Gromnir

this time it's somebody finally having the courage to stand up to the lawless anarchists who wanna take away your freedom? polarization. keep in mind this kinda disconnect were what we had to contend with regular as a first amendment advocate. we warned any who would listen that belief in the value o' first amendment values were far more important than the text itself. as a minority and catholic, representing white supremacists were unsavory, but we knew enough history to see how recent it were that naacp and lgbt were targets o' suppression. anarchists. moral bankrupt. lawless. we represented white supremacist first amendment claims not as approval o' white supremacists, but 'cause we knew how quickly roles could be reversed and those needing somebody such as Gromnir to advocate for them would be outta luck if the first amendment were not defended from every Government effort to marginalize. wouldn't take much for our evolving society to regress. whenever the Court spoke o' evolving social standards, we shivered 'cause we knew how same reasoning could support regression. we were frequent chided. we were told that of course the naacp would never need fear same kinda animosity and suppression in post 2000 America as it endured in the past century. alarmist nonsense from Gromnir. 2020 and blm is target. serious? when questions o' right and wrong is for all practical purposes determined by the identity and viewpoint o' parties, we has functional abandoned our commitment to Constitutional values. the Constitution offers no protection at all if it don't protect those with whom we passionate disagree. so, like cassandra we warn knowing we will be unheeded. whatever is your viewpoint on race or politics or religion, the dates on calendar will inevitably blur by and eventually the people enforcing Constitution will be people who do not share your point o' view. if the only thing that matters is viewpoint when deciding who deserves to be protected by the Constitution, what protection will it be offering you when is your turn to be the wrong side o' the President or Congress? US needs contend with extreme polarization and myopia approaching obtuse levels o' stoopid. HA! Good Fun!

keep in mind zor is specific avoiding sharing the conclusions o' the report from which he quotes. stuff such as, “Statements by the president, vice president, secretary of state and the national security advisor regarding a possible Iraqi nuclear weapons program were generally substantiated by the intelligence community, but did not convey the substantial disagreements that existed in the intelligence community.” the report observed what a colossal waste o' time and effort were the report, recognizing how intelligence is not incontestable truth but is in fact a single factor in policy maker decision process. the screw-ups and failures o' intelligence by any number o' individuals were unforgivable, but there were no conspiracy or coordinated plan to cover-up the known absence o' wmds in iraq. the great mistake identified by the report were the same as identified by blix at berkeley in 2004: there were undue cherry-picking by the administration to find support for their curiously certain belief in the presence o' wmds, but no administration malfeasance were identified. *shrug* as we noted, we were in the audience for his berkeley interview/talk with christiane amanpour. obviously am not gonna have perfect recall from 2004, but we got an excellent memory. am knowing video o' the conference in general exists and am 99.9% there is youtube o' at least the interview if not the q&a. zor need be spoon fed is ridiculous. at this point he is being willful obtuse in refusing to simple google. HA! Good Fun!

so you gonna stick with low energy and come up with bs response to excuse? and your quote doesn't suggest conspiracy... 'less you is tinfoil hat wearer. as we noted, blix specific observed how brits and US were reading intelligence and where question marks were implied, the folks were acting as if were exclamation points. fact such happened more than once is not evidence o' a plan or systemic campaign to mislead. blix, your guy, specific noted that the Americans believed what they were selling. your conspiracy theory reasoning is transparent and repetitive. singular quotes not actual representing coordination or planning save what you choose to read into it. you are trying to rationalize from reverse, which is exact the kinda nonsense blix were criticizing the americans o' doing with wmd. you got the conclusion o' conspiracy and as such you read bits and pieces as supporting your conclusion. witch hunter mentality. would be funny if we thought you were kidding, but you are serious. HA! Good Fun!

