Below is my column in The Messenger on President Joe Biden continuing his claim of having no knowledge or interaction with the business associates of his son and brothers. With the formal vote on an impeachment inquiry planned for this coming week, the absurd denial shows that the President is now trapped in the amber of this corruption scandal — unable to acknowledge the obvious falsity of his past statements.
Here is the column:
With a formal House vote on an impeachment inquiry expected next week, President Joe Biden was confronted this week about his knowledge and involvement in alleged influence peddling by his son and brothers. An irate Biden seemed to morph into Bill Clinton and — echoing his predecessor’s “I did not have sex with that woman” denial of an earlier scandal — effectively declared that he did not have relations with “those people.”
As with Clinton, the denial was absurd, even insulting. Roughly 70% of voters (including 40% of Democrats) believe Biden has acted either unlawfully or unethically in the overseas business dealings of his family. More importantly, the House has interviews, documents, photos and even audiotapes contradicting Biden’s continuing denial of having any knowledge of his son’s financial dealings.
This includes testimony from Hunter Biden’s associates that Joe Biden called in as many as 20 times (and was put on speakerphone) at dinners and meetings with Hunter’s associates. It also includes sworn testimony from figures like Hunter’s ex-associate, Tony Bobulinski, that he discussed dealings directly with Joe Biden. And it includes a statement by Devon Archer, Hunter’s close friend and business partner, that the president’s denials of knowledge were “categorically false.”
Yet, according to the president, it is all lies, lies, lies.
When finally confronted this week about interacting with these associates, Biden barked back, “I did not and it’s just a bunch of lies. They’re lies. I did not. They’re lies.”
It may become Biden’s “I did not have sexual relations with that woman” moment, a line that is likely to be repeated with the same frequency as Clinton’s denial before being impeached in 1998. In the face of a formal vote for an impeachment inquiry, Biden is sticking with the same rhetorical chest-poking done by his predecessor.
Despite the photos of Clinton with Lewinsky and his long history of womanizing, Clinton expected the media and the public to ignore their lying eyes. The Starr investigation and impeachment forced his hand in eventually admitting the obvious.
The Bidens have their own vices, of course, but it seems the family signature has been influence peddling. It appears to have been, as I have written previously, virtually a family business.
Like Clinton, however, Biden is in a bind. He spent the last election categorically denying any knowledge or involvement in Hunter’s business dealings. He continues those denials despite evidence that Hunter discussed these dealings with his father and used Air Force 2 as transport to work on foreign clients during official trips with his father.
For years, much of the media refused to acknowledge the authenticity of the emails on Hunter’s abandoned laptop. Yet, in the last year, many have reached the limit of plausible deniability and now acknowledge that Hunter was involved in a multimillion-dollar influence-peddling scheme. The final line of defense has become that Joe Biden did not directly benefit.
Even now, some are frantically joining Biden in calls for blind denials. Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) has even doggedly maintained that the laptop may really be Russian disinformation, despite confirmation of its content by witnesses, government investigators, and several media organizations.
It won’t work. Biden clearly lied when he denied knowledge of his son’s business operations, and he has continued to lie during his presidency. Moreover, besides the benefits to his family (which would legally constitute benefits in criminal cases), there are references in Hunter’s emails to giving his father income, paying bills, and using shared accounts and credit cards.
Now, the National Archives is finally turning over tens of thousands of emails, including many in which Joe Biden reportedly used false names in communicating with Hunter’s associates. And various key figures, including Hunter, face testimony or contempt proceedings.
Thus, Biden is caught in a trap of his own making.
Bill Clinton eventually gave a redemptive-sinner speech and effectively confessed to being a cad. Yet for Biden, after years of categorical denials, it will be a bit more difficult to reveal himself or his family as being corrupt. Some people may forgive perjury over sex with an intern as impulsive, or immaterial. But, as shown by the overwhelming poll numbers, it is harder to pretend that knowledge of or involvement in influence peddling is simply an indiscretion.
The evidence is overwhelming that the president surely knew of his family’s influence peddling and foreign interests. The United States has pushed international agreements targeting influence peddling as criminal corruption in other countries. Knowledge that your family has engaged in such corruption is all the more serious when you facilitate or enable these efforts through meetings, dinners and calls.
There is another difference between Biden’s and Clinton’s denials.
I testified at the Clinton impeachment that perjury is an impeachable offense for a president, regardless of the subject. However, many witnesses and observers argued that even a criminal act is not impeachable if it does not compromise one’s office.
Influence peddling is different, though. It involves the selling of access to or influence on one’s public office. Even if you claim the money did not influence your decisions, knowledge of or interaction with such corruption undermines both the office and the public trust.
The vote this coming week in the House not only will bring a moment of truth for Biden but for his party. House Democrats will have to decide whether, despite the extensive evidence of influence peddling and the president’s apparent lies, they will not support even an inquiry into allegations of corruption. This is the same party which used a “snap impeachment” for the last president without holding a single hearing.
It does not have to be this way, where not a single Democrat will support the investigation — despite 40% of their party viewing Biden as either criminal or corrupt or both. If members truly oppose the corruption that saturates this city, they can take a stand by voting in favor of this inquiry and against influence peddling.
