WWJS

A variation on the acronym for What Would Jesus Do (WWJD).

David Hogg lived through a terrible ordeal, that experience deserves my empathy. 

The many utterances, tweets, and lectures that spew from this young man have earned my disrespect.

There seems to be a symptom expressed by the modern press, the opinions of the young are treated with reverence and presumed enlightenment, a superior opinion to those having lifetime of experience beyond that of a hormonal teenager.

There are reasons that children are not allowed to vote, or allowed to drive under the age of 16, or serve in the armed forces. The main reason is that children have not fully formed their personal manner of reasoning. Teenagers have a higher probability of acting immaturely, and for that have limited rights.

David, please just shut up.

A Lot of Meaningless Words

NumbersUSA does an excellent job generating opportunities to converse with our representatives in Congress. My representatives include two Republican Senators and a Democrat fills the seat in the House of Representatives. The Senators tend to favor increasing immigration when the chips are down and vote for restriction of immigration when expected effect is minimal. Basically they are full of shit. David Scott on the other hand is a standard Democrat who votes party line on everything relating to immigration. The following is a response to an email sent last week. A little long winded....

Dear Mr. Otis:
Thank you for contacting me regarding immigration and the environment. I appreciate your thoughts on this issue.  
Immigration is a leading topic of debate for Americans across the country, including Georgians in my district. We have seen the topic of immigration increase tensions between political parties and dominate mass media.  As a nation, I sincerely hope that we can debate immigration with mutual respect and reach bipartisan solutions to achieve common sense reform.  I strongly believe that we can secure our borders without sacrificing our morals and the humane treatment of migrants, while still providing resources to border security initiatives.  
Please be aware, I do not support illegal immigration. I believe we must stop people from entering this country illegally by improving resources for border personnel and modernizing border security technology. To that end, I support legislation that increases the number of border patrol agents, improves our asylum procedures, and modernizes border technologies such as advanced cameras and high-powered radars. I also support using the National Guard and other military personnel, to help with border security.
Some Americans expressed concern about the impact of immigration on the environment. Please know that I am aware of the changing environmental factors that are damaging precious natural resources and harming Americans quality of life. Large issues such as water, air and land pollution, the depletion of the ozone layer, and the steady rising of average temperatures ravage the planet and are strongly correlated with dying species and the destruction of ecosystems.  For this reason, I am hopeful that progress will be made in the future to pass measures into law that ensure greater protection of the environment. Members from both sides of the aisle must come together to provide bipartisan and safe solutions to address immigration while considering the finite natural resources of our nation. As your elected official, please know I am dedicated to protecting life on earth whether it be our species who are at risk of endangerment, or citizens who hope for a better life.
As immigration continues to be a leading topic in our current political climate, please rest assured that I will continue to keep your views in mind throughout the 116th Congress.  I believe that our borders must be secure while remaining sensitive to the desire of immigrants to reside within the U.S.  Immigrants improve the U.S. economy, reduce labor shortages, and contribute to the diversity of our great nation. Although not perfect, immigrants must come to the U.S. through current legal pathways. I look forward to working with members within my own party, and across the aisle to support border security initiatives and common-sense immigration reform.
Again, I thank you for sharing your views with me. I hope you will continue to give me the benefit of your opinion in the future. In addition, I encourage you to visit my web site at http://davidscott.house.gov, where you can view the latest news and obtain information on issues and legislation that is important to you. You can also sign up for my electronic newsletter, and receive periodic updates on my activities as your representative in Washington. Thank you again for contacting me, and I look forward to continuing to serve you.
Sincerely,
David Scott
Member of Congress

Mr. Scott has been saying for years that he supports  controlling immigration, including the border. I have yet to see a vote supporting the wall, or ANY viable alternative. My belief is that electronic surveillance of borders is only useful as a support system to a fortified wall. 

This Damned Guy

'CAREER CRIMINAL' Suspect Charged with Attack on 92-Year-Old Woman Previously Arrested 100+ TIMES | Sean Hannity:

For a 92 year old with something close to a concussion, Bronx native Geraldine exhibits a firm grasp of language and judgement.

“This damned guy put me in a state where I’m fearful to walk the streets alone. So my super’s trying to find somebody who will walk me to a park nearby or to the supermarket, that kind of thing. So that’s the problem.”

