Saturday, October 31, 2020

Sunday funnies

 Updated and bumped (via Veeshir):









"Check Out These Eight Beautiful Travel Posters For America's Democrat-Controlled Cities" Here's a nice one:


Get a dog (H/T: David Thompson)

Some people do tend to carry Halloween a little too far (H/T: Ditto)

You can't keep a good dog down...




From Powerline's "The Week in Pictures".





Cop killer

 "Fighting rooster kills police officer in the Philippines during raid on cockfighting ring".

Ghastly. As I'm sure I've mentioned before, Old Paco's first arrest as a deputy sheriff was when he raided a cockfight. He was asked by a reporter how he singlehandedly managed to arrest the twenty or so people who attended. "I surrounded them", he replied.

Have a safe Halloween!

 



Sean Connery

The iconic James Bond has died, at age 90.

The first movie I ever saw featuring Sean Connery was Darby O'Gill and the Little People. I was five years old, and my parents took me to see it in a drive-in. The banshee terrified me.

Friday, October 30, 2020

Twitter finally surrenders to the New York Post

 

Joe Biden has gone from just saying meaningless words...

...to uttering meaningless sounds.

 

Halloween themes

Yeah, I know. Halloween is tomorrow. But you all will probably be out trick-or-treating, so I'm putting this up today.











Thursday, October 29, 2020

Happy Feet Friday

 The great Hazel Scott pounds out a jumpin' boogie-woogie called “A Rainy Night in G”.

My only question is...

 ...how did the Russians get the FBI to open a criminal investigation of Hunter Biden?


Ah, the uplifting beauty of art

Mrs. Paco found this interesting interactive 360 degree depiction of some of Van Gogh's paintings.

Good stuff. Of course, it's not on the same level as my favorite painting...


...but still, not bad for a guy who was probably compelled to set his hat at "extra jaunty" because of that really careless shaving accident.


The Navajos aren't exactly wild about Biden, either

 "The Native American Case for Trump".

Poor fellow

 


Wednesday, October 28, 2020

The truth about the Democratic Party

 In just four minutes.

Crikey!

What's this? Kevin Rudd in the news again? Shades of the good old days at Tim Blair's blog! "Kevin Rudd ‘blindsided’ by Jeffrey Epstein donation to think-tank".

Working-with-your-hands Wednesday

 

Want to see how quickly a normal American community can become a progressive s**thole?

Look no further than Loudon County, Virginia.

Another great reason for physically decentralizing the federal government: eliminate as many bureaucrats as you can, settle the rest in other areas of the country - preferably in "blue" areas where they can't contaminate local "red-based" politics: EPA to Detroit (assuming it isn't liquidated altogether), Dept. of Health and Human Services to Oakland, the VA to Indianapolis, and so on. Much cheaper rent and a perfect way to trigger attrition in the ranks of the permanent government (believe me, many of these government employees would rather throw themselves in front of an oncoming Metro train than abandon the "prestige" of working in Washington, DC). 


Tuesday, October 27, 2020

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Biden doesn't have any endorsements as cool as this

 "Crow Tribal Chairman endorses Trump campaign".

Crow Tribal Chairman Alvin Not Afraid, Jr. was met with praise and applause while speaking at a GOP rally held Monday afternoon in Montana. In attendance was Vice President Mike Pence, who headlined the event.
“Today I stand before you to endorse, as well as support, President Trump, Vice President Pence,” Not Afraid, Jr. said before also endorsing other Republican candidates in Montana.

Alvin Not Afraid, Jr. Awesome. 

Yeah, I'd say that's exactly right

 



Monday, October 26, 2020

Oh, yeah?

"Sen. Blumenthal Says ‘There Will Be Consequences’ if Judge Barrett is Confirmed".

What's he going to do, lead his old Toys for Tots squad in a special ops raid through Lafayette Park and storm the White House using Super-Soakers?

C'mon, you remember Devil Dog Dick, don't you? The guy who lied for years about serving in Vietnam?