Jonathan Turley, an attorney, constitutional law scholar and legal analyst, is the Shapiro Chair for Public Interest Law at The George Washington University Law School.
Reminds me of the denials of OJ. Deep down, Simpson & Brandon both feel totally justified in their behavior.
Perhaps joe was just clarifying the finer points of influence peddling in those international agreements, ironically with the very countries he was courting.
Hunter was not interacting with those people, he was (like his father) one of them . . . all in bed together (wallowing around in the mud of deceit and deception).
And now they’re fighting over who has to sleep on the wet spot.
Congrats Turley on reaching a saturation rate in opinion polling re belief Joe Biden is guilty of something. It’s a solid marker for you getting paid more for your PR efforts to cast aspersions in the campaign.
However, Jon, you’ve become a total hack that’s now regarded as the lawyer to mouthpiece for D’s to get impeached while R’s are allowed to float above the law. It’s why you’re getting dragged so hard on twit x for your interview with Hannity. Not only were your ‘facts’ not actual facts in that interview but you’ve come to physically resemble the caricature of a slimy lawyer. It’s a solid data point on a staggering fall from whatever respect you may have once had.
Okay, cue the magat responses of I hate you, I hate your information. Plus you’re stupid.
I hate you. I hate your information. You’re stupid.
I can’t stop laughing at this.
Is there anything factual you’d like to say, or was laying a big fat steaming turd your only goal?
Turley is getting dragged for his interview with Hannity where he maintained Biden was lying without having the proof to back it up.
Turley has become widely regarded as a hack.
Turley does look slimy these days. Yes, this is my opinion on this particular point, but the other observations are indeed factual.
The slow, deliberate and painful process of coming to grips with his fate is exactly what joey deserves.
Last night in a speech, Trump called Bill Barr a coward. The DC Circuit Court of Appeals had already reinstated the gag order preventing him from attacking foreseeable witnesses in the DC case. Bill Barr is a foreseeable witness. Trump has violated the gag order.
You really need to come to realize that your lawfare-fanboy flailing is both lame and counter-productive. You have about 13 months to come to terms with the fact that Trump will be the President again. You can either enjoy the prosperity and freedoms coming your way or dust-off your pussy hat and complain about it.
Oh my, this next year will throw you a bunch of surprises.
Why, dat wascally wabbit!! Twump viowated his westwainig odow!!!
Foreseeable?
Now to stay out of jail you are ordered to see into the future.
That aligns with corrupt leftist judges
It will be interesting to see if Rep. Dan Goldman carries the day with his continued “Russian disinformation” campaign and gets all Democrats to vote against the Impeachment Inquiry. If he can keep Democrats together on this one, he’ll be on the fast track to be House Speaker and getting the Congressional Medal of Freedom for “saving democracy”. That said however, he must have skipped class at Stanford Law when they were discussing the rules of evidence. Thank you, Jonathan, for an excellent article.
Sky, getting all of the Dems to agree to vote together is not a skill, they do it with every important vote that comes up. The hive mentality of that party is indestructible.
Given his answer, my questions to Biden are, why didn’t you have interactions with them, what did you know about them that convinced you to stay away from them and why didn’t any other of your relatives or associates see the same problems with associating with them, did you warn them?
If you did not interact with them, why did you interact with their money?
Upstate, great comment!
HullBobby,
Thank you!
It’s time to turn Our attention to and sharply focus on those closet to the President. It is fair to say that Joseph Biden is close to his family, hence They would know more intricate details of his relationships and dealings.
Of course having raised the children, Jill Biden would know what the Kids (Hunter and Amy Biden) are involved with.
Then of course we have to come to Joe’s siblings. Francis W. Biden, James Brian Biden, Valerie Biden-Owens.
Joe’s brother James, of which has already made the News in his involvement of ‘deals’, and then his youngest sister, Valerie Biden-Owens.
Valerie Biden-Owens, has been Joe’s close confidant since his Campaign for a Seat on Delaware’s – New Castle County Council.
A political strategist and campaign manager, She was a Resident Fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics, was a Resident Fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics. Owens currently sits on the advisory board for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Public Policy Institute.
“Owens has played a substantial role in all of her brother’s political campaigns dating back to his first campaign, for the New Castle County, Delaware council in 1970. Owens managed for Joe Biden’s 1988 presidential campaign. In 2008, Owens and Ashley Judd campaigned together in North Carolina at several events in support of Barack Obama and Joe Biden.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Biden_Owens#Career
“We’ve all always been close,” Frank Biden
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/frank-biden-berman-group/2021/02/02/b1cf23a4-63f7-11eb-8c64-9595888caa15_story.html
Congressional Subpoenas for: Jill & Valerie – It’s About All That They Know, 54 Years Information –
Focus, Focus, Focus, … ‘Don’ Joseph R. Biden and Jill T. ‘Giacoppo’ Biden – La Familia.
His defense will be that his senility kept him from from realizing what he was doing, and from remembering any of it.
It is curious that Prof Turley has avoided any article about free speech at Harvard, MIT, and Penn following the congressional hearing.
