tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post5779217723259771673..comments2024-03-28T14:52:13.218-05:00Comments on Stonekettle Station: FlawedJim Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-59933674535816358232022-12-16T20:39:23.309-06:002022-12-16T20:39:23.309-06:00"Every human being has value that they brough..."Every human being has value that they brought to the table, especially Hitler."<br />But not Jewish people, apparently. Crazy, stupid, despicable that's Kanye, the MAGA morons, and the entire conservative movement.<br /><br />And oh yeah, Jones should spend the rest of his life in solitary confinement.LCShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06230899522753297278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-27563703002024812352022-12-14T15:59:30.100-06:002022-12-14T15:59:30.100-06:00"and they only get one shot"
That's..."and they only get one shot"<br /><br />That's a fallacy. A lie, even.<br /><br />There is NOTHING in the justice system that says that all crimes must be prosecuted at once.<br /><br />Garland could have prosecuted tRump on the first day he walked into office using the Mueller Report, and even if he lost that, would still have DOZENS of charges to work with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-55159135100488540722022-12-05T20:07:30.628-06:002022-12-05T20:07:30.628-06:00I greatly fear that you are correct.I greatly fear that you are correct.Jeannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-86836426412228636292022-12-03T21:24:53.024-06:002022-12-03T21:24:53.024-06:00Dan Carlin started his multi-part series "Wra...Dan Carlin started his multi-part series "Wrath of the Khans" by saying that one day someone will write a book on the "upside of the Third Reich." He estimated it would be a hundred or more years before that happened. Ye beat him by 99.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-18800003089803604662022-12-03T14:52:13.908-06:002022-12-03T14:52:13.908-06:00The whole Magaverse would have a hairy conniption ...The whole Magaverse would have a hairy conniption if they were to be reminded that Jesus Christ was, in fact, Jewish. They would insist, loudly that he was a white Christian regardless of the fact that Christianity wasn't founded as a religion until years after his death. All of the Evangelicals would be absolutely appalled to learn that the first Christians were all Catholics as well. <br />Facts suck in their world.KristenRdesinskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08474083293633643621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-26852763609771092142022-12-03T14:02:15.364-06:002022-12-03T14:02:15.364-06:00Your dad and mine could have met, or anyway passed...Your dad and mine could have met, or anyway passed each other for all I know. He was in the Pacific Theater, too. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-89479685383159674062022-12-03T13:47:50.675-06:002022-12-03T13:47:50.675-06:00I hadn't heard it expressed that way, but I ce...I hadn't heard it expressed that way, but I certainly understood it. Took me right back to the days when my dad would fulminate about the excessive use of TP by everyone else in the family (who were all female). That finger poking thing, I always dreaded it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-88776870100779377152022-12-03T13:36:07.811-06:002022-12-03T13:36:07.811-06:00Too bad de-rebelification never got acted upon. Too bad de-rebelification never got acted upon. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-11875743167299212132022-12-02T14:47:51.398-06:002022-12-02T14:47:51.398-06:00If you were 18 in 1945 (the final year of WWII), y...If you were 18 in 1945 (the final year of WWII), you’d be 93 years old today.<br /><br />I cite that that stat to point out that the vast majority of the generation that fought the nazis are no longer with us.<br /><br />My father fought in Okinawa. I remember in my teen years thinking that he was appallingly conservative. Didn’t like rock music. Hated the hippie protests of the Vietnam war.<br /><br />But I can tell you with absolute certainty that if these pro-nazis and Hitler apologists had stumbled to within arm’s reach of Dad and his war buddies when they were still in their prime, they have been beaten til they were soft and mushy.<br /><br />That’s all it’s taken. The passing of America’s Greatest Generation for members of its softest generation to embrace what tens of thousands of their own countrymen died fighting.Ida Greenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-46985136170238387382022-12-02T14:27:39.365-06:002022-12-02T14:27:39.365-06:00Another excellent essay (as usual), Jim. And kudos...Another excellent essay (as usual), Jim. And kudos for your fortitude in listening to the entire Jones show. I swear to gawd, that must be the auditory equivalent of that feeling when your finger breaks through the toilet paper.Matthew Randlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-6928397985966465642022-12-02T14:19:02.246-06:002022-12-02T14:19:02.246-06:00Speaking of the incongruity of a black person embr...Speaking of the incongruity of a black person embracing the guy who would cheerfully have consigned their entire race to the showers if he could have gotten hold of them, how is it Hispanics embrace a White Supremacist movement that thinks they are all thugs, rapists, and drug dealers? The term "Judas Goat" comes to mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-84137657061311953552022-12-02T12:18:05.059-06:002022-12-02T12:18:05.059-06:00And the GOP remains more or less silent.
