Ta-Ta, England

 

Former British police officer Lorne Castle was sacked for not treating a teenager who (allegedly) assaulted an elderly man with “courtesy and respect.” Not kidding. Castle is appealing the verdict.

What transpired? A gang fight broke out near a McDonald's, whereupon constable Castle attempted to arrest the masked teen who was involved in the fight-- and who allegedly assaulted the elderly man. The officer tackled the teen, who then began yelling as a knife fell out of his pocket. Castle subsequently instructed the perpetrator to “stop screaming like a b*tch” and arrested him.

A misconduct panel apparently didn’t like the fact that Castle told the knife wielding assailant to “stop screaming like a b*tch,” and therefore concluded that Castle had not treated the violent criminal suspect “with courtesy and respect.”

Castle, who had once previously saved a woman from drowning, told GB News, “The intention was to arrest a potentially violent subject without any injuries and to make sure it was safe. I know I made that split [second] decision with no ill intent.”

It is important that law-enforcement officers, many of whom risk their lives on a daily basis trying to save the lives of others and otherwise protect those they serve, refrain from using coarse language, or even the mildest of oaths when attempting to arrest criminals, whether they be armed with deadly weapons or not. In today’s society where nearly every television show, movie, and advertisement is filled with F-bombs and other curse words, “b*tch” might seem harmless and almost quaint. Not so. Who are we to say how a masked, knife-wielding gangbanger or a garden-variety street thug might internalize such a label? Why, it might cause them such angst and pain that they turn to a life of…never mind.

Sarcasm aside, it is mind-boggling and tragic how criminals are coddled in the West today, even as law-abiding patriotic citizens are mocked, cancelled, fined, or imprisoned for “conservative” tweets, questioning elections, or criticizing governments. And, yes, I’m directing much of this at you, United Kingdom. And Canada.

But, sadly, things aren’t much better here in the States. Illegal aliens have been feted, given free stuff, and been dispersed across the fruited plane. Hardened criminals who have been arrested countless times are let go, many to commit heinous crimes. Cashless bail, the defund the police movement, open borders, etc., etc.

How the hell is it possible that so many people cheer the likes of George Floyd, Luigi Mangione, and Tyler Robinson while simultaneously wanting to visit violence upon ICE officers and those with whom they disagree politically? Likely for the same reason that many believe abortion “rights” should be sacrosanct while those silently praying outside an abortion mill should be arrested. Strip it down to what it is folks, and don’t be afraid of the truth. Ever. It is good versus evil. Period.

Antifa shouldn’t get a pass while Jan. 6ers are still held in confinement. Those who perpetrated the Russia-Collusion Hoax and utilized government departments and funds to take down a sitting president just because they didn’t like him should face the consequences. But they won’t. No one involved with the COVID-1984 scandals, Arctic Frost, or any other criminal enterprise directed against Trump, parents who attend schoolboard meetings, conservative Catholics, or certain taxpayers, has been—or ever will be—held accountable. Adam Schiff, Hillary Clinton, Jim Comey, James Clapper, John Brennan, Peter Strzok, and all the assorted other bad actors and traitors have not been held to account in any substantive way, shape, or form. And you know they never will be. Because, while they are vile, aggressive, and forward thinking, the vast majority of Republicans are not. So, game over. These radical, Jacobin Democrats commit these crimes knowing full well that if a future Republican administration tries to hold them to account, they will scream that—just as they predicted—the hate-filled, jack-booted fascists will seek to arrest their political opponents and lay waste to “our democracy.” And the remoras in the pathetically compliant lap-dog mainstream media will be only too happy—and aroused—to repeat this satanic propaganda.

But never mind. Let us return to what really matters. Policemen, constables, gendarmes-- and the like-- if you encounter a mass shooting event, make sure not to say “darn it” or call the mass murderer “a monster.” If you come upon a serial stabber, resist the urge to call him a “son-of-a-gun,” or “naughty boy.” Similarly, if it is obvious a radical Islamic suicide bomber is about to blow up a bistro or corner bar, eschew all forms of Islamophobia, and do not utter “egads!”

In showing such restraint, your misconduct panel or board will not have to sack you…though quite a few others may die. Damn it! Oops, sorry.

 

Taxes, Donations, Fees, Tips...Oh My!

