Circling of wagons. People are surprised that so many Republicans came out strongly against Trump immediately after the insurrection and then backtracked, standing firm against investigation, and then against the idea that there was any insurrection at all. Now, some folks are hoping that Trump being convicted might change things or shift Republican attitudes in the right direction. May I be permitted to call BS?
Of course the reason Republicans immediately stood against investigation, and then went quickly to kiss the ring of the straw brained despot, is that they quickly learned how many of their members in the House and Senate were complicit in the insurrection and were involved early on in Trump’s plot to steal the Presidency.
Now, whenever Trump has secured the nomination, they will line up grateful to be in his good graces, in spite of however many convictions the known rapist has by then and once nominated, Trump will not admit defeat in the November election, regardless of how badly he’s defeated and this time his minions will be better prepared.
The photo is unrelated and is from my real life as a woodworker and writer of how-to books. When you write fiction, you get to make sh-t up. When you write how-to, you must be dead on true, for your readers will test every photo and every word.
With my specialty being box making and furniture design I was offered the chance to play with the new Veritas Box Maker’s Plow Planes, and I’d much rather show a photo of something real than of the orange baboon. The plane is being used with a 1/8 in. radius beading cutter on a piece of western cedar.Also of interest in the photo is the use of a common hand screw to hold the stock… a thing that can be done if ever administrators decided to reintroduce woodworking to schools…
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