polarization to the current extreme levels existing in the US is not the norm. a US Presidential candidate who need only appeal to his base, which represents a minority o' voters, is outside our collective experience. Meet the People Behind Donald Trump's Popularity is generalities, but is far more specific than "Americans." is older and less educated evangelical christians who is lower middle class or poor, 'mongst other factors, who vote for trump. the President don't need to bamboozle Americans. is six battleground states which is in play. given how polarized is 2020 Americans, is only a small number o' votes which matter that is actual in play. were multiple battleground states in 2016 trump won by less than 1%. those hairsbreadth victories 'gainst a historical unpopular opponent resulted in a trump victory. again, American polarization is extreme... is more extreme than in 2016. many folks who grudging voted for trump in 2016 will now support him regardless o' covid-19 or any new catastrophe/scandal which may befall his campaign 'tween now and november. 'cause o' curious US system, trump's message need only resonate with a few on-the-fence folks in a handful o' states. trump is betting enough o' such undecideds is less educated and older folks. to whom is trump's message of fear directed? is those small number o' undecideds he has a legit chance in this climate o' polarization to sway 'tween now and november. answers another unasked question: why has trump sudden taken covid-19 a bit more serious? 'cause polls show older voters is more afraid o' covid-19. literal just saw this HA! Good Fun!

now ask us to disprove it. such is the mo o' the anti vaxxers and tinfoil hat brigade. show us some kinda quartermaster report with disproportionate tp acquisition and then craft a whole conspiracy from such nonsense is exact what we face with the zors. that said, the wmd conspiracies does distract from the real abuse which has been repeated all too frequent. manpower and money required for regime building and security during such building were knowing and arguable criminal minimized. HA! Good Fun!

we wish it were a matter o' one mistake which resulted in a high school loss such as suffered by robin williams. perhaps we would wanna relive the game and get a chance at redemption if it were one o' those life changing moment issues. make that one missed tackle and life would change. weren't. embarrassed self on national tv and 'cause we were in game 'cause o' extreme depth chart paucity, there were nobody to go in for us and end our torment. nevertheless, am suspecting our coach were serious considering replacing us with the punter after a few drives. luckily, football were not part o' our big plan anyways as a 5'9" db (legit height and not typical college height which adds 1-2") with good speed, terrible backpedal, stiff hips and hands so bad one coach once remarked it were amazing we were able to get through airport metal detectors with hands obvious made o' cast iron, our career football prospects were limited to coaching as 'posed to playing. we never considered football as a long term goal, but embarrassing self in front o' tens o' thousands, plus a national tv audience, were a singular experience. HA! Good Fun!

that mighta' been embarrassing as our highlight game, only one we started, were comic terrible. doesn't show up in ordinary stat sheet when a db blows coverage and allows a score. due to injuries and sudden outbreak o' illness, we went from not even on 3-deep to starting in less than a week. we were a scout team stalwart, at best. can't express how horrible were our signature game in college. ... am gonna admit one o' the few recurring nightmares we suffer as we enter our dotage is related to that game played decades past. we can and do laugh 'bout the game while conscious, but am clear still carrying very old baggage as we wake up sweating when dreaming 'bout it. HA! Good fun!

look it up. don't be low energy. we gave you everything you need to find. names. approx date. location. what more do you need. reason we brought up blix is 'cause he were a source offered by you on the issue and he quite clear rejected conspiracy. he were one o' the lead UN inspectors, so he were in a position to offer unique pov particular as he actual interacted with folks such as powell, cheney and bush. we stated already how blix wanted more time to investigate. in fact he pleaded with the powers that be and said that to produce reliable conclusions would not be a matter o' years o' investigations, but months. all he wanted were months. nevertheless, the coalition had already assembled troops and they weren't gonna wait any longer as investigations had already been going on for a considerable period o' time. however, not give time for investigations is hardly proof o' conspiracy. US had already provided their intelligence to UN inspectors and at least President bush were supporting investigations. also part o' US calculus were recognition o' axiom: it is indeed impossible to prove a negative. there were no way blix were ever gonna definitive prove the absence o' wmds and many elements o' US and brits were more confident in their intelligence than in the lack o' progress, from their curiously busted pov, o' blix. blix didn't see rejection o' additional time as some kinda effort to cover up conspiracy, but zor knows better. *chuckle* anti vaxxer indeed. and no, stoopidity is not part o' conspiracy. stoopidity tends to make conspiracy less plausible 'cause what you need for conspiracy is a coordinated plan which were presumable successful up to some unspecific point... or people wouldn't bother discussing. if the conspiracy is a bunch o' morons who get caught before they hardly get started, then nobody ends up discussing. for obvious reasons, stoopidity goes a long way in diminishing likely o' conspiracy. freaking tinfoil hat brigade thinking. anti vaxxer thinking. any large government effort is gonna have innumerable folks being mistaken in at least small ways. is likely to be bunches o' folks wrong in big ways too. again, nature o' the beast. there will also be folks part o' such efforts who lied, usual for personal gain. point to individual instances o' unrelated stoopid and mistruth is not evidence o' conspiracy. need evidence o' a coordinated plan. tinfoil hat and anti vaxxers assume the coordination and plan from random mistake and mistruth. is bass ackwards. HA! Good Fun!

