Posse Incitatus

This Masquerade

As the mask mandate drags on, and life becomes more surreal, George Benson's smooth jazz tune goes through my head: "Are we really happy here, with this lonely game we play?" followed a few lines later by "We're lost in a masquerade."

This isn't a masquerade ball, but it may as well be. Everywhere you go, it's like a Twilight Zone episode. I still can't get used to seeing everyone wearing a mask, including some who walk, jog or ride a bicycle outdoors while masked (absurd) or stay masked while driving alone (unnecessary and ridiculous).

It's no surprise that Democrat governors are the most strict with requiring use of masks, and liberals are most supportive. Many libs seem to love being told what to do, and have a child-like obedience to the state, as if they're four years old and the government is Mommy or Daddy.

The standard liberal/progressive line is, "We're following the science" or "I'm on the side of science." But what they call "science" is often unreliable recommendations or findings based on incomplete data and faulty computer models.

On top of that, several states, most notably Florida, have reported grossly inaccurate "positive" results for COVID-19 tests, and many hospitals attribute deaths to COVID-19 when there are underlying conditions, any one of which could have killed the patient even if Coronavirus were not present. Doctors also disagree on the efficacy of masks, just as they do over drugs such as hydroxychloroquine. 

There have been numerous inconsistencies on the lockdown (liquor stores and abortion clinics have remained open the whole time while churches, gyms, movie theaters and bars have stayed closed for months in most states; also, lottery tickets and marijuana -- where legal-- have remained available for purchase).

In the same way, there are inconsistencies with use of masks. Why is it that patrons must wear a mask as they walk into a restaurant, but may remove it once they've sat down at a table and are ready to eat and drink. And why, if social distancing is so vital, are hair dressers and nail salon personnel allowed to work when their jobs require them to be "up-close-and-personal" with clients?

On a wider scale, there have been large gatherings of maskless people who do anything but socially distance themselves. Examples: Rallies by Black Lives Matter and Antifa in large cities, featuring thousands of screaming, chanting young people who get in the faces of those they perceive don't support them. In some cases, such as the disgraceful attacks on people leaving the White House following President Trump's Thursday night speech, the thuggish protesters actually spit in the faces of the conservatives they despise.

To demonstrate I'm not a partisan shill, I will also take the Donald Trump campaign to task: He's held rallies during which socially distancing was not practiced, and wearing masks was not required. And during his keynote speech Thursday night that wrapped up the Republican National Convention, folding chairs were crammed in together as if it were 2018. Very few attendees wore masks.

The government edicts about when, where and whether people wear masks are as arbitrary as the diktats RE: No. of people allowed inside a business or at an outside gathering. It's all pretty Orwellian. But then, Orwellian scenarios don't faze Democrats at all. They live for this shit!

As time goes on, I think we're realizing that the paranoia of March 2020 was irrational. It's not easy to contract Coronavirus from touching surfaces such as doorknobs, mailed packages or gas pump dispensers. And unless someone coughs, sneezes or bellows loudly while you are standing close to him or her, your chances of contracting the virus are minimal.

Still, the mask obsession continues. At this point, we've got to ask: WTF is the end game? The virus is never going away. The hard truth is that we need tens of millions of young and middle-aged people to contract the virus (more than 99 percent of them will recover) and build up an immunity to it. "Herd immunity" will be the savior, not a vaccine.

Meantime, megalomaniac politicians who lust after power and live to micro-manage people's lives will continue doing what they're doing. See Whitmer, Gretchen -- Callow governor of Michigan.

Conditions on the Ground

Many conservatives have noted for years how out-of-touch Democrats are with their loopy policy positions and warped priorities.

For years before the current unrest -- even during the throes of the Russian collusion hysteria and impeachment -- Democrats would frequently spout ominous warnings about climate change and systemic racism/sexism/Islamophobia. They warned the earth will only last another 12 years unless dramatic green energy policies are adopted.

They devoted an inordinate amount of time and energy to advocating for perverted LGBTQ policies such as allowing biological men to compete in women's sports and permitting boys to use girls' restrooms and locker rooms -- even though this "alphabet soup" portion of the population is minuscule.

Never mind that the engineering and physics do not exist that would support an entire shutdown of all fossil fuels without crippling our economy, dramatically slashing tax revenues, and throwing millions of people out of work.