Perhaps because his view would be unpopular? Assuming he remains consistent, he would likely say that bad speech (like calling for genocide of Jews) should be countered with good speech, rather than curtailing it, even if there’s a hostile environment for some on campus.
This seems like a bread and butter topic for the professor. but perhaps he is afraid of the backlash from his conservative followers, who are now promoting safe spaces on campus after attacking them
@Anonymous
Ever notice it is hard for many to stay on topic when the discussion is uncomfortable?
Ex Dem,
Oh, we notice alright.
The good professor is exposing the BCF for what they are and our leftist friends then bomb the comments section with mindless gaslighting or whataboutism.
A few points:
1. Gay and McGill defended their position on free speech grounds. According to FIRE, Harvard is dead last and Penn second to last out of 248 universities surveyed for free speech protection. Harvard is the only university ever to score 0.
2. The three presidents could not say if calling for the genocide of Jews violated their policies against harassment or bullying. At the same time, at Harvard, fat phobia, cisheterosexuality and misgendering are all considered abusive.
3. Harvard dismissed a tenured professor for saying there are two sexes. Claudine Gay participated in the purging of Roland Fryer. Ronald Sullivan was thrown out of his position as master of Eliot House for defending Weinstein. DEI bureaucrats control hiring and admissions.
4. The DEI ideology of oppressor/oppressed and “settler colonialism” is at the root of leftist antisemitism. The establishment response is to shift Jews from the oppressor category to oppressed. This is not a solution; the entire ideology must be uprooted and all its enforcers fired.
There is a deep rot in Academia. The selective manipulation of the defence of free speech should be unmasked for what it is.
There is a deep rot in Academia
There is a deep rot in America. It started with Americans and grows precipitously because of Americans. Academia, like medicine, government, law and journalism are a reflection of the people from whence they came. It’s a tired trope to blame Left or Right because all have contributed to the demise of our nation. We are circling the drain and it is only a matter of time when America collapses. Only the strong will survive, and those include people who are fit in the Darwinian sense.
America, nor any society, can exist when the majority of its residents are carrion. Most Americans lack intellectual, physical, medical and spiritual fitness. The minority who may be fit can not carry the load heaped onto them by the dull, the lame, the victim, the mentally, medically deficient, the latter caused by their own choices. The majority of chronic medical problems are self-imposed. Now more than ever, Americans juggle self-inflicted chronic medical problems. Americans are a hot mess
Professor Turley regularly cites the US Constitution for everything under the sun. Yet, the Founding Fathers never intended the Founding Documents to form the conscience, virtue and morality of their fledgling nation. They were all very clear: it depended on the people to act righteously, virtuously, and morally. We are way past those points. The comments of late on this forum are reflection of the latter.
UpState Farmer often argues that people should invest in chickens and ammo. Clearly he is a fit man given his labor. He may not be too far from a sage prescription on how to survive the coming seasons that will destroy most Americans. That is on them. They wanted to be sluggards like the ant, see.
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
How long will you lie there, you sluggard?
When will you get up from your sleep?
A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest—
and poverty will come on you like a thief
and scarcity like an armed man.
– Proverbs 6:6-11
I’m severely critical of the Left, but my words are more severe of the Right who feign religious foundational principles. Lauren Boebert, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz, Nancy Grace, Newt Gingrich, Donald Trump, the list is endless….all disgraceful.
I’m not sure investing in chicken and ammo will secure anyone’s future with the collapse of our country. Better to lose weight, get fit physically, mentally, spiritually, and establish intimate ties with family, friends, & community members to support each other. Alas, Americans no longer have those aforementioned interpersonal skills either
come now the insults by Tom/Jimmy of “kunt”, “c**k”, “moron”, and more evidence of carrion amongst us.
“Tom/Jimmy of “kunt”, “c**k”, “moron”, and more evidence of carrion amongst us.”
I’ dont use those terms, except moron, and you’d be better served to not bear false witness, and engage in the tactics of Anon who claims that you and i are one and the same.
All i have ever said about you in particular is that you bore me to tears. I guess thats all the excuse you needed to personally attack me.
Do i think you’re delusional, both in your apocalyptic view of the future and your belief in jehovah? Yes. Does that make me carrion? I guess you’re welcome to your countervailing view on that.
Do i have a good supply of MRE and freeze dried foods, body armor, a pretty extensive array of guns, and LOTS of ammo, just in case? Yes.
Does the kjv bible (the infallible word of god) say that jehovah is the same “yesterday, today, and forever”? Did jehovah tell the Israelites to destroy their enemies? Did jesus (son of jehovah and part of the trinity that is jehovah) say love your enemies?
Sound like the same god?
So, i’ll be carrion and you can go on being on the level with the man who thinks he’s a poached egg.
Tom,
If you are going to eat MREs for a prolonged period of time, water. Lots and lots of water.
Just FYI.
Thanks for that advice! I dont expect to have to. I have several suppressed weapons as well, and i am fairly skilled with my compound bow and my crossbow as well. So stealthy hunting is in the plan.
The reason i have an array of firearms is a piece of advice i was given by a survivalist. You never know what caliber your enemy is using, and you’ll want his ammo once he is dead.
Tom,
A bow. That is something I need to add.
