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Read this article: Jack Smith’s Big New Jan. 6 Brief Is a Major Indictment of the Supreme Court ( Slate ) My thought:  Couldn't he have brought this sooner? A month before the election almost guarantees they'll wait till after the election. Isn't the tale of Trump that the judiciary is either scared or corrupt. I was taught the 3 branches balance out the concentration of power, a 4th if you count the press, they've all dropped the ball in confronting Trump's crimes. The legislature is controlled by GOP, the judiciary is often appointed by him, justices tell lawyers what to argue. I'm not sure what happened to the press, but they haven't really put the truth before the American people, New York Times became a joke of bothsidesism, even NPR puts out positive puff pieces about this monster. Isn't the story of Trump that these institution are easily overwhelmed and manipulated by lying, a flurry of corruption, cheating and bluster? What a pathetic whimper. 

 

Recently watched 3 films, hoping to understand Iran better. They were The Holy Spider, A Persian Melody (Jameh Daran) (2015) and The Salesman (2016).  My Iranian friend recommended The Salesman . Quite a horrible scenario. A john comes by his old hooker's place, and someone else lives there, but he rapes the woman anyway. The husband is busy teaching school and acting in Death of a Salesman, and isn't maximally supportive to his wife, but he's busy.  A Persian Melody starts out confusing and weird, and then you kind of learn about the secrets and lies. This movie is on Tubi at the moment.  The Holy Spider is about a man who killed 16 prostitutes before he was caught, and he thought he was going to be let go because he fought in the Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988, and he thought he was doing god's work. Quite a horrible and grim movie, but somehow good in exposing some injustice and quirks of society. This movie is on Netflix at the moment. I came away thinking, wow, Iranian

 Not a good sign: Later: Iran launches missiles.  (CNN) NPR Biden told USA military to help shoot down missiles. ABC Video of missals raining down. Bibi met with Trump and decided to delay a ceasefire with Hamas till after November 3rd. Now the war is spreading to Lebanon and Iran. Those two countries were looking for reason to lob some bombs, and they gave it. In the world of asymmetric war, where all the fundamentalist Islam countries take their pot shots at Israel. Iran will say they killed a Hezbollah leader in Iran, so they have a right to strike back. Israel invaded Lebanon to stop the Hezbollah bombs coming from there. Luckily Syria is too poor to send too many missiles.  Both sides keep giving each other reasons to strike back. Everyone thinks their righteous killing people.  So many hostile countries lobing in bombs, you root out when they come inside your country, there's going to be no mercy for Hamas. I get that Israel is set up on all sides by enemies. I just don'