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EndlessWire's JournalQuestions about GA election tomorrow
What time do the polls close? Have they already started counting the 3 million mail in ballots, or do they have to wait until the polls close?
Impeachment No. 2
I think Trump should be impeached again.
This phone call that he made to Raffensperger was a crime. It might even be worse than the Ukraine call. We can't let him get away with it, despite the fact that it's over on Jan. 20th.
We have a better chance to convict him this time. Why? Didn't he recently denigrate Chief Justice Roberts? He's the guy who would once again preside over the trial in the Senate.
Trump threatened two Repubs with retaliation for not helping him. And, now we have a tape with multiple witnesses heard on it, who we can subpoena and question. They all heard it. They have probably listened to the tape again. They can't say he didn't say it without committing perjury.
If we take back the Senate, McConnell's influence will be diminished.
Trump is not planning to leave. He said on the tape that there would be trouble on Tuesday, and Wednesday. He has also said, allegedly, that he would continue on even after the 6th. He wants to entangle everything and mess us up.
What's our goal, then? We want Trump gone for good. If we were to impeach him and get a conviction, he wouldn't be able to run in 2024.
He has until January 20th to raise hell. He can do a lot to us in that period of time. He can sell Alaska to the Russians, start a war, etc. He needs to be gone.
We have a clearly superior position this time. Everyone heard it. There are no foreign nations involved. I don't know if a proceeding can continue past the 20th, but let's find out! The House can easily get the papers together. Try him and see if the Repubs will convict him just to get rid of him. Doesn't Raffensperger and the other guy have any friends in the Senate that might want to see a conviction?
Trump is dangerous. What if he decides to arrest Raffensperger? I know he is a Repub, but you have to admit, he did pretty good on Saturday. We should keep Trump busy and off his back. Just wait until Trump hears that Raffensperger did not agree to fix the count after the extended lawyer meeting.
Well, we won't do it. Once again, Trump will break the law and get away with it. Sure makes Schiff look like a genius, doesn't it?
At the very least, we should file the papers against Trump for a second impeachment. It would be a declaration to the world and future crooks that we will defend our Democracy.
The party on Wednesday
I looked around the house to marshal up a feast in order to fully enjoy Wednesday's entertainment. I discovered I have mostly biscuits available.
That's right, good old biscuits. I do have something to go over them, but basically, it's biscuits. I'm not complaining (I can go out and get something; after all, I have my stimulus check,) because I have discovered over the years that I have an affinity for biscuits. They taste good, and they fill you up. They go with most anything.
But, still, I have at least Monday to square the celebration away. Since I will not get out of my car, I have to choose from fast food joints. I have not had any fast food in at least two months, and I have lost a lot of weight. Proves something, I dunno, but the point is, I have an excuse to indulge.
I will not go out Tuesday or Wednesday, because who knows what the Trumpers who live in my town will be up to. So, I have to decide if I will go out, and if I do, what should I get?
Or maybe just cook up those biscuits, try out my new powdered eggs, and just soak up the pleasure of the EC count. There's always the day after to stock up again. So many decisions, what to do...
Just a note
Perdue's shift will end today, January 3rd at 12 p.m. He'll hopefully be out of office permanently. The other one is filling a seat until 2023, so she is still there.
My stimulus check came in.
Auto deposit, last name "A." Deposited early Sat. morning.
Georgia run off question
The run off has to occur because no one got 50% of the vote? Is that right?
So, what happens if the same thing happens again? I already see where a fuss can once again be made over the count. But, I keep seeing polls where they are awfully close. What does Georgia law say about a second run off?
This vote is only a week away!
I have a serious question.
I don't want to be impugned for my question or ignorance. I don't think anger is appropriate, but I don't mind frank opinions.
First part: When someone has one parent who is Black, and one parent of another race, why are they Black? We had Obama, who was Black, the first Black President, but he was actually half White. Now, we have Kamala, who is half Black, and half Asian, yet she is the first Black female VP. I don't know what box they would have checked, but if they checked "Other," would they have been wrong?
Second part: I have a picture of ancient relatives. I inherited this picture. It is a portrait of a family. A man, wife, and two children. On the back of the picture are their names, and all with the same last name. The wife is clearly black.
Now, I don't think it's a case of wishful thinking, like you'd look at someone brown and say, "That person is Black." This woman appears to be black.
There is no mention of her in family lore. I thought for awhile that maybe back then, somehow, slave owners included nannies in pictures; but the back of the picture has them with the same name. I know that back then some slaves ended up with the owner's name. But, this doesn't seem like that situation. She is sitting next to him on equal footing with the children arrayed behind them. I can't tell a thing from the children, but that doesn't mean a thing.
The next part is, if she was Black and he was White, would he have married her? Back then, things were different, and could that have been done even?
My mama raised me to be nonprejudiced; she came from the South and worked it out that she would NOT teach her child to think or feel that way. It is remarkable that she did that, but she told me herself that was what she wanted. And, she was right.
But, I am curious about this picture. You know, if you have one drop of Jewish blood, you are Jewish. Something like that. Do Black people feel the same? Cause, I gotta tell ya, I am lily white, as all my family was. We have Native American blood from my father's side, but we are not NA--not enough to move into a casino, ya know...
In some quarters, it is a sin to be White. I will not apologize for being White. I believe in inclusion and family togetherness, no matter who you are. People are people. I just want to understand about my personal ancestors.
I sort of don't want my DNA on the registry, but I'm tempted. Anybody have any ideas on these things? Any comment will be welcome. But please don't yell at me.
My old cat
refuses to get down off my lap. I think I wore her out all year with my anger and cursing. I get up and down a lot while working, and she clings to my lap with her claws.
I tell her, "You're a cat and I am a human. I win." But, while she doesn't appear to be ill, she is sleeping soundly all day and most of the night, choosing my lap as her bed. It feels all right. I don't mind, but I feel guilty when I have to dislodge her.
Anyone who thinks that animals don't have emotions should hear this cat with her cat noises. I admit I can be guilty of projecting a human-like quality onto my animals, but this cat has called me a few names today. And, yesterday.
Plus, she now wants to eat my coffee cup pancakes. After a lifetime of meat and gravy products, she now competes for my food.
What is happening?? I hope my general demeanor can pick up after January 20th, when we are safe again. Maybe I dragged her down as we shared the last four years.
My gosh! I just remembered! I have catnip bubbles! I know catnip works on her. Since the CBD I tried had absolutely no effect on me, I wonder if she would mind if I tried her catnip?
Maybe--if llamas can have effective antibodies--the catnip bubbles might protect me? Worth trying...
How The Grinch Stole Christmas
Do you remember how in this classic animated film the Grinch stole Christmas by taking everything from Whoville?
But, then, from his mountaintop, he can hear singing. Whoville citizens were linking hands around the Christmas tree, singing Whoville carols and enjoying one another in a peaceful atmosphere of celebration.
WE are Whoville.
Why am I seeing
ads for a company called SolarWinds on DU? I don't want to click on it. Isn't that the name of the Russian hack?
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