Mostly Politics; Nothing About The Bakken -- Notes From All Over, Part 1 -- February 7, 2019

Supermoon: I'm getting mixed signals on this one. Talk radio said we would see it tonight. The internets say it will be February 9th. This site doesn't even mention a "February supermoon." This site says it will be at dusk, Saturday, February 8th.

The blog: talk about coincidence, serendipity. Yesterday I wrote, and posted:

If there had been no Ukrainian phone call at all, there would have been something else. Assassinating a legitimate general Army office might be impeachable; it puts every one of our own general officers at increased risk. The emoluments issue is still out there. The "obstruction" on tax returns is still out there. Unilaterally withdrawing from the climate "deal" is still out there. There are/and were a million reasons that Nadler/Schiff could have come up with to impeach Trump. [The interesting thing is that they were unable to come up with anything substantial -- reminding us how weak their case really was. I'll get back to this later.]

Today:

This, in some ways, may be a bigger story than the impeachment hoax. The "emoluments" case might have had some substance; I don't know. But clearly the articles of impeachment had no substance. I have not seen the report, but apparently -- according to President Trump -- who occasionally is known for a bit of hyperbole -- and who may not have yet the report when he stated the case was unanimous, 3 - 0, in his favor.

Link here, and yes, it was unanimous ... but that detail was buried in the stories, if reported at all.

By the way, this is pretty "funny." The president is "scooping" his own news. The press was completely unaware of this breaking story -- or had not yet had time to report it -- or maybe they had no plans to report it -- until President Trump mentioned it (in passing?) while walking out to his helicopter on his way to a North Carolina rally.