The Loneliness of the Long Distance Solitaire Player

JIMMY CARTER SUGGESTSTRUMP IS AN ILLEGITIMATE PRESIDENT

"There's no doubt that the Russians did interfere in the election. And I think the interference, although not yet quantified, if fully investigated would show that Trump didn't actually win the election in 2016. He lost the election and he was put into office because the Russians interfered on his behalf," Carter said at the Carter Center's retreat in Leesburg, Virginia on 28 JUN2019.

Let me underscore one point - in the decades since he left office, Jimmy Carter has served to certify elections around the world. Mr. Carter is a globally recognized expert at validating elections. This is no partisan amateur. When he speaks, we should listen.

When pressed by host and moderator Jon Meacham if he believed Trump was an illegitimate president, Carter responded "Based on what I just said, which I can't retract."

The message is clear.

There is a long established and well defined principle of law - "Chain of Evidence" - that states that if the chain of custody of evidence is broken, that evidence is no longer valid.

I strongly believe in a parallel corollary in governmental principle- "Chain of Government". Once the chain of constitutional government is broken, THAT GOVERNMENT IS INVALID.

This is not the same as Impeachment. This is a question of a foreign government, an historic enemy of the United States under the leadership of a former KGB agent, interfering in and altering the course of the United States by placing its choice of president in power.

This goes far beyond the Donald's other crimes; it isn't rectifiable by IMPEACHMENT. The entire administration is the result of foreign action. There is no valid "fallback" at this point.

It is time for a new Constitutional Congress to establish a new and legal government to go forward from this day forth.

I always liked Cat Stevens' "Another Saturday Night".

Sunday nights are a whole other story.

In fact, Sunday nights can sink into the consciousness and start eating away at you much earlier in the day. Sometimes it starts right out of bed.

Just knowing what comes Monday morning is enough to ruin most of a Sunday. And re-arming the alarm clock puts a big black bow on the package.

Anticipation sucks.

As a kid, back in the days of school, at least summers held a measure of relief up until Labor Day. Labor Day brought on all the dread of a Super Sunday, the other side of which was ARMAGEDON TUESDAY and back into Hell. To this day Labor Day Weekend, even with the holiday, brings on an intense depression that I can't shake off.

Anyhow. Today is Sunday. Tomorrow is Monday.

And Mondays suck.

If I had to come up with a word to describe life of late, It would be exhausted.

I have no energy and no drive/desire for much of anything, except maybe sleep.

The thought of curling up in bed under the covers is so cozy.

Oh, that reminds me of SLEEPY's changing its name to MATTRESS FIRM. What a brain dead idea.

SLEEPY's was such a warm and inviting name. It spoke to everyone's desire for a good night's sleep at the end of the day, or the joy and comfort of a refreshing nap to recharge the soul.

MATTRESS FIRM is cold and hard. It fails to conjure up a positive feeling at all for one of the great rewards of life. It turns a fundamental human need and instinct into a "corporate" proper name.

Just brain dead.

I am a bad dog.

Just been too tired and beat to get on here and say anything lately.

Kinda sums up everything else, too. Just no energy. Can't even say there is a lack of incentive. Right now there is no shortage of shit going on to rant about, just a lack of something inside me to drive me.

Maybe it is that primeval instinct to hibernate for the winter. A need to hunker down and sleep to recharge the soul.

"When a country is no longer able to say who can, and who cannot , come in & out, especially for reasons of safety &.security - big trouble!"

No, Donald, it is not the country who said it, but a spoiled little rich boy not used to being held to the law of the land.

How many Federal Judges does it take to teach you the law?

It is time for you to learn that Federal Employees have a legal and moral obligation to uphold the Constitution, not the childish rantings of The Donald.

Sigh...

Ok... I'm confused here.

According to one news site The Donald "could pay for a wall on the southern border with a new 20 percent tax on goods from Mexico, the White House said on Thursday."

Another alternative fact?

Let's see. The claim is that the Mexicans are going to pay for the wall. Now it seems to me if there is to be a 20% tax on goods from Mexico, it is going to be Americans who are going to be paying for the Wall through higher prices.

Even if you are one of those who feels the Wall is a good idea, how do you make sense of the Donald's logic?

I suppose I really should jump in here and start saying something.

If 2016 ended in disbelief and depression, 2017 is definitely the year of hate.

Yes, there was plenty of vitriol to go around last year, but this year it is magnified beyond belief. I have seen many moods that permeate a year and 2017 is not just a year of hate but the year of hate.

Wherever you turn, you can just feel the hatred in the air. Whether you are on the side of the victorious or the vanquished the atmosphere is just charged with animosity. Soul shriveling, overwhelming animosity.

It is going to be a very long year.