Lock Them Up
Posted November 13, 2021
on:Hi Widdershins,
Well we finally some good things happening. BIF passed and Joe Biden will be signing it into law on Monday. Mitch McConnell says he will not attend, which is probably fine with everyone else. McConnell did vote for it on the Senate side, but he probably doesn’t want Trump to yell at him by showing up to the signing. Kamala Harris went on a triumphant trip to France – her first as VP – for various meetings with Macron to discuss climate change and help repair the relationship between US and France after the Australian submarine scandal. VP Harris was welcomed warmly by the Macrons and the press. American press largely ignored the visit, though. The biggest thing they could find to discuss was Harris’ pronunciation of the word THE. Jennifer Jacobs of Bloomberg decided that Harris’ pronunciation of the word THE was intended to be a fake French accent and sounded to Jacobs like THEE. This was also echoed by right-wing mental midget Ben Shapiro and what right-wing mental midgets think frequently overlaps with legitimate “reporting.” Jacobs received, as you can imagine, massive blowback from social media with many pointing out that no only was there nothing weird about Harris’ pronunciation of THE, but that Harris is fluent in French (she went to school in Montreal) and THE doesn’t even exist in the French language. And, I would imagine, if Harris wanted to do a fake French accent she’d be saying ZEE, not THEE.

But there was more good news! Weeks after the 1/6 House Commission sent a criminal referral to the DOJ about Bloviating Blob Steve Bannon refusing to testify before the House and refusing to turn over documents – invoking a non-existent for him executive privilege – DOJ finally indicted Bannon. Lock Jabba Bannon up!!! One potentially worrying thing is the judge overseeing the Bannon case is a former clerk for Clarence Thomas and is a Trump appointee. So we will see how that goes. One hopes the House will now also refer to DOJ the case of Mark Meadows, who refused to show up to testify on Friday morning. Meanwhile traitor Mike Flynn told Nazi Tucker Carlson that he will testify because he has nothing to hide. Well, let’s see.
Also keep an eye on the FBI raid of Project Veritas and its criminal psychopath founder James O’Keefe. Exact details for the raid are unknown, but it involves Project Veritas’ alleged theft and publication of a private diary belonging to Ashley Biden, which they published on the evening of the 2020 Presidential election.
This is an open thread.
Here’s music courtesy of the American born French singer Joe Dassin. Son of the blacklisted by Hollywood French director Jules Dassin (The Naked City, Night and the City, Rififi), Joe and family moved back to France after Jules was not able to find work in Hollywood. (Bette Davis tried to help Jules by hiring him to direct a play with her on Broadway, but the show was not a success.) Eventually Joe became a massive pop star in France. How do you feel about his pronunciation of THE?
70 Responses to "Lock Them Up"

@2: What an inspiring and powerful woman Wanda Traczyk-Stawska is! She’s been an amazing fighter for justice since she was a young girl.
There is a 2015 documentary about her wartime experiences called “Portrait of a Soldier”.


Great round-up post DYB. Hey, what’s with that top photo of Kamala and First Lady Brigitte giving each other an air-hug? Glad Kamala is safely traveling these days to shut up the haters and spend more time with leaders that can add to her resume.
Is Bloviating Blob Steve Bannon getting fitted for an orange or back and white jumpsuit? Do they make them that big in the potbelly? A little while on prison food and he will fit into the largest size. Maybe they will let him hang up a hair, wind blown picture of his 2 time impeached leader.
Let the heads roll of all the dirty tricksters that were in the last administration.


I’ve been thinking about this whole what (the hell) is wrong with white men thing. I believe white men see white male (unearned) privilege as a birthright – a birthright that others are constantly trying to steal from them. When other people are trying to steal something from you, it makes you angry, right? Hillary needed to be locked up – for the crime of theft. And that’s what “Stop the Steal” is really all about. (This is just what I’ve learned from studying the behavior of white men in their natural habitat – a red state). Hey! I’m an anthropologist and didn’t even know it! 🙂
I’m not sure what they’ll find to put Bannon in – I just hope they can force him to take a shower first. My God that man is so gross.


We are having the first snowfall of the season this morning. Big, fat, sloppy white flakes. I’m not prepared for this yet! We have more than enough big, fat, sloppy white flakes already.


Well said, MB! @9. That is so true. And I agree about Rittenhouse – he’s the poster child for what we’re talking about.
Great insights, quixote! Thank you for the links. Wow. (I can’t think of anything more to say than that. Wow)
Beata, that was sooooo good! LOLOLOL. I needed that. 🙂


Wow, that yak not only is cleaned, brushed and well taken care of, but this type of attention to a white yak might also have some sacred meaning to this community?


