Colorado Supreme Court has been smoking something

12/30/23: Update of last posted entry of 12/22/23:

The basis of the claim that Trump can be removed from the ballot rests upon the insurrection narrative. It is clear that Trump's political enemies would like to disqualify him, but can they do it based upon the 14th Amendment as they are claiming?

I have a copy of the US Constitution, and the 14th Amendment to the same, Section 3, which states how someone can be disqualified for holding office under the United States. It doesn't appear to include the President of the United States!

Was this a goof? Nope. The President is still accountable under the Impeachment Authority of the Congress. Since Trump was already impeached, twice, and was found not guilty, then there can be no disqualification for same. Certainly, no state can unilaterally decide the issue in any case, as the same amendment states that Congress shall have that authority.

Someone hasn’t read Section 5 of the 14th Amendment. I guarantee SCOTUS has, though. pic.twitter.com/LAI1oH3O2k

— Nu Nyo 🇺🇸🇸🇪🇮🇱 (@Nu_Ny0) December 29, 2023

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12/22/23: Update of last posted entry of 12/22/23:

The article shows plainly that there are political motivations for removing Trump from the ballot.

Here’s What You Should Know About the Four Justices Who Deemed Trump Ineligible to Run for President https://t.co/svtu8YPMIW

— BootsandOil (@BootsandO6892) December 22, 2023

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the most recent entry to this post of 12/22/23 follows directly below:

12/22/23: Update of last posted entry of 12/20/23:

If Christie felt that way ( see daily update as of 12/20/23), as indicated below, then why is he running against Trump? He is like the Democrats. It's all about Trump hatred. It's not about anything else. Why should Christie be President? Perhaps he should answer that kind of question.

The opposition to Trump from the Romney/Cheney/Bush wing of the GOP likes to call it a cult of personality. Then why do they make it solely about Trump's personality? If they were running on what is supposed to be conservative values, then what opposition do they have to Trump? Principles? What principles are involved? Perhaps they'd like to answer that question.



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Daily Update #4), 2:30 pm local time

Why pursue an avenue that is so likely to be rejected by the Supreme Court? Are the Democrats trying to make an issue out of the Court? They already have. This will just add to the list. Presidential politics often entails making an issue of the courts because the POTUS appoints Supreme Court justices.

If the Democrats can hang on to power, they'll try packing the courts. They may think that putting this kind of pressure on the court would get them to bend to their will, or they'll go to their people ( and a lot of voter chicanery) to try to get their will imposed.

This is shaping up to be a critical year in the history of the Republic.

end update #4)

Daily Update #3), 12:54 pm local time

The general reaction to this is pretty negative. Only partisan Democrats approve of this move. There are some who predict a 9-0 Scotus decision against it. The main problem is the assertion that it is self-executing. This would render a good part of our Constitution to be null and void.

Furthermore, the same amendment says something quite different regarding equality before the law. Therefore, an argument could be made using the 14th Amendment itself that would show that the intent was not to make it "self-executing". How then could "equality before the law" be determined if there were "self-executing" laws? What would prevent some arbitrary finding by some partisan entity to completely violate anybody's rights? This decision should be a slam-dunk.

Donald Trump should not be prevented from being President by any court. He should be prevented from being President of the United States by the voters of this country. pic.twitter.com/77ChhLFkFz

— Chris Christie (@GovChristie) December 20, 2023

end update #3)

Daily Update #2), 11:02 am local time

It was a 4-3 opinion, but an opinion from all Democrats. Well, not all Democrats are completely insane. Not yet.

“The Colorado lawsuit was filed by a Soros funded outlet, decided by an all Democrat-appointed Supreme Court and the Democrat Colorado Secretary of State, within a split second, was celebrating on MSNBC” pic.twitter.com/qK95LSgDbG

— ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx) December 20, 2023

Colorado SoS says that if the 14th Amendment doesn't apply, "it's a get out of jail free card". Well, at least they could wait until an IMPARTIAL jury decided the matter first. Even the Democrats are split on the issue. There is no chance that a fair trial would convict, so she's WRONG.



end update #2)

Daily Update #1, 9:35 am local time)

Sundance is laughing.

Summary:

1.  It's partisanship in the courtroom, a 4-3 decision,
2.  It's based upon the faulty premise of an insurrection, and
3.  The Colorado Supreme Nutcase Court will stay its own decision if Trump appeals to Scotus

"This is all silly Lawfare."

