BRET BAIER (FOX Jan. 4, 2021): I want to pin you down on what you’re trying to do. Are you trying to say that Trump will be president after January 20?
JOSH HAWLEY: Well, that depends on what happens on Wednesday

GARLAND ON THE MOVE?
“The actions we have taken thus far will not be our last. The Justice Department remains committed to holding all Jan 6 perpetrators, at any level, accountable under law, whether they were present that day or were otherwise criminally responsible for the assault on our democracy. We will follow the facts wherever they lead.” – – Attorney General Merrick Garland, 1/5/2022
merrick’s “as long as it takes and whatever it takes for justice to be done ” reminded me of the message on the FL supreme’s great seal “Sat Cito Si Recte” (Soon enough if done rightly). both meaning it’s important to take the time necessary to reach the correct result, justice).
hope the clamoring talking heads finally got comfort hearing him explain about the importance of catching the little fish first in order to nab the big ones:
and i particularly liked his pointed remarks on voting rights. all in all merrick done good. sure different from bill barf’s (or shall we more accurately call it the former guy’s) DOJ.
for transcript click on
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Delivers Remarks on the First Anniversary of the Attack on the Capitol | OPA | Department of Justice
looks like columbia missourian cartoonist darkow had the same idea as fearless leader today
Happy Anniversary, I guess (‘cuz, thankfully, it did work).
How Republicans became the party of Trump’s election lie after Jan. 6WaPo
Lengthy article but worth the read, especially today.
Lest we forget – Glenn Kessler at WaPo
Again, a longish read but worth it today.
I think I’ve reached my bandwidth limit so I’ll shut up and sit in the back of the room and listen for a while
Biden to mark Jan. 6 anniversary: ‘We must decide what kind of nation we are going to be’ | TheHill
joe was the real leader that day saying what the imitation then commander in chief should have said
this is what joe said on this day last year. the only leader to act presidentially and tell the truth : “this is not dissent, it’s disorder, it’s chaos, it boarders on sedition and it must end NOW. I call on this mob to pull back and let democracy go forward…. The words of a President matter, no matter how good or bad that President is … therefore I call on President Trump to go on national television now to fulfil his oath and defend the constitution to demand the end of this siege…”
there’s a 35 second pause before he walks out on stage to speak
Lots of pigs in the gop. The trough is wide.
well done, joe. good strong speech
Excellent speech. Now if only it can make some difference.
I heard a couple sentences that President Biden spoke this morning. My immediate thought was it would be great treat to see what the criminal orange blog was doing. My guess is there are holes in the carpet and someone eating wallpaper paste in the criminal shop. Hopefully he will pop the blood pressure and become a trivia question in 2122.
Today is also Epiphany.
And, of course, it’s the anniversary of people actually dying.
Many fine zingers in Biden speech. Among my favs:
“His bruised ego matters more to him than our democracy”
“You can’t love your country only when you win.”
“He’s not just a former President, he’s a defeated President.”
BBC World Service is running a decent 6-part audio-doc on the genesis of contemporary American right-wing extremism, from the genesis of it with anti-Hillary Clinton conspiracy theories in the ‘90s to the fruition of it on Jan. 6th, worth a listen.
The first episode discusses some British “Ambrose” fucker who first poisoned the well with Vince Foster conjecturing, and then lo and behold, who has a guest article in the Telegraph, today:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/despite-youve-heard-didnt-load-141925194.html
“Despite what you’ve heard, I didn’t load the gun for the Capitol Hill attack
by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard“
Damnit gotta put the tree back up
Bink
And none of the above would have risen without the end of the Fairness Doctrine, Civil Rights Legislation, Rush Limbaugh and the invasion of right wing radio in the 80s. Throw in anti-bussing, politicization of the Evangelicals and the tax revolt in California, it has been a more than 60 year slide into fascism.
The Kochs and Murdock will have a lot to answer for in hell.
Ah, here’s the whole doc, “The Coming Storm” by Gabriel Gatehouse
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001324r/episodes/downloads
So, Jamie, the US was only not fascist for monied white people in those days. Everybody else got hosed-down and kicked in the teeth
those choir guys coulda used a baritone sax…….
