Posse Incitatus

Silence is Violence? Or is it Embarrassment?

The leftist virtue signalers, Democrat hacks and their media stooges on MSNBC and CNN are fond of parroting the clichéd meme "Silence is Violence" with regard to blacks being shot by police. From the leftist perspective, the police are racists who are always and forever on the hunt for new black victims to shoot. They absolutely do not acknowledge that in most cases, the black victim would not have been shot had he been unarmed and cooperated with police during a traffic stop or arrest.

Well, after many months of everyone from Sleepy Joe Biden to your local liberal blowhard in the coffee shop spouting nonsense about the white supremacist bogeyman, systemic racism and how bigoted Donald Trump supporters are, it's time for a reality check.

The same left-wing blowhards who have attempted to hammer home a false narrative about the supposed racism of Kyle Rittenhouse, Donald Trump (and his 75 million supporters), Nick Sandmann, the Duke lacrosse players, George Zimmerman and untold other people, are now suddenly silent about a true racist who happens to be black and is charged with killing and injuring white people.

No, the race baiters, demagogues and haters of MSNBC and CNN, as well as their print media peers at the Washington Post and New York Times, have no desire to speak out against defendant Darrell Brooks and the hate group he supports, Black Lives Matter. Maybe they're just downright embarrassed about their duplicity.

Brooks tweeted out threats encouraging violence against white people. Witnesses at the Nov. 21 Christmas parade in Waukesha said that Brooks drove his Ford SUV in such a manner that demonstrated he was intentionally trying to mow down people. He was zig-zagging to hit as many people as possible.

This is a fact: Although white racism against blacks is a blot upon America going back centuries, black racism against whites is still a very real evil in today's society. Newsflash to the obstinate ideologues and dunderheads of America's garbage media: There ARE black racists, and it is simple-minded and asinine to imply that racism is only a white-on-black phenomenon.

The corrupt, pathetic media won't acknowledge the truth. But that's entirely understandable when you consider that CNN, which is a veritable parody of itself, used to feature creepy porn lawyer Michael Avenatti (a convicted felon) and stripper Stormy Daniels as "reliable sources" to bash the left's eternal bogeyman, Donald Trump. Were it not for deep pockets supporters (i.e., AT&T & Comcast), CNN and MSNBC would have been out of business years ago, as both have abysmal ratings.

Despite his many flaws, ol' Orange Julius is looking better and better in comparison to the media scum. As for CNN and their fellow leftist riff-raff, well, it's pretty damned tough to feel shame or remorse when you are utterly shameless.

Time to 'Reimagine' Coddling Criminals

Just thought I would use one of those hackneyed leftist terms to throw stupidity right back at the progressives.

We've been hearing for years about how hardened criminals have assaulted, raped or murdered innocent victims just days after these perps were freed from incarceration on low bail despite already having been charged with a serious crime. Or being released from jail because of the threat of contracting COVID-19. Or being paroled many years short of completing their prison term.

It's hard to keep track of how many people have been needlessly victimized because of wrongheaded, destructive policies that coddle criminals while demonizing police and delegitimatizing the correctional system. Remember, protecting the public is the number one purpose of incarceration when it comes to violent criminals, followed by punishment and possible rehabilitation.

Sunday's horrible slaughter of innocent people and wounding of dozens more during a Waukesha, Wisconsin Christmas parade may have been the last straw.

The New York Post published a piece about "The Life and Crimes" of Darrell Brooks. This dirtbag has a long track record of felonies, drug abuse, incarceration and violent behavior. He had just been released on $1,000 bail after being charged with a violent crime a few days before his parade rampage.

Sadly, Brooks is another in a long line of black people who didn't have a father growing up. He is an example of how the breakdown in the family structure has been a toxic wrecking ball among black Americans. The frequently celebrated Black Lives Matter is against the traditional nuclear family, as well as being Marxist, anti-Christian and anti-semitic. 

No one in their right mind who cares about black lives would posit that preventing black children from having both parents involved in their upbringing is a positive thing. This underscores how warped and debased BLM is.

And to emphasize how delusional and tone-deaf is the leftist politician AOC (aka the Valley Girl), consider the fact that just hours after the Waukesha atrocity, she tweeted out a plea for lower bails. She definitely ain't the sharpest tool in the shed.

I sense that the pendulum may be swinging back to the reasonable, rational side.

SPEAKING OF WAUKESHA...