I keep to two calibers for financial reasons. Too invested in reloading. There are a number of calibers I would love to have but for the lack of money. I would love to have a .458SOCOM! Jealous here!
So, it is the lowly .308WIN and 45-70govt for me. But a lever action 45-70govt is a hoot to shoot!
Yes that cannon u got is a ton of fun i bet. My favorite is my 6.5 Creedmoor. Smooth and deadly accurate at 600 yards. Weighing in at 6.5 pounds without optics. With night vision scope it is a coyotes worst nightmare!
I dont get much occasion to use them, but the .300 winmag and .338 lapua magnum are my reach out and touch someone favs. With the right ammo, they really can “ruin the meat” as our friend dennis would say. Sometimes, thats the point lol.
The socom cost me about 600 to build, sans suppressor. I wasnt too worried about niceties, but with a big fat light gathering scope, it is a hog killing machine. Sometimes they dont even scatter, because it sounds about like a branch breaking in the woods. They have a curious look when there buddy goes feet up next to them.
Also, if you’re considering a bow just in case and for hunting when there won’t be any “laws” per se, I’d recommend a crossbow. Less practice to be proficient, it shoots more like a gun, and the bolts are typically smaller than arrow, allowing you to carry more.
Estovir,
First and foremost thank you for the kind words.
Secondly, I think you are spot on. Americas are a hot mess. I try to support local mom&pop like stores, but occasionally I have to go to a big box store for something. Always shocking to see the degree of unhealthy. Even children.
All empires come to an end. Some go with a whimper. Others with a bang. I never thought I would see it in my life time but we can see it unfolding before our very eyes. As you aptly point out, it is a rot from within, from our physical health, to our mental and even spiritual. We have discussed the fact I may not be religious per say but I do feel something akin to spiritual when I walk the fields. And I make it a point to walk to see, hear and feel nature around me.
Due to the fragile nature of our economy and society, I think the collapse of America is slow going until there is a tipping point then it is all a sudden. Then those who lack the strength will not fair well. The potential barbarism I see will be shocking.
Chickens. Easy to raise. Low maintenance. Meat and eggs. Even egg laying birds, when they have stopped laying, stew birds.
PMs. Preserve your wealth.
Ammo. Self evident.
In light of your observations, I will add, get healthy. All around healthy.
“It’s a tired trope to blame Left or Right because all have contributed to the demise of our nation. ”
Estovir: Though what you say is true, it doesn’t carry much meaning because left and right today, extended over decades or years, is meaningless. It would be better to classify using less broad terms, and then you would find that many Americans are focused on the right things even though they are not 100% perfect.
Though I am disappointed with many Americans, most are hardworking with ideals that are superior to those held by many over different parts of the world. You would not find better people in Cuba, Iran, or many other nations.
Looking at the rest of the world and using the term circling the drain, you could better apply that expression to many of our friends in Western Europe. I would not belittle the American people as a group. There is no nation yet to survive without diaspora over the millennia. One group did so in part, but they are the exception.
When you name all those imperfect people, we should remember that the great men of the Old Testament clearly show that great men and leaders suffered from similar problems. I don’t have to remind you that David wished to build the Temple but was not allowed to because of his failures, so the building was left to his son, Solomon. If you want to look further, look and see how the near-perfect King, Saul, met his doom.
S. Meyer,
You make some interesting points and I agree but only to a degree.
We do in fact have some Americas who are hard working and inspirational.
However, through personal experience I have found the 20% to 80% rule, namely in government. 20% do the work, the other 80% stand around and do nothing, riding on the coattails of the 20%. I know. I am that 20%.
Looking around at the current state of affairs, all those woke leftists pushing for Marxism, social democracy, whatever they call it, it is more of the 20% to 80%. They just want to normalize it. That is why so many Asians take so much offense of the discrimination against them for being successful. I would too. I do, to a degree of my strong work ethic and drive to be successful.
And that is why I think if and when the socio-economic collapse of America will be all the more painful for those who are dependent on everyone and anyone but themselves.
Again, not religious but I found your references to the Old Testament, David, Solomon and Saul interesting.
Invest in chickens, PMs, ammo and your own personal fitness.
Upstate, I hesitate to make statements that insult a group better than most groups. As a whole, Americans are reasonable people, and most want to do the right thing. Our government has made many Americans appear to be lazy, but many of them are working off the books and playing the system that is destroying them. They work harder than many think, but the government is forcing lousy behavior.
Our problem is not with Americans but with a government that is out of control. Our borders are insecure, and more 911s will likely hit us due to Biden’s policies. No one should be permitted to cross our borders illegally, as much as I am in sympathy with many of them. Controlling the borders does not stop immigration. It protects society and permits assimilation.
I hope all remember many Cuban immigrants did a lot of good for America, but we didn’t need the criminals and mentally ill that Castro also sent to our shores. I say this because part of my family is Cuban and came in legally, as did the older generations of my family and my wife. They are all productive Americans, as am I. They don’t need to be insulted. Neither should we insult the families who have been here for generations.
We need to be united, not divided and fight the Marxist Revolutionaries while placing our government back under the control of the people and the states.