And forget about the fact that even if all Americans were to live like cavemen, India, China, Russia and dozens of other countries would continue to pollute wantonly. These other countries don't give a rat's ass if we hamstring our economy in the name of climate change, virtue signaling for unattainable pie-in-the-sky goals. Believe me, they won't reciprocate.

Democrats' insular group-think on these issues was bad enough before the pandemic and the disgusting violence and anarchism that have torn about so many of our cities. But in the context of what's gone on the past few months, their crazy priorities are off-the-charts insane.

I cannot cite specific polls, but I am a critical thinker and an observant person. I have read about and watched video of many disgusted residents of cities who are outraged and devastated about the hellish, dystopian mayhem going on in their urban areas.

Invariably, they are livid at their local DEMOCRAT mayors, council members, prosecutors and police chiefs. They are fearful for themselves and their families. The threat of rape, assault, arson and shootings obliterates any abstract rubbish about climate change, existential threats or "systemic" isms.

Few of them blame Donald Trump. (Many of the riff-raff who are committing the violent and destructive acts do blame Trump, but that's simply because they are hateful, ignorant anarchists.) Even many Democrats -- e.g., small business owners whose livelihoods have been destroyed -- are appalled at how their party has let them down.

In addition to the misguided policies I've already mentioned, quite a few Democrats and their supporters also advocate for "defunding" the police. No one has really defined this vague term -- it can mean everything from dramatically reducing police budgets, as New York City has done, to literally eliminating police departments. But polls have shown that those who would be most adversely affected by such an idiotic policy -- inner city blacks of modest income -- are about 80 percent opposed to cutting back spending on police.

Democrats often use mindless, feel-good platitudes like, "We need to reimagine policing," and recommend asinine alternatives like having social workers call on crime victims. They also lie brazenly about federal "stormtroopers" moving on "peaceful protesters." The mendacity has become the king-sized donkey in the living room.

Democrats have long overplayed their hand, and many of them are so obstinate, so dense, that they just can't help themselves. It is because of this major disconnect that we are seeing some incredible movement in the polls in various states.

For example, a few months ago, Joe Biden was up 16 points on Trump in Minnesota. Now they are in a dead heat. In the nationwide polls, Biden's lead has plummeted from double digits (often 10-15 percent) to low single digits in several polls including Rasmussen, the most accurate of the 2016 pollsters.

Of course, polls are badly flawed, and a heck of a lot of developments can occur between now and Nov. 3. One of the biggest drawbacks for the Democrats is Biden's penchant for gaffes and boneheaded statements.

Just the other day, he tweeted out that he favors a federal mask mandate, and when questioned by ABC's David Muir what he would do if, in January, there is a surge in COVID-19 cases alongside the flu, Biden didn't hesitate: "I would shut it down. I would listen to the scientists." That's right, a nationwide stay-at-home order, on top of a mandate that Americans wear masks even while outdoors. Both are political suicide.

Biden's stupidity is but a microcosm of his party's insane priorities and positions. If Trump doesn't shoot himself in the foot too often, and manages to stay on message (he obviously has some talented speechwriters), he can definitely win come Nov. 3. And it might not be as close as people expect.

The Clinesmith plea deal

I've not bothered to post much about Spygate because we've reached the point where there are more dud bombshells than a live-fire range.

What's important now is whether the perps do time.

This is why Kevin Clinesmith's plea deal is significant.  His crime was undeniable: one cannot falsify an official document during an investigation.  No need to establish intent, the crime is apparent for all to see.

Clinesmith was deeply involved in Spygate witch hunt, and while the Dem media is trying to portray his guilty plea as merely a 'paper crime,' it in fact cuts to the core of the whole corrupt enterprise because absent his falsified document, the FISA warrants likely would have ceased, which would in turn have called them into question before the Mueller team had completed its smear job.

The cooperation element as well as the timing - Clinesmith approached DoJ rather than being bullied into a deal - indicate that more actions will be taken.

It's always hazardous to predict, buy my sense is that Durham is basing his investigation on similar indisputable types of crimes to minimize the political debate surrounding his charges.  This also makes a conviction far easier to obtain.

The big question is who will go down next - and what kind of deal they will try to get.

Mail-in Ballots Portend Election Meltdown

Despite what the liberals and their media marionettes say, mail-in ballots and absentee ballots bring with them a host of problems.

We've already seen ample evidence of the mayhem that can result. Just look at the New York City Democrat primaries in several congressional districts. They took place on June 23, and it's taken nearly two months for the results to be sorted out. Overwhelmed elections officials were deluged with more than 10 times the number of absentee ballots received in recent elections in the city, according to press reports.

