The Crazies In Congress

PowerLine highlights some of the Green New Deal, explained by the Crazy from New York.

We set a goal to get to net-zero, rather than zero emissions, in 10 years because we aren’t sure that we’ll be able to fully get rid of farting cows and airplanes that fast....

Who needs all that milk, butter, and cheese?

There's more!!

...Totally overhaul transportation by massively expanding electric vehicle manufacturing, build charging stations everywhere, build out high- speed rail at a scale where air travel stops becoming necessary, create affordable public transit available to all, with goal to replace every combustion-engine vehicle....

OK, sweetie.  You can have my car when you pry it from my cold, dead, hands.  And there's this little problem, too.

Scalia, Northam, Abortion

Fr. Rutler, midst an essay on the infant-killer Northam, reminds us of Humpty-Dumpty:

“The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master—that’s all.”

Scalia the Great summed up all of Government in the following:  "The question is 'Who decides'?"

Indeed.

Cuomo Was an Altar Boy

Governor Death 'scuses hisself claiming that he is a "former altar boy."

Yes.  And Judas is a "former apostle."

Aside from former-ness, Cuomo and Judas have something else in common:  they facilitated the malevolence of the State in preference to right order.  Each chose Death, not Life.


They'll have a lot to talk about when they meet in Hell, eh?

Notice Something Missing Here?

Following the death of a Milwaukee officer, a number of dignitaries sent condolences.

Milwaukee Sheriff's Office:   ...May a star guide our friend home to heavenly rest and let the angels encamp themselves around our family, friends and loved ones to be a comfort to all...
Ald. Latonya Johnson:  ...“Today my heart, thoughts and prayers are with the Milwaukee Police Department as they mourn the loss of one of their own...

FBI/Milwaukee:   ...Please pray for the families of our fallen officers and the men and women who are dedicated to keeping us safe.”...

Waukesha Sheriff's Office:   ...Our thoughts and prayers are going out...

Milwaukee Fire Department:  ...Our thoughts and prayers go out to our brothers and sisters in blue....

Gov. Evers:   This loss is a reminder that men and women put their lives on the line every day to protect our citizens and communities in Wisconsin. We are grateful for their bravery and call to service.

A.G. Kaul:   I join all of Wisconsin in mourning the loss of one of our brave law enforcement officers. Those who put on the uniform every day put their safety at risk to protect others and to save lives.

Lt. Gov. Barnes:   My deepest sympathy and condolences to the loved ones, family, and colleagues of the @MilwaukeePolice Officer who tragically lost his life in the line of duty today. I am grateful for those who risk their lives in service every day to keep our communities safe.

The statements from Evers, Kaul, and Barnes are reproduced IN FULL from the Channel 58 website; the others are excerpted from the Channel 6 website.

If  you're paying attention, you'll note that there is something missing from the highest-ranking Democrats in this State:  the word "Prayers."  It was also missing from Scott Walker's tweet.

Hmmmmmm.

Dear Cdl. Dolan, Where Have You BEEN? UPDATED!!

Monica Migliorino Miller, again.  But see update below!!

Towards the end of the [Fox and Friends] broadcast the cardinal answered the following question submitted by a viewer: “What is the Church’s stance on a mother who gets an abortion?”
Dolan responded:

 [To] a mom who has an abortion, we’d say, “Mom, we love you. We might not, uh, particularly condone what you just did. But we love you, and, uh, we’re not about to judge you.” It used to be people who said we should excommunicate the mothers that did that. We don’t do that anymore. You’re welcome back in the Church. If you have a sense of shame and regret about what you’ve done—and I presume you might—uh, come and ask for God’s mercy and it’s yours for the asking. So the blame doesn’t need to go on the mom here… You would say that it used to be pretty clean that an abortion would cause the excommunication not only of the one who did it, [but] people who encourage it, and the one who had it. The Church in the last 50 years—beginning with, uh, Pope John Paul II and especially intensified under Pope Francis—has said, “I don’t know if that’s gospel values, here, because mercy trumps everything.” And even though we would be uncompromising, uh, in our teaching about the horror of abortion, we would also be uncompromising in our teaching about God’s mercy....

Frankly, I don't watch any of the morning 'news-ish' programs because they are usually drivel plus weather maps.  Who needs that?

Well, Cdl. Dolan certainly produced the "drivel" for that show.  As Miller remarks:

...Cardinal Dolan’s response to this question is shot through with multiple errors. It gives me no pleasure to say so, but he totally misrepresented the teachings and practice of the Church regarding the canonical penalty that applies to those who cause abortion. Perhaps Dolan was overly eager to emphasize and provide a coast-to-coast teaching moment on the mercy of God. But in doing so he left doctrinal and pastoral wreckage in his wake....

