We Will Never Be Rid of The New York Times

Today's New York Times devotes the entire front page of the Opinion section, 12 by 24 inches of its most valuable news space, to an illustration of Tucker Carlson, popular political analyst and former star of FOX News. Wow, that's something! You'd think they would save that for "FIRST TRANSGENDER DEAF PRESIDENT WITH DOWN SYNDROME WINS IN A LANDSLIDE." But no, it's Tucker, with a headline in tiny, almost illegible, letters stretching across his face that says, "We Will Never Be Rid of Tucker Carlson." (I certainly hope that's true.) 

They might as well have titled it, "We Will Never Be Rid of People Who Think for Themselves," or "We Will Never Be Rid of the Two-Party System," or "We Must Rid the World of People Who Disagree With Us" or "Anyone Who Dares to Have A Shred of An Original Thought Must Be Silenced." At the very least that would be honest.

Anyway, since my husband insists that we keep buying the Sunday Times, if only for the magazine crossword puzzle, I will continue to see articles that raise my blood pressure and make me nauseous, coincidentally two symptoms of my heart attack five years ago. I hope reading the Times doesn't kill me.

Finally, A Reason to Be A Democrat

A beautiful First Couple!

The fact that Joe Biden has decided to run in 2024 with Kamala Harris as his VP, despite the fact that she has accomplished nothing and is the laughingstock of the entire country, if not the world, has made me think even less of him if that were possible. 

And so to prevent the horror of his winning and the possibility of Kamala ever becoming the president should he fall down the stairs and hit his head and die, or pass away peacefully in his sleep, or get poisoned by Barack Obama's henchmen, I am registering as a Democrat so I can vote in the primary for Bobby Kennedy Jr., a brilliant man with plenty of great ideas. (Get over his voice problem, please.) 

As a bonus we'd get Cheryl Hines as First Lady! What a hoot! 

Match the Liar to the Lie!

"I remember a terrible moment a dozen years back during the invasion of Iraq when the helicopter we were traveling in was forced down after being hit by an RPG." 

“We have learned something important since the days that I served in Vietnam.”

"I did not have sexual relations with that woman."

"The first year in law school, I decided I didn’t want to be in law school and ended up in the bottom two-thirds of my class. And then decided I wanted to stay, went back to law school and, in fact, ended up in the top half of my class."

"I am not a crook."

"I remember landing under sniper fire."

"My Paw-paw had high cheekbones, like all Indians do."

“We know for sure I didn’t send this photograph." 

"The NIH has not ever and does not now fund gain-of-function research in the Wuhan Institute of Virology."

"Father, I can not tell a lie: I cut the tree."

💬Bill Clinton, President

💬Anthony Weiner, Congressman

💬Elizabeth Warren, Senator

💬Richard Nixon, President

💬George Washington, President

💬Brian Williams, News Anchor

💬Richard Blumenthal, Senator

💬Joe Biden, President

💬Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director CDC

💬Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State

Even More Woke Barbie

"I'm Barbie. Guess my affliction!"

We can all breathe easier now that there's a Barbie with Down syndrome. This is so little girls, and of course boys and transgenders, with that condition will see themselves and feel included. Despite the manufacturer's pledge to "ensure the doll accurately represents a person with Down syndrome," this new Barbie doesn't look at all like anyone with that condition. Instead, she looks like a beauty queen with a slightly wide forehead, and she comes with plastic leg braces you can attach as needed.

I'm sure they mean well over at Mattel but they missed the mark on this one. The "curvy" Barbie released several years ago also disappoints, looking maybe ten pounds overweight at most -- she's no Lizzo, that's for sure. (Not even a Hillary Clinton.) And why no Ugly Barbie? There are many more unattractive people in the world than those born with Down syndrome. Surely little ugly girls, and of course boys and transgenders, deserve to feel included too. 

Come on, Mattel -- be woke if you must, but don't expect kudos for a half-assed job.

Say It Ain't So, Joe

It's mind-blowing to me that Joe Biden is seeking a second term as president, dragging along his joke of a VP, Kamala Harris, and nobody in the Democratic Party is stopping them. Are we to conclude that, after careful consideration, it has been determined that absolutely nobody else in the Democratic party -- no senator, no congressman, no governor -- is better qualified to fill those roles than an elderly, half-demented, sputtering, stuttering lifelong loser with obvious criminal activities in his past and a cackling simpleton who can barely make sense but happens to be brown-skinned and female? Are those two clowns really their "best and brightest"? 

If so, it's little wonder that so many kids are on antidepressants, or commit suicide, or take drugs or shoot up schools, and each other, these days. 

When I was a teen I had JFK to look up to. He appeared as a knight in shining armor, his now legendary flaws hidden from the public back then. I felt safe and protected, secure that I lived in the greatest country in the world. Today's teens see a cranky old coot -- 82 if he wins in 2024 -- running things, supposedly, although the sharpest among them must have figured out Joe's just a puppet of some nefarious, behind-the-scenes cabal of organizers (see photo), and off they go looking for another hit of oxycontin.

If there is a God that cares about the United States, He will figure out a way to divert Joe's path to the nearest glue factory before the next election. If not, things will just go from bad to worse in America, as if they could they get any worse. 

TV Gets Dumber

A shocking story of the day is that popular newsman Tucker Carlson will no longer be reporting on FOX News. Carlson was virtually the only reason to watch that cable channel, or any cable channel, as he delivered thoughtful and probing analyses of political developments not available anywhere else since the deaths of William F. Buckley and Rush Limbaugh. With Tucker gone there's no reason at all to turn on the TV ever again, at least not for news. 

Online, people are showing their true colors. All the Democrats are of course thrilled, since Tucker's show had the largest audience share, putting poor liberal CNN to shame! But how could they know if Tucker was good or bad if they never saw his show? Proof lies in the following exchange copied and pasted from the comments section of CNN's website:

"Fox said that the 8 p.m. time slot, which Carlson has held since April 2017, will be filled on an interim basis by “rotating Fox News personalities until a new host is named.”

(One of the comments:) "Well, I've never even watched that channel, but they've certainly described themselves aptly, since they are anything but journalists or news anchors!! Lol."

The commenter admits he has NEVER EVEN WATCHED THAT CHANNEL, yet feels confident to voice an opinion on the quality of their journalists. That about sums up the Democrats perfectly: They've been brainwashed. 

Have you?

Slouching Towards Jerusalem

"Demonstrations could happen anywhere in Israel and the Palestinian Territories. Violence is common around religious and commemoration events and following political developments. Particularly in and around the Old City in Jerusalem. Avoid demonstrations."

Israeli hot sauce

The statements above are taken verbatim from a website concerning travel to Israel at this time. Since I am scheduled to visit that country for a span of two weeks beginning on May 12, I am naturally apprehensive. My husband says not to worry. That's a joke, since everyone knows I worry about everything, ranging from an infected hangnail to getting blown to smithereens in the middle of an Israeli market, or possibly in our lovely Airbnb apartment located in the Old City in Jerusalem.

We are going despite the risks since apparently they have fabulous hummus and halvah in many flavors not available in the U.S. Also, my husband loves the hot "red sauce" they put on their falafel and is willing to risk his own life and that of his wife and son to enjoy some again, even though the recipe is available online and I would happily make it at home and remain alive.

I don't even like falafel.