One area of concern in New York City was that mail-in ballots have prepaid return envelopes that were improperly processed by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS).  An unknown number of votes — possibly thousands — may have been wrongfully disqualified because of a lack of a postmark. And then there were errors of judgment by elections workers, e.g., discarding ballots for minor errors. There's a hell of a lot of gray area with mail-in and absentee ballots (Let's call it hanging chads on steroids).

It's easy to conflate problems with local officials' incompetence (as was the case here) with deliberate fraud and with the USPS struggles. It's also common to confuse mail-in ballots with absentee ballots. The common thread: Delayed, possibly tainted results, and a lack of voter confidence in the integrity of the system.

President Trump, as he is wont to do, has been clumsy with his tweets. He has tweeted out many times that he's concerned about massive fraud in the November elections, and the corrupt news media has demonized him, claiming he has no evidence this will take place. No evidence? There have been plenty of cases of ballot harvesting over the years, and it remains legal in several states, with varying specifics on who is allowed to collect and deliver ballots.

There have also been documented cases of mail-in and absentee ballots being sent to the wrong people, including dead people. Check out this fiasco in West Virginia.

The Heritage Foundation documents more than 1,200 cases of voter fraud, and over 1,100 convictions resulting from these cases.

But Trump's tweets fail to pick up on the nuances of the problem. Even beyond local incompetence, inadequate staffing levels and downright fraud, the biggest issue come Nov. 3 may well be the dysfunctional and failing USPS.

USPS has been struggling for well over a decade. It has lost $78 billion since 2007, according to the Wall Street Journal. Indeed, USPS is in even worse shape than that perpetual leech Amtrak, which has been propped up annually for half a century.

USPS is top-heavy with overpaid managers and heavy pension obligations. Its bloated workforce of 600,000 is represented by seven different unions. While the volume of mail has declined dramatically in the past 20 years, the same cannot be said for the number of employees.

A recent WSJ editorial cited several examples of absurd inefficiencies that illustrate the level of dysfunction. For example, USPS says its longest route is in Sidney, Montana, where a carrier goes 191 miles a day to hit 272 mailboxes. And how about this: In Supai, Arizona, mules take mail down an 8-mile path to the base of the Grand Canyon.  

A recent report by the Government Accountability Office stated that the “USPS’s current business model is not financially sustainable.” The WSJ sums it up thusly: It's a Blockbuster service in a Netflix world.

It is this mess that Donald Trump appointed Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to clean up. Mr. DeJoy has attempted to stanch the fiscal bleeding by reorganizing management and cutting fat from the budget (e.g., reducing overtime expenses), and he won't rule out eliminating Saturday delivery and closing down tiny, rural post offices.

Democrats claim DeJoy is just a hack who was appointed because he was a generous donor to Trump's campaign. But DeJoy headed up a trucking company and has extensive experience in supply chain management.

Being the conspiracy theory kooks they are, Democrats now are pushing a theory that Trump is trying to, in the words of Barack Obama, "kneecap" USPS just in time for the November election. (This will become the next "Russian collusion" fairy tale, mark my words.)

One loopy Hollywood leftist, actress Jamie Lee Curtis, actually claims that Trump supporters are stealing mail trucks. The sad thing is, there are millions of gullible Democrat voters who will believe this nonsense, just as they believe the Russians actually hacked into American voting machines in 2016. You can't fix stupid.

Look, not all Democrats engage in voter fraud, and there have also been Republicans convicted of voter fraud. But incompetence and dysfunction are bipartisan, and alarmingly widespread. I'd say there's a great chance the November election, if it ends up being 100 percent by mail, will be an unmitigated disaster. Let's hope we come to our senses and not let it happen due to irrational paranoia about Coronavirus spreading during in-person voting.

After all, didn't the liberals' beloved saint, Dr. Anthony Fauci, recently say there is "no reason" in-person voting cannot be safe with masks and proper social distancing?

 

Trump brings peace to the Middle East: Democrats hardest hit

Today's announcement that the United Arab Emirates will formally recognize Israel and begin full diplomatic and commercial relations would normally be and earth-shaking event.

The UAE are highly influential and already there are rumors that other Gulf Arab states will follow their lead.

Saudi Participation now becomes a question of "when" rather than "if."

This was unthinkable even a few short years ago - that is to say, before Trump became president.