Believer or non-believer The Old Testament and Talmud provides valuable information that helps one gain a greater understanding of themselves.
Upstate, I hesitate to make statements that insult a group better than most groups.
You dont know Judaism. From Genesis to which ever book you believe is the cut off, the Old Testament Prophets, not to mention the Psalms, named names. The Prophets habitually excoriated the people of Israel. Isaiah was no mealy mouth Jew.
You should become familiar with your Jewish texts. No doubt you will lecture me that I do not know Judaism. But then again you lecture me about virology, immunology, protein chemistry and vaccines, citing your “experiences” in medicine. You lecture people often on here about their being ignorant or being stupid. So yes, you “insult a group better than most groups”
You have nothing but time on your hands as a retiree. Follow the example of Bari Weiss: be passionate and have conviction as a Jew. Study. Study. Study. While youre at it, adopt a vigorous daily prayer life just like Bari Weiss. But you wont because youre a relativist, like most Americans, hence the collapse of our country.
From the book of the prophet Isaiah 24: 1-18
The coming of the Lord on that day
Lo, the Lord empties the land and lays it waste;
he turns it upside down,
scattering its inhabitants:
Layman and priest alike,
servant and master,
The maid as her mistress,
the buyer as the seller,
The lender as the borrower,
the creditor as the debtor.
The earth is utterly laid waste, utterly stripped,
for the Lord has decreed this thing.
The earth mourns and fades,
the world languishes and fades;
both heaven and earth languish.
The earth is polluted because of its inhabitants,
who have transgressed laws, violated statutes,
broken the ancient covenant.
Therefore a curse devours the earth,
and its inhabitants pay for their guilt;
Therefore they who dwell on earth turn pale,
and few men are left.
The wine mourns, the vine languishes,
all the merry-hearted groan.
Stilled are the cheerful timbrels,
ended the shouts of the jubilant,
stilled is the cheerful harp.
They cannot sing and drink wine;
strong drink is bitter to those who partake of it.
Broken down is the city of chaos,
shut against entry, every house.
In the streets they cry out for lack of wine;
all joy has disappeared
and cheer has left the land.
In the city nothing remains but ruin;
its gates are battered and desolate.
Thus it is within the land,
and among the peoples,
As with an olive tree after it is beaten,
as with a gleaning when the vintage is done.
These lift up their voice in acclaim;
from the sea they proclaim the majesty of the Lord:
“For this, in the coastlands,
give glory to the Lord!
In the coastlands of the sea,
to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel!”
From the end of the earth we hear songs:
“Splendor to the Just One!”
But I said, “I am wasted, wasted away.
Woe is me! The traitors betray:
with treachery have the traitors betrayed!
Terror, pit, and trap
are upon you, inhabitant of the earth;
He who flees at the sound of terror
will fall into the pit;
He who climbs out of the pit
will be caught in the trap.
For the windows on high will be opened
and the foundations of the earth will shake.
http://www.liturgies.net/Liturgies/Catholic/loh/advent/week2mondayor.htm
“You dont know Judaism.”
You don’t know what I know or don’t know. Your rhetoric here is self-serving and of no use.
“No doubt you will lecture me that I do not know Judaism.”
The way you talk about others makes one think you have memorized the texts of the Testaments but have yet to incorporate the teachings they provide. You are constantly criticizing classes of people. That is not the proper spirit.
Yes, for the most part, the prophets “habitually excoriated” their people for idol worship, sacrifice, and things against God. According to the Torah and Talmud, such behavior carries a hefty price. Don’t forget who was not permitted to enter the land of Israel. Take note of the destruction of the Temples.
“But then again you lecture me about virology, immunology, protein chemistry and vaccines, citing your “experiences” in medicine. You lecture people often on here about their being ignorant or being stupid. So yes, you “insult a group better than most groups”
Yes, I insult trolls, but not fat people, Americans, and other reputable groups. I offend those who harm others, who insult people who give them a place to voice their opinions, and those who destroy what others create. There is no need to apologize for that type of wrongdoing.
You are intolerant of others. The sum of knowledge in the world is greater than the expert. You have limited expertise in an area, so if you feel another, providing their own opinion needs to be corrected, you should have the ability to use evidence rather than your “moral authority” as a physician to convince them. It would help if you recognized that all opinions are valid ‘opinions’ unless disproven or misused.
“You have nothing but time on your hands as a retiree.”
As a physician, you spend too much time on this blog telling others what they should do with their lives. Concentrate on your patients and your studies. We each have our reasons for being here, but you try to use one’s being here as a weapon. It doesn’t work. I was productive all my life in many different fields, and to this day, I still produce more than most. Your arrogance gets in the way of a fine mind.
” Follow the example of Bari Weiss”
Bari Weiss is a hero but not the only hero. There are many, but you only select those heroes in agreement with you rather than dealing with those things that punch holes in what you want to believe.
One can say that Bari Weiss and Ben Shapiro are opposites. (I said this in an earlier reply.) It would be best if you listened to how they talk to one another. They build. They do not destroy.
20% do the work, the other 80% stand around and do nothing, riding on the coattails of the 20%.
