Play it Cool, Democrats, Says Times Columnist

Just play it cool boy,

Real cool.

                            -- West Side Story, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

In today's New York Times, Maureen Dowd writes usefully on the divisions in the Democratic Party.  She writes in her usual carefully witty style about what she calls Puritans of the left who would rather see defeat than stray from arch-purity regarding Our Military Leader (OML) in the Oval Office.  

Ms. Dowd can certainly write more entertainingly and better than most any newspaper writer in or out of  the Times.  Her message here, however, is also wise, even desperately wise.  For what we are seeing too much of is Democratic division, both on and off the campaign trail.  

At the same time it seems likely that the polling lead enjoyed by Joseph Biden represents more than just a simple lead, or a generational lead.  I'm guessing it also means everyday Democrats badly want to win this election and they do see Mr. Biden as the best choice for accomplishing this goal.

 

Meantime, we have progressives who are rightly disgruntled.  I for one do not begrudge them their disquietude.  But to aim first at fellow Democrats, then hope enough of them are still standing to defeat OML seems decidedly short-sighted.     

Maureen Dowd Decries "Purity" 

A View on Impeachment from a House Committee Chair

Via Newsmax --  

Adam Schiff says impeachment would be a waste of time. 
 
An interesting and valuable viewpoint:
Schiff on Impeachment

CNN Important Round-table Discussion

CNN this evening has had an important discussion about impeachment as well as about late-breaking news of the scandalous caving of the Supreme Court majority in the matter of the Mexican wall.

Wolf Blitzer, plus Gloria Borger, et. al., had a very spirited discussion about impeachment.  The upshot was the House must move quickly on the impeachment matter.  I agree with the urgency.  However, for the House to move without public support is understandably difficult for House leadership.   And at this point, we must blame the mainstream American media, particularly broadcast media -- along with certain sectors of Internet and "social" media -- for a terrific dereliction of duty in failing to educate or simply tell the truth about this current administration.

As the CNN round-table member said. this is a very critical time in the life of the country.  Will those who love the truth more than comfort please stand up?    Please, stand up.  Stand up. 

Via The "Internet" --

Today's Humor

5:35 p.m. or so

FROM "CNN"  (Central News Network)  --

We interrupt this commercial to bring you the following BIG BREAKING NEWS from CNN:

"The House Judiciary Committee kinda sorta upped the ante on a semi-real impeachment inquiry today.  The Committee chair committed to a suit which might lead someday to an actual, real impeachment inquiry if Nancy Pelosi is in a good mood and polls tell them 100% of the American people are behind the effort.   

And now back to the salamander trying to sell you Gecko Insurance at this low, low, very humble price...."

The Mueller Report Up Close

It took a little while, but I was finally able to procure my own copy of the Mueller report yesterday.  Mine is The Washington Post  edition.  Their introduction to the document is excellent, and helps lay the case for an accusation of vast impropriety to say the least.

And the introduction also helps make clear just how misleading and hurtful the Barr characterization of the report was.

I look forward to reading through the report (minus redactions).  Congress deserves encouragement as relevant committees work assiduously to uncover the truth about the election of 2016 and other matters.  

U.S. Inches Its Way Toward a More Rational Discourse

If one focuses only on Our Military Leader (OML), it would seem that American political discourse is no better than it was two and a half years ago. 

But there are signs of change.  Surprisingly, one sign came out of the so-called conference on social media at the White House yesterday.  It seems that as part of his meanderings OML complained that his Twitter(R)  posts no longer sky-rocket in popularity.  Well, that is interesting.  It seems we have here not only a personal admission of a decline in the popularity of his media posts, but a news item of significance.

The significance is that it appears that at least in one area, blather, and histrionics are not as popular as they once were.  This should not be surprising to people who retain a belief in the basic truth and goodness of people and things as such.

But it is a battle, is it not?  A real knock-down drag-out battle.  And yet through new social media policies and a faintly visible desire on the part of social media companies to intensify their enforcement of pre-existing policies, vitriol may yet be brought under control.

Before this we could only dimly hope.   Now there is evidence of improvement.  

Our Military Leader's Celebration Called "Dress Rehearsal" for Fascist Parade

Cost?
$2.5+ Million 

For the source of this incredible information see here:

National Park Service Said to Divert Millions for Fascist Display

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German Authorities Shut Down Independent Media Site

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Recent History Document 

https://patriotinexigency.blogspot.com/2019/07/german-authorities-raided-independent.html