On Monday, September 28, 2020 at 12:51:23 AM UTC-6, [email protected] wrote: > > The daily assaults by the democrat's Vanguard of the Proletariat, and we > can go onto twitter and view these, performed by BLMTifa upon average > Americans seems to (I am guessing) sewn the election up for Orange Dude. I > read the Handmaids tale years ago, and looked at the video presentations of > the book, and noted that the author, Margaret Atwood, and saw the > differences in premise. In Atwood's book, it was the annihilation of modern > civilization that sent the world backwards, and that dark age was brought > upon by a nuclear war, tween, Reagan's American, and the old USSR. The > filmed version was changed to reflect pollution as the villain, and now the > series is to reflect a climate change disaster. > > By the way, Bruno, remember, as I know you must all the claims from > physicists that a nuclear war will ensue if NATO placed Pershing missiles > in western Europe to counteract the Soviets placing mobile SS-18's & 20's. > This threat of Nuclear Winter was also served to us, by the single-sided > disarmament groups (Pro-Soviets). So, we'd not only be incinerated in a > nuclear fire but we'd also be frozen to death after we were all already > dead.Some of these were scientists who promoted this, indicating to me, > that scientist's political leanings can overcome their best analytical > capacities. > > In the US, the democrats (I used to be a life-long one!) has given > themselves up to a shared, autocratic form of government (I assert) that is > simply a Junta composed of street Stalinists, who seem to be funded by > Crony Capitalist billionaires. It's also, at least here in the States, > similar, to their take on Climate Change which unlike the EU isn't > focusing on Green Hydrogen as a replacement energy form (initiated by > wind turbines at Sea), and have nothing but opposition to say, uranium > fission, or natural gas. Nothing will keep their cities and states lighted, > except wishing thinking on their part. I will always take a callous, > rationalist, like Orange Dude, over psychotic, idealists, that my democrats > have become. The true dystopia is not Atwood's HandMaids, but the democrat > areas, where their fascists run the streets. Portland is still afire... >
*Democrats as psychotic idealists? I think you're in dire need of emergency brain surgery. Can you describe a single police reform the US federal government has approved under Trump since Floyd was murdered in plain sight? AG * > -----Original Message----- > From: Bruno Marchal <[email protected] <javascript:>> > To: [email protected] <javascript:> > Sent: Sun, Sep 27, 2020 9:45 am > Subject: Re: The Handmaid's Tale > > > On 27 Sep 2020, at 00:05, John Clark <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > The new US supreme court nominee will be Amy Coney Barrett, and she is > just the sort of person you would expect, a religious crockpot. She is a > member of an extreme right wing Catholic cult called "The People of > Praise"; they speak in tongues, believe in biblical prophecy, and in divine > healing. Members of the cult swear a lifetime oath of allegiance to one > another and are assigned a ideology coach called a “head” for men and a > “HANDMAID” for women to make sure nobody strays from the official dogma. > The "heads" and "handmaids" issue orders on who to date, who to marry, > where to live, whether to take a job, whether to buy a home, and how to > raise children. Part of the ideology of People of Praise is that husbands > should give orders to their wives and only men should have authority over > the family. > > During her confirmation hearing in 2017 to be a federal judge Barrett said > "*I take my faith seriously and I’m a faithful Catholic*". In 2013 she > said: "*I tend to agree with those who say that a Justice’s duty is to > the Constitution and that it is thus more legitimate for her to enforce her > best understanding of the Constitution rather than a precedent she thinks > clearly in conflict with it*"; and as a judge she approved a Indiana law > banning abortions of a deformed fetus (although her opinion was later > overturned by a higher court and the Indiana law ruled unconstitutional). > So when she is approved Roe v. Wade Will be as dead as a doornail and we're > back to the 1950's and coathanger abortions. Barrett also criticized Chief > Justice Roberts for his opinion that saved Obama’s Affordable Care Act; so > in the middle of a global pandemic the health care coverage of tens of > millions of people will be as dead as a doornail too when she hears her > first case on October 10. > > To those who claim Barrett's religious views will not effect her legal > opinions I will remind you that in 2006 she said “*If you can keep in > mind that your fundamental purpose in life is not to be a lawyer, but to > know, love and serve God, you truly will be a different kind of lawyer.*” > > Amy Coney Barret would also be the youngest justice on the bench, so she > could be around for many decades. > > > > What does keep me awake at night is that Trump has the Senate, the AG on > his side, and now even the Supreme Court. > > Even before the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, I was not sure how could > possibly Trump fail to keep power in November. > > Barr exonerated Trump after Mueller Reports (through a big lie) on his > 2016 cheating, and then the Republican Senators acquitted him for his > cheating in the 2020 election (involving Ukraine). > That last one was pitiful, as the Republicans did mock all the evidences > as being just “second-hand evidences” and then when they got the > opportunity to listen to the first-hand evidences, they dismissed it > entirely. > > The last remaining hope for democracy (in the US and thus plausibly in the > whole world) *was* that Trump (who will never say that he lost the > election, right?) would have been obliged at some point to go to the > Courts, and to the Supreme Court, and, with Ruth B. Ginsburg, the court > could have ruled against Trump, but now, it looks there is no hope at all. > > Trump has a powerful support from all the international criminals, not > mentioning his friends Putin, Erdogan, Kim-Youn-Un, and many others. > > I have never been a fan of the Leftists (so ignorant, notably on the > Middle-East situation), but I have not, for one second, believe that Trump > has the interest of the American people in mind. > We have to say that Trump is a pretty brilliant con man; he is an expert > liar. > > And he will never leave the power. He hates to much the looser to be one, > and, for him, the difference is between being free and above the law, or > going to jail. He will do *anything* to not, never, leave the Power. > > Amy is extreme right wing conservative, we will see if she will defend her > faith, or her ideology, like the evangelist who admit Trump is everything > except a believer, but still vote for him for his promise against abortion, > and similar, and I suppose she would know that, and introspect herself a > little bit, and be honest. The Indiana action gives a bit of hope, thanks… > > I say this to keep an atom of hope ,and that we are not witnessing the end > of democracy, and the end of the rules of law, in the US and then > everywhere, which would lead to a millenium more of obscurantism. > > Democracy (like today in the US, Israel and Europa) is basically the only > progress in the applied human sciences since the closure of Plato Academy. > I think that if we lose democracy, we will regress far more than up to > 1950, I’m afraid. > > The vote of November in the US is not about left/right, but really between > democracy/tyranny. > > Tyran never accepts a defavorable election result, and Trump warn us > everyday, and prepare us, to "a fait accompli” with the outrageous help of > his AG (Barr). > > His incapacity to defend the idea of a peaceful transition, in case he > loses, is an admission. Even in his 2016 campaign, he said already that he > will accept the result of the vote … if he win. > > Bruno > > > > > > John K Clark > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv0QcP4hajz2aenSpbst5_%2BspkfPVAMuNGTPmNzaPbPaAg%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv0QcP4hajz2aenSpbst5_%2BspkfPVAMuNGTPmNzaPbPaAg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/AA2B16C6-1CA7-45A6-B8F1-0DB0CC2CB026%40ulb.ac.be > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/AA2B16C6-1CA7-45A6-B8F1-0DB0CC2CB026%40ulb.ac.be?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. 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