Free-for-All Friday

Space Folly + Political Potpourri

L.O.L. * Educator

Omaha World Herald (6/28):  "Craft's mission:  Blast an asteroid. Japanese space explorer will try to get samples that could shed light on origin of our solar system."  COMMENT:  I offer my expertise at a fraction of the cost. "In the beginning God created the heavens & the earth." (Genesis 1:1)
* Loony Old Lutheran

Political Potpourri

I voted fo DT with reluctance. His character displayed many flaws. His bombastic style was a turnoff. But I voted for him anyway. Why?

• With a Republican president there is always hope for pro-life action. This is NEVER true of Democratic candidates.
• Vote for HC & all the corruption that follows the Clintons? I think not.
• With a Republican president there is always hope for conservative constitutionalists to be appointed judges, particularly to the SCOTUS. [This last point seems to be bearing fruit.]

Norfolk Daily News, column by Christine Flowers (7/2):  "Not backing down from abortion fight . . . In America, abortion is legal not because the people rose up & said, 'It must be so!' but rather because seven men imposed the 'right' by judicial fiat. In fact, the reason the battle is still being waged & the so-called right to kill the developing child is consistently being challenged in the courts & legislatures is precisely because the people of America (multitudes of us women) refuse to yield to the nihilism of the abortion rights tsunami. We speak, we march, we vote. We are not going away."

Omaha World Herald, column by the late Charles Krauthammer (6/24):  "Liberals believe that human nature is fundamentally good. The fact that this is contradicted by, oh, 4,000 years of human history simply tells them how urgent is the need for their next seven-point program for the social reform of everything.
          "Liberals suffer incurably from naivete, the stupidity of the good heart. Who else but that oracle of American liberalism, the New York Times, could run the puzzled headline: 'Crime Keeps on Falling, but Prisons Keep on Filling." But? How about this wild theory:  If you lock up the criminals, crime declines."

Tagline from Drudge Report (7/3):  "Iranian General accuses Israel of stealing clouds . . ." 
[I didn't bother to read the article.]

Ditto (7/3):  "WALMART takes heat as it removes 'Impeach 45' shirts . . . "  COMMENT:  Maybe because I'm not the only one who has decided to reserve my shopping for Hy-Vee?

Criminal Minds

Tagline from Drudge Report (6/29):  "Woman drove 19 miles w/ex-boyfriend clinging to car's hood . . . "  [I didn't bother to read the article.]

Wit & Wisdom of Cal Thomas *
* One of my 2 most favorite partisan pundits

"President Trump is appointing conservative judges to federal courts & has released a list of names to choose from should another vacancy occur on the Supreme Court. All appear to be conservative constitutionalists. Yes, his form could be better, but the substance is very good. Imagine what he could do if congressional Republicans got behind him. So, even if you are not particularly enamored by the president's style (& many continue to be), give him some credit. (From "Can haters of Trump be thankful?", column in NDN 12/26/17)