Trump Dodged a Bullet. Literally

Yesterday afternoon news broke of a "security incident" at a Trump rally in Butler, PA.  Then it was Trump being shielded and evacuated because shots were fired.  Some time after that, it became an "apparent assassination attempt".  With confirmed reports of a dead shooter some 130 yards away, then it became "assassination attempt".  And later on, we were stunned with how close this assassination attempt came to succeeding.  Former President Donald Trump literally dodged a bullet.

As with any event of this nature, we are seeing everything from conspiracy theories to blame to speculation and the cold hard facts, as best as we can know them right now, are leaving more questions than answers.

I can see where the conspiracy theorists are going to be hard to disagree with on some things.  Just how was it that the shooter got to within 130 yards of the former President?  Just how was it that he knew that this would be outside the security perimeter?  There seem to be credible witness statements that the gunman was seen some sixty seconds before the first shot was fired, with some trying to draw attention to the situation from law enforcement.......so why wasn't the shooter taken out before he fired the first shot?

These are legitimate questions.  As to whether or not they will be answered to satisfaction is another matter.  

All of that aside........I am angry that this happened.  

May God save our nation.

The Squirrel is Shorting out the Transformer

I was one of the millions who watched (most of) the debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.  I had meant to watch the whole thing but was sidetracked.  Approximately thirty minutes into it I realized it was on.  I tuned in on an online audio stream and couldn't believe it.

Is that Joe Biden murmuring?  Is that really him?  Holy smokes, he isn't sounding good!  I then went to an online video stream to watch the rest of it.  And I still couldn't believe it.  Biden's movements and facial expressions reminded me of an old Star Trek episode.  The Corbomite Maneuver.  Captain Kirk and crew are facing off what they think is a malevolent alien.  The movements of Biden and his facial expressions reminded me of Balok..........or rather..........that puppet who was purported to be Balok.  That blank look.  That scowl.  Only capable of side to side movements.  Blank, vacuous eyes, staring straight out into nowhere.  

Trump, on the other hand, kept his cool.  Biden kept trying to bait him.   Trump wouldn't take the bait.  Biden made some ridiculous claims, one of which that he has created "thousands of millions of jobs".  (That's billions, for those of you who are in Rio Linda.)  He made some other claims, which he was called out for.  And then it was finished.

Organized Media went into meltdown within a New  York minute.  Most debates I have watched in the past, in my opinion, had no real clear-cut winner, but this one?  To put it mildly, Trump cleaned Biden's clock.  This wasn't a good night for Biden.  The whole nation got to see the real Joe Biden, and it wasn't pretty.

Since then there has been a war erupting within the Democratic Party.  Some of the donors and some of the power brokers in elected office want Joe Biden out of the race.  I wasn't sure if this were a passing hissy fit or not, but as I write this over one week later, the momentum for that doesn't seem to be diminishing.

Now some of us have been telling you for four plus years that Biden isn't mentally fit for the office.  Organized Media told us otherwise.  They spent these past four years not covering the mental state of the President, nor even questioning it.  "We know what's best for you, so shut up!  Nothing to see here!"  And now there are cracks in the dam, and it's anybody's guess as to whether or not Joe Biden will step down from the ticket or even be forced out of office.

The situation is amongst the most bizarre I've ever remembered seeing in my life.  My longtime friend Birdman has a great analogy that applies here.  It's like watching a squirrel short out a transformer.  As grotesque as it is, you can't help but watch it in morbid fascination.