@deetoo Yes I watched a good bit of the Yabba Dabba Dolt with his "serene poker face" mask in place...with only occasional slips showing the fury behind his eyes. Jim Jordan Drama Queen played his role so well he should be awarded a Tony. I especially applauded Rep. Pramila Jayapal with her on point questions and her refusal to be deterred.
In spite of prevarications there were moments that pointedly illustrated Barr is Trump's man and not the American peoples. Heather Cox Richardson sums it up nicely in her daily commentary. How many actually got that basically Barr confirmed his commitment to doing what ever "Trump wants" (and I say that in quotation marks because we know the Orange Puppet is their figurehead).
I don't know if it was wishful dreaming or precognitive dreaming ..but last night.... Barr was in my dream and I saw him fill with air and begin to float and explode...similar to the blueberry kid in the Willy Wonka movie...against a background of dark horizon filled with flames. His greed will be his downfall. What ramifications that has on the rest of us and our country I do not know. I have the feeling that the next 97 days are going to quite tumultuous. Schools are starting back also..and...sadly.. the Covid-19 is going to get even worse from that .
Maybe the upcoming election could be a primary focus in our future Wednesday meditations? We can still meditate on other things, but as you stated, we should "send positive energy, and do all we can" to unseat GOP control and the orange one.
@journeywithme2, Yabba Dabba Dolt? ? Thank you for my morning laugh! That's going to stay with me.
The little bit I heard of the hearing was appalling. Did I really hear Yabba Dabba blame Obama and his administration for some of this country's current challenges, including this virus? He pulled so much out of his tuckus that my head was spinning ... no wait ... he actually pulled that out of T's tuckus.
Besides witnessing Yabba's obvious arrogance and contempt for the questions and the process, I saw deep fear in those eyes. Did you see that as well?
I loved your dream. It feels right to me, especially the greed. Back in June I predicted that Yabba was nervous and was thinking "if I can just hold on a little longer." I still feel that way, but can also see that floating balloon you saw in your dream.
Why is he so confident? What does he know, and what is he planning? As far as distractions, there's more to come.
For months now, I can feel them doing "war games" planning, i.e., contingency plans on how to win the election. It is unclear in my mind what they are actually planning, but some aspects of the plan that come to mind:
(1) Using Covid to shut down polls and then issue confusing directions to prevent mail-in ballots which will disqualify many ballots. Calling the election the way they did in Florida in 2000. Some precincts lost the majority of polling places just because the poll workers, half of whom are elderly, may decline to participate. Local election commissions need young people get in there to keep the polls open.
(2) Using foreign interference from dark money oligarchs. Pardoning Roger Stone sent a message to all who might help Trump that he will get them out of jail should there be a later conviction.
(3) Use Trump's private mercenary army controlled by Erik Prince to protect him from being removed from office. Dispatch that same army to liberal cities to quell the massive protests that will ensue if Trump declares himself the winner of the election. With Barr in office, he will allow it.
The press has been brain storming the possible plans they are making. This June Atlantic story exposes some of their thinking when a Freedom of Information request unveiled the redacted portions of the Mueller Report.
One area they will be hard-pressed to control is what they would do if there were a land-slide against him. A landslide would be difficult for them to circumvent using some of his tactics. Perhaps Trump will float a conspiracy theory that all votes against him are corrupted and so can't be counted.
They also have to continue their domination of the Senate or else he will be impeached and removed from office within the first months of 2021.
I don't feel their plans are solid or will be successful. But I do feel that November through February of 2020-2021 will be the most momentous in U.S. history.
We need all hands on deck to hold on to our democracy. Everyone needs to help get out the vote. We need a landslide. The democratic candidates in Republican senate races also need money.We need a blue sweep in Congress.
I also don't feel their plans will be successful either. What they want to achieve would be close to impossible even with a first-rate operation and team, and we know they don't have either. That said, they can sow a lot of distrust and cause a lot of harm, which will carry over into Biden's administration.
They're escalating, but they're also almost out of runway, and time. At least I hope so.
And he begins again--another distraction we saw coming along with those of Homeland Security and BORTAC troops and escalating the fervor and who knows what else his Twitter fingers were doing.
But now of course thec 2020 election.
"Donald Trump suggests delay to 2020 US presidential election - BBC News
Donald Trump has suggested November's presidential election be postponed, saying increased postal voting could lead to fraud and inaccurate results. He floated a delay until people could "properly, securely and safely" vote.
There is little evidence to support Mr Trump's claims but he has long railed against mail-in voting which he has said would be susceptible to fraud.
US states want to make postal voting easier due to public health concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.
Under the US constitution, Mr Trump does not have the authority to postpone the election himself. Any delay would have to be approved by Congress. The president does not have direct power over the two houses of Congress."
So, after this, what next?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53597975