Innocent Victims of Stupidity and Ignorance

There is a measles outbreak in Clark County Washington. Thirty one cases reported most are children under the age of 10. The area has low vaccination rates and is under the influence of anti-vaxxers. Measles, is a very dangerous disease, which can lead to blindness, deafness, mental retardation, and even death. Vaccination rates have been dropping due to the misinformation spread by anti-vaxxers, generally crackpot naturists, conspiracy nutters, and dumb ass celebrities. The BBC reports that measles are also spreading in Europe: 41,000 cases in the first six months of 2018.

It is necessary that all of us start thinking with our heads, and stop listening to the pseudo-science on tv and the internet. Stupidity isn't harmless: stupid people can do a great deal of harm when they set their minds to it.

Pamela Smart and Feminist Hypocrisy

Pamela Smart, who back in 1990, sexually abused a 16 year old boy and manipulated him into killing her husband, has now become a feminist cause, with the likes of Gloria Steinem, Eve Ensler and Kate Millet now supporting her. Smart, who is serving a life sentence, ought to be grateful she wasn't executed. This spectacle shows the effects of feminist ideology, which holds that women are always the victims and men are always the predators. Of course, a man who engaged in exactly the same actions as Smart would be seen as a monster and wouldn't have anybody's sympathy. If gender equality were really the goal, we would have to say that Smart got exactly what she deserved. She is a murderer and a sexual predator. What Steinem and Ensler really want is nothing more than the pursuit of white female privilege.

Trump is Impotent, Impudent, Impertinent

Coming off a weekend in which Trump passed up an opportunity to deny he was working for Putin, it's clear that Trump is in fact Putin's stooge. Rudy Giuliani now admits that the Trump campaign might have colluded with Putin but that Trump didn't know about it. Giuliani, a bad lawyer defending a crooked client, suddenly transformed from pit bull to poodle. This coming after it was revealed that Trump is hiding his conversations with Putin. Guilty knowledge anyone?

House Speaker Pelosi has now disinvited Trump from giving the State of the Union of address. Until he reopens the government. Or he could submit it in writing. The question is can Trump actually write?

At Least He Kept It Short

Donald Trump gave his first oval office speech last night. It was the first time since becoming president almost 2 years ago. It didn't go well. He came across as a puffy faced geezer with a raspy voice and a do-it-yourself hair weave. Trump only looks "good" in carefully staged rallies.

There is little point in attempting a point by point rebuttal of Trump's speech. Basically, it was a pack of lies. The only "crisis" at the border was created by Trump himself. As for the current government shut down, it will continue until enough Senate GOPers realize it's having a negative impact upon their own constituents.

It Would Be Tiresome If It Weren't So Terrible

Things just keep getting worse for the Roman Catholic Church. There are now reports of sexual abuse being committed by nuns. It's so weird really. The cultural kitsch of another age--"The Sound of Music," "The Lilies of the Field" etc.--managed to convince Americans--even Protestants--that there was something sacred about nuns. There really is not segment of the Catholic church that has not been tainted in some way or another. The Catholic church should just declare bankruptcy and disappear--like Toys R'Us.