Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson

It occurs to me the Republicans in the Senate are going to vote against Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson because she is a black woman. Well not really, that would be racist, but because she is a qualified black woman a Democratic president has nominated to be a Supreme Court justice. Ya know, how can we vote for what he wants when he is on the other team, a Democrat? Well if that is not playing games with governing our country I do not know what is. It sort of makes you feel like they are not taking their role as our elected representatives in Congress seriously. Either she is qualified or she is not should be the only questions to be answered. To be against her because Pres. Biden promised to nominate a black woman for the Supreme Court, and has done so, is not a good enough reason to not vote for her.

She was asked during the hearings. One was about critical race theory. I am not sure what that is, but even if she has said that she does not base decisions on any of that, which I believe. But how could her, being black in this country. not have some impact on her philosophy of law and life?

Another one was about if she would recuse herself from an affirmative action decision that will be coming before the court soon. I wonder if they questioner thinks Justices Thomas and Sotomayer, being recipients of affirmative action, too, should also recuse themselves, since they are basically in the same boat as Judge Jackson? Of course that would mean that the decision would be made by white people. Is that reasonable?

blathering on here

I am going to blather on here just to get this off my chest. I realize that whatever I write here is so much ado about nothing because it is so lacking in actually making a difference, and it is probably too simplistic.

Two things I have thought of – first is that if Mr. Trump’s insurrection had succeeded, we would not be expecting such high gas prices. He would not be stopping the gas and oil shipments from Russia because he supports Pres. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, at least under the table. I am not sure why he likes Pres. Putin, but it is probably because, like China and North Korea’s leaders, he does not have any end of ruling in sight. But, whatever, he is not enamored with democratic governments, as shown by the insurrection – ya know, let the majority be ruled by the minority because might is stronger than right. I am glad to see that there are people who think our government is doing good and should not be subverted by insurrectionists. Let us see some of our Republican representatives say and act on that.

I have seen that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky won his election by 73% of the vote. That is quite a landslide victory, not the piddling 1 or 2 per cent victories we see around here. No matter what the reason for the invasion, it is to be decried because it is trying to overturn that election win.

Second, is that Pres. Putin has been reported to have put the nuclear arsenal on standby, or ready, or something, so it is usable sooner than otherwise. This is not because he would use those weapons in the Ukraine, but on other governments that support and aid Ukraine. He can not use the weapons in Ukraine because Russian soldiers are there, but he could bomb Bonn or Krakow easily. It is to be noted that this would mean that technicians would have to arm, aim and shoot the missiles, which all could be subverted – do not really arm the missile, aim the missile at the Arctic Sea, refuse to release the arming mechanism so it can not be ignited, all of this could be done without Pres. Putin’s knowledge, so subverting his attack. But how likely is some technician to think of and perform such an act?

I am going to

I am going to blather on here just to get this off my chest. I realize that whatever I write here is so much ado about nothing because it is so lacking in actually making a difference, and it is probably too simplistic.

Two things I have thought of – first is that if Mr. Trump’s insurrection had succeeded, we would not be expecting such high gas prices. He would not be stopping the gas and oil shipments from Russia because he supports Pres. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, at least under the table. I am not sure why he likes Pres. Putin, but it is probably because, like China and North Korea’s leaders, he does not have any end of ruling in sight. But, whatever, he is not enamored with democratic governments, as shown by the insurrection – ya know, let the majority be ruled by the minority because might is stronger than right. I am glad to see that there are people who think our government is doing good and should not be subverted by insurrectionists. Let us see some of our Republican representatives say and act on that.

I have seen that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky won his election by 73% of the vote. That is quite a landslide victory, not the piddling 1 or 2 per cent victories we see around here. No matter what the reason for the invasion, it is to be decried because it is trying to overturn that election win.

Second, is that Pres. Putin has been reported to have put the nuclear arsenal on standby, or ready, or something, so it is usable sooner than otherwise. This is not because he would use those weapons in the Ukraine, but on other governments that support and aid Ukraine. He can not use the weapons in Ukraine because Russian soldiers are there, but he could bomb Bonn or Krakow easily. It is to be noted that this would mean that technicians would have to arm, aim and shoot the missiles, which all could be subverted – do not really arm the missile, aim the missile at the Arctic Sea, refuse to release the arming mechanism so it can not be ignited, all of this could be done without Pres. Putin’s knowledge, so subverting his attack. But how likely is some technician to think of and perform such an act?

just to get this off my chest. I realize that whatever I write here is so much ado about nothing because it is so lacking in actually making a difference, and it is probably too simplistic.

Two things I have thought of – first is that if Mr. Trump’s insurrection had succeeded, we would not be expecting such high gas prices. He would not be stopping the gas and oil shipments from Russia because he supports Pres. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, at least under the table. I am not sure why he likes Pres. Putin, but it is probably because, like China and North Korea’s leaders, he does not have any end of ruling in sight. But, whatever, he is not enamored with democratic governments, as shown by the insurrection – ya know, let the majority be ruled by the minority because might is stronger than right. I am glad to see that there are people who think our government is doing good and should not be subverted by insurrectionists. Let us see some of our Republican representatives say and act on that.

