We all know about the donkey and the elephant. Meh. Elderly.

Trump’s symbol should be a cat on a countertop … With the establishment being a fishbowl on the edge of that counter.

We know there’ll be shards to pick up. But we’ll pick them up. Or not. Move on.

Great writer.

The Plague of Lonely Leftist Cat Women
Townhall.com | 9 October 2024 | Kurt Schlichter

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They said something wrong about the situation with Haitians in Springfield, and when JD Vance corrected them, their allies labeled it “mansplaining.” Well, apparently, they needed a man to explain it to them because they either didn’t have any idea what they were talking about, which is pretty likely, or they were lying to the audience, which is equally likely. Regardless, lefteminists have this strange expectation that somehow women are both equal and hors de combat.

[pun probably intended. — Oppo]

They want to be just like the boys, but when the boys treat them just like the boys, they cry. Twitter was full of mediocre matrons whining about how JD Vance dared to talk over the mediocre moderators. Too bad, ladies. Welcome to equality. Thicken that skin and stop bawling every time someone points out how you’re lame.

… They don’t care about women being killed on military misadventures, and, given the chance, they will happily draft women as cannon fodder – only not their own special snowflake daughters. If you think you’re going to see Kamala Harris’s mutant stepdaughter or her clique in uniform, you’re gobbling psychedelic mushrooms. Dying overseas is what kids like yours do. Their kids get their student loans paid, also by you.

And, of course, there’s Kamala Harris’s slap-happy husband. He’s the guy that Jen Psaki announced was redefining masculinity. …

Anyway, we all know about the story of the second gentleman impregnating the nanny and then having her abort the kid. This is in line with a lot of Democrat heroes and their attitude towards women. Ted Kennedy, Bill Clinton, John Edwards – every one of them was/is a feminist, and every one of them was/is a scumbag.

Harvard cancels over 30 courses; far-left History & Literature classes hardest hit
College Fix | September 28, 2024 | Dave Huber

Goodbye to ‘Marx at the Mall,’ ‘Global Transgender Histories,’ Dua Lipa

Harvard has canceled over 30 fall semester courses encompassing 20 departments, but the History and Literature department took it on the chin the hardest.

According to The Crimson, Hist-Lit Director of Studies Lauren Kaminsky said class offerings dropped from 19 to 13 classes after five lecturers either departed or chose to do something else.

The canceled Hist-Lit courses include “British Soft Power from Shakespeare to Dua Lipa,” “Marx at the Mall: Consumer Culture & Its Critics,” “Global Transgender Histories,” “Indigenous Genders and Sexualities in North America,” “The Making of Race across Latin America,” and “Global Histories of Capitalism.”

The course description for “Global Transgender Histories” noted students “will become familiar with some of the global vocabulary of gender identities beyond the binary and will understand the historical impacts of phenomena such as racism, imperialism, and [the] medicalization on gender identities.”

Students also would’ve “discovered” the diversity of “gender-variant people” via “religious texts, poetry, art, legal cases, travelogues, newspapers, films […] and oral histories.”

In “Indigenous Genders and Sexualities in North America,” students would have gained knowledge about the “foundations of settler colonialism” and the “resistance to it” via “poetry, memoir, speculative fiction [and] media.”

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They also would “interrogate” various works in order to grasp “the anxieties, joys, and power that arise when Indigenous people embrace their bodies.”

Two Crimson editors expressed misgivings about the cancellations; Zion Dixon said he was “kind of disappointed” about not being able to attend “Global Transgender Histories,” while Angelina Ng was “very sad” about the axing of “British Soft Power from Shakespeare to Dua Lipa” — the short notice caused a “scramble,” she said.

The Harvard Salient reports there is still a smorgasbord of far-left course material to choose from at the premier Ivy (some of which, at present, may or may not still be available). “Feminism in the Age of Empire,” for example, “critically engages the possibilities and limits of liberation through the global history of feminist ideas of freedom.”

In “Indigenous Literatures of the Other-Than-Human,” students will read 20th and 21st-century Native depictions of “other-than-human beings” and (Natives’) relationships with such — which are “integral to Indigenous ways of understanding difference.”

And “Queering Education” looks into the alleged “hidden curriculum” in American schools which privileges heteronormativity, cisnormativity, and “gendered identities.”

Barf.

Giorgia Meloni tells court alleged deepfake porn videos of her are ‘form of violence’
The Telegraph | 08 October 2024 | Nick Squires

Italy’s prime minister appeared in court on Tuesday to demand punishment for two men who allegedly created deepfake pornographic videos of her and posted them online.

I was finally able to get the Skipper airbrushed out of this image. He’s always been too disruptive.

FrnakJ, shown below on his two private IMAO

ships (not to be confused with his IMAO lair, in foreground) . . .

. . . is pretty much funding this site for us to play in. So, let’s play.

Remembers Why He Logged Onto IMAO in the First Place:

If you maintain focus, you can see either Oppo or Walrus in the back of the scene. I’m not sure. I keep getting distracted.

