Hezbollah dropped a rocket barrage in the middle of a soccer field in Israel killing 12 people -- mostly children. This must go unnoticed, of course, because the world has determined that Israel has no right to exist and must be removed "from the river to the sea." Which, by the way, is an attempt at genocide ... of which they accuse Israel, not the Arab nations arrayed against her. Killing Israeli children is okay, apparently.
Taking Aim at America
Our government is designed with checks and balances in the system, so we have a Legislative Branch to make laws, an Executive Branch to carry out the laws, and a Judicial Branch to evaluate the laws. This way no one branch takes control. Unless, of course, you're the Democrats, it appears. Biden is promising to rein in all this nonsense that the Judicial Branch has been pulling (where "nonsense" is "the things we disagree with") with sweeping reforms to the Supreme Court. He is targeting presidential immunity and term limits for justices and a code of ethics aligned with his party's views. All in the name of "Democracy" (that capital "D" was not a typo -- it's a connection to "Democrats") where the Democrats can control ... the government and, if they lose that control, can regain it. Because if there's anything the ruling party hates, it's opposition. (And you thought it was something like "injustice" or the like, didn't you?)
Killing Peace
Iran and Hamas have reported that Israel killed Hamas leader Ismael Haniyeh in a strike in Tehran. Haniyeh was a leading voice for a cease-fire in Gaza, so expect those talks to bog down (further). What no one appears to be saying is how Israel managed a strike in Tehran. Or why Israel claims to have killed a senior Hezbollah leader in Beirut, but not Haniyeh. Whatever the truth is, it's sure to not improve the prospects of peace in the Middle East.
Kettle, Meet Pot
I was baffled by this story that Kamala Harris calls Trump's claims about her racial origins "the same old show of divisiveness and disrespect." Without denying that Trump might be divisive and disrespectful, isn't it quite clear that so is Harris (and the rest)? It has been a long time since we've seen any civility in politics (and elsewhere).
According to USA Today, Kamala Harris is the daughter of an Indian mother (a mother whose origins are in India) and a Jamaican father. She is considered "black" and "south Asian." Apparently, her father was in a line of "Afro-Jamaicans" who were originally from Africa. His paternal grandfather was a slave owner. His paternal grandmother was of Irish descent. That is, on one hand, there is African descent in Harris, but it is long and slim and is quite clearly a play of the "race card." On the other hand, why Trump would bring it up is beyond me because it is irrelevant both in content and effect. Let it go, man.
No Kings, But Masters Are OK
As promised, Chuck Schumer rolled out his "No Kings Act" to eliminate presidential immunity. They haven't figured out how to make it "for Trump only," which will surely come back to bite them later when the shoe is on the other foot. Interestingly, the Constitution does provide immunity for members of Congress which, for reasons none of us understand, Schumer et al. is not trying to rescind. You do know why government officials have immunity while in office, right? That's so opponents can't create a coup on a legal charge, and clearly that's the idea here -- to overthrow Trump either before or after entering office -- from the party trying to "defend democracy" while bypassing it as much as they can.
Olympic Domestic Violence
In case you missed it, an Olympic boxer from Algeria beat an Italian opponent in 46 seconds, and there is controversy. Imane Khelif of Algeria beat (literally) Angela Carini. Oh, did you notice? "Angela" is a woman's name. You see, it was a women's fight, and Imane was disqualified last year because he/she failed the testosterone testing and her/his DNA had XY chromosomes. But the Olympics let him/her compete this year and Carini quit 46 seconds in because "I’ve never been hit with such a powerful punch." I guess she's not used to being beat up by guys. Get used to it, lady. They don't care anymore.
Dad Jokes
Instead of the Bee this week, I had to share a few of these I came across since, as people who know me can tell you, it's just one of the services I provide.
My uncle wanted to be a map maker in Arizona until he found out he didn't have a sense of Yuma.Perhaps my favorite, though, was this one.
Steve Jobs would have made a better president than Donald Trump. But that's comparing apples to oranges.
I saw my wife sitting in front of the TV yelling at the screen, "Don't go in there! Don't go in that church, you moron!!" She was watching our wedding video.
I ordered a chicken and an egg on Amazon. I'll let you know.
5 comments:
Both the rocket barrage article and Haniyeh articles listed the 12 dead as "young people". That is just as vaguely accurate as "Trump falls down after loud noise".
When the Left has control of the Court, I don't remember anyone trying to change the way the Supreme Court worked, but now that it isn't doing everything they want it to do (like create new law out of thin air so Congress doesn't actually have to do anything), they want to overturn it? Seems a little petty to me.
According to Vance later, the point was to point out how Harris will simply claim whatever she wants to claim in order to impress the people she's in front of. Just like she some how got an urban black accent out of nowhere. Trump said it in a petulant way rather than pointing out her inconsistency.
It's sad to me that even members of Congress are just as locked into being controlled by headlines as the rest of America. All the Court did was uphold Presidential Immunity as it has always been understood, but that one dissenter made impossible claims in her dissent, and the Congressional Left ate it up.
I found Angela's response sad and amusing. She said she felt a sharp pain in her nose and realized that wasn't good, so stepped out. Gee, I wonder where that sharp pain came from.
*Snerk* Apples and oranges.
I am surprised you didn’t report on the Paris Olympics opening ceremony controversy. (I imagined you might title that section, “Pagans gonna pag.”)
I agree that just about everyone on the political stage (literal and figurative “stage”) is “divisive and disrespectful.” It used to be that the presidential candidates were the “cream of the crop”; now they are the “bottom of the barrel.”
I loved the humor you closed with today, especially the wedding video one (ouch!). My favorite humor after puns is that type of “one liners” (or “two liners”) (happily, my feed of YouTube shorts gives me lots of those, so I get to laugh a lot :).
Yes, Lorna, that was on the possible roster this week, but there was too much controversy. "Those dirty, rotten sex deviants were mocking Christ!!!" "No, we didn't mean anything like that. We were aiming more for Dionysus, the Greek god of fertility, wine and revelry." Ah! Much better. Did conservatives overreact? Don't know. Don't care. The whole "drag queen" approach tied to the whole "fertility, wine, and revelry" theme was a slap in God's face on its own ... but it's the common slap, so I left it out of the weakly.
Lorna - Love the “pag” reasoning/conclusion!
Stan - The dad jokes were top of the line. Everyone of them😃
Good call, Stan, to leave it out. It was a stupid stunt (however it was intended), for sure; personally, I dismiss the outrage that focused mostly on mockery of a painting (no matter how beloved)--one that, albeit depicting a biblical account, is a somewhat biblically and historically inaccurate rendering. Of course, we know the true disdain goes deeper than that, and I for one was not truly shocked or “offended” (I John 3:13).
Doug, I recently saw that saying on a T-shirt for sale online somewhere and thought it was applicable. Imagine if attendees (or protesters?) at that event in Paris were wearing that shirt!
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