Everyone, You must watch "Pelosi in the House" a documentary by her daughter Alexandra Pelosi. It is showing on HBO and it will make your day! Nancy is just brilliant and speaks it like she sees it! Love it! We, the People, all of us this time!
We are all focused on the wrong things. Trump and Musk are distractions to all of us. We should be focused on someone like Tim Ryan in his farewell speech who captured exactly what is wrong with this country. I share what he said.
. “ This country has fed more people, clothed more people, cured more people, and liberated more people than all the other countries in the world combined. I think that we get out of this mess that we're in, the polarization, the hate, the anger, the fear — the first step out of that is with gratitude. If we all start from a place of gratitude, we will have a much different opinion of the country, of each other, and of what's possible for us, because this country has always done great things, but we do great things when we're together. When we embrace normalcy, when we embrace decency, when we embrace compassion.
When you walk through these doors, you are a leader and you are charged with making the tough decisions, the hard decisions, not the easy decisions, not the ones that are going to make your next election a little easier. The challenge today is to be called to lead and lead vigorously, lead boldly, because that's what the world needs us to do right now. This country has always been innovative, and we need to enter an era of reform, of reconciliation, and of innovation. Across the board.
The systems are all broken — the economic system is broken, the immigration system is broken, the welfare system is broken, the education system is broken. We're not going to fix these problems if we're not decent to each other. If we don't talk to each other. Some of the solutions will be conservative, some will be liberal and progressive. But it's through that conflict, those arguments and debates that this very chamber was set up to do, that we come to the best possible solution. And that, ultimately, is what we're talking about.
We the People have got to come together as we approach the 250th anniversary of this country. Let us renew our commitment to each other so that we can meet President Lincoln's charge that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom. And that government, Of the People, By the People, and For the People, shall not perish from this earth. I yield back.
I've heard rumors of a MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT coming soon regarding Robert Hubble Double Bubble Trading Cards, at a LOW, LOW Price? I have restless bitcoin jangling in my pocket!
Bet if I created and sold, for $1 each, an NFT of "superhero" Trump sitting, slumped over, on his prison cot, head in hands, bald head glistening in the rays of light pouring through the 24" x 12" bar covered window and stainless steel potty/sink in background, I'd be a rich man within days! 🤣🤣🤣
Paxton's demand is awful! I wonder if allies in Texas might flood the bureau with requests to change their gender and overwhelm the department? I'm remembering how the King of Denmark rode out of his castle wearing a yellow star of David when the Nazi's ordered all Jews to wear stars. All the Danes followed suit.
On pronouns, I had fun thinking about how to solve the problem of being inclusive (or ambiguous if you'd like). My solution is coining shhe and heirs. Pronounced sh-hee and hares. This way you do not have to use the plural they/them. I've never put these next to my name or any pronoun preference for that matter. I'm an egalitarian and will try to respect each person's wishes much like Miss or Ms. Personally I'm more concerned about being called white which has more and more stigma attached to it with white supremacy on the rise. I would prefer to be called Euro-American or European American which seems more consistent with African American, Asian American, Native American. I'm trying to encourage this by checking other when they ask for race and fill in Euro American if there is a place for it. That makes for consistent description as all geographic ancestry based. I like to use consistent language like men and women, guys and gals, gentlemen and ladies, rather than men and girls or boys and ladies. We, the People, all of us this time.
Regarding your final word on the Texas AG’s request: in this instance, the is obsession is over gender (or you could say Sex) not sexuality. At this point sexual orientation is not something we are required to declare in our drivers license. “ For a party that claims to stand for individual liberty, the GOP’s obsessiveness over people’s sexuality is creepy.”
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On a more serious note, Elon Musk tweets that it is okay to criticize him “all day long but endangering my family is not.” Yet, he, now as sole owner, king and ruler of the Twitter meta-sphere, reinstates accounts of those who expound Hate and regularly issues tweets that endanger people he psychotically considers to be Enemies of His State (of mind) such as Dr. Anthony Fauci, Yoel Roth, Paul Pelosi and even Ukraine . The demise of Twitter can not come soon enough . . . .
Finally, "Texas AG makes chilling request for drivers license information on trans people." While this action is chilling and creepy and frightening. No person who takes such action should be in position of power. Period. Full Stop. AG Paxton should be removed from office and disbarred for grossly immoral conduct.
Sarcasm carefully measured over the boeuf, exquisitely expressed, M. Hubbell at his finest. Some serious laughs this morning in the midst of an increasingly depressing flow of political speech. ‘It’s the season of DeSantis Claws.
Dec 16, 2022·edited Dec 16, 2022Liked by Robert B. Hubbell
Wow, what an action-packed piece today! The Trump grift is hilarious. And if you think French is tough, try German, which has 3 genders -- masculine, feminine and neuter.