It's fashionable for leftists to insist that Trump is a rampaging clown, breaking our alliances and trashing American influence on the world scene.

On the contrary, he is the most consequential president since Ronald Reagan and seems destined to eclipse him if given a second term.

Naturally, Obama's minions are beside themselves with rage.  How could such an ill-mannered klutz achieve such remarkable results?   The best minds from Berkeley and Cambridge had come up with Obama's policies, backed by the best think tanks at the most credentialed establishment diplomats.

Yet their finely-tuned "strategic patience" brought only renewed war, widespread chaos and diminished American influence.  It took eight painful years to undermine America's position in the world; how has Trump reversed the decline in little more than three?

It is a mystery that the Left cannot unravel, blinded as they are by Trump hatred.  The Quisling Never Trumpers are likewise convinced The Donald has some sorcery at work. 

The Cuckshed was all set to claim that Biden's wise statecraft is preferable to Trump's oafish behavior, but that phantom has been dispelled almost before it could take shape.

Articles about Trump diminishing America's stature have proved to have a shorter shelf life than Recovery Summer. 

The VP Sweepstakes

It's been a bizarre presidential election, with COVID-19 throwing a monkey wrench into the normal M.O. of both major political parties, Joe Biden running his campaign from the basement, and Donald Trump inhibited from staging frequent mass rallies.

In finally choosing Sen. Kamala Harris as his vice-presidential running mate, Biden did not necessarily drag his feet, given the circumstances. Rather, he repeatedly missed and pushed back deadlines for his decision due to the major baggage many of his prime contenders had. He probably knew of the inevitable ramifications that would ricochet off the Democrat kaleidoscope walls after his pick was announced.

You see, in this factionalized party that's rife with identity politics, there are crazies and fanatics in all corners of the kaleidoscope, and most of them will whine if they don't get their way, running to the progressive sewer of Twitter to spout off with bile and obsessively checking back to see how many "likes" and retweets their comments get.

Let's take a look at the primary contenders with whom Uncle Joe dealt: Former U.N. Ambassador and National Security Advisor Susan Rice already has established herself as a brazen liar almost in the same class as Hillary and Bill Clinton. Her misguided policies contributed to chaos overseas, including the 1994 Rwanda massacre. Furthermore, insiders say she's a nasty person to work with, and makes frequent use of the "F" word. I knew from the get-go she would've been a disastrous pick.

California Representative Karen Bass is a big-time communist sympathizer. A long-time left-wing militant from the People's Republic of California, she visited Cuba numerous times during the reign of the vile thug Fidel Castro. When Castro died in 2016, she stated, "The passing of the Comandante en Jefe (Commander in Chief) is a great loss to the people of Cuba.” It's a no-brainer that having Bass on the ticket would have made Florida a slam-dunk for Trump-Pence.

Biden also considered Massachusetts progressive firebrand Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, among others. Warren would have scared Wall Street to death, and caused many investors who normally back Democrats to give their votes and campaign contributions to Trump. Whitmer is too inexperienced, and like Warren, the wrong skin color during this woke age.

By choosing Harris, Biden thinks he can pacify those on the left who demanded he select a "woman of color" (hey, EVERY woman is a woman of color -- some paler than others). At the same time, Biden believes Harris is not such a femi-Nazi radical (like Warren) that she will scare off independents and moderates of both parties. But from the commentary I've been reading, Harris may appeal to middle aged and older blacks, but younger blacks don't care for her. 

The progressives have been ripping Harris on Twitter and in blogs. Remember, these folks are hostile to law enforcement, and Harris had a reputation for being hard-nosed with criminals when she was San Francisco D.A. and California Attorney General. She locked up plenty of black men -- often for long sentences. On the same token, she allegedly let wealthy and powerful crooks get off easy. 

Take, for instance, these two tweets:

• MSNBC commentator Krystal Ball tweeted: "Apparently the answer to a movement for black lives is someone who helped perpetuate a lock em up regime while letting the powerful in Silicon Valley and Wall Streeters like Steve Mnuchin loot with impunity. Happy 2020."
• Leftist journalist Walker Bragman of The Intercept tweeted: "Crime bill author Joe Biden selects "top cop" Kamala Harris for VP as racial justice and police abolition protests continue across the country."

Oh, boy. Fasten your seatbelts. It's gonna be a wild ride these next 3 1/2 months!