I looked up Waukesha in Wikipedia to learn its population and read a little about the city. In so doing, I stumbled across an interesting piece of football trivia. Many people may not be aware that in the early days of American football, there were no forward passes. It was nothing but run, run, run.

On Sept. 5, 1906, Carroll College (now Carroll University, located in Waukesha) hosted St. Louis University. During that game, SLU halfback Bradbury Robinson threw the first legal forward pass in football history. The visitors went on to win 22–0.

Enjoy This Day With a Grateful Heart

The Posse wishes you and yours a very Happy Thanksgiving!

We've all been through a lot these past couple of years, and it's tempting to adopt a "woe is me" attitude. But it's much better for us and our loved ones if we embrace an attitude of gratitude.

On this special day, let's not forget that gratitude is an essential prerequisite to happiness, and we all have plenty for which to be thankful.

Here are a few of my key blessings: good health; family, friends and neighbors; great coworkers; freedom choose my own course and criticize political leaders without being punished; plenty of good food and clean water; courageous and selfless members of the military who have fought for our liberty and continue to protect us each and every day; police and firefighters; healthcare providers; a full-time job with benefits; and a great neighborhood where my wife and I can take walks without fearing for our safety.

It's gray and drizzly as I type, but rather mild. Even when the snow and cold come (and it won't be long), we can rest secure in the knowledge that we had a new furnace installed two years ago. The one it replaced was nearly 30 years old and had become unreliable, so I figured why risk having a breakdown in the dead of winter. I am grateful God gave me the resources to pay for that new furnace!

We may be unhappy with the current leadership in Washington, D.C., but we still live in the greatest nation the world has ever known. And if we put our minds, talents and energy to it, we can effect positive change to preserve liberty, push back fiercely against the totalitarian strains of Marxism that have made inroads, and take back our country before it's too late.

It's an uphill struggle, but this is definitely a nation worth fighting for. We can be thankful for our strong foundation, which has not and will not crumble if we steel our resolve.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. Never lose sight of your blessings and the opportunities they provide.

We've all been through a lot these past couple of years, and it's tempting to adopt a "woe is me" attitude. But it's much better for us and our loved ones if we embrace an attitude of gratitude.

On this special day, let's not forget that gratitude is an essential prerequisite to happiness, and we all have plenty for which to be thankful.

Here are a few of my key blessings: good health; family, friends and neighbors; great coworkers; freedom choose my own course and criticize political leaders without being punished; plenty of good food and clean water; courageous and selfless members of the military who have fought for our liberty and continue to protect us each and every day; police and firefighters; healthcare providers; a full-time job with benefits; and a great neighborhood where my wife and I can take walks without fearing for our safety.

It's gray and drizzly as I type, but rather mild. Even when the snow and cold come (and it won't be long), we can rest secure in the knowledge that we had a new furnace installed two years ago. The one it replaced was nearly 30 years old and had become unreliable, so I figured why risk having a breakdown in the dead of winter. I am grateful God gave me the resources to pay for that new furnace!

We may be unhappy with the current leadership in Washington, D.C., but we still live in the greatest nation the world has ever known. And if we put our minds, talents and energy to it, we can effect positive change to preserve liberty, push back fiercely against the totalitarian strains of Marxism that have made inroads, and take back our country before it's too late.

It's an uphill struggle, but this is definitely a nation worth fighting for. We can be thankful for our strong foundation, which has not and will not crumble if we steel our resolve.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. Never lose sight of your blessings and the opportunities they provide.

The COVID-19 Plague Worsens Polarization

Although I've long been a news addict, I've cut way back on watching the news and reading about politics. I haven't given it up entirely, but I've cleared a lot of it out of my life to allow for more productive uses of time and greater peace of mind.

I wouldn't dream of trying to listen to every single Mark Levin podcast (it would make me too angry), but a couple per week is okay. Actually, I much prefer listening to local sports talk radio or my Sirius/XM app. My satellite radio subscription, which I've had for several years, is one of the best values I can think of. It offers a wide gamut of musical genres, talk, and specialty channels dealing with sports, religion, finance, business, international news and a host of other topics. 

There are a few people with whom I used to be friends or in regular contact that I rarely talk to these days, or haven't talked to in years. The political divide proved too toxic, and often it's best to just move on and not wallow in the mud.

As I've stated before, I shut down my Facebook page in 2013, and quit Twitter about a year ago after nine years. But even though I had an account for that long, I didn't tweet that often, and sometimes would go days without checking my Twitter feed. I've seen too many people waste too much time raging against perfect strangers at all hours of the night. I think of Roger Daltrey's exasperated scream in The Who song "Who Are You": "God, there's GOT to be a better way!"

