A summary of more than a few emails I’ve received on the topic:
“Kim, when you talked about disbanding the FDA, how about the CDC?”
An excellent point. Here’s a piece which catalogs the awfulness of the CDC, who while investigating “diseases” such as childhood obesity and gun violence, completely fucked up when it came to their actual mission.
Toss ’em all overboard, say I, and forget not the concrete boots.
Tim Worstall makes an excellent point here:
Don’t ‘celebrate’ gay people, just accept us, says teacher at centre of schools row
Accept is reasonable, but I think tolerate is closer to the correct meaning. To accept Simon Cowell would be asking too much, toleration is about as liberal as I can get.
And yes, Mr. Cowell is a reasonable comparison for sexuality. Other peoples’ tastes are none of my damn business assuming that they’re not being offered directly to me to partake of, subject to the usual consenting adults only caveat.
Quite right. I have no problem with, for example, Homosexual Pride parades; I tolerate them (as long as I don’t have to actually see them or be caught in the middle of one). Do I accept them?
No.
It’s a small but important distinction, and well done Tim for pointing that out. And never mind “accept”; you can forget that “celebration” bullshit, too: that’s never going to happen.
Heheheheh… from the City of Brotherly Love:
ABC6 (Philadelphia) reports a would-be robber was shot and killed on Saturday, after violating the city’s stay-at-home order and, you know, the laws against robbing people.
The shooting happened just before 4:30 p.m. at the Star Wear store in the 2700 block of Germantown Avenue.
Police said the man was shot at least five times by an employee while he trying to rob the store.
The man was taken to the hospital and died a short time later.
Five times? Dude.
Excuse me, I think it’s time for a 
(I know, I shouldn’t go outside with all this “social distancing” stuff going on, but I’m assuming that people are going to stay well clear of a naked old fat man dancing crazy and shooting an AK-47 into the air.)
Try not to giggle like a schoolgirl when you read this report:
An intrusion suspect in Fredericksburg, Texas, was shot dead by a homeowner’s fiancee Saturday morning after he allegedly choked the homeowner unconscious.
I won’t spoil the fun by adding the final touch. Go and read it.
My only question is: what’s with this “intrusion suspect” bullshit? Little fucker broke into the house, attacked the man and then got shot dead. It’s all as clear as daylight: there’s nothing “suspect” or (my favorite) “alleged” about this.
Anyway, it’s all academic. One less choirboy for us to worry about here in Texas.
I love this country. Here’s yet another reason:
Only a few months have passed since we reported that the New York-to-Los Angeles Cannonball record was broken. It’s allegedly been broken again. The 26 hour, 38 minute time—which beats the record set in November by more than 45 minutes—appears to be legitimate.
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It did not escape many long-time Cannonballers that an immobilized workforce and hard times might create ideal road conditions for fast driving thanks to much lower traffic volumes. Musing in online chat groups ensued. But most decided that it was better to cast their lot with the rest of humanity and stay home. Most, but not all.
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All we know about this new set of scofflaws is that there were three, maybe four of them, and that they were driving a white 2019 Audi A8 sedan with a pair of red plastic marine fuel tanks ratchet-strapped into its trunk. They started at the Red Ball Garage in New York City at 11:15 pm on April 4, and ended less than 27 hours later at the Portofino Hotel & Marina in Redondo Beach, California, the traditional start and end points of a Cannonball attempt.
Which leads me to my question to you, O My Readers:
If you were going to Cannonball, what car would you choose to do it in, and why?
Remember that the only criteria are speed, reliability, comfort and (maybe) fuel efficiency.
Your answers in Comments. But I have to tell you: the Audi A8 was not the worst choice in the world…
No links because we Murkins don’t really care much for furriners. I do this so you don’t need to.
…and as it’s China, let’s just go with a hundred-and-eight thousand, because we all know the ChiComs lie like Clintons. And speaking of lying, this from the BBC:
…and I will give $10,000 to anyone who can provide irrefutable scientific proof that viruses can be teleported by radio waves… you fucking moron.
…good grief, the Italians can start opening up businesses, and we can’t? And meanwhile, in the south…
…except they’re not Covidiots, they’re pissed-off mafiosi. (In the old days. they’d just have sent someone round to visit the families of the chopper pilots.)
…I think we need to start a Berlin Airlift-style operation in eastern Greece, only we drop machine-guns instead of coal and food.
…that’s the spirit: disarm the cops first, then riot.
…and you have to know things are getting bad when the servile obedient Germans are stoning their Polizei. But at least they’re not getting out of control, unlike elsewhere:
…I think this headline should be printed out and distributed to the public at large; and the next time some asswipe Californian cop gets all enforcey on someone taking a stroll along an empty beach, he should be given a copy. Just as an FYI, of course.
Finally, some educational news:
…and unlike what you may have heard from Hollywood: Krakatoa is west of Java. Now you know.