Blumenthal's own credibility has been called into question since he entered public life. When Blumenthal first ran for the Senate in 2010, the New York Times revealed that he had lied for years about fighting in the Vietnam War. Blumenthal repeatedly touted his supposed combat experience in speeches to veterans groups and civic organizations, saying he had "served in Vietnam." However, a review of his military records revealed that he procured five deferments from the military before joining the Marine Reserve. During the war he traveled as far west as Washington, where he helped the Toys for Tots program, but never saw actual combat.

Dick Blumenthal: "Say, you think that wasn't rough? Those kids were animals!" 

Gad!

I had no idea who Sandra Bernhard was, but was interested in why she disliked soon-to-be Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, so I clicked on the Breitbart article - "Actress Sandra Bernhard: Amy Coney Barrett Is Controlled By Her Religious Dogma, Has Total Contempt of Other Women". I immediately beheld a photo of this person and recoiled. Good God, I thought, can't these news wallahs give a reader some kind of warning? The unfortunate Ms. Bernhard looks like an iguana peering from underneath a clump of Spanish moss. And she holds idiotic opinions, too? Poor thing.

Or, as we say in the south, bless her heart.

UPDATE:  The warnings of Ms. Bernhard notwithstanding, the Senate has just voted to confirm Amy Coney Barrett. The count was 51-48, with one senator (Democrat Kamela Harris, interestingly) not voting. All Republicans, save for the completely worthless Susan Collins, voted to approve. 

Congratulations, Your Honor! May you have a long and distinguished career on the Supreme Court; perhaps one day - perhaps not too long from now -you can be Chief Justice!

UPDATE II:  And the icing on the cake? She's going to be sworn in by Justice Clarence Thomas, who was the subject of so much abuse during his confirmation hearings, which were run by - Joe Biden.

So much Karma!


I suspect that the Green New Deal will devolve into something like this...

 

Classical corner

Another of my early introductions to classical music was the Second Movement from Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 94, a/k/a the "Surprise". The master sure knew how to wake up an audience!


Bonus video!  Not Benny Goodman's clarinet; here's what the instrument looked and sounded like back in Mozart's day.

Sunday, October 25, 2020

No, thanks

I'm going to remember those companies that are happy to sell me .32 acp ammo at 45 cents per round, as long as I agree to buy a minimum of 1,000 rounds.

When the Left loses somebody like this...

 ...it's difficult to completely give up hope: "Why I Voted Trump: A Coming Out Story".

H/T: JeffS

Saturday, October 24, 2020

Sunday funnies

Updated and bumped: Coyote vs Acme (H/T: Steve Skubinna, in the comments).







The perfect word for the present times (H/T: David Thompson)...








From Powerline's "The Week in Pictures".




Recommended

 I wasn't familiar with John Zmirak (he's a senior editor at the online site, The Stream, and an author of several books on contemporary politics and religion), but just stumbled across this article - "Donald Trump Will Ride a Coyote to Victory", and it's good -  both funny and incisive. A sample:

Our nation is run, top to bottom, by ignorant, smug elitists like these. They have jumped through the right hoops, made the right connections, and signaled the right set of virtues. Millions of people have been rewarded with high salaries, cultural and political power for engaging in these rituals. They’ve earned journalism degrees without reading any history, education degrees without logic classes, multicultural diplomas having mastered no foreign languages. They know almost … nothing, in fact. Their status as “intellectuals” is an honorary degree they earned by showing up and bleating in unison, “Four legs GOOD, two legs B-A-A-A-A-A-D.” And they hold the rest of us in contempt. They’re not just ruthless, they’re shameless.

As you'll see in the article, in addition to his mockery of our homegrown "elites", Zmirak has a few choice words for Pope Francis, as well. 

