News and reviews: September 2017

I'm back ...! I guess so, anyway. Is that guy from New York City still in the White House? What's his name? He's forgotten us, so I've forgotten him. There is indeed a man by the name of Donald Trump who is the President, although he bears absolutely no relation to the chap I endorsed.
This Donald Trump wants to escalate the unwinnable game of charades in Afghanistan ("Ooh, ooh, I got it—the Taliban?"), increased the debt ceiling in cahoots with the two slimiest swamp creatures in existence when there are so many other ways of providing relief for victims of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, and says he will sign whatever Chamber of Commerce-approved piece of trash legislation that Paul Ryan slept with to give a permanent amnesty to the "Dreamers". Their dream, our nightmare.
The President has said that he wants to end NAFTA, but Jivanka will convince him that Mexican CHILDREN will suffer if he does and that—mark my words, dear reader—will be the end of that.
I know, I said I wouldn't discuss that boob nor the completely useless fools in Congress anymore, so here goes ... I present you with recent stories that you may not have heard but will blow your minds:

On August 23, Naz Shah, the Muslim MP for Bradford West and a key ally of the far-Left Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn (Britain's version of Bernie Sanders), was suspended by the party for opining that the white girls in Rotherham who were sexually abused by the gang of Muslim men operating in the area should "shut their mouths, for the good of diversity."
Ms. Shah has also opined that Sharia-controlled councils are a force for good and should be supported and that "the Jews are rallying," in reference to Israel.
Shah's suspension may look like a fitting response by Labour, but Rotherham MP Sarah Champion, when she dared to posit that the people of Britain do not approve of Pakistani men abusing girls from the native population, was moved to the backbench, from her former frontbench position by the same party. I guess the message here is, lock up your girls when Labour's in power.

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After a man—apparently, a fully grown, adult man—was chased away from a doorstep by a Yorkshire terrier, seven policemen were sent to the dog owner's house to remove the 10-year-old pet.
When a delivery man tried to deliver a parcel to the home of Claudia Settimo-Bovio, the little dog, named Alfie, became excited, prompting the man to flee in terror and scream, "He's killing me." This grown-ass man then tried to make a little scratch he received when he fell over into a bloody wound.
Settimo-Bovi said, in response to the seizing of Alfie by the authorities under the Dangerous Dogs Act, "My dog is not vicious. He’s not a Rottweiler; he's a little Yorkshire terrier. I live on my own and he's very protective of me. He just likes to chase. Show me a dog who doesn't like to chase."
The story does have a happy ending as Alfie was returned home after spending six days in custody.
Seven police officers responding to a "vicious" Yorkshire terrier. The mind just spins, does it not?

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John Lewis, often considered the bellwether for British retail, has made the decision to sell non-gender specific children's clothes. One of the items the department store group is offering is a dinosaur-patterned dress that is intended for little boys as well as girls.
Predictably, the retailer also said it would remove "boys" and "girls" labeling from children's wear sections of its stores. While some "modern" parents approve, John Lewis faced a backlash for the move, with many customers expressing disappointment that the store would give in so easily to political correctness.
John Lewis head of children's wear Caroline Bettis defended the store's policy, noting that the retailer has no desire to "reïnforce gender stereotypes."
Andrew Bridgen, a Conservative MP, responded, "I have no idea what would possess John Lewis to do this. I cannot see many customers buying a dress for their six-year-old boy."
I'm with Mr. Bridgen on this.

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You know, I couldn't help but notice who wasn't making their presence known in the Houston area in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. That's right, Antifa and Black Lives Matter (Only When White People are Involved). Black families were in desperate need of assistance yet the crowd who constantly cite the evils of "white privilege" weren't there to show their solidarity with them. Funny how that works.
At least the Occupoopers tried to do some good by helping out the victims of Hurricane Sandy when it devastated the Northeast in 2012. Antifa and BLM (OWWPAI)? They couldn't see the white supremacist fascism in the weather.
And what about the technocrat billionaires and the Hollywood crowd? They love to pontificate on our responsibilities to each other, don't they? Where are the billion-dollar checks being signed and distributed by Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and Tim Cook? At least Hollywood will make a sex- and violence-drenched movie about it next year, so that'll be their contribution.
Liberals, meanwhile, excoriated Senator Ted Cruz because he voted against a Hurricane Sandy relief fund because it was completely full of pork barrel spending and could not in good conscience vote for a bill that addressed storm relief largely in name only. Progressives also wasted no time complaining about climate change rather than concentrating on what they could do to assist the relief efforts. Never let a crisis go to waste!
Then there are the really good, caring folks who, while telling us that Trump should have been more of an "empathetic" Crier-in-Chief instead of a Churchillian Commander in Chief, displayed their own empathy by positing that Texas deserved Harvey and the devastation it wrought because Mr. Trump won the Lone Star state.
These progressives, who won’t stop bitching and trying to tear the country down while lives have been turned upside-down along the Texas Gulf coast, honestly wonder why about half the country does not want to be all "peace and love" like them. Why, these compassionate Lefties only want to overturn democracy and exterminate whites and "Uncle Tom" minorities, you know? How could you deplorables resist such an enriching sociopolitical platform?

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Keenan Jones, a 44-year-old black man, was viciously beaten up by a gang of teenagers when he asked them to not smoke cannabis on the train. The yout's, I should mention, were also African-American.

The incident, which happened in Dallas, was filmed and the footage shows Mr. Jones being pummeled by the gang both on and off the train. In addition to being punched and kicked, Jones was hit several times with skateboards.

Anyone want to argue at this point for the passivity of pot smokers?

When the beating continued at the Deep Ellum rapid transit station, Jones appealed to the mob, "OK, OK, y'all win!" While recovering in the hospital, Jones recalls, "Everything just went from 0 to 100. I'm just very happy to be here, happy to hug my kids."

Remember, folks, black lives matter!