Lyndsey Graham: There will be riots in the streets.

Washington Post reports:

 Sen. Lindsey O. Graham on Sunday said that if the Justice Department prosecutes former president Donald Trump for mishandling classified information, there will be "riots in the street." 

A few minutes later, he said it again. There is no excuse for this irresponsible rhetoric, which not only invites violence but also defies democratic norms.

Because pursuing the investigation remains worthwhile, Mr. Graham's comments are especially dangerous. 

His spokesman defended the interview to The Post as "predicting/forecasting what he thinks will happen." But some predictions are also threats. read entire article

Once upon a time, Graham was willing to fight Trumpism and the MAGA world. Presently, he is fueling antagonism and hatred in our country. His hypocrisy is stark.

Lyndsey Graham unplugged:

2016: "Donald Trump is a race-baiting, xenophobic, bigot."

Aftermath of Jan 6 insurrection: "Count me out. Enough is enough...if you're a conservative," the idea that Vice President Mike Pence could reverse the results of the election, as President Donald Trump had urged him to do, was "the most offensive concept in the world." 

                         The zig and zags? 

Notice: each time Graham ventures off the MAGA ranch, he receives a "let's play golf" Trump invitation. After a day of golf or a Mar-a-Lago sit down (Mafia style), Lyndsey, obediently, returns to being Trump's number one MAGA acolyte on the Hill.

How does Trump flip Graham? Former Attorney General Bill Barr recently revealed (what we all suspected) Trump's secret: Extortion.

Barr:

"The tactic that Trump is using to exert this control over the Republican Party is extortion," Barr said of his former boss. "What other great leader has done this? Telling the party, 'If it's not me, I'm going to ruin your election chances by telling my base to sit home. And I'll sabotage whoever you nominate other than me.' It shows what he's all about. He's all about himself." source.

And considering the whispering campaign regarding Graham's personal lifestyle choice, one can only wonder what binders full of secrets Trump has over Graham. But, of course, as we know, Trump loves his classified files.

Graham is to Trump what Trump is to Putin: compromised!

Trump: A Walking Crime Wave

Miami Herald reports: 

FBI agents on Monday searched the Florida home of former President Donald Trump, an extraordinary development in what sources say is an investigation into the Republican leader’s handling of classified documents. 

Experts called it one of the most significant actions in the law enforcement agency’s history — and one that immediately ignited a political firestorm nationwide. 

In a statement Monday, Trump said that his home at Mar-a-Lago, a sprawling resort owned by Trump and located in Palm Beach, was “under siege,” and “occupied by a large group of FBI agents.” source

The Donald has always been crying "witch hunt" when his crimes and misdeeds come under the microscope. In his mind, he is so above the law that the rules of society do not apply to him. This man dares to call WNBA star and Russian prisoner, Britney Griner, spoiled. Talk about lack of self-awareness and entitlement. 

He even brags: 

"I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, okay, and I wouldn't lose any voters, okay?"

 His arrogance -- no doubt --results from never being held fully accountable for his crimes and flim-flams. Trump and his businesses have been involved in over 4,095 legal actions in federal and state courts just in the last three decades. 

Yes, he is a walking crime wave.

And not to mention Trump's failed businesses:

1. Trump Steaks

2. GoTrump 

3. Trump Airlines

4. Trump Vodka

5. Trump Mortgage

6. Trump: The Game

7. Trump Magazine

8. Trump University

9. Trump Ice 

10. The New Jersey Generals 

11. Tour de Trump 

12. Trump Network 

13. Trumped! 

Trump companies that sought bankruptcy protection:

1. Trump Taj Mahal 

2. Trump’s Castle

3. Trump Plaza Casinos

4. Trump Plaza Hotel 

5. Trump Hotels and Casinos Resorts 

6. Trump Entertainment Resorts 

 Lastly, let's not forget two presidential impeachment charges. And now the first president to have a judge-authorized search warrant executed at his residence.

The orange man deserves an orange uniform. I see you smiling Ron DeSantis.

Chris Rock Has No Real Interest In Talking With Will Smith, Sources Say

 

Will Smith may have released an apology video over slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars in March, but any chances of telling the comedian he’s sorry in person seem very unlikely at this point.

“So I will say to you, Chris, I apologize to you,” Smith said in the video. “My behavior was unacceptable, and I’m here whenever you’re ready to talk.”

Sources told People.com that Rock has reportedly “moved on” from the televised incident and has no reason to discuss it with Smith.

