The "smoking gun"
Oh, personally I had a good day today. I interviewed a solar physicist who turned out to be a pleasant chap, even though we had trouble connecting via Zoom and end up switching to Skype. I'm registering for classes at Saturday's Virtual University of Atlantia (tomorrow is the deadline).
But I'm furious.
HE KNEW. AND HE LIED ABOUT IT. TO US.
Ever since I first heard the news -- it broke while I was Skyping with the German scientist -- I have been having flashbacks to a hot, humid week in August 1974. I didn't want to spend it with my cousin Janet and her parents, because Janet wasn't very interested in politics and I knew that stuff from the Nixon tapes was being released. But I said yes, and then I made her watch the evening news, so I knew that three elder Republican statesmen had gone to the White House to "speak privately" to Nixon. On Thursday of that week, Janet and I went to spend the day with Grammy and Uncle Rene, where Janet and I spent the afternoon sitting on the front porch and talking smack about "truth decay." Yeah, now you can find that phrase everywhere, but as pre-Internet teenagers we thought we had invented it. And, of course, once Nixon delivered his resignation speech, the networks went to continuous coverage.
But it's not going to play out that way again. The giant orange toddler will not leave on his own volition. He knows the Senate won't vote 85-15 for conviction, as it would have for Nixon. He. Will. Not. Budge.
TRUMP LIED. PEOPLE DIED.
Over and out. This entry was originally posted at https://luscious-purple.dreamwidth.org/261588.html. Please feel free to comment either here or there.
But I'm furious.
HE KNEW. AND HE LIED ABOUT IT. TO US.
Ever since I first heard the news -- it broke while I was Skyping with the German scientist -- I have been having flashbacks to a hot, humid week in August 1974. I didn't want to spend it with my cousin Janet and her parents, because Janet wasn't very interested in politics and I knew that stuff from the Nixon tapes was being released. But I said yes, and then I made her watch the evening news, so I knew that three elder Republican statesmen had gone to the White House to "speak privately" to Nixon. On Thursday of that week, Janet and I went to spend the day with Grammy and Uncle Rene, where Janet and I spent the afternoon sitting on the front porch and talking smack about "truth decay." Yeah, now you can find that phrase everywhere, but as pre-Internet teenagers we thought we had invented it. And, of course, once Nixon delivered his resignation speech, the networks went to continuous coverage.
But it's not going to play out that way again. The giant orange toddler will not leave on his own volition. He knows the Senate won't vote 85-15 for conviction, as it would have for Nixon. He. Will. Not. Budge.
TRUMP LIED. PEOPLE DIED.
Over and out. This entry was originally posted at https://luscious-purple.dreamwidth.org/261588.html. Please feel free to comment either here or there.