Enter the Era of 47 – Leadership, Resistance, and the Changes Along the Way

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In one magic instant just over 24 hours from now, the American Republic once again will have a proud executive…as the blueprint requires. Of course, the greater system as it exists today abhors such a thing…especially after four years of maximum playtime under the polar opposite.  No doubt – as I have said many times over …

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The Natural Progression of Potemkin Diversity – The ‘Unnatural Selection Toward Shallowness, Mediocrity, and Societal Collapse’ Edition

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I will admit that, in my earlier ramblings on the subject (even when I said things like “complex products relying on sound engineering and science that pose any kind of potential safety issue in your life will become suspect in the not-so-distant future” and “it will become more obvious piece by piece in specific tragic …

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Comedy Gold – ‘For those reasons, this Court agrees with the government that term-of-office provisions do not themselves limit the removal power.’

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As posted over at the legacy site back on December 10: Have I mentioned that Second-Term Trump is going to be a whole lot of fun? Not being a lawyer, and the fact that I have not really bothered to read the whole thing, I openly admit that there may be a whole lot in this …

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In the Name of Biden – ‘The Most Sustained Acts of Political Incompetence…in the History of the American Presidency’

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(As posted over at the legacy site earlier this evening. Apologies, several of the links may not be accessible to non-members over there. Most of the material is here too...I just haven't taken the time to redirect the links.) To those who were paying attention throughout the four-year ordeal, the first pass at a succinct …

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As the Tide Turns – The Evolution of the Presidency as Selected by a Low Trust Society

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I started this a few days ago…it wasn’t very focused from the start and only went downhill from there. But, because I still want to document the Transition Agreement story in my posting history (along with several other pokes at the intellectually unserious along the way), here it is anyway… While many like to pretend …

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