The Schloss-Blog is looking at the Durham investigation, which produced nothing (Trump said it would turn the "deep state" on its head - what deep state?), as well as shootings that continue to plague America and violence that continues to plague American officials, from Congress to your local election board.
John Durham, the federal prosecutor with a tough reputation out of Connecticut, was charged by then Trump-sycophant A.G. Bill Barr to investigate the investigators in the Mueller investigation.
So he did. For three years.
He came away with one misdemeanor charge and no convictions for anything.
Is he done? He's not saying, but it sure looks like it.
Next up: Trump gets indicted by Merrick Garland, who doesn't want to be the first Attorney General to indict a former president but with the overwhelming evidence, he doesn't have much choice.
Prediction: right after the midterm elections, Trump gets indicted in the Mar-a-Lago-Gate scandal.
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No sooner did the Oxford, Michigan, school shooter enter a guilty plea than another shooter went to work in a St. Louis school.
The Oxford shooter's parents are being tried for enabling him. Meanwhile, they're still sorting things in St. Louis.
Now, the husband of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Paul Pelosi, was beaten in his San Francisco home by an invader asking, "Where's Nancy?" reminiscent of the Jan. 6 insurrection crowd chant.
How do I feel about this? Let's ask David Bowie...
Snowman melting from the inside
Falcon spirals to the ground
(This could be the biggest sky)
So bloody red, tomorrow's clouds
A little piece of you
The little peace in me
Will die (This could be a miracle)
For this is not America
This is so not America.
On top of that, Republicans are promising, if they gain control of the House, to investigate everyone who has painted toenails and/or eyebrows, just plain old eyebrows.
This is so not America.
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Do you watch Morning Joe? It starts at 3 a.m., Pacific time, in Arizona (which goes on Mountain time next week, but more on that in a future post).
Regularly, Steve Ratner, identified only as a "former Treasury official," appears on the show with charts and graphs explaining the latest finance and economic conditions and trends.
That's cool. He does a nice job putting things in layman's terms.
But what the heck does "former Treasury official" mean?
Googled him. Turns out he has had a distinguished career in finance and in journalism, writing about finance. And he served as an advisor to the Treasury Secretary during the automobile crisis that was part of the Great Recession at the end of the first decade of this century. No formal title - just advisor.
So why doesn't Morning Joe identify him as that (he was called the "car czar").
Hey, I'm an official fantasy football and baseball expert, with the winnings to prove it, but no one calls me a "former fantasy official" (OK, a few ex-girlfriends do).
Former Treasury official and "car czar," huh? Sure, and I'm the former "fantasy czar."
Well, maybe, actually.
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Tom and Gisele have filed, so I'll ask again: is it too soon to call her?
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Back to gun violence, did you know ... more teens die from shootings than auto accidents?
They do.
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Some 50 percent of Americans are not participating in Halloween this year by virtue of not distributing candy to trick-or-treaters. They say they'll sit home with the lights out and/or just not answer the doorbell.
Boo. Hoo.
About 25 percent of that 50 percent say inflation is keeping them from stocking up on sufficient amounts of candy.
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This week was the anniversary of the Matt Damon "Fortune favors the brave" ad for crypto.com, which was valued at $60,608 at the time. It's now at $340.
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Jennifer, Chad, it was so much fun watching Aubree play volleyball. #GoFalcons.
And Good night, Mrs. Calabash. Here's to you, Marge Hayashi.
More Sunday night on my Radio Free Phoenix rock 'n' roll show.
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