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Archive of entries posted on 5th December 2019
IMAO Time Machine: If They’re Not Evil, Then Why Are They Foreign?
Attorneys for Guantanamo Bay detainees are arguing to a federal appeals court that foreigners captured in the war on terrorism have rights. That’s crazy. I don’t know what people are worried about, anyway. They say that, without a trial, how can you be sure they’re terrorists? That may be true, but no one is disputing the fact that they are foreigners. As we all know, foreigners are stupid and often evil; that’s why God put them in other countries than America. While it may be true that sometimes by accident good people end up being born in other countries – especially if God was drinking the night before (it’s you atheists that drive Him to drink) – any decent person would then come to America the first chance they have. But where did these alleged not-terrorists go (foreigners are guilty until proven innocent)? They went to Afghanistan. That’s crazy. I think that proves beyond any reasonable doubt that these people are the bad kind of foreigners and thus should be locked away in Cuba where they can only harm Communists. That makes God happy… when He’s sober.
NOTE: All countries with IMAO readers are excluded from those that are stupid and evil.
One Way To Handle a Congressional Inquiry
Everyone seems to be giving testimony these days. Years ago, Mark Twain provided his:
Q. Had you, or have you, any brothers or sisters?
A. Eh! I — I — I think so — yes — but I don’t remember.
Q. Well, that is the most extraordinary statement I ever heard!
A. Why, what makes you think that?
Q. How could I think otherwise? Why, look here! Who is this a picture of on the wall? Isn’t that a brother of yours?
A. Oh, yes, yes, yes! Now you remind me of it, that was a brother of mine. That’s William — Bill we called him. Poor old Bill!
Q. Why? Is he dead, then?
A. Ah! Well, I suppose so. We never could tell. There was a great mystery about it.
Q. That is sad, very sad. He disappeared, then?
A. Well, yes, in a sort of general way. We buried him.
Q. Buried him! Buried him, without knowing whether he was dead or not?
A. Oh, no! Not that. He was dead enough.
Q. Well, I confess that I can’t understand this. If you buried him, and you knew he was dead —
A. No! no! We only thought he was.
Q. Oh, I see! He came back to life, again?
A. I bet he didn’t.
Q. Well, I never heard anything like this. Somebody was dead. Somebody was buried. Now, where was the mystery?
A. Ah! That’s just it! That’s it exactly. You see, we were twins — defunct and I — and we got mixed in the bathtub when we were only two weeks old, and one of us was drowned. But we didn’t know which. Some think it was Bill. Some think it was me.
Q. Well, that is remarkable. What do you think?
A. Goodness knows! I would give whole worlds to know. This solemn, this awful mystery has cast a gloom over my whole life. But I will tell you a secret now, which I never have revealed to any creature before. One of us had a peculiar mark — a large mole on the back of his left hand; that was me. That child was the one that was drowned!
Q. Very well, then, I don’t see that there is any mystery about it, after all.
A. You don’t? Well, I do. Anyway, I don’t see how they could ever have been such a blundering lot as to go and bury the wrong child. But, ‘sh! — don’t mention it where the family can hear of it. Heavens knows they have heartbreaking troubles enough without adding this.
— from An Encounter With an Interviewer (1875)
Yawn: Another Reboot of the Franchise. Meanwhile, The Democrats Are Crafting the Origin Story
Nearly half of North Korea‘s population are undernourished, the UN independent investigator on human rights in the country has said.
Tomas Ojea Quintana said 140,000 children are estimated to be suffering from “undernutrition,” including 30,000 who “face an increased risk of death”.
” . . . ordinary citizens, especially farmers and people in rural areas, have not been receiving any rations.”
But:
Kim Jong Un Unveils the “Epitome of Modern Civilisation” as North Korea Celebrates the Completion of “Modern Mountainous City” Described as “Socialist Utopia”
UK Daily Mail | December 3, 2019
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Link to a Business Insider article for those who are interested in the subject.
The Illustrated Walrus: Borg
The Illustrated Walrus: Leger(Dem)Main Candidates
Prohibition
The United States banned alcohol the “manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors” within the country after passage of the 18th Amendment. On December 5, 1933, the 21st Amendment repealed the 18th. In the interim, some interesting things and interesting characters happened.
Celebrate responsibly.