Socal, that’s great about your husband and son! I think that’s wonderful – and I think it takes a lot of inner strength to be like that. If there are men like that around here (and I haven’t met one – educated or otherwise), they keep their mouth shut about it. They keep their mouth shut, or they get the “Liz Cheney” treatment. Ostracized, out of the club. Men are just as serious about keeping other men in line as they are about keeping women in line. Keeping up the big lie of white male supremacy takes a lot of work – and they’re more than willing to do it (through violence if necessary, as we’ve seen).
I would be curious to see the statistics of blue states vs red states and the percent of white men who vote GOP. Like… even in a blue state, is it over 50%?
@22 Unfortunately, a lot of those people don’t vote. Or vote GOP because of “bigger issues.” And short answer, YES. Yes they will. No problem. This Supreme Court is interested in ruling over people. Not ruling based on the Constitution. (and by people, I mean women, people of color, the LGBTQ community, etc). This Court wouldn’t think of messing with men’s rights – right to guns, Viagra, etc.


@25 Crazy town!
I’m not a fan of S.E. Cupp or CNN, but I think she has this right (it was written in August, 2020 and things have only gotten worse).
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/12/opinions/qanon-candidate-inmates-running-asylum-cupp/index.html


What the hell is Christie Kreme thinking? The Grand Old Psycho-Party already has their chosen Fat Bastard – and it ain’t him. I can’t imagine anyone reading his book (except for people who have to because of their job).


I’m sick of all the blathering about us needing two functional parties. Yes, we do. But the Republican Party is not salvageable – they are not interested in a two party system. They are interested in autocracy/theocracy/white supremacy. They need to go and the media keeps trying to resurrect them – to define them as something they’re not – as something maybe they used to be. We need a new second party with a new mascot. Elephants are sick of their shit. Could Republicans have picked a worse mascot for themselves? Elephants are matriarchal. They are led by a female!! They are intelligent. They are empathetic. (at least the females are) Not a good fit. It’s a choice – we lose the Republican Party or we lose our democracy.


I hope Luna will check in soon and let us know if she’s okay.


@32 MB, you have it exactly right. Well said – it all makes me very sick to my stomach. The QOP voters, especially. The cancer that has always been with us – that Democrats cut out, just moved on to Rethugs who opened the door with open arms. Now it’s growing – Trump gave them permission to be loud and proud about it. As my brother indignantly said when Trump was running for president, “If I want to call someone a (N-word), I’ll call them a (N-word).” If you met my brother, you would never believe he would say something like that – he hides it well with most other people. He hadn’t even said something like that to me before. But it was always there beneath the surface.
IQ45!! I love all the names for the horrid idiot, but I think that’s the best one yet.
@33 For sure! No one knows the GOP better than Hillary.


I just wanted to say that my brother would never actually do that. Call a black man a (N-word) to his face. He would be too afraid – unless he was in a pack. You ever notice that? White guys have to be in packs to do their racial dirty deeds. Like the dunce cap wearers. Gutless cowards, really.


Has anyone received their booster shot yet?
I was on my computer looking for a Moderna booster for 3 hours. Turns out in my area, you can get a Pfizer booster at your local market, drug store, almost anywhere that has a pharmacy. I have Kaiser and although they talk about my getting a booster, they don’t have openings until Dec.
I am at the 8th month mark and finally found out that Rite Aid carries Moderna. I will get my booster next Monday. Hope I don’t have as many symptoms as my second shot.
Best of luck for all of you that are having a hard time getting your booster.


@46 Nancy is kicking ass!
Kudos to her and the House for censuring Gosar. He almost seemed to enjoy it a little bit. Like I imagine he’s one of those guys who likes to put on a diaper and pay a woman to spank him. The man is not well.
I saw his brother and sister responding to the censure and they were both very supportive. They both said he needs to be expelled from Congress. I could feel the disgust (from his brother) and disgust and fear (from his sister). Paul Gosar is a SCARY kind of sick.


@51 That’s hilarious! Quevin – I love that.


Roz @44
Thanks so much for the update. Glad to hear you and your hubs had no or very mild symptoms.
DYB, I agree with Q that you should ask your doctor when you should get a booster.


MB @ 49, see if there is a Rite Aid or possibly a CVS in your area.


Stay safe Luna, hope you are doing well.


I’m so sorry I missed McCarthy’s speech last night, especially the part about baby carrots. It must have been epic.


Yes, indeed. A great, happy, happy day!
LOL, Beata! I missed it too. 😦


My great day just got shot to hell. WTF. I did kind of expect it – because of the judge – like you said, MB. Still, it’s extremely upsetting.


DYB, that’s really depressing about the prosecution. That makes me even sicker. I didn’t follow the trial – I just saw clips of the judge that were jaw-dropping. The sight of Rittenhouse made it too hard for me to watch. Poor, poor little white boy. All he was trying to do was save the world (with his AR-15). Sniff, sniff. People are so mean – to even think about locking him up. So a couple people got killed. Pfft. It was at a BLM protest! Come on. (this is how people around here see him)
The judge was elected? Wow. But then, so was IQ45. Elections do have consequences. Sadly, sometimes they are the consequences some people are looking for.


That 18-year-old that killed three people should have at least been guilty of packing a weapon of war and playing Rambo where he doesn’t belong. He should have gotten at least 10 years in prison for what he did, but getting off scott free is going to let other gun crazies to do the same.
This judge was a lunatic.


@61 With everything going on today, I forgot to celebrate President Harris!! I’m choosing to end my day with that happy thought. 🙂

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November 13, 2021 at 2:52 pm