Author: Burr Deming

 
Yes, they showed us
 

From Andrew McCormick The Nation:

“This is not America,” a woman said to a small group, her voice shaking. She was crying, hysterical. “They’re shooting at us. They’re supposed to shoot BLM, but they’re shooting the patriots.”

A man, possibly her husband, comforted her: “Don’t worry, honey. We showed them today. We showed them what we’re all about.”

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Did my president really telling rioters to "stay" peaceful?
As they were rioting?

Did he tell them they are special?
As they were ripping up the Capitol building?

Did he express his love for them?
As they were violently attacking our country?

— Burr Deming (@BurrLand01) January 7, 2021

Benedict Who?
Arnold?
Who the hell is Benedict Arnold?

So I slam General Michael Flynn, again and again.
I point out the obvious parallels with another brave American military hero, who also later betrayed his country.

Been “liked” by conservative supporters of Flynn.
This and other tweets.

To my new conservative friends:
These were not intended to be a combined IQ test.

 

Genius.
And not a bad sound.

 
This is like an audition for the role of villain
 

BRET BAIER: I want to pin you down on what you're trying to do. Are you trying to say that Trump will be president after January 20?

JOSH HAWLEY: Well, that depends on what happens on Wednesday

BAIER: No it doesn't

(Trump in fact lost an election!) pic.twitter.com/vsO2JyRJuk

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 5, 2021

…villain in a low budget television series

for very small children

who need to see the bad guy as clearly evil

 

 

I said a little while back that Savvy Discourse seemed to be underestimating the chance that Trump might attempt something genuinely insane. As in, something so disastrous that even a 10% chance should be seen as an unacceptable threat. This is the sort of thing I mean. https://t.co/XJimFihcUo

— Julian Sanchez (@normative) December 31, 2020

 
Entire transcript is even worse
 

Impeach Trump now then lock him up! @heathergtv takes on the bombshell #TrumpTapes pic.twitter.com/hVMW1AOduI

— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) January 3, 2021

Beyond Smoking Gun

This is cannon on fire

This is smoking Guns of Navarone

Photography.
Plus, I'm bald.

Plus I don't want to fill everyone's heart with lust.

— Burr Deming (@BurrLand01) December 31, 2020

• Vagabond Scholar has a round up of the best blog posts of 2020. Those of us who didn’t make the cut can sue or demand recounts.
   
• If a picture is worth a thousand words, a good cartoon has to be worth at least a hundred. In Hackwhackers we find a few hundred to ponder about COVID, the old, and the New Year.
   
• Ted McLaughlin at jobsanger shows that Americans are investing a lot of hope in 2021.
   
• Jonathan Bernstein looks back, finding political bright spots in the year that was, including high-turnout, Mitt Romney’s sudden courage, and a few more.
   
• Infidel753 looks back to 2020 and before, drawing a dozen political lessons to be applied to 2021 and beyond. I especially agree with the one about chanting dumb things that drive sensible voters away.
   
  At the risk of bruising the delicate sensibilities of our beloved Aunt Tildy, one quote:
   
  There’s no way of knowing how many votes we lost because of talk of abolishing private medical insurance and “defund the police”, but it was probably quite a few. Yes, yes, I know “defund the police really means blah blah” — shut the fuck up.
   
• John Scalzi at Whatever makes an astute point about the final, long awaited end to 2020. It isn’t quite here yet.
   
• driftglass celebrates the irony of the turning of the year: an elderly new President chasing out a brat-child old president.

Continue reading “Best Posts, COVID, Hope, Bright Spots, Lessons, 2020 Not Over, Calvary, Lin”

 
…support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic
 
From momwino98:

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I may be too old to be young, but I’ll never be too old to be immature