Presidential Assassination Art

Social media lit up this week over this piece:

The furor renewed interest in Kathy Griffin’s stunt from a year ago.

Progressive Reasoning

GLEELFUL SAVAGERY: “Social justice is a surveillance culture, a snitch culture. The constant vigilance on the part of my colleagues and friends did me in. That’s why I’m delivering sushi and pizza. Not that I’m complaining. It’s honest work, and it’s led me to rediscover how to interact with people in the real world. I am a kinder and more respectful person now that I’m not regularly on social media attacking people for not being ‘kind’ and ‘respectful’.” < THIS WHOLE ARTICLE IS WELL WORTH READING IN FULL.

• https://quillette.com/2018/07/14/i-was-the-mob-until-the-mob-came-for-me/

Why the World Envies Us

One of the common rants among committed leftists is for “universal health care.” They point to Canada, where a heart operation may be scheduled for a year from now, or Cuba, if you want to trust physicians who don’t get paid. Our health system is the best in the world. Period, new paragraph. It pleases me to post this:

Saved From Socialism: U.S. Saves Baby Oliver After U.K. Doctors Said His Heart Couldn’t Be Fixed

Imagine if the world didn’t have the U.S. to run to because the U.S. went socialist. That’s where the left would take us.

Bits & Bytes

STILTON SAYS: “Looking at the most recent news cycle, we feel that our nation has reached a crisis point which requires the services of an exciting new superhero. When alleged journalists lose their minds about Donald Trump and start screaming and foaming at the mouth, STFUman would suddenly appear with his trusty whiffle bat and thonk, thonk, thonk the hysterical newsperson on the noggin until either sanity or blissful unconsciousness was reached. … Frankly, we think this whole media uproar is another exercise in willful lunacy which is far more damaging to our nation than anything Russia could possibly do. We’d say even more, but we’ve got a lot of sit-ups to do if we’re going to fit into that spandex uniform.”

Be Careful What You Wish For

The phrase “Hoist on their own petard” comes to mind. The Democrats, in an effort to appease the most radical of their base, put forth a resolution to abolish ICE. They were certain Paul Ryan would never bring it up for a vote. They were wrong.  They were forced to s**t or get off the pot and, like the cowards they are, most of them abstained.

House Passes Resolution Supporting ICE

The House passed a resolution on Wednesday to support the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency and rebuke calls to abolish it.