For days I’ve wanted to sit down and make a comparison between individual 1 and, arguably his mentor, Vladimir Putin – which, hopefully, I will. However, there are other things happening these days aside from Putin’s CRIMINAL assault on Ukraine. The one which immediately comes to mind is the Senate confirmation proceeding for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden’s first appointment to the Supreme Court. Before I get into the INCREDIBLE (for lack of a better word) questioning coming from republicans like Josh Hawley, Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, and Tom Cotton (among others) I couldn’t help but make the “connection” with the Brett Kavanaugh hearings which these republicans keep bringing up OVER and OVER.

Here’s my original thought – which was “confirmed” (pun intended) by a conversation I heard on MSNBC with Joy Reid and Chris Hayes. Just try to picture this, “what if” Judge Jackson responded to questioning as Kavanaugh did when he appeared to have a TOTAL meltdown – exactly the type which appealed to our TWICE IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING (ex) president? Can you picture the response by all these republicans? They keep asking her about decisions she’s made regarding “child pornography.” I wonder why they’re not asking about “child sex trafficking?” (Do you think Matt Gaetz is wondering this?) Or how about, how does Judge Jackson feel about college wrestling coaches who don’t report sexual abuse of their student athletes? (Maybe they should ask Jim jordan how he feels about such “deplorable” people?) Is there anyone beside me (I’m white) who finds it interesting to observe a bunch of white nationalist supporting Senators trying to “get” judge Jackson on questions regarding “Critical Race Theory” or (in Cruz’s case) children’s books depicting the issue of race?

So, as I’ve said, there are other issues going on “out there” despite the (warranted) focus on Putin’s CRIMINAL invasion of Ukraine. And, oh, by the way, I don’t see Putin as anything resembling a “genius.” (Maybe that’s why I see him and individual 1 from such a similar vantage point) Take for example, the January 6th Select Committee is still gathering information and working toward a public report coming sometime around May or June. We know, from a recent court filing, the Committee has determined they have “evidence” individual 1 and members of his campaign “committed CRIMINAL acts.” I kind of am missing the daily reports on the Commttee’s progress. Just sayin……… I trust they’re still busy! (I’m also wondering if the reason the Justice Department hasn’t acted on the CRIMINAL referral of Mark Meadows for obstructing Congress is because he’s a TARGET of a much more serious OFFENSE? – And, I’m not talking about VOTER FRAUD – although, it appears he committed an egregious act of VOTER FRAUD in the 2020 election)

There’s also the issue of President Biden’s actions regarding Putin’s CRIMINAL invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent WAR CRIMES being committed on a daily basis by Russia’s troops. Biden has miraculously pulled together the NATO Alliance – the very Alliance individual 1 was attempting to undermine – in furtherance of Putin’s wishes. The Alliance has enforced CRIPLING sanctions against Russia which have created a suffocating crashing of Russia’s economy and there have been rippling affects around the globe – like an increase in the prices of many commodities – most prominently, oil prices and the price of items like wheat. Of course, the American public will give Biden low “marks” in the polling, because, well, there’s nothing worse in America than “high” oil prices. (“We the people” should check on oil prices elsewhere at some point) I continue to thank “the Lord” President Biden is guiding the ship of state as opposed to the alternative. Picture the result of Russia’s invasion had individual 1 managed to successfully undermine NATO. Yikes!!!

I started this post about a week or two ago and just haven’t been motivated to write. I want to keep up with Russia’s ILLEGAL invasion of Ukraine, but it brings me to tears everytime I do so. For example, today I saw a group of Classical musicians playing music in one of the underground train depots where people have been “hiding” for the past three (or more) weeks in Kharkiv – where eventually all those hiding from the bombs there were singing the Ukrainian national anthem. Once again, I found myself crying like a baby. It breaks my heart to watch what’s going on there and, to a degree, it pisses me off (sorry, couldn’t find a better phrase) when I hear the polling saying the American public care more about the price of gas than the results of the “war” (Russian invasion) in Ukraine. That’s just me!

I said above I’ve given a lot of thought to comparing individual 1 and Putin – I consider Putin individual 1’s “mentor” – but, it may have to wait. In the time since I started this post two significant things have happened regarding January 6th, 2021 and the “Select Committee.” First, a couple days ago the Washington Post got ahold of something like 29 text messages sent from Clarence Thomas’ wife (yep, the Supreme Court Clarence Thomas) imploring Mark Meadows to do whatever he could to overturn the election (even going so far as suggesting Joe Biden and his “co-conspirators” will be sent off the Coast of “GITMO” in a barge to be tried for “seditious conspiracy.” Do you get the irony here?

First, keep in mind, to be part of a “conspiracy” it’s only required that you converse with co-conspirators about the “plan” – in this case, overturning an American election and preventing the “peaceful transfer of power” for the first time in America’s 240 or so years as a democratic republic. So, to make this short and sweet, if individual 1, Mark Meadows, John Eastman, Sidney Powell, Rudy Giuliani, likely several members of Congress, and a bunch more (including close to 100 republicans around the country who FORGED fake Electoral Count documents) CONSPIRED to commit CRIMINAL offenses regarding the functioning of Congress and the “peaceful transfer of power” then LIKELY Ginni Thomas, Clarence’s wife, is part of that CONSPIRACY.

