Is Women's Suffrage Really The Problem?

 

There are certain folks that apparently believe that all of this nation's problems could be solved, would be solved, if only women had never been “given” the vote. I mean, universal suffrage—ugh!-- am I right? Although at times I find that notion tempting, particularly when I see Karens and AWFULs act up on a screen somewhere, it is also somewhat antithetical to a representative republic based on individual rights granted by our Creator. Do they purport to believe that an Ayn Rand, Harris Faulkner, or Tulsi Gabbard should not be “allowed” to vote? That is nonsense, offensive. If so, perhaps they would be more comfortable in Afghanistan or Eritrea.

That said, there is far too much cheating, fraud, and corruption in our elections, largely because leftists live to tell others what to believe, state…and even how to act and vote. There are much better ways to clean up the voter rolls and see to it that candidates with a functioning cerebral cortex, and at least a cursory knowledge of history and economics, have a chance to prevail.

First, the SAVE Act must be passed. Proof of ID should be required to vote. Proof of citizenship, too. And the election should be held on one day at physical polling places, with mail in ballots strictly confined military members serving overseas or those physically unable to get to a polling place.

Secondly, and this may be controversial with some, but only people who pay income taxes should be able to vote, with a few obvious exceptions. People on the government dole simply should not be able to continually vote to force others to pay for their every need and desire. It is an existential danger to society whenever a growing unemployed voting bloc has the power to see to it that government keeps expanding at the expense of others who pay the bills. This is true whether we are speaking of illegal aliens, welfare queens, or those who are indigent by personal choice.

Lastly, I will say this: I have never and will never... ever... allow someone—anyone-- to tell me what I must believe, state, or write. And I can’t imagine telling another American citizen that they are not allowed to vote due to the immutable characteristics of their birth.

 

 

 

Scientists Engaged In Misguided Effort To Bring Back The Woolly Mammoth

 

Why are scientists working so diligently to bring back the woolly mammoth? (They have also worked to “reincarnate” other things from ancient societies, including the precise properties of Egyptian beer at the time of the Pharaohs, etc.) Why is this the priority? Private biotech firms are working to reincarnate the mammoths by 2027 or soon thereafter. If successful, this would be the world’s first De-extinction Event.

I say just go back two or three hundred years and try to bring back the Founders. That would be immeasurably better for society, especially ours. Wouldn’t it be easier to capture DNA, and, if necessary, edit genes from those of our own species who were alive a relatively short time ago?

What are we going to do with giant beasts with 12-foot-long tusks that can weigh over 200 pounds apiece? Where would we put them? They are not going to want to be put in zoos just to be ogled. Are we going to try to do this just to prove we can? It would be a far greater feat to see if we could bring back George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, or Ben Franklin, for example. Or even to go back just 161 years and see if we can reanimate Abraham Lincoln. Seems like we could use him about now.

But back to the mammoths. On second thought, I can think of one possible benefit of bringing them back. We could use them to pay back China and its Asian neighbors for giving us so many invasive species. (Species that destroy our native flora and fauna-- and that are a plague upon our lands. Species like the “murder” Hornet, Asian “needle” ant, Eurasian milfoil, purple loosestrife—and silver, bighead, and grass carp, etc., etc., etc.) We could load these ancient behemoths into large landing crafts and pull up to a desolate Chinese beach somewhere and let them loose. What fun!

The plan is to reintroduce the woolly mammoth to the same ecosystem in which it once lived, in an effort to fight climate change, according to a years-old Medium post. But I thought the earth was rapidly warming, quite close to spontaneously igniting. Do we really want to bring back large, cold-resistant elephants to make them miserable? And isn’t rapid global warming what caused them to go extinct in the first place, roughly 12,000 years ago? Rapid global warming, it should be noted, that was decidedly not man caused. Or has man caused global warming been an extended, elaborate hoax, and scientists are actually anticipating rapid global cooling in the near future?

Again, I have nothing against woolly mammoths. They are cool creatures. (See what I did there?!) But, for the love of God, we are not desperately in need of them. But we are, in fact, desperately in need of sanity, reason, integrity, intelligence, and courage. We are desperately in need of a Washington, Adams, or Madison. That is the elephant in the room.

Wouldn’t be any different if it was a woolly mammoth.

