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If Pearl Clutching Was An Olympic Sport, She Would Have A Tough Decision About What To Wear Around Her Neck!
“And I will make this argument right up to the moment it comes to a vote, at which point I will side with the President because reasons.”
Senator Susan Collins is the Lucille van Pelt of American politics: always holding out hope that if her actions match her words, she will do the right thing, always pulling the political football away from Charlie Blue at the last moment.
This was the Senator who was “shocked, shocked, I tell you” to discover that Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, despite telling Congress how much he loved stare decisis at his confirmation hearings (prompting many to tell him to “get a room,” then immediately regretting the decision because of the image it put in their heads), voted to overturn Roe v Wade. Court watchers warned her that would be the case. Law and Order watchers warned her that would be the case. Boiling pots of water watchers warned her that would be the case. She voted to confirm him anyway.
At this point, I wouldn’t trust her to boil an egg even if the instructions were etched into the side of the pot and she took a twelve week course from a world-famous chef on the proper way to prepare eggs, let alone a vote on important political issues. So, why do Maine voters keep electing her despite the fact that she consistently screws them? I guess she reminds many of them of their kindly old grandmother.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I need to go and wash that image out of my head!
SOURCE: Karl’s Big Red Web Page of Unreconstructed Marxism
[http://www.bigred.commie/articles/218^.htm]
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To Be Fair, The Issue Is Competing In The US With 127 Different Scandals, While It’s Competing In Canada With Debates About The Value Of The CBC That Have Been Going On For Decades
Toronto Star headlines about the collapse of trade talks between Canada and the United States:
“Of course you realize, this means (trade) war!”
“Trump ‘can’t be trusted,’ Ford says
‘Trust me, I know about right-wing politicians!'”
“CANADA-U.S. TRADE WAR
Business leaders blame Carney government
‘The metallic taste of the ring gets easier to stomach the more often you kiss it’ they claim”
“CANADA-U.S. TRADE WAR
Other countries look on with envy and awe
‘You can say no to Trump? Who knew?'”
European Union taking notes
“ELBOWS UP
Lessons for politicians from hockey players on how they deal with on-ice bullies”
New York Times headline about the collapse of trade talks between the United States and Canada:
“Trump Screws Canada, Again
American Markets Yawn”
SOURCE: Economics For Dummies
[http://www.politicsfordummies.com/entertainmentfordummies/economicsfordummies/home.asp?did=647&dir=bb]
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“Drill, Baby, Drill!”*
INT. MEETING ROOM (ITTOQQORTOORMIIT, GREENLAND) – DAY
Greenland Energy Company Board Member RODERICK McILLTREE sits across the table from Greenlander AAGE MUSKOX.
RODERICK McILLTREE: I understand you have some concerns about drilling for oil off the coast near your home.
AAGE MUSKOX: Concerns? Concerns‽ I have some deep, bloody problems with it!
McILLTREE: That’s why Greenland Energy wanted to talk to –
MUSKOX: If you’re “Greenland” Energy, why are you based in Texas?
McILLTREE: I can assure you that, although our company belongs in Texas, our hearts will always belong to Greenland.
MUSKOX: Uh hunh. Is that why Greenland will only get 15% of the profits from the sale of our oil?
McILLTREE: Be reasonable, Aage. Greenland Energy will be risking a lot of money investing in your country. We deserve to be fairly compensated.
MUSKOX: Un hunh. You said this stretch of Greenland had the same geology as the North Sea oil fields, which yielded billions of barrels. Didn’t sound like there was much risk there, you ask me.
McILLTREE: (shrugs philosophically) Life is full of risk. You walk out of your house on a clear, sunny day and your umbrella gets hit by a bus. There are no guarantees.
Pause.
MUSKOX: You brought a barge of equipment to the village even though your permit had expired.
McILLTREE: (philosophically shrugs) What is time, really? A straight line or a loop. If it’s a loop, the permit would have been good again. We just didn’t want to wait 17 billion years – can you blame us?
MUSKOX: Un hunh. A few days after you did that, you unloaded another piece of heavy equipment without proper notification.
McILLTREE: We did kind of…screw the pooch on that one. We feel very bad about that. In our defence, it was an ugly dog, wrinkled and missing most of its teeth.
MUSKOX: You crushed my wife’s petunia patch.
McILLTREE: (again with the shrugging and the philosophy) Well, that’s progress, isn’t it? For every person who benefits, there’s always somebody whose petunia patch must be destroyed. But ask yourself this question: in these times of economic uncertainty, don’t you want the jobs that will come with this project?
MUSKOX: Ermm…can I get back to you on that?
McIlltree beams.
SOURCE: Weekends!
[http://www.nobc.com/Weekends/video/play.shtml?mea=227911]
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* “Seek Permission Afterwards…”
Sad How Easily The Grimm Brothers Turned Into Orwell
“The sky is falling! The sky is falling! Sharia law is coming calling!” warned Chicken Republican.
“No, it isn’t,” said Wombat Democrat. “The United States has never elected a Muslim to Congress.”
“The sky is falling! The sky is falling! Sharia law is coming calling!” warned Chicken Republican.
“No, it isn’t,” said Henator Senator. “It would need a majority of votes in both houses of Congress and the president’s signature. Never gonna happen.”
“The sky is falling! The sky is falling! Sharia law is coming calling!” warned Chicken Republican.
“No, it isn’t,” said Budgie Judgey. “It would have to survive court challenges on various Constitutional grounds, which seems highly unlikely.”
“The sky is falling! The sky is falling! Sharia law is coming calling!” warned Chicken Republican.
“No, it isn’t,” said Gander Statelander. “It would require a Constitutional change, which would require the ratification of 38 states. You can’t get 38 states to agree that it’s Tuesday!
“The sky is falling! The sky is falling! Sharia law is coming calling!” warned Chicken Republican.
“The sky is falling! The sky is falling! Sharia law is coming calling!” warned Foxy Doxy.
“The sky is falling! The sky is falling! Sharia law is coming calling!” warned Batter Online Chatter.
And enough of the farm animals believed it that they willingly marched themselves to the slaughterhouse.
SOURCE: The Leek
[http://www.theleek.com/sharia-and-sharia-alike-1820946312]
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