"Putrid dog"

The hapless Anthony Albanese seems to be gifted at alienating people: "Australian Prime Minister Insulted, Forced Out of Mosque by Furious Muslims".

Australia’s prime minister decided to attend a celebration of the end of Ramadan in a mosque in Sydney – but the result was nearly tragic.

Anthony Albanese ended up expelled by angry Muslims who called him a ‘genocide supporter’ and a ‘putrid dog’.

According to Paco World News Daily (PWND), Mr. Albanese escaped on a magic carpet along with his security detail, just steps ahead of an angry mob of Mahometans who sought to strangle him with a bowstring. 

Chuck Norris, RIP

"Legendary Action Star and Martial Arts Ace Chuck Norris Has Died".

But there's a little voice in the back of my head that asks, "has he really?"

Seriously, he was a fine American, and he'll be missed. God bless his soul and comfort his family, friends and many fans.

Happy Feet Friday

From 1945, here's Artie Shaw and his orchestra with the Great American Songbook standard, "Summertime" (that's Roy Eldridge performing the trumpet solo).

Trust us!

"John Roberts Calls for Restraint After Years of Judicial Overreach".

Roberts has spent much of his tenure trying to protect the idea that judges operate above politics, saying more than once that there are no “Obama judges” or “Trump judges,” only independent jurists applying the law. That's a noble-sounding principle, but Americans aren't blind; when rulings repeatedly align with the predictable political outcomes, people begin to question the claim.

Justice is supposed to be blind, but willful blindness on the part of the chief justice when it comes to the blatant political biases manifested by inferior courts is inimical  to the very confidence in the judicial system he exhorts the citizenry to maintain. Roberts is a weak man who just wants the "unpleasantness" to go away. It won't without strong leadership; unfortunately, none seems to be forthcoming in the near future - at least on Roberts' part. It is worth noting that President Trump is not possessed of infinite patience, and that he may ultimately decide to start ignoring judicial decisions that are plainly unconstitutional. If this happens, Roberts will be largely to blame.

Step into my parlor...

...said the spider to the fly: "Kathy Hochul Begs Rich People to Come Back to New York".

Sorry, Your Honor, those flies have flown, and you ain't gonna lure them back with vinegar.

At least with the old highwaymen, you knew you were being robbed

Tax and spend, however, lacks the transparency of straight-up armed robbery: "Nick Shirley Is Gallivanting Through 'Hospice' Centers in Los Angeles".

This is where it all starts. [Nick Shirley is] at what looks like an old, rundown two-story motor inn. The kind you might remember from trips as a kid, where you drove through some sort of an arch into a courtyard sort of parking lot, and all the rooms faced inward.

The problem is that there are no guests, and, astonishingly enough, all the hotel rooms seem to be hospice businesses. There's, like, thirty of them in this one motor lodge.

There are also very many nice, shiny new cars.

Good work, kid. I hope you get the Presidential Medal of Freedom

On the other hand... 

Sometimes it's not how big you are...

 ...it's how big you act.

H/T Mrs. Paco