A convicted six offender, arrested over 100 times, Rashid Brimmage has been arrested.
Let's hope he is on parole, so that his likelihood of incarceration is increased.

Loeffler UNSUBSCRIBED

Georgia governor Brian Kemp installed Kelly Loeffler as Senator after the retirement of Johnny Isakson. This was over the recommendation of the President, at which time I believed that as a show of independence would benefit the governor, and all things being equal, she couldn't be any worse than the RINO Isakson.

Her short lived voting record has been very similar to her predecessor so that is a disappointment.

Just prior to the COVID crisis becoming a public emergency, she dumped her portfolio of stocks, exchanging those for stocks focused on on-line conferencing.

From Wikipedia...

On March 19, 2020, the public release of federal financial disclosure documents showed that Loeffler and her husband, Jeffrey Sprecher, had sold stock in companies vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic with an aggregate value of several million dollars. Loeffler has denied any wrongdoing, saying the trades were made by a third-party advisor and that she learned about them only after they occurred.[22] The disclosures included that between January 24 and February 14, the couple sold between $1.275 and $3.1 million worth of stock in 27 companies, while buying stocks worth between $450,000 and $1 million, including in Citrix, a collaboration software company.

She's trotting around saying she's been cleared by the Senate.

Loeffler is guilty of using inside information for financial benefit, and legal or not, that for me is an ethical violation.

I will vote for a Democrat before selecting Kelly Loeffler on the ballot.

Wish she would stop sending me email, UNSUBSCRIBED.

Science on the Police Abuse of Power

Excellent statistically based article by Heather MacDonald of the Wall Street Journal, was published today. Heather MacDonald is a Senior Fellow at Manhattan Institute for Policy Research.

A link to today's article in Wall Street Journal The Myth of Systemic Police Racism

The following is a link to a video recording of today's C-Span interview between Bill Scanlon and the author Ms. MacDonald
C-span.org washington-journal-heather-mac-donald-discusses-protests-george-floyds-killing

France's No-Go Zones

America, do not think it couldn't get worse.

France's No-Go Zones: The Riots Return

A quote from a police union representative....

"The government knows that a large-scale uprising could happen, and that a minor incident might be enough to set the powder keg ablaze. Therefore, police officers have unwritten instructions: they must avoid incidents at all costs. If an incident occurs, they know that the government will blame the police, and no one else".

and a police officer....

"They consider themselves at war with France and with Western civilization. They act in cooperation with Islamist organizations, and define acts of predation and rampage as raids against infidels". 

from a survivor of  Charlie Hebdo terrorist attack....

"France is living hours of disillusionment as deep as those it had known in May 1940... Before our eyes, everything collapsed at an unimaginable speed... We will have to ask a question: why such a disaster... how was this possible. And the present catastrophe inevitably brings us to the same conclusions: incompetence, disorganization, lack of long-term vision, improvisation. In summary: the nullity of our leaders."

A government's denial of growing disruptive force, of any sort, is a willful abdication of responsibility. Such acquiescence reminds one of kissing up to the Nazis in the 1930's. Lessons learned by war and genocide have been forgotten. I hope France can take the bull by the horns before they've been trampled.

Here at home, such enclaves are growing, in Brooklyn, Queens, Dearborn and Minneapolis. Minority cultures have often congregated in America, seldom failing to integrate within 2 or 3 generations. That may be the case for these new Muslims immigrants as well, but until they do, their growing isolationist force must be met with greater resistance.

He Is Back

I am happy to say that my old Words with Friends foe has started posting on ScrappleFace again.
Check these out, always quick reads and clever....

• Rise Up: America Demands Return to Dead-End Jobs
• Biden Salutes Sanders for Starting a Movement
• Trump Orders America Back to Church in SCUBA Gear
• COVID-19: Boris Before and After Pics Stun Brits
• COVID-19 Kills Plans to Eventually Meet Neighbors
• COVID-19 a Boon to Multi-Level Marketing Businesses
• Face-Touch Ban Drains U.S. Disposable-Hand Reserves
• Democrats Urge Warren: Stay in Race, Identify as Man
• Joe Biden Drops Out of Race, Endorses Biden

Check it out, Mr. Ott has his "Joe-mentum" working.

