Friday, October 12, 2018

DISPATCHES

Senator Mitch McConnell and Congressman Kevin McCarthy both have been promising full funding for a border wall....and Paul Ryan is promising a fight....after the midterm elections! Folks....they are scamming you for midterm votes. If they do ever present a bill make sure to check it for dates....and also any loopholes to get out of it....loopholes not of their own doing of course. As for President Trump....he could care less....he has to make a big show about a wall from time to time....but this is precious monies out of his hegemony fund.

The Trump administration has been giving hints about the long anticipated Middle East Plan. The president himself said it should be unveiled in a couple of months. Today Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave the same clue that President Trump gave a few days ago in that a two-state solution is part of the plan. A couple of things about this....first....Jared Kushner should never have been let inside the Oval Office in any official capacity as his business history does not lend itself to any confidence in such a position. Second....whatever this plan might entail....more than ever before in his life....President Trump had better not be playing bait and switch or any other games. Israel may be in rebellion to God every bit as much as we are but if a nation.....particularly a protector nation as we are....is to make a deal as an ally....one that concerns their security....it had better be transparent....and most of all....the promises have to be kept!

You're not going to want to hear this...it'll break your bubble....but you won't believe it anyway....so here goes. Supreme Court justices are important to Donald Trump for one reason....that they uphold various decisions that he makes that may be challenged....decisions that further his MAGA economic and hegemonic agenda. That's the only thing that matters to him....not as much because of his great love for America....but because of his great love for himself.
These nominees don't necessarily have to be conservative justices but in nominating them he kills two birds with one stone as he...one....clears a path for his agenda.....and two....sucks conservatives into believing that he is some kind of champion....a hero who believes the same things that they believe....which he doesn't. The conservatives for their part get decisions that they want.....most very good originalist constitutional decisions that America needs.....that's the good news. The bad news is that Donald Trump gets all the credit for nominees that if credit is given where it is due ..belongs to the decade and even longer efforts of others....of which Donald Trump only elbowed his way to the forefront....and thus conservative radio talk show hosts will never even analyze let alone criticize him.
We are thus kept in the dark as to who Donald Trump really is.....he is further enabled....and his cultic following gets bigger....more arrogant in their own perceived power....while in their euphoria further estranged from conservative ideals.....and further away from their only true hope in this very dangerous world.....the gospel of Jesus Christ.

As you probably know....Nikki Haley abruptly resigned her ambassadorial post at the United Nations. She said this today...."I can't say enough good things about Jared and Ivanka....Jared is such a hidden genius that no one understands." President Trump said this in response to questions about Ivanka replacing Haley...."There's nothing to do with nepotism, but I want to tell you, the people that know, know that Ivanka would be dynamite." Ivanka said that it won't be her that replaces Haley.....and probably not.....but this is the same Ivanka who when asked by Leslie Stahl in December of 2016 on if she would have a role in the Trump administration said...."I'm not....I'm going to be a daughter." President Trump also said that Ivanka would be "incredible" at the United Nations....and that "there was no one more competent in the world" than her. Now there may not be a lot a Trump supporters who are taken ill by these statements.....but know this....there are some.



Apparently the television drama series Bull is starting its third season. I had no idea what it was until about a month ago. Jason Bull has a PHD....I have something more valuable....a DD-214....(I saw this concept on a t-shirt and liked it). Bull....through his expertise in psychology....is contracted to help lawyers pick juries....and also with the help of psychology to help with the trial tactics. Sounds like fake law so why do I seem to like it? Well the series isn't about law. It's about the chaos that is everywhere when law is not revered and truth is inconsequential....my take anyway....so get your client off....regardless of whether he or she is innocent or not....and get your candidate reelected.....whether he or she is good or not. Bull premiered about five weeks before the November 2016 election....so it's very....today.