Meanwhile, on a purely human level, the spectacle of a talentless, nasty ex-chemistry teacher like Jorge Bergoglio trying to gaslight a billion people is objectively … funny. I can read his documents for laughs, as I once did the loopy Green Book of Muamar Gaddafi, or The Ruhnama — the vast pseudo-Q’uran the dictator of Turkmenistan forced his entire country to memorize. The last world leader to match Francis’ vaunted “humility” really was Saparmurat Niyazov. And he renamed months of the year after members of his family. But for now, I will leave Pope Borat in peace.

Chumps for Trump!

No, no, Joe. Once again, you've got it all wrong. It's ok to insult your election opponent, and also other politicians, individually and in general; Trump gets away with that stuff all the time. But you don't insult the voters, even those who don't support you. "Joe Biden Calls Pennsylvania Voters Who Don’t Support Him ‘Chumps’".

When it comes to weaponized words...

...Kurt Schlicter's op-eds are definitely magnum loads
One of the many problems with the mainstream media saying “The hell with it – let’s stop pretending and go all in for the Dems” is that it makes Democrat candidates lazy. They are so used to the gentle strokes of the media masseuses that they always sit there expecting the happy ending. But a debate is not like one of those sparsely attended Biden media events where a few licensed and approved mainstream media journalists obediently sit in their circles and ask him tough questions like, “Do you feel your strongest attribute is your integrity, your experience, or your raw animal sexuality?” while ignoring the crack addict in the room holding a sack with a dollar sign on it.

Friday, October 23, 2020

Happy Feet Friday

 Here are the Delta Rhythm Boys, with a terrific version of “Undecided”.


Thursday, October 22, 2020

As it should be

 Victor Davis Hanson:

When institutions and politicians cannot accommodate radically changed circumstances, people will no longer value institutions and politicians. In their place, citizens will seek to ensure their own livelihoods, leisure, and safety in ways that are more reliable and affordable -- with their circumstances in their own hands rather than in those of distant others.
And their adjustments won't always be calm or polite.

I think he's a natural for the part

"Gavin Newsom To Go Undercover As A Turkey To Catch Families Celebrating Thanksgiving This Year".

Quick update

I took the Cimarron/Uberti 1873 lever action out to the range today, and it functioned well. The rifle is chambered in .45 colt, and the recoil is not at all bad (certainly nothing like my Rossi 92 in .44 Magnum!). No problems with feeding or ejecting. The rifle did shoot a little high and to the right, so I've got to work on that. But I'm very pleased with it. I also just found out that Uberti makes an 1873 in .45/70 that holds eight rounds (I've never seen a lever action in that caliber that had a capacity of more than four). That's a hand-full of power right there. Maybe something for another day...

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Um, what if Trump wins?

The Democrat Media Complex keeps worrying out loud about what Trump's supporters are going to do if their man loses. Will they riot? Will they drag Democrats out of their houses and shoot them on their lawns? Will they firebomb CNN headquarters?

Well, I've been wondering about something else. What if, against all odds - in spite of the full force of the Democrat Party, the mainstream media, the conservative imposters of NeverTrump, Big Tech and the Hollywood scum-elite being against him - Trump still manages to win? What are the Biden people going to do? Leftists are already burning down or otherwise trashing major cities, shooting civilians and cops, carrying out a crimewave of looting and assault and general brigandage. Let's see a show of hands: if Trump wins, how many of you think the Democrats and their Antifa and BLM allies are going to take the whole thing with a mere  shrug of the shoulders and a collective sigh?

Yeah, that's what I thought. Better step up the pace of that reloading, folks!


An appeal to the people of Utah

Please rid us of this sanctimonious ass hat: "Mitt Romney Didn’t Vote for Donald Trump in 2020".

He affirmatively stated that he didn't vote for Trump. I think everyone has a right to know, especially his constituents, whom he did vote for. Was it Biden? A third party candidate? The ghost of Brigham Young? He didn't actually have to tell anyone he didn't vote for Trump; he could have just said "I decline to answer". In making his Trump non-vote explicit, he is effectively endorsing Trump's Democratic opponent, regardless of whom he voted for. Wretched, stupid man. I hope, should the Republicans maintain their hold on the senate, that McConnell finds ways to isolate him. He should definitely never chair a major committee (or sub-committee). 

