Buckle Up, Buttercups!

Posted by: madamab on: December 4, 2022

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Whoo boy, we are in for another crazy week. We’ve got the Georgia runoff on Tuesday, in which Georgians get to make the extremely difficult choice to vote for the sane, accomplished incumbent, or the guy who lives in Texas, rambles about werewolves, and thinks he is running for the House of Representatives.

Walker said he hasn’t seen any lack of enthusiasm from voters.

“They’re not [less motivated] because they know right now that the House will be even so they don’t want to understand what is happening right now. You get the House, you get the committees. You get all the committees even, they just stall things within there. So if we keep a check on Joe Biden, we just going to keep a check on him,” Walker said.

The House will be controlled by a narrow Republican majority next year and will not be evenly split between both parties.

I mean…this choice is almost impossible.

As if that were not enough, this weekend Der Drumpfenfuhrer openly called for the “termination” of the Constitution because nobody loves him any more. A deafening silence has issued from the QOP. We can only assume they agree with him because at this point, National Socialism (aka Nazism) is their platform. Just look at how anti-Semitism has been mainstreamed across their leaders. In 2022, we have to deal with wackadoos like Kanye West tweeting a Star of David with a swastika inside and praising Hitler! It’s both incredible and terrifying.

And speaking of Twitter, the platform has quickly degenerated into a place where all the dregs of humanity are now running rampant. Elon is floundering and mainstreaming Russian propaganda through disgraced ex-journalist Matt Taibbi.

Here's a summary of the Taibbi thread for those who don't want to wade through it:
– Both Dems and GOPs asked twitter to delete certain tweets, and twitter sometimes obliged.

— Tom Bonier (@tbonier) December 3, 2022

My money’s on Elon’s Tesla board pulling him soon, and replacing him with someone who actually has a clue about how to attract advertisers and keep the platform working.

Drumpf’s legal troubles continue to mount. Last week, the 11th Circuit overturned the Special Master ruling in the stolen government documents case. This means Jack Smith, Special Counsel, can access all the documents he stole. Heaven knows what else is going to be discovered! The two cases against the Mango Moron in DC also had some activity last week, and Lindsey Graham was forced to testify in the Georgia election case. My only question now is, who will indict him first?

In Ukraine, the people continue to be resilient beyond any reasonable expectations, as they deal with a lack of power, water and heat.

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian airstrikes on Ukrainian cities Wednesday knocked out power and water service and caused at least six civilian deaths in the latest assault on the country’s struggling energy grid, Ukrainian authorities said.

Also, Ukraine intentionally disconnected three nuclear power plants from the national electricity grid as a precautionary measure in response to the Russian strikes, the energy company Ukrenergo said.

And in neighboring Moldova, which is connected to Ukraine’s power network, more than half the country lost power, Moldovan leaders said.

Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, the western city of Lviv and the southern city of Mykolaiv were among multiple areas reporting missile strikes.

At least six people were killed and more than 30 injured around the country, according to the national police.

Buckle up, Shinners – it’s going to be a crazy week!

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