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June 2017

 

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Monday again. Ugh.

Posted at 8:02 AM
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divider July 13, 2017

Grey skies ... are they gonna clear up?

Posted at 7:49 AM
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divider June 30, 2017

How do Republicans live with themselves?

Posted at 7:10 AM
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divider June 29, 2017

I'm now thinking the Prozac isn't doing anything after all.

Posted at 7:19 AM
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divider June 28, 2017

Cursed.

Posted at 8:08 AM
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divider June 207 2017

Too early for human existence ...

Posted at 5:27 AM
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divider June 26, 2017

Wheeee!!

Posted at 7:31 AM
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divider June 25, 2017

HEADACHE still!

Posted at 7:59 AM
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divider June 24, 2017

This is a horrible, horrible world.

Posted at 7:46 AM
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divider June 23, 2017

HEADACHE!!!

Posted at 8:06 AM
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divider June 22, 2017

Finally! Reasonable temperatures ... and for a couple of days even!

Posted at 7:42 AM
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divider June 21, 2017

... and it continues ...

Posted at 7:42 AM
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divider June 20, 2017

If you take The Walking Dead and replace the dead with people who take your money, your security, or your dignity, then you have a perfect reflection of the real world.

Posted at 7:25 AM
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divider June 19, 2017

Why can't I sleep more?

Posted at 7:38 AM
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divider June 18, 2017

THere can never be enough sleep.

Posted at 6:32 AM
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divider June 17, 2017

This heat is horrible.

Posted at 7:34 AM
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Maybe I'm insensitive to point this out the day after the shooting of Congressmen at baseball practice, but nobody has said a thing yet about gun control.

The Republicans always assert that allowing citizens to carry guns would prevent things like this, but clearly that's not the case. You had armed police officers and they were shot down as well, largely because they had pistols and the attacker had a semi-automatic rifle. The Democrats have tried for years to get restrictions on such high-powered rifles and automatic weapons - clearly not stopping people from having normal pistols or rifles or shotguns - but the Republicans and the NRA always claim this is an attempt to "take away your guns." Bullshit.

The American people can still have a right to arm themselves even if they are kept from having hi-powered tools of mass killing. There is no justification for allowing this crap, and it's cowardly from politicians on both sides of the aisle not to be discussing this right now after such an event.

Shame on all of Congress.

Posted at 7:50 AM
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divider June 15, 2017

People can't get anything done right ...

Posted at 8:00 AM
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divider June 14, 2017

Oh poop.

Posted at 6:11 AM
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divider June 13, 2017

The ever-dreaded tuesday the 13th ...

Posted at 7:34 AM
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divider June 12, 2017

Being old blows.

Posted at 6:44 AM
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divider June 11, 2017

Wheeeee!!!

Posted at 6:27 AM
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divider June 10, 2017

I eat too much.

Posted at 8:00 AM
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divider June 9, 2017

It's always something ...

Posted at 7:36 AM
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divider June 8, 2017

today would have been Steve's 50th birthday had he lived. Rest well, my friend.

Posted at 7:24 AM
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divider June 7, 2017

Tired of everything.

Posted at 8:07 AM
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divider June 6, 2017

This Summer heat has to go ...

Posted at 7:30 AM
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divider June 5, 2017

Anybody out there, or have I scared you all away?

Posted at 8:44 AM
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divider June 4, 2017

Sleep is not overrated.

Posted at 8:09 AM
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divider June 3, 2017

Welp ... that's about it.

Posted at 7:40 AM
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divider June 2, 2017

Yawn.

Posted at 7:38 AM
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divider June 1, 2017

“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear. The traitor is the plague.”

– Marcus Tullius Cicero

Swirling like a tornado causing havoc and death, President Trump hopes to keep the American people off balance by committing one destructive act after another. Our heads are spinning as we watch everything we care about in America be destroyed by this president who owes his election to a foreign power.

The strategy of the pathological lying is to create a smoke screen that makes it harder for our democracy to defend itself from the horror of these times. There are so many issues we can fight back on including our environment, human rights, economic inequality, school lunches, healthcare, food for our seniors, climate change, etc.

All are important but we will lose all of these issues forever if we ignore the real threat which is to our democracy.

Let us not be distracted with noise, sideshows and attempts to divide. At this stage, we must be citizens first who are willing to overlook our differences and control our self-righteousness to save America..

Oran’s Dictionary of the Law (1983) defines treason as a “citizen’s actions to help a foreign government overthrow, make war against, or seriously injure the [parent nation]. In many nations, it is also often considered treason to attempt or conspire to overthrow the government, even if no foreign country is aiding or involved by such an endeavor.”

President Donald Trump has committed treason.

Harsh? I don’t think so.

Early in this total nightmare, I was skeptical that the Trump people really coordinated with the Russians to win the election. Now I have not a doubt that Trump himself was aware of the Russians interfering in our democratic elections. Our sitting president coordinated with a foreign power to win in an election and in the process, has ‘seriously injured the nation.’

I supported Bernie Sanders in the primary but worked my ass off for Hillary in the general. There is no question (especially if you read ‘Shattered’) the Democratic campaign could have been more effective.

However, Hillary won the popular vote by three million votes and lost Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan by a total just over 100,000 votes. Without a doubt, it is obvious that the Russian hacking of our election could have cost that many votes in those three states let alone the nation. As people are fearful of such harsh charges against a sitting President, it is important that the American people know his crimes against our nation.

His campaign, and I am convinced with his knowledge, coordinated with a longtime hostile nation to undermine our democracy.

He has used his presidential powers in a stunning attempt to cover up the treason.

An America in chaos is a huge victory for the Russians.
There is no question that entities involved with the entire Trump empire have benefited from the Russian connection including possibly laundering Russian funds in such places as banks in Cyprus.

The president and his entire family are making tons of money from blatant conflict of interests and using foreign connections to create more wealth. The Oval Office has become one big garage sale.

The president has attempted to undermine the Constitution with his bitter attacks on American institutions including a free press, separation of powers and transparency.

His appointments to key positions in the administration are NOT people who attempt to provide a clear conservative alternative to critical issues facing America but are extremists to create chaos and destruction of our land, our values and our freedom.

He is clearly breaking the laws of the land, violating the principles of the Constitution and committing obstruction of justice in order to cover-up his high crimes.

President Trump is using the powers of his office to destroy American citizens personally and weaken our beloved American way so a select few can make huge profits.

There is a real possibility that our president has serious mental disorders and if so, we can no longer pretend that the emperor has clothes.

This is not some cheap amateur burglary attempt at the Watergate and the attempted cover-up or a president lying about a sexual affair in the Oval Office.

Simply put, this is a coordinated effort with the Russians by our president to undermine our democracy and freedom. It is treason.

-- David Mixner

Posted at 7:55 AM

 


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