Update  Image cheerfully lifted from the Political Clown Parade.




Working-with-your-hands Wednesday

 

Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Something old, something new

The "old" is not really old: it's a replica of the Winchester 73, manufactured by Uberti of Italy, and imported by Cimarron Firearms. Chambered in .45 colt, the rifle features a color case-hardened receiver, trigger, lever and hammer, a deeply blued octagonal barrel, and gorgeous deluxe checkered walnut stock and foregrip (click to enlarge).


Stop me before I buy another Glock! Oops, too late! I picked up a Glock 19X, beguiled by the capacity (one 17-rd magazine, and two 19 - count 'em! - 19-rd magazines; plus, to be perfectly honest, I like the color. Glock calls it the "coyote" finish).  This is the civilian version of the 9mm pistol that Glock entered in the U.S. military trials to replace the Beretta M-9. Glock lost in a close race with Sig Sauer, but it's still sweet. It features the full-size grip of the Glock 17 combined with the shorter slide of the Glock 19.  Some Glock fans hate the gun because of the configuration - large grip, short slide, the opposite of what many expect in a concealed-carry pistol - but they're not taking into consideration that the Glock 19X, or its military equivalent, was designed as a combat service pistol, not a concealment gun. Anyhow, I plan to keep it around primarily as a home defense gun, not use it as a daily carry.



The United States isn't the only country where left-wing radicals are out of control

 "In Chile, archbishop condemns arson attacks that destroyed Catholic churches".

H/T: Mrs. Paco

Why did you bother, Admiral McRaven?

 Seriously, what was the point of taking down Bin Laden if you're willing to turn the country over to a party that is planning to torch our constitution and overthrow the things you claim to believe in? "Navy SEAL who oversaw bin Laden raid says he voted for Joe Biden".

McRaven described himself as a "pro-life, pro-Second Amendment, small-government, strong-defense and a national-anthem-standing conservative" but said the US was no longer a country that set an example of democracy.
You're either lying about the things you say you believe in, or you're completely schizophrenic in your political beliefs. 

Harsh words? I don't care. There's too much at stake in this election to hold fire based on the old laurels  hanging in the closet of a guy who seems to have forgotten what his original oath was all about. Vote for whom you wish, but don't dare to presume to instruct the rest of us in what constitutes democracy, especially since you are more than willing to trade your supposedly cherished beliefs for a mess of pottage (or, in this case, a mess of dotage).

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Monday, October 19, 2020

The New Yorker isn't beating around the bush

Looks like Jeffrey Toobin immediately had cold water thrown on his short-term career plans.

2020 is proving to be a remarkably strange year.

Duty, done

Mrs. Paco and I voted at the local polling place today - it felt particularly appropriate after having just bought another couple of...Hummel figurines.  😉  More on that tomorrow sometime.


Classical corner

From Ferde Grofé's Grand Canyon Suite, here's "On the Trail". The heavy downbeat humorously mimics the clopping of mules, and the video depicts a dizzying descent on mules into the Grand Canyon.

Sunday, October 18, 2020

Decommission the Presidential Debate Commission

One thing future Republican presidential candidates are going to have to pay attention to is the format and sponsorship of debates. The Presidential Debate Commission is filled with NeverTrumpers, which is likely to hurt any non-establishment Republican running for the presidency in 2024 and after. I mean, take a gander at the progressive fanatic who'll be moderating the final debate, Kristin Welker. 

According to a new report from the New York Post, Welker is a long-time Democrat with heavy ties to both the Democratic National Committee and various big wigs in the party, including Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
There's no excuse for Republican candidates to put up with this kind of crap, and it simply boggles the mind that all of them have let this kind of thing persist for many years.

Related  No, as a matter of fact, I don't miss him at all - "Bush Staffers Go All In for Joe Biden with Campaign Ads Attacking Trump". More ruling class cynics who perceive all too well that the GOPe and the Democrat Party are basically two branches of the same gang preying on the citizenry.