 

 

North Carolina Sees A 47,000% Increase In Autism Billings In The Last Five Years

 

Legit or concerning? According to Nick Shirley’s partner in exposing crime, David Hoch, the great state of North Carolina recently reported a 47,000 percent increase in autism billings. How Minnesotan! Tim Walz would be proud!

Tarheel State auditor Dave Boliek told Fox News that his state’s Medicaid autism therapy billings jumped up from $1.4 million to $660 million in just the past five years. Don’t you just hate it when that happens?!

What will happen as a result of this shocking and disturbing finding? Probably nothing. Just as nothing has yet happened to the heinous fraudsters in the North Star State…or the Golden State. Accountability and consequences are for the little people, not those in important government positions.

So I posit this question: what would people do if there were, say, a 47,000 percent increase in defense spending? (We’d be broke. Kaput. Done as a society.) What would folks say about a 47,000 percent increase in aid to Israel? Would that upset anybody? Or what if there were suddenly a 47,000 percent increase in donations to the Ku Klux Klan? Might corporate media pay attention?

Wake up, people! The country is being invaded and taken over……and we are all paying for it!

The formerly United States are awash in fraud. Without this ubiquitous fraud, everything would be cheaper, we wouldn’t have a budget deficit, and taxes could be lowered, leaving people with significantly more discretionary income. Think what that would do for the economy and citizens’ confidence in the future! Much of the fraud is Somali-driven. Most of it can be laid at the feet of Democrats. All of it is being allowed to take place by those in government, Democrats and Republicans alike.  

There is very little time to deal with this orgy of fraud and deception. If Republicans in power today won’t seriously fight it, Democrats of tomorrow will protect, codify, and enshrine it. The ethical and economic devastation that would cause would be incalculable. And Permanent.

 

Oregon Continues Failing Its Students

 

Oregon high school students won’t have to prove they have mastery of basic reading, writing or math skills to graduate from high school-- until at least 2029, the state Board of Education recently (and unanimously) decided. This further extends the controversial pause of the graduation requirement that began in 2020. A concerned parent and sentient being would be shocked and appalled by this decision.

But not the leaders of the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) or the members of the state’s school board, nearly all of whom stated that requiring all students to pass even one of several standardized tests was unfair to historically “marginalized” students. These “educators” also believe that even requiring all students to create an assignment that meets state standards is potentially damaging to “marginalized” students. I’m damn glad I don’t have a “marginalized” child and live in Oregon. How pathetic. How condescending. How racist.

We need a color revolution in this country, one in which “colored” people, i.e. “students of color,” rebel against the pervasive and damaging condescension visited on them by “liberal” white folks. It would be a blessing for all if they would rise up and tell these white so-called “progressives” to shut the hell up and sit the hell down. And to proclaim, “We are capable of obtaining an ID. We can learn to read and write. We can even do math. But you are effectively standing in the way of our ability to do these things.” What a wonderful world it would be.

Most schools have long-since ceased teaching the classics-- and any remotely accurate version of American History and government. Additionally subtracting “reading, writing, and arithmetic” from curricula would render youth, especially those of color, unable to cope with the future…or succeed in it.

We have already defined deviancy down. If we continue to lower educational standards as well-- in a misguided attempt to make it easier on some—we will sentence those we purport to help to a life of misery…and the nation to continual decline.

The end result of this act-- like the end result of so many other “liberal” decisions, acts, and policies-- will be disaster. This is not compassionate. This is not ethical. It is an outrage committed by people who care far more about their own political agenda and power than they do about children.

Tragically, the current U.S. educational establishment is a figurative dagger pointed at the heart of students…and the soul of this nation.

But, what’s so wrong about not making students learn to do math? What does it matter if they can’t read or write well?

Duz u meen so wat if reeding, righting, and math arnt tot in skools? Hoo needs thees stoopid things, neway? I meen, duz it madder if to plus too equals fore or ate? Or even ateteen?

It does matter. A great deal. And those in Oregon will realize that in the very near future.

 

Crime Does Pay In Today's Evil, Bizzaro World

 

Pakistani-American Muslim Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui recently apologized to would-be Trump assassin Cole Thomas Allen for the treatment he has received in a Washington, D.C. jail. What kind of treatment would warrant a judge apologizing to a would-be presidential assassin? Restrictive confinement and an alleged denial of Allen’s request for a copy of the Bible.