Sundance adds that the Bushies have Nazi roots in Colorado. Whoa! If this is so, (as the link is to an article dating back to the time of George W. Bush's re-election campaign), one should ask why the Democrats are making an alliance with the Bush-Cheney faction in order to stop Trump?

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the original post follows below:

Rocky Mountain High, ala John Denver? High on something, I'd think. Evidence continues to pour in that the J6th riot (aka "Insurrection") was a Democrat set up. But this is their only strategy to keep the government in the hands of these wack jobs. They don't have anything to run on, so this is the only thing that they can do.

The insurrection narrative should never have had any legs to begin with. It was obvious to me from the start. Who has something to gain from this fake narrative? That fakery invokes that same old "cui bono" question---who benefits? Maybe Biden's commie masters in Bejing. The Dems have been pulling these same kind of dirty tricks since Trump came down the escalator in 2015. This ruling comes in just in time for the primary season.

Are things really this bad in Colorado? Are the people there that brainwashed, or what are they smoking in Colorado? Is marijuana legal there? Marijuana can make you paranoid, you know. Can they not see through this magic smoke and pixie dust? When will all the lies finally end, and maybe the Democrats could at least try to run on something with substance. This Trump hysteria is all they've got.

The court has deprived him of a consequential right without having been convicted of a crime.

This was done without an evidentiary hearing in which he is given the basic right of confronting his accusers.

— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) December 20, 2023

Two static firings in one day---wow

Running out of the old year, though. No more launches for calendar year 2023... Or, maybe????

Feminists strangely silent

A bunch of frat guys holding up numbered cards to rate passing coeds would probably generate more outrage than Hamas has.-----Glenn Reynolds, Instapundit

Comment:

Is there something deeply psychological going on here? Some may suggest a type of Stockholm Syndrome. It's like what happened to Patty Hearst. If so, there's going to have to be something strong to snap them out of it. They are snake fascinated by the acts of savages. [ Note:  The link to Stockholm Syndrome is to a Wikipedia entry.  Here is an example of how they are influencing people in the wrong direction.  Stockholm Syndrome is a real thing.  But doubt is being cast upon it.  I suspect that the idea is to get people to let down their guard.]

You really do need to out-wolf the wolf. Women do not respond well to weakness. Know what I mean, Vern?





Some comments from the instapundit link:

NovoHamilton

doc_steve

Doctor Weasel Note: Click on the link provided after linking here

Steve Jobs from the days of his relative youth

He still had his hair, and it wasn't grayed over yet.

But he has some wisdom. He didn't always choose the best, though.

Steve Jobs on one of the secrets of life. pic.twitter.com/TXRMywkRHR

— Jon Erlichman (@JonErlichman) December 28, 2023

The repentant sinner is a scourge for the sinners that remain in sin

That's why they are hated and feared more than any other. For they know the enemy, and the enemy depends upon stealth and secrecy to succeed.

The Biden Administration is foolish and stupid. Why protect the Muslims, who are neither innocent, nor oppressed? Indeed, they are the main oppressors in the world. They are, and those that are aligned with the communists. Note that the communists in China do not treat Muslims well. They already know each other well enough to know that they cannot trust anybody, not even their own allies.

I grew up as a Muslim, I was taught from the Quran and the Hadith to hate Jews and Christians, I was instructed to avoid imitating them or participating in their celebrations.
I was raised religiously to consider Jews and Christians as the main enemies of Muslims, we prayed…

— Brother Rachid الأخ رشيد (@BrotherRasheed) December 26, 2023

With One Week Remaining, 99.4% of Illinois Gun Owners Have Said ‘No Thanks’ To Gun Registration

Good.

Keep it going. The Land of Lincoln has some hope for itself after all. Maybe we can turn it red!

With One Week Remaining, 99.4% of Illinois Gun Owners Have Said ‘No Thanks’ To Gun Registration https://t.co/kaJgsI3VM2 via @The Truth About Guns

— BootsandOil (@BootsandO6892) December 29, 2023

Geo-political change for Saudi Arabia?

This one snuck up on me, for I was under the impression that the oil shale production was under attack from this Administration. Indeed, it had that appearance, but the reality may be different. Oil production has continued to increase, which is what snuck up on me.

