How to tell a Democrat is President

Financial Times: "Inflation is back with a vengeance — but is that a bad thing?"

Yes, inflation is the greatest gift since Obama's era of "funemployment!" 

"The Wonder Years" reboot - surprisingly good

Without getting too deep into the racial themes of 1968 Alabama, the show captured the spirit of the original with the confusion of a 12-year-old living in troubled times.

One aspect of the original "Wonder Years" that I always loved - carefully recreated here - is the strong father figure.  It seems like every other sitcom has the "silly Dad" Homer Simpson character, bum-stumbling from one crisis to another.  Dan Lauria's original dad was a hard-working, occasionally bitter man who above it all loved his family and wanted to do the right thing.  In the reboot, Dule Hill plays the cool and confident, nonplussed father, anchoring his own family.

By the way, I LOL'd when the parents suggested sending their daughter to Spelman College, a black all-female college, calling it a "win-win" proposition.  As in a "win-win" for the two parents.

Even Romney gets it

Ace: "Mitch McConnell: The GOP Will Not Vote to Raise the Debt Ceiling"

Mitt Romney, of all people, explains the thinking: If the Democrats are making all spending and taxing decisions without bipartisan give-and-take, why should Republicans have to help Democrats with this vote?

Youse guys wanna cram through historic, war-time spending?  Go ahead and cram through the debt increase, too. 

The NY Times is a parody of itself

This article is unbelievable.  What's in the water over there?  Newsbusters: "New York Times: Iran's Top Bomb-Maker Loved Persian Poetry, Drives to the Seashore."

Even for the woke NYT, this is a new low. Almost couldn't believe it was real at first.

— Archie N. 🇺🇸 (@ArchieN1966) September 19, 2021

Sinema calls the tune

Hot Air: "Sinema reportedly calls Pelosi's bluff: Pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill next week or I'll tank reconciliation."

A bit of background: some moderate Democrats in the House cut a deal with Nancy Pelosi.  She agreed to bring the infrastructure bill, that passed the Senate, up for a vote on September 27th.  She did this to buy some time to get the $3.5 trillion spending bill completed and pass the bills together.  Well, that ain't gonna happen.

If Pelosi calls for a vote on September 27th, progressive Democrats may balk and Nancy will need to depend on Republican votes to pass the infrastructure bill.  But if she tries to delay, Sinema will scotch the $3.5 trillion bill (which is probably dead anyway based on Joe Manchin's comments.)

My feeling is that Democrats will take half-a-loaf and pass infrastructure then the multi-trillion wish list will die in the Senate.

Adios, financial privacy

Reason: "Biden's Plan To Crack Down on Tax Cheating: Snooping on Everyone's Bank Accounts - The president says the IRS needs just two bits of information: all the money that goes into your bank account, and all the money that comes out." 

Doesn't anybody know how to play this game?

The Corner: "Biden’s Booster Bungle Shows a White House in Dysfunction." 

In pursuit of that fair share

Fox News: "Bill Maher calls out AOC's 'Tax the Rich' dress: 'Let's not lie' and say the rich don't pay taxes."

The top 1% pay more than the bottom 95%.  That seems like a lot.

Modern problems require modern solutions

Ace: "Lawless Biden administration changes FAA rules to block Fox from filming border chaos." 

Question: if the media refuses to cover the border crisis, does it matter that the Biden administration is preventing damning pictures? 

Never enough

Reason - "Taxing the Rich Isn't Enough to Pay for Democrats' Welfare State. They'll Need To Soak the Middle Class Too. - There simply aren't enough rich people to finance all the new spending."

Insulting allies in every hemisphere

Reuters: "France says Biden acted like Trump to sink Australia defence deal."

PARIS (Reuters) -France accused U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday of stabbing it in the back and acting like his predecessor Donald Trump after Paris was pushed aside from a historic defence export contract to supply Australia with submarines.

The United States, Britain and Australia announced they would establish a security partnership for the Indo-Pacific that will help Australia acquire U.S. nuclear-powered submarines and scrap the $40 billion French-designed submarine deal.

“This brutal, unilateral and unpredictable decision reminds me a lot of what Mr Trump used to do,” Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told franceinfo radio. “I am angry and bitter. This isn’t done between allies.”

Mr. Competency and Foreign Relations, pissing off allies from Perth to Paris.

Australian media pounces

This is normal.  Politico: "‘That fellow Down Under’ — Aussies cringe as Biden appears to forget PM’s name."

SYDNEY — Pal. Fellow Down Under. Hey … you.

Sure, Washington, London and Canberra have just signed a huge new defense pact. But what Australians are talking about is U.S. President Joe Biden appearing to forget their prime minister’s name.

The American media covered up for Dementia Joe but the Aussies weren't quite as forgiving:

Twitter lit up with hundreds of comments calling out Mr Biden, with social media users describing him as "hopeless" and "embarrassing". 

Hey, man, he remembered Boris Johnson's name.  You can't expect him to remember the name of two guys.

Priorities

Federalist: "Victims Demand Justice After FBI Ignored Nassar’s Serial Abuse, Sexual Assault."

Daily Wire: "The FBI Sent 15 Federal Agents To Investigate Bubba Wallace Claim While Violent Insurrections Tear The Country Apart."

Fifteen FBI agents. 

Tax those vaping Rockefellers!

Twitchy: "Tax the rich? Democrats look to cigarettes and vaping to help fund that $3.5 trillion spending bill."

So much for only taxing Americans who make more than $400,000/year.

Deploy the Bartender Defense

Fox News: "AOC hit with ethics complaint over Met Gala attendance." 

RIP Norm

This bit from Norm Macdonald always makes me laugh:

As predicted, here comes the ransom

Red State: "The Other Shoe Drops: Biden Admin Announces Millions in Aid to Afghanistan."  

"Siri, why do people think the media is full of it?"

Twitchy: "NPR: Man dies after being turned away from 43 ICUs at capacity due to COVID, according to his family."

That happened.  I was the Ivermectin.

The adults in the room shift blame like 8-year-olds

Hot Air: "Blinken: Trump left us a deadline for withdrawal on Afghanistan but not a plan."

Of course, this is false, but let's assume there's a universe where the mainstream media remembers Biden's July 8th press conference the one where he said the Taliban wouldn't take over.  Oh never mind.  Let's assume a President who wasn't hell-bent on getting out by 9/11 for his photo-op, and recognized the lack of a plan was a serious problem.

The new spin is that, although there was no plan, gosh darn it they just had to stick that deadline.  It's called leadership, people.