Is “restrictive confinement” not a universal feature of being incarcerated for attempted murder? What would jails or prisons be without “restrictive confinement?” And who knew the radical wannabe assassin, a teacher from California, was such a devout Bible-thumper?

In fairness, I think we all recall the famous Biblical passages encouraging the cold-blooded assassination of duly elected representatives of the people. Right? Ever decreasing penalties for egregious criminal behavior and cashless bail leading to skyrocketing recidivism are not enough. Neither are preposterously lenient — or no — sentences. Now judges are to apologize to violent criminals and perpetrators of other heinous crimes. By God, their crimes are our fault! What’s next? Will judges start pleasuring criminals orally?!

Meanwhile, in Seattle, Ahmed Abdullah Osman and another man beat the crap out of an elderly man for no apparent reason. (Not a single bystander so much as raised a finger to help him.) Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson was deeply concerned, parroting various radical progressive immigrant groups in saying that the city’s CCTV cameras that caught the violent assault are “putting our immigrant and refugee communities at risk.”

Say what? 

What about the risks to your law-abiding citizens, Ms. Wilson? But Ms. Wilson doesn’t care about them, Ms. Wilson is far more concerned about how she can leverage immigrants and other so-called minorities to retain and enhance her own power, everyone else be damned. In that way, judged by today’s standards, she is a mainstream Democrat.

In St. Paul, Minnesota, shots were recently fired at the River Centre parking ramp. Video footage of the immediate aftermath shows scores of people, virtually all of them in Muslim apparel, fleeing from the scene. There is no resemblance to the old “Pig’s Eye,” or the Saint Paul that was largely brought into being by Irish Catholics. If the shooter turns out to be a Muslim, he will face no serious consequences.

Colorado Democrats recently killed a bill that would have strengthened penalties for certain child sex crimes and have just passed legislation that will downgrade sentencing for murders under certain circumstances.

Yay!

And Minnesota Democrats are doing everything they can to block further investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar’s “alleged” role in the vast fraud empire that is the state of Minnesota. The representative who allegedly married her brother to game the immigration system and whose net worth was listed at $30 million just moments ago due to her alleged recent husband’s alleged winery. now claims to be worth just south of a hundred grand.

And they say crime doesn’t pay.

But I’m here to tell you: it does today. At least in blue states.

(See also: Adam Schiff, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Alejandro Mayorkas, James Clapper, John Brennan, Tim Walz, Keith Ellison, Gavin Newsom, et al.)

 

Can Men Get Pregnant And Can Pigs Fly?

 

In a recent Senate hearing, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) asked Dr Nisha Verma “can men get pregnant?” Verma responded, “I totally agree science and evidence should guide medicine,” before adding, “I also think yes/no questions like this are a political tool…” Dear God. Beam me up, Scotty.

If we can’t even get the very first thing correct, we are totally doomed. Genesis 1:27: “Male and female He created them.” Genesis. What kind of an asshat could screw this up?! Yet even the Supreme Court can’t decisively affirm the founding distinction, the reason for our existence. Nearly everyone who ever lived, up until the past few decades, knew men and women were different, knew what the differences were, knew that men can’t get pregnant, and that women don’t have penises. But no longer. In many ways, we are regressing, devolving. Not progressing.

Speaking of firsts, the American Founders declared, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights…” If it was self-evident back then that all men are created equal, it surely is self-evident today that men and women are different. It is remarkably self-evident that men cannot get pregnant and women cannot impregnate men. But not to many of today’s Democrats and their enablers and mentors.

“Cis,” “trans,” “I identify as,” and “my truth,” are all terms that are meaningless at best, destructive at worst. And let’s not even delve into “approved” pro-nouns. (I sometimes tragically get pro-nouns and nouns mixed up, leading me to label certain progressives “asshats,” “morons,” “evildoers,” and “dunderheads.”) If we let far-left radicals determine the parameters of conversation and the words and phrases that are “allowed,” we effectively permit them to dictate our actions, thoughts and beliefs. At which point they become our masters. Which is their goal. (What was the Genesis of that desire?)

I, for one, identify as someone who would never let that happen. So help me, Lord. I believe there is such a thing as the truth, objective truth. And that we are called to seek it. I don’t believe there is a “trans” truth.

Guess I must be a cis Christian.

And “progressives” sure as hell won’t like that.

