#6 And where is the current braggadocio from the right about how underwater the approval rating is for the Democratic Party?

It seems to have disappeared like the Joe Biden/"I Did That" gas pump stickers.

Reality intruded.

Amid the fog of war, clarity is often hard to find. But, if this story is true, there is nothing unclear or ambiguous about it. Here are five crucial points:

This was either a war crime (if we believe that the killings are covered by the laws of war) or it was simply cold-blooded murder.1 Via Michael Sellers:

In the law of armed conflict, a blanket directive to kill all occupants of a vessel " regardless of status, circumstance, or capacity to resist " is known as a "no-quarter order," " and such orders are one of the oldest and clearest prohibitions in the entire body of international law. To be very clear, International law treats a no-quarter order as one of the few absolute red lines in the law of war: it is inherently illegal the moment it is spoken, regardless of circumstances. Every modern military " including the U.S. " teaches that such an order must be disobeyed immediately, because carrying it out constitutes a war crime. Full stop.

#78 So? Left Hind Turds?

snip ...

imagine being so corrupt that even JPMorgan wants no part of your corporate shake-down schemes.

but here's what Dimon understands that Piss-Drunk Pete, in his short-sighted arrogance, doesn't: Pamnesia Bondi " who can't remember if there are Dead Pedo Bestie files on her desk, much less if it's wrong to murder Venezuelan fishermen clinging to the hull of their burning boat " isn't going to be head of the DOJ forever.

the next Democratic administration is going to bring in a new Attorney General, and " presuming it's not useless lump Merrick Garland " there could actually be, at long last, accountability. and let's not forget what Pete's been accused of here...

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which would you rather have"

a government of psychopathic ----------- who bark kill everybody!' as casually as they drunk-text classified war plans to reporters?

or a government of greedy grifting -----------, milking the country dry?

what if I were to tell you that you could have both?

snip (later on in the article) ...

.

Meanwhile, in the Real World

... and this is where it all falls apart.

This is where the fantasy collapses, and the world in which we live rises and strikes down the idea of courage, integrity, or the good of the nation aside. Every American can see it. Every American, including Trump's most passionate backers, knows his mental state and physical health are collapsing in front of the eyes of the world.

Even if Congress sent this letter, Vance and the cabinet are creatures of the same ecosystem that made Trump president. Admitting he's unfit is, in effect, admitting they enabled a deeply sick man in mental decline to hold ultimate power. For years, they've sold a story: Trump is strong, sharp, chosen, blessed by God, incorruptible and puissant, persecuted by petty enemies.

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The Vice President of the United States
The Members of the Cabinet
The White House
Washington, D.C.

To the Vice President and Members of the Cabinet:

We write to you with a deep sense of both our constitutional responsibility and personal reluctance. The question we must raise is among the most solemn contemplated by our system of government: whether the President of the United States remains able to discharge the powers and duties of the office as required by Article II and the Twenty-Fifth Amendment.

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I was thinking today about what a real set of leaders in a real Republican Party would do in the face of Donald Trump's grotesque physical and mental collapse. Of course, they would never, ever, ever recommend to the Cabinet and Vice President that they step in with any meaningful action, even if Trump drooled on the Resolute Desk on live TV.

Still, sometimes I like to put my brain back in Official Washington mode and write something in the vernacular of Big Historical Documents. With that, I present a fantasy of what should and could be said - but will certainly not be said - to start the ball rolling on the 25th Amendment process.

#44 My dear ole mom died more than 2 decades ago.

You, of course, know that... right?

So, is your interest geriatric sex ...

... or necrophilia?

Or are you particularly into very old corpses for your sexual satisfaction?

As I said earlier,

Invest in some etiquette classes and, perhaps, a dance lesson or two.

The chicks will love you for it.

Kinda like taking Home Ec in high school as a guy in the 1970s...

...or typing classes...

...or the guy who hangs out in maternity wards because, after all, it is obvious that they do it.

Or the guy in the early 1980s, at the Crown Lounge, with his "I'm A Playboy Photographer" printed-at-home business cards ...

Your frustration levels will increase or decrease exponentially.

Your choice. But guaranteed.

You are most welcome, nonsentientsmoothbrainedapplesauceofahuman.

#12 and #13

Invest in some etiquette classes and, perhaps, a dance lesson or two.

The chicks will love you for it.

Kinda like taking Home Ec in high school as a guy in the 1970s...

...or typing classes...

...or the guy who hangs out in maternity wards because, after all, it is obvious that they do it.

Or the guy in the early 1980s, at the Crown Lounge, with his "I'm A Playboy Photographer" printed-at-home business cards ...

Your frustration levels will increase or decrease exponentially.

Your choice. But guaranteed.

#69 Do we say "Goodbye, Girl" now, Perri "bell boi" Mason?

Or virtually posthumously*?

* banned

#12 to #13

The genesis and growth of incels.

This is how they connect and communicate with each other.

Live and in color right here on the Drudge Retort.

#4 Boomers

That's your DNA, onepigironheadedsmoothedbrainaut...

Embrace it.

Love it.

Make it yours...

...and do so proudly!

#96 Equivocation is just so easy... Right, Stromatolites?