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SEEN ON FACEBOOK: “Irony alert: Bernie is actually ahead in the delegate count, while being behind in the popular vote. Will we hear Berners complain now?”

IT’S ALWAYS PROJECTION FROM THE LEFT: Michael Bloomberg Tries To Control Others Because He Can’t Control Himself.

Mayor Busybody simply can’t stop telling others what to do. It seems to be an obsession with him—or maybe, a compulsion too.   I gained insight into this when I returned to a New York Times article from 2009 that described Bloomberg’s eating habits.

“He dumps salt on almost everything, even saltine crackers. He devours burnt bacon and peanut butter sandwiches. He has a weakness for hot dogs, cheeseburgers, and fried chicken, washing them down with a glass of merlot. And his snack of choice? Cheez-Its.”

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is about control. Controlling one’s out-of-control thoughts, feelings, and behavior by attempting to control his external environment.

Consciously or unconsciously, those afflicted do this in vain, to the point where they feel unable to control the compulsion as well (as in excessive hand-washing).

Most sufferers aren’t dangerous unless they have 65 billion dollars and a God-complex.

The Times went on to report this delicious insight:

“…he (Bloomberg) is known to grab food off the plates of aides and, occasionally, even strangers. (“Delicious,” he declared recently, after swiping a piece of fried calamari from an unsuspecting diner in Staten Island.)”

Behavior like this exhibits a staggering and extreme lack of boundaries. The Times seems to only snicker at this, but it’s painfully clear that Bloomberg has great difficulty respecting the basic boundaries of civil society. No wonder it’s so easy for him to help himself to your freedoms and your choices when he can’t stop helping himself to your calamari.

You can’t trust a guy like that with a fork, much less the reins of power.

WELL, THAT’S BECAUSE THEY DON’T ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT AS SUCH: Crickets from green groups as Trump makes U.S. ‘global leader in emissions reductions.’ “Under President Trump, the United States led the world in reducing carbon-dioxide emissions in 2019, but don’t expect Greta Thunberg to give him a hug any time soon. International Energy Agency data released earlier this month showing that U.S. emissions dropped by 2.9% last tear failed to make an impression with Democrats, environmentalists and climate activists, who either shrugged off the data or argued that Mr. Trump’s climate-denialism was somehow thwarted.”

It’s all about control. They’ll cheer authoritarian measures that don’t reduce emissions, and ignore or denigrate free-market measures that do reduce them. Because they’re just commies with a green shell.

KEN LIZZI’S: Boss: Falchion’s Company, Book 1 is now in audio.

A city governed by wizards can still have an underbelly that is governed by crime lords. Out-of-work mercenary Falchion arrives in the city of Groft and signs on with the boss of the organized crime outfit. But when Falchion’s distaste for the work angers the boss, his only move is to become the boss himself.

Even if he succeeds, Falchion will have more trouble in store – trouble that his sword alone may be unable to cut through. For, there is a connection between the underground criminal organization and the wizards in their lofty towers, and no one received wizardly permission for a change in leadership.

SEEN ON FACEBOOK: “I guess the new Democrat ‘choice’ is between early-onset Communism and early-onset Alzheimer’s.”

ICYMI, LESLIE EASTMAN: A biochemist reviews the Trump administration’s continuing response to COVID-19.

WHO IS MORE FOOLISH: THE FOOL OR THE FOOL WHO FOLLOWS HIM? Israel’s UN Ambassador Tells AIPAC Bernie Sanders Is an ‘Ignorant Fool.’

“ADMIT:” Trump’s Decisive Actions Helped Save Lives During Coronavirus Epidemic, Experts Admit.

IT’S TIME FOR A NATIONAL CONVERSATION ABOUT THE RACISM AND SEXISM OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY:

CELIA HAYES REMINISCES: You Can’t Go Home Again.

I MIGHT TAKE HIS CRITICISM OF TRUMP’S BLOCKING THE UN’S PRO-ABORTION AGENDA MORE SERIOUSLY IF BURUNDI, EGYPT, RWANDA, CUBA, VENEZUELA, CHINA, INDIA, SAUDI ARABIA and the UNITED ARAB EMIRATES WEREN’T MEMBERS OF THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL. MIGHT – BUT PROBABLY WOULDN’T: UN chief declares women’s inequality ‘stupid’ and a global shame.

Also, let’s be real, okay? This guy is PORTUGUESE. My kids who are no shrinking violets or PC mavens, are always shocked by the casual sexism built into Portugese culture. This isn’t the pot calling the kettle anything. This is the pot screaming that the teacup is much rustier.

WELL, DUH. AND AMAZON TOO: Coronavirus Outbreak Benefits Netflix, Other ‘Stay-at-Home’ Companies.

IF NOTHING ELSE, THE FACT THAT MOST PORN HAS FEWER PLOT HOLES THAN HIS LAST SEVERAL MOVIES OUGHT TROUBLE HIM: Maitland Ward says Steven Spielberg has some reason to ‘be concerned’ about daughter’s new adult film career.

I COULD DO WITH LESS INTERESTING TIMES: The Battling B’s.

BUT DON’T WORRY, HE’S OPPOSED TO AUTHORITARIAN WAYS. IT WILL TOTALLY BE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM, WHICH IS LIKE FAMINE AND DEATH WITH HAPPY FUN SPRINKLES: Sanders promises broad executive actions at California rally.

EXCEPT THE NET LET US KNOW WE WERE NOT ALONE. NOW THEY CAN ONLY BLIND THEMSELVES TO THE FACT THAT WE EXIST. THEY CANNOT STOP US: AG Barr: ‘Remarkably Monolithic Press’ Aids Progressives In Making Us All ‘25-Year-Olds Living In The Government’s Basement’.

Also “monolithic” is a funny way to spell “traitors to the US and the Constitution.” Must be one of them newfangled whole word things.

WELL. BLESS HIS HEART. YOU KEEP LECTURING US AND YOU’LL SEE WHAT A REBELLION LOOKS LIKE: Bloomberg Implies Voters In 2016 Were Wrong To Rebel Against ‘Intelligentsia’.

IN CASE THAT FIRE STILL SMOLDERS: Coronavirus: When All Else Fails, Try Reason.

HE’LL BE MISSED…. LIKE AN ACCORDION AT THE BATTLE FRONT: Pete Buttigieg dropping out of presidential race.

CORONAVIRUS: Could the coronavirus hit California’s homeless population? Health officials are worried.

Earlier: Coronavirus: scientists identify possible new mode of transmission in human faeces.

MORE WATER FOR THAT FIERY HAIR: A biochemist reviews the Trump administration’s continuing response to COVID-19.

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