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Something came to mind over the weekend regarding the McClain death in Aurora. The cops have been dealt with and rightfully so. But what about the para-medics who came on the scene and injected the strong sedative? Surely, that sedative played a big role in McClain’s heart attack.
Who are these para-medics and why are they not being held accountable?
One effect of ketamine is short-term memory loss, i.e. the user loses connection with events while under the influence. It gives you the attention span of a goldfish.
If McClain had survived would he have been able to reconstruct the events of his arrest for the purposes of testimony?
Supreme Court Justices Rule States Can Bind Presidential Electors’ Votes
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/supreme-court-electoral-college_n_5f033201c5b612083c5f60d8
Chiafalo v. Washington
The vote was 9-0.
Yet another reason for a National Popular Vote or any other means to eliminate the Electoral College.
Neither Congress nor State Legislatures can legislate behavior. They can only create penalties or rewards for it.
And SCOTUS cannot mandate behavior either. Rogue is rogue. We'll be back here again.
Here's another reason to change how we elect our President. Former CO Senator Tim Wirth and Tom Rogers have penned an op-ed in Newsweek that is truly scary. They posit a situation where Trump loses the Electoral College, but claims that the Chinese have messed with the voting. He, along with AG Barr, declares a national emergency to investigate the voting results. This investigation is not completed by 12/14/20 which is the date that Electors must cast their votes. The Supreme Court refuses to intervene, so the election goes to the US House of Representatives. Each state is given one vote depending on the majority party composition of its Congressional delegation. Today, the GOP has 26 states, the Dems have 23 states, and PA is tied. All things remaining constant (regardless of PA), Trump wins reelection. They pointed out that Trump has already begun to set the stage with tweets alleging Chinese interference.
These guys (Wirth and Rogers) are not whack jobs.
That's just scary, itlduso, but I sure don't put it past him. He's desperate to keep that presidential immunity Here's the link in case someone hasn't gotten it yet https://www.newsweek.com/how-trump-could-lose-election-still-remain-president-opinion-1513975
#Harbinger2020?
'TRUMP 2020' car wrecks 16 laps Into Brickyard 400
Not whack jobs, certainly.
But a bit sloppy with their research. There are few states which have their legislature certify electors. Comment at emptywheel pointed out:
Interesting. Thanks.
Ed Luce, Financial Times, is also concerned about a peaceful transfer of power if Trump loses. He has other scenarios that have been "war gamed" that conclude only a strong Electoral and popular vote victory by Biden or Trump) would result in a peaceful transition.
https://www.ft.com/content/250c79f3-f1e8-4251-a224-ee819c6a1f6b
In case you haven't noticed, I'm a glass half-empty kind of guy!
That's a lot of words to explain that faithless electors are a-holes.
As we watched "CBS this Morning", our custom these days, we can't help notice the stress on Gayle Kings' face and in her voice. The news of the death of Nick Cordero hit her very hard. It got us talking about how difficult it must be to tell these stories.
Maybe it would be good to salute our other "front line workers"…the members of the fourth estate. The reporters (the good ones) are out there feeling it and putting themselves in danger, but the TV and radio anchors who tell these horrible, heart rending stories need some love, too. Storytellers have hearts, don't they?.
So here's to the folks on TV, and in the media in general, who suck it up every day and tell us the news. They try to find good news to "fluff" things up, but that is just to soften the blow. My hat is off to you…thank you.
If giving a bow to the press, don't forget the woman who fought the good fight so long, our own Gertie!
And our own Voyageur!
Thanks, V.
Reporters in all media who put themselves at some risk to allow people like me to stay away from such risks, but learn about the stories. Yep, worth every penny of a few dollars I spend to support their efforts. And I try to make statements of support when possible.
They’re plenty pissed in Moscow . . .
So, Donnie came out with his bigly list of yugely great real Americans (even if they weren’t really American) to be honored in his Ttumptastic statue garden — and, he didn’t include himself, Ivanka, Putin, Limbaugh, Hannity, Colonel Sanders, or any MAGAmegadonors?
. . . Hasn’t Donnie already contributed to the construction of enough marble monuments all over the length and breadth of this great country — with his criminally inept Covid-19 non-response?
The garden is a head fake – trickery.
After the general crowd nods along to the idea- the stories will come out
this one owned slaves
that one burned a house
that one killed vampires (Lincoln)
etc etc
I love these guys.
if they find a practical no kidding moderate R like Ike… they got a winner
Front page, yesterday’s LA Times. How to (or not) build resilient, vibrant communities: (it’s a long read so I don’t expect our troll to partake; a really informative analysis)
Two Midwestern cities. Two local billionaires (Koch and Buffett). Which one can boost prosperity?
Busy day in the West Wing…
There’s also a Venn Diagram that shows “Support Keeping up Confederate Statues” and “Against changing racist team names” and in the middle is “Voting Trump.”
If Trump is correct, that teams are named out of STRENGTH, does that explain why there aren't any named Boche, Herman, Hun, Jerry, or Kraut?
Washington Ho Cho Minh Trail and Viet Cong vs the Dallas Cowboys.
It's too long.