My initial bafflement was: Why didn't Trump send the tanks to the Capitol and seize it?
Answer: He probably told the generalitat to do so, and after some hemming and hawing, they told him that they could not.
So he turned to his minions. Coward that he is, #bunkerboy did NOT lead the march on Capitol Hill (unlike Coxey and the Bonus Army), instead getting into his Suburban for the one-block trip back to the White House, and let the thugs, goons, traitors, and terrorists do his dirty work for him.
A thought occurs to me that even he could see these were a pack of weirdos, so he revved them up and sent them off and then headed in the opposite direction.
In other words, he’s happy to let them do his dirty work but otherwise considers them to be beneath him.
I’m sure he tried to get the military involved. Why else would 10 former defense secretaries feel the need to write an op-Ed telling him don’t even think of going there.
I also am a grammar nazi* (probably for longer than you've been) and you can't ignore what I said. It may not be considered good usage and it may not be liked by many, but here's proof it's a real word...
''Irregardless: In nonstandard or humorous use: regardless.''— The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, 1976
Are you going to oppose THEM?Yes, it may be nonstandard, but that does NOT mean it's not a word.
Old people ALWAYS whine and complain about youth...Andy Rooney says it's based on envy. Old people are acutely aware that they can't run, dance, or "do it" so easily any more, and they are having all those health problems.
It's gone on since ancient Greece.
I don't whine about kids...Lorde and Imagine Dragons are better than "Disco Duck."
Well, the problem for Bunkerboy is that he thought he could have a real, live, coup. The legislators would at the very least be intimidated into re-electing him and at most, flee the Capitol and resign their posts, enabling him to be re-elected by the replacements.
Or he could declare a state of emergency, scrap the whole vote, and rule by martial law and FEMA. Unfortunately, I'm sure the cops, the generalitat, and other folks told General Bonespurs, "We can't follow that order, and you WILL go to jail for doing so."
LOL, maybe. If the British government had learned from the mistakes they made in the American colonies, then I would agree with your English relatives. But they didn't, so conflict was inevitable. If a colony 3000 miles away wants representation and doesn't get it, and is organized with good leadership, and has enough natural resources to support militarization and industry, then there is not a lot a small island in the North Sea can do about it.
My initial bafflement was: Why didn't Trump send the tanks to the Capitol and seize it?
Answer: He probably told the generalitat to do so, and after some hemming and hawing, they told him that they could not.
So he turned to his minions. Coward that he is, #bunkerboy did NOT lead the march on Capitol Hill (unlike Coxey and the Bonus Army), instead getting into his Suburban for the one-block trip back to the White House, and let the thugs, goons, traitors, and terrorists do his dirty work for him.
The Kapitol Kops are on Trump's side.
A thought occurs to me that even he could see these were a pack of weirdos, so he revved them up and sent them off and then headed in the opposite direction.
In other words, he’s happy to let them do his dirty work but otherwise considers them to be beneath him.
I’m sure he tried to get the military involved. Why else would 10 former defense secretaries feel the need to write an op-Ed telling him don’t even think of going there.
Please tell me that the idiot in the cow suit got arrested. I mean, they know who he is, his name is everywhere.
From what I read in the WaPo, she was very much a MAGA idiot.
Watching her talk last night after order was restored, knowing she'd just got her ass handed to her, was one of the few highlights of my day.
I've seen him in several pictures of the day and yes, he needs to get the maximum sentence.
Guess they aren't as proud as they say.
I also am a grammar nazi* (probably for longer than you've been) and you can't ignore what I said. It may not be considered good usage and it may not be liked by many, but here's proof it's a real word...
''Irregardless: In nonstandard or humorous use: regardless.''— The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, 1976
Are you going to oppose THEM?Yes, it may be nonstandard, but that does NOT mean it's not a word.
*intentionally not capitalised
Facebook's suspended him for the rest of his presidency now.
That sucks. I hope her case is mild, and over quickly and you don't share it.
I think you're right. Especially if Trump gets a pardon and those Fascists go unpunished.
My English relatives said we might have been better off if the Tories won in 1776. LOLOL
Old people ALWAYS whine and complain about youth...Andy Rooney says it's based on envy. Old people are acutely aware that they can't run, dance, or "do it" so easily any more, and they are having all those health problems.
It's gone on since ancient Greece.
I don't whine about kids...Lorde and Imagine Dragons are better than "Disco Duck."
Well, the problem for Bunkerboy is that he thought he could have a real, live, coup. The legislators would at the very least be intimidated into re-electing him and at most, flee the Capitol and resign their posts, enabling him to be re-elected by the replacements.
Or he could declare a state of emergency, scrap the whole vote, and rule by martial law and FEMA. Unfortunately, I'm sure the cops, the generalitat, and other folks told General Bonespurs, "We can't follow that order, and you WILL go to jail for doing so."
LOL, maybe. If the British government had learned from the mistakes they made in the American colonies, then I would agree with your English relatives. But they didn't, so conflict was inevitable. If a colony 3000 miles away wants representation and doesn't get it, and is organized with good leadership, and has enough natural resources to support militarization and industry, then there is not a lot a small island in the North Sea can do about it.