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The 7th hearing yesterday of the House January 6 Committee evoked visions of a Netflix series.  Everything seems to be following a script to convict Donald Trump of planning, following through and failing to overturn democracy and the United States government.  No reason to believe otherwise, for the proofs shown so far have been convincing involving sort of average officials.  No top level government personage has yet been summoned to become a public witness.  Will the future include Mike Pence, or even maybe the Donald himself?  Hearing #8 will occur next week Thursday in prime time.  Some say this will the final one so the Department of Justice can keep Trump busy for the next half a year. Heroines/heroes are blossoming.   Certainly Congresswoman Liz Cheney, who at this moment only has an 8% chance of returning to her seat from Wyoming .  Challenger Harriet Hageman is a lawyer and essentially a nobody, but Cheney's role on the Committee has soured her chances to prevail in any R

Today, again, nothing worthy about Donald Trump, although tomorrow could be another major  House January 6 Committee hearing  day.  Starts at 11 AM EDT, focusing on how the Trump team marshaled the mob.  Then, on Thursday, possibly their final hearing, the Committee will zero-in on The Donald. Today a few odds and ends accumulating on this blog site.  To start, a few more tidbits about The Open, which Wednesday night at 10PM in Hawaii begins telecasting on the USA channel: About the 100 golfers teeing off: #74  Kurt Kitayama, a 29-year old American who graduated from UNLV, has been playing on the DP World ( European ) Tour, and was #2 on the Genesis Scottish Open yesterday.  And for those who watched that tournament and didn't figure it out,  Genesis  is the luxury line of Hyundai, officially becoming a standalone model with the Genesis G90 in 2017.  JD Power named Genesis the most dependable automative brand in 2020. #57  Bryson DeChambeau. #37  Justin Rose #29  Tiger Woods ( has

Cassidy Hutchinson, 25-year old aide to President Donald Trump's Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, was the only witness at the House January 6 Committee hearing today.  While she provided further proof of what happened that day was planned, with Trump as prime instigator, there was nothing particularly startling.   Well,  VOX 's headline was: The 4 most shocking revelations from a real bad afternoon for Donald Trump You can read the article yourself about  those four bombshells.  As this 6th hearing was called so suddenly, there was at least some disappointment that nothing even more revealing was shared.  I guess her personal presence will in the future make it easier for others in the inner presidential sanctum to come forward.  She appeared even though Trump cronies threatened her in so many ways, showing unusual courage, morality and patriotism, absent from most Republicans today. For nostalgic Tuesday, I go back to  23September2008 , which repeated Appendix A from  SIMPLE SOLUT