To quote Mark Twain: "I say to myself, "REGEN (rain) is masculine--or maybe it is feminine--or possibly neuter--it is too much trouble to look now. Therefore, it is either DER (the) Regen, or DIE (the) Regen, or DAS (the) Regen, according to which gender it may turn out to be when I look. In the interest of science, I will cipher it out on the hypothesis that it is masculine. Very well--then THE rain is DER Regen, if it is simply in the quiescent state of being MENTIONED, without enlargement or discussion--Nominative case; but if this rain is lying around, in a kind of a general way on the ground, it is then definitely located, it is DOING SOMETHING--that is, RESTING (which is one of the German grammar's ideas of doing something), and this throws the rain into the Dative case, and makes it DEM Regen. However, this rain is not resting, but is doing something ACTIVELY,--it is falling--to interfere with the bird, likely--and this indicates MOVEMENT, which has the effect of sliding it into the Accusative case and changing DEM Regen into DEN Regen." Having completed the grammatical horoscope of this matter, I answer up confidently and state in German that the bird is staying in the blacksmith shop "wegen (on account of) DEN Regen." Then the teacher lets me softly down with the remark that whenever the word "wegen" drops into a sentence, it ALWAYS throws that subject into the GENITIVE case, regardless of consequences--and therefore this bird stayed in the blacksmith shop "wegen DES Regens." Read the whole hilarity here: https://faculty.georgetown.edu/jod/texts/twain.german.html
Breaking News: Elon Musk purchased all of Trumpsky's Trading Cards and is offering them on Ebay for $49 each. Not to be outdone, Marjorie Taylor Green purchased 100 of them from Musk and is offering them on Ebay for $29 each. Also, Stormy Daniels has announced her $69 NFT Trading Cards but they are sold out -- wait for it -- Mr. Bone Spur purchased all of them.
Paxton is awful and the request from his on gender changes on licenses is awful. I wonder if the allies in Texas might ALL request such a change at the same time. I alway remember how the King of Denmark wore a yellow star when the Nazi's imposed it on Jews and everyone started wearing a yellow star.
I haven’t even finished todays newsletter but felt I had to comment on two things. This is the best explanation of blockchain and NFT that I have heard. AND the words “phantasmagorical vaporware“ are awesome and made me laugh out loud for real!!!!
My own response to the cries for attention by both DJT and the Chief Twit is to deny them both what they most desire, attention. I refuse to spend any time beyond this brief response in which I refuse even to name them, on thinking about or commenting on their absurd and meaningless antics. I have too many far more important concern worthy of my attention.
Everyone, You must watch "Pelosi in the House" a documentary by her daughter Alexandra Pelosi. It is showing on HBO and it will make your day! Nancy is just brilliant and speaks it like she sees it! Love it! We, the People, all of us this time!
We are all focused on the wrong things. Trump and Musk are distractions to all of us. We should be focused on someone like Tim Ryan in his farewell speech who captured exactly what is wrong with this country. I share what he said.
. “ This country has fed more people, clothed more people, cured more people, and liberated more people than all the other countries in the world combined. I think that we get out of this mess that we're in, the polarization, the hate, the anger, the fear — the first step out of that is with gratitude. If we all start from a place of gratitude, we will have a much different opinion of the country, of each other, and of what's possible for us, because this country has always done great things, but we do great things when we're together. When we embrace normalcy, when we embrace decency, when we embrace compassion.
When you walk through these doors, you are a leader and you are charged with making the tough decisions, the hard decisions, not the easy decisions, not the ones that are going to make your next election a little easier. The challenge today is to be called to lead and lead vigorously, lead boldly, because that's what the world needs us to do right now. This country has always been innovative, and we need to enter an era of reform, of reconciliation, and of innovation. Across the board.
The systems are all broken — the economic system is broken, the immigration system is broken, the welfare system is broken, the education system is broken. We're not going to fix these problems if we're not decent to each other. If we don't talk to each other. Some of the solutions will be conservative, some will be liberal and progressive. But it's through that conflict, those arguments and debates that this very chamber was set up to do, that we come to the best possible solution. And that, ultimately, is what we're talking about.
We the People have got to come together as we approach the 250th anniversary of this country. Let us renew our commitment to each other so that we can meet President Lincoln's charge that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom. And that government, Of the People, By the People, and For the People, shall not perish from this earth. I yield back.
I've heard rumors of a MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT coming soon regarding Robert Hubble Double Bubble Trading Cards, at a LOW, LOW Price? I have restless bitcoin jangling in my pocket!
Well, darn, they were there a minute ago....
Bet if I created and sold, for $1 each, an NFT of "superhero" Trump sitting, slumped over, on his prison cot, head in hands, bald head glistening in the rays of light pouring through the 24" x 12" bar covered window and stainless steel potty/sink in background, I'd be a rich man within days! 🤣🤣🤣
Anyone who can use the term phantasmagorical vaporware correctly is my hero.
Paxton's demand is awful! I wonder if allies in Texas might flood the bureau with requests to change their gender and overwhelm the department? I'm remembering how the King of Denmark rode out of his castle wearing a yellow star of David when the Nazi's ordered all Jews to wear stars. All the Danes followed suit.
