For some of us, life is getting better and better. To begin, the Hamas released two American hostages from the Chicago area, Judith Raanan and her 17-year old daughter Natalie, said to be for humanitarian reasons. One reason was because the mother was in poor health. She looked well in the photo on the left.
Three strikes, and Rep. Jim Jordan is out as House speaker. He lost more votes again. Of course, this means life is getting better for people like me, not Republicans, who have been clueless for 17 days, and continue so. A next vote might occur next Tuesday. There is now a smorgasbord of potential applicants, who need to announce so before Monday. They are all floundering and angry at each other. Oh, they also were told to blame the Democrats for this sorry condition of their body, for all of them, plus only 8 House Republicans, caused this stalemate.
Yesterday, I reported that former legal advisor to Donald Trump, Sidney Powell, worked out a plea deal with Georgia officials, and will get no jail time for promising to, essentially, nail Trump. Here is Time magazine's view on What Sidney Powell Flipping Means for Trump. Even Greta Thunberg had to comment. Powell...Kraken...? Read this article.
With the earlier breaking of bail bondsman Scott Hall, Fani Willis is now 3 for 3 in flipping Trump chumps, for you can add Kenneth Kenneth Chesebro, the attorney who came up with Trump's scheme to create false electors in seven states. For someone so close and crucial to Trump, Chesebro also got no jail time, but a date to tell the truth whenever the State of Georgia or the U.S. Justice Department asks him to testify. This sudden decision came as trial jurors were in the process of being selected.
No doubt Willis has triggered a domino effect. There are now 16 indicted victims left, including Trump. Look for many more of his friends to desert him to save their own lives. Looks like 4 March 2024 is now the timing for the next trial.
But will attempts be made to accelerate the timetable? Then again, maybe Jack Smith has sufficient ammo for the powers that determine to now focus on Trump for his January 6 coup
I got the following in my e-mail yesterday. Something to do with far-right MAGA activists laying the groundwork for Trump's return to office: Project 2025.
They aim to defund the Department of Justice, dismantle the FBI, break up the Department of Homeland Security and eliminate the Departments of Education and Commerce, to name just a few of their larger targets. They want to give the president complete power over quasi-independent agencies such as the Federal Communications Commission, which makes and enforces rules for television and internet companies that have been the bane of Trump’s political existence in the last few years.
I can say a lot more, but I'll let you read the details. They also ask for a $40 donation.
I'll close with Nobody, which I watched on Amazon Prime last night. Rated R. Nobody, especially me, heard of this film, for it was released in 2021, and got good Rotten Tomatoes reviews: 84 from reviewers and 94 from audiences.
In short, the movie starts so slowly I wanted to find something else, but just as I was about to, a hint, followed by some mild action. How can this nothing homebody played by Bob Odenkirk suddenly turn into a confident sleuth? Well, he once was an assassin, and so was his father (Christopher Lloyd, who is growing very old in a rest home) and a brother (RZA, half-brother who communicates by shortwave because he is in hiding). Of course, they come together at the end. The whole production reminded me of John Wick. In fact, what about in the future Odenkirk and Keanu Reeves combining their characters into one film?
Will there be a sequel? Yes, for the last scene of the film sets that all up. Certainly looking like Odenkirk is establishing himself as the new Liam Neeson, who is 71. For those who never heard of Odenkirk, he is the Saul you call, following from Breaking Bad. Both that and Better Call Saul scored in the high 90's from Rotten Tomatoes.
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