 

I recently stopped at Walgreens to buy a birthday card. Upon checkout, the clerk told me that I owed $8.57 after taxes for the $7.95 card. She then said, “Care to round up your purchase? The change goes to indigenous youth with cleft palates. That would just take it from $8.57 to, umm, like $9 even.”

 “Oh, well, okay,” I said.

She then asked, “Would you like to donate $10 to feed the starving children?”

“No, not today. I did yesterday,” I replied.

“$5 for autistic Somali children?”

“No.”

“$2 for trans youth?”

“N0.”

“$1 for veterans with Irritable Bowel Syndrome?“

“Not today.”

“Oh, and I forgot to mention there is a $2 processing fee.”

“What, a processing fee for ringing up a greeting card?!”

“Yes, that just came through last week.” I handed the clerk $20 and she struggled with how much to give back in change. I told her. She promptly pushed an iPad towards me on the counter.

“What’s this?” I asked.

“That’s for the tip,” she answered.  I looked down at the iPad and saw three options: 25%, 50% (suggested), and 100% (thank you!).

“A minimum 25% tip for ringing up a greeting card and asking if I’d like to donate to everyone else on earth?!”

“Yes.”

“I am not bleeping tipping you! I didn't charge the store a fee for picking up the pop can on the floor when I walked in! And I didn't ask you for a tip after I explained to you that 20 - 11 = 9 when you were trying to give me my change!”

She cried. And cried.

“Oh, all right, here’s five bucks cash.”

She smiled.

Walking out I saw the Salvation Army setting up their red kettle. “Care to—”

Wasn’t in the mood after I was just essentially asked to pay $43.50 for an already overpriced greeting card.

(And most of us have tried to purchase concert tickets. Face value of, say, $75. Want to be seated so you can hear the performer? That’ll be another $100. Want to be seated so you can see the performer? That’ll be another $200. And then state taxes and environmental fees are added on. And processing fees. Etc. Etc. When you finally go to pay, the tickets cost you a $1,500 each.)

I know how this all started. I once gave 10 bucks to a foundation I was fond of and now get approximately 37 pieces of mail a week asking for donations. I never knew there were so many groups out there. And it's not good enough to donate once a year, or a little here and there when you can. Oh, no, they want you to pick a set amount monthly, starting out at 50 bucks, with checkboxes subsequently going up to $1000 or even more. “Can't do that?” they ask. “Then just send in the $11.68 it cost us to mail you this letter.” The hell it cost you $11.68 to mail this letter to me, I think. And, also, I didn't bleeping ask for you to do so! No matter, a few weeks later, I get additional letters asking if I would like to just turn over my estate to the cause when I die. Yes, I'll just forget my kids and spouse and descendants and turn everything over to them! That's kind of a big ask, is it not?! Don't think I'd have the cajones to ask that of anybody, even folks and organizations with a hell of a lot more cash and resources than I have.

Come to think of it, I'm going to send out letters to everybody I know, every organization that has been shaking me down for years, and possibly every other person and entity on the planet, asking them to donate to me.

After going out to eat, purchasing two concert tickets, and that trip to Walgreens to buy a birthday card, I am going to need all the financial help I can get.

Rich Nations Getting Poorer As Immigrant Populations Swell

 

The Telegraph headline read, “The ‘rich countries’ are no longer in any state to pay for everyone else.”

At this point, that shouldn’t be surprising. Join the club.

I’m a middle-class kind of guy… who has worked extremely long and hard for what I have. I am taxed to the hilt. Yet everyone wants a donation. From me to them. There are fees and charges attached to every good and service I purchase. I’d like to be able to do more for others, but I am soon tapped out and wondering how I am going to support my family and leave a little for my offspring. There are a great many of us in the same proverbial boat.

There is an old song by Ten Years After, titled “I’d Love to Change the World,” with lyrics that read in part, “Tax the rich, feed the poor, till there are no rich no more.” That is the way it works with the (formerly) wealthy nations, as well. Many Western nations have given so much abroad and created such vast and elaborate welfare bureaucracies at home-- and allowed welcomed such astronomical numbers of immigrants into their countries (most from places that are not only poor but bereft of basic notions of civilization and liberty), that they themselves are now teetering on the edge of poverty and chaos.