Woke Whitmer and Uber Pandering

There are plenty of morons on network TV who are beyond parody -- CNN's Brian Stelter is a prime example. Many of them are just too dense to be self-aware and to have a shred of humility. A track record of making asinine statements and dozens of wrong predictions doesn't faze them in the least, nor does it seem to bother their viewers.

The same can be said for politicians: Some of them surpass even our greatest fears of over-the-top wokeism. Case in point: Michigan's progressive darling, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (aka Marie Antoinette). After months of micromanaging Michigan's economy with a maze of mask mandates, lockdown phases and arbitrary numbers on how many people can gather under one roof, Madame Governor has really outdone herself with a race card pander that is shocking even by her standards.

On Wednesday, Whitmer held a press conference to announce she has declared racism a public health crisis. She has issued an executive directive requiring the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to "work with other state departments to examine data, develop and plan policies, and engage, communicate and advocate for communities of color. It also requires all state employees take implicit bias training to understand the unconscious preferences we experience without intentional control and how it can impact others."

The virtue signalers just HAVE to guilt-trip everybody, don't they?

Whitmer's administration will create the Black Leadership Advisory Council to work with the administration and Legislature, focusing on issues affecting black Michigan residents. (This is guaranteed to blossom into a whole new bureaucracy offering plum patronage positions for Democrat politicians and supporters.) Among the council's pie-in-the-sky goals:

• Helping community groups with programming, funding and government rule compliance;
• Promoting cultural arts for the Black community;
• Modifying flaws throughout state law in order to expand economic growth and wealth equity for the Black community; AND
• Working directly with the governor to promote legislation and regulations.

The governor's announcement of this new priority takes a tack that is common among leftists: Attribute everything bad that happens to black people to racism (emphasis is mine):

"This pandemic has confirmed and highlighted the deadly nature of these pre-existing inequities caused by systemic racism. COVID-19 is more than four times as likely to take the life of a Black Michigander than a white one," Whitmer said. "This reflects longstanding, deep, societal, economic and environmental disparities."

Um, I thought it was because far too many blacks have unhealthy diets, are overweight, smoke, and suffer from underlying conditions such as diabetes and hypertension. Additionally, they tend to use public transportation more often and sometimes live in crowded conditions.

Now granted, some live in depressed inner city areas where it's difficult to purchase healthy foods at neighborhood mini-marts. And some have no healthcare or poor healthcare. But to attribute unequal COVID-19 outcomes simply to the old bogeyman of RACISM! is just more knee-jerk liberalism. Demagoguery 101.

The governor's announcement mentions that throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, African-American individuals have made up nearly 27% of Michigan's confirmed cases and 39% of deaths -- although making up 14% of the state's overall population. Again, it's often lifestyle choices -- choices no white racists force blacks to make. Look, there are plenty of obese white people who have poor diets and maintain sedentary lives. It's not a racial issue; it's often a matter of how we were raised and whether good nutrition and exercise were emphasized while we were growing up.

The executive directive requires health departments to document, analyze and publicize the differences in health outcomes throughout Michigan’s ethnic and racial groups. You talk about a can of worms featuring more identity politics and bickering factions. Leave it to liberals!

Calling racism a public health crisis reminds me of the CDC's decision a few decades ago to treat gun violence as a public health problem. Gun violence, like gang membership, dropping out of high school, dealing drugs, and getting sent to prison are problems plaguing far too many blacks that can be laid directly at the doorstep of fatherless children. The breakdown of the family structure among blacks (about 72 percent are born to single mothers) is the crux of the matter. All children need a father to serve as role model, mentor, guardian and disciplinarian. Not having a father is having the deck stacked against you from the start. But people who declare this publicly are vilified, demonized and ostracized. Such is the warped progressive world in which we live.

"Big Gretch," as her gushing fans love to call her, is moving at warp speed to be even more of a leftist than the infamous "Governor Tinkerbell" who failed frequently from 2003-2011. It wouldn't surprise me at all if, in the near future, she advocates reparations for slavery.

There is no 'reasonable dialogue' because the Democrats killed it

Our new (and perhaps old?) comments troll has made an appeal to reasonable discussion as a means to bridging disagreement.  All very reasonable and 1990s in outlook.

Yet for all the fair words, it's impossible at this late date to take them seriously.

In the first case, anyone wishing to learn more about 'the right' would likely choose a far more consequential blog than this fading relic, where a good weeks sees maybe three posts.

However, there is a truly massive archive, where such a person could - through careful reading - learn much about the evolution of non-establishment conservative thought.  Certainly we have better things to do that repeat arguments that are readily available.

