Someone close to Biden should tell him he's already announced he will not be running again and has already resigned. Then give him a set of golf clubs and tell him he has a tee time in 15 minutes.
I’m afraid your comments are no better than that of tfg’s—just as stupid and destructive. These are highly dangerous times—if you can’t say something constructive, don’t say it. Ty.
As said in Alice (in Wonderland) said, "curiouser and curiouser".
I had heard no comment in the MSM (to be expected) - but reports that "Iran was plotting to kill Trump" were not tied to Netanyahu's forthcoming visit and address to his serfs in Congress. We are to believe that unnamed sources just found this, and it won't come up in Netanyahu's speech?
Much has been made that Harris would be a weak but still stronger candidate than Biden.
Maybe. But the Democrats problems are only going to get worse no matter how this plays out:
1. If Biden is too weak and cognitively impaired to be a candidate, how can he be allowed to remain the sitting US President for another six months with all the crises that exist?
2. If Biden remains in office through the election, then Kamala Harris has to run on his record and defend the actions of an administration to which she belonged. The ghost of Hubert Humphrey will arise.
3. Democrats for months and years, and some to present, told the public that Biden is fit as a fiddle and more energetic and focused than ever. But now, they're admitting they've known -some for years, that he was in cognitive decline and advancing senility. Why would anyone believe anything they say?
I worked at a private university. The heads of the different schools were expected to be big fund raisers while their leadership of the school was secondary. Some did not care to be salesmen and that would mean a search would be on to replace them. The university has a several billion dollar endowment, so there is little need for more, particularly since donors are always pouring in money to have this and that, right down to individual classrooms, named after them.
Profit, whether by individuals or businesses, comes before people. And when is profit enough? Never. We are living the result.
Netanyahu's visit - the stamp of certification on our corrupt government
When You say "our corrupt government," Clif, are You referring specifically to the Biden Administration? If so, is this Administration any different from any other?
Or are You speaking of the system of Government and Governance of this Nation that sets up Vested Special Interests to be able to bid for the legal power, administrative authority, and, especially, the spending capability and capacity of that Government, so as to advance the agendas ~ Power and Wealth ~ of those VSIs?
A sincere question: why do you think the 25th Amendment has not yet been invoked? What I don’t understand is why anyone would assume that someone suffering from dementia is capable of making the decision to step down from the presidency. Clearly he can’t. So it seems reasonable to me that responsible people must make that decision for him in the same way that my family had to make the decision to stop letting my dad drive. He thought he could drive; we knew he couldn’t.
"Responsible people" -- yes, that's it. We're not dealing with responsible people. Besides, the system can run without the POTUS. In fact, Biden has been little more than a figurehead at times.
Which in itself is one of the constitutional aberrations that now define our democracy. With Bibi's visit maybe the chamber can wave Israeli flags. I don't see why Ukraine should be honored in such a way and not our "greatest ally."
Well, I wouldn't be surprised at all to see plenty of Israeli flag wavers in the Chamber. After all, Ukraine is just a temporary patsy that doesn't have anywhere near the $$ or other holds over Congress like AIPAC et al does.
Yes, that's undeniable, Jeff. No one person could possibly run our vast system of government. It has become thoroughly corrupt, corrupting, as well as being unwieldy, and I'd say often predatory on the American people. Or parasitic.
I wonder as well. I had a friend, significantly older, who in his final years was not only forgetful but had bouts of real (and evermore frequent) belligerence. Before his wife died, we would travel with them and go out to dinner frequently. Soon after she died we had an incident where he screamed at young people at the next table whose noise level annoyed him. It was terrible! Even at home we experienced similar outbursts over what, we never could determine. It was excruciating to watch and certainly ended our dining out with him. When I relive how quickly this happened to him, I'm left dismayed that anyone remotely concerned for the man and the country leaves this sh$tshow play on.
The people running this sh$tshow are concerned about neither the man nor the country, TomG.
They are concerned about Power and Wealth: Increasing their Power so as to be able to acquire more Wealth so as to be able get and take more Power so as to be able to acquire more Wealth so as to... ."