These nations are taxing their ever fewer productive citizens at an unsustainable rate, even as they usher in millions of undocumented migrants, many of whom are looking for a handout rather than an opportunity. Declining fertility rates lead to declining domestic populations and fewer workers to support an ever-aging population and the vast welfare state. Wealth redistribution dwarfs defense spending. The middle-class dissolves as a permanent underclass swells. Leftists think this is a good thing, insofar as they believe it makes them indispensable and cements their power for eternity. Which also assures that these nations will never be great, prosperous, or free again. In addition, there is an obsessive focus on spending ourselves into oblivion attempting to fight “global warming,” which is likely not even occurring, at least due to man, and is certainly outside of our ability to control.

And then there is the looming threat that A.I. could lead to the elimination of hundreds of thousands or even millions of jobs. Where would that leave us?

I, too, would like to change the world. To change it in a beneficial direction, Western countries would have to find their Mojo, confidence, and independence. Their governments would have to dramatically restrict or eliminate illegal immigration, reduce taxes and regulation, cease punishing productivity and rewarding sloth, return to Judeo-Christian values (gasp!), protect the inherent rights of the individual, and re-emphasize their histories and traditions.

How likely does this all seem to you?

 

America Transitioning Too

America is transitioning. And it seems to want to identify as a gay, Muslim, Socialist. In any case, it is transitioning from meritocratic to entitled. From Melting Pot to Identity Salad. From Capitalism to Socialism. (The stated point and goal of which is Communism.) From Christian to Pagan and Islamic. (That mix can’t last long.) From limited government to massive government. From tolerant to utterly intolerant of those deemed intolerant because they aren’t “progressive” enough. From mature to infantile. From strong to feminized. From rational and pragmatic to emotional and insane. From desiring opportunity and loving liberty to desiring free stuff and loving being taken care of. From relishing challenge and adventure and seeking new frontiers to relishing ease and screen time and seeking safe spaces and security. From……well, you get the point.

Of course, all nations experience change and transition. But the change that many Western nations are experiencing is of a different pace and character. It is demographic. It is rapid. And it is debilitating. And, in large part, it is self-inflicted. We are aiding and abetting the invasion of our erstwhile sovereign nations by people who would rather conquer than assimilate-- and the consequent chaos that necessarily ensues. Because most of the immigrants are coming from third world countries with no notion of the intricacies of a free, democratic republic, they continue to act as they would at home, getting what they can for themselves and their clan, the hell with everyone else.

Mark my words: obsessive empathy and hyper-tolerance Inevitably lead to diversity…… of disfunction, depravity, and death.

The New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America is demanding that the city divest its pension funds from Israeli bonds and securities and ban Israeli products from the network of proposed city-run grocery stores. Among many other demands, including that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be arrested if he should dare to set foot in the Big Apple. What chutzpah! What gives them the right to arrest foreign leaders with whom they disagree? Should, say, the mayor of Miami have the right to arrest Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney or even London Mayor Sadiq Khan should they foolishly dare to set foot in the 305 (Miami)?

The growing Socialist-Muslim alliance, as epitomized by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, is truly frightening. The Nazis were Socialists who hated the Jews. But they didn’t have a great deal of traction outside of Germany. Are we really going to do this again? Are we in the West going to allow another group to target Jews? Even from within our borders? Apparently so.

Incredibly, if ironically (and humorously), Somali Muslims like Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) want to boot fellow Muslims out of the country if they decline to vote for her/their approved candidates.

Sharia Law is utterly incompatible with a free, democratic republic. That is not an opinion. They are diametrically opposed to each other. Socialism is diametrically opposed to a free, democratic republic, too. Both Sharia Law and Socialism eschew the individual liberty that our founders so cherished.

 

The Real Authoritarians

 

Democrat politicians incessantly call for “civility” and “reaching across the aisle.” They endlessly blather on about “saving our democracy,” even though we don’t live in a democracy, but a Constitutional representative republic. By design, as democracies always destroy themselves, as soon as the majority of the people shed their morality and decide to vote themselves largess, everybody else be damned. And, of course, they constantly bellow and bloviate about their political opponents being fascists, Hitler-lovers, authoritarians. That is all complete bunk. B.S.

