Day: June 23, 2023

Congressional Cat Fight

I do enjoy political theater.

If find a political slap fight entertaining and when it is a cat fight then the entertainment quality goes up.

There are times when our lay-about Congress becomes a source of entertainment…..this is one of those times…..

Things got heated between Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert on the House floor Wednesday after a move Boebert made to push her own resolution to impeach President Biden ahead of Greene’s competing resolution. Three sources tell the Daily Beast Greene accused Boebert of “copying” Greene’s articles of impeachment after Greene asked her to cosponsor them, to which Boebert replied that she hadn’t even read them. One source says they heard Greene tell Boebert, “I’ve donated to you, I’ve defended you. But you’ve been nothing but a little b—- to me.” The other two concur that the b-word was used. Boebert reportedly then shrugged and said, “OK, Marjorie, we’re through” and turned away as Greene responded, “We were never together.”

Afterward, Boebert reacted to the exchange to a CNN congressional correspondent, saying, “Like I said, I’m not in middle school.” Greene, for her part, asked to comment on the story, called it “impressively correct.” She also said of Boebert, “Imitation is the greatest form of flattery.” The two MAGA firebrands once had a “warm” relationship, per the Daily Beast, but things have been getting increasingly tense between them for months. The latest issue has to do with their competing pushes to impeach Biden, both of them seen as longshots, at least right now. In a surprise move, Boebert used a procedural tool to force a vote on hers within days, a move Greene did not make for hers and which apparently upset Greene. In the end, the AP reports, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy negotiated a deal with Boebert to put off a vote for now.

I have always said that Congress was a clown show and these two ‘women’ prove my point.

These two seem to try an out stupid each other.

Here’s an idea since these two are extremely pro-gun then reinstate dueling and let them settle it that way.

Looks like the Freedom Caucus has had enough of these two among others….

While it apparently hasn’t reached the loyalty oath stage yet, the House Freedom Caucus is struggling to maintain unity amid infighting and mutual distrust. Politico, citing “three Republicans with knowledge of the talks,” reports some members of the conservative caucus want to purge its ranks, with at least two hardliners proposing to caucus chairman Rep. Scott Perry that he kick out members who don’t meet its standards. The insiders say one leading candidate for expulsion is Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who is seen as too close to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy—and too willing to openly criticize the caucus.

Tensions boiled over this week, when Greene called fellow caucus member Rep. Lauren Boebert a “little b—-” on the House floor for launching a competing effort to impeach President Biden. Greene confirmed that reports on her remarks were “impressively correct,” while Boebert complained that reporters focused on “pettiness” instead of her push for impeachment. “I didn’t leave my four kids and now my grandson to come up here and have cat fights and just to get in squabbles,” the 36-year-old told Politico. She declined to say where she stands on efforts to purge members from the caucus.

I still like the duel idea.

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

Titanic Tragedy Update

Looks like it is official….the sub was destroyed and occupants are dead.

Debris has been found near the Titanic that leads officials to believe the sub imploded.

Those hoping for the safe return of the five people lost in a submersible in the North Atlantic rooted for a miracle on Thursday. It did not come. First, the US Coast Guard announced the discovery of a debris field on the ocean floor near the Titanic. Then OceanGate, the operator of the sub, released a statement giving up hope of a rescue for the Titan crew, reports CNN.

  • “We now believe that our CEO Stockton Rush, Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood, Hamish Harding, and Paul-Henri Nargeolet, have sadly been lost,” the statement reads, per the Guardian. It hailed the five as “true explorers.”

  • After its initial no-details statement about the debris field, a Coast Guard spokesman said “five different major pieces of debris” that belonged to the submersible were discovered. That includes the nose cone, which was found about 1,600 feet from the bow of the Titanic, reports the Washington Post. “The debris is consistent with a catastrophic implosion of the vessel,” said Rear Adm. John Mauger at a news conference, per the New York Times. “On behalf of the United States Coast Guard and the entire unified command, I offer my deepest condolences to the families.”

    He added that a definitive explanation of what happened to the Titan will take time. Thursday morning had marked a critical 96-hour threshold since the vessel disappeared—the point at which breathable air would likely have run out.

I think there is something weird here.

The parts were found about 1600 feet from the bow of the Titanic…..why was it found just hours after the air would have run out.

I mean they were searching around the shipwreck for days and it is ‘discovered’ just hours after the air became toxic (that is if there was any air at all).

Call me suspicious but once the sub was found the story value would go down…..the timing leads me to be suspicious.

All my readers that said it was an implosion from the start of this drama may sleep well tonight for they were right on this issue.

A tragic end to the ‘adventure of a lifetime’.

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”