Sunday Funnies For 02-17-19

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joe biden, socialism, global warming, Day By Day Cartoon, Monty Python, AOC, cow farts, green new deal, Young Frankenstein, Al Got, Virginia politicians

And I can hear the sound AOC wants to silence, wafting across the meadows and pastures of this great land.  It’s rather like the usual sounds emanating daily from the halls of Congress.  And who can forget this scene from the classic “Young Frankenstein?”

Bob Menendez: A Piece Of Work

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Bob Menendez, Democracy dies in darkness, democrat hypocrisy, Henry Rodgers, President Trump, secret congressional sexual harassment slush fund, Ted Kennedy, The Daily Caller

Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) is a real piece of work. A reminder of his character (lack thereof) from Politico:

Andrew McCabe: House Cleaning–UPDATED

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25th Amendment, a soft coup, American constitutionalism, Andrew McCabe, conspiracy, DOJ, draining the swamp, FBI, James Comey, Rod Rosenstein, sedition, wearing a wire

Andrew McCabe

Edgar Hoover was one of the most feared men in America—but mostly by politicians–one who kept voluminous files.  I’ll not shed tears over such people. I am unaware, however, that he ever conspired to depose a lawfully elected President of the United States.

Former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe is a known liar, dismissed from the FBI—vying with the DOJ for the title of the most virulently anti-constitutional, anti-trump federal agency–for lying. However, one might find a few things he has to say credible, as The Hill reports:

EVs: Except In Winter

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Chevy Volt, cold weather drains batteries, Demise of the Chevy Volt, electric vehicles, lithium ion batteries, solid state batteries, Tesla Model 3, Toyota

In writing about electric vehicles, I’ve often observed their greatest limitation is the current—and for the foreseeable future—mediocre state of battery technology.  Contemporary technology, the lithium-ion battery, has significant drawbacks, including a tendency to burst into flame, often explosively.  Batteries sufficiently powerful for EVs are also very dangerous, not only to first responders, but to mechanics, all of who need special procedures and tools to avoid electrocution.  There does, however, seem to be a glimmer of hope, if not on the horizon, perhaps on the other side of the planet, as Bloomberg.com reports:

Green New Deal: The Least Of Our Worries–UPDATED

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, AOC, CA high-speed train to nowhere, cow farts, eliminate nuclear energy, Greeen New Deal, hyper inflation, just pay for it, solar power, wind power

Much has been written about the Democrats “Green New Deal” (available here).  Pushed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, joined by a great many other Dems, including a number running for the Democrat nomination for president, it is a virtual socialist wish list for seizing absolute power and wealth redistribution.  The Federalist explains:

Guns And Liberty: A Rationale, Part 1 2019

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A Nation of Cowards, A right to self-defense?, barack obama, Benjamin Franklin, border walls, Does evil exist?, Donald Trump, gun control, Hillary Clinton, James Madison, liberty, socialism, The social contract, Thomas Jefferson, unalienable rights

I last updated this series of articles in 2016.  Times and the political climate are ever-changing, but the compelling reasons human beings need firearms never change. One can easily argue those needs have never been more urgent, and more and more Americans, including those that never before considered becoming gun owners–including progressives–bought arms in incredible numbers, particularly during the Obama years. The prospect of President Hillary Clinton, who promised to work for gun control every day, also drove a historic run on gun dealers. New monthly and yearly records for federally required background checks–each one signaling the purchase of one or more guns–were being regularly set. Best estimates place the number of guns in the hands of Americans at more than 300 million–one for every man, woman and child–though the true number is surely higher.  Now that Donald Trump is POTUS, the boom has slowed, but gun owners are more aware than ever that powerful people are determined to disarm them, and they aren’t going to let trifles like the Constitution stop them.

In that spirit, it’s once again time to revise this series. I’ll post these updated articles—a total of 14 last time; we’ll see what happens this time–in sequence every Tuesday for the foreseeable future.

License To Kill: The Murder Of Erik Scott, 12-19-18 UPDATE

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Erik Scott, Kemberlee Kaye, Las Vegas Metro, law enforcement, Legal Insurrection, License To Kill The Murder Of Erik Scott, Metro narrative, William Mosher

As I have often written, being a police officer is, at best, stressful and difficult.  Police officers are expected to make split second, life and death decisions, and are expected to be right 100% of the time.  It is somewhat miraculous how often they are right.  Young officers, learning in an honest agency, have an enormous advantage, but even then, the much-talked about “blue wall of silence” is involved.  In honest agencies, it is not nearly the bad thing one might think.

Objectivity? Liberal Propaganda!

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David Bedar, hostile and unsafe environment, Isongesit Ibokette, Liberal propagandists, Newton MA, professional boundaries, professional educators, progress, Social justice

Jonathan Edwards, early American minister
credit: wikipedia

In my early days of teaching in Texas, a personable young teacher/coach announced, via school e-mail, that he saw his newly acquired position as an opportunity to minister to not only students, but fellow teachers.  He essentially asked me, and everyone else, to subscribe to his ministry.  I politely replied that I would be taking care of my spiritual journey without his help, thank you.  I later learned our principal, a smart and decent fellow, took him aside and explained he could be a teacher or a minister, but not both on school time, and if he chose the latter, he would be seeking a new “opportunity” elsewhere.