Here's Vance's tweet: "If Joe Biden doesn't have the cognitive function to run for re-election, then he certainly doesn't have the cognitive function to remain as Commander-In-Chief," Vance posted. "How can any Dem pushing him to drop out of the presidential race, argue in good faith that he should stay on as POTUS?"
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., echoed that sentiment to reporters at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee Thursday:
"The question is, if he's not going to be their nominee because he's not up to it, how can he be our president for the next six months?" Rubio said, according to Politico. "If there's something wrong with you that doesn't allow you to run for president, how can you still be there as president? If they're going to remove him as nominee, they’ve got to remove him as president, and that's really bad for our country."
Fifty-five years ago today, eight-plus years after President Kennedy had committed the United States to “achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to earth,” that goal was accomplished.
After hearing “Houston, Tranquility Base here, the Eagle has landed,” and then, six hours later, watching Neil Armstrong’s “One small step...,” a friend of mine said “If we humans can do that, we can do anything.”
When will the leaders of this Nation and Planet similarly commit to Ending Poverty, Hunger, Disease, Illiteracy, Global Warming, Tyranny, and the ultimate, root cause of these conditions, War?
More importantly, when will the Peoples of this Nation and Planet DEMAND that those leaders do exactly that?
Sounds like a reasonable solution. Too bad worse people are waiting in the wings in Israel, otherwise Netanyahu, ne Mileikowsky, would be a fine foil for The Donald.
Thank You, ikester8, for that tip "ne Mileikowsky." i did not know that. It goes a long way toward beginning to begin to understand Netanyahu and the situation in Gaza..
For the curious: "Nathan Mileikowsky (Hebrew: נתן מיליקובסקי; August 15, 1879 – February 4, 1935) was a Zionist political activist, rabbi, and writer. Mileikowsky's son was the scholar and academic Benzion Netanyahu, and his grandson is current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu." [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Mileikowsky ]
You are entirely clueless as to what i thought about "The Enemy" ~ North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong Soldiers ~ during my two years in Vietnam, 1966-68. Or what i thought about Iraqis and Saddam during OPERATION DESERT STORM in 1991. Totally and completely, Dumb Shit Clueless.
In any event: What does Your comment have to do with Franklin's [or somebody's] definition of "democracy"?
And what does that definition have to do with Trump?
As far as i am concerned, this has nothing to do with the the topic of this post by Bill. Why don't You ask him if he thinks this exchange is ON Topic? Or is that another one of Your "Gotcha Questions"?
And if You don't want to exchange emails on this, then fine: This conversation is concluded.
In his 29 April 24 piece ~ ONE POLITICAL PARTY IS UNIQUELY EVIL ~ UNDERTHROW’s Max Borders offers an overview diagram of the Censorship Industrial Complex that includes the components of the CIC from Government, Foundations, Big Tech, Fact Checkers, Think Tanks, Academic Initiatives, and For Profit organizations:
He then prefaces his “Ten Reasons the Democratic Party is Evil” with extensive and linked justifications with this statement:
“The party of JFK has become uniquely evil. Indeed, members of that party have adopted positions almost completely at odds with what we might broadly refer to as JFK values. Still, a strange mass psychology holds half the country in groupthink’s grip. Such is not to argue that the other half of the country isn’t in a similar grip. It’s just that, right now, there’s dumb groupthink and evil groupthink.”
Those Ten Reasons are:
1. The Democrats are now completely hostile to both the spirit and letter of FREE EXPRESSION.
2. The Democrats are either confused or duplicitous about the NATURE OF SCIENCE that one need only replace the words “The Science™” with “my faith,” “my kickback,” or “my team” whenever the former spills from their mouths.
3. The Democrats have become bedfellows with the MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, having discovered the game of playing against yourself, which ensures you always win.
4. The Democrats have become bedfellows with the NATIONAL SECURITY STATE, which acts illegally, unconstitutionally, and with impunity. At a certain point, the party calculated that if you can’t beat them, join them.
