In the smaller, redder regional culture of New France (in southern Louisiana) the gap is just short of six years. So large are the regional gaps that the poorest set of counties in predominantly blue Yankee Northeast actually have higher life expectancies than the wealthiest ones in the Deep South. At a population level, a difference of five years is like the gap separating the U.S. from decidedly unwealthy Mongolia, Belarus or Libya, and six years gets you to impoverished El Salvador and Egypt."

"It's as if we are living in different countries. Because in a very real historical and political sense, we are."

America's Surprising Partisan Divide on Life Expectancy
Centuries-old settlement patterns -- and the attitudes they spawned about government -- are to blame for differences in longevity between red southern states and bluer parts of the country.

On the other hand, Fox News leading up to January 6th, was like America's very own version of Radio Television Libre des Mille Collines in Rwanda in the nineties.

If Proud Boys are getting 20, Bartiromo, Pirro, Tucker, Dobbs, and a Murdoch or two, should all be getting at three-to-five at the very least.

Thank you so very much for the Inquirer link. Of the Democrats, I think O'Brien has the best chance of beating that SOS Perry. Janelle Stelson from WGAL would have a good chance also, she has huge name recognition around here from being on the local news.

Being ex-Navy, I like O'Brien's USMC cred. (and his wife's USMC cred.)

Republicans are "obstructing a Georgia criminal proceeding"; tell Jordan, "he should buy a copy of the Rico book for the "non-bar member price;" Congress, she reminds is not "a law enforcement or trial agency"; functions reserved for "the executive and judicial departments of government;" Recalls for Jordan that a congressional subpoena is valid only if it is "related to, and in furtherance of, a legitimate task of Congress by referencing Gym's response to J6 Committee Chair, Bennie Thompson, "This unprecedented action serves no legitimate purpose and would set a dangerous precedent for future congresses--the American people deserve better."

A federal judge on Friday rejected former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows' bid to move his Georgia criminal case to federal court

In January 2020, the Donald Trump-led Justice Department formally declared that impeachment inquiries by the House are invalid unless the chamber takes formal votes to authorize them.

The incident report, which did not include any names, said two patrons were asked to leave the theater about five minutes after the second act began of the touring Broadway musical "Beetlejuice." It claimed the two patrons were vaping, singing, recording and "causing a disturbance."

"They told me they would not leave. I told them that they need to leave the theater and if they do not, they will be trespassing. The patrons said they would not leave. I told them I would [be] going to get Denver Police. They said go get them," an usher said in the incident report, according to The Denver Post.  Police reportedly arrived and stayed in the lobby until the two patrons left.

County working to include "all communities" in planning for totality

Chesebro's attorney Scott Grubman argued that trying Chesebro with the other defendants would be unfair, since Chesebro only engaged in a portion of the conduct alleged in the indictment. Grubman argued that the Fulton County case boils down to three distinct conspiracies: one related to the alternate elector scheme, a second related to tampering with ballot computers in Coffee County, and a third related to the effort to intimate poll worker Ruby Freeman.

"Mr. Chesebro is only concerned in terms of the evidence or allegations with what I'm going to call the alternate elector alleged conspiracy," Grubman said.

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Proud Boys Leader Enrique Tarrio Sentenced to 22 Years For Seditious Conspiracy

Justice Department lawyers complained again to Judge Tanya Chutkan about Donald Trump's barrage of social media posts about his prosecution.

From a court filing: "Defendant's daily extrajudicial statements that threaten to prejudice the jury pool in this case."

including Lindsey Graham, Mike Flynn and others we know.

The newly-released Fulton County special grand jury report shows the panel recommended criminal charges against Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Sen. David Perdue (R-GA), Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) and former national security adviser Michael Flynn -- in addition to those actually charged.

I also read that if you get a trial in Fulton the jury pool is +45 Biden and if you get moved to federal court it's +35 Biden. So the odds aren't a whole lot better as far as jury pool goes. Even in Fulton though you could get a MAGA juror who won't vote to convict.

"Do you throw the Presidential Election Results of 2020 OUT and declare the RIGHTFUL WINNER, or do you have a NEW ELECTION? A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution," Trump wrote in a post on the social network Truth Social

Why it's not funny (5.00 / 6) (#5)
by CaptHowdy on Sun Jan 24, 2016 at 07:43:42 PM EST
Not that hardly anyone here would think it was but apparently many do.   I've been reading it all afternoon.
I have been saying for months, long before most here were taking him seriously, that we should take him seriously.   That was in part because of conversations I had with a very old friend of mine who very early on was making comparisons with a certain notorious historical figure who will here remain nameless because 1.) the comment would probably be deleted and 2.) many might stop reading if it was.
But stay with me for just a minute
It is my opinion that we are at this point dangerously deep in personality cult.  It was often said that Obanas support was more or less a personality cult.  Particularly by those on the right but also by more than a few right in these threads.  This is BS of the highest order IMO but in a way the constant harping on it probably helped pave the way for an actual honest to god personality cult.  IMO
Obama had actual policy proposals.   Plenty of them.  What policy has Donald proposed?  In fact what of any substance has he ever said about anything.  Tell me the last time a person was expected to be the nominee of a major party, or even a minor  one, with saying one single solitary thing of substance about anything.

If this is not the definition of personality cult I don't know what would be.

My old friend made a few points about Donald.  He has picked  an ethnic group to be the enemy within and to blame all the countries problems on.  Mexicans.    And he has picked an enemy without to whip up fear and loathing.  Muslims.   Like this other person people are not taking him seriously.  This allowed this person to take power while most people were still joking about it being possible.
Finally there is this.    In a 1990 Vanity Fair interview Ivana Trump said he kept a collection of Hitlers speeches by his bed.    The book is called My New Order and it was the sequel to Mein Kampf.  This was later confirmed by Donald himself in a separate interview.

Look, I know it's not 1939.  I'm just sayin.

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That morning for whatever strange reason I did not. I took my coffee and went straight out into the yard which I had been working on for days.

Around noon (LA time) one of my new neighbors popped up over the back fence and asked me if I had seen the news.  I guess maybe he had heard the news coming from my house every morning but this one.

Political Ad Spending Set to Reach Record $10.2 Billion in 2024 Campaign Cycle

This matter appears before the Court on Defendant Mark R. Meadows's
Emergency Motion for a Stay Pending Appeal.1 Doc. No. [74]. The State filed its
expedited opposition response. Doc No. [78]. The Court has reviewed the
Emergency Motion and concludes that Meadows failed to show a stay should be
granted. Thus, the Court DENIES Meadows's Motion for an Emergency Stay.
Doc. No. [74].

McAfee wrote "that severing the remaining 17 co-defendants is simply a procedural and logistical inevitability."

"Severance is an absolute necessity. Additional divisions of these 17 defendants may well be required," the judge added. "That is a decision for another day once the many anticipated pretrial motions have been resolved and a realistic trial date approaches."

DeSantis is defending TFG--he is not a Putin puppet,  he is strong and had a great Russian policy (just don't ask what it was).

Recent comments by blathering idiot(s) in the media or social media seem to assume that US Jews have an allegiance to Israel over the US. Or perhaps equal allegiance to both countries. I do realize that there are persons who have dual citizenship and that's a quagmire of their own making.

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