Oh, Jamie, if you haven’t watched “Cadfael”, yet, ya gotta, best show ever
google it
i read a few of those Cadfael books back about the time before jimmy Lud died cause he was lending them to me…..also turned me on to Ross Thomas.
Does it come on tv somewhere or is it a computer thing……
i believe you can watch for free on imdb.tv which is easily accessible with a streaming stick, possibly viewable with a browser
it was one of my pandemic binges, but imdb.tv is free and i can’t imagine there was a bidding war for the rights since i watched it
I didnt see the biden talk……but with excerpts i’ve seen looks like a certain target toddler is bound to have a shitfit over it…….kinda like when obama dragged him at that big dinner where he looked like big schmucko the clown
if only Obama didn’t make that speech, we wouldn’t be in this mess
#lawofunintendedconsequences
ok i gotta make it look like i’m doing something ✌️
you know come to think of it, i’ve seen that dinner posited as the reason fatso decided to run, but then what explained the goober loyalty which followed……ah ha……bunches of goober nation saw that take-down on their television and immediately hated even moreso the black guy who did it but also identified with, yeah that was a real wabanza……..
but i think he had to make that speech…….fatso was puttin’ him in a corner……
Tore him up so bad it took 40 russians to put him back together again……lol
Dipshit was just a consolidation point for the vicious who already had hate in their hearts before 2016, he gave them permission to voice their ignorance with pride, which is why liberal obsession with said dipshit misses the point
sturge, he probably lost it more when he saw this
BTW, if you’re interested in seeing the full monte of joe’s speech plus kamala and CBS intro, click here. if you just want the speech scroll up to my 10:24 comment.
…he’s like weeks, months max, from genuine “drooling Marius” btw
https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-last-view-4k-video
Putin’s plan is working , and he didn’t have to waste money on one bullet.
https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-radiator-deployed
Bob, that’s WAY cool.
patd, got snow?
Stunning Liz Cheney only elected Republican on House floor today (with her Dad) for tribute to Jan. 6 fallen police (Kinzinger at home with pregnant wife). House GOP beyond shameful.
Whoda thunk Dick Cheney would EVER be one of the good guys?
Pogo –
There is nothing that ain’t cool about this telescope.
That shot with the Earth behind really shows just how thin our shell of gases really is.
There is no “camera” as we know it.
It’s radiator has has a super black surface to dump it’s instrument package’s heat into space. Something that has applications here on Earth.
Watching this thing unfold reminds me of that Mars mission that failed , because one team was using metric numbers , and the plans were in drawn up in “Cubits”.
Failure has always been the great teacher, and our space program has never failed to learn the lessons.
So much for that “Party of Lincoln” tagline.
Someone needs to check the big statue , and see if he’s crying today.
And, for something different – I was wondering about flying to Puerto Rico and what the general aviation airfields are like. This is one of them:
The exciting line is the cattle about 500 feet from the runway 28, there is only one runway, and the critters are occasionally on the runway. The birds are on and over the airport, normal for a lot of airports. The other activities are also normal at many general aviation airports. There is nothing as exilerating as hearing from the tower “Cessna NXXXXY watch for Lear Jet – ” a whoosh as you see it pass below you and you are on final approach. Fing jet jockeys.
Bi-polar Disorder –
1865 “Radical Republicans”
2022 “Radical Republicans”
1865 Democrats were about to invent “Jim Crow”
2022 Democrats are trying to save black and brown votes.
“Too much botcula in the rotunda”
Too many Fascists in the rotunda
Now an octagon in the rotunda
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A great deal of focus on threats toward congress today. And rightly so.
But it’s the local election officials, public health administrators, school board officials , sheriffs, D.A.s , that’s their play now.
As a grass roots movement , there’s a lot of Kuduz growing in it.
In Italy , the “Black Shirts” were largely made up of WW1 vets.
And they carried guns. How does one run for a school board under these conditions ?
Remember when Trump said –
“Take back Michigan”, and armed thugs took over the state house. Over wearing a mask ?
If last year was about black faces on the 6th , they would have been armed to the teeth.
I did not watch Biden today , part of his low poll is his endless pleading with people who mean to do him, and us harm.