5. The Democrats have maintained a cynical and illegal OPEN BORDERS policy designed to gain them perpetual power.
6. The Democrats are infected with SOCIAL JUSTICE FUNDAMENTALISM.
7. The Democrats are in full-throated support of chemically castrating and butchering children and teens without proper informed consent. Euphemistically called “GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE.”
8. The Democrats are willing to use LAWFARE, ILLEGAL, AND ILLIBERAL MEANS to stop their main political adversary from taking office again. TO POINT THIS OUT DOES NOT MEAN ONE SUPPORTS DONALD TRUMP. IT MEANS WE CANNOT SACRIFICE IMPARTIAL JUSTICE FOR POLITICAL VENDETTAS.
[EMPHASIS added.]
9. The Democrats have adopted economic policies that amount to the idea that UNLIMITED DEBT SPENDING DOESN’T MATTER.
10. The Democrats have ideologically infested the MAINSTREAM MEDIA, ACADEMIA, AND PUBLIC EDUCATION to such a degree that independent media are our only hope if we are to have some measure of collective sensemaking.
Borders then declares:
I could do ten more of these, but President Kennedy would agree with me on all ten despite his having written A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS. But, Max, you might be wondering, what about the Republicans? We’ll save the Republicans for another day. The Republicans are not in power, and whataboutism is for suckers and single-issue voters.
BVers may be interested in the I SIDE WITH... website, which offers a “2024 Presidential Quiz: See which Presidential candidates match your personal beliefs,” along with a number of other Polls on a wide variety of Issues, Ideologies, Election2024, and more at https://www.isidewith.com/ .
It’s a shame the Democrats didn’t take advantage of the opportunity to have Biden announce that he will not be the Party’s candidate in November, and that he has released all committed Delegates to choose whoever they want to be the candidate at the Democratic National Convention next month.
And did it on Thursday, the same day Trump got officially nominated and delivered his rant.
What impact on this whole Reality TV Soap Opera Extravaganza called Election2024 might that have had?
Trust me, Dennis. At age 78, i can definitely wait for America to "fail" and thus fall.
But given that America's Ruling Political Class and Deep State have determined that Donald Trump is to be the next POTUS, i don't think the wait for America to fail and fall will be long.
And if somehow Trump is not made the next POTUS in November, that fail and fall will happen even sooner. January 6 was just a dress rehearsal.
If America's RPC/DS wanted Trump killed, he would be dead.
Or do You agree with the contention that it was "the Hand of God" that made him move his head, and that thus, the RPC/DS was foiled? At least this time.
Someone close to Biden should tell him he's already announced he will not be running again and has already resigned. Then give him a set of golf clubs and tell him he has a tee time in 15 minutes.
It could work. I've heard he has a six handicap. Or was it eight?
Well at least Biden is good at something.
Biden is good at staying in DC since Nixon was President.
What does that tell You about him?
Bought.
And sold.
I’m afraid your comments are no better than that of tfg’s—just as stupid and destructive. These are highly dangerous times—if you can’t say something constructive, don’t say it. Ty.
As said in Alice (in Wonderland) said, "curiouser and curiouser".
I had heard no comment in the MSM (to be expected) - but reports that "Iran was plotting to kill Trump" were not tied to Netanyahu's forthcoming visit and address to his serfs in Congress. We are to believe that unnamed sources just found this, and it won't come up in Netanyahu's speech?
Much has been made that Harris would be a weak but still stronger candidate than Biden.
Maybe. But the Democrats problems are only going to get worse no matter how this plays out:
1. If Biden is too weak and cognitively impaired to be a candidate, how can he be allowed to remain the sitting US President for another six months with all the crises that exist?
2. If Biden remains in office through the election, then Kamala Harris has to run on his record and defend the actions of an administration to which she belonged. The ghost of Hubert Humphrey will arise.
