In movies, people can be brainwashed and given a post-hypnotic suggestion that causes them to respond in a peculiar way when they hear the trigger word. Sparky has that.
I discovered the word accidentally. “Crank” isn’t a word that comes up too often. I verified it late last night, when Sparky was 70% asleep. He wasn’t eager to get up to go out, so I said “crank”, and he responded just like this.
Here is the slow motion analysis.
That didn’t take long. Cheatle should have resigned the day before the hearing, rather than the day after.
I’m watching a portion of the Congressional hearings on the Secret Service and the Trump assassination attempt.
If the Secret Service Director, Kimberly Cheatle, was ever going to resign, I bet she wished she had resigned yesterday. Every congressman is ripping into her. For the most part, it isn’t possible to distinguish between a Democratic or Republican congressman. They are all personally pissed off that people died and a presidential candidate was shot. They all ask for her resignation. It’s gratifying to see.
Surprisingly, Ocasio-Cortez did a good job. She isn’t a quick thinker or smooth talker, but she was informed, had good questions and was impressively indignant. A couple of congressmen tried to make some unrelated political points, but it was a soft-sell. Several congressmen are grandstanding by demonstrating their personal knowledge, but that makes the hearings less repetitive.
Most congressmen imply that 20 year-olds are insipid morons and that makes the Secret Service look even worse. Cheatle isn’t answering many questions, fewer questions than in the ABC interview, and that makes her look terrible.
Cheatle should have resigned, she doesn’t have a friend on the Hill. She won’t remain in that position.
If history was taught like this, I would have paid attention.
The Youtube channel, Flappr, covers real history with sarcasm and a 1950’s aesthetic. The archival film is excellent, but the humor occasionally goes too far.
Sparkidemus is an homage to the pharisee, Nicodemus.
Peggy Noonan was a speech writer for Ronald Reagan, and then was an insightful commentator until she got Trump Derangement Syndrome. After the 2024 RNC Convention, she can’t quite come around.
Scott Adams is the creator of the Dilbert comic strip and the first person of notoriety to predict that Trump would win the 2016 presidential election. This was very early on, when there were 16 people in the Republican primary. Adams was careful not to endorse Trump, he just recognized that Trump had a gift for persuasion.
NBC News: Secret Service is appalled.
Anthony Guglielmi, the Secret Service’s chief of communication, said in the statement: “We stand united against any attempt to discredit our personnel and their invaluable contributions to our mission and are appalled by the disparaging and disgusting comments against any of our personnel.”
The Secret Service doesn’t get to be appalled after their appalling inability to keep Trump safe.
ABC News: Secret Service Director Interview
This post won’t be relevant for long, but Trump was shot 3 days ago and this is the first interview of the Director of the Secret Service. Even in her own words, Kimberly Cheatle sound unfit for duty.
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