Yet, i...And the GOP remains more or less silent. <br /><br />Yet, in all honesty, I have a restored hope for America. That a much younger generation will take the reins from the idiots who have come before them. They proved their worth in this recent election. The bandage has been yanked off this festering wound. There is no mincing words about what was said or where it came from, and our society is not putting up with the bullshit. The MAGA and Qanon toads have been kicked back to the pond. Yes, there is still a lot more cleaning to be done, but if this new generation continues with the groundswell of organization in 2024 as they had in 2022, America will be safe, and these Nazi loving shitbags will be running back into the deep woods, Kanye included. <br /> Radhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12100272004330892378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-91269768721017388562022-12-02T10:26:58.894-06:002022-12-02T10:26:58.894-06:00My father was stationed in Germany at the end of W...My father was stationed in Germany at the end of WW2 and for a year after the end of the war. My father was a first generation U.S. born Jewish man who grew up speaking Yiddish with his Russian-Jewish immigrant parents. Languages came easily to him, and he was a very outgoing person. So with German and Yiddish not being so different, he talked to many Germans while stationed there. He also spent his off duty time trying to help survivors of the camps find family members (mostly unsuccessful). He came home convinced that there is nothing unique in the German psyche that led to the crimes against humanity. Most Germans that he talked to said they just wanted to live their lives and weren't interested in politics. But they also weren't interested in putting themselves on the line to oppose what was going on. Certainly most claimed they didn't know. Dad came back convinced that Americans are really no different. I had always thought that America's diversity was our strength. After all, nearly everybody is part of some minority group that was disliked and/or discriminated against at some time. His comments though were a warning. BTW as a Jew, I have no interest in replacing the filthy scum with the armbands and Nazi imagery. BNechhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04126853723300359666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-6775563073060056752022-12-02T08:47:29.023-06:002022-12-02T08:47:29.023-06:00Even Musk couldn't take it, suspended him Frid...Even Musk couldn't take it, suspended him Friday morning.AmericanadianTOnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-34090538537692903432022-12-02T08:43:03.572-06:002022-12-02T08:43:03.572-06:00Well said, Chief. I am hoping sufficient whiskey...Well said, Chief. I am hoping sufficient whiskey was on board to help you through Alex Jones' show. The quiet parts are now being said out loud. If folks want an interesting 8 part podcast on the prevalence of Nazi supporters in the US, listen to Rachel Maddow's "Ultra". This ain't the first time the Reich Wing Nut Jobs have supported Fascism/Naziism. Ally Housenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-64443714378688676742022-12-02T08:37:24.975-06:002022-12-02T08:37:24.975-06:00And the minute you point out this "white Chri...And the minute you point out this "white Christian male" privilege you are called out as an angry, sexist, racist, heathen. Ally Housenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-29069141030029923112022-12-02T02:55:12.385-06:002022-12-02T02:55:12.385-06:00Yes, when I hear Maga movement I hear bowel moveme...Yes, when I hear Maga movement I hear bowel movement. You ALWAYS do your job well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-21456896653343290852022-12-02T01:57:55.608-06:002022-12-02T01:57:55.608-06:00Thanks, that was short and to the point. Legally, ...Thanks, that was short and to the point. Legally, we can vote, protest, write our representatives, and send money to politicians who will stop the nazis. A perceptible number of people I know are arming themselves. I encourage them to get proper training. I would prefer to use Douglass's first box to his third though. At the per capita fatality rate from 1860 to 1865, we'd kill 11 million of us this time around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-27132061895628683302022-12-01T23:42:16.069-06:002022-12-01T23:42:16.069-06:00I’m hoping you consider joining folks over on Post...I’m hoping you consider joining folks over on Post. It’s not perfect and still in beta, but I’m done with the bird and a lot of the folks over there were mutuals with you. <br /><br />I have really appreciated your posts over the years. You’ve got a lot to say and the signal to noise outstanding. It’s all been worth reading. From the real talk, great photos and wit, to the neighborly admonitions and little moments of humanity. Thanks for speaking up. Hope you mini is purring. You’ve got a place to stay in Nor Cal if you ever want to stop by. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-45914418876421178482022-12-01T22:57:17.849-06:002022-12-01T22:57:17.849-06:00As much as I would relish seeing trump convicted a...As much as I would relish seeing trump convicted and imprisoned, which I don't believe will happen, that's not going to help the predicament we're in. The craziest haters and most ardent MAGAs are not going to slither back under their rocks. Many will become even more motivated to "rise up" if their dear leader becomes a "political prisoner." Plus much smarter, thus more effective, wannabes like DeSantis would quickly take the path cleared of trump. At the moment, I suspect trump dividing the party might be a good thing. (I am not suggesting that's DOJ's plan, just coincidental effect) <br />My point is DOJ is somewhat N/A to the near future of saving U.S. Democracy and restoring sanity. America doesn't have a trump problem, we have a 62 million voters problem. MsJLGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06400144331773660996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-41130760608223962442022-12-01T20:29:11.358-06:002022-12-01T20:29:11.358-06:00*Raises hand**Raises hand*Michelle K in Tampahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08781838852205106904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-69136687110211366212022-12-01T18:10:26.883-06:002022-12-01T18:10:26.883-06:00Thank you for bringing my thoughts into focus agai...Thank you for bringing my thoughts into focus again.Carla Sanchezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03585526741696336576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-13465150749553623862022-12-01T18:05:35.697-06:002022-12-01T18:05:35.697-06:00Analysis of the 11th circuit decision from the ver...Analysis of the 11th circuit decision from the very astute Marci Wheeler: https://www.emptywheel.net/2022/12/01/11th-circuit-to-trump-youre-not-special/<br /><br />Unfortunately, a treason case against Trump would be nearly unwinnable. Just possibly organizing and leading the insurrection might qualify as "levying war," but I wouldn't count on that flying with a jury (where are they going to find jurors, anyway?) So it is up to the astute prosecutors of the Department of Justice to find charges that will stick.Raven Onthillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06634556869209594389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-17139829308429982722022-12-01T17:50:22.145-06:002022-12-01T17:50:22.145-06:00I am pleased to be able to say that the 11th Circu...I am pleased to be able to say that the 11th Circuit has reversed Trump's pet judge and the documents recovered at Mar-a-Lago may be used as evidence. Despite all efforts, the judiciary has not entirely returned to 19th-century levels of corruption. <br /><br />Three months lost, but prosecution will resume.<br /><br />https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/11th-circuit-rules-against-trump-in-mar-a-lago-case<br /><br />Raven Onthillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06634556869209594389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-48761150404437563762022-12-01T16:38:21.694-06:002022-12-01T16:38:21.694-06:00The fascist trains *didn't* actually run any m...The fascist trains *didn't* actually run any more on time than their predecessors, they just made it illegal to *say* that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com