Joe pardoned Hunter. Full, unconditional.
He should have done this on November 28th because it’s an absolute turkey.
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No, it’s brilliant: a lesson in politics. Everything for our friends, nothing for our enemies.
On January 20, pardon the Electoral Justice protesters (J6). Republicans are slow learners but maybe they can take this lesson from Mumbly Joe. For more advanced students, read The Concept of the Political by Carl Schmitt, wherein he explains the friend/enemy distinction. The other guys already learned this lesson well, which is why they win.
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“Republicans pounce” is a registered trademark of the New York Times, Inc., all rights reserved. NYT should sue Politico. Honor among thieves being an outmoded concept, after all.
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WE, my lady friend and I, were discussing that last night. I was rather disgusted with Joe’s actions, then she reminded me that it was a “father’s” action to take care of a son.
I reflected on this for a bit and almost came to the same conclusion.
But also concluded that it probably be a darn long time before we have another president from that party affiliation.
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One could contrast the behavior of “Joe Biden” with that of Omar, Mohammed’s successor and the second Caliph of Islam.
As recounted in Lesley Hazleton’s fascinating 2009 book “After the Prophet” detailing the great Sunni/Shia schism in Islam:
“As part of his commitment to Islam, he [Omar] would tolerate no favoritism, least of all for his own family. When one of his own sons appeared drunk in public, Omar ordered that the young man be given 80 lashes of the whip, and refused to mourn when he died as a result of the punishment”.
But that was when men were men, and beliefs mattered.
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The chink in Western Civ’s armor is that its principles can be used to destroy it. This is done in various areas.
We are supposed to have free trade with mercantilist nations like China.
We should let schizophrenics out of facilities because they too have rights.
He hasn’t released it yet but I think Gad Saad’s book Suicidal Empathy will address one of the most common examples which is the use of empathy to destroy Western Civ with hordes of people that hate these values.
This is what I am talking about. The fact that you can empathize with someone does not make their actions good. I actually cannot emphasize with Biden. I can understand it, but I know that although I might do the same, it would be wrong. Because I can see myself doing something wrong does not make it right.
I can envision all kinds of scenarios where I would be tempted to do something bad. The fact that I may fall for the temptation is a reflection of my character weakness and not a sign that because I would do it that it is ok.
Because we are removed from a situation, empathy is distorted. We only see a few frames of the entire movie and our brains has a short circuit. In lived experience this doesn’t happen. You are likely to see the entire movie. You get the opportunity to balance empathy for one person with the empathy for the consequences. When removed from lived experience, a person has to force themselves to think about consequences.
In lived experience, when you feel sorry for the criminal because they had a rough childhood, you also have empathy for the people harmed by the criminal and empathy for the people that will likely get harmed if you let the criminal go free.
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One could perhaps empathize with a powerful father rescuing his worthless son from the specific legal charges of which he has been found guilty – firearms charges and tax evasion – even if that runs directly to the stated objective of “Justice for All”.
But “Joe Biden” pre-emptively pardoned Hunter Biden for every law he might have broken since 2014 – which incidentally was when he and “Joe” became involved in the highly corrupt Ukraine.
Draw your own conclusion. One wonders if the clearly corrupt “Joe Biden” Department of Justice had been directed to pursue those charges against Hunter Biden simply to create an excuse for such an incredibly wide blanket pardon.
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Did not pay rent for 12 months. Total was $300,000
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I totally forgot about his “art works”, LOL that was a big and I do mean big pile of excrement.
Further info on that is on FoxNews;
Now as I posted previously, but I did not give enough attention to one word, I’ll try to give it more significance…
I’m sorry to admit I once was a democrat. I changed my party affiliation because of an email server of another democrat that should have put her in prison. But back to the topic at hand and my “ALMOST”…
( from FoxNews December third, two thousand twenty four )
Unless you are politically affiliated with a big dog…
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Anyone know how Hunter’s art has been selling since they stabbed Joe in the back?
How about the Clinton foundation?
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Pardon for the J6 political prisoners is the thing I want most. And maybe the Biden pardon makes it easier for Trump to do that. Bright spot.!
Plus it adds to the lists of Ol’Bygone’s dubious achievements. Kinda crowns ‘em, actually.
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It also further erodes the MSM influence. They look like either simpletons or liars as they announced how wonderful Biden was because he said he wouldn’t pardon Hunter.
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I think he always meant to do it on his last day in office. If he had won the election, he’da waited, and even though he lost, he was gonna wait till Jan 20. But he can see the speed at which the ground is shifting now, his usual protectors are scared for their own positions. The order. “Every man for himself” (which is an actual military command) has been given. He couldn’t resist putting his son out of harm’s way first. He’ll probably pardon the rest of his family members, and himself, while Trump strides out to lay his hand on the Bible.
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That is a charitable explanation of “Joe Biden’s” action, considering his advanced dementia and reduced capabilities.
A less-charitable explanation might be that the Inner Party members who control “Joe Biden” realized Hunter was a great risk to them, potentially revealing all their Ukrainian graft & grift through his involvement there. Best to get him out of the potential clutches of the legal system. And they had to do that before “Joe” disappeared into Angola.
Or alternatively, the Inner Party decided that they needed a distraction from something else (what?), and took advantage of issuing a pardon to draw attention away from whatever that was.
These days, one really cannot be too cynical about Our Betters.
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Oh that too of course. He or his minders hoped to forestall any further investigation of what Hunter and Uncle Jim were up to.
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Fauci up to 43% on Polymarket.
All these potential individual pardons could get tiresome. Liz Cheney, Fauci, multiple people at the FBI, 51 former intelligence officers… I wonder if Biden’s wiz kids could come up with a blanket pardon for anyone that committed a crime under the direction of Biden or the DNC.
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Please, PLEASE, PLEASE, don’t give them ideas…
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