Because, truth-be-told, they despise Christianity, truth, diversity, and tolerance. They can’t countenance competition, because that is a threat to their power, the only thing they respect and worship.

 

Great Moments In Incompetence

 

Recently, due to independent journalist Nick Shirley, many of us became familiar with the “Quality Learing Center” in Minneapolis, one of a great many Somali-owned daycare centers in Minnesota that are (supposedly “allegedly”) fraudulent entities vacuuming up money from American taxpayers. That an alleged learning center failed to notice that the sign it ordered to help it in its ruse misspelled the word “learning” is a truly extraordinary example of incompetence. This article will highlight other instances of remarkable ineptitude.

For example, also in Minnesota, the NBA’s Timberwolves hosted a “Reading to Succeed Night” in 2009, during which the team misspelled its own nickname on posters it handed out. The posters read “Woves” instead of Wolves. Oops, hate that when that happens. Well, at least it wasn’t “Spelling to Succeed Night.”

Also also in Minnesota, five years later, Minnesota-based Target stores rolled out a Vikings Jersey sporting the name of the team’s newly drafted quarterback, Teddy Bridgewater. Unfortunately, the jersey itself wasn’t entirely on target, as Teddy’s last name was spelled “Bridewater.” How many eyeballs were on those jerseys from conception to production to sales floor? Stunning.  

More recently, another deep blue state, California, lost its federal funding for a high-speed rail corridor in the southern part of the state. Largely because $15 billion has already been spent and precious little track has been laid 17 years after California’s gullible voters approved Proposition 1A, allocating $9 billion to the project.

Also in the erstwhile Golden State, just a relative handful of permits have been issued allowing folks who lost their homes to the Palisades Fire a year ago the chance to rebuild their homes and their lives. You may well recall that the fire raged on because the reservoir and hydrants were dry, even as Mayor Bass was in Ghana and her assistant was being brought up on charges of making a false bomb threat against his own City Hall. To which he pleaded guilty. Amazing.

And then, of course, there was the Biden administration. From the border to the economy to the shameless—and deadly-- withdrawal from Afghanistan, it exuded preternatural incompetence every step of the way. Speaking of steps, remember Biden trying to scale steps to board a plane? Or attempting to stay upright while riding a bike? Or trying to figure out how to exit a stage?

It should be noted that incompetence and ignorance go hand-in-hand, the latter often being the progenitor of the former.

Barack Hussein Obama, whilst on the campaign trail in 2008, once noted how he had been in 57 states, with “I think, one left to go.” The man who was subsequently elected president of the United States—TWICE!—didn’t know how many states there were in the country he would go on to lead. He wasn’t even close! He was eight off! Eight! But of course the same mainstream media that went bat-sh*t crazy when Vice-President Dan Quayle spelled potato with an extra ‘e’ at the end decided this was a non-story.

Moreover, in 1989, the Associated Press dutifully quoted a U.N. official who claimed that “Entire nations could be wiped off the face of the Earth by rising sea levels if the global warming trend is not reversed by the year 2000." 25+ years later? Those nations are still there, their beaches are about where they were then, and, sadly, Al Gore is too.

Perhaps my favorite tale of ignorance and incompetence stars Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA), who made the following statement during a 2010 House Armed Services Committee hearing on a planned military buildup in Guam: "My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize.” Amazing.

Whether a person is willing to admit it or not, incompetence proliferates where standards and excellence are mocked, where Marxists rule, and where Muslims—or Democrats-- predominate. Sorry, but that’s the truth. Whether it be Minnesota, California, North Korea, or Somalia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Royal Navy Is Royally Screwed, As Is Britain

 

The British Royal Navy reportedly has had another ‘crippled’ vessel withdrawn, leaving just five active frigates to defend Britain. Five? Frigates? Well, that should be enough to fend off Russia and or China. Not.

Five effing frigates? That isn’t neglect. It is planned obsolescence. Civilizational suicide. “How the mighty have fallen” doesn’t begin to describe the collapse of Britain. From the largest, best, and most feared navy in the world to one that would fit in a large outdoor swimming pool. That’s what happens when a nation prioritizes welfare and illegal immigration over its continued existence. I guess “Rule Brittania” is over. Perhaps they could throw a few Boston Whalers, a Bayliner or two, and a handful of souped-up PWCs at Putin and Xi if it comes to that. “The sun never sets on the British Empire?” The sun has set on the British Empire. It won’t set on its navy, however, because it doesn’t have one.