Though Virginia attorney general candidate* Jay Jones once openly mused about assassinating his erstwhile political rival—and watching his children perish-- Democratic gubernatorial candidate* Abigail Spanberger is okay with that. In fact, she was hoping to boost her odds of winning her race with a Charlotte campaign event featuring Bill Nye "the Science Guy" and Biden Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, each of whom are also apparently okay with Jones’ Jonesing for the death of his political opponent…and the demise of his kids, too. Former President Barack Obama has also endorsed Spanberger and plans to attend her Norfolk rally on November 1, according to Spanberger’s campaign website. Obama stated: "Virginia's elections are some of the most important in the country this year, and I am proud to endorse Abigail Spanberger for governor.” And Spanberger is proud to endorse the campaign of a homicidal maniac like Jim Jay Jones.

In related news, associates of New York City Mayoral candidate* Zohran Mamdani threatened the New York Post for reporting on his ties to radical Islam and his favorite Imam, Siraj Wahhaj. The Post noted that Mamdani happily posed with an unindicted co-conspirator in the Blind Sheikh’s plot to bomb NYC landmarks like the World Trade Center in 1993, spoke at a mosque that was under NYPD surveillance for its terror ties, and embraced an imam who had called for Jihad and the takeover of America.

But, in today’s Democrat Party, it is not enough to be violent and vulgar, or even to wish death upon your political opponents (perhaps by your own hand) and their offspring. Perish the thought. No, you must actively root for terrorists over American citizens.

Indeed, it is apparently also not considered bad form in today’s Democrat party for an old Commie standard-bearer like Bernie Sanders to stand behind (and endorses) a Maine Senate candidate who sports a SS tattoo. But Graham Platner* must be as confused as most Democrat voters, as he not only sported a Nazi “Death’s Head” tattoo, but also once claimed that he was a Communist and “not a secret Nazi.” Good to know. Oh, he also asserted that white people in rural areas are stupid and racist.

So I ask you: who are the real thugs, the real threats to America, the real fascists? Projection and prevarication are the favored tools of “progressives.” No matter what they call us, or how often they threaten us, we can’t accommodate them. We can’t compromise with them.

Saving our Constitutional representative republic requires no less of us.

(Jones, Spanberger, Mamdani, and Platner have all won their elections since this article was written.)

 

 

 

Alaskan School District Adds "Disclaimer" To The Declaration And Constitution

 

The largest school district in Alaska apparently added a “disclaimer” to the…wait for it… Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution. (A student in the district discovered the disclaimer and showed her mother, who then posted about it on Facebook.)

How did the disclaimer read, you ask? According to a recent post in Must Read Alaska, it read like this: “The Anchorage School District does not endorse these materials or the viewpoint expressed in them.” Does not endorse?! Wow! Usually disclaimers read something like, “…do not necessarily endorse,” or “The opinions expressed are the author’s own and…” And these disclaimers are typically for opinion pieces reading, “Did smoking cigarettes kill the dinosaurs,” or “Some scientists now claim the Jews really are sons and brothers of monkeys and pigs.” Only a full-on Communist or other mentally disturbed person would disavow the Declaration and Constitution, the two documents that advanced the cause of individual human freedom more than any other.

But the largest school district in the Land of the Midnight Sun is effectively outright saying it doesn’t agree with America’s independence, the concept of natural rights granted by our Creator, limited government of, by, and for the people, the rule of law, the right to free speech and assembly, etc., etc.

I wonder what it would say about the “Communist Manifesto” or “Rules for radicals?” If it issued any disclaimer at all, I’m guessing it would read something like, “The Anchorage School District does not necessarily endorse all aspects of the author’s work. The author’s opinions, although largely correct, are still controversial.”

 

I’m not sure I even want to know what The Last Frontier’s biggest educational bureaucracy would have to say about the “The Wealth of Nations,” “1984,” “Atlas Shrugged,” or the Bible. Assuming those in that district have heard of these books.

And this is allegedly a red state. Its citizens should be red-faced.

 

The Socialist Elephant Is In The Room-- And Growing Larger

 

Conservatives are loathe to speak of this issue. Some may accuse me of painting a grim picture without providing clear steps to solve the problem(s). But please understand, recognizing and acknowledging the issue(s) is the mandatory first step towards solving those problems. If this isn’t done, nothing else matters, as no policy prescriptions or suggestions will be made. I am here today to point out what should be obvious, but apparently is not to many MAGA types.

There are several critical truths that must be recognized today. Now. Immediately. If the United States is to survive in any form recognizable to our founders. (And a great many do not want the United States to survive, at least in any form recognizable to our founders.) One of these truths is obvious and has been pointed out by nearly all parties: the U.S. is more fragmented and divided than at any time since the Civil War. Several others, however, have not been much discussed; may have, in fact, been swept under the proverbial rug. This article is about one of the latter.