Election results reveal the mindset of people. Those who turn a blind eye to corrupt, morally bankrupt, craven politicians, and retain them in office, provide the glaring data of the content of their character. Too medical diagnosis, chronic medical problems, dependence on prescription drugs, epidemiological trends like obesity, diabetes, mental illness, etc, reveal lack of fitness. Then there is also the internal vs external locus of control rubric: those who are driven to realize their destiny vs the victims who depend and “need” a politician, a political party, slogans like Obama’s “hope and change”, Hillary’s “fighting for us”, Trump’s “make America great again”.
Life is lived in the now, in the the local, the hour by hour activities. You as a farmer are doing just that. Im not sure about your 20% vs 80% schema, but far more than 50% of Americans are unfit in the Darwinian sense. The minority can not carry the majority.
Judaism is a tribal religion, having no concern for gentiles. It wasnt until Christianity was adopted at the fall of the Roman Empire, that the Christian ethos took hold across Europe and beyond: Africa, Near East, eventually the Americas, etc The recent fall of Europe is due to their forgetting their roots. The US Founding Fathers likewise presumed a Christian ethic in their fledgling nation. We followed Europe in slouching towards Gomorrah, as stated by Judge Robert Bork, and as Senator Daniel Moynihan articulated in his “defining down deviancy”
We, as a majority people, following Christian teachings, should be the Good Samaritan and care for our neighbor. However, when the minority are expected to carry the majority, the nation collapses, hence my citing Proverbs.
“Judaism is a tribal religion, having no concern for gentiles.”
Estovir, do you want to go down that path of ignorance? I don’t think so. It isn’t becoming of any person. Such a statement is immature, divisive and wrong. Jews are among the most charitable people to others, along with being exceptionally productive. Their concern is with all humanity, not just your part of the planet.
I don’t know what you mean about tribal religion. My guess is one can call Jesuits a tribal religion as well, along with all the other sects, so I don’t know why you included that in your reply to Upstate.
“It wasnt [sic] until Christianity was adopted at the fall of the Roman Empire, that the Christian ethos took hold across Europe and beyond . . .”
That is true. And look at the horrors that followed: The Dark/Middle Ages.
You have a fantastic ability to evade the horrific history of your own ideology. Just as do socialists. And for the same reasons.
The Middle Ages provided you your employment, you idiot. Universities were started by the Catholic Church in the 6th century via Catholic monasteries and Cathedrals.
trivium – grammar, rhetoric and logic
quadrivium: arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy.
You continually brag about having been a faculty at a top tier university.
Was that Harvard, MIT or Penn, because frankly the idiocy they demonstrate matches yours, i.e lack of knowledge in how your career was possible because of Catholicism in the Middle Ages
Estovir —- The concept of university originates in 1088:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_universities_in_continuous_operation
(where Oxford and Cambridge continue to dispute which was older).
The original areas of study were either theology or literature and law, at least in England.
“Universities were started by the Catholic Church in the 6th century . . .”
Really? There was no teaching by Plato, Aristotle, et al. before Catholicism?
What was the state of knowledge in the Dark/Middle Ages? Try widespread *ignorance*. What happened to all of the hard-earned knowledge from Athens and Rome? The Church suppressed and destroyed it. It took the Renaissance to rediscover that knowledge.
What was life like for the common man during your cherished Dark Ages? Try widespread slavery, starvation, disease, wars, and an average lifespan in the early 20’s.
Those, and countless others, are the horrific historical facts that you wish to evade.
Trump says that he wants to be a dictator for one day. He’s said it more than once.
No one who is a dictator for one day has ever ended their dictatorship after one day.
No one who loves our Constitution and our democracy wants to be a dictator for even one day.
He is a danger to our Constitution and our democracy.
Ever wondered how easy it is to bait a Leftist?
Exhibit A: “Trump says that he wants to be a dictator for one day.”
Notice that you focus on me, but not on what he’s telling you he’ll do. He’s repeatedly telling people what he’ll do on Day 1 of his presidency if he’s reelected, you just don’t want to believe it. Everyone who cares about our Constitution and our democracy should be deeply concerned.
“not on what he’s telling you he’ll do.”
Do you know what critical thinking skills are? Before writing, one uses them before hitting the reply button to see if what they say makes sense.
Maybe you are stupid, and maybe not, but Trump has a track record as President, and it is a good one, quite the opposite of what you say. Biden, too, has a record, and it is one of lies and failure.
You listen to statements of Trump taken out of context. These are things that most children would recognize as fanciful. Yet you can’t remember the lies from Biden that witnesses, videos, emails, etc, prove.
You tell me, are you stupid, or did you never develop critical thinking skills?
What is Trump’s “good” presidential track record, exactly? You seem to have drunk the orange kool-aid. Tell us why pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal was “good”, for example. Also, DJT wanted to withdraw America from NATO…”good’? How about inciting seditious conspiracy?
And we can add tax evasion to the list of Trump goodies. Any other crook would be in jail by now.
I love it. One minute trumps a broke pauper failed businessman with zero assets of value, and the next, he evaded paying taxes on all that nothing.
No one said Trump’s a broke pauper with zero assets of value. On the contrary, opponents know that he has assets that may be disgorged in the NY fraud case. But don’t let that get in the way of your fantasy contrast.