Yah, well, it gives ME no pleasure to observe that Cdl. Dolan is now tied with Pp. Francis on the doctrinal/canonical error index.  Apparently the Cardinal didn't read anything coming from Rome during the papacies of JPII and B-16.

Put plainly, as Vince Lombardi once shouted:  "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON OUT THERE??"

UPDATE:  Ed Peters demurs, citing Canon 1324, #1, which basically exempts almost every woman from the penalty of C. 1398.   Odd, because my recollection of the law is the same as Miller's.  We prolly heard it from the same (flawed) source back in the '70's....

On the other hand, 1398 replaces a Canon which specifically included the mothers in the 'excommunication'.  Since 1398 says NOTHING to change that, it's logical to conclude that the moms ARE excommunicated, subject to 1324 #1.  So Monica may be wrong (as was I) but only because plain English is very misleading, per Peters. 

Democrats' Historical Moment

We know the history of the (D) Party. 

Now the lady-parts owners of the (D) Party is celebrating that history at the SOTU. 

Image courtesy of Althouse.

Chicago Urged to Annex Suburbs

Some bunch of characters is urging Chicago to annex some suburbs to enhance Chicago's tax revenues.  The immediate targets include Oak Lawn.

But NOT Evanston, Skokie, or Winnetka.  Hmmmmm...

The UW School of Medicine: Pissing Away $600 Million

A number of years ago, Blue Cross/Blue Shield converted from non-profit to for-profit status.  They paid the State of Wisconsin $600 MILLION for that privilege, with the money going to a Foundation for improvement of public health in the State.

That did not go well; Wisconsin's public-health ranking has dropped (like a rock!) from 6th in 1992 to 26th in 2017.   Both Doyle and Walker contributed to that problem.

But what about that $600 MILLION fund established in the early 2000's?

Yup.  It's being flushed right down the Porcelain Tube of Lefty Activism.  Grants for planting gardens?  Sure!!  Grants for "hate whitey" outfits?  Of course!!  How about the UW's very own Communist Party branch, COWS?  Sure!!

And of course, the dean of the UW Med school lied like Hell about where the money goes.

You wonder why we have Trump?  Dummies.....

Mo' GAS TAX!! (Imaginative, Eh??)

Demonstrating that Tony Evers' 'imaginative' and 'outside-the box' thinking is .......not.

...Gov. Tony Evers’ Transportation task force has spent the past couple of days weighing all kinds of tax-and-fee-increase ideas, but members appear to overwhelmingly support a hike in the state’s gas tax and a return to gas tax indexing. ...

That's a big hike, and as usual, it will slam the poor--who cannot buy shiny new fuel-efficient cars--much harder than other folks.  But Evers, who is a pretty dumb stooge for the RoadBuilders and Operating Engineers, probably doesn't know that.

Summing Up Pp. Francis

Good ol' Pope Francis stepped into it again.

...Freedom is a right of every person: each individual enjoys the freedom of belief, thought, expression and action. The pluralism and the diversity of religions, colour, sex, race and language are willed by God in His wisdom, through which He created human beings. This divine wisdom is the source from which the right to freedom of belief and the freedom to be different derives. Therefore, the fact that people are forced to adhere to a certain religion or culture must be rejected, as too the imposition of a cultural way of life that others do not accept....

Nope.  Plenty more on that "nope" at this link.  Read the WHOLE thing, as Francis the Fumbler makes another error....

That said, a Catholic University prof inadvertently summed up Pp. Francis for us!

 puzzling and potentially problematic

Alliteration!  Brevity!!  Accuracy!!  And that professor cleverly used the phrase to define the heresy ol' Francis the Jesuit proclaimed, rather than simply stating that it is Francis who is the problem...but we all know what he meant, wink wink wink.

Meantime, Fr. John Zuhlsdorf sprays a couple of pounds of Foo-Foo Dust while defending Francis' outright heresy. 

 ...When we speak of God’s will we make distinctions.  God has an “active or positive will” and a  “permissive will”.    God’s “active will” concerns that which is good, true and beautiful.  On the other hand, God has a “permissive will” by which He allows that things will take place that are not in accord with the order He established....

Let me help you here:  God ALLOWS bad stuff, including Mohammedanism.  He does NOT "WILL" it.  Got it, Fr. Z?    Here's a Dominican, who actually understands Aquinas:

....“the problem with Fr Z’s interpretation is the reference to religions comes in a list of other things that God does will (and doesn’t simply permit), such as sexes, colors and races.”

