THEIR BEST WORDS COME FROM SOMEONE ELSE’S MIND:   This is why no one should take actors seriously on politics.

HOPEFULLY SOMETHING THAT MAKES SURE OF NO MORE 10/7s:  What’s the endgame in Gaza?

WHY AMERICANS SHOULD CELEBRATE THE 5TH OF MAY:  EXTRA EDITION: Feliz Cinco de Mayo!

I’M STARTING TO LIKE MALTA AS MUCH AS LAWDOG DOES:  NGO Says Malta Blocking Access To Gaza-Bound Aid Ship Hit By Drones.

MONDAY IS ALL RIGHT FOR FIGHTING:  All The Trouble In The World.

LET’S NOT START:  Starting with some Democrats want as little restriction against sex- including buy it- with underage teens as possible.

THIS IS NEWS?  Damn, the left hates Jews and Israel.

ON SUNDAYS I DO A PROMO POST FOR (MOSTLY) INDY BOOKS, AND ALSO A VIGNETTE CHALLENGE: Book Promo And Vignettes By Luke, Mary Catelli and ‘Nother Mike.

Please note that authors willing to be seen on my blog are necessarily to the right of Lenin. And fairly brave.

IT’S A FUNDAMENTAL POLITICAL CHALLENGE IN ANY SOCIETY:  ‘Tragedy of the Commons’ – the blueprint for controlling the selfish masses.

OR AT LEAST WANT TO PRETEND TO DO SO:  China Poised to Address Fentanyl Crisis in Gambit to Start Trade Talks with Trump.

IT’S AS DEAD AS DRACULA IN A HAMMER HORROR FILM:  My TCW week in review – is the Tory beast dead or just reborn?

THEY’VE ALWAYS BEEN CRAZY. NOW WE CAN SEE IT:  Breathtaking Remarks from Dem Leaders Reveal Precisely Why Party Is in the Wilderness.

WE’RE NOT BRITAIN:  Buffalo SVU Detective ‘AngryCops’ Drops Startling New Evidence of School Sexual Abuse Coverups.

REP. PELOSI (D-GRIFT) DISMISSED IT AS ‘PENNY ANTE’:  State Department Analyst Busted for $650K Embezzlement In Stunning Breach of Public Trust.

EVERY DAY AND TWICE ON SUNDAY:  God Bless The Founding Fathers for the Bill of Rights.

THE EIGHTIES CALLED. THEY WANT THEIR NIGHTMARES BACK:  FBI Busts ‘Satanic’ Child Exploitation Ring.

BEWARE THE SCHOOLS:   Buffalo SVU Detective ‘AngryCops’ Drops Startling New Evidence of School Sexual Abuse Coverups.

AS HE SHOULD:  Why I Stand With AngryCops and the Unsubscribe Crew. [Video.]

IT’S A VERY LONG FIGHT:  The Weekend Long Read: The Constitutional Questions of Trump’s Spending Powers.

HEINLEIN WOULD APPROVE:  DAILY ART FIX: Trump Takes Aim at National Endowment for the Arts.

I’m quoting from memory, and of course what stuck was the Portuguese in which I read it first.  “An artist who needs government support is a whore. An incompetent one.” (More or less Robert A. Heinlein’s meaning if not his exact words.)

JUDGES AREN’T ANGELS:  Add a pinch of sarcasm, stir vigorously.

EVERY TIME THE SECRET OF THE CONFESSIONAL IS PIERCED:  Montana Prepares to Make Martyrs of the Confessional.

Every time the state gets a look in, it’s never for the purpose they claim, however laudable.  And seriously, how many pedophiles do you guys think confess? or confess to THAT? (Even those who were priests, pedophiles tend not to be big on following the rules of the man above.) And proving it in a court of law? Don’t make me laugh. No. No matter the excuse used to obtain it, the reason the state pierces the secret of the confessional is ultimately always to spy on the people. To gather information about how angry you are at the regime, and what thoughts you’ve had, and–

And sure, Montana is nominally conservative. But is it always? Same as the Federal government. Does it stay on the nominal right? Does it? Forever?  What about Washington, who’s trying the same gambit? You trust them? We already saw Biden sniffing around traditionalist Catholics.

Stay out of my religious beliefs and leave the confessional alone. Good investigators don’t need to violate the conscience of believers and bad investigators will corrupt everything.

I GREW UP WITH FAMILY STORIES ABOUT THE NAPOLEONIC INVASIONS:  The Vanished World.

Vanished worlds are alive under the surface of ours.

And at the same time several worlds vanished just in my life time… and more are passing as we speak. Some deservedly.  We don’t just live in places. We live in slices of time. It is all that is given to us.

IT TAKES THE DRUDGERY OUT OF KEEPING UP WITH ADMINISTRATION NEWS:  The White House Launches Familiar Looking Website for ‘Trusted News Sites and Resources’.

JUST ONE OF THEM?  In Cabinet Meeting, Rubio Reveals Biden Admin Had ‘Disinformation’ Dossier on ‘One Person at This Table’.