Fire the guy and be done with it

 Roger Simon and I share a similar opinion of the odious Christopher Wray.

The fellow is a crawling worm and if Trump doesn't, for some reason, believe it feasible for reasons of political optics to fire him now, he should do so the day after he's reelected. 

Sunday funnies

 




Seriously? I'm the one who belongs on a leash?

If you're going to be a pool hustler, you need to start young.

"Senator Hirono Demands ACB Be Weighed Against A Duck To See If She Is A Witch".

Beware the rage of the desert rain frog!


The return of Foster Brooks.



From Powerline's "The Week in Pictures".





Saturday, October 17, 2020

Because of course he has

Rep. Adam "Pencil Neck" Schiff has looked at this Hunter Biden laptop business and pronounced it...a Russian op. Because with Schiff, it's Russia, all day, everyday. 


"Heh. And they called me a McCarthyite!" 


Tell you what, Mr. FBI Director...

While you're investigating whether the Biden laptop emails and photos are Russian disinformation, maybe you can also investigate whether they're, you know, actually genuine.

Friday, October 16, 2020

Mmmm, who's cooking pork chops?

 Oh, wait, that's not the aroma of fat center-cut chops on the grill; it's Ace applying a blowtorch to the pretend-journalists at The Dispatch, for serving as "fact-checkers" in the employ of Facebook - and shooting down a pro-life advertisement with their customary tortured, jesuitical "reasoning".

And speaking of NeverTrumpers, did you see that Sassy Benn Sasse, Vichy Republican Senator and notorious backstabber* from Nebraska, launched a tirade against Trump? Rick Moran at PJ Media floats an idea that is both (1) entirely plausible, and (2) positively hilarious: he suggests that Sasse is trying to create a path to the presidency for himself.

Sasse thinks that Republicans are going to want a candidate with anti-Trump credentials in 2024. He is expecting the president to lose and the Republican Party to disown him.
What universe will that happen in, senator?
What the anti-Trump and Never Trump crowds have never understood is the regular Republican embrace of the president. They don’t care whose butt he kisses. They care about whose butt he’s kicking. They don’t see Trump “flirting” with white supremacists. They see him defending rural white culture. They don’t want to vote for a pansy-ass, get-along-go-along Republican. They want war. They want blood. They want Trump.

* Trump endorsed this corn-holer in 2019. 

Whether Trump wins or loses, the NeverTrumpers become instantly irrelevant the day after the election. There is no deeper meaning to their existence, no well thought out philosophy that transcends their self-absorbed bubbles and the TDS that propels them around, pointlessly, in the air of our toxic politics. 

Australia, duck!!

 Incoming: "Bruce Springsteen: I'll be 'on the next plane' to Australia if Trump wins".

Don't let the doorknob to the Qantas VIP lounge at the Tom Bradley International Airport hit you in the a$$ on the way out, you overrated warbler. 

Read up on it, senators!

 



Also:  A tale of two town hall meetings...



Thursday, October 15, 2020

Happy Feet Friday

 June Richmond, backed by Roy Milton and His Solid Senders, belts out “47th St. Jive”.



The story of The Great Plot to Get Governor Whitmer looks like it's falling apart

"FBI Informant Was 'One Of The Most Active Leaders' Pushing 'Crackpot' Whitmer Kidnapping Plot".

Back! Back!

 "Democrats Hiss In Terror As ACB Pulls Out Crucifix".

But, but...Chris Wallace vouched for him!

Remember Steve Scully? Former Biden intern and Boy Scout who cannot tell a lie? The man who was going to moderate the second presidential debate? The man who DID NOT Tweet a question to Anthony "Rat-Terrier-Face" Scaramucci? The man whose Twitter account was hacked?

Yeah, well, turns out he lied after all: "C-SPAN Suspends Steve Scully Indefinitely After Admitting He Lied About Twitter Hack".