Consequently, the way things appear to be aren't necessarily the way the really are. However, keep in mind that the oil barons of the Middle East are funding American colleges and universities. Hence, the anti-Israeli ( or anti-Semitic ) nature of their teachings have begun to affect our culture on a broad front. These "demonstrators" are attacking Christmas, and defending the barbarism of Hamas. This cannot be tolerated, for it ushers in something heretofore alien to our culture and traditions.

The Biden Administration has made the Mohammedans a protected class. They are definitely not "oppressed", nor have they been historically wronged. Indeed, they are in the wrong in so many ways. They have taken hostages and made war on non-combatants. Clearly this is against the Geneva Convention, and is in itself a war crime. They are making false accusations against the Israelis of making genocide, while they intend genocide against the Jewish state. They are unequivocally in the wrong, but this administration is making them a protected class. Why?

https://t.co/SkGcDdpM6N

— BootsandOil (@BootsandO6892) December 29, 2023

Mike & The Mechanics - Silent Running

Mike & The Mechanics - Silent Running

Linked from the Behind the Black blog

Comment:

This song came out in the mid-eighties, right in the middle of the "evil" Reagan-Bush Era. So, I "ax" the question: Is it a song of the left, or the song of the "right"?

It has some words that sounds lefty, but also has words that sound "righty". For instance, there's a reference to guns, and another to God. These sound "righty". But there's a reference against authority, which sounds lefty.

Then there's a reference to family, which also sounds "righty".

Whether it was intended to be lefty or "righty", it is definitely pro-freedom. Ultimately, that is what it is all about. Either you are enthralled to the all-powerful, or you are free. As long as the conservative faction remains true to freedom and truth, it is on the "right side of history". The left isn't. They are committed to evil, and they know it. That's why they have to lie, and keep the truth from the people. It is not for the good of all that they act in secret. They act in secret in order to conceal their evil plans for us all. Therefore, they know what the truth is, and it isn't to set you free. Quite the contrary.

"This Might Be The Biggest Lie Of The Year From Biden Regime"

From Zero Hedge site.

It might be an election issue if the GOP wanted it to be, but it doesn't appear that they want the issue. If they did, then why continue to fund the government? A shut down would stop most of the worst stuff that's happening, including this. The regime is giving away freebies to the illegals. If there's no money to give away, the flood slows down to a trickle.

https://t.co/zwhZLgHAmz

— BootsandOil (@BootsandO6892) December 29, 2023

"All I feel is fury at the bankruptcy of academia decades ago"

All I feel is fury at the bankruptcy of academia decades ago

From the Behind the Black blog.

Comment: Methinks the adversaries of civilization have found a weakness that they are exploiting. Unless an answer is found soon, the forces of barbarism will succeed.

The answer must come from the grass roots, because the leadership isn't there.

Endeavor to perservere

12/28/23: re-post of the post of 9/4/12



Chief Dan George talks about the advantages of civilization

Christmas is done for another year, back to nose to the grindstone

12/28/23: Update to the post of 12/26/23:

Been going at it pretty hard for several weeks now. That is, with respect to the address change. A few things I'm finding out along the way. The main thing is that it is hard to overcome inertia. Take a big ocean going oil tanker. It takes MILES to get that thing to a stop once it gets going. Once it gets going, it's got that inertia thing going for it. It's really hard to get things turned around and headed in a different direction.

I can make the move out now, if it were possible to move into the new place. But there's still time before that happens. In the meantime, I'll still keep prepping. Yes, I could make the move now, but now it is a matter of completing the move. This means a crap load of things on the to-do list.

The second thing is my capacity for physical labor has diminished a lot. If I am not careful, I will hurt myself. In fact, I've strained myself a bit already. I guess I don't know but one thing and that is to go full tilt. It may take awhile for me to get moving, but when I do, I really don't want to mess around.

There has been a lot of changes lately. That's another thing. You could get out of whack pretty easily when things are in a state of flux. The changes mean things aren't in their usual places. I'm trying to keep that at a minimum. I like an orderly situation, if you please.

That's all for now on this subject.

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It's a bifurcated lifestyle right now in these parts. Part of the day is devoted to living, the other to this blog. I'd like to keep the blog, and that's why I keep writing something every day. Until nobody comes, that is. What's the point if nobody comes? Somebody comes here, or is it a bot? Either way, it could be bad. I don't know people very well, and who knows about the bots? Not exactly a Field of Dreams. If you write it, they may not come.

