DON'T UNDERESTIMATE THE DEPTHS

Trump says that he will issue an Executive Order to change the 14 Amendment.  Don't underestimate the depths to whuich Trump could try to reach in nullifying our Constitution.  Now that he feels that he owns the Supreme Court, he could very well issue the order and if taken to court, just have the Supreene Court rule in his favor.  The Constitution is in peril and our first order of business should be the impeachment of at least one of the present Justices.

SHOOTING AT THE PITTSBURG SYNAGOGUE

It would appear that many of Trump's fellow Nationalists will be coming out of the woodwork to make up for the time lost since the interruption of their work in 1945.

BOMBS HAVE MORE IMPACT THAN WORDS,ANYWAY.

Trump's followers are most comfortable thinking using bumpersticker slogans rather than other disciplines.  That is why they have embraced the slogan, "Jobs not Mobs"  They are now busy working building bombs to send to Democrats rather than just calling for the incarceration of people for their politicalviews.  

 It is interesting to note that as we approach the Centennial Anniversary,  of the formation of  a German political party, in February 1920,which proudly called itself , "Nationalist", another individual of German descent has proudly proclaimed himself to be a Nationalist.  

CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT THEFT

Conservatives call Social Security "entitlemenits",  Liberals call it "earned benefits", I call it "pre-paid services".  Every penny for Social Security has been paid for, in advance, and talk of "reform" is, at moment conspiracy to commit theft.

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Originalism in trouble as fundamental in religion and intolerable in social transaction. by daedal2207 The politicization of a Supreme Court is not a new phenomenon.The "capture" of a chief judiciary has been a goal of political parties since they were invented..Although unrecognized officially by the Founders they are the legacy of Whigs and Tories,Lords and Commons,,etc.There is really nothing new under the sun. The hoopla and hoop de do about the Kavanaugh nomination and confirmation would still be an insult to women and a disgrace for so called judicial procews and tempeament but would be slightly less troublesome wee not lifetime tenure attached.So much for the wisdom of Originalism that saw lifetime as 45-50 years but not 80 to 90 and beyond. daedal2207 | 20 Oct 2018 at 2:07 pm | Categories: The Challenge | URL: https://wp.me/p4Gt4f-Iu

THE LETTER OF THE LAW

As I believe that the Saudi Royal family would strictly observe Sharia law, even in their treatment of  Jamal Khshoggi, I offer, as conjecture, an alternate scenario for what happened at the Saudi c:onsulate at Istanbul:  I believe that a religious court, in Saudi Arabia, in absentia, sentenced Khshoggi to having his arms amputated for having written blaphemy.  Amputation of a culprit's limbs being quite legal under Saudi law, and the Saudi consulate being, nominally, Saudi territory, the group that travelled  there were deputized to execute the sentence with no inention to kill him.  What may have happened is that the shock of amputation was too much for Khshoggi's body, in which case, it was the will of Allah that he perished.

As in the U.S., religious beliefs take precedence over Constitutional rights, which might or might not apply to noncitizens, in a foreign locale.  

MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE

I suspect that the best the Trump Administration is likely   to come up with is that the mysterious disappearance of Khshoggi is the result of an alien abduction, and as a result Trump will open up Area 51 to prove there was no collusion between his administration and the perpetrators. 

DEBATE OVER DEBT

Contrary to what Republican politicians may be telling you,  any    payment  made, by the U.S. Government, to  an enrollee in the Social Security system. actually reduces not increases, U.S. debt.

Disbursements made from the Social Security Fund reduce what we owe to that fund., for what the government has borrowed from it.

So what is the gripe of Republican politicians?  They want the U.S.  to be forgiven that debt and not to have to repay it, at the same time they would be horrified at any suggestion that other private sector institutions, such as Treasury  note holders, likewise forgive what the Government owes them.