Let’s see. What’s there to be pissed about today. Of course there isn’t a day that goes by without a Trump complaint. I appologize. I’m always dipping into that well. It’s just so full and deep though. Now he’s comparing himself to Navalny. On one hand you have the Russian dissident who courageously returned to his country knowing full well he would be jailed after a sham trial, only to be poisoned and die in prison. And on the other you have a guy who has been convicted of sexual assault and fraud, has been indicted for 91 more crimes, and has utilized every opportunity available to exploit our very democratic system of judicial due process. Although half the county would like to see him in jail, he isn’t yet and likely he never will be. Even though a court ruling has exposed his supposed business brilliance as fraud, very much unlike Navalny, he will have afforded to him the protection of America’s constitutional do-over- our appellate courts. There Trump has, with decent legal representation, a reasonable chance his millions in penalties will at least be reduced.
Then you have Trump’s new grift, the one that lacks his usual originality. It’s that black faux credit card thing, This time it apparently is metal, and black. As is the case with his first one, which I think is plastic, no one has any idea what it is good for. At least you could probably scrape ice off your windshield with the first one. Metal might scratch your glass.*
We also have the House impeachment proceedings entertaining us right now. Come on guys! You’re supposed to get your shit in order BEFORE you put on your show. After the Smirnov fiasco, the doubters are suggesting you give up the chase. I know you are nothing if not persistent though. Bengazi comes to mind. Don’t you have something better to waste your time on? Personally I don’t care. Go ahead and keep plodding away if you really think Biden is corrupt. The thing that really bothers me with this whole Smirnov debacle is the Fox News contribution. That outlet mentioned the document involving Smirnov’s fictitious testimony endlessly for the past year. Hannity probably dwelled on it a hundred times. But you think the channel will post any kind of an apology? No sir, they wont mention a thing, and thus a third of the country won’t know anything about the latest duping of the GOP. So go ahead. Keep on with your investigation or whatever you call it. For a change, however, you might want to be a bit more thorough with your source verification, and keep in mind if you don’t and your witness is another backfire, you not only look once more like boobs but also chillingly complicit in Russian conspiratorial election interference.
OK. Those things are aggravating to me. But right now, in the present, what really pisses me off has to do with our incongruous gun laws and gun culture, specifically as related to recent disclosure of what went on during the victory celebration for the Kansas City Chiefs. From the initial general reporting you can figure Missouri has some of the less restictive gun laws in the country. Twenty three people hit by gunfire, with one death. I honestly don’t know the specific gun laws of Missouri. My guess would be they must pretty much entail a vigilante’s wet dream- open carry, or concealed carry, permitless, no training. But what really struck me was something that was mentioned in an article I read yesterday. According to the aritcle, almost immediately after the shootings, the Missouri legislature passed a law banning “celebratory gunfire in the cities.” Well, that is encouraging. But wait, what? So, previous to passing this bill, they thought it was a good idea to allow a large gathering of pistol packing morons to simultaneously just blaze away at the clouds hovering above? And I wonder, was it possible to join in the rauccous revelry with an assult rifle in Kansas City? That was like, normal? The worst case fears of anyone having sensible reflection of what can happen in an environment combining gun powder and testosterone just transpired in Kansas City. Investigators still don’t know how may people were carrying how many guns that fired how many bullets. They know 23 people were hit. How only one perished is an absolute miracle.
Damn I hope our legislature is paying attention. Nebraska law makers recently jettisoned the state backwards into 19th century Dodge City and Tombstone. Worth mentioning: The trigger that triggered all the nervous trigger fingers into action in KC was the simple fact that one of the shooters didn’t approve of the way someone in the crowd was looking at him. Referendum anyone?
*for more Trump grifting awareness, see my blog article “The Big Pimp”
