While I'm no particular fan of James Comey, I do feel it appropriate to weigh in on the "86 47" seashell issue. Of course, I never expected to get any closer to an issue of this nature than to repeat 10 times in rapid succession, She sells seashells by the seashore. Nevertheless. . .
Many people are making an issue of the number 86, supposedly a numerical directive to kill somebody. However, other opinions say no, this actually indicates silencing someone.
From a most unexpected source may I just say -- playwright Mart Crowley presented his hit Broadway play in the 1960s entitled, The Boys in the Band. The plot centers around a group of homosexual friends attending a birthday party in which emotional devastation becomes the party gift of the evening. Crowley's play quickly made it to motion picture film and the play itself, though somewhat dated by now, continues to pop up now and then in playhouses around the country.
I believe I recall a spot in the motion picture where a major character, angered by the comments of another, suddenly shouts "86!" and the annoying voice goes silent for the moment. Demanding silence does not equate with calls for murder.
Keeping this and other uses of a mere number in mind, I cannot imagine a judge NOT throwing this case out of court in a split second. As far as other Comey-derived issues go with the legal system, that's perhaps another story.
Jimmy Kimmel (sigh) again: The controversy goes on. but I will opt for First Amendment freedoms. And his comment about the First Lady was made two days before alleged journalists needed to dive under tables, starved without food as JAL (Just Another Lunatic) sprinted toward the banquet room like a track & field athlete. Frankly, Kimmel can do what he does, but I'm amazed that someone whose child's life was saved by the good people of medical science turned out so bitter or whatever the hell it is that influences his endless rant. To be fair, I've never watched an entire Kimmel show in my life and have no reason to expose myself to the brand of bullsh** most late-night TV has become, but if this is your favorite eye candy go for it.
Iran's crazy side of its split personality: These whacked-out servants of their Allahlunatic need to get with the future and understand that even though nukes may no longer be within their grasp, the entire planet may perish anyway thanks to a little thing called artificial intelligence. Why lift a finger when mutual destruction is almost guaranteed? Even as I type this, employees of factories all over the world are producing digital chips intended to erase good jobs forever, and the world's people will lapse into feelings of depression, uselessness and despair upon discovering that the exact jobs they desire no longer exist. So just hold on, Iranian nuts: Israel, the Great Satan of the West and everybody else will one day be as gone as they would by way of your intended nukes, but with AI. Unless, of course, our human genetic declination gets there first.
Bomba Socks: What the. . .? Couldn't they come up with an original name for their product? Bomba was the cinema's jungle boy of the 1940s portrayed by actor Johnny Sheffield (who also played the son of Tarzan in some movies) at a time when Tarzan films were popular. Or is this footwear designed for the jungle? I'll be watching TV nature programs to see if bush monkeys show up wearing Bomba socks.
James Carville and the Democrats are scary as hell: Are you listening to or reading the stuff with which these folks concern themselves? Michael Brown's weekend program last weekend laid out the agenda very well, frighteningly so. One option appears to be passing legislation without even notifying the public or allowing engagement in a discussion of an issue. If the new Democrats have their way -- and believe me, the old Kennedy and blue dog Democrats are all but gone -- Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C. will become two more states (leftist through and through, of course) and the Supreme Court could be packed with maybe four more justices. Some thirty million illegal aliens and their family members could become citizens overnight and political enemies (that is, those on the right primarily) could be tried in the Hague!
Meanwhile, Brown points a puzzled finger at Senate leader John Thune, who appears to be sitting on his hands when it comes to doing significant things such as going all "talking filibuster" in order to pass the important Save America Act. Nor does he seem willing to allow ANY recess appointments to accomplish funding for DHS and his apparent reluctance at getting the Senate to approve more than 150 executive positions chosen earlier by Donald Trump is an outrage. While Senate actions or rather lack of such are cause for alarm, the fact that the House side of government anticipates the retirement soon of 36 Republicans and 22 Democrats -- to be replaced by whom? -- is something to watch closely.
A final word: Canada, save yourself, dump your political progressives and return to something normal. Remember those days?