The Andrew’s motto is: "If you wish for peace, prepare for war.” Apparently it no longer values peace because it sure as hell isn’t prepared for war. The diminutive fleet, as presently constituted, is no longer prepared for a set-to or skirmish let alone a war. The erstwhile “Jolly Jack Tars” are few in number and not so jolly. And there are quite a few Jills mixed in. The once “Royal” Navy is anything but. But the Brits in charge are likely thinking: “But there’s always the Americans.” They may also now be thinking, “Oh wait, maybe we shouldn’t have just thumbed our noses at them in their time of need.”

The UK recently raised its national terror threat level to "severe," indicating that its powers-that-be believe a terror attack is "highly likely.” I wonder if that is in any way connected to the fact that there have been almost 200,000 small boats filled with illegal immigrants arriving on its shores since 2018. Compare those 200,000 vessels to the 63 active commissioned ships left in what remains of the Royal Navy.

Britain avoided being invaded by the Third Reich during World War II. Yet, of late it has passively allowed itself to be invaded by hordes of military-aged Muslim men. Interdicting 200,000 boats probably requires more than 63 ships. It certainly requires the will to do so. Britain leaders have no navy. And no will.

So, “Cheerio” and “Ta-ta.”

It didn’t have to be this way.

“Restore Britain?” I’m rooting for them, but……good Luck.

 

 

 

Minnesota Democrats Unanimously Vote To Protect Rep. Ilhan Omar, Dead Voters

 

Minnesota Senate Democrats recently voted—UNANIMOUSLY—against removing deceased persons from the state’s voter rolls. This tracks with the fact that almost 100% of dead people vote for Democrats, making them Democrats’ most loyal voting bloc, even surpassing that of serial killers. (This may explain why, historically, Democrat gerrymandering seems designed to encompass as many cemeteries as possible. Okay, that is just an unfounded assertion, but it seems likely, does it not?) The dead—and serial killers—are groups that vote heavily for Democrats? Talk about a symbiotic relationship! The latter provide the former! Genius! Kismet!

This after they also voted—UNANIMOUSLY-- against an oversight committee effort to compel Rep. Ilhan Omar to testify after she missed a deadline to provide documents to the committee investigating the Somali fraud rampant in the North Star State. So the multi-millionaire or poverty-stricken representative (take your pick) of from Somalia escapes a subpoena, at least for now.

It is obvious that Democrats in Minnesota are as wedded to fraud as Ilhan once was to her brother. And for the same reason: they will do whatever it takes to attain and retain power, so help them Allah.

They share the same goals as well, at least for now: to fleece law-abiding taxpayers out of as much money as possible, so as to line their own pockets-- and the pockets of those who help them attain and retain power. In a sane country, at a sane moment in time, this would be considered an unethical, unacceptable, unconstitutional, illegal, and treasonous misuse of power, one that spits in the face of a representative democracy. Here today? Meh. Not good, but let’s not fly off the handle like our founders did. Tolerance and empathy, you see.

Democrats want as many illegals in the country as possible, because they vote for Democrats in droves. Why wouldn’t it be the same for dead folks? The more dead people, the more votes Democrats get. And, if the dead are erstwhile denizens of red states and rural areas, so much the better. Presto chango, a Republican has been converted into a Democrat! Remarkable!

This could explain Democrats’ love of abortion, medical assistance in dying, and violent criminals.

Our forefathers would have done whatever it took to counter this orgy of criminality. Past mafia godfathers would be proud of it.

Today? Democrats like Tim Walz, Gavin Newsom, and J.B. Pritzker might accurately be called “fraudfathers.”

 

London's Mayor Implements "Say Maaate" Campaign To Address Sexual Harassment Of Women

 

Sadiq Khan, London’s mayor, has steadfastly led his once venerable city into an abyss of violence, wokeness, and depravity. Instances of rape and sexual harassment of women have skyrocketed along with the number of young male Muslims infiltrating his city. But “not to worry” as the Brits say, Khan is on the job and addressing the problem! In fact, he has implemented a “Say Maaate” campaign which challenges men to confront sexual harassment of women by other men by disapprovingly saying to them: “Maaate.”

