Update no.1095

Update from the Sunland

No.1095

2.1.23 – 8.1.23

Blog version:  http://heartlandupdate.blogspot.com/

 

To all,

 

Once again, we witness history being made and not the kind we want. We have not seen this sort of history since 1860, when it took 44 ballots and two months to finally elect Representative William Pennington of New Jersey as Speaker of the House. That speaker election took place as the clouds of a brutal civil war gathered. The 2023 speaker election was not as contentious as that one, but it was the most contentious in our lifetime. It was crystal clear before the process began that Representative Kevin Owen McCarthy of California was more than willing to sell his soul to the devil to become speaker. The voting for the 2023 election of the Speaker of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, 3.January.2023, with votes 1 – 3 on Tuesday, 4 – 6 on Wednesday; 7 -11 on Thursday, 12 -14 on Friday, and McCarthy finally won early Saturday morning by picking off the MAGA fBICP opposition and then convincing the holdouts [six (6)] to vote present, which lowered the threshold for a simple majority of votes cast from 218 to 215. The vote concluded on Saturday, 7.January.2023 at 00:34 [R] EST—216 (McCarthy) – 212 (Jefferies) – 6 (present) – 0 (not voting). McCarthy appears to have seriously emasculated the speakership to achieve the win. He will now reap the whirlwind.

As the deadlock continued through the week, the MAGA fBICP dissenters offered a passel of other candidates through the various ballots including Representatives Byron Lowell Donalds of Florida, Kevin Ray Hern of Oklahoma, and James Daniel ‘Jim’ Jordan of Ohio. Then, as if they wanted to show how freakin’ desperate they were, Representative Matt Gaetz of Florida nominated [the person who shall no longer be named]—the very singular man who inspired, encouraged, and stimulated the January 6^th insurrection—to be speaker of the House. Can you imagine? Fortunately, Gaetz was the only malcontent to vote for that conman snake-oil salesman.

McCarthy will now attempt to herd cats and preside over a cabal of fascists, election deniers, conspiracy theorists, and insurrectionists. We have definitely given the inmates the keys to the asylum. Crazy is going to get even crazier. Strap in, it is going to be a rough ride for the next two years.

 

The cancer of [the person who shall no longer be named] has spread to Brazil. After the electoral defeat of the wannabe-dictator former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, his supporters decided to storm the capital in Brasilia in a copy-cat insurrection of our January 6^th version. Bolsonaro stoked false conspiracy theories that his election had been stolen from him rather than he just lost. As of Sunday evening, the riot is still on-going, and the military has apparently been called out to restore peace to the capital. Monday morning, as I was editing this week’s Update, the government reported that order had been restored after considerable damage to government buildings and 400 arrests so far.

 

Comments and contributions from Update no.1094:

Comment to the Blog:

“George Santos wasn’t vetted at all. Just to make politics more fun, the Republicans are splitting over who gets to be Speaker of the House. Hmmmm

“I’ve had a ‘passing’ thought several times now. The eloquent words of the Declaration of Independence are not law, but the Preamble to the Constitution is part of the ultimate in U.S. law. Those stated purposes directly oppose the current trend in POTUS rulings. Shouldn’t they guide the Court in its specific actions? How could we use that?”

My response to the Blog:

Exactly! Clearly, the Republican Party failed, or perhaps the fBICP only cares about loyal votes in the House and could not care less about false and fraudulent candidates. Put this experience against other highly questionable candidates like Walker, Greene, Gaetz, Gosar, et al, and we begin to see a very troubling trend. Even the representative for our district, David Schweikert, has criminal conduct as a representative of We, the People, that has yet to be prosecuted, and he still gets re-elected despite my vote against him.

Yeah, today is the opening 118^th Congress and the voting for Speaker. It should be a very interesting day. McCarthy’s duplicity in the BIG LIE disqualifies him in my book. But, the fBICP continues to elect these guys, and with each disgusting action, they move farther away from me. They do not care. They only care about power by any means that does not land them in prison, and even at that they are pressing the threshold. There are more of us than there are of them. We simply must vote and take control from that bunch.

The situation with SCOTUS is an entirely different matter. Unfortunately, we shall suffer the current bench for decades. While the majestic words of the U.S. Constitution Preamble should guide us, I have rarely seen those words quoted in SCOTUS rulings. To the fBICP, “domestic Tranquility” means the entire nation submits to their dicta, and the “Blessings of Liberty” are only those approved by the fBICP. I do NOT share their interpretation of the U.S. Constitution.

We failed to vote the fBICP into oblivion. We get another opportunity in a couple of years. VOTE, VOTE, VOTE!

 

Another contribution:

“OK Bud, what’s the next move with the person who’s name I cannot and will not mention. Yes, over here he’s also as popular as a pork pie in a Synagogue!”

My reply:

[The person who shall no longer be named] waits for the hammer to fall, which I am progressively more convinced is coming. He faces an array of felony charges from tax evasion, mishandling of classified documents, and of course insurrection (among many others). Here is my prediction. The charges will begin to become public in a few months. He will strive mightily to obstruct, deflect, delay, and otherwise do everything his remaining money will buy to stay out of court and out of prison. When he does go to court, he will attempt to mobilize his infected snake-oil minions to disrupt any judicial proceeding against him. I believe this is going to get much uglier before we make our way toward “brighter sunlit uplands.” His popularity over here is thinning among his believers. The rats will flee the sinking ship when charges begin to be filed in court. History is NOT going to treat him well.

 

My very best wishes to all.  Take care of yourselves and each other.

Cheers,

Cap                  :-)