“Even the diversity of languages, though originally a punishment was willed and caused by God,” the theologian noted. “But the diversity of religions is due to sin and so is not willed and caused by God. We can say that it ‘comes under His Providence,’ but then so does everything, even the worst crimes.”...

 Oh, well.  More prayer!!

Milwaukee County Is a Laughingstock

Pretty much, no matter how bad things are in Milwaukee County, they can always get worse.

And they did.

...In a short email on Tuesday evening, Lucas confirmed that he has named Ted Chisholm, the 20-year-old son of District Attorney John Chisholm, as his chief of staff. Ted Chisholm had a prominent role on Lucas' successful campaign last year, and his father was a big supporter of the Democratic sheriff....

This is a newly created position by the new sheriff, who took office last month. It represents a sharp break from previous sheriffs, who typically surrounded themselves only with law enforcement personnel, not political activists.

Lucas did not say how much Ted Chisholm will be paid, but insiders estimate the salary at about $80,000 a year,...

Chisholm's old man is remembered as a vicious political hack who is NOT burdened by morals or ethics.  The kid?  Based on Bice's article, he ain't much better.  And Lucas?  He's just a whore.

But the County taxpayers will shovel out $80K plus a very nice retirement and benefits package for the kid.

BWAAA  HAAAA HAAA HAAAA!!!

Speaking of RBF, We Have Cory Booker

Below we mentioned one old prune.

Here we mention a younger twerp:  Cory Booker, who is another case of Resting BitchFace.

RBF Booker seeks theological advice from Circuit Court nominee.  That's a first, and almost as tasteless and grotesque as the line of excrement emanating from Feinstein last summer.  Emanations and penumbras, indeed.

No, they have no shame.  Don't ask.

Pelosi, RBF

"Pelosi Agonistes" doesn't ring true.

Pelosi, Resting BitchFace is exactly what my dear wife said on observing the old hag.

"Extreme and Radical"? Yup. Democrats.

Judge Hagedorn is under attack for being a Christian who actually believes his Faith.  (He should be comforted that he's following the via crucis of Gordy Giampietro.....)

The mouthpiece for the Lefty opponent, Ms. Neubauer, refers to Hagedorn's positions as "extreme" and "radical" while carefully stepping around on the blood-soaked floor of the Democrat abortion-table, replete with parts-sales and "comforted" newborns awaiting execution.

Hagedorn's comments about the Constitutionally problematic 'gay marriage' decision happen to parallel those of Antonin Scalia; the logic of that decision leads precisely to the conclusion both of them drew.  His hatred for Planned Parenthood is perfectly reasonable; as he observed, that organization lives a lie about 'caring' for women, when in fact, it cares only about money, although killing babies is also a priority.

Hagedorn is no extremist; and no matter the blathering of "professors" and "observers," Hagedorn will do exactly what judges are supposed to do:  decide the law. 

Meantime, the Left--Ms. Neubauer's bunch--will legislate more mass murder.  Who's on the side of the "extreme" and "radical"??

You can figure it out.

Going To California? Don't.

VD Hanson has a very sad essay about driving in California, and he only has to run about 200 miles point-to-point. 

About 30 years ago I made roughly the same run (Modesto to SFO) by car; it was a pleasant drive.  Mid-summer, so all the greenery was green, all the garlic was.....garlic-y.....and there were miles and miles and miles and miles of grapevines.  Stopped at the HQ of Sun-Maid to gawk; picked up a tee-shirt, resumed the drive.

Things changed.

...2) It is wiser not to use the restrooms on any California cross-country drive. Excrement can be many places other than in the toilet. Also, fill up before starting. Don’t count on finding gas stations that are not overcrowded or have all their pumps working—even the ones with national affiliations that look as inviting from the off-ramp as Circe’s smile....

...3) Assume “Mad Max” conditions at any time. Contraptions can pose as vehicles in the most regulated vehicle state in the nation (there is a reason why the California DMV is dysfunctional). Cars can still tow each other, 1950s-style, with sagging rope. Expect a piece of lumber or a mattress to go Frisbee on every other trip. Anticipate that a quarter of the drivers have bad brakes, worse tires, and ignore or cannot read signs and posted warnings. The person who passes you at 90 miles per hour likely does not have a license, or registration, or insurance—or, perhaps, any of the three....

There's more, if you have an interest.  I don't.  No reason to go there, and if there WERE one, I'd find a way to get out of the adventure.

That Houston Raid: Wrong Address??

Below we obliquely referenced a Houston raid/shooting in which four LEO's were killed, along with the two occupants of the house they raided.

