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Sunday Soothingness

This goes out to all who no longer have Mothers to put arms around. A simple song of remembrance that has become very dear to me. I apologize in advance for any possible goosebumps or moist eyes that may occur. 

Little did I know when I met these young ladies many years ago at a recording studio in Huntington Cal. that they would become such stars of their generation. These are the sister known as 'Haim'.

Without Further Ado, Your Official Almost Semi-World Famous Irredeemable Weekend Big Ass Open Thread

Your Beloved Blog Editrix, Who Loves Each and Everyone of You, opens up the floor for your important, but in the big picture irrelevant, opinions and views as we hurl through the universe on our little blue firecracker, with fools and their matches. So, you got something to tell? Now is the time. 

Dawn your blogger thongs and let it rip, the floor is yours. Regular house rules apply. And as I have warned before: No liquor for the sasquatch!

Highways For Fishes and the Nation's Air Travel Safety

Much is being said about the disturbing condition of the nation air travel and it's safety. Unlike when the media during the Biden Administration, the strongest words of criticism and concern was of flight delays early in the term.  Accidents and close calls of which there were many were slighted for much more important news like anything and everything "Trump the Criminal".

And now, after less than 3 months time in office, the new Secretary of Transportation is taking heat for others' asparations, incompetence and misplaced priorities, and why we can't have nice things.  

In October of 2022, half way through his term as Secretary of Transportation, Mayor Pete Buttgig was in high demand as a surrogate for Democratic candidates campaigning for midterm elections,  mainly because no one wanted to be within a mile of Joe Biden.  And while only 14th in the line of succession, just below HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge, He/Him received more campaign surrogate requests than VP Kamala Harris, also for obvious reasons.

With billions from the 'Build Back Better' slush funds at his disposal, Pete needed to show America of the promised progress he would make on the nation's infrastructure.

Let's see.  Pushed forward the important unfinished interstate highway exchanges?  Nope.  Expanded port facilities?  Nope.  Long needed Upgraded Air Traffic Control System?  Nope.

Highways for Fishes.  Check!! 

    

From the DMF archives of Oct 20,2022:

A few days ago, Secretary Mayor Pete visited King County Washington on the dems midterm campaign outreach and toured a 'culvert replacement project' near Issaquah.  So excited He/Him wanted to tell you about how it will help move us ahead in our nation's Great Leap Forward.

Pete sounds like the host of an edutainment series for kids of all ages. "Secretary Mayor Pete’s World.” He's a master at breaking down complex issues, like holes under roads, and his enthusiasm for this remarkable feat of engineering is infectious. 

Here Secretary Mayor Pete explains to the overtaxed great unwashed what a culvert is and why we should care.

They actually used some of this footage for campaign commercials.

On WaPo Winning a Pulitzer Downplaying DJT Assassination Attempt

On Monday WaPo announced that it won a Pulitzer Prize in the breaking news category for its coverage of the July 13, 2024 attempt on the life of Donald Trump.

The 'coverage' in question? "Trump taken away after loud noises at rally".

 

According to the Post's self-congratulatory write-up on its award, WaPo's 'live-updates file', from which the aforementioned headline came, earned the paper what was once journalism's "top honor." 

If journalism is supposed to be the first rough draft of history, the Pulitzer just gave its stamp of approval to one of the most dishonest lines ever written. And if soft-pedaling political violence earns the highest award in American journalism, then the Pulitzer is no longer a mark of excellence — it’s a trophy for narrative loyalty.

But this is just the cherry on top of a Turd Sundae after the media guardians of all truth and democracy, the members of the self-important White House Correspondents Association, awarded the photo below as the coveted 'Photo of the Year' last week at it's annual pat ourselves on the the back 'Journalism Awards'. 

 

The winning photo was taken by NYT photographer Doug Mills depicts Joe Biden as he shuffles away from a podium looking for a door while ignoring reporters questions.

They're Just Not Like Us

An interesting article on Issues & Insights begins with a remarkable anecdote, from a town hall meeting that a Democrat U.S. Representative had with her supporters (emphasis mine):

At a town hall meeting last week, Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez — one of the few moderate Democrats left in the world — made a perfectly common-sensical statement: “Americans believe that only U.S. citizens should be determining the outcome of American elections.” She was greeted with a torrent of shouts, boos, and profanity, signs that said “shame” from her constituents, and was ushered out of room for “security reasons.” 

Her statement would not appear to be controversial to us.  Americans should decide American elections. Simple. Surely her supporters would agree that Palestinians should decide Palestinian elections. And Danes should decide Danish elections. And Argentinians should decide Argentinian elections. So why are they so violently opposed to Americans deciding American elections?

This is something that has bothered me for some time. Democrat voters seem to be becoming just as radical, and just as anti-American, as Democrat leaders. The Democrats have always had a few batshit crazy Bernie / AOC type left-wing ideologues who are so radical that they sound anti-American. That is not new. But this seems new – when Democrat VOTERS sound so radical and anti-American.

Granted, this was just one isolated group, at this town hall. But Democrat have become increasingly violent, from Black Lives Matter riots to Antifa retards trying to burn down a federal building in Portland  a few years ago to vandalizing and even torching Teslas today. The Democrat Party has spent decades building something that they cannot control. And I think some Democrat leaders are probably starting to figure that out.  Although if they think they can ride the hatred and radicalism back into power, I think they’re willing to tolerate it for now.

Robespierre is probably nodding his head right now, with a grim smile on his face. This probably looks familiar to him. Because like him, the Democrats have built something that they are about to lose control of.

Hang on tight – you ain’t seen nuthin’ yet…

~ Thank You Larwyn's Linx@ Doug Ross Journal for the Linkage! ~

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