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1. 3 days ago on Non Sequitur

   “[T]here is only one true solution. Politics is not that solution. Never has been. Never will be.”

   You (and others) certainly are entitled to your opinion. What is less acceptable is insisting (to and beyond the point of dictating?) that NOTHING Humans can do will resolve issues that ultimately turn out to be resolvable.

   You (and others) create immense friction and throw shovels-full of large-diameter gravel into the gears of society by insisting that ONLY your way is right, can work, will benefit (save) mankind. I wonder what Christ himself would have had to say about such very Human arrogance.

   Actually, I know. Mark 12.38-40; Luke 11.37-52; 20.45-47; Mathew 23:

   1: Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples:

   2: The Pharisees and the teachers of the Law are experts in the Law of Moses. 3: So obey everything they teach you, but don’t do as they do. After all, they say one thing and do something else.

   11: Whoever is the greatest should be the servant of the others. 12: If you put yourself above others, you will be put down.

   13: You Pharisees and teachers of the Law of Moses are in for trouble! You’re nothing but show-offs. You lock people out of the kingdom of heaven.

   23: {Y]ou neglect the more important matters of the Law, such as justice, mercy, and faithfulness. These are the important things you should have done, though you should not have left the others undone either.28: Outside you look good, but inside you are evil and only pretend to be good.

   30: [Y]ou claim you would not have taken part with your ancestors in killing the prophets. 31: But you prove you really are the relatives of the ones who killed the prophets.

   - Bible: Contemporary Revised Version -

   “God helps those who help themselves, but God help those who get caught helping themselves.”

   - Contemporary Humor -

   Once again, we are back to the flood, the needy man, the helicopter, and the three boats.

2. 3 days ago on Non Sequitur

   Let’s consider the case of Ruby Freeman and her daughter Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, the Georgia poll workers maligned by Giuliani and Trump. The claims against them were “alleged”, as was proven later. The allegations the two women pursued in their court filing for defamation obviously were as false as the clipped and altered video that Trump and Giuliani tried to use in the Georgia and US courts.

   But Trump is trying to say that entire videos of him speaking, his staff moving boxes containing the classified material, the (multiple-viewpoint) videos of the events inside the Capitol Building on 06 Jan 21 ALL are “unproven” and therefore he is entitled to have those events called “alleged”. No. Not. Ever.

3. 3 days ago on Non Sequitur

   No, actually violating. There is inarguable evidence in the form of video proof from multiple sources.

   There is this whole subset of people who absolutely, firmly believe that someone can not be said to have “done something” until it’s been assessed in a court of law and found to be “true”. For example the idea that Trump’s theft of classified document is an “alleged” crime.

   That’s bull-hockey. Trump was caught with multiple such documents at the Trump Tower, at Mar a Lago, and in his storage unit(s). There is NO doubt that he is as guilty as the year is long. The thinking that someone can instigate a legal action for defamation, because someone else did not use the term “alleged” in a news article or public verbal comment, is quite false.

   The court clerks need to be empowered to end such wastes of the Court’s time by requiring that any such filing MUST present proof that there is “reasonable doubt” that the factual crime was committed by the accused. When there is verified and accepted hard evidence that the accused DID commit the crime, it is no longer “alleged”, it is fact. And no, that does NOT infringe upon a person’s Constitutional right to be considered innocent until proven guilty, so don’t even start that argument.

4. 3 days ago on Non Sequitur

   The comment “Good one, [person]” always brings to mind the comment from Harry Potter when Draco Malfoy praised one of his sycophants for maligning Harry: “Good one, Goyle!”

5. 3 days ago on Rose is Rose

   Not in mine. At 80, I still am able to buy and mix my own non-lactose milk with Hershey’s chocolate syrup, in the proportions I prefer.

6. 3 days ago on Non Sequitur

   “If you run a casino in a fair manner, where the people have legitimate chances to win, then you could absolutely go bankrupt.”

   Two points:

   1) Trump has not run anything in a “legitimate” manner – ever in his life.

   2) Trump declared the 3 casinos bankrupt to cover the financial woes on their books when they couldn’t pay bills because The Donald had scarfed away with too much of their money.

7. 3 days ago on Non Sequitur

   “[As President,] Kamala could put that fat traitor under martial law, hols a summary court martial, find him guilty & sentence him to death & the immediately execute him! All of that would be an official act!”

   1) She could try that, once sworn in.

   2) For that matter, Biden also could, right now. However, the reality is that doing so would create a fire-storm of rebellion.

   3) Kamala has too much class to do any such thing.

8. 3 days ago on Over the Hedge

   They do if someone puts them there to keep them from drying out or going stale – and in an attempt to defeat RJ’s thieving ways.

9. 4 days ago on Non Sequitur

   No.

10. 4 days ago on Non Sequitur

    On a daily basis, I read (and re-read) opinion/report posts from a number of sources and agencies, including quite a few that are from outside the US. I mention this for a very specific reason.

    Most of those express their writings based upon their own viewpoints or editorial slants. I have found that if I take those different views and find the center-point in them, most often I have arrived at an understanding of the -real_ situation. Many of those sources incorporate reader comments – just like here.

    I find it interesting that in ALL those sources the consensus and majority (actually, plurality) opinion is that Trump is a fraud, a failure, untrustworthy for ANY purpose, and definitely should not be POTUS (or even elected for anything) ever again. Look back at the comments over the past month in this very section, as a prime example.

    Now, if that level of expression of opinion just translates itself into votes on Tuesday, Trump WILL go to jail – and good riddance. If not, we all better dig out the flight suits and their helmets, and buckle our 5-point safety harnesses for the upcoming bail-out.