3. Democrats for months and years, and some to present, told the public that Biden is fit as a fiddle and more energetic and focused than ever. But now, they're admitting they've known -some for years, that he was in cognitive decline and advancing senility. Why would anyone believe anything they say?
fund raising ability vs leadership
I worked at a private university. The heads of the different schools were expected to be big fund raisers while their leadership of the school was secondary. Some did not care to be salesmen and that would mean a search would be on to replace them. The university has a several billion dollar endowment, so there is little need for more, particularly since donors are always pouring in money to have this and that, right down to individual classrooms, named after them.
Profit, whether by individuals or businesses, comes before people. And when is profit enough? Never. We are living the result.
Netanyahu's visit - the stamp of certification on our corrupt government
When You say "our corrupt government," Clif, are You referring specifically to the Biden Administration? If so, is this Administration any different from any other?
Or are You speaking of the system of Government and Governance of this Nation that sets up Vested Special Interests to be able to bid for the legal power, administrative authority, and, especially, the spending capability and capacity of that Government, so as to advance the agendas ~ Power and Wealth ~ of those VSIs?
No on your first paragraph and yes on the second
Roger that. Thankee for the clarification.
A sincere question: why do you think the 25th Amendment has not yet been invoked? What I don’t understand is why anyone would assume that someone suffering from dementia is capable of making the decision to step down from the presidency. Clearly he can’t. So it seems reasonable to me that responsible people must make that decision for him in the same way that my family had to make the decision to stop letting my dad drive. He thought he could drive; we knew he couldn’t.
"Responsible people" -- yes, that's it. We're not dealing with responsible people. Besides, the system can run without the POTUS. In fact, Biden has been little more than a figurehead at times.
Which in itself is one of the constitutional aberrations that now define our democracy. With Bibi's visit maybe the chamber can wave Israeli flags. I don't see why Ukraine should be honored in such a way and not our "greatest ally."
I'm guessing you'll see plenty of U.S./Israeli flag lapel pins and the like.
I saw an ad last night online for exactly that.
Well, I wouldn't be surprised at all to see plenty of Israeli flag wavers in the Chamber. After all, Ukraine is just a temporary patsy that doesn't have anywhere near the $$ or other holds over Congress like AIPAC et al does.
Even in a parallel world, there's isn't an American politician waving a flag from a black country.
The System is not run by the POTUS, Bill.
It is run by America's Ruling Political Class and Deep State.
And has been for a very long, Long time.
Yes, that's undeniable, Jeff. No one person could possibly run our vast system of government. It has become thoroughly corrupt, corrupting, as well as being unwieldy, and I'd say often predatory on the American people. Or parasitic.
And in some cases, to say nothing of predatory and parasitic on many of the people of the rest of the Planet.
Western presidents are figure heads, almost all the time.
I wonder as well. I had a friend, significantly older, who in his final years was not only forgetful but had bouts of real (and evermore frequent) belligerence. Before his wife died, we would travel with them and go out to dinner frequently. Soon after she died we had an incident where he screamed at young people at the next table whose noise level annoyed him. It was terrible! Even at home we experienced similar outbursts over what, we never could determine. It was excruciating to watch and certainly ended our dining out with him. When I relive how quickly this happened to him, I'm left dismayed that anyone remotely concerned for the man and the country leaves this sh$tshow play on.
The people running this sh$tshow are concerned about neither the man nor the country, TomG.
They are concerned about Power and Wealth: Increasing their Power so as to be able to acquire more Wealth so as to be able get and take more Power so as to be able to acquire more Wealth so as to... ."
An EXCELLENT question, Mary Ann. And a perfect example. Thank You for sharing it.
Bill, your last sentence says it all and unfortunately I very much agree.
JD Vance tweeted a couple of hours ago to the effect; if Biden can’t run he can’t serve.
AKA He should resign
Yes, that's logical to me.
Here's Vance's tweet: "If Joe Biden doesn't have the cognitive function to run for re-election, then he certainly doesn't have the cognitive function to remain as Commander-In-Chief," Vance posted. "How can any Dem pushing him to drop out of the presidential race, argue in good faith that he should stay on as POTUS?"