I'm tearing down a lot of work over the last several years. The trailer faced the west and caught the sun in summer. That can get mighty hot in these parts. So I built some shade to protect against the ferocious sun. It helped me get by all these several years, but it is now time to go. But not out West, old man.

I want to take the trailer with me to my next address, but that might not be possible. I have to see if it is still road worthy. Therefore, all this junk has to be torn down. It is junk by now. A lot of the wood is rotting from exposure to the elements. Some of it is still in fairly good shape. The build up of shading is preventing me from determining if there's been any damage to the trailer that might prevent it from being usable for habitation going forward. But first, it must be road worthy.

The new place is not far. So the trailer only needs to make a short trip. A 500 mile trip is out of the question right now.

Things are a bit up in the air, so to speak. Decisions have to made, maybe some hard decisions. Decisions that I may not want to make. But time waits for nobody.

Funny thing about how people are. I think I write stuff that should be interesting, but for some reason, it isn't. I think people have their heads up thir asses. But I don't want to be that way. Whatever the world does is what the world does. I just have to do what I have to do.

I want to keep the blog, but that might be something that has to go. A lot of time gets spent here. If it doesn't result in anything, then what's the point?

Tails Linux USB with Persistence

12/28/23: Update of the post of 11/13/23:

A short blurb about this experiment. I've had some trouble with updating it. For some reason, the update won't work. It will download, but during the download, it failed. That's happened twice now.

Not only that, the thing is highly sensitive to touching. I barely touched it a couple times, and it crashed. The last crash was so bad, that I'm going to have do another install. Since time is short, I'll defer on that one until such time as is needed is available.

Using the system isn't too bad, but does require some adjustments. Even with "persistence", the thing doesn't seem to allow data to be accessible. But I haven't used it that much. Must be a trick to it. Even with that, it is definitely usable. Just keep in mind that nothing survives upon exit. Treat it that way, and adjust, it will be alright.

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This is a long way from the USB install with Ubuntu in days gone by. The video is useful, and yes, it does work on this computer. Not without a fight, tho.

Starship Update, 12/28/23

Video from Great SpaceX channel





Starship updates as well as Falcon Heavy updates, and more.

The best way to rate the media is to take it all with a huge grain of salt

12/28/23: Update to yesterday's post:

You may have heard of the website called Political Wire. It's authored by one Taegan Goddard. Looking a bit at this fellow would give the appearance that is a reliable source of information. Not to knock this Goddard fellow, but one would want to give pause to the credentials he claims. Sure, he was educated at the "best" institutions, and has accolades about being the "best" political site out there. One should ask, especially these days, about how much weight these credentials should actually have.

You've got the Harvard scandal at the moment, with respect to the DEI political initiatives. Evidently, credentials can be obtained that way, but how useful would the credentials be if that system has been corrupted?

One story they had on this website was about the "insurrection" narrative that the "credentialed" press keeps pushing out there. The way the comments went on that site would indicate that the readers are primarily of the opinion that it was an insurrection. Never mind the evidence that is accumulating that it wasn't not only not an insurrection, but could have been a set up in order to install Biden as POTUS, while at the same time, disqualifying Trump from ever holding office again.

The facts have been suppressed for three years. The House Select committee held a Star Chamber, and the public was not convinced. However, the matter rages on. Of course, the Colorado Supreme Court weighed in and disqualified Trump on the basis of the alleged insurrection, which hasn't even been charged, must less reached a conviction.

Now the matter goes to the US Supreme Court. One has to wonder how far the rot has progressed. Especially in Washington DC. Can the SCOTUS come up with the correct decision, or will it fumble the issue yet again? If the Court had intervened in the election controversy itself, perhaps much of this could have been avoided. The situation is not entirely encouraging.

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I can swear I saw this article on Ground News, but now I can't find it. Anyway, I wanted to see how Ground News rated the article embedded down below. Since I cannot find it, I'll rate it as a fraud. Trump wrote that she called him and was crying on the phone call, not that he was mocking her while she was crying at the funeral. She was thanking him for how well he treated her husband.

Obviously the article below is a political hit, and it is a lie. The Dems cannot win an honest campaign.

Normally I don't write responses to this stuff, but it does show how people can be turned against the guy for supposedly doing stuff that he doesn't do. There is plenty of news articles out that the probably rate this article as having some sort of factual basis to it. The Democrats want to run this campaign directly on anti-Trump propaganda. Not on Biden's record.

