larry johnson being former cia has a unique view of life here in the empire's 'embrace';

Someone created a faux New York Times editorial board headline today that encourage Joe Biden to launch a drone strike on Donald Trump. While intended as bitter irony, I am sure there are many anti-Trumpers who nodded approvingly at the suggestion. I also am certain that there are many countries around the world chortling over the spectacle unfolding in the United States because, in the past, they have been targeted with harsh rhetoric and sanctions for failing to uphold what U.S. officials deemed to be the values of democracy. The United States has now earned the right to Shut the Fuck Up! We, referring to my fellow citizens, no longer have the moral standing to lecture any other government on human rights or election integrity. We are like a raging alcoholic trying to enforce a no-drinking-beer campaign on others. We would be better off joining Alcoholic Anonymous and getting our own act together.

The United States and the Democrats are facing several disasters. First, Democrat efforts to use questionable legal tactics to derail Donald Trumps campaign have backfired. Instead of making him a toxic pariah, Trump’s popularity has soared, especially among the Black community (men at least), who readily identify with him as a target of an unfair, corrupt judiciary. Trump is beating the “man,” (i.e., English slang for the establishment).

Second, plans by some of the Democrat elite to persuade Biden to drop out of the race and let some other Democrat ride to rescue and save the party is running into trouble. Joe Biden’s handlers — principally his wife — are insisting that Joe will be the candidate and that people calling for him to resign should go to hell. If Joe refuses to go, the Democrats are screwed because it appears that Joe has Parkinson’s Dementia and the prognosis is grim.........more.........