how do you once again ignorant misinterpret stupidity as a conspiracy? anti vaxxers is morons, but they ain't necessarily part o' one o' your colorful but improbable illuminati plots. and again, you used blix in past as a source. blix had access to best intelligence and he concluded there were no coordinated attempt to lie or deceive. insisting certain individuals knew when multiple bipartisan government reports, US and brit as well as blix, whom you has cited as a source for your conspiracies, reject such conclusions is kinda making you look like the anti vaxxer... again. yeah, is moderate disconcerting to recognize how willful obtuse were a few o' the folks in the bush administration regarding wmds. however, like anti vaxxers, they were seeing the devil they wanted to see as 'posed to perpetratrating some kinda mass deception for nefarious purpose. what is your excuse? HA! Good Fun! ps also worth repeating, again, blix believed as late as december 2002 that saddam had wmd. yeah, the US increasingly looked at intelligence and where there were implied question marks, they saw exclamation points instead... which were a colorful bit blix used to describe the situation and we see as apt. is hardly the scope o' obtuse o' antivaxxers. nevertheless, at some point, the US and brits didn't want more evidence and folks such as cheney never trusted inspectors... 'cause how does one prove a negative? still, no conspiracy and no coordinated attempt to mislead. coordinated is part o' the conspiracy bit zor seems to wanna ignore. singular lies and misstatements from numerous people does not a conspiracy make... which were what saved trump from mueller btw.

today, post morning walk, we were brushing one o' the dogs. his snoot/snout fur were noteworthy matted so we gave it a bit o' extra attention. the odor released while brushing were o' a thousand bloated beach corpses putrefying under a blistering summer sun... and sardines. am gonna need be more observant o' the need to clean doggy faces after we allow the pups to lick clean sardine tins. HA! Good Fun!

no oregon State body has asked for help: legislature; governor; and courts. all silent. the protesters being arrested is suspected and actual vandals but attempting to paint them as insurrectionists is a complete vocabulary fail not requiring a Con Law expert to explain. doj lacks authority to arrest these folks off fed property while they ain't active committing offenses. there is a third category where use o' fed cops w/o state approval is allowable, but we hesitate to mention 'cause is gonna cause confusion and be used by many to legitimize what is clear illegal. post brown v. board, the fed granted unto itself the authority to use troops/fed police to protect Constitutional rights o' the people o' the US from the diminution and dilution o' state institutions. now keep in mind Gromnir is likely the only non overt racist sob you will ever meet who has public criticized brown v. board. (is just one reason we were never gonna be making it as a fed judge-- immediate dq if you criticize brown.) the Justices did the right and moral thing with brown, but the law, the specific decision, were flawed. use scaliaesque textualist reasoning to overturn plessy woulda' been possible, but not only would such a decision have failed to address the actual immediate problem, textualism weren't a thing in the 50's. am not gonna get into all the legal flaws with brown, but part o' the problem with the decision which were immediate apparent were the Court's lack o' an enforcement capacity. the thing is, Congress and the President didn't have much authority neither. sure, Congress could withhold money from states who didn't enforce brown, but such wouldn't be much benefit to students current suffering from segregation practices. as difficult as it may be to believe, the POTUS didn't have more authority than Congress to enforce brown. Congress rewrote laws to give the President authority to use troops to protect Constitutional rights, which is kinda suspect and should make one pause at potential abuses. nevertheless, the fed folks so recent dismissed as rabid dogs were doing the right thing as they saw it. the fed were trying to protect those who could not protect themselves from the real rabid dogs-- The People. *sigh* fast forward to 2020 and doj is using brown reasoning to arrest protesters in portland? ... recall Constitution is not the Declaration, so if folks tell us 'bout protecting life and liberty and property (translation: pursuit of happiness) as legit rights needing and deserving fed protection we will callous and condescending mock 'em. Constitutional rights is not particular numerous and is not o' kinda and quality being protected by the dhs stormtroopers in portland. in fact, the militarized dhs troops is arguable violating rights o' speech, assembly, freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures, due process, and right to counsel... stuff off the top o' our noggin. gotta serious indulge in legal contortionism to use Constitution protection to validate faceless dhs paramilitary troop presence in portland as they arrest protesters and detain 'em w/o benefit o' counsel, nevertheless, in 2020 with bill barr's doj, such a heretofore ridiculous implausibility is what we are facing. how is it possible for so many to not be horrified?

