Archive for 2019

SO, LET’S SUPPOSE WE’D BEEN INVADED BY HOSTILE ALIENS, WANTING TO DEGRADE AND EXTERMINATE HUMANS…  Once is Happenstance…

SEE, THE PROBLEM IS THE LEFT ALWAYS THINKS “IT’S POPULAR=IT’S GOOD” SO TRUMP’S STATEMENTS MAKE NO SENSE TO THEM. HAS ANYONE CONSIDERED THEY MIGHT BE HIVE-MIND ALIENS?  Press completely opaque to Trump’s grip on socialism.

SO I SAW AN ITEM ON QUORA DISSING AMERICAN MEXICAN RESTAURANTS LIKE TACO BELL, and it reminded me of something. About 20+ years ago, they were building a new mall across the street from West Town in Knoxville. I was in line at the Taco Bell in West Town’s food court, and ahead of me were a couple of the Mexican construction workers from the new mall. “I guess this isn’t what you’re used to,” I told them, and they replied, “Oh no, this is exactly like the Taco Bells back home.” So there.

OPEN THREAD: Have fun, kids!

LIFE IMITATES SLEEPER: Joe Biden Refers To George W. Bush As The ‘Last President.’

To be fair, a lot of us have tried to block the events of 2009-2016 out of our memories, including, apparently, the man who was vice president back then. Regarding his boss, as the futuristic historian said to Woody Allen in Sleeper, “Some of us have a theory that he might once have been a president of the United States, but that he did something horrendous, so that all records, everything, was wiped out about him.”

(Via Ace.)

 

JUSTICE: Sixth Circuit: 30-day sentence for Rand Paul attacker is too lenient.

Two years, six broken ribs, several bouts of pneumonia, and one hernia surgery later, Rand Paul might finally get the justice he deserves.

In 2017, the Kentucky Republican was attacked by a neighbor while mowing his lawn. He ended up in the hospital and has been in and out several times since. Recently, Paul announced he had to have part of his lung removed due to the damage it sustained during the assault.

Paul’s neighbor, on the other hand, walked away with a mere 30-day prison sentence, which the federal Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals declared “substantively unreasonable” in a ruling released today.

The recommended sentencing for Rene Boucher, 60, who is still Paul’s next-door neighbor, was 21 months of jail time, although the maximum sentence for assaulting a member of Congress is 10 years. But the district court ruled that because this had been an “isolated,” “first time action” that was “strictly a dispute between neighbors,” and because of Boucher’s “excellent background,” Boucher deserved a minor sentence.

The federal government appealed Boucher’s 30-day sentencing, arguing that the seriousness of Paul’s injuries should necessitate a harsher sentencing. The Sixth Circuit agreed and argued Boucher’s personal background — his education, family, and community service — should not have had anything to do with his sentencing.

“These factors are disfavored for good reason,” the court wrote in its opinion ordering the district court to re-sentence Boucher. “To prioritize a defendant’s education, professional success, and standing in the community would give an additional leg up to defendants who are already in a privileged position … That is why Congress and the [federal sentencing] Guidelines oppose a class-based system where accumulated wealth, education, and status serve as credits against a criminal sentence.”

What about Democratic Party status?

DIVERSITY? They keep using that word. I don’t think it means what Poynter thinks it means…

REST IN PEACE, OLD-TIME BLOGGER CHARLES G. HILL.