The last peony, before their petals fell off.
Every day, every damn day, I think it can't get any worse, and yet, it does.
First 47 sent 2,000 National Guard troops to L.A. against the governor's wishes. He's claiming authority under Title 10. I can't discuss the validity of that intelligently. Only 300 of the 2,000 guardsmen have anything to do. The rest are not being utilized. They're parked somewhere. Today he sent 700 Marines to L.A. This is definitely against the law. He only gets to send troops in after a declaration of insurrection. However, who is going to stop him? Later this same day he sent another 2,000 guardsmen.
However, 47 is not sending housing, food or water. This is how they're sleeping. Shows a lot of respect for the troops, eh?
Yesterday's raid was conducted at Home Depot. Basically, ICE went in and grabbed brown people. No warrants, no nothing. Just scooped them up and took them away. Sounds like kidnapping to me. ICE was supposed to get the criminal element, not the cooks, landscapers and construction workers. Apparently Stephen Miller wants more apprehensions, damn the facts.
Anthony Bourdain said this years ago, and it's still true. "Despite our ridiculously hypocritical attitudes towards immigration, we demand that Mexicans cook a large percentage of the food we eat, grow the ingredients we need to make that food, clean our houses, mow our lawns, wash our dishes, and look after our children. As any chef will tell you, our entire service economy — the restaurant business as we know it — in most American cities, would collapse overnight without Mexican workers."
The Elon/47 cat fight was weird yesterday. This was on twitter. I wonder if he's back to threatening to take Dragon out of service.
This was all over twitter yesterday. 47 tripped going up the low stairs to Air Force One. When Biden did this, it was all over main stream media, Fox had it on repeat for days. 47 does it? Crickets. He looks bad here. He has looked bad all day, sort of slack jawed and vacant eyed, spewing nonsense.
The war in Ukraine carries on. 47 sent 20,000 anti-drone missiles that were approved for Ukraine during the Biden administration to the Middle East, claiming their need was greater. Israel sent Ukraine some of its older Patriot missile systems. Russia is preparing for its spring offensive by encircling a city whose name I have forgotten. Since 47 is of absolutely no use in this situation, one can only hope the Europeans start shipping arms. RFK Jr fired all 17 members of the vaccine advisory board. I guess vaccines are over.
Thus ends my aide de memoir for this day.
I just can't today. It is just too sickening.
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DeleteIt is just awful.
ReplyDeleteDid you see the video of the trip up the stairs? His left foot and leg are weak.....also no ear damage....
Is his aim to promote civil war? That seems to be the way it's going.
ReplyDeleteIt's just horrifying and one cannot help but wonder where this will lead. Will the military personnel refuse to do more than protect ICE? Or will they too, turn on the protesters?
ReplyDeleteI too did a long rambling Post on the Fuckery, you mirrored my Sentiments about it all, what a complete Cluster Fuck, Meltdown, disgrace and escalating dangerous situation moving towards Martial Law. I think Cali is just a Test Run to see what Americans will tolerate and accept? He'll practice on Blue States who he abhors the Citizens of anyway coz they don't Bend the Knee or Kiss the Ring. He's put our National Guard and Active Duty in a very precarious situation pitted against American Citizens... I just Pray nobody gets Killed like what happened during January 6th when this Maniac instigated his Insurrection and now pretends his opposition is doing what he already has done, which, they're not. The situation in L.A., my Brother, who lives in Cali, said is small compared to how the major Media sites are covering it, it's not disrupting Los Angeles, the Location the Protest was in was small and contained enuf the LAPD could handle it without the provocation that this President has waited YEARS to find an excuse for, it's been his Wet Dream to turn our Troops against Americans he wants to 'Tame and Subdue'. If only he'd fallen all the way down the damned Stairs... he can't FOAD soon enuf, he's a Menace and the most major Threat to the Security and Safety of our Nation and it's Citizens.
ReplyDeleteDid you see the clip of the guy standing in front of the National Guard lecturing them on what the fuck are you doing, you took an oath to defend the Constitution, not kowtow to the president, you should be standing here with us. I did not know about the marines or the additional Nat'l Guard. Head in the sand days. It's just too much. How these men sent under those conditions would be willing to actually act against peaceful protesters I can't understand. I think I read that they aren't getting paid either. Several commentators have opined that Trump will overstep, drunk on power and that he's getting perilously close to it with these actions. something is going to break. If the Guardsmen or Marines actually fire on citizens for exercising their 1st amendment rights all hell is going to break loose. Or should.
ReplyDeleteà la Kent State.
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