Let us be clear when Mitch blocked Obama to pick Garland to the court , the gloves were off.
This idea that compromise is possible with AR-15’s pointed at your head is a fools idea , much like Neville selling out Czechoslovakia.
One does not compromise with thugs, and bullies , you punch them in the nose as hard as you can.
pogo, you ask have i got snow? how ’bout 8″ – it’s 18 degrees now and they say it will be all of 1 degree in the morning. the dogs love it. the cat could care less.
take care and stay off the roads, you guys are next.
My idea about centuries holds true .
About 20 years before the mark , the seeds begin to sprout.
The phone , electric light, gas powered cars .
Now we see the end of that century .
DNA pulls our ass out of virus fire , phones have no wires, and –
Chevrolet Silverado EV First Edition Sold Out In 12 Minutes
https://carbuzz.com/news/chevrolet-silverado-ev-first-edition-sold-out-in-12-minutes
Bink
Love Cadfael. I’ve read most of the books as well and always hoped they would film more than four of them. Derek Jacobi is an amazing actor and I pretty well enjoy everything he is in.
In addition to IMDb, Cadfael is also on Britbox channel.
Bob, I did watch Joe’s address on cspan when I got home. Wh’unt no compromise there. He called out Fatso again and again. Appealed to our better angels as Americans. Did about all he could in a speech. I give him high marks for his performance today. Will it make any difference? That would be optimistic.
Energy 101 –
At first it was wood and dung.
That age lasted for over 50,000 years.
Then came charcoal, see the :Bronze Age” .
All along we were burning animal fat and olives at night .
Then came ole’ King Coal , 150 years later Drake drilled his hole.
Now we can’t make electric pick-ups fast enough , and we know how to make them go using the Sun.
I’m very glad I am not in a hole burning dung.
I really hate this web site just dumping my words , when it thinks I’ve said enough .
I was writing about how smart we are , even when we are clueless .
Off to PBS.
I love POTUS Joe
So, even though CC doesn’t read it (hey-oh!), he hosts it for free, ergo some compromises are advisable, here’s one:
If you get an error after submitting a post, just click “back” on your browser and your post will probably still be in the commenting box. Alleviate all anxiety by copying your post to the clipboard before submitting and just re-paste upon failure.
Also, clear your cache, frequently, especially on a phone
Bob, don’t take it personally. Happens to us all. Drives me nuts. Bink has the drill down.
Blink –
I just make a key stroke , and the whole post is gone.
Puff.
i dig the “old man” iteration of he who once was “Colorado Bob”, so, don’t get too frustrated
Some chill-wave, the kind of track that makes me glad to be alive right now
Pogo –
Thanks , for that . I feel a lot better.
Let’s start a fund raiser , and sell bummer stickers .
About voting .
When they take your vote , they choke your throat
Speaking of digging, have some Mac
Whenever i have a lot of trouble posting something, i figure it’s Jesus saying “try a different thought”
The first rule of bumper stickers is less is more .
I made a sticker for Colorado once , for some one else.
It was the car plate , green mountains , white sky . Embedded in the green was the word “Native”, in white .
We’re going to need a lot money this year , we better make it clever.
i read every fucking word. Eventually.
ahhh ahhh ahh ahh-yeee ahhh
Ok, i don’t mean to put too fine a point on it
….say, “i’m the only bee in your bonnet” 🤙❤️✌️
oh btw if you go to my posts 13 months ago i predicted dipshit would try to start a civil war on jan 6, so don’t try to tell me that Republicans didn’t know what was up, a moron like me could read the code 🥸👍🇺🇸
How were we to know in 63 that the plural of piranha was piranha?
lol
I got it .
A 4X6 in , American flag background , and below the star field …….. One American One Vote.
That sticker will raise a butt load of money.
I can get the thing printed , you folks have to manage the money, and where to spend it. Craig holds the copyright.
Trust me this thing will work.
The math of printing , all the cost is setting up the run . Each impression after that get’s cheaper .
One does not buy 100 impressions , and sell at a dollar each , one buys 100,000 impressions ,and sells at 2 dollars . You go from making five cents , to making 97 cents
As a fund raiser nothing beats it.
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