Socialism is growing like a cancer across the fruited plain.

That is inarguable. Currently, there are more than 250 democratic socialists in public office. Don’t think that is all that many, not that concerning?  Well, 90% of them were elected after 2019. Nearly all of them in just the last 6 years. (And, by 2019, Trump had brought forth a sound economy and lowered the unemployment rate to 3.6%.) This includes eight mayors and numerous city councilors, county commissioners, county executives, and town supervisors.

We all know about Zohran Mamdani. Many of us are aware that, though Omar Fateh, a socialist Somali Muslim, didn’t prevail in his bid to become mayor of Minneapolis, his opponent, nearly-as-far-left incumbent Jacob Frey, delivered part of his acceptance speech in Somali.

In a post titled “Democratic socialists quietly capture city councils across America,” the Washington Examiner noted, “Democratic socialism’s popularity appears to be exponentially growing, evidenced by the wave of electoral triumphs at the local level. High-profile campaigns associated with DSA, likewise, have helped the group’s growth.” Exponentially growing.

Much of the Marxist growth has taken place in blue cities and states, of course, such as Portland, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Detroit, Washington, D.C., and California. However, DSA candidates have made strides nearly everywhere else, as well. Shockingly, according to a recent nationwide Cato/YouGov survey, nearly two-thirds (62%) of American adults under the age of 30 support socialism, or at least view it favorably. (I might question whether 62% of Americans under the age of 30 are truly adults today, but that is a moot point.) This can only happen due to a total collapse of our educational system. Only an utter lack of historical knowledge and a surfeit of indoctrination can account for this.

It is easy to see why the ignorant, indigent-- and virtue signaling power hungry—profess to favor socialism. On the other hand, it is very difficult to campaign as a conservative. The socialist promises free busing, rent freezes, free education and healthcare, and government run grocery stores with low prices that are staffed by members of the LGBTQ Community and other marginalized groups. Yay! A free chicken in every pot, as it were. And free pot in every chicken! Dude! They will also promise that unicorns will attend your gender-neutral offspring’s birthday party, and that a non-binary, non-Christian Santa will bring you everything else you need this “holiday” season. Understand that the non-binary, non-Christian Santa is actually the government, of course. Meaning themselves. Meanwhile, true conservatives can promise nothing but to attempt to make sure governments respect the individual rights granted to us by our Creator, including the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And that is so “meh,” so yesterday, right?

The first step towards addressing this budding takeover of the most prosperous and generous nation the planet has ever known is to recognize that Marxists and Muslims are now an existential threat to that nation. Period. Once that admission is granted, we also need to get involved in local politics, communicate with our Congressmen, monitor our schoolboards, never miss voting in our elections, and never stand down in conversations with those who disagree with us.

For starters.

Math Regarding Musk Mythical, Maddening

    Several days ago, I read a post on ‘X’ in which someone stated that, with his new $1 trillion pay package, Elon Musk could give everyone in the world a million dollars. The post claimed that there are 8 billion people on earth and noted that a trillion is a million millions. Ergo, Musk could give everyone one earth a million, right?

    Wrong. One trillion divided by eight billion equals 125. If Musk refused his salary/compensation package outright, he could give everyone on the planet 125 bucks. 125 bucks. Even if we limited spreading Musk’s wealth around to just Americans, his largesse would amount to only a little more than $3,000 a person.

    But Musk has increased the wealth or well-being of nearly everyone on earth — immeasurably and inarguably — through the half-dozen companies he founded and owns. In fact, he may have done more for many alive today than nearly anyone in history, outside of the American Founders.

    His xAI company seeks to develop AI technologies with a focus on safety and alignment with human values.

    The Boring Company focuses on tunnel and infrastructure construction and aims to reduce traffic congestion through underground transportation systems. Neuralink Corporation is developing technology to help people with neurological conditions and enhance human cognitive abilities. SpaceX is the first private company to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station and to land reusable rockets. It recently rescued stranded astronauts from the Space Station and hopes to one day facilitate travel to Mars and beyond.

    Musk’s Tesla, Inc. builds electric vehicles-- and manufactures energy storage and solar products, as well.

    And X has essentially saved free speech from perishing from the Earth.

