“Some people talk to animals. Not many listen though. That’s the problem.”
–Winnie The Pooh.
English finally returned home after enjoying a fine visit with Gram and Rufe. Dudley is happy. I am happy. All is right with the world again.
It is funny. When I was single, and living in Washington, D.C., I was constantly around other people. I yearned for time by myself. Silence was treasured, I enjoyed long walks around Old Town Alexandria with only my basset hound, Buckley, as a companion. On the rare occasion that I was not at the office or at a party, I would sit in my library, alone, with a cigar and a drink, reading Churchill.
But nowadays, I cannot stand to be alone without the ability to speak and be with English. It’s bad enough that Holland is always gone, and has been for about 9 years. But I have accepted that fact. But when English is gone, the house seems empty, the office is depressing, and it is not as much fun to run Saturday errands alone. People look at me with pity, sitting alone in the back of Church on Sunday. Dinner alone is damn sad. Sigh. I think that I will have to ban English from all future travel. Dudley and I cannot manage without her.
Senators Alex Padilla (D. Ca.) and Adam Schiff (D. Ca.) are outraged–OUTRAGED–that the Interior Department is charging non-citizens more to obtain an annual national parks pass, than it does American citizens. HOW DARE THE U.S. GOVERNMENT GIVE PREFERNCE TO AMERICAN CITIZENS!
“I’ve not heard one Democrat say defund ICE.”
–Senator Patty Murray (D. Wa.).
Really? This woman is literally participating in a months long filibuster to prevent ICE funding. C’mon, man! These Democrats are not serious people.
“The so-called indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center announced by Todd Blanche and Kash Patel is baseless and illegitimate. These partisan hacks who continue to weaponize the criminal justice system against perceived opponents will never intimidate. And all of them will be held accountable for their corrupt behavior no matter what it takes.”
–Representative Hakeem Jeffries (D. N.Y.).
Mr. Jeffries is outraged that the Justice Department would dare enforce the law against his friends. He is promising that when the Democrats regain power, they will seek retribution by breaking the law in order to punish his political opponents.
“Now in other times, Democrats and Republicans alike would rely on the Southern Poverty Law Center to help us keep track of the movements of violent white supremacy in the country. The Southern Poverty Law Center’s been a vigilant voice in civil society against radical white nationalist violence and extremism, neonazism, and other forces across the political spectrum that spread organized hate from any quarter. The President, however, wants to undermine civil society organizations and reduce our ability to defend ourselves against the virus of racial violence.”
–Representative Jamie Raskin (D. Md.).
Yes, yes, yes. We need to defend ourselves against “racial violence”, paid for by funds from the Southern Poverty Legal Center.
There are more fans at the average WNBA basketball game than there are members of the Ku Klux Klan throughout the United States. Think about that.
“I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes.”
–Cole Allen, would be assassin of President Donald Trump.
Where did Allen get such ideas about Trump and the need to remove him, via murder? Almost certainly from the left, including from Democrats in positions of power.
Indeed, the Democrat Left’s reaction to the attempted assassination of President Trump has been, as might be expected, unhinged. When asked if Democrat rhetoric might have contributed to the tensions that led to another attempted assassination of President Trump, Representative Raskin responded, “What rhetoric?” Well, let’s see . . .
Former John McCain presidential campaign advisor Steve Schmidt blamed President Trump for the assassination attempt, calling him a “vile and disgusting man”. Before the assassination attempt, Jimmy Kimmel made a tasteless comment, “Mrs. Trump, you have a glow like an expectant widow.” Representative Hakeem Jeffries (D. N.Y.) called for “Maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time.” Former U.S. Representative Joe Walsh (R. Il.) said “It’s wrong, but not at all surprising, that someone would try to commit an act of violence against this President. Donald Trump is a cruel, hateful, divisive person, with the world’s biggest microphone, who incites violence against people every single day. He lives off of hate & division. Every day, Trump lights a match and spreads hate. So it’s not surprising someone would try to commit violence against him. It’s wrong, but not surprising.” And this is on top of years of calling President Trump a “racist”, “dictator”, “pedophile”, “rapist”, “warmonger”, “threat to our democracy”, “literally Hitler”, “authoritarian”, etc. etc.
Some Leftists even accused The White House of staging the assassination attempt, calling it a “false flag operation”. Others suggested that this was an attempt to force upon the American people Mr. Trump’s “one big beautiful ballroom”.
Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong (D.) said that the attempted assassination of President Trump should not be a surprise, because he had it coming. Oh, yes! Orange Man Bad!
Wisconsin Democrat donor and bar owner Kirk Bangstad is promising a day of free beer to celebrate the successful assassination of President Trump. Unbelievable!
Readers should remember that a couple of years ago, there was much uproar over Loudoun County, Virgina’s public schools administration’s handling of a “trans” student, who raped 1 female student at his high school, and his “punishment” was to transfer the “trans” student to a different high school. Where he promptly repeated his behavior.
“Trans” is “normal” was the claim of the Loudoun County public schools. “We cannot discriminate” claimed administrators. And then gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger (D.) refused to condemn Loudoun County public school administrators. Indeed, Mrs. Spanberger refused to take any stance at all, insisting that dealing with these issues were better handled at the local level. Hmmm.
Apparently not. At yet another Loudoun County, Virginia high school, a “trans” substitute teacher was arrested for plotting a mass murder at the school, where he/she often taught. The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Department was able to prevent the tragedy after being tipped off to online postings by the “trans” substitute teacher. He was so stupid as to actually brag about the details of his plans in public. Oh, my!
But still, no word from now Governor Spanberger. Not a word. Loudoun County (and Arlington, Fairfax, and Prince William) have shown that they cannot handle these matters at the local level. This tragedy was barely averted, no thanks to Governor Spanberger. Will we be so lucky next time?
Readers may I ask if I am blaming the “trans community” for this violence. Yes I am. But is that not painting with a broad brush, condemning some for the actions of others? Nope. As I have often written, if you are a man, who thinks he is a woman, and vice-versa, or if you are a man who thinks he can become a woman, and vice-versa, you are insane. Why are we allowing insane people to wander around without restriction in society? Why are we hiring insane people to teach children in our public schools? Why are we enabling insane people, affirming to them their insanity? Sigh. Maybe the “trans” are not the only insane ones. Maybe their enablers are also.
Sixty percent (60%) of all illegal aliens present in the United States live in Democrat controlled urban areas. What does that tell you? Hmmmm.
This week the PGA TOUR returns to Doral for the Cadillac Championship. The tournament will be played on Doral’s famed Blue Monster course. And the Left is outraged! You see, the perpetually aggrieved do not play golf, or actually follow sports, particularly golf. But President Trump owns the Doral resort, and someone on the Left just figured that out. So . . . Orange Man Bad.
Vanderbilt University quarterback Diego Pavia went undrafted during the recent NFL draft. The Heisman Trophy runner up was snubbed by all 32 NFL teams. Multiple times.
Readers may remember that Diego Pavia reacted poorly to failing to actually win the Heisman Trophy, publicly telling Heisman voters to “f**k off”. Maybe that behavior had something to do with his being passed over by the NFL. Maybe.
Former Idaho Governor and United States Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne has died at age 74. R. I. P.
Nedra Talley Ross, last surviving member of The Ronettes, has died at age 80. R. I. P.
Former Washington Redskins linebacker Monte Coleman has died at age 68. R. I. P.
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