Trump mocks Debbie Dingell for crying at her husband's funeral https://t.co/eVAiaG4LPC via @MailOnline

— BootsandOil (@BootsandO6892) December 27, 2023

Crash near Cleburne Texas claims six lives

12/28/23: Update to post of 12/26/23:

No links are available on this update, as I am writing from memory. A perusal of Robert Ringer's link site ( which can be found on the left sidebar) provides the source of information that I'm relating from memory. As mentioned in the original post, it was hard to pin down the exact location of the crash. It turns out that my best guess was correct.

Speculation about the cause of the accident is just that. To me, it is a rather odd situation. If I am not mistaken, this was a head on collision between a pickup truck and a minivan full of people. Nobody in the pickup died, but almost everybody in the van died--maybe one survivor.

The thing that is strange is that it was a head on collision, but the vehicles should not have been in a position for this to have occurred. Which tells me that somebody was executing a maneuver that wasn't exactly kosher. I'm guessing the pickup truck tried to head in the direction that the minivan was coming from. In order to do this, the pickup truck would have had to turn widely left, which would not have been a very good idea. Vision of traffic coming from that direction would have been impaired. Without further information, it would be too speculative to go any further than this.

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This caught my eye since I've traveled on this stretch of highway on the way to Irving Texas.

Details are sketchy, so I had to do a little digging. It was necessary to go to Google maps in order to get some accurate information about the location. This article says about 10 miles Southwest of Cleburne on Highway 67, near farm rd 1234. It appears to be at a merge point, so one could speculate as that could be the cause of the accident. It was said to be head on, which is strange.

There's not many more details at this time. I guess if I go that way again in the future, this story will come to mind.

Evading mass surveillance

Rob Braxman video

From the description

In the recent videos, I discussed the various ways the State and hackers can surveil you or implement mass surveillance. In this video, I explain how to beat that.

comment:

The 4th Amendment in the Bill of Rights might as well not exist. Yet they still call this the "Free World". Yeah, right. If you try to evade it, like this video shows you, you may get accused of hiding something! If the 4th Amendment means anything, is that the government has the burden of proving a NEED for any "searches and seizures", and to provide a warrant enabling for such. All of that has been taken away.

Record-setting Falcon 9 1st stage booster lost after landing

Record-setting Falcon 9 1st stage booster lost after landing

Keep an eye on Manchin

If he becomes a real threat, he may get "Arkancided". RFK Jr. also.

Gemini 8 historical video

Here's another historical video-- this time of Gemini 8, which flew in 1966. The mission was to practice techniques necessary for the lunar mission, which was to occur by the end of the decade.

There was an emergency onboard, as the Gemini capsule went into an out of control spin while in orbit. Control over the spacecraft had to be given back to the astronauts, who managed to get it back under control. An emergency re-entry was achieved, and the situation ended safely.

The point is that success doesn't occur automatically. Things can and do go wrong.

Apollo 4 & 6: First Saturn V Test Flights - Historical Footage, 1967, A-type missions, CSM, NASA

Note: The date in the title and the date given in the video, do not match. I'll go with the year 1968 as given in the video.

Historical video of the Apollo Era launches and results. This occurred in 1968. There were two more launches in 1968 besides the ones shown here. Apollo 7 went into Earth orbit with a manned crew. The two launches here were unmanned. Of course, Apollo 8 went to the moon, but did not land. Three astronauts circled the moon and came back for a safe splashdown into the Pacific Ocean.

My recollection of this at the time was of surprise. It was early in 1967 that Apollo 1 had the disastrous fire onboard, which killed the three astronauts, while testing on the ground. It seemed at the time that the goal of landing on the moon and returning safely to Earth was not likely to be achieved before the decade was out, as Kennedy had set. But the spectacular success of Apollo 8 brought the goal within reach as the last year of the decade was to begin.

The rest, as they say, is history.

Holiday Classic Takes On New Meaning As Jimmy Stewart’s Post-War Struggles Bleed Into Film

Maybe it's the way it's being mentioned in the tweet below, or just maybe Jimmy Stewart was a great actor.