is not same thing at all, but we stopped to help a cyclist with his flat tire... offered to give him a ride. reason we bring up is 'cause we didn't realize at firstest that the guy we were offering help to were greg lemond. we knew greg lemond lived in our community (this were some number o' years past) but we didn't immediate recognize him as he were kneeling on side of the road next to his bike. once we realized were greg lemond, we pretended as if we didn't recognize, 'cause why make it awkward? nothing more to story. mr lemond said he were all good and we went our separate ways. ... we almost ran over stephen hawking with our bike on a university campus. perhaps contemplating the vastness o' the universe, the dr. didn't bother to make sure no traffic were oncoming before crossing the bike path. we shouted a profanity contemporaneous with recognizing the individual attempting suicide by cyclist. perhaps we should bike more frequent as it is a curious catalyst for our celebrity encounters. HA! Good Fun! ps we do bike 'bout five times a week, but is typical pre-dawn/dawn. am thinking most celebrities is gonna still be in bed at such times.

am challenging any trump supporter to identify the five difficult questions on the montreal dementia test. what should be frightening to the trump folks is the President has claimed the doctors were shocked by how well he did on the test. am knowing it is foolish to assume trump is telling the truth 'bout anything, but if the doctors were genuine surprised by how well trump performed on the cognitive test, that is a cause for concern rather than a reason to brag. HA! Good Fun!

keep in mind, he ain't the first.

again, they weren't lying. blix were convinced it weren't lies... in fact, he compared to witch hunters in oldie europe. just as the witch hunters believed there were an epidemic o' witches and saw every bit o' evidence as convincing and definitive proof, so too did the Americans believe saddam possessed nukes. sure, some witch hunter may have known they were frauds, but not most o' 'em. this is one o' those conspiracies which has been disproven, but the problem is the same witch hunter mentality exists in the conspiracy folks. can't take those government reports serious 'cause the government lies, right? take bits o' evidence which any kinda application o' critical thinking would conclude high confidence in absence o' a conspiracy and instead the witch hunters see opposite. the bigger problem is they (the Administration,) most o' them, were aware o' the tribalism which woulda' made a kinda spontaneous unification in iraq utter implausible. after the fact we know just how much the administration were being warned o' the tribalism problem, and yet... *shrug* they literal knew their force calculations for post invasion were off by at least a factor o' three. obama indulged similar stoopid. when arab spring were happening and the obama administration were promoting regime change in the middle east, all his experts were telling the administration just how badly such change would end w/o guidance including huge investments o' US dollars. obama had even less excuse for indulging fantasy 'cause o' iraq. the difference is obama were acting more clandestine and and as such he weren't trying to shine on the public, but if that difference makes you feel better, we question your sanity. HA! Good Fun!

the wmd conspiracy bit persists. not a conspiracy. were garden variety stoopid. am not sure how blix always gets listed as a source for the conspiracy theory folks 'cause we heard him speak at berkeley and he pushed back on the notion o' conspiracy. blix observed how even he believed saddam had wmds as late as december 2002, and he were hardly convinced otherwise in early spring o' 2003... recognized how saddam not having wmd and yet refusing to allow inspections when the alternative were imminent invasion were utter unreasonable. nevertheless, a few o' our resident tinfoil hat brigade cite blix as support for a wmd conspiracy when he represents opposite unless taken complete outta context. christiane amanpour gave blix multiple opportunities to throw bush under the bus. blix wouldn't do it. the un inspector were deliberate pushing back on notion the US and brits had some kinda ill intent in promoting the wmd narrative. from blix pov, because US military and intelligence already believed saddam had wmd, they looked at every bit o' evidence as solid proof o' such a danger when in fact the evidence were dubious at best. US wanted an excuse to invade and they genuine believed, in spite o' suspect evidence, that saddam had wmds. no conspiracy, but perhaps worse as it reveals how in spite o' obvious human and monetary costs o' an invasion and occupation o' iraq, there were little critical thinking and reflection from folks in the bush administration. curious though, blix singled out bush as almost the singular senior American defending the the wmd investigations. video o' the interview may exist. were from way back in 2004. edit: btw, the wmd not-conspiracy distracts from the more costly but less salacious genuine conspiracy o' iraq: the misleading projected costs of occupation. us military and intelligence knowing vast undersold the manpower and money requirements for occupation and rebuild o' iraq. bush administration knew the more conservative estimates on manpower and dollar costs, but they pretended as if iraq would magical transform post liberation and take 'pon themselves the herculean tasks o' security and rebuild. HA! Good Fun!

