...I'm starting fresh with this one section of his 2021 State of the State address. Taken from his closing argument, if you will, it speaks to the pressures New York faced in 2020 and how we'll handle whatever 2021 has in store.
A Chain of DiamondsBut pressure also forgesstrength and that'show diamonds are formed.
Intrigued? Check the post and see how this one ends.
I dove right in with a few of the House impeachment managers for your Sunday School, including Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD); I think he was much better than Adam Schiff in the first impeachment (and I think Schiff would probably agree with me). Raskin was on MTP with Chuck Todd, and was asked if dereliction of duty would have been a better charge than incitement of insurrection.
He said no matter which way they had done it, the Rs would have looked for and found a reason to fault the decision, as they did with the insurrection charge.I mean, you know, you can always come up with a lawyer's argument to get to where you want to go. And they did not honestly confront the reality of what happened to America, which was Donald Trump incited a violent mob to attack the Congress of the United States...we have no regrets at all.
You have to read how Raskin closed the interview - it's priceless.
New CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky was racing up and down the Sunday School hallways, appearing in several classrooms to talk about the new school reopening guidelines. I caught up with three of her interviews, including the one with Jake Tapper on CNN's State of the Union. Truth be told (and we always tell the truth here at veritable pastiche), I don't think she did well in any of her appearances.
Tapper talked of the negative impact on kids when they're not in school, and how the experts tell us we have to get the schools open, and Walensky basically said we're not doing what we need to do in order to get the schools open.
In the studies that have shown masking, distancing, and de-densification work, 92% of students wore masks - and we're at around 60% who do so reliably.
And, she said,"... until we can ensure that we have all those measures happening, that there was -- schools wouldn't be safe."
I would have asked how kids are supposed to learn to reliably mask when they never leave their homes. Tapper, though, was more professional.
...I'm just really confused. It seems to me like you're saying, the schools are safe to open as long as everybody takes these steps, but not everybody is taking these steps; therefore, we're not going to open the schools? Do I have that right?
It took 181 words to not say the one word that would have answered the question: yes.
The 45th president issued a statement after Republicans in the Senate proved once again they're more interested in staying in office than in the Constitution, even after seeing and hearing overwhelming evidence that they 45th president is a danger to us - and to them. That statement became the 5ith entry in the book of OrangeVerse.
My guess is that only a couple of sentences - three, I think - were written by him. The rest of them? Maybe he went to Jared, or Ivanka. They're not crazy enough to have been written by either of the Millers, or Scavino.
...See if you can figure out which words are Trump's and which came from the professionals.
Only the Best LawyersI want to first thank my team of
dedicated lawyers and others for their
tireless work upholding justice and defending truth.
His team of dedicated lawyers who were found in the city of brotherly love, Phileeedelphia, and who presented a horrible defense, they really did. I wouldn't pay them if I were him...
Mid-week, I was Wondering on Wednesday not about the aptitude of the 46th president, but about his fortitude. He's going to be in for a fight, I'm thinking, with the real and fake progressive Dems. Like me, President Biden doesn't believe in cancelling $50,000 in student loan debt across the board.
...doing that would wipe out the debt of around 80% of all borrowers, and nearly 70% of all federally-held debt. "I will not make that happen," he said, adding he thinks there's better ways to spend a trillion bucks on education.
AOC, of course, chimed in. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Elizabeth Warren also entered the fray, saying in a joint statement that Biden had the power to do it, and adding
Cancelling $50,000 in federal student loan debt will help close the racial wealth gap, benefit the 40% of borrowers who don't have a college degree, and help stimulate the economy. It's time to act...
Again, one-size-fits-all, don't-do-the-hard-work and don't-fix-the-problem take precedence over doing the thoughtful, considered right thing. I really want Biden to stand firm on this, I do. It's going to be tough, for sure.
I nosed around a bit on Thursday, looking for a #tbt I could share, and found a year-old OrangeVerse, number XLIX, from happier times for 45. You know, when he attacked everyone and their brother, especially their twin brother, after his first impeachment. Here's a bit of that.
On the good week side of the ledger? Well, President Biden told the G7 that
I am sending a clear message to the world, America is back. The transatlantic alliance is back and we are not looking backward we are looking forward together.
His message was well-received, at least by British PM Boris Johnson, who said "As you've seen and heard earlier, America is unreservedly back as the leader of the free world, and that is a fantastic thing." I'd agree with that.
Also a fantastic thing? Putting last week in the books.
See you later for Sunday School.
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