Hey, Chris Wallace, you're not looking quite so smirky-perky today! Could it be because you just jumped to this guy's defense and asserted his truthfulness - what's the expression? - "without evidence"

True, dat!

 


Gratefully lifted from The mind is an unexplored country.

Answer: Yes

 "Hunter Biden Emails: Was he cashing-in on Joe Biden’s official post?"

Haw! Hunter referred in his communications to "my guy", apparently his father.


Nothing you could say
Can tear me away from my guy
Nothing you could do
'Cause I'm stuck like glue to my guy

I'm stickin' to my guy like a stamp to a letter
Like the birds of a feather, we stick together
I'm tellin' you from the start
I can't be torn apart from my guy

HAW!!!

Update Extra! Extra! Read all about it in the New York Post!!! "Emails reveal how Hunter Biden tried to cash in big on behalf of family with Chinese firm"!!!

Update II  Now, Twitter not just blocking links to the original NYP story, but also blocking stories about Twitter blocking the original story.

Wednesday, October 14, 2020

More or less random videos

 Something Halloweeny is in the air!



I like ol' George Jones (the gun guy, not the late country-western singer - although I guess he's ok, too). He reviews all types of guns, from custom builds to the cheapest Saturday night special junk (besides, he looks a lot like my paternal grandfather at about age 65, and he has a fine sense of humor). This video covers something from the bargain basement - the FIE revolver, an epic fail.


How many Bidens does it take to change a lightbulb?

 Joe Biden’s Polish Joke.

Update  More Biden news (which, apparently, you might not see showing up on Facebook): "Facebook censors The Post to help Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign".

Update II  What. A. Surprise. Censorship of this story is extended to Twitter.

One thing about President Trump I'm particularly grateful for: the fear, loathing and hysteria he has generated among the corruptocrats and revolutionaries of the Democrat/Media complex are now on full display, no camouflage, completely unveiled; in their desperation, they have allowed themselves to be flushed out.

Update III  Getting absurdly obvious (and ominous), now: "Twitter locks press secretary Kayleigh McEnany's account".

Remember all those times when Twitter and Facebook shut down accounts that had links to totally unfounded Russian collusion stories? Yeah, me neither.


Working-with-your-hands Wednesday

 

Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Inspiring

I watched President Trump's rally in Johnstown, Pennsylvania this evening, and it was absolutely glorious. Trump is a warrior who pulls no punches, is unabashedly patriotic and is the defiant enemy of the radical left. He scoffs at the bogus protocols and conventions of inside-the-beltway politics - which, not at all coincidentally, work in favor of the ruling class - and watching him, and listening to him, one comes away convinced that he is the man the times demand. With tremendous energy, and a roguish sense of humor, he defends our American traditions and mercilessly mocks those who seek to impose the "progressive" nightmare on our nation.

May God bless him and grant him victory.

Update  Haw!


H/T:  Instapundit

Why is it that there's always a snake in paradise?

In fact, usually huge populations of snakes. Garbage senator from Hawaii, Maise Hirono, asks SCOTUS nominee Amy Coney Barrett if she's ever sexually assaulted anyone.

Btw, based on all of the sane reports I've seen, Judge Barrett gave an outstanding accounting of herself, neatly avoiding Democrat traps and refusing to allow herself to get rattled by typical Democrat idiocy and ideological excess. And, once again, Trump shows how far superior he is to most Republican politicians. Barrett was probably the most "controversial" choice Trump could have made. But the president considered her the best choice (as do I), and nominated her anyway - cringing GOPe types, NeverTrumpers and Democrats be damned.

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Monday, October 12, 2020

Not that we needed yet another reason to vote for Trump...

 ...but Biden, nonetheless, has happily obliged. Reportedly, Andrew Freakin' Weissmann is on his list of possible AG appointments.

I can visualize the shade of Lavrenti Beria, in the deepest pit of hell, shaking his head with envy.

We're losing a lot of the old baseball greats this year

 Cincinnati Reds star Joe Morgan has died at age 77.