zerohedge is popular 'mongst the eastern europeans who post prolific. no doubt is a fave site oft recommended by dipssh!t uncle quarterly. which reminds us... is not a criticism o' eastern europeans btw. many o' those nations got a history o' victimization at the hands o' state run media and they got a healthy distrust o' any official seeming news source. is nevertheless curious how distrust o' media somehow results in many folks glomping onto fringe theories and outlier sources. one would think such cynicism would make a person more suspicious o' unsubstantiated rando "news" stories. am not gonna again post bs receptivity articles, but is a fascinating bit o' contradiction that the self-described hardcore cynics is so often the folks wallowing in conspiracy theory. HA! Good Fun!

Facebook added a label to Trump's post claiming that voting by mail will lead to a 'CORRUPT ELECTION' trump is different. point to history o' US elections ignores the scope o' trump's disregard for the norms gd identifies. trump don't read history. trump don't care 'bout history save for when it is convenient. trump is constant looking for ways to get around the Constitution. to take comfort in the constitution and history is, after 3.5 years o' trump, looking increasing naive. gd looks at situation odd. we see such media stories and am not least bit surprised by trump behaviour or the possibility he will fight to his last breath to keep his grip on the resolute desk. trump knows there is gonna be a considerable number o' democrats looking to criminalize his behaviour once he is no longer President and the doj is no longer able to say they are prevented from pursuit o' prosecutions. we question the wisdom o' such prosecutions, but for a guy who is constant complaining 'bout witch hunts, a 2021 with democrat controlled Congress and Presidency is no doubt a nightmare scenario. only thing which continues to disappoint us is the silence. after +3 years o' trump, we are rare shocked by the President and no violation o' rule o' law or public trust is too far outta reach for him. is silence from trump supporters which bothers us. trump voters and his senate supporters is not outraged by trump facebook and twitter tirades. they ain't bothered by portland or even muslim bans. those few who is bothered ain't bothered enough to do other than suggest is just trump being trump? how is it possible to look at what is happening in 2020 and then feel comforted by the previous near 250 years o' US history? HA! Good Fun!

A Navy vet asked federal officers in Portland to remember their oaths. Then they broke his hand.

they are cheering trump so loud they don't hear warnings from folks such as Gromnir. "always consider these kinda moves when used as a weapon pointed at something/somebody you cherish." too many second amendment ppl ignore the danger inherent in giving near absolute authority to one person, a person who next election, or election after, may not share their viewpoint. and am disagreeing with gd as usual. is not government which is a rabid dog. conspiracy 'bout deep state nonsense aside, the federal government is just an organizational scheme and +200 years o' history makes obvious the scheme may be used beneficial or malicious. mostly government grinds along unnoticed doing hundreds o' things unseen w/o any ill will to motivate it. attribute some kinda fundamental flaw to government is transparent shirking o' responsibility. trump, as a prime example, don't have an ideology. he is doing what he believes will resonate with his base. is Americans who is busted. we are more polarized than at any time since ww2, and that is saying a lot. compare gap between approval o' same and opposing party voters for each President since eisenhower. maybe a 30-45 point gap. trump is representing an +70 point gap and inching towards 80. not in living memory has Americans looked at government actions and been so complete divided 'bout whether government is doing right or wrong. is Americans who has become increasingly rabid, both for and against, on every conceivable issue. if a dog is vicious and bites people, am betting gd would first look to the dog's owner to assign responsibility. even if there is something fundamental wrong with the dog, gd would hold the owner of the beast responsible to change the animal's behaviour or to place limits on the potential for doggie harm. is cheap to blame the dog and ignore sins o' the owner, yes? you o' all people is blaming the dog 'cause o' the lack o' character o' the critter's owner? if we don't reverse this trend, we deserve to get bit. HA! Good Fun!

