Yesterday, The hearing with Jack Smith referenced in the second article below was held or at least started. There is of course no transcript, but Joyce Vance got hold of some quote – from which it appears that he didn’t give them hell, he just told them the truth and they thought it was hell (Thanks, Harry Truman.)
The Common Dreams newsletter was really hot on Monday, but I promise this is my last post from it (not that there aren’t others worthy). What was your first thought when you heard or saw the news of the shooting in Sydney? My first thought was “Where is there a Sydney in the US?”) and my second, after looking the news up and confirming the shooting was in Australia, was of the shooting in New Zealand, which hit two mosques (and resulted in massive changes in their gun laws.) This one was at Australia’s best known beach, Bondi Beach (pronounced bond-eye according to the BBC and their Aussie correspondent, and I trust no relation to Pam), at a Hannukah party. What’s next – a mass shooting at a Baha’i temple in Canada? I realize that any and every faith is demonsized in modern society, but the truly sick people are not te ones beig shot but the ones doing the shooting, and, with the possible exception of religious nationalism, the shooters will be disowned by their nominal co-religionists. It isn’t religion but the abuse of religion itself which is a problem, but the abuse of religion to justify evil.
I received this from Joyce Vance early Wednesday morning (not long after midnight.) My immediate reaction was “I hope he takes some security with him. Both physical and legal.” I also would wish he could, directly or through his security, make a recording of the entire proceedings. Today’s Congressional Republicans cannot be trusted. Period.
I must have gone to Huff Post too many times and they cut me off. I had to archive this just to read it (and the archived version may not be complete – it has a lot of blank spaces.) but I thought it was interesting, to say the least.
