Helveticus
Army veteran - Retired Special Ed Teacher
Joined Feb 2023
#politics
A 'new' lie has been revealed in the House of Representatives: They call each other "honorable gentlemen" or "honorable gentle ladies"!!
Imagine MTG being called a "gentle lady"!! Or Jordan called an "honorable gentleman"!
Maybe it's time to revive an old and honorable custom, the duel!!
#politics What is it about autocrats, think Erdogan (Turkish), Putin (Russian), Trump (hmmm), Orban (Hungarian), Xi (Chinese), that attract so many people who genuinely believe the lies they sell?? 👹
#politics George Santos is a good example of everything that is wrong in American politics nowadays!
He is a liar, a cheat, a fraud, and many other 'qualities'!
Yes, he was elected to Congress but on false premises!
This former drag queen, they are in fashion now, refused to resign even when confronted by evidence of his lies!
Well, Justice seems to be on the way as he was arrested, finally, awaiting trial for his crimes!
Hmm, reminds me of another Republican who was indicted!
Who??
We have a Congress made up mostly of idiots, criminal idiots!
Americans need to pass a test, written and practical, to drive a car!
But to own a gun, which kill far more people than cars, very little is required and evenless to carry them around!
Children cannot buy a gun, duh!, but they can 'borrow' one from their negligent parents and try to kill a teacher!
More than one hundred mass shootings have occurred this year! Congress as acted to stop the massacre? Hell no!
#religion #politics
Danger, danger, frightening danger, is brewing in some Christian circles!
A young lady who stated that she is a Republican declared online that "God had anointed Trump to be President in order to save the country..."!
She is one of many deranged individuals who pretend to eliminate our democracy and replace it with a Christian theocracy!
It is no longer Republicans vs Democrats; it is now a vital struggle to protect this magnificent country from internal enemies.
They say that history repeats itself and that we can learn a lot from the past!
That is quite true in the case of destructive leaders such as Mao Zedong, Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot (Cambodia)!
These 'cult' leaders have spawned a long list of devoted, loyal, and vicious followers who seized the opportunity to satisfy their lowest and most cruel urges!
I sincerely hope that this proud nation will avoid the trap of fascism caused by blind obedience to a reckless leader!
#politics All the news channels are talking about and analyzing the indictment of the King of Hate!
But more troublesome are the comments by those who swore to uphold the Constitution!
I can understand Mike Pence's observation that it is a political witch hunt. After all, he lacks the backbone to say anything else!
The crying Lindsey Graham, the same who predicted that Trump would destroy the Republican Party, is now showing his famous flip-flop side!
But where are the rational Republicans?
#politics Not since the Civil War (nothing civil about it) has this nation been more divided!
We can blame only one man for this renewed hostility, as he called his (obfuscated) followers to use violence against the state.
We all know his name, the new King of Hate, the immature and childish Donald Trump!
What happened to political civility? What happened to rational arguments based on evidence? What happened to tolerance, compassion, and the respect of the law?
Intelligence without Knowledge is like a car without engine!
It doesn't allow progress!
This idea came to me when listening to Republican members of Congress for whom facts (knowledge) are not important!
They cannot interfere with an investigation into a former President who has become a bully by threatening D.A.s!
They ignore the clear and indisputable crimes committed by the MAGA leader simply to please their political base!
Be careful with what you wish!
#politics After watching a few minutes of Donald Trump's deposition last August in which he plead the fifth in every question regarding his alleged shady financial books, it became clear to me that he considers himself "untouchable" by mere mortals like the New York DA!
His arrogance and dismissive attitude while being questioned clearly shows his view of the world as a all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-wise earthly god seeking adoration from his subjects! 👹
Reelection of delusion???
#politics When voting, it is better not to follow the herd mentality!
Vote for the person, regardless of political party! That way we can avoid having another Trump in the White House!
#politics Look like the special government support for additonal food stamps will cease soon and many fear that the affected families will go hungry, due in part to the rise in prices for groceries!
This is the richest and most powerful country in the world which spends more than 800 billion dollars for military hardware but allows American citizens to go hungry!!
Welfare is not charity; it is necessary to support the less fortunate and the less skilled!
Food for thought!!
#politics Chapter Three:
Will the former President be indicted and handcuffed for this action with Stormy Daniels?
Unlikely! But this may be the beginning of a cascade of indictments against him before being brought to trial!
#politics Chapter Two:
People in the know state that the invitation is always the prelude to an indictment but in this case the nature of the crime is so far unknown. Trump’s lawyer, M. Cohen, first said that he had used his own funds to pay the porn star and then added that Trump has asked him to do it!
Donald Trump has always denied he had sex with Ms. Daniels, a statement that begs the question of why he paid her such a large sum!
#politics First chapter: Donald Trump Sr. has been invited, yes invited, to talk (?) to a grand jury in New York regarding the settlement, or, as the DA prefers to call it, hush money, he reached with Stormy Daniels (the porn actress) for $130,000.
He likely will not show up since the only time he got subpoenaed, he plead the 5th every time even though he had declared in 2016 that those who do that are also admitting their culpability!
#politics Ron deSantis, the governor of Florida, reminds me of Bolsonaro, the ex-President of Brasil, who attempted to regain power with violence when he lost reelection to Lula, the leftist politician! (Reminds you of somebody else?)
DeSantis has all the ingredients to become a would-be dictator: He is well-educated, he is very smart (unlike Trump), and he has professed, albeit covertly, his desire to acquire power, lots of power by any means necessary!
Let us think about this!