Really.

I’m not sure Sadiq’s heart is in this battle. Call me a skeptic, but I don’t believe saying “mate” is going to stop a man from sexually harassing a woman. In fact, it may well do quite the opposite.

“Mate! Mate! Maate! Maaate!”

“Well, if you insist, I’ll do just that!”

The only moral response to encountering immigrant males raping young females is not, “Mates, please stop gang-raping that ten-year-old lass.” It is, “get the hell off of her right now or I’ll introduce you to my friends Smith and Wesson.” (Sadly, Londoners have been stripped of their right to have Smith and Wesson as their friends.)

But no, Sadiq “I’m Not Genghis” Khan’s answer to crime is to say the word “mate.” That is a bizarre way to try to ingratiate himself with Londoners, and an utterly useless method of stopping crime. See someone robbing a bank? Just walk up to him and disapprovingly say, “mate!” Someone just pushed an old person in front of a subway train? A sternly voiced “MATE!” should do the trick. Happen upon a likely homicide in waiting? Perp pointing a gun at someone? Look the reprobate in the eyes and sorrowfully state, “no, mate, no…maaate.”

Londoners need to rise up and tell Khan: “Take a long hike off of a short pier……mate.”

 

Top DNC Donor "Occupation" For 2025 Was "Unemployed"

 

An analysis of the most recent federal election filing found that the top “occupation” of donors to the Democratic National Committee was “not employed.” The unemployed donated more than $12 million to the DNC in 2025. Other top DNC donating occupations included “retired,” “attorney,” “physician,” and “professor,” none of which are surprising.

But how in hell are those without gainful employment donating so much cash to the DNC? It’s almost as if those receiving any of the vast panoply of government handouts to the indigent feel obligated to aid, abet, and vote for Democrats. Which makes a sentient being wonder if perhaps that is why Democrats are so adamant about continuing to give these handouts to the large number of unemployed, entitled, and shiftless persons, as well as the staggering number of illegal aliens. Pay-for-play? Quid pro quo? Bribery? Vote buying? The Great Replacement Theory wasn’t a theory…it was all too real, and Democrats used taxpayer’s money in an all-out effort to neutralize, counteract, or render these taxpayer’s votes meaningless. (Of course, these diabolical leftists also used taxpayer’s money to fund the SPLC’s effort to generate fake racism so that the SPLC could berate taxpaying Americans as being irredeemably racist so that it could demand more money from taxpayers to fight racism.)

In contrast, top occupations donating to the RNC included “entrepreneur,” “self-employed,” “founder,” and “homemaker.” Visionaries, builders, creators, doers…and those who manage home and hearth for the benefit of their families. (And society.)

Who knew that the unemployed had so much disposable income? But, wait, all of that “income” came from us taxpayers, right?! Is that kosher? Legal? Should it be?

This opinion will be controversial, but folks who do not pay any federal or state income taxes should not be able to vote. That is the quickest, simplest, and most ethical and efficacious way of preventing masses of people from essentially voting themselves others’ money. And that is one of the things the founders were most concerned about when they stated, as John Adams famously did, that the Constitution was only suited to a moral people. It is also why they did not give us a pure democracy, where 51% of the people could decide to do whatever the hell they wanted to do to the other 49%.

Quite simply, if you are living off of the largess of others, you should not get to tell them what to do.

Or to label them greedy bigots if they question how their money is being used.

But don’t worry, Democrats will do that for you.

 

 

Regularly Sporadic, Sporadically Regular Current Events Quiz #22 (An Exclusive!)

 

A Blogger Exclusive!

Regularly Sporadic, Sporadically Regular Current Event Quiz #22

(Can you answer all the questions correctly? Try all the previous quizzes, as well!)