Assortment

Sarah Hoyt talks about leaving Colorado, as this beautiful state continues to slide more deeply into the destructive type of governance blue states have come to exemplify. But leaving for better political pastures is a purely defensive strategy, as she points out.

If they can take Colorado, which at one time was considered the place for Libertarians to move to, let me assure you they can take any refuge you find, including TX. In fact, they are going to try really hard to take TX, if they don’t manage to take the whole country (vote by fraud!) this November. So, are you willing to give them the ability to do what the Arabs want to do to the Jews in the Middle East? Just push us into the sea?

At some point, our backs are going to be against the wall. We need to think hard about what we want to preserve, and about the sacrifices we will need to make. The time is coming - no, correction: the time is now.

Remember: we don't elect presidents or any other office holders by poll; we elect them by actually casting our votes.

Hey, let's not forget to blame Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett for spreading COVID-19.

Is Hillary auditioning for the Secretary of Defense position? (Why not just strike the colors and run the Communist Chinese flag up the pole?)

That's right, Keef: we are maggots, and we are going to devour your flesh!  Bwahahahahaaaaaa!!!

Who isn't? "Saudi Arabia: We, Too, Are Fed Up with the Palestinians".

The perfidy, corruption and treason are everywhere: "Debate Commission Member Tied To Transition Integrity Project, Chinese Communist Party-Linked Berggruen Institute".

Calm down. I'm sure the statues of Lenin and Che are just fine.

George Soros and his "rent-an-evangelical" operation (be sure to catch the video in the linked article). The devil's fifth column.

Sounds fair: "Pope Francis Declares That The Catholic Church Will No Longer Accept Donations Earned Via Capitalism".

So, what's really going on in Joe Biden's thought-box?

Biden not taking any chances

"Biden Even More Determined To Not Get COVID After Finding Out He Could Lose Sense Of Smell".

Classical corner

The "Havanaise", by Camille Saint-Saëns, a lovely piece of music, and a fine performance by violinist Maxim Vengerov.


Sunday, October 11, 2020

Thanks, Benedict

 Pope Francis continues to distinguish himself with the output from his Mitre-Topped Thought Box: "Pope says weapons manufacturers can't call themselves Christian.

Strange. I don't see guys in spittoon helmets and striped drawers running alongside the Popemobile with pikes.



What voters really don't deserve is four years of Joe Biden

Or four weeks or four days, as the case may be: "Biden says voters ‘don’t deserve’ his stance on packing Supreme Court".

Boy, the shelf-life of lies seems to be getting shorter

Updated and bumped:  Looks like local station 9News isn't very good at doing background checks: "City Of Denver: Matthew Dolloff Not Licensed To Be A Security Guard"


A patriot pro-police demonstrator in Denver was shot down in cold blood by one Matthew Dolloff this weekend, and the murderer has been described as merely a "security guard". Who was he guarding, by the way? I read elsewhere that Dolloff supposedly was guarding a reporter or news team; what has become of that story (or yarn, as the case may be)?

But even if he is a security guard, is that all we need to know about this trigger-happy killer? Those left-wing Tweets suggest somebody who's pretty committed to the coming revolution.

At least this thug has been arrested and charged with first degree murder...for now.

Update  Lee Keltner, RIP.

I hope everyone is taking notes on these confrontations. As the saying goes, don't take a knife (or bear spray) to a gunfight (or, at least, not just a knife or bear spray). 

Sunday funnies

 






Hello-o-o-o, ladies!