I have seen that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky won his election by 73% of the vote. That is quite a landslide victory, not the piddling 1 or 2 per cent victories we see around here. No matter what the reason for the invasion, it is to be decried because it is trying to overturn that election win.

Second, is that Pres. Putin has been reported to have put the nuclear arsenal on standby, or ready, or something, so it is usable sooner than otherwise. This is not because he would use those weapons in the Ukraine, but on other governments that support and aid Ukraine. He can not use the weapons in Ukraine because Russian soldiers are there, but he could bomb Bonn or Krakow easily. It is to be noted that this would mean that technicians would have to arm, aim and shoot the missiles, which all could be subverted – do not really arm the missile, aim the missile at the Arctic Sea, refuse to release the arming mechanism so it can not be ignited, all of this could be done without Pres. Putin’s knowledge, so subverting his attack. But how likely is some technician to think of and perform such an act?

President criticisms

I have seen articles showing various Republican elected representatives critiquing Pres. Biden’s dealing with the war in Ukraine. I guess that is mostly because the president is not on their team, and their team would be doing a better job of it because the president would be Mr. Trump. Gosh, really? After all Mr. Trump admires Pres. Putin so much, would he really be reacting like Pres. Putin invading another country is wrong? I have read that this is just what the John Birch society was afraid of happening, but maybe a former KGB agent is not considered a Communist. But, ya know, if you are on the Republican team, you have to make sure that Pres. Biden knows that will never agree with him and whatever he does will be wrong. I think that constructive criticism would be good, but I am not on the Republican team, what do I know?

Contact Lens

This morning I went in to the bathroom to take out my contact lens, I work from midnight on, so after work, I take out my contact lens. I washed my hands, then did some other stuff, got back to doing my contact lens, took the cap off the lens container, and it was not there!!! Where was it? What happened to it?

Oh, yeah, I was taking it out, it is on my eye. Silly, tired me.

Mr. Trump needs to incite violence

Needless to say, Mr. Trump needs to incite violence to make sure he stays in power, it just is not working. In the days of the Roman Empire, the Roman Legions were the ones to declare the emperor, and, of course that necessitated some bloodshed. But our country is not based on the rule of the army. It is based on our representative government, voted in by us – one person, one vote – and the military agrees with this form of government, and each member of the armed services and local law enforcement swears an oath to uphold that standard.

We live with a generally accepted code of conduct, an unwritten social contract. We drive on the right hand side of the road, we call the police for help in case of home invasion, we watch our neighbors homes to keep them safe, etc. Mr. Trump wants to dismantle some of that so he can be president again. He wants to have people shoot District Attorneys that are trying to take him to court. He tried to get the National Guard to confiscate ballot boxes so the votes could not be counted. He wants to shut down committees that are investigating him for wrong doing. This is not going to happen, though someone may shoot Rep. Pelosi, or Sen. Schumer, or a judge that is working on a case that Mr. Trump is a defendant in. As a people, we accept disagreement, but we do not accept violent actions based on disagreement. “You can disagree with me all you want, just do not make me agree with you if I do not want to.”

As an icon, Mr. Trump is pretty immune to prosecution, it would incite riots and what not. It is part of the social contract that courts of law are above violence, and serve to enforce the laws based on the facts of each case regardless of who is charged. Can they do this if the involved parties, juries, judges, prosecutors, etc., are being hounded, harassed, or shot?

This is much ado about nothing, after all what can happen if Mr. Trump refuses to back down, and does not accept the rule of law, the laws of the land being applied to him?

weird stuff

Do you turn on the light to use the toilet? I have a night light in the bathroom, so I can see well enough to sit down, or stand and aim properly.

When we were in Seattle on vacation, we had a house to stay in. The sink had no stopper in the drain. To make sure my contact lens did not get lost in the drain, I put a towel in the sink to catch it. Now, since that has happened here at home with a stopper in the drain, I do so here, too.

i use the contact lens case to wash off my contact lens. I used to roll it around in my palm, but that seemed to shorten its life, being a soft lens. I realized that if I did not toss the solution after putting in my lens, that solution could be used when I take out my lens to wash it, then new solution put on for storage.

6 January 2021 Insurrection

It is a shame that the insurrection last year was put on by a bunch of lily-livered patsies who were pushed out by armed forces of the National Guard. Vice-President Pence usurped the presidents role and called the National Guard out to protect himself and whoever else might have been in danger that day. If the rioters were truly manly, they would have fought it out with the armed forces. This is how the Romans changed emperors according to Mr. Gibbon. There were civil wars fought between the various armies that had their leader chosen to ‘take up the purple.’ There was a great deal of bloodshed and torture, but it had to be done or their man would not be the emperor.

Vice-President Pence may have been scared that he would be hanged to prevent him from certifying the election results. It is also to be noted that the armed forces were not there to declare Mr. Trump anything, but to protect the congress people, so the rioters left. Now they are the ones in jail, or on trial, and still donating to Mr. Trump’s cause, whatever he is collecting for – household expenses, lawyers, telephone bill, etc. Someone has to pay the bills, and Mr. Trump is not about to spend his money if he can help it, or, at least, that is the impression I have of him.

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