Thursday, August 14, 2025

Joe Rogan Interviews Texas Democratic Representative, Minister James Talarico, Born 36 Years Ago To Single Mother, Tamara Causey

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Highlights of Joe Rogan's 2 and a half hour interview with James Talarico
(50 Minutes)

Queridos

We will see how Texas Representative James Talarico's political career unfolds.

But he has definitely risen to my radar as "someone to watch." 

Here is a brief clip of Rogan's interview with James Talarico.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7y0eQAAbxkI

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In his own way, I believe Talarico is focused on the fact that self-centered, unregulated, winner-take-all "Cowboy" Capitalism sucks like a vampire.  If not brought to heel, that unbridled monster will be the undoing of us all.

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James Talarico's Sermon Against Christian Nationalism
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Thursday, August 7, 2025

My exchange with good friend Ed M.D. (a fellow communard at the University of Toronto) Re: A link to send to all your “Trump shouldn’t release the Epstein files” friends and associates

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Dear Ed

Thanks for your email (below).

You make a strong case.

Even so, my particular commitment to truth is eager for the chips to fall where they may. I am not defending any orthodoxy, dogma or doctrine for its own sake.

Yes, I think it is decidedly likely that high-ranking Democrats are on "The Epstein List."

But I think it is also likely that Trump is deeply implicated -- if only by way of "covering up," which was the crime that brought Nixon down. He wasn't a Watergate "plumber" -- and the people would probably have forgiven him if told the truth -- but no, he insisted on covering up.

Let me state my a priori working hypothesis that Trump's most important contribution to the world stage will prove to be how he accelerated China's takeover as global hegemon.

Although I do not have much regard for Chinese governance, the Chinese are not aiding-and-abetting the unprecedeneted genocide of the Gazan people as war criminals Biden and Trump have done, and as Trump continues to do. (I say this as someone who has always been a big fan of Joe - from waaayyyyyyy back!)

I also accept as a given that Chinese hegemony will be immeasurably better than Trump's neverending Cruelty -- the central feature of his governance.

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The Normalization Of Cruelty During Donald Trump's Administration: A Compendium  (Updated July 6, 2025)


Still, I hope, indeed I expect, that some abrupt reversal of fortune -- what I sometimes call "The Rupture" and other times refer to as "The Break" -- will happen within years, probably within the remaining years of Trump's administration.

Whatever happens with The Epstein Files, I think the The Break is most likely to be economic - some witch's brew of grotesque government corruption; gross ineptitude throughout Trump's government; a collapsing dollar (prompting abandonment of the dollar as global reserve currency); increasingly adverse global reaction to America's untenable debt (in fact Uncle Sam's increasing inability just to pay interest on the debt; the fallout from Musk's ravages at DOGE; a soon-to-plummet stock market (that is sputtering even now); realization that cryptocurrencies are essentially bogus - that "there's no there, there"; trastornos in the bond market; and China getting a definitive upper hand on AI. 

Airforce general friend, lunchmate and travel companion, Arthur Clark (who died two years ago at age 100 after dedicating his career to "military intelligence") liked to remind me that "China has more honor's students than we have students."

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I also believe in the Law of Karma -- that "we reap what we sow" -- and that "every action has an equal and opposite reaction."

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Furthermore, my working hypothesis is that Trump is already toast, and that his party of decerebrate, lickspittle invertabrates will be totally unable to reform itself after Trump passes from power.

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And lest we forget...

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On Wed, Aug 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM Ed M M.D. wrote:

OK.  Here's a nightmare scenario.  
Trump ) delays release of the Epstein files in order to raise the right wing's emotions to fever pitch.  Then the files are released and  Trump's name does not appear on the client list.  But Bill Clinton's does.  And other democrats'.  
And the hoped for scandal completely spares Trump but tarnishes the left.  
He and his team are very expert at whipping up emotions.  This could happen.  And the longer he delays the higher the emotions.  Watch out!  This man is dangerous.  
Ed  

On Wed, Aug 6, 2025 at 12:22 PM Alan Archibald <alanarchibaldo@gmail.com> wrote:
Greetings

The “good Christians” (who are neither) despise Truth.

They only care about power — that they have it, and that their unchecked power will be used to punish anyone who insists on Truth… simultaneouslyletting the chips fall where they may.


At the moment, I cannot access my blog post about ultra-conservative Catholic Pat Buchanan’s “Where The Right Went Wrong,” but I will scout it out and send it along. (Buchanan has served - inside Republican White Houses — as a senior presidential advisor — longer than anyone else.)

It is notable that in the beginning of the Book of Job, Yahweh summons Satan in order to make a deal with him. (The encounter is well worth reading.)

It is even more notable that Yahweh (not to mention the God whom epistle writer John identifies as “Love”) wants nothing to do with His Malignancy.