Just to make this “saga” a bit more “juicy” just today a Federal District Judge in California ruled John Eastman MUST turn over text’s/emails regarding January 6th and in his ruling suggested it’s LIKELY both Mr. Eastman AND our TWICE IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING (ex) president committed MULTIPLE felonies. Do you see where I’m going with this? If you’ve been around this site for the past, say – number of years – you KNOW I’ve been calling for individual 1 (Google where he got that “name”) to be PROSECUTED for his ILLEGAL activities with, well, so far, no success. Is that going to be changing? OK, you know my answer to that question! YES!!!

My concern since President Biden took office is that Merrick Garland doesn’t have the stomach to follow through on seeking to indict our former (CORRUPT) president. I even heard he was “reluctant” because he didn’t want to exacerbate the divisions in the country. I’ve said this numerous times, SO WHAT! It’s getting to the point where I think it will divide the country even MORE if Garland refuses to act! For example, virtually everyone paying attention has heard individual 1’s phone call with Georgia’s Secretary of State where he “just wanted them to ‘find’ 11,780 votes” in order to OVERTURN Georgia’s election – along with several other phone calls along with calls from others like Lindsay Graham. Why is the DA in Fulton County, Georgia investigating this CLEAR act of PURE corruption? INSTEAD of the Justice Department? None of this looks good for Mr. Garland – who will have a disgraced legacy if he refuses to act – mark those words!

So, getting back to Ginni Thomas – who, by the way, it’s being reported is being asked to testify “under oath” to the January 6th Select Committee – is SHE going to refuse and have to be subpoenaed? Will her husband be asked to rule on that case? None of this looks good for the Thomas’s. OK, none of this looks good for the whole bunch of them who CONSPIRED to overthrow a “free and fair election.” In the court ruling today, the judge went to great lengths to point out individual 1 MUST have known the “election wasn’t stolen.” He listed all the reasons which would make arguing otherwise in court “LIKELY” futile. I believe the whole bunch of them SHOULD eventually be part of the same CONSPIRACY (Seditious – again, do you see the irony from Ms. Thomas’s Qanon conspiracy “charge” regarding President Biden) as the OATHKEEPERS (I always have to add – who was their “oath” to?) and, soon to include, the “Proud Boys.” Stay tuned…………..

Final Thought: Regarding my thoughts about the similarities between individual 1 and Vladimir Putin – I’m reminded of the saying, “Birds of a feather, flock together.” Both of these men are PATHOLOGICAL LIARS. They would have to have a “cage match” to determine who’s the most NARCISSISTIC and, to me, they’re both enabled “mob bosses.” Of course, compared to Putin, in the “mob boss” category, individual 1 is “small potatoes.” It’s true there’s much to suggest his “organization” has been committing various examples of FRAUD over the years, but Putin and his so-called “oligarchs” have been pilfering “Mother Russia” of much of her Natural Wealth since, well, since he gained control of the country. Clearly, individual 1 was attempting to emulate him, and it seemed, had come to the conclusion he had the right to use his office in order to further his personal WEALTH. By most accounts, prior to the invasion of Ukraine, Putin was the WEALTHIEST person in the world. Do you think this is why individual 1 emulates him?

Shortly after the INSURRECTION on January 6th, 2021 I predicted “the truth will come out, drip by drip.” Of course, at that time I had no idea republicans in Congress would refuse to authorize a “9/11 Style Committee” designed to “get to the bottom of what happened on January 6th” leading to the Select Committee. (What’s that word I don’t like? Stupid? Yep!) The 9/11 Style Committee would have been “totally bipartisan” with members outside of Congress chosen by Congress AND it’s term would have alread expired. Now republicans are going to get the results of the Select Committee’s work (over 750 interviews, to date – with more to come). hearings right in the middle of the Mid Term election cycle (likely with the Supreme Court’s ruling on Roe V Wade happening about the same time).

On top of that, it now appears LIKELY the Select Committee will send CRIMINAL referrals to the Justice Department including the above mentioned co-CONSPIRATORS – which would NEVER have happened had the Senate agreed to the 9/11 style Committee – and, additionally, a plethora of TRIALS of the January 6th INSRURRECTIONISTS will be happening during the course of the next many months. I’ll say it again, the republicans have an incredible ability to be STUPID. OK, I know what you’re thinking, what does that say about “we the people” with all predictions suggesting republicans are favored to take back control of Congress at the end of this year? Yikes!!!

With the help of Fox “news,” “Newsmax,” and other right wing media outlets republicans will continue to believe the same GARBAGE Ginni Thomas allowed herself to “believe” – although, it’s hard for me to think she really believed it. Oh yes, do you think Clarence Thomase should be interviewed? Are you really going to try convincing me he had no idea what his WIFE was doing? If you believe that, “I’ve got a bridge…………………….”

One more thing: As long as I’m a bit concerned about Merrick Garland’s willingness to “tackle” controversial cases involving republicans I can share my further concern in two words. Matt Gaetz! The case AGAINST him was started during individual 1’s reign – so, what’s the holdup? Again, I’m getting more concerned about AG Garland, by the day!

Please forgive me for publishing this rant without re-reading it and fixing the “foo pahs.” It’s late and I’m feeling a bit lazy.