Well, frankly, it's been a tough slog with the pandemic lockdown, the nasty racial politics spewed daily by the left, a never-ending hangover from the 2020 presidential election, and fears that Build Back Brandon -- that is, the bloated reconciliation bill -- may put the final nails into Coffin U.S.A. I need to post separately on this sop to Democrat special interest groups and its egregious provision to hire 80,000 more IRS agents, but I won't get into it today.

My purpose in this commentary is to observe that the China virus is doing heavy damage to human relationships and ripping apart the fabric of society -- on top of killing hundreds of thousands of Americans.

The other day I violated my own rule about not discussing politics with coworkers unless it's someone with whom I'm simpatico (and no one on the other side of the aisle is present). During a TEAMS meeting with my supervisor and two coworkers, we were discussing our employer's back-to-the-office policy, which is still being hashed out. Talk drifted toward how many people who've been in the office have tested positive of late, the supposed "deep cleaning" that has been done (or was it?), masks, vaccinations and the like.

For the record, my wife and I have been vaccinated. I let it slip that I was thinking of getting tested for natural antibodies because it's possible I've had COVID-19 with mild or no symptoms. Could have left it at that, but I went on to mention that I had read Johns Hopkins University Professor Dr. Marty Makary's claims that A) natural immunity is 27 times more effective than the vaccine; and B) it lasts much longer.

One woman whom I know to be a liberal and mask fanatic said, "That's not true," and we started into a mild argument. My supervisor said something to the effect of, let's move on. You can discuss that after hours." (Wise advice.) I told the mask fanatic I would send her a link to one of Dr. Makary's op/eds, and I did later on.

This morning she sent me a sharply worded email lambasting Dr. Makary as a Fox News hack who has been denounced by his colleagues at Johns Hopkins, is just trying to sell his book, blah blah. She cited CDC figures and other info that shows she has too much faith in government.

In responding, I kept my cool, noting that Dr. Makary cited an exhaustive Israeli study for the "27 times more effective" conclusion, and he stated 15 studies support natural immunity being long-lasting. I emphasized that he wasn't just talking off the top of his head.

I also said I differed with her in having trust in the CDC and Dr. Fauci; the former for being politicized, the latter for being all over the map so much my head is spinning. I wrapped it up by giving her my personal email address and said we would never agree on politics, but I'm willing to continue the dialogue. I just don't want to do it on my employer's email. Then I wished her a Happy Thanksgiving. Maybe that defused it, because I never heard back from her. (Memo to self: Let that sleeping dog lie... DON'T try to engage in political conversations with this woman, who seems to me to be the type to wear a mask while driving alone.)

Closer to home, on the family/relatives front, we're in an awkward situation with some underlying disappointment and anger. We were originally invited, along with my son and his wife, to my sister and brother-in-law's home for Thanksgiving dinner. They are hosting some other family members, too. My son and his wife did not want to get vaccinated because they had read that it may adversely affect fertility. They want children, and it so happens she's now about four months pregnant. My son was forced to get vaccinated to keep his job, but his wife still is unvaccinated.

So we were disinvited to my sister's house. My sister and her husband both had COVID-19 last winter, and both have had the double vaccination plus the booster shot. However, because he has asthma, both are paranoid about him getting COVID-19 again. 

So, long story short, my son and his wife will go to her father's house for Thanksgiving, and possibly to her grandparents' home, too. My wife and I will stay home -- just the two of us. We'll be seeing my son and his wife, along with her mother and step-father, on Saturday. It's really a screwed up world we're living in! The head games can be stressful, to say the least.

But believe me, far worse things can and do happen. I'm not going to lose any sleep over the drama and dysfunction.

In case I don't post Thursday, Happy Thanksgiving to all Posse readers. Despite our current travails, we still have much for which to be thankful.

A Brutal Beatdown --Takeaways After 56-7 OSU Win

Saturday was a very rough day for the Michigan State Spartans. Playing on their home field in Columbus, the Ohio State Buckeyes throttled the Top 10 Spartans, 56-7 in a game that could have been far more one-sided had OSU left its starters in for the entire game.

MSU was 9-1 headed into the game and now drops to 9-2, with a 6-2 conference record good for third place in the Eastern Division. Ohio State is 10-1 and ranked No. 2 in the nation.

Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud eviscerated the Spartans' shaky, injury-depleted secondary. He and his three wide receivers will all play on Sundays in a few years. Stroud threw for 400 