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., echoed that sentiment to reporters at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee Thursday:
"The question is, if he's not going to be their nominee because he's not up to it, how can he be our president for the next six months?" Rubio said, according to Politico. "If there's something wrong with you that doesn't allow you to run for president, how can you still be there as president? If they're going to remove him as nominee, they’ve got to remove him as president, and that's really bad for our country."
Source: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/jd-vance-others-say-biden-resign-presidency-drops-out-race .
Off Topic; but not really... :
A Thought about July 20, 1969
Fifty-five years ago today, eight-plus years after President Kennedy had committed the United States to “achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to earth,” that goal was accomplished.
After hearing “Houston, Tranquility Base here, the Eagle has landed,” and then, six hours later, watching Neil Armstrong’s “One small step...,” a friend of mine said “If we humans can do that, we can do anything.”
When will the leaders of this Nation and Planet similarly commit to Ending Poverty, Hunger, Disease, Illiteracy, Global Warming, Tyranny, and the ultimate, root cause of these conditions, War?
More importantly, when will the Peoples of this Nation and Planet DEMAND that those leaders do exactly that?
Note: A video and transcript of Kennedy’s speech is available at ttps://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/historic-speeches/address-to-joint-session-of-congress-may-25-1961 . And NASA’s homage to Appollo 11 is at https://www.nasa.gov/history/55-years-ago-apollo-11s-one-small-step-one-giant-leap/ .
nice punch line: figuratively and literally
Don't embarrass His Majesty. See how far we've come since 1776?
Heh. Good question.
Sounds like a reasonable solution. Too bad worse people are waiting in the wings in Israel, otherwise Netanyahu, ne Mileikowsky, would be a fine foil for The Donald.
Thank You, ikester8, for that tip "ne Mileikowsky." i did not know that. It goes a long way toward beginning to begin to understand Netanyahu and the situation in Gaza..
For the curious: "Nathan Mileikowsky (Hebrew: נתן מיליקובסקי; August 15, 1879 – February 4, 1935) was a Zionist political activist, rabbi, and writer. Mileikowsky's son was the scholar and academic Benzion Netanyahu, and his grandson is current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu." [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Mileikowsky ]
Harris being deployed and not ready for primetime give me two hearty chuckles. xo
A Quote for the Day:
“Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!”
~ Attributed [apparently wrongly] to Ben Franklin
Once again, Dennis, You figured wrong.
You are entirely clueless as to what i thought about "The Enemy" ~ North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong Soldiers ~ during my two years in Vietnam, 1966-68. Or what i thought about Iraqis and Saddam during OPERATION DESERT STORM in 1991. Totally and completely, Dumb Shit Clueless.
In any event: What does Your comment have to do with Franklin's [or somebody's] definition of "democracy"?
And what does that definition have to do with Trump?
Let's continue this conversation by email, shall we? This is totally BV off-topic.
My e~ is vaw.sitka@gmail.com. And include this comment in Your e~ so i can respond to it directly.
Thank You.
As far as i am concerned, this has nothing to do with the the topic of this post by Bill. Why don't You ask him if he thinks this exchange is ON Topic? Or is that another one of Your "Gotcha Questions"?
And if You don't want to exchange emails on this, then fine: This conversation is concluded.
Have a Great day.
Out.
As usual, The Babylon Bee nails it:
Trump Selling Official $250 Golden Ear Bandages
Entire Microsoft Network Goes Down After Greg Removes USB Device Without Clicking 'Eject' First
EXCLUSIVE REPORT: Inside Sources Say Biden Is Definitely Either Going To Step Down Or Stay In The Race But For Sure One Of The Two
Desperate Democrats List Job Opening For Presidential Candidate On LinkedIn
Secret Service Says It Is Working Tirelessly To Investigate Anyone Criticizing Their Incompetence
Heroic Trump Talks Long Enough For Matt Gaetz's Botox To Wear Off
Details and more at https://babylonbee.com/ .
