Droning on
Abundant Life -- it's almost too easy. That's the name of the Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin, where a 15-year-old girl named Natalie Rupnow wounded six people and killed three, including herself. "How does any fifteen-year-old get ahold of a gun?" asked Police Chief Shon Barnes, rhetorically, I assume. Since only three percent of mass shootings are done by females, the rumor that Rupnow was transgender began to circulate, i.e., not a "real" girl. There are many layers to this, complicated by a manifesto she supposedly wrote. None of the dead ran a corporation, so nothing will change.
Sorry to be so cynical, but I just read that New York Governor Kathy Hochul is meeting today with 175 corporate executives as well as officials from Homeland Security and counterterrorism to "ensure that state resources are focused on being supportive, sharing information." Gun violence is a public health issue, according to the CDC, but it doesn't often see this level of concern. Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers is offering thoughts and prayers but he doesn't say he's phoning Secretary Mayorkas.
A woman in Florida was arrested for telling a Blue Cross employee, "Delay, deny, depose. You people are next." How long before they come for Jesse Welles? His song "United Health" (which Blogger has decided I can't embed) has been seen over twelve million times on TikTok. It does not advocate violence but that doesn't mean YouTube won't censor it.
Who taught the racist rapist the phrase "election interference"? It means something very specific, like robocalling people in predominantly Black districts with disinformation, or standing in front of a polling place with a gun. To him it means any action which impedes, irritates, opposes or criticizes him or suggests that his version of reality might be wrong. The January 6 committee was such an irritation, and so was the Iowa poll that Ann Selzer got wrong in November. Selzer has already quit the polling business but that's not nearly good enough: the rapist is suing her, her company and the Des Moines Register for "brazen election interference." Clay Calvert, a media law expert at the University of Florida, gives him little chance of winning but says that's not the point. "The true motivation is to intimidate the press and journalists. I ultimately suspect this lawsuit is just a harbinger of things to come." Will the Register cave as cravenly as ABC? They should take a look at his record in court.
He's also suing "the Pulitzer" because they gave out awards years ago for reporting about his subservience to what he always calls "Russia Russia Russia." (Is it like "Beetlejuice" -- say it three times and Putin will appear and give him a present?) He wants them to take away the prizes from the Washington Post and New York Times and give them to entertainers like Tucker, Jeanine, Jesse and Laura instead. Maybe "the Nobel" should give him Nelson Mandela's prize, too. And Bob Woodward, who quoted him in a book. I'm less troubled by that one. Collaborate with Satan, get your fingers burned.
Judge Juan Merchan postponed sentencing in the falsified business records or "porn star hush money" case so as to avoid any appearance of election interference -- if the Republicans insist on nominating felons, what else could he do? But the time has come, and Merchan has ruled that crimes committed out of office are not covered by the myth of "presidential immunity." (Paying Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about their ninety seconds of bliss until after the 2016 election, now that's election interference.) Case not dismissed, said the judge, no matter how many fascists RSVP the inauguration.
Will Daniel Penny be among the honored guests? Many people are saying so after he joined the rapist's party at the Army-Navy game. Even Jady Vance was allowed out of wherever he's kept. Vance called Jordan Neely's killer "a good guy" and a victim of "New York's mob district attorney." Kyle Rittenhouse should watch his back.
If he's fully recovered from his little tumble at the Young Republicans gala Sunday night you can bet Alex Brusewitz will be there, adding a touch of class to the party. After he was righted Brusewitz "joked" that he had just done a "Joe Biden impression." (He also thought Nancy Pelosi's fall in Luxembourg was a laff riot.) The crowd might have assumed he was clowning because at 27, the Leader's "Youth Adviser" is young to be having a stroke. And he knows comedy -- he convinced organizers to book Tony Hinchcliff for Madison Square Garden.
Patrick Soon-Shiong is not waiting for the Des Moines Register suit to be laughed out of court. The owner of the Los Angeles Times has instituted rules for the editorial page that any criticism of the Leader must be balanced with praise. What part of "editorial" does the South African-born billionaire not understand? How long before critical op-eds are banned altogether?
When I read that Ukraine had assassinated Igor Kirillov, I was outraged. The newsreader and presenter for Soviet Central TV is a favorite at my house. False alarm! Igor Leonidovich Kirillov is alive and well. Not so much Lt. Gen. Igor Anatolyevich Kirillov, Putin's man for chemical weapons, who was blown up on Ryazansky Avenue in Moscow by Ukraine's SBU security service. And now it's my turn to offer thoughts and prayers.
St. Jude Hospital for Children can start closing down because Roadkill Bob "wants to clean up our foods" and kids will no longer have to worry about cancer. This wonderful news comes from -- oh, sorry, it's known idiot Ainsley Earhardt. Never mind. In what world does chugging unpasteurized milk and eating animals you found on the highway equate to "cleaning up food"? You're supposed to use the peroxide on your hair, Ainsley, not drink it.
The Leader will be looking for someone to sue when he hears that a third judge, James Wynn, has decided not to retire. Wynn was named to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals by President Obama and he's only 70. Thom Tillis (R-NC) is spitting nails, calling the decision "brazenly partisan" (everybody is so brazen today!), but there's bugger-all he can do about it. Nor can Mitch McConnell, who says it's "open partisanship." Normally the appointment of judges is so pure it floats, right? I think Anita Hill said that.
From the Xitter account of judiciarydems: "A group of Senate Democrats introduce bill to abolish the Electoral College, restoring democracy by allowing the direct election of presidents through popular vote alone." Nice work, now repeal the Volstead Act.
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