 

1)      To put Iran in an economic bind, the U.S. is:

a)       Blockading Cuba

b)      Blockading Russia

c)       Blockading the Strait of Gibraltar

d)      Blockading the Strait of Magellan

e)      Blockading the Strait of Hormuz

2)      A crazed gunman recently tried to assassinate __________ at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner in Washington, D.C.?

a)       Wolf Blitzer

b)      Brian Stelter

c)       A waiter

d)      President Trump

e)      Jake Tapper

3)      It has recently emerged that one nation has been aiding and abetting Iran in its war with the U.S. What is that nation?

a)       Cuba

b)      Russia

c)       Canada

d)      Mozambique

e)      Liechtenstein

4)      President Trump recently pulled 5,000 US troops out of what country, due to its unwillingness to help the US?

a)       Canada

b)      Mozambique

c)       Germany

d)      Liechtenstein

e)      Switzerland

5)      President Trump recently hosted the king of which country at the White House?

a)       England

b)      Canada

c)       Botswana

d)      Eswatini

e)      Greenland

6)      Spirit Airlines ceased operations because:

a)       It ran out of gas

b)      Democrats killed its attempted merger with JetBlue

c)       Of increased fuel costs

d)      Both B & C

e)      Company heads decided that they could no longer in good conscience be a net greenhouse gas contributor

7)      The Trump administration’s Marco Rubio wears many hats. Which one of the following

Positions has he not been tasked with?

a)       Secretary of State

b)      National Security Advisor

c)       Wedding DJ

d)      Head Archivist at the National Archives

e)      Shah of Iran

8)      The total number of casualties in the Russia-Ukraine War are approaching:

a)       900

b)      2,000,000

c)       200,000

d)      98,723

e)      ϖ X 30³

9)      Which of the following nation’s governments do Democrats despise:

a)       The United States of America

b)      Canada

c)       Iran

d)      China

e)      South Africa

10)   Which of the following (titles) is not a Disney Studios movie to be released in 2026:

a)       Psycho Killer

b)      Moana

c)       Toy Story 5

d)      The Devil Wears Prada 2

e)      The Devil Wears Pravda Too: The Tim Walz Story

(Correct answers: e, d, b, c, a, d, e, b, a, e; how did you do?)

 

 

 

Flags Of Our (Fore)Fathers Now Verboten?

 

The Minnesota House of Representatives introduced a bill that could penalize cities and counties for not flying the redesigned state flag.

Members of Minnesota's Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) party recently pushed legislation to reduce state aid to a county or city that "flies or otherwise makes use of a state flag other than the design of the state flag as certified in the report of the State Emblems Redesign Commission."

If passed, the bill would go into effect in 2027. The old, traditional state flag was excommunicated-- and the new one ushered in-- on May 11, 2024. The Democrats running the state basically appropriated a Somali flag and told everyone “You will like this!” Objectively, the flag stinks. The old flag had symbols of what made the state unique. The new one is just a post-modern conglomeration of a couple of shapes. It is blue, though, very blue, so it accurately represents the state’s politics. As does its Somali likeness. Personally, I wouldn’t fly the new flag if you paid me. I wouldn’t want it to detract from my Gadsden Flag. But will my Democrat overlords attempt to force me to take down the Gadsden flag and replace it with the new, globally sensitive one? The old flag depicted dates important to the state: a farm field, the Mississippi, forestland, and a nod to its Native American heritage. It was, in that sense, “diverse,” matching the state’s natural geographical diversity. But, apparently, the image of a Native American upon a horse was somehow triggering to the woke zealots now at the helm of the giant insane asylum that is Minnesota.

As I understand it today, the following flags are banned in the erstwhile North Star State: the original State of Minnesota flag, the Gadsden Flag, the “Appeal to Heaven” flag, and the Confederate flag. In addition, there exist several other categories for various flags:

Flags that are “problematic”: Old Glory/the Star-Spangled Banner. That notion won’t fly with me, even if we have been reduced to the home of the formerly free and occasionally brave. I think I’ll add an “Appeal to Heaven” flag to my Gadsden banner.

Flags that are mandated: the new Minnesota state flag.

Flags a government entity, city, person, or organization “should” fly: LGBTQ flag, Trans flag, Palestinian flag.

Flags neither banned nor mandated: The “Betsy Ross” flag, Socialist flag, Communist flag, Anarchist flag.

The flags the radically woke intelligentsia approve of today are not the flags of our fathers. Or our founders. And that is the point.

I will fly the grand, old Minnesota flag, but not the new one. The self-same asshats who proudly assert that the big old federal government can’t tell them what to do as regards sanctuary cities and abortion, equally aggressively assert that they have total, unquestioned control over any city or principality that doesn’t wish to fly the new state flag. But I don’t care for empty emblems. I care even less for politically fraught ones.

So, I will close with this:

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
Keep your eye on the grand old flag.

And don’t fly the new ones.