“Chris doesn’t need to talk,” one insider told People.com. “This is clearly something that bothers Will more than Chris. Will needs to deal with his issues. Chris is fine.” source

Inappropriate behavior pre-Oscar Slap

I remember being grossed out and embarrassed for the Smiths -- Will and Jada -- months before the slap. They constantly overshared profoundly personal and intimate details about their life, marriage, and family.

And that dreadful Red Table Talk seemed to drain Will's dignity and integrity. Remember the Entanglement? Jada seemed to relish revealing the details of her open "marriage" affair with her son's friend. Eww.

They were issued an Internet cease and desist via an online petition begging them to stop oversharing or just go away.

Sunken Place -- Get Out

No doubt (and no excuse), by the night of the Oscars, Will was in a Sunkin Place. And after one side-eyed by Big Mama, Will knew what he had to do. The rest is history. 

So Chris is like: 

“This is clearly something that bothers Will more than Chris. Will needs to deal with his issues."

In other words: Will, get out!

The side of Ethiopia western media don't show

Beautiful downtown Addis Ababa

White Christian Nationalist Movement.

(CNN)Three men, eyes closed and heads bowed, pray before a rough-hewn wooden cross. Another man wraps his arms around a massive Bible pressed against his chest like a shield. All throughout the crowd, people wave "Jesus Saves" banners and pump their fists toward the sky.

At first glance, these snapshots look like scenes from an outdoor church rally. But this event wasn't a revival; it was what some call a Christian revolt. These were photos of people who stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, during an attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

The insurrection marked the first time many Americans realized the US is facing a burgeoning White Christian nationalist movement. This movement uses Christian language to cloak sexism and hostility to Black people and non-White immigrants in its quest to create a White Christian America.

A report from a team of clergy, scholars and advocates — sponsored by two groups that advocate for the separation of church and state — concluded that this ideology was used to "bolster, justify and intensify" the attack on the US Capitol. read more

My Two Cents

The Insurrection

The above article – while disturbing - is not as revelatory as one may think.

In fact, this “movement” is as American as apple pie. Word.  Martin Luther King famously described 11 am Sunday as the most segregated hour…in Christian America.

And from the get-go, the white Christian nationalist movement has always served as the foundation for white supremacy. Slavery was justified as a biblical mandate – the curse on Ham’s son Canaan. The genocide of Native Americans and theft of their land was Manifest Destiny. 

In plain terms, the will of God.

Furthermore, the movement’s hysterical reaction to Critical Race Theory signals they want to advocate for and promote white superiority with no accountability.

They don't want us to be awakened/aware of what they have done; are doing; and will do. Why? Once again: This is the will of God, thus their birthright.

The moral compass for this movement has always steered to white domination while asserting their position as the upper caste.

The challenge for We the People in this environment is to continue to establish a more perfect union. We have to vote vote vote & lobby lobby lobby – on all levels of government. Our inactivity only hastens our defeat to tyranny.   And the past will be prologue.

Why Africans Were Historically Viewed As Threat

George Will: The GOP Lout Club

Prominent Lout Club Members Ted Cruz and Matt Gaetz

Conservative pundit George Will recently opined: 

Will the Senate Republicans allow their louts to rule the party? 

He writes about an emerging Lout club of Trump sycophants campaigning to be Trump's biggest mini-me.

...there appeared a new aspirant for membership in the Republican senators’ large Lout Caucus: Lindsey O. Graham (S.C.), Ted Cruz (Tex.), Josh Hawley (Mo.), Marco Rubio (Fla.), Ron Johnson (Wis.), et al.

He warns about the existential danger these louts present to the GOP (and by extension country):

Today’s two major parties have framed political competition since the middle of the 19th century — since the Republicans rose from the rubble of the Whigs. An essential conservative insight about everything is that nothing necessarily endures. Care must be taken. The Republican Party will wither if the ascendant Lout Caucus is the face it presents to this nation of decent, congenial people.

Ok, let's be honest and keep it real. Trumpism didn't start with Trump:

The seeds of Trumpism were being sowed as early as Nixon/Reagan using the Southern Strategy (racism, anti-immigrant, nativism, etc) and wedge issues (abortion, guns, god, etc) to get white middle and working-class citizens to support economic and social policies that favored the wealthy elite.

Add the right-wing media industry to the mix (Fox, Limbaugh, and the gang) and the soil became extremely fertile for an authoritarian demagogue like The Donald.