1. Save all bacon grease. You will be instructed later how to use it.
2. If you do run your car into a ditch, don't panic. Four men in the cab of a four wheel drive with a 12-pack of beer and a tow chain will be along shortly. Don't try to help them. Just stay out of their way. This is what they live for.
3. Remember: "Y'all" is singular. "All y'all" is plural. "All y'all's" is plural possessive.
4. Get used to the phrase "It's not the heat, it's the humidity". And the collateral phrase "You call this hot? Wait'll August."
5. Don't tell us how you did it up there. Nobody cares.
6. If you think it's too hot, don't worry. It'll cool down-in December.
7. A Mercedes-Benz is not a status symbol; a Chevy, Dodge, or Ford is.
8. If someone says they're "fixin" to do something, that doesn't mean anything's broken.
9. The value of a parking space is not determined by the distance to the door, but the availability of shade.
10. If you are driving a slower moving vehicle, on a two lane road pull onto the shoulder; that is called "courtesy".
11. BBQ is a food group. It does NOT mean grilling burgers and hot dogs outdoors.
12. Yes, weddings, funerals, and divorces must take into account for UGA 
 Football games.(“Go Dawgs!")
13. Everything is better with Ranch dressing.
14. DO NOT honk your horn at us to be obnoxious, we will sit there until we die.
15. We pull over and stop for emergency vehicles to pass.
16. We pull over for funeral processions, turn our music off and men remove hats or caps. Some people put their hand over their heart.
17. "Bless your Heart" is a nice way of saying you're an idiot.
18. No matter what kind : sprite, coke, pepsi, mtn dew, it isn't called soda or pop. It is all called coke.
19. There will always be a tractor on the two lane when you are running late, so allow time for that.
20. If you don't like the weather in Georgia, wait 15 minutes, it will change.







From Powerline's "The Week in Pictures.








Saturday, October 10, 2020

Hey, Plugs, your Freudian slip is showing!

 

This bozo puts his foot in his mouth so often I bet his tongue has the word "Welcome" printed on it.

Update  Seriously, I can't keep up with him. "Joe Biden Misreads Teleprompter and Calls for $15 Million Minimum Wage".

Man, I could work for one hour and I'd be set for life!

Love this guy

Navy veteran Joe Collins is running for Congress against Maxine "Slapsy Maxi" Waters, and I'm really digging this political ad put out by his campaign.

Interesting, but not at all surprising

 Who put these guys in charge? Dissolve the Debate Commission or reconstitute it.

The nominally Republican Chairman of Presidential Debate Commission, Frank Fahrenkopf, is both a co-founder and current board member of the International Republican Institute (IRI), a top “Color Revolution” propaganda outfit. The IRI was run by Never Trump neoconservative John McCain for decades. It is closely linked to the thoroughly discredited Steele Dossier at the center of the Russia Hoax.

Update  Of billionaires and their byzantine schemes.  (H/T: JeffS)

Update II  Even Bob Dole admits that the Debate Commission is unfairly stacked against Trump.  Glenn Reynolds makes an extremely important point in the linked post: "One legacy of the Trump era is that just about every single 'nonpartisan' institution has turned out to be politicized and corrupt." Even though I have always maintained what I deem to be a healthy distrust of both official and unofficial political institutions and organizations, the depth and breadth of perfidy and ideological bias everywhere have exceeded my darkest suspicions.

Be on the lookout

 Murder hornets? That's nothing. What about venomous caterpillars that look like toupées?

Friday, October 9, 2020

Sounds fishy to me


And you want me to believe this, right?

The guy who was supposed to moderate the next debate between Trump and Biden - You remember, don't you? Steve Scully? Rock-solid objective former Biden intern? -  "appears" to have Tweeted out a question to Tony "The Chihuahua" Scaramucci (a fanatical anti-Trumper) about how to respond to Trump's dismissal of a virtual debate. Since this looked kinda non-objective the Tweet was deleted and the message to Scaramucci was described as a "hack" (Scully has now deleted his Twitter account). Ace of Spades has been all over this (see also here). Ace suggests that Super Genius Scully probably intended to send a DM to Tony and did a public Tweet, instead. This is far more plausible than the excuse that has been provided (and, per Ace, an excuse, interestingly, that has been given only by other people, not by Scully).

But let's turn to our local expert again, and get his analysis.



You're s**ttin' me, right? You really don't know that this is a fat, steaming cow pie of mendacity?