But in the larger sense, dialogue is pointless because the Democrats have unmistakably signaled that they are done talking and ready to impose their will by any means necessary.

This became clear under Obama, when Democrats nakedly used their power in the teeth of public opposition and in violation of long-standing tradition to obtain what they assumed would be permanent gains.  Thus, in the quest to dominate the judiciary, the Senate filibuster was cast aside.  Similarly, the long-standing tradition of bipartisan support of major legislation was trashed in order to put Obamacare into effect - even going so far as to jam the bills through on Christmas Eve.

The Democrats knew they were flirting with electoral suicide, but such considerations were secondary to the belief that they would fundamentally alter the American political landscape.  Winning was all they cared about.

So it is today.  The Dems will trash anything that gets in their way.  How quaint is it to recall the Democrat opposition to the PATRIOT Act in light of how they used it to spy on - and undermine - the Trump administration!  The FBI and CIA - once deeply distrusted by the civil libertarian left - now are given full license to lie about warrants and use thug tactics to jail political enemies on specious charges.

Which is a weird posture to take for a party that claims to oppose "over-incarceration."

Perhaps the clearest signal that debate is pointless is the Democrats' reversion to using moral arguments instead of logical ones.

This not only frees them from having to explain the practical effect of implementation, it also absolves them from responsibility for any unfavorable results.

For example: de-policing in Democrat cities has produced a surge of crime, shootings and death.

By any objective measure - improving safety, protecting the lives of black people - the policy has failed.

But since it is a moral imperative, these injuries or deaths are but collateral damage on the path to Utopia.

The last time this happened was regarding slavery - when the Democrats of the 1840s shifted from defending slavery as regrettable but necessary into a positive moral good. 

It is eerily similar to the move from Bill Clinton's claim that abortion should be 'safe, legal and rare,' to 'shout your abortion!' campaigns, and concurrent lawsuits to force Catholic hospitals to perform the murderous act.

A true dialogue takes place where both sides are open to new ideas and new opinions.  For Democrats, this is an impossibility.  When they speak of 'national dialogues,' they mean that everyone else has to listen to them until they are tired of talking and then do what they say.

Not long ago, one could expect nominal Catholics like Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden to denounce the attacks on Catholic churches and monuments, but their silence (and even outright denial) speaks volumes.

Indeed, a previous concern troll tried to argue that Antifa didn't exist, ignoring the prominent displays of their symbols, banners, and social media accounts claiming to speak for them.

The first place for such a dialogue to begin is therefore the admission of reality: Antifa is a violent, leftist domestic terrorist organization.  If such agreement is impossible, there is nothing left to discuss.

The Dystopian Ugliness Continues

The Posse has been remiss of late in not addressing the issue of widespread vandalism and arson perpetrated against Catholic churches and statues these past few weeks. Some statues have been toppled; others have been decapitated or spray-painted. Graffiti, broken windows and arson have occurred at numerous churches in New York City, Boston, Los Angeles, Tennessee, Florida and in several Canadian cities. 

In Florida, a young man drove a vehicle into a church during Mass July 11, got out, poured gasoline around the lobby, and lit it on fire. The anger and hatred coming from the left is appalling, and it only promises to get worse.

Recall that back in June, Black Lives Matter activist Shaun King tweeted that his followers should tear down statues at churches that depict a white Jesus Christ and Virgin Mary. This kind of anti-Catholic bigotry is to be expected from the left, and not one Democrat has spoken out against it. (Why should that be surprising, when "Catholic" Democrats who support the butchery of abortion still go to Mass and receive Holy Communion?)

I have said for years that it won't be long before the left declares the Bible to be "hate speech," and Big Brother will censor homilies as well as keep churches and church members under surveillance. 

Remember back in 2014 (one year before the Supreme Court's ruling on gay marriage) when the City of Houston issued subpoenas to several Protestant ministers to see sermons from upcoming services? This was based on a city ordinance supporting LGBTQ rights -- rights the clergymen were supposedly violating by preaching the Gospel. Then Mayor Annise Parker demanded to see the sermons in advance. However, a severe backlash forced her and the city to back down. This was but a preview of things to come.

The signs are all around us, from the toppling of statues to the anarchy and looting in big cities, to the demonization of police, to individuals getting fired for daring to speak simple words like "All lives matter," to anti-religious bigotry manifesting itself in malicious destruction of property. This country is ill, and we'd better wake up before it's too late.