Supply Chain and Trucker Terrorists

The inadequacies of government are most apparent when agencies fail to communicate in a useful manner.

Of course MSNBC sees it differently, to them the supply changes issues are the fault of middle aged white men that voted for Trump.

The Supply Chain and Border Security

All governments are inadequate. This citizen believes that the government that is most responsive is that that is closest the the people. Local governments have their weaknesses, but are answerable to their constituents.

Two federal agencies failing to protect citizens not sharing information (silos), is easy to imagine and should be easy to fix. 

Easy, if the agency isn't led by a gender confused fool like Buttigieg.

Self Defense

Have been pondering some of the things said during the prosecution of Mr. Rittenhouse. 

There seems to be a conflict of Constitutional guarantees. One of the foundations is that citizens have the right to possess property. If we are guaranteed that privilege, why do local governments assert that we aren't we allowed to protect that. 

Conflict emerges with the concept that inflicting injury upon a perpetrator is an infraction on that person's civil rights. 

In all cases, including the Rittenhouse, the issues are generally decided upon who was the aggressor and who was in a defensive posture.

Why would a prosecutor suggest that a legally armed man forfeit the right to self defense?

With focus on Rittenhouse, all three of the assailants suffered for their foolish attempts to blindside an armed and well trained man.

As it should be.

Voter Suppression

 Not today....

Stacey Abrams is driving around Atlanta, she gets off on an Interstate 285 exit to find food (of course). Gets lost and finally stops at a rural grocery, and asks

"How do I get back to 285"?

Elderly grocery owner looks her over closely and finally asks...

Have you tried diet and exercise?

Bereavement Leave

 Newsworthy from Portland, Oregon.

The city council of Portland voted to allow bereavement leave for employees who have had an abortion.

The President of the National Institute for Reproductive Health happily announced :

"It's important to recognize that employees need time to address their reproductive health needs, and they may need time to process what they're experiencing."

 The deliberately deceptive moniker is silly enough, an unofficial self-titled "Institute" that is focused on protecting women's Supreme Court adjudicated right to kill unborn fetuses, has no interest in reproductive health.  

I understand that a woman, or couple, that aborts a pregnancy, is bound to have remorse, if they have any conscience at all.  But is that not a recognition that the life has been ended.

The policy adopted by the city Portland inadvertently affirms the pro-life concept. Does anyone think that this was the intent?  

The Democrats' Self-inflicted Wound

He is returned.

I had been wondering if Alan Dershowitz had been well, given that none of my usual sources of his output had shared his work since April. 

The Democrats' Self-inflicted Wound: The recent Republican victories were not so much a vindication of Republican policies as a rejection of the extremism of Democratic leaders and their tolerance for radical hard-left policies. 

To quote:

The recent election demonstrates that voters see through the duplicity of the current failed leadership of the Democratic Party and will make their party pay in next year's midterm elections unless there is reform at the top.

There is more, including suggestions to the right that the moderates should rebuke those on the extreme right. 

There have always been extreme opinions on both sides of the political game. I would argue that the center of the Democrat part has moved significantly to the left since November 2016. There is research that shows that the Republican party has not moved positionally in the last decade, but Democrats have moved in the opposite directions. I am not looking to argue about it