FBI arrests Afghan man who officials say planned Election Day attack in the US
https://www.msn.com | October 8, 2024 | Eric Tucker

The FBI has arrested an Afghan man who officials say was inspired by the Islamic State militant organization and was plotting an Election Day attack targeting large crowds in the U.S., the Justice Department said Tuesday.

Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, of Oklahoma City told investigators after his arrest Monday that he had planned his attack to coincide with Election Day next month and that he and a co-conspirator expected to die as martyrs, according to charging documents.

I’m an official, I guess, depending upon how you define the word. So, does every utterance out of my mouth fall under the “Officials Say” rubric?

Update: I was just joking when I wrote the title to this post. But now I read:

Afghan Who Plotted Election Day Massacre Worked For The CIA: Report
The Federalist | 10/10/24 | Brianna Lyman

The Afghan national who was arrested Monday for allegedly plotting an Election Day terrorist attack worked as a security guard for the CIA in Afghanistan, NBC News reported citing sources familiar with the matter.

By the way, “Tawhedi” is a hell of a name to dangle in front of someone who likes to make little puns.

And, uh, I’ll just report to Human Resources, before . . . Good God, is that the time?

About that Secret Service Agents’ free trip to LGBTQ conference at Disneyworld …
American Thinker | 27 Sep, 2024 | Ed Sherdlu

We are in the middle of a hotly contested presidential election. There have already been two attempted assassinations of Donald Trump.

Reliable sources report Iran has sniper teams here to kill The Donald. So what does the Secret Service do? It sends needed agents to an all-expense paid LGBTQ conference at what Disney calls “The Most Magical Place on Earth.”

The Secret Service leadership finally admitted they did not assign the full complement of agents to Trump’s detail in Butler, Pennsylvania. Only a few were fully trained Protective Detail agents. The rest of the squad came from the B-Team. They usually spend their time chasing counterfeiters and credit card fraudsters. The temps’ protection training was watching a two-hour video. That’s less than a good movie and popcorn.

The Service doesn’t have enough time or manpower to answer even the simplest questions the Congressional Committee asks. USSS leadership claims they don’t have enough money to complete their vital mission. But they have the time, resources, and budget to solicit agents for the free four-day trip to what we Floridians call the Mouse House.

The story went public when the service’s DEI office sent a memo to every assistant director asking them to nominate candidates for this fun-in-the-sun trip

… or fun in the son …

to Orlando.

Susan Crabtree of Real Clear Politics uncovered the details. She learned those assistant directors had to send a list of their preferred people to the Secret Service Office of Alternative Employment.

FEMA sends dozens of electric chainsaws to North Carolina town without power.
threadreaderapp.com | October 08, 2024 | M_C_Masters

We are on the mountaintop in Little Switzerland collecting airlifted donations and distributing them to homes that have no power or are inaccessible. The community is self-organizing incredibly well. This is the only federal government response I’ve seen so far. {Image} Almost all the pallets we have received are donations coming in from citizens and orgs. Feds usually don’t come this far up into the mountains.

This has been the government donation: pallets of electric chainsaws to communities that have no power.

FrankJ is a very, very Christian man, so here’s a tip of the hat to those who venerate the Christian religions. And to those who don’t, no disrespect. Certainly no vest-bombs.

I always tend to choke up when I read those words. Would I, myself, have been “afraid to ask him concerning his word”? He would have answered in more riddles or parables, I expect. But He knew what was coming.

Source

Not sure how badly the formatting’s going to come out on this from PJ Media, but:

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… But the most damaging part of the interview came when Harris was questioned about her flip-flopping on major policies like fracking and immigration. Instead of directly addressing these changes, she offered evasive answers about traveling the country and listening to people, raising doubts about her consistency.

But the real interview was likely so much worse than what was broadcast. You see, ’60 Minutes’ has been caught editing Kamala Harris’s responses in true Orwellian fashion.

Check out the following exchange that was posted on social media before the interview aired:

KAMALA on ISRAEL: Well, Bill … the work that we have done has resulted in a number of movements in that region by Israel that were very much prompted by or a result of many things including our advocacy for what needs to happen in the region.

WHAT? 😳 pic.twitter.com/7PWQ0JcLAr— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) October 6, 2024

This was a nonsensical word salad that didn’t make much sense. So ’60 Minutes’ decided to do what passes for journalism these days and literally edited the interview, splicing her response to a different question in place of that monstrosity.

But that’s not the version of the interview that was aired.

Here’s a video showing what transpired in the interview, and then what was actually aired:

Remember Kamala’s word salad answer about Israel on 60 Minutes? It’s gone.

This is what many Americans will now see. pic.twitter.com/H4w7btDv6x— MAZE (@mazemoore) October 8, 2024

Here’s a transcript of the real interview:

BILL WHITAKER: But it seems that Prime Minister Netanyahu is not listening.

KAMALA HARRIS: Well, Bill, the work that we have done has resulted in a number of movements in that region by Israel that were very much prompted by or a result of, many things, including our advocacy for what needs to happen in the region.

Now, here’s a transcript of the broadcasted interview:

BILL WHITAKER:  But it seems that Prime Minister Netanyahu is not listening.

KAMALA HARRIS:  We are not gonna stop pursuing what is necessary for the United States to be clear about where we stand on the need for this war to end.