Holiday Classic Takes On New Meaning As Jimmy Stewart’s Post-War Struggles Bleed Into Film https://t.co/bEal3OLIRG via @dailycaller

— BootsandOil (@BootsandO6892) December 26, 2023

Starship update, 12/25/23

The title is somewhat misleading once again. How does anyone know if it was a "major issue" or not? Missing tiles on a static fire is not that big of a deal. That isn't a realistic flight condition. The static fire is testing the engine, not the tiles.

As for the anomalous de-tanking of the booster, the reason given on the video may not be major issue either. If it has more to do with shaking out the glitches after testing new equipment, then this isn't necessarily a major issue. Still, there was useful information here, so I'm including it on an embed. It's the most recently uploaded update as of this writing.

Merry Christmas

12/25/23: Update to post of 12/16/23:

There was yet another version of "A Christmas Carol", this time starring none other than Sir Patrick Stewart. Of Star Trek fame? Yes, the very one. Somehow, I couldn't get over picturing him on the Holodeck of the Enterprise and giving this performance as none other than Capt Picard. An actor playing an actor playing a fictional character playing a fictional character. Layer upon layer of "humbug", as Scrooge might say.

Not to knock the performance. It was okay, I guess. Actors tend to get type cast into certain types of roles. This wasn't one of those roles. Perhaps it is a tribute to Stewart that it wasn't.

It was a morality play for a deeply immoral world. But that wouldn't be the popular thing to say here.

It is better to be alive than dead, as old Scrooge found out. I was thinking that old Scrooge really wasn't all that bad. If you want really tough customers, just look at the real world. Scrooge was a softie compared to the real people out there. One can go overboard with all the moralizing.

Right now, I'm thinking of the Vietnam War movie called "Full Metal Jacket". There was a scene where a Colonel spots Joker wearing a peace sign that didn't go with what he wrote on his helmet. The Colonel asks Joker whose side he was on and Joker said "our side". Then the Colonel responds with how the world really is, and I don't think Joker "got it". The phrase that stood out for me was "it's a hard boiled world, son". That's what I'm thinking now. Old Scrooge knew it too. He toughened himself against it, and soldiered on. But if there was a theme to the movie, it is perhaps this: you cannot always be a soldier. Scrooge got the message, and changed his tune.

There is a time for war and a time for peace. You have to know what time it is. Merry Christmas, ya'll.

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12/16/23: Update to post of 12/24/16

There are more versions of "A Christmas Carol" than you can shake a stick at. There was one on Amazon Prime that I watched last night. It was something like a musical. It also looks like it was made for TV, as was about an hour long, and allowed for commercials in order to make it an even hour.

The striking thing about this version is that the singing was first rate. Basil Rathbone was in this version, and he played the role of Jacob Marley's ghost.

It thought it was pretty good, and worth watching.











Original post resumes below: Where's my Christmas present?

Bipartisan House Coalition Urges AP to Change Stylebook Rule Advising Against Terrorist Term for Hamas

Bipartisan House Coalition Urges AP to Change Stylebook Rule Advising Against Terrorist Term for Hamas

The title is confusing. It should be re-worded for clarity. Muddled thinking leads to muddled writing.

The title should be re-written as: "House demands that AP properly label Hamas as terrorists".

If beheading babies isn't terrorism, then what the hell is?

RFK Jr. still being denied Secret Service Protection

Thuggish regime. What else can you call it? This regime will try to justify on legal grounds, but if Brandon ran a fair and honest campaign against a challenger within the party, he'd be in trouble. He knows that, and that is why he forced RFK Jr. to run an independent campaign. Brandon is a thug, as is his base.

His base is truly thuggish too, because they support this thuggish behavior. If the base wasn't thuggish, they'd force Brandon to be fair and honest. That's what crooked people are--- they play it the "Chicago way"==the way of gangsters.

SCOOP: @RobertKennedyJr’s third request for Secret Service protection was denied Friday night, according to a letter obtained by @Deseret https://t.co/pmEWOWw2zz

— Samuel Benson (@sambbenson) December 23, 2023

Starship update, 12.24.23

SpaceX Community channel

from description:

SpaceX is steadfastly advancing towards the scheduled Starship Flight 3, anticipated to take place in the first quarter of 2024.

This one is the most recent update I could find. Christmas is around the corner now, and next week will be a holiday too. Of course this means no more launches in 2023. I suppose that was all but certain anyway. The "first quarter" sounds a bit ominous as well. SpaceX is moving fast relatively speaking, but it still seems to take a lot of time. Or is that a reasonable observation?