In a nutshell:

Conservatives like George Will have conveniently looked away while the GOP has played with fire (inflaming the emotions of their base by using lies and distortions) for decades and now he is "shocked to find there is gambling going on in here."

Lebomba & Ishango Bones: Mathematics in Ancient Africa

The continent that birthed mankind, Africa, has so many vast told, untold and under-told stories. For example, we are well versed about the Nile Valley civilizations including Kush, Nubia and Kemet (ancient Egypt).

The impressive edifices such as the pyramids, Sphinx, temples, monuments bear witness to the greatness and accomplishments of the people -- and not to mentioned the incredible scholarship on religion, science, medicine, cosmology, mathematics and philosophy that are still being deciphered.

Second, the ancient West African empires of Ghana, Mali and Songhai are well documented. Arguably, the most famous and wealthiest emperor is Mansa Mush from Mali. Musa is best known for his epic 1324-1325 pilgrimage to Mecca.

It is said that Mansa Musa was extremely rich and that he brought as many as 60,000 people along with him on his pilgrimage. He also brought camels loaded with gold. Mansa Musa must have made quite the impression during his trip with his large entourage and massive display of wealth. During his travels, Mansa Musa gave away and spent a significant amount of gold, but he also brought back a lot of new ideas to Mali. This included a number of scholars such as architects, poets, and teachers who helped to improve his empire. 

Oldest Mathematical Instruments

However, by way of archaeological and anthropological discoveries, we continue to learn how far back and deep into sub-sahara Africa the genesis of advanced human civilization dates. Incredible as it seems, thousands and thousands of years before Nile Valley civilizations there were the Lebomba Bone and Ishango Bone.

Lebomba Bone:

The Lebombo bone is one of the oldest mathematical artifacts known, a small piece of the fibula of a baboon, found near Border Cave in the Lebombo Mountains between South Africa and Swaziland. Discovered in the 1970s during excavations of Border Cave and dated about 35,000 B.C., the Lebombo bone is marked with 29 clearly defined notches. This suggests it may have been used as a lunar phase counter, in which case African women may have been the first mathematicians since keeping track of menstrual cycles requires a lunar calendar. Certainly, the Lebombo bone resembles calendar sticks still used by Bushmen in Namibia. source

Ishango Bone

The Ishango bone is a bone tool handle discovered around 1960 in the African area of Ishango, near Lake Edward. It has been dated to about 9,000 BC and was at first thought to have been a tally stick.

At one end of the bone is a piece of quartz for writing, and the bone has a series of notches carved in groups on three rows running the length of the bone. The markings on two of these rows each add to 60. The first row is consistent with a number system based on 10, since the notches are grouped as 20 + 1, 20 - 1, 10 + 1, and 10 - 1, while the second row contains the prime numbers between 10 and 20! A third seems to show a method for multiplying by 2 that was used in later times by the Egyptians. Additional markings suggest that the bone was also used a lunar phase counter.

The Ishango bone is kept at the Royal Institute for Natural Sciences of Belgium in Brussels. source

  

Did Jim Carrey capture the likeness of Sarah Huckabee Sanders?

Sarah, is that you?

I just peeped Jim Carrey's portrait of a so-called Christian whose only purpose in life is to lie for the wicked.

His artistic expression has garnered a great deal of controversy and criticism.

Many cite the haunting likeness of Trump mouthpiece Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

He has been mum on naming the subject of his muse.

But to support the Sanders' theory, she was previously branded -- by one GOP strategist -- as The Liar who spews horseshit for Trump. Furthermore, Sanders very publicly identifies herself as a devout Christian.

Of course, Trumpets -- known to tweet vicious attacks on high school mass shooting survivors -- predictably feign outrage. The brutes on the right that yell racist, sexist, homophobic, antisemitic insults -- not to mention cheer on DT's hateful rants -- epitomize hypocrisy in their self-righteous hyperventilation.

To me: JC, spot on, captured the essence of her spirit -- in all her underwhelming splendor. She lies to the American people for her boss. She has the same credibility of her boss. Consequently, she radiates the same ugliness of her boss.

Stormy Daniels' Parents: "We still roll with Trump"

Fact free zone. 

Trump voters are truly a special breed -- bless their hearts.

They give credence to this quote attributed to Mark Twain:

It's easier to fool people than convince them that they have been fooled.

And carnival barker that he is, Trump knows how to play them like a fiddle: fiddle dee fiddle dumb and dumber.