I have cousin in London who HATES Boris Johnson, going to send her the link above.

Dershowitz on Judge Sullivan

The FBI manipulated General Flynn into accepted a please. Flynn's lawyers had a conflict of interest, one of the partners being Eric Holder, side deals with the FBI made behind the client's Flynn's back.
The new Attorney General directs investigation and improprieties are discovered, charges are dropped.
The judges reaction?
Resistance to reality.
Judge Sullivan: A Prosecutor in Robes
Alan Dershowitz makes excellent points on Judge Sullivan's poor jurist prudence.

• In the Flynn case, the prosecution and defense both agree that the case should be dropped. Because there is no longer any controversy between the parties to be resolved, there is no longer any case properly before the judge. His only job is to enter an order vacating the guilty plea and dismissing the case with prejudice.
• Under our constitutional system of separation of powers, the new prosecutor has no standing.... the separation of powers.... allocates the power to prosecute to the executive not judicial branch.
• It makes no constitutional difference that Flynn pleaded guilty — even if his plea was voluntary, which is questionable in light of the threats against his son.
• The Justice Department has the constitutional authority to dismiss a prosecution that it has brought at any time and for any reason, without being second-guessed by the judicial branch.
• Sullivan is endangering our system of separation of powers and he should be stopped by a writ of mandamus or a motion to recuse. Judges, too, are not above the law or the Constitution.

Sullivan has already had to apologize for inappropriate remarks made toward Flynn, has made new statements suggesting that new events amount to a failure of due process.
A better comparison would be that the judge is a modern day Roy Bean that feels the law is what he say.

China Exploiting the Coronavirus Pandemic to Expand in Asia

The behavior of the Communist Chinese in the last decade can be easily termed as truculent. An interesting approach considering that in one form or another the nation is best known for being isolationist. The Chi-Com evolution into an imperialist power is augmented by general dismissal of Western culture with its willingness to act dishonestly, dovetailing with the globalization movement.

China Exploiting the Coronavirus Pandemic to Expand in Asia

In part because of the Chi-Com infiltration of American media, the pressure from the left has been to suppress criticism, richly deserved criticism. Manufacturing concerns have been rounded cheated and pilfered of intellectual property in both design and manufacturing methodization.

The regime has fused the worst of communism with dark side business and the projection of military force. They make most citizens insignificant in terms of rights, cheat business partners and work to overwhelm their geopolitical opponents.

Navy SEAL and Kid's Book Author

I first learned of Jocko Willink by way of a Candace Owens podcast. Mr. Willink is a retired Lieutenant Commander of the United States Navy, having served in Navy SEAL teams. For his service Commander Willink was honored with both the Silver and Bronze Stars. The Candace Owens podcast focused on leadership and behaviors leading to that. The interview began with an excerpt from Willink's book Mikey And The Dragons.

The excerpt goes like this...

How can a little boy be a man.

How could the little prince ever make a stand.

So, just when the prince thought he was over an done.

He picked up the note and it said.

To my son.

He took a deep breath. 

And opened the note he had found.

And this is what his father, the king, had written down.

To my son,

 If you are ready this now, it means I must be gone.

And you are the one that must carry on. 

Our kingdom is now what you must see.

And to do that, you have to be brave.

I know what you think, you don't know what to do.

But remember, I was once a little boy too.

I was also small, and fear in my heart.

And I didn't even know where to start.

I couldn't imagine going over the hill.

To face the dragons that wanted to kill.

But don't worry son, you will be just fine.

You can keep these things in your mind.

The dragons really aren't that big at all.

It is only in our minds that we make them so tall.

Inside out brain things always get overblown.

Especially things that are completely unknown.

But when fear settle in and gets a hold of you.

Here are some things you simply must do.

Stand up straight and hold your head high.

And look at your fears right in the eye.

Don't look away and don't try to hide.

Know that you have great strength, deep inside.

When you stand up and go into the fray.

You will feel your fear start to go away.

And though there will be horror you will feel.

The things you are scared of are no big deal.

Veteran warrior, leader of men, inspiration to children, is a man worth listening to.
Jock Willink is an active podcaster and can be found at SoundCloud and directly at https://jockopodcast.com.