
J “That may be the better we can do.”
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J “Trump is a rabid supporter of genocide and torture. The Harris Gang are rabid supporters of genocide and torture. Kennedy reluctantly tolerates genocide and criticizes torture. That is a wash.”
K “Agree. However, Stein is not a genocider or a torturer. She is avowedly against genocide and torture. There is that to weigh. That cannot be washed away.”
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K “Trump should ask the American people if they are better off now than they were four years ago. He would close the deal. The 3 percent in the Ruling Class and the Parvenu PMC Caste who serve them obediently are doing swimmingly while the other 97 percent are drowning.”
J “Were they better off four years ago than they were eight years ago?”
. . .
K “The Supreme Court’s decision regarding abortion was a godsend to the Democrats. The Democratic apparatchiks are terrified that a woman’s right to an abortion might be enshrined into law. That would take the Democrat’s primary marketing ploy off the table. When the Supreme Court issued its decision, Biden did not say that he would propose legislation while he had both houses, he said he would introduce legislation in the next session when he knew or should have known that he would confront a divided legislature. There are times when hypocrisy is immoral.”
J “I saw him make that comment.”
. . .
K “Sure would be nice to be deciding between Stevenson and Eisenhower.”
J “Sure would even be nice to be deciding between Nixon and Humphrey.”
. . .
J “The final audited results are in. The Harris Gang: Evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil and evil. Trump: Evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil and evil.”
K “The final audited results are in. Trump: Evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil and evil. The Harris Gang: Evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil and evil.”
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K “The endorsement from the Cheney crime family moved me toward the Trump camp. The endorsement from Johnnie Bolton pushed me into the Trump camp. The endorsement from Anne Applebaum removed any scintilla of doubt. The recent babbling of Robert Kagan took the question off the table. The NYT’s endorsement of Harris was the icing on the cake. They sealed the deal. I do have all of them to thank.”
J “I never said that it is not an ugly bed that everyone is rolling and romping around in.”
. . .
K “I would vote for Stein because she understands the problems and provides the answers and thus is blocked at each and every opportunity from saving the country. However, while Trump likely would win in a fair election, there are concerns that this one will be cooked again. I may be forced to vote Trump / Kennedy / Gabbard / Vance to provide a counterpoise. Yet when I get into the booth, I must pause and catch my breath and vote for Stein.”
J “No question. I will hold my nose and vote for the puppet herself.”
. . .
J “Sure is revolting.”
K “Sure is. I need to wash.”
. . .
[See “Torturers for Harris” by Shayana Kadidal in “The Nation” dated September 18, 2024.]
[See the e-commentary at Le Election: One First Street (November 2, 2020), Suffer Clinton. The Devil. We know. (November 7, 2016), Better the crook we know than the crazy man we don’t? Applying The Conservative Tie Breaker. (June 20, 2016), Cheney/Bush v. Trumpi: Crime Families Battling On The Big Stage (August 22, 2022), Johnnie Bolton: The Triumph Of the Chickenhawks And Neo-Cons. Join Fellow Patriots For The “April 14 Rally” And The Memorial Day “March For America”. Oh, And Happy April Fool’s Day! (April 2, 2018), Reinstate The Draft; Reduce The Demand For War (Somewhat). Oh, And Happy Veterans Day! (November 6, 2017), Murthy v. Missouri: AMA v. AAPS; Flaccid Amendment v. First Amendment. The Speakers’ Corner And The Public Square. (March 18, 2024) and “Supreme Court backs Biden administration in social media dispute with red states” Biden 1; People 0. Oh, And Happy Canada Day! (July 1, 2024).]
Bumper stickers of the week:
My vote cancels your vote
Vote? Why? Not?
Can we just admit we may have taken this ‘anyone can grow up to be President’ thing just a bit too far?
“How many more of these stinking, double-downer sideshows will we have to go through before we can get ourselves straight enough to put together some kind of national election that will give me and the at least 20 million people I tend to agree with a chance to vote FOR something, instead of always being faced with that old familiar choice between the lesser of two evils?” Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72
Ninth Annual Noble Prize In Jurisprudence (October 21, 2024)
Posted in Noble Prize in Jurisprudence on October 21, 2024 by e-commentary.org. . .
K “A prize dedicated to acknowledging and celebrating the work of someone who or some organization that really knows something about jurisprudence and the impact of courts, judges, lawyers and police on the lives and livelihood of ordinary citizens. Someone who lives the conviction that men and women should establish and respect some norms and standards that are promulgated clearly to all and enforced equally in favor of and against all.”
J “Someone who advances the Rule of Law and stuff like that.”
K “The recipient of the eighth annual Noble Prize In Jurisprudence . . . is Jonathan Turley whose work in support of free speech and the First Amendment is laudable and worthy of review and reflection. His work ‘The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage’ is worth a read. He is often a lone voice courageously challenging the Narrative.”
. . .
[See the e-commentary at Eighth Annual Noble Prize In Jurisprudence (October 23, 2023), Seventh Annual Noble Prize In Jurisprudence (October 17, 2022), Sixth Annual Noble Prize In Jurisprudence (October 18, 2021), Fifth Annual Noble Prize In Jurisprudence (October 19, 2020), Fourth Annual Noble Prize In Jurisprudence (October 21, 2019), Third Annual Noble Prize In Jurisprudence (October 15, 2018), Second Annual Noble Prize In Jurisprudence (October 16, 2017), First Annual Noble Prize In Jurisprudence (October 17, 2016) and Award Deadlines (Livelines?) (July 25, 2016).]
Bumper stickers of the week:
Give civil rights and civil liberties a chance
Make Civil Liberties Great Again
Rediscover the Constitution
e-commentary 
Post Number 1000! And Still Having Fun! Oh, And Happy Post Number 1000! (November 18, 2024)
Posted in e-commentary on November 18, 2024 by e-commentary.org. . .
K “I am regularly surprised and occasionally shocked at where I am personally and politically and legally and economically today.”
J “Me too.”
K “You too. I am plagued by self-induced self-doubt every day.”
J “I am not surprised at where I am. The consequences of unrelenting critical thinking.”
. . .
K “For an undertaking that did not have an outline or a deadline or a line or a plan or a direction or a trajectory, I am surprised and shocked to see where it has veered and ventured.”
J “It has been fun. The path sure has been rocky in the last five years.”
. . .
J “The great fork . . . the great divide . . . the great chasm . . . was Covid. Life in B.C. and in A.C. Before Covid and After Covid.”
K “Those in power are keen to get the folks with the pitch forks to turn on the folks with the burning torches. That strategy is working frighteningly well.”
. . .
K “My emerging conviction in the last five years is that the American Experiment is failing and is continuing to fail and will surely fail. The bigger and far more intriguing question is what will become of the experiment.”
J “We still agree on many things. Are two countries in our future?”
. . .
J “Boycott Red America.”
K “Thoughtfully Boycott Blue America.”
. . .
[See “The Revolution of 2024” by Jeffrey A. Tucker in the “Brownstone Institute” dated November 16, 2024.]
[See the very first piece that kicked off the journey at Boycott Red America (January 3, 2005) almost a score years ago. These weekly essays in the vein of Montaigne assaying the ideas of the time were available at “www.e-ssay.org”. Note that K’s weltanschauung has evolved over the two decades. J remains resolute and undaunted. See the summary of the prior nineteen years of e-ssays and e-commentaries at e-commentary: Approaching A Score Years Of Fun And A Mille Posts! (December 31, 2023 / January 1, 2024).]
[See the e-commentary at Friendships And Families Asunder. Brother v. Brother. And Big Brother Always Looming (November 8, 2021), Civil War II. Coming To A Country And City Near You (November 26, 2018), The Great National Dissolution: Resolving The Great Civil War (April 18, 2011), World War E / World War III Is 1 [9?] Year[s] Old This Week. Oh, And Happy Presidents’ Day! (February 20, 2023), The United States Of Polarization (November 1, 2021), On Friendship Today: Flat, Fried, Frayed, Frazzled, Frozen, Fractured, Fissured, Fatigued, Finished? Oh, And Happy Thanksgiving! (November 20, 2023), Truckers; Convoys; Politics; Race; Class; Religion; The American Effete And The PMC. Oh, And Happy Valentine’s Day! (February 14, 2022), Vaccine Vacillation And Vicissitudes (December 14, 2020), The Vaccine: The Shot Felt Round The World (November 23, 2020), What’s In A Name? Medical School Monikers In 2032 (January 17, 2022), Red State Medicine v. Blue State Medicine; Red Continent Medicine v. Blue Continent Medicine; WCH v. WHO (October 25, 2021), Narratives Competing (August 2, 2021) and The Populace Is “Dis-ed”: Discombobulated, Disequilibrated, Disquieted, Disconcerted, Dislocated, Disillusioned, Disappointed, Dismayed, Dissed And Dis-ed (February 8, 2021).]
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