Yea, lots of people said it, did you mean you never said it?
No, you said he’s guilty of tax evasion, without a shred of evidence.
I looked around, i see several indictments and 94 charges, but no tax evasion.
Just makin’ sh!t up.
“lots of people said it”
Name one and give us a quote.
“you said he’s guilty of tax evasion”
No, I said that he’s been found liable for fraud. Do you need a link to the ruling?
“Just makin’ sh!t up.”
Indeed you are.
“And we can add tax evasion to the list of Trump goodies. “
You’re a liar and a coward. This post was the whole reason i replied.
Or as i prefer to say…you are a booger eating kunt. Its the same thing.
And were you sleepwalking thru the 2016 presidential campaign, when MANY people , including that disgusting POS hillary clinton, tried to paint trump as a failed businessman with no money?
Dont ever ask someone to post their source when you cant even remember the lie you posted 30 minutes earlier.
But here ya go
https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/hillary-clinton-warns-trump-bankrupt-america-hes-bankrupted/story?id=39316927
“Trump Organization Hit With Maximum Fine Over Years-Long Tax Fraud”
The Guardian
All the major papers printed this news on Jan. 13, 2023.
The amount of the fine was $1.6 million.
Thank you for making it clear that the answer to my question is you are stupid without the ability to have critical thinking skills. The same goes for the other answers you decided to flood the blog with.
What Trump did is known by all except to you since the portion of your brain that permits memory seems to have been destroyed.
Can you cut the string in front of you? Go ahead and cut it. It’s time to put the bottle away.
The guardain
LMAO
Tax fraud
LMAO
You said and i quote
“TAX EVASION”
Tax evasion is a felony. Does DJT have a single felony conviction of any type on his record? No
So now go read the article, dumba$$ and see where your factual error lies.
LIAR
Booger eater and kunt
Again, you prove stupidity and don’t know when a case is finalized. Thanks for confirming what you are by your use of foul language. I love watching you expose yourself.
Green Anonymous: Clean up your act, kid. You seem to have a limited vocabulary. Shall we simply say that Donald Trump is a tax cheat, and leave it at that?
Say what you want, so long as its accurate, ad not a self serving lie. Thats the only act that needs cleaning up. My vocabulary is not limited. As a former sailor, I bet I can come up with 100 more words to describe flaming kunts like yourself.
@Anonymous
The choices you have:
1. Joe Biden.
-Biden stated he would unite the country. He clearly did not even try.
-Biden stated he did not take money from enemy governments. He appears to have grossly lied and fooled only those that habitually whistle in the dark.
-Biden swore he would uphold the Constitution. He has not.
-Biden has made the world a much more dangerous place. This is not even a close call in terms of interpretation.
2. Trump.
-Trump has been persecuted by the Democratic Party night and day for at least the past 8 years and cracks he wants to be “dictator for one day”, a crack you claim the crack demonstrates a threat? A threat to who?
-Trump upheld the Constitution for 4 years as POTUS. That has never been proven otherwise despite the multiple accusation/investigations.
-And the world was a safer place under Trump…not even a close call.
And you base your pick on the dictator crack? Wow! Either your partisan bigotry is showing or you have no ability to sort the facts.
It wasn’t a crack. He’s telling you what he’ll do. And that’s not the only dictatorial act he’s said that he’ll take.
I’m not a particular fan of Biden’s but will gladly vote for him to keep Trump out of office.
Funny, because in several other posts, you sound like a biden fan boy, claiming there is “no evidence” of his involvement, despite emails, texts, whatsapp messages, and eye witness accounts.
Also, he was joking. Closing the border is not dictatorial, it is the president’s job. Drilling for oil is not dictatorial, it is in the best interests of the country and perfectly legal. “If loving you is wrong, I don’t want to be right”. “If closing the border and drilling for energy makes me a dictator, so be it.”
Breathing into a paper bag will help you.
The more I read posts like this, the more I want them to be true.
I find the pols odd – purportedly 70% think Biden did something illegal OR unethical.
Why isn’t unethical 100% ?
There is really zero debate that the conduct of the Biden’s was unethical.
The Biden family is profiting by dealing with bad actors whose interests are at odds with those of the US.
While that MAY be legal. it is ALWAYS unethical.
During Biden’s Tenure as VP, there was communications to the Office of the VP from State department saying that Joe needed to shut down Hunter – because otherwise the VP could not ETHICALLY represent the administration in countries that Hunter was operating in.
While they have no teeth – VP Biden inarguably violated federal ethics laws.
There is ZERO question of serious ethics violations and conflicts of interests.
I would note this includes his conduct OUT of office.
You can lobby for Chinese state or chinese intelligence interests – that can be done following the law.
You can not do so and then seek public office. That is unethical.
That is also part of the serious problem with the “Hunter laptop is russian disinformation” nonsense.
Joe Biden violated ethical standards in representing foreign interests and then running for President.
It was the right of VOTERS to decide if that ethics violation was disqualifying.
While we expect politicians to try to hide their own flaws. Trump paid for silence regarding his infidelities. That is legal.