On pronouns, I had fun thinking about how to solve the problem of being inclusive (or ambiguous if you'd like). My solution is coining shhe and heirs. Pronounced sh-hee and hares. This way you do not have to use the plural they/them. I've never put these next to my name or any pronoun preference for that matter. I'm an egalitarian and will try to respect each person's wishes much like Miss or Ms. Personally I'm more concerned about being called white which has more and more stigma attached to it with white supremacy on the rise. I would prefer to be called Euro-American or European American which seems more consistent with African American, Asian American, Native American. I'm trying to encourage this by checking other when they ask for race and fill in Euro American if there is a place for it. That makes for consistent description as all geographic ancestry based. I like to use consistent language like men and women, guys and gals, gentlemen and ladies, rather than men and girls or boys and ladies. We, the People, all of us this time.
Regarding your final word on the Texas AG’s request: in this instance, the is obsession is over gender (or you could say Sex) not sexuality. At this point sexual orientation is not something we are required to declare in our drivers license. “ For a party that claims to stand for individual liberty, the GOP’s obsessiveness over people’s sexuality is creepy.”
On a more serious note, Elon Musk tweets that it is okay to criticize him “all day long but endangering my family is not.” Yet, he, now as sole owner, king and ruler of the Twitter meta-sphere, reinstates accounts of those who expound Hate and regularly issues tweets that endanger people he psychotically considers to be Enemies of His State (of mind) such as Dr. Anthony Fauci, Yoel Roth, Paul Pelosi and even Ukraine . The demise of Twitter can not come soon enough . . . .
Finally, "Texas AG makes chilling request for drivers license information on trans people." While this action is chilling and creepy and frightening. No person who takes such action should be in position of power. Period. Full Stop. AG Paxton should be removed from office and disbarred for grossly immoral conduct.
Always a good read from you, Robert.
I read somewhere that the J6 Committee is also having a hearing this Monday, December 19. Then on Wednesday is when the final report is released.
Sarcasm carefully measured over the boeuf, exquisitely expressed, M. Hubbell at his finest. Some serious laughs this morning in the midst of an increasingly depressing flow of political speech. ‘It’s the season of DeSantis Claws.
Wow, what an action-packed piece today! The Trump grift is hilarious. And if you think French is tough, try German, which has 3 genders -- masculine, feminine and neuter.
To quote Mark Twain: "I say to myself, "REGEN (rain) is masculine--or maybe it is feminine--or possibly neuter--it is too much trouble to look now. Therefore, it is either DER (the) Regen, or DIE (the) Regen, or DAS (the) Regen, according to which gender it may turn out to be when I look. In the interest of science, I will cipher it out on the hypothesis that it is masculine. Very well--then THE rain is DER Regen, if it is simply in the quiescent state of being MENTIONED, without enlargement or discussion--Nominative case; but if this rain is lying around, in a kind of a general way on the ground, it is then definitely located, it is DOING SOMETHING--that is, RESTING (which is one of the German grammar's ideas of doing something), and this throws the rain into the Dative case, and makes it DEM Regen. However, this rain is not resting, but is doing something ACTIVELY,--it is falling--to interfere with the bird, likely--and this indicates MOVEMENT, which has the effect of sliding it into the Accusative case and changing DEM Regen into DEN Regen." Having completed the grammatical horoscope of this matter, I answer up confidently and state in German that the bird is staying in the blacksmith shop "wegen (on account of) DEN Regen." Then the teacher lets me softly down with the remark that whenever the word "wegen" drops into a sentence, it ALWAYS throws that subject into the GENITIVE case, regardless of consequences--and therefore this bird stayed in the blacksmith shop "wegen DES Regens." Read the whole hilarity here: https://faculty.georgetown.edu/jod/texts/twain.german.html
Breaking News: Elon Musk purchased all of Trumpsky's Trading Cards and is offering them on Ebay for $49 each. Not to be outdone, Marjorie Taylor Green purchased 100 of them from Musk and is offering them on Ebay for $29 each. Also, Stormy Daniels has announced her $69 NFT Trading Cards but they are sold out -- wait for it -- Mr. Bone Spur purchased all of them.
Paxton is awful and the request from his on gender changes on licenses is awful. I wonder if the allies in Texas might ALL request such a change at the same time. I alway remember how the King of Denmark wore a yellow star when the Nazi's imposed it on Jews and everyone started wearing a yellow star.
I haven’t even finished todays newsletter but felt I had to comment on two things. This is the best explanation of blockchain and NFT that I have heard. AND the words “phantasmagorical vaporware“ are awesome and made me laugh out loud for real!!!!
My own response to the cries for attention by both DJT and the Chief Twit is to deny them both what they most desire, attention. I refuse to spend any time beyond this brief response in which I refuse even to name them, on thinking about or commenting on their absurd and meaningless antics. I have too many far more important concern worthy of my attention.