The Christian nationalists who put Trump in the Oval Office — not just once, but twice!?! -- are the most dangerous people in the world.

And those “Christian” “nationalists” are about to eat the most humble pie ever, assuming they are not so bewildered by their irremediable falsehood that their moral compass is now unrecoverable.

Left to their own devices, these putative “Christians” will never admit that Trump was wrong, because then they would have to admit that not only their political, but also their religious) belief systems are wrong.

Release of the Epstein files will change that.

Folks on the right side of the aisle can determine where they stand — before God “Himself” — by answering this question: “Do I want the Epstein files released in their entirety?” 

The unmitigated release of the Epstein files is exactly what they ALL wanted — and adamantly!!! — back when they were slurping sludge from QAnonsense which promised that a “righteous, punitive ‘storm’” would be unleashed by Trump before “whoremonger, liar, felon, cheat, thief, Democracy-Demolitionist” left office at the end of his first term.

Love

A’bald 🌈💝🍀

Thursday, July 24, 2025

Tertulia Memes, 7-24-2025

 























La historia del ciego que conmovió al mundo entero, un día se encontraba en las calles tocando su guitarra, y nadie le prestaba atención a sus hermosas canciones y dulce melodía de su guitarra, hasta que un publicista paso y observo el cartel que tenia este hombre ciego el cual pedía dinero para subsistir llevar el pan a su familia, pregunto al ciego.

- ¿Amigo cuanto dinero llevas el día de hoy?

- El ciego respondió y dijo: la verdad nada hijo no he oído mi baso sonar en todo el día pero confió en Dios que me ayudara.
- El publicista le pregunto si el podía escribir algo nuevo en su cartel que decía "ayuda a este pobre ciego", el hombre ciego le dijo sorprendido, claro hazlo.

- El publicista escribió algo y se fue.

Pasaron solo unos minutos y la gente comenzó sorprendentemente a echar dinero en su vaso donde recolectaba el dinero, y no solo monedas si no billetes, este hombre ciego estaba muy feliz, por fin llevaría alimento a casa, pero estaba confundido y no sabía lo que ocurría.

Al cabo de unas horas el publicista regresó y le pregunto al hombre ciego como había estado su día, estoy muy feliz, dijo sonriente; nunca había sucedido conmigo algo así, ¿Qué escribiste en el cartel?, el publicista le dijo, escribí en el cartel, "QUE HERMOSO DIA, COMO ME ENCANTARIA VERLO".

Hoy DIOS, nos ha dado la oportunidad de tener un hermoso día y verlo, y somos malagradecidos con él, hoy meditemos en nuestros caminos y demos gracias a Dios por todas las cosas, muchos desean ver el día no pueden🥹












Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Epstein, Trump And Occam's Razor

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Dear F and Jimbo,

Can you propose any clearer or more simplifying edits to my Meme text.

(Please read the AI Overview at the bottom of this email.)


MEME TEXT:

If No Mention Of Trump Appears In The Epstein Files,
Then He Would Be Completely Exonerated If He Published Them In Full.
If Complete Transparency (Which Is MAGA World's Ardent Aim)
Demonstrates That Trump Is Above Suspicion,
Any Hint Of Culpability Would Disappear.
On The Other Hand, Trump REFUSES To Publish The Entire Archive --
A Refusal That Contradicts Reason, And Flies Directly In The Face Of His Base.
Why Would The President Not Want To Clear His Name?

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AI Overview in response to the question, "Who assembled the Epstein Files?"

AI Overview
The "Epstein files" refer to a collection of documents, videos, and investigative materials gathered by federal and state authorities pertaining to the investigations and prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein and his associates
. These files include court records, flight logs, witness testimonies, contact lists, and evidence related to his activities and associations with high-profile individuals. 
The information within these files has been compiled over several years through multiple investigations and legal proceedings involving Epstein and his associates, notably Ghislaine Maxwell. This involves the work of federal authorities like the FBI and the Department of Justice as well as state and local law enforcement in Palm Beach, Florida and New York City, according to PolitiFact. Victims' testimonies and civil lawsuits have also contributed significantly to the body of information that makes up the Epstein files. 
While many court documents have been made public, others remain sealed or redacted. In February 2025, the Department of Justice and the FBI formally declassified and released a portion of these files, many of which had been previously leaked, according to The Economic Times. Attorney General Pamela Bondi stated that the FBI is still reviewing tens of thousands of documents, and further releases are pending necessary redactions to protect victims and ongoing investigations. 
It is important to note that President Trump's claim that the files were "made up" by James Comey, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden is inaccurate, according to PolitiFact. The FBI's investigations occurred during the George W. Bush and Trump administrations, and Comey was not involved in those investigations. 
In essence, the Epstein files are a collective effort by various law enforcement agencies, judicial proceedings, and individuals involved in the Epstein case to document and uncover the extent of his criminal activities and his network of associates. 
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