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Archive of entries posted on 5th June 2019
Never Ask a Question You Don’t Know the Answer to
That’s awkward – during a speech in San Francisco, Democrat presidential candidate and former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper got booed after saying “socialism is not the answer“.
Well, he IS completely wrong. Assuming the question is “what’s the fastest way to destroy a prosperous nation?”
Please, Please Not Be Lying to Me This Time
[NASA’s “We Are Going” Promo video – Voiced by William Shatner] (Viewer #4,149)
I like Shatner’s final speech in this. Almost wish he’d led with it. Also, not sure about the deaf guy. Deaf people can’t be astronauts. Lives ride on voice coms. That one may be diversity overkill.
Link of the Day: Well, Technically More Confused Than Disappointed
[High Praise! to The Babylon Bee]
[Think you have a link that’s IMAO-worthy? Send it to harvolson@gmail.com. If I use your link, you will receive High Praise! (assuming you remember to put your name in the email)]
Trump Truths: Economics
President Trump told AOC to acquaint herself with Adam Smith. She started watching old Batman reruns.
Mueller Report Summary
Ban Successful! Death Toll from Plastic Straws in California Is Now Zero
Keeping you safe from weapons of massive suction.
Current California Governor Gavin Newsom expressed his pride is his state’s “forward-thinking legislation”.
“California is a state that holds the safety of its citizens as its highest priority,” said Newsom. “That’s why I’ve been proud to oversee the implementation of the banning of plastic straws – or ‘murder tubes’ as we call them. I’ve never actually seen the statistics on how many people died each year from using them, but I did once see a video of a sea turtle with a nose bleed. I was thinking ‘coke problem’, but my science advisors assured me it was a case of murder tube impalement.”
“I can only assume,” continued Newsom, “that if one turtle can become injured in the whole ocean, then thousands of Californians must have been dying from the same thing every year. Fortunately, thanks to our forward-thinking legislation, I have it on good authority that not a single Californian has died from murder-tubing since the law became effective at the beginning of the year.”
“I’m just glad this is making such a big difference,” Newsom concluded. “Can you imagine destroying a manufacturing sector and putting crippling regulatory burdens on every restaurant in the state without saving a single human life in the process?”
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Straight Line of the Day: New Rule – In Order to Qualify for the Debates, Democrat Candidates Have to…
Works like this: I feed you Moon Nukers a straight line, and you hit me with a punch line in the comments.
New rule – in order to qualify for the debates, Democrat candidates have to…
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The Illustrated Frank J: And the Winner Is…
Ask IMAO Anything: Answers #14
You asked the questions, and we answer them. Well, the ones that other ones of you didn’t already answer.
Speaking of which, here are the ones that earned my thanks — and bacon! — for answering questions left last time:
- Happy Fun Ball
- DamnCat
- Jim
- Oppo
- zzyzx
Now, the rest of the questions, answered. There aren’t many because of all the answers previously provided. But, here are the ones still needing an answer.
walruskkkch: If the Democrats pass articles of Impeachment against Trump and it gets kiboshed by the Senate trial will, or can they, keep on passing articles of impeachment? Asking for a friend.
The Constitution says that “The President, Vice President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” And since “The House of Representatives … shall have the sole power of impeachment,” the Democrats can keep impeaching for all kinds of made-up reasons, since the president has committed none of those acts. Of course, their doing that just means Trump gets re-elected and the left’s heads keep exploding until January 20, 2025. So fun times all around.
Jim: How do I change my post rating from a two to a five after my original large but dextrous fingers rating was accepted?
You can’t change your vote. But, you can vote more than once. You just have to register as a Democrat.
You can edit your comments within five minutes, though, in case you leave out words. Just sayin’.
walruskkkch: Is getting linked by Sarah Hoyt on a weekend painful or pleasurable? Asking for a friend.
You have some really weird friends. But to answer your question, getting linked by Sarah Hoyt is both painful and pleasurable. As many things are.
It’s always great when someone such as she links to a post at IMAO. But, it can be painful, too. Have you ever seen some of the comments that some people leave? You gotta wonder sometimes if they were dropped on their head as a child. Such is life on the Internet.
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Works Every Time
A new report shows that nearly 9-in-10 illegal aliens who have been recently released into the interior of the United States while they await their asylum hearings are not showing up to their court dates.
Easy fix. “No Court Date Skipping Allowed” signs.