No matter what, when six people die, it's no damn good at all.  But there are reports that the whole thing  could have been avoided.

...Something Art Acevedo did not say is that the officers who entered the home were in plain clothes—not uniforms.

What’s more, upon entering the house, they immediately began shooting as one officer killed the couple’s dog. That’s when Tuttle came out of the back room with his .357 handgun and opened fire.

Even more suspicious is the fact that these alleged black tar heroin dealers—had no heroin. The only thing police alleged to have found was a small bit of marijuana and a white powdery substance. Police also said they found several guns, which all happened to be entirely legal....

Neighbors state, loudly and flat-out, that this couple was NOT dealing drugs, period, and the chief of police is being evasive about pertinent facts--like whether there was a criminal record for either of the occupants.  Hint:  there is NOT such a record.

Some way, some how, these "tips" should be FAR better vetted by the cops.

The Great Gladys Knight!

Scott Johnson is dead-on in his assessment of Gladys Knight's singing of the anthem.

What I heard in Ms. Knight’s rendition of the anthem was belief in the United States of America and pride in our history. Perhaps it’s wishful hearing on my part. It probably is. But her performance spoke for itself. It burned to convey love of country. It belied the disgrace of the kneeling protests. It redeemed the time. 

You can re-hear it at the link Scott provides in his post.

Gun-Grabbers Back to "Public Health" Meme

The gun-grabber bunch has tried (and failed with) a number of excuses for their jackwaddery.

Now they're back to "Public Health Menace" language.  That's so because the only way for them to prevail is to arouse some Federal support, and the only place where they can get Federal support will be from Centers for Disease Control, which is populated with Lefty wacko-birds just dying to get more taxpayer money so they can invent "health" problems associated with guns. 

Naturally, the "health problem" they will find will be this:  allowing guns to exist in the USA is "un-healthy" because criminals use guns to kill or hospitalize people.  Well, then, Q.E.D., ban all guns!!  Terms like 'instrument' will not be allowed in the discussion, nor in their "scientific" findings.

All you need is that One Weird Trick!!

They tried that gambit back in 2012, and it failed.  They have resuscitated *cough* it for 2018, and it will fail again (sorry, Steve Hargarten, but your East Side Establishment Lefty Persona is showing.)

But they're willing to try, try, again.

Yup. Roberts Screwed You With ObozoCare

Chief Justice "Weasel" Roberts stuck it right up the nether orifice of US citizens with his greaseball politicking on ObozoCare.

It was SO greasy that even Kennedy couldn't stand it.

So in reality, there is another Radical Lefty on SCOTUS--and you'll see him going "open" with that as soon as RBG is declared dead (if she's not already at room temperature) and Trump installs another actual American on the Court.

Well, that's one REALLY GOOD reason for Trump 2020, no??

The Mafia of Gay Priests, Bishops, Cardinals

There is a man who has 'lived the experience' in the homosex community and what he has to say should raise the eyebrows of Catholics who are relaxed about the Clerical Homosex Network.

...Ex-wives of gay men, ex-gays, and kids of gays know this routine. The gay community enables abuse. If you speak publicly about how the community harmed you, they double down on the abuse by destroying your career and reputation in the public square.

When I compiled Jephthah's Daughters with sixteen other writers, we carefully assembled accounts of people who grew up with gay parents. We found similar stories of abuse that the children saw around them. Despite the rigged social-science research, what I found in interviews came across loud and clear: Having gay parents is difficult not because of external homophobia, but because the gay community's abusive habits filter into the home.

What feels banal and unremarkable in the gay world outrages people with a mainstream American mindset. The gay community has known this for a long time. Gay leadership has worked deliberately to prevent the truth about its inner workings from reaching a broader audience.

After decades silencing whistleblowers, gays face the terrifying prospect of losing their "untouchable" status. When the truth unfurls, the gay political movement will lose almost all its credibility because the whole community worked together to hide its abuse for so long....

Recall, for example, +Rembert Weakland's attacks on whistleblowers in Milwaukee.  They were called "divisive" (with an elongated sibilance, no less!) and "anti-clerical."  And of course, the whistleblowers were fired from their jobs in the Archdiocese. 

Notice that priests rarely, if ever, address the problem head-on.  If you think that's co-incidence, you are dead wrong.  They know better; they've been warned. 

Another example:  +Listecki's utter silence about the homosexualist Fr. Massingale.  Listecki knows better than to remonstrate this putrid carbuncle in public;  the homosex Mafia does not take such things well at all and +Listecki will be punished by them. 

These are dangerous people.  That's why the Pope is trying to throw a blanket over the whole thing.  How long before it passes??