while am not an international currency investor, we wouldn't call the zloty "joke bucks." probable illegal to send via mails regardless. and yes, am aware at this point you is joking. HA! Good Fun!

slight change to our response: am understanding how stressful is career planning, but purchase o' lottery tickets may not be a practical solution. when we first came out to CA for school, the lottery were relative new in the state. just so happened CA had built up a jackpot which dwarfed any previous US state jackpot; had many folks who were otherwise dismissive o' lotteries buying tickets. Gromnir tended to hang out with the ol guys and we were all at a pizza place when conversation turned to, what would you do if you won the lottery? *sigh* by the end o' the eve, we had all purchased at least a single ticket. we lost. never again purchased a lottery ticket. +30 years and counting. HA! Good Fun!

that should make some o' your career planning a bit less stressful. HA! Good Fun!

some may be wondering what the hell trump were talking 'bout in the chris wallace interview when the President opined how the recent daca decision provided him authority to repeal and replace daca. if you weren't wondering, that is ok, 'cause Gromnir were curious. amused/disquieted? Scoop: Trump's license to skirt the law ok, is no longer funny. is frightening. legit scary and not hyperbolic exaggeration-scary, but genuine 2020 tyranny level o' scary. "Yoo told Axios that Chief Justice John Roberts' opinion "sets out a roadmap about how a president can use his prosecutorial discretion to under-enforce the law." "The recourse would be if the next president tries to reverse what's set in motion. "Suppose President Donald Trump decided to create a nationwide right to carry guns openly," Yoo writes in his National Review op-ed. "He could declare that he would not enforce federal firearms laws, and that a new 'Trump permit' would free any holder of state and local gun-control restrictions." ""Even if Trump knew that his scheme lacked legal authority, he could get away with it for the length of his presidency. And, moreover, even if courts declared the permit illegal, his successor would have to keep enforcing the program for another year or two."" our hope, God help us, is mitch mcconnell gets wind o' this and let's trump know he won't support. recently mitch has broken with the wh on numerous covid-19 issues. if mitch and the senate republicans whose complicity has made trump excesses possible for the past three years remains silent, then only way to stop trump from implementing knowingly illegal executive orders is to have fed courts deliver injunctions until scotus reviews. ... am not sure if the snippet we provide fully conveys the scope o' the extra-legal excess trump is considering. if trump is allowed to proceed as he is apparent planning, it would be a practical end to the democratic experiment in the US. the President would no longer need Congress to pass laws on healthcare or immigration 'cause he could use executive orders he knew were illegal and his belief is the Courts, based on yoo's reading o' daca, would support the President's malfeasance for the length o' his term +2 years. is possible this is just a political stunt and trump will use to successful claim he repealed and replaced obamacare before the election, just as he claims to have built most o' the wall in spite o' fact there is less than 10 miles o' new wall. doesn't matter. turn back clock to 2017 and ask any republican US senator if they would support trump efforts to use executive orders to make Congress an incidental player on issues o' healthcare and immigration, as well as a host o' other contentious issues, and am betting you would hear universal rejection and condemnation o' the implausibility o' such a ridiculous hypothetical. three years o' sustained attacks by trump on rule of law and common sense has us teetering on the edge o' genuine tyranny. +30% o' voters is cheering trump forward as he sets the Constitution ablaze. those same +30% would happily support an amendment which prohibited the burning o' a symbol o' the republic, the flag, but they is willing to stand by and cheer as trump reduces to ashes the Constitution. Executive Order on Protecting American Monuments, Memorials, and Statues and Combating Recent Criminal Violence what is wrong with us?

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2020/02/06/signs-of-white-supremacy-extremism-up-again-in-poll-of-active-duty-troops/ “Historically, this has been a problem for the military,” she said in an interview. “We’ve been pushing the Defense Department to take this issue more seriously since 1986. There are certain parts of the white power movement that value military experience and are often recruiting there.” white supremacists active recruiting w/i the military is not a new thing. HA! Good Fun!