Accuracy is Important

  "I just have to ask questions that always - always - go unanswered and even unacknowledged."

 When someone uses terms like "always", especially when they repeat the "always" for emphasis, there is a high degree of probability that the statement using the term "always" will be false.  It's claim that cannot practically be proven True, because it's generally beyond the ability/desire of the claimant to put forth the effort to do so.   On the other hand, it's not hard to prove false, as it only needs one example to do so.   

The hitch in proving this claim false, is that it is unlikely that the  questioner would accept the answer to a virtually identical (if differently worded) question as it's not the "same" question.   

The reality is that  those who ask questions like these know that answers are available, much more so with the advent of Google, from multiple sources.   Questions like these don't often seem to be actual requests for information as much as argument starters.   

As a general rule, when people use terms like "always", never, etc, I simply ignore them because they can't even be bothered to state their claim accurately.  

BoT

https://x.com/collinrugg/status/1945302909366792258?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

I know Exodus gets a bad rap from the ASPL, but you'd think they'd like the part about equal justice for everyone and not favoring certain groups.    But no, we're obviously seeing a two tiered system of justice where some folks get off easy for vile crimes simply because of their demographic.  

https://x.com/senericschmitt/status/1945223029077725451?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 

 During the Summer of Love 2020 as smoke from the burning shops owned by immigrants threatened a women's shelter and affordable housing was robbed and burned down, NPR published this excerpt from someone they'd interviewed.   They're literally platforming someone who thinks that riots, looting, and arson are "joyous and liberatory" while American cities are literally burning.    While taking taxpayer money from those who's cities were burning and who's livelihoods were destroyed.  I have no problem with pulling taxpayer funding.  

Their ratio of conservative to liberal is literally 0-100%

On the one hand they try to say that taxpayer funding is so minimal that it's no big deal, on the other hand they claim that cutting that funding will cause all sorts of disaster.

Given the urban/liberal slant to NPR/PBS it's hilarious to hear people pretending that there are some rural communities  that magically depend on public radio for things like emergency alerts.  What absolute freaking morons.  

FYI, the taxpayer funded programming on PBS (Sesame St, Arthur, etc) sells millions of dollars in merch (according to the NYT  Even as recently as 2022, Sesame Workshop generated $271 million in revenue and more than $20 million in profit, and that's just one of the brands with merch), so I think they'll be just fine repurposing those millions to cover the shortfall.  

https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1945879441097277670?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

When they say the quiet part out loud and admit that illegal aliens do access various welfare programs they are not legally allowed to access.   I'd think that welfare fraud would be a crime here in the US.  

 https://x.com/_johnnymaga/status/1945924458830528543?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

This.    When these idiots play games trying to interfere with legitimate law enforcement activities, they should 100% face the consequences of their actions.  

 https://x.com/immeme0/status/1945875570409038269?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

Seriously, is anyone really surprised that the driver of a van filled with propane tanks and gasoline, is named  Sayed Khaled Elsayed Abdelmohsen?

 

 

 

The Star of the North

 https://x.com/gragedustin/status/1945934759214891294?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

  Minnesota Democrats in the last few days:

- Two state welfare programs under investigation for defrauding Medicaid out of millions

- One of their state senators on trial for first-degree burglary

- An axe murderer being released early thanks to a law they passed.

 

Oh yeah, the "right wing extremist" who killed multiple lawmakers claimed that Tim Walz wanted him to kill Amy Klobuchar and all sorts of strange stuff.   

To top that off, we've got a whack job running for mayor of Minneapolis.  I thought Frey was bad, but they dredged up worse.   

R.I.P

 John McArthur finally went to be with The Lord.   Blessings on his family, friends, and Church as they mourn his passing.  

Signature (Updated)

 In the US we place a high value on signatures.   The reality is that our signature is required for almost everything important we engage in.   Petitions, checks, drivers license, buying a car or house, to name a few.   One of the upcoming issues in real estate is going to be moving from requiring closing documents to be wet signed, to e signed.   The infrastructure to protect e signatures is growing daily and will eventually allow for remote closings.   When a piece of legislation or treaty is signed into law we see elaborate signing ceremonies, because the final step in the process is someone affixing their signature to the bill or treaty.  

Enter the auto pen.  Who cares if your favorite movie start or musician uses and auto pen to sign thousands of autographs?   Well, collectors for starters.  Because collectors know that personally signed autographs are more value than those signed with an auto pen.    

Which brings us back to Joe Biden.  We now know that Biden did not actually sign most, if not all, of the bulk pardons issued in his name.   Which would seem to render them invalid.   Lord knows what other things he couldn't be bothered to sign properly and what other official actions are now null and void.   

Obviously there are instances where an auto pen is fine.   There are multitudes of informal acts signed by the president (turkey pardons and the like) which can reasonably be signed by an auto pen.   But are pardons and commutations in the same category?    Can a president say "Pardon all of those people." and delegate their power to others?   If so, then shouldn't the process be tightly monitored and controlled to prevent someone from slipping things into the pile of things to be signed?  

It's possible that this single issue from the Biden presidency might have the most significant ramifications in the long term.   If nothing else, there should be a formalized system that regulates what can be auto signed and what must be personally signed.   

The current revelations call into question the legitimacy many of Biden's actions, and his blithe attitude about delegating the authority of the office he was elected to fill is disturbing to say the least.   

 https://x.com/cynicalpublius/status/1945191468869804077?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 https://x.com/NBCNews/status/1945083971441717717

 

 "The ESIGN Act of 2000 is federal law that establishes the legal validity of electronic signatures on platforms such as DocuSign or the signature functionality of Adobe PDFs. It is and has been widely accepted for over two decades. In my practice of corporate law it is the standard, with wet-ink signatures increasingly uncommon. I have done billion dollar deals on e-signatures. Under the ESIGN Act of 2000 there are rigorous rules establishing the validity of an e-signature, including IP address tracking. The unauthorized use of a physical autopen is not covered by the ESIGN Act of 2000 and is a completely separate legal issue. NBC News is not only trying to distract from Biden Autopengate, they are doing so with a complete lack of understanding of what they are reporting on. "Journalism" "

 

Because, clearly,  good old fashioned reporting of the facts is out of style at NBC.  Even if some idiots do still revere them.   

Yung G, Will be His Rap Name

 https://x.com/elijahschaffer/status/1943685157745012888?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

What are the odds that this kid's father is not in his life much, if at all?    What could possible go wrong for him as he gets older?  

It Just Aint Natural

 

 

 Isn't this just the "noble savage" myth updated for 2025?   Because this little cartoon leaves out quite a bit as it extols the virtues of prehistoric hunter gatherer or subsistence farming societies.