Biden got a cohort of ex-intelligence officials to lie – despicable, but legal.
But the FBI and DHS as well as numerous government funded and directed 501C3’s actively sought to suppress the Truth – that is a violation of the US constitution, federal law, and election fraud.
“There is really zero debate that the conduct of the Biden’s was unethical.”
Except for the 30% who disagree with you. Only in right-wing math does 30% = 0%
That 30% also still believe that the pee tape exists and that the laptop is a russian plant.
30%= zero brains.
This is getting tragicaly embarrassing.
Whimsicalmama,
What is tragically embarrassing is the lengths the MSM and Democrats go to, to deny the mounting body of evidence.
And they have no sense of shame for what they are doing, they are antithetical to any moral civilization but act, instead, as a virus infecting the entire body of our culture and killing as it makes its way throughout. We are in advanced Covid stage and should we all be seeking a vaccination against this disease – perhaps wearing masks on our brains to avoid the contamination?
Bitter enemies to the end: Humility vs Narcissism.
“When finally confronted this week about interacting with these associates, Biden barked back, ‘I did not . . .'”
A plagiarist in law school and political speeches. A career-long grifter and pathological liar. Who continues to lie about bribery. Big surprise.
Perhaps someday people will take seriously the character of their politicians.
He is even plagarizing his defense
Hahahaha, so true.
LMAO good one john!
Like the character of the guy who’s been found liable for sexual assault, found liable for business fraud, who cheated on his wife with a porn star right after his son was born, a life-long con artist and pathological liar, … Perhaps some day people will take that seriously.
LOL No one believes it. Two way after the no facts political persecutions.
At least the really looney one went totally gaga on CNN and squealed “Rape is very sexy ! Don’t you think so ?” to the male host.
HAHAHAHAHAHAA
Classic case of mentally ill – scizo with bipolar
Biden was a plagiarizing, lying, corrupt moron before he had dementia, now he is a plagiarizing, lying, corrupt moron with dementia. Oh, he has also always been an arrogant jerk with absolutely no justification to being arrogant.
40% of democrats think that Biden is corrupt, but they will still vote for him. The other 60% will vote for him even if he confesses.
If every Democrat votes against an impeachment inquiry, it will be a dark day for the party. The evidence to date requires an investigation into whether Joe Biden enriched himself and his family at the expense of the US taxpayer. I would hope there is at least ONE Democrat that wants to know the truth, but I’m not holding my breath. Sad, very sad.
It is likely impossible for Biden to acknowledge that he lied. He is a chronic liar, and one can assume that he can no longer differentiate between truth and falsehoods
Trump has lied a lot more than Biden has (consider all of his lies about Covid going away and his lies about the election having been “stolen,” even to the point of claiming that he actually won in all 50 states). Do you believe the same for Trump — that he’s a chronic liar, and one can assume that he can no longer differentiate between truth and falsehoods?
Just go look up the totals at WAPOO. The have a tally of total lies comparing the two. . . . Checking, nope. They never counted Biden’s. The biggest reason, everyone knows Biden is a fabulist. It is impossible for him to give derections to the house 2 doors down, without creating some grand lie, making himself look good.
How many grieving Gold Star families has lied about his son’s flag drapped coffin being unloaded at Andrews Air Force Base.
Banging a hot model doesn’t come close to pissing in the face of Gold Star Families
Being wrong and being a liar are too different things.
Bidens lies are well documented and almost not a day goes by that he doesnt tell another.
I’m not saying trump has never lied, but please…its not even close.
The dude has made up 150 stories about his past and counting. Residing in that dream world has made him capable of believing his own lies.
Do you think he believes he witnessed the bridge collapse in pennsylvania??? I think he does.
Do you think he believes he was arrested on his way to see mandella? I think he does. He keeps repeating it after being called out.
Do you think he believes that he was at ground zero the day after? I think he does.
Do you think he believes that his son “came home in a flag draped coffin”? He has said it multiple times, even to grieving gold star parents in private as well as public.
Do you think he believes these lies that he repeats over and over??
I know he doesn’t believe his own lies.
There’s a clip out there early in his career – maybe he was 50 yrs old then, where he flat out said on the mic in front of the reporters he was willing to lie and do whatever it takes to tow the line – he was literally bragging about it.
So he made a decision long ago any lie he tells is a good lie for good reason and he will tell them, and he told the public openly he will do it. He went further than that saying he would do whatever it takes. I’ve seen the clip several times.
If possible, could you post a link?
“If members truly oppose the corruption that saturates this city, they can take a stand by voting in favor of this inquiry and against influence peddling.“ Are you serious! We have a super majority in both houses of congress who don’t even think our federal spending needs to be drastically reduced and refuse to do anything about closing the border even though a government report estimates the illegal immigration will cost 5 trillion dollars over the next 10 years which is on top of 2 trillion annual deficit and growing currently. Our federal government is totally corrupt, why would they hold Biden accountable? Sorry, just a rhetorical question.
Well, I guess it depends on what the meaning of “is” is.
This has been like watching a four year old explain their predicament while their hand is in the cookie jar. I am going to grab a bucket of popcorn and sit back and watch the show. Who needs fiction?