Monday Roundup X: Stupid Stuff/Stupid Prizes; Flaming Hot Sex; Australia Checking Coffee Cups In Fight Against COVID; Badasses Morph into Dumbasses and More!
Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late
General Powell passed away this morning. Regardless of whether you disagreed with some or all of his political views, he was a good man who served our nation with honor. Much respect and prayers for him and his family.
I have no words…
Faster please: Scientists discover a highly potent antibody against SARS-CoV-2
Hard to have confidence in elected officials from the President on down when they all seem to be less than real. Fake White House set for press conferences, Fake school kids for the VP’s YouTube video, and violating their own mask mandates to mention just a few.
President Biden’s fame spreads internationally. Canada, or at least parts of Canada, bans the use of “lets go Brandon” in official correspondence.
Is war between Texas and Mexican drug cartels close? Hope not, but it is not looking good.
Doing stupid stuff results in wining stupid prizes. Walgreens is closing five more stores in San Francisco. The reason? California passed a law making shoplifting less than $950 a misdemeanor and San Francisco compounded this by taking a soft stance on prosecuting these types of offenses. The result - these San Francisco Walgreen stores suffer a shoplifting rate five times higher than the chain’s national average in spite of the chain investing 46 times their national average for security in these stores.
Seems right. For any who don’t understand the comic I wrote about the Biden Administration’s war on parents’ free speech and the linking of them to domestic terrorists here.
Loudoun County Superintendent Appears to Admit District Violated State Law by Not Reporting Sexual Assault. I’ve been following the dispute between Loudon County School Board and parents pretty close. This is one of many reasons that criminal charges should be brought. The story behind this is a female HS freshman was reportedly raped in the school’s ladies room by a male who claimed to be transgender. The school transferred the alleged rapist to another HS where he reportedly sexually assaulted another female student. There was also a report of a male student being sexually assaulted.
Just when you think stupid authoritarians have reached their maximum potential… Australia proves you wrong: “Heavy-handed Melbourne police 'check coffee cups' to ensure residents aren't violating mask mandate.”
Karma - When Badasses become Dumbasses…
Vaccine Mandates - I don’t understand why. If vaccines work and protect those who received them, then why should we care if others decline to do so? The only thing the mandates seem to be doing is causing division in the nation and creating a potential shortage of some critical professionals. Right now cops seem to be at the top of the list. Chicago, Los Angeles, San Diego, New York and now Seattle are all facing potentially significant, if not crippling losses among cops due to the mandates.
Hmmm, nose, face, spite thingy? New York Times board member Michelle Cottle wrote an op-ed calling on Senator Sinema (D-AZ) to leave the Democratic Party and become independent. Not sure how this would play out, but it would not be a positive for the Democrats.
Not sure Einstein had this in mind when he said “Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world” but I found it funny:
I’m beginning to believe they should not be called ‘Intelligence’ agencies. “The CIA accidentally left a “putty-type” battlefield explosive beneath the hood of a Loudon County, Virginia school bus after a training exercise last week, according to the agency. As a result, elementary and high school students spent two days riding the bus as the explosives bounced around under the hood.”
* Subtitle is a quote from Benjamin Franklin.