In his 29 April 24 piece ~ ONE POLITICAL PARTY IS UNIQUELY EVIL ~ UNDERTHROW’s Max Borders offers an overview diagram of the Censorship Industrial Complex that includes the components of the CIC from Government, Foundations, Big Tech, Fact Checkers, Think Tanks, Academic Initiatives, and For Profit organizations:
https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fceb2d9c4-4a3b-41af-a8b8-1e472921c6ce_1456x971.webp
He then prefaces his “Ten Reasons the Democratic Party is Evil” with extensive and linked justifications with this statement:
“The party of JFK has become uniquely evil. Indeed, members of that party have adopted positions almost completely at odds with what we might broadly refer to as JFK values. Still, a strange mass psychology holds half the country in groupthink’s grip. Such is not to argue that the other half of the country isn’t in a similar grip. It’s just that, right now, there’s dumb groupthink and evil groupthink.”
Those Ten Reasons are:
1. The Democrats are now completely hostile to both the spirit and letter of FREE EXPRESSION.
2. The Democrats are either confused or duplicitous about the NATURE OF SCIENCE that one need only replace the words “The Science™” with “my faith,” “my kickback,” or “my team” whenever the former spills from their mouths.
3. The Democrats have become bedfellows with the MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, having discovered the game of playing against yourself, which ensures you always win.
4. The Democrats have become bedfellows with the NATIONAL SECURITY STATE, which acts illegally, unconstitutionally, and with impunity. At a certain point, the party calculated that if you can’t beat them, join them.
5. The Democrats have maintained a cynical and illegal OPEN BORDERS policy designed to gain them perpetual power.
6. The Democrats are infected with SOCIAL JUSTICE FUNDAMENTALISM.
7. The Democrats are in full-throated support of chemically castrating and butchering children and teens without proper informed consent. Euphemistically called “GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE.”
8. The Democrats are willing to use LAWFARE, ILLEGAL, AND ILLIBERAL MEANS to stop their main political adversary from taking office again. TO POINT THIS OUT DOES NOT MEAN ONE SUPPORTS DONALD TRUMP. IT MEANS WE CANNOT SACRIFICE IMPARTIAL JUSTICE FOR POLITICAL VENDETTAS.
[EMPHASIS added.]
9. The Democrats have adopted economic policies that amount to the idea that UNLIMITED DEBT SPENDING DOESN’T MATTER.
10. The Democrats have ideologically infested the MAINSTREAM MEDIA, ACADEMIA, AND PUBLIC EDUCATION to such a degree that independent media are our only hope if we are to have some measure of collective sensemaking.
Borders then declares:
I could do ten more of these, but President Kennedy would agree with me on all ten despite his having written A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS. But, Max, you might be wondering, what about the Republicans? We’ll save the Republicans for another day. The Republicans are not in power, and whataboutism is for suckers and single-issue voters.
Full article at https://underthrow.substack.com/p/my-family-doesnt-realize-the-democratic .
BVers may be interested in the I SIDE WITH... website, which offers a “2024 Presidential Quiz: See which Presidential candidates match your personal beliefs,” along with a number of other Polls on a wide variety of Issues, Ideologies, Election2024, and more at https://www.isidewith.com/ .
It’s a shame the Democrats didn’t take advantage of the opportunity to have Biden announce that he will not be the Party’s candidate in November, and that he has released all committed Delegates to choose whoever they want to be the candidate at the Democratic National Convention next month.
And did it on Thursday, the same day Trump got officially nominated and delivered his rant.
What impact on this whole Reality TV Soap Opera Extravaganza called Election2024 might that have had?
Trust me, Dennis. At age 78, i can definitely wait for America to "fail" and thus fall.
But given that America's Ruling Political Class and Deep State have determined that Donald Trump is to be the next POTUS, i don't think the wait for America to fail and fall will be long.
And if somehow Trump is not made the next POTUS in November, that fail and fall will happen even sooner. January 6 was just a dress rehearsal.
If America's RPC/DS wanted Trump killed, he would be dead.
Or do You agree with the contention that it was "the Hand of God" that made him move his head, and that thus, the RPC/DS was foiled? At least this time.
Like i said: If America's RPC/DS wanted Trump killed, he would be dead.