    Moreover, all of these companies employ a great many people who earn good money — and pay lots of taxes.

    Unlike many politicians, Musk works long hours and nearly every day … and doesn’t line his pockets with ill-gotten gains from unsuspecting taxpayers.

    And he goes where he thinks he is most needed.

    How many others have revolutionized the automotive industry, satellite and rocket technology, and are shaping the direction of artificial intelligence? How many are striving to improve infrastructure? How many are working to return the gift of sight to a blind person? And has anyone else paid through the nose to preserve others' right to free speech?

    So go ahead and badmouth Musk all you want. He’ll let you do so. On his own platform, no less.

    That’s rich, if you ask me.

The Truth Is Kryptonite For Democrats And The Only Hope For America

 

Truth is the biggest threat to the Democrat Party. And that makes the Democrat Party the biggest threat to the United States today. Which shouldn't be surprising, as it was also the biggest threat to the United States yesterday, particularly circa the Civil War and Reconstruction. When it has hold of the federal government, it uses every root and branch of it to crush its opponents and further its own power. Conversely, when it is nominally out of power, as it is today, it purports to detest the federal government. In fact, it often simply refuses to abide by federal laws and statutes, even when it risks cleaving the country to do so. Whether it be in 1861, or in today’s sanctuary cities, Democrats have always been keen to divide the country and set one group against another.

Today’s Democrats try as hard as yesteryears’ to keep black people on the plantation. The only difference is that their modern plantations are mental, spiritual, and economic ones, not physical.

And yet Democrats claim it is Republicans that don’t much care for blacks and other minorities, that it is Republicans that want to divide folks and dismantle “our democracy,” when the reverse is obviously the case. As I have repeatedly stated here and elsewhere, projection and gaslighting is all they have. That, and a malignant hatred for Donald Trump and his supporters. Nearly all Democrats will do anything, say anything, and pay any price in their never-ending assault on the president. This leads them to continuously make preposterous policy prescriptions…and defamatory statements like “Trump is Hitler.”

Therefore “reductio ad absurdum” can be logically and successfully employed against virtually every policy position, belief, and argument Democrats make.

Today’s Democrats are as dangerous as yesterday’s. And even more absurd.

 

 

Meanwhile, In Minneapolis...

 

Meanwhile, in Minneapolis…

A city that used to be beautiful, safe, prosperous, homogenous, and somewhat bland, four more socialists were elected to the city council, giving them the majority. The Democrat Socialists of America (DSA) were boosted by the far-left political action committee Minneapolis for the Many (MFTM), which, however, failed in its attempt to get Somali Muslim socialist Omar Fateh elected mayor, as slightly less far-left Jacob Frey was reelected via the city's ranked-choice voting system. MFTM backs the now seven DSA members on the Minneapolis City Council, whereas the slightly less far-left group, All of Minneapolis (AOM), backs the six others. And 100% of non-radical Minneapolitans are screwed.

When I was much younger, I went to school-- and worked-- in Minneapolis. The city was largely comprised of Scandinavians, many of whom wore hats stating “Old Fart” or sporting the name of the ship they served on in World War II. Downtown was quite vibrant and outlying neighborhoods were generally quiet and tidy. People often made eye contact and said “hi” to you as they passed by. “Minnesota nice” was a thing—even in the state’s urban center. No longer.

According to townhall.com, “U.S. News and World Report recently ranked Minneapolis among the nation's 25 most dangerous places to live, with a violent crime rate of 1,164 per 100,000 (93 percent above the national average) and a property crime rate of 4,558 per 100,000 (113 percent above the national average).” The City of Lakes has morphed into the City of Leftists. And crime apologists. It’s hard to tell if the “Minneapple” followed the lead of the “Big Apple” or vice-versa.

And this happened fast. Really fast. A matter of just a couple decades, in fact. This should be a wake up call to America. But change is a good thing, right? Embrace the diversity! Rejoice in the inclusion! Celebrate the tolerance!

From the song “Shattered” by the Rolling Stones:

Don't you know the crime rate is going up, up, up, up, up
To live in this town you must be tough, tough, tough, tough, tough!
You got rats on the West Side
Bed bugs uptown
What a mess this town's in tatters, I've been shattered
My brain's been battered, splattered all over Manhattan

And: “Go ahead, bite the Big Apple, don't mind the maggots.”

The same could now be said of the Minneapple.

For the same reasons.