STOOPING LOW....12/14/23

11 years ago today, 20-year old Adam Lanza walked into the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Connecticut and shot and killed 26 people, 20 of whom were children between the ages of 6 and 7.

Alex Jones, a popular radio host who has earned hundreds of millions of dollars spouting multiple conspiracy theories regarding the “stolen election”, the “fake moon landings”, and our “government’s involvement in 9/11” among others, began claiming on his show the attack on the school was a hoax, staged by actors, and that no one was really killed. or injured.

Parents of the slain children sued Jones and were ultimately awarded close to $1.5 billion, which they will never recover because Jones filed for bankruptcy shortly after the verdict.

Alex Jones was banned from Twitter for his behavior….until this past Monday when Elon Musk let him back on where Jones can once again spread his lies.

Musk’s company, now called “X”, has suffered severer financial losses lately from fleeing advertisers because of an anti-semitic remark he made a few weeks ago.

Apparently Musk thinks having a deranged psychopath back on his platform will help make up his shortfall.

BEWILDERING....12/13/23

I had a conversation a few weeks ago with a relative who declared with utmost certainty that the 2020 election was stolen by Joe Biden and that Donald Trump was duly elected president.

I then asked him how it could be that Trump lost all but 1 of the 62 court cases challenging the results of the election?

He replied that all "they were all Democrats", who made those decisions.

I then asked him if the election was fraudulent, why did all 50 Secretaries of State certify their elections, some of whom were strong Trump supporters?

He said he could answer that question but it would take him a lot more time than he had available at that moment.

He also said that no one should have been arrestd or jailed for their actions on January 6th, 2021, and that, again, all of the jurors in those trials were Democrats.

He also added that the demonstrations were largely peaceful.

My relative is a highly educated, kind, fun loving man who does not use a computer, although he did say he watched Fox News.

He also said he didn't read the newspaper.

A FALL FROM GRACE....12/12/23

Rudy Guiliani was once a good man and perhaps still is in many ways.

As Mayor of New York City, he helped lead the nation during the horrific attacks on the Twin Towers on 9/11, and by all accounts did an excellent job. He was on top of the world.

But sadly, he became one of the millions of people who came under the spell of Donald Trump, and as a result, lost his way.

As the former president's personal lawyer, Guiliani spent weeks after the 2020 election doing everything possible to keep his friend and client in office.

Yesterday the Mayor went on trial to determine the monetary judgement against him for defaming 2 election workers, saying they had manipulated ballots in Biden’s favor.

The women’s lives were upended as a result, suffering financial stress and multiple death threats because of Guiliani's accusations.

He has already admitted in court that he lied, and now faces bankruptcy, with no visible means of support after having his license to practice law suspended.