Politics-What's on your mind?

[charley]

I zoned out watching the "trial"... zzzzzzzzz I will catch the summaries on the news later, much later. No documents produced, nor witnesses testifying. It just seemed like a lot of judicial foreplay, with a lot of legalese mumbo-jumbo from the Republicans that I didn't understand, and the Democrats just re-verbalizing the charges, and in between, more procedural legalese. I don't even understand why they are calling it a trial. It was more interesting when Pelosi was holding back on sending the charges to the Senate; I almost wish she never sent them, and that the impeachment would just hang there, like some albatross hanging over Trump's head.

[FireSignFemme]

Originally Posted by charley

... I almost wish she never sent them, and that the impeachment would just hang there, like some albatross hanging over Trump's head.

I think in a way it sort of is. I mean before this trial even began, there were those threatening, or promising, I guess it just depends what side you're on, if they didn't win this round they might try and impeach him again for other things. Maybe. And the way I understand it, he doesn't even have to still be in office for them to impeach him so when does it all end?

[FireSignFemme]

https://www.timeanddate.com/countdow...ial%20Election

[GeorgiaMa'am]

Originally Posted by charley

. . . the Democrats just re-verbalizing the charges, and in between, more procedural legalese. I don't even understand why they are calling it a trial.

The procedural legalese is boring, except to illustrate how reluctant the Republicans are to let any witnesses or evidence be shown. If they weren't afraid of the evidence, why not let it come out so they could refute it?

It's really not so much a trial - even though technically it is one - as an opportunity for the Democrats to list out all the details of what people did or saw that was wrong, by explaining why they should be called as witnesses. Even if the Republicans don't let the witnesses testify, now the Democrats have an opportunity to explain exactly why and what it was that Trump did that was illegal (not to mention idiotic, crass and not interested in the American public's welfare). I think that's why the Democrats thought it would be worthwhile to go through the process of impeachment, even if they could never get an impeachment past the Senate.

[kittygrrl]

i'm reviewing Adam Schiff's presentation...so far it's incredibly good, measured..with brilliance...enjoying..w tea

[Kätzchen]

I wonder if anyone who saw the documentary, Dark Waters (Corporate Malfeasance committed by DuPont et al) will see a similar parallel to the life long pattern of corporate malfeasance committed by the T---p family. Just like Teflon is toxic and is practically in everybody's system (same as plastic copolymer products which never 'die', it's impossible; it's got its own brand of toxicity) and branded as non-stick product, it's my opinion that T---p is as toxic as Teflon. I personally feel that his proverbial sins will be exposed for the treachery behind all things T---p and that his brand of corporate malfeasance is only the tip of the iceberg of the many 'Cardinal Sins' this horrible monster has committed, over and over again, since a very young age.

Just like King David committed his treachery of murder in plain sight, so it is with the many treacheries committed by T---p.

That's what I have been thinking about, lately.

I also think that anybody running for POTUS should undergo a psychiatric exam, to make sure they don't have some out of control narcissism or some sort of sociopathy which is not only a danger to those afflicted by it, but a serious danger and threat to society as a whole.

[homoe]

LOVE LOVE LOVE this!

[homoe]

Beware you spineless politicians, the Lincoln Project is calling you out..

[FireSignFemme]

As far as psychiatric exam goes, though I think it's worth the effort, I don't know how effective it would actually be. Sociopaths, psychopaths many of them are very skilled, adept, accomplished and proficient liars. Especially the more organized ones. Very good at acing those type of tests, cunning people.

[homoe]

Originally Posted by homoe

LOVE LOVE LOVE this!

Just in case you're unfamiliar with the Lincoln Project.......

[C0LLETTE]

DOOMSDAY CLOCK

The keepers of the Doomsday Clock on Thursday moved the symbolic countdown to global disaster to the closest point to midnight in its 73-year history, citing “existential danger” from nuclear war and climate change.

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which was founded after the creation of the atomic bomb during the Second World War and focuses on the greatest threats to human survival, said it moved the clock from two minutes to midnight to 100 seconds to midnight – a 20-second advance.

The decision was made by the group’s science and security board, in consultations with its board of sponsors, which includes 13 Nobel laureates.

In a statement accompanying the clock’s advance, the organization said the nuclear and climate dangers “are compounded by a threat multiplier, cyberspace-based information warfare that undercuts society’s ability to respond.”

“The international security situation is dire, not just because these threats exist, but because world leaders have allowed the international political infrastructure for managing them to erode,” it said.

Rachel Bronson, president and CEO of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, said: “We are now expressing how close the world is to catastrophe in seconds – not hours, or even minutes.”

Come out of the woodwork all you Ignorant Trump Voters. Defend your votes and your support of him.

You owe us at least this much as you supported that horrible, greedy, shortsighted craven fool who will try to protect his ugly, venal, grasping family in underground bunkers while the rest of us try to survive the annihilation of ourselves, our children, and whatever generations might have come but will not.

yes, yes..i know you have the right to vote as you will...but look at the dreadful deadly mess you've created...and frankly, i don't even think you got a fair trade ...maybe a job that will be short-lived, maybe a few pennies more per hour long as the job lasts, and then a world you wont be able to afford enough gas masks to live in.