Saturday July 11, 2020
113 Days until the election on November 3rd
193 Days until the Inauguration on January 20, 2021
The other day Trump commuted the sentence of Roger Stone, and why not? He’d only been charged with seven Federal crimes and found guilty of all seven. I mean how bad were they? Witness Tampering including threatening to kill the guy’s dog. And the crimes didn’t even get to the heart of the matter. Stone was the conduit directly to Trump on what Wikileaks was doing with the Russian stolen emails. This was testified to by Paul Manafort, Rick Gates, Michael Cohen, among others. Stone even admitted that he kept loyal to Trump in such a way as to imply that he had evidence directly linking Trump to these activities.
So he gets out basically Scott-Free. Had Trump pardoned him then he would have immunity and be forced to testify. Not to worry because Bill Barr has finished decapitating the three Federal prosecutorial offices going after Trump with his removal of the head of the Eastern District of New York. Don’t you wonder what Barr’s motivation is? To so debase himself and the Department of Justice so much? Why? To get a pat on the head from Trump?
It is stunning.
Is there reason to impeach Trump? I’ve heard good reason. And that is that being impeached would prevent him from running for office again. I can’t find the wording anywhere yet. Does it mean he can’t run for president or for any public office?
Then there’s the pardon business. Some have speculated that he will pardon himself and his kids and anyone else on his last day in office. I have to ask, “Can he do that?” and “Will it stick?” I mean to be pardoned you’d have to be charged. I would think. Hopefully, I’ll get more clarification on this point.
So the worst may have come to pass. The very thing the Founding Fathers were worried about and tried to prevent. The idea of two systems of justice: one for the rich and powerful, and one for everyone else. We are closer to this with Trump’s actions.
Meanwhile, the corona virus has infected over 70,000 people yesterday. Last week it was 50,000 new cases. At 50,000 it was estimated that that would represent 7,500 deaths of older people or 500 of younger people. Or 10,500 older folks at the 70K mark or 700 young folks. That’s just daily death toll from that day’s infection.
Hey, Mississippi’s governor even thinks it might be a good idea to wear a mask. Yeah, you’re not New York. Remember you saying that? No? Maybe, it wasn’t you but that idiot governor in Florida, who along with Kemp in Georgia stole their elections. Can you imagine if Florida and Georgia had the opponents in office what would have happened? I tell you what. They would have locked down the state and stamped out the virus. But instead you got these no-nothings who gosh gee-wilikers maybe we outta wear a mask? Types running the state governments. Now their hospitals are over run. Their staffs still don’t have proper protective equipment and it’s going to get worse. Doctors are now having to decide who lives and who dies. Good job guys!
PS Picasso, Man with Sheep (maybe?)
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