Re: the “stop the count” Trump supporters trying to prevent votes from being counted by swarming the Detroit Convention Center right now.
It is a felony.
And the minute one uses threats or violence to achieve their stated aim, it essentially becomes an act of terrorism (i.e., employing threats or violence against targeted civilians to effect a desired political change).
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As of this writing (2:46 AM), Biden is reportedly still ahead in both the electoral and popular vote.
Yet I’m reading that Trump declared victory and says he is going to go to the Supreme Court to have voting stopped.
“This is a major fraud on our nation … so we’ll be going to the US Supreme Court. We want all voting to stop.”
He seems to be making no effort to hide the fact that he simply wishes that certain votes not be counted. As far as I can tell so far, he’s not even offering a rationale …
Stopping voting by fiat? Even if he wins legitimately (which is quite possible), this is still the action of a despot.
If I am reading this wrong, please feel free to correct me.
Update: most of you all are already aware that conventional wisdom says that mail-in ballots will favor Biden.
Update 2: This is is insane.
From CNN: “It is a distressing moment for me as a long time Republican to see a call to disenfranchise so many people,” said [Republican election lawyer Ben Ginsberg.] “…What the President said tonight is not only unprecedented and it not only lacks any basis in the law, it really is a disservice to all the other men and women who are on the ballot as Republicans today.”
When asked by CNN’s Jake Tapper whether he’d every seen anything like this from a President, he replied, “No. Not even close.”
Hastings variant. Marvel Comics.
I’m sharing these again just for fun before Tuesday. People really seem to like them.
Donald Trump Limerick #1
If Don was unloved by his Mama,
it would explain a lot of the drama —
his low self-esteem,
and his feverish dream
of being more loved than Obama.
Donald Trump Limerick #2
There once was a doltish aggressor
who lied at his pandemic presser.
He figured he’d use
his tried-and-true ruse
of blaming his black predecessor.
Donald Trump Limerick #3
There once was a man who was slow
who got caught in a quid pro quo.
He was following orders
from outside our borders
from a KGB agent and foe.
Donald Trump Limerick #4
There once was a dumb demagogue
whose thoughts were always a fog.
He was ever perplexed
by dementia’s effects
and came off like a sputtering hog.
Donald Trump Limerick #5
There once was a man from Manhattan
whose pockets he wanted to fatten.
He couldn’t predict
that the law was so strict
and Pelosi’s as tough as George Patton.
Donald Trump Limerick #6
And now the disordered goon
is hell-bent on mining the moon.
The strange new digression
leaves us the impression
that he’s a distractible loon.
(c) 2019 Eric Robert Nolan
Down in the Dirt released its November 2020 Issue: Pipe Dreams today; if you get your hands on a copy, then please check out my poem “An Ode to the Paintings of a Newly Discovered Artist.”
You can order a hard copy of the magazine right here over at Amazon.
Or, you can read the poem for free in the magazine’s online edition right here.
Thanks, as always, to Janet Kuypers for selecting my poetry for this outstanding literary magazine!
I hope you’ve got something fun planned. Granted, I don’t exactly look terrifying in my discount glow-in-the-dark hockey mask, but hey.
I DO have an excellent Halloween pun for you.
If I summon two demons today to do my bidding, but instead elect to lease them out to you, why is that a GOOD thing?
Because it makes me the lessor of two evils.
Damn, I’m good.
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If you want to debate the ethics of Sacha Baron Cohen’s prank-driven comedy, maybe there’s a conversation to be had. The people subjected to his “Candid-Camera”-meets-“Jackass,” politically charged, ambush-style comedy are typically very unhappy about it. And I realize that Cohen (like any one else) should not be immune to criticism.
But the man’s work is damned hilarious; you can’t argue with that. Like 2006’s “Borat,” this new film made me laugh out loud repeatedly (even if I cringed at times too). “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” is simply a first-rate comedy; I’d rate it a 10 out of 10.
This is due largely to Cohen’s twofold genius. First, he succeeds in creating a truly funny fictional character that could easily make us laugh in a scripted TV sitcom, or a “Saturday Night Live” sketch. Second, Cohen again demonstrates his mind-boggling ability to gain the trust of his targets — and then manages to stay in character throughout the elaborate pranks. (If you think about it, it’s probably tougher than we might realize. There can’t be any second takes for what we see unfolding before us onscreen.)
A movie like this easily might have suffered from the addition of a second comedian who isn’t as funny as Cohen. But newcomer Maria Bakalova hits it out of the park. (She plays the fictional daughter of Cohen’s titular bumbling foreigner.) She is nearly as funny (and just as good at keeping character) as he is. With Sacha Baron Cohen, that’s saying a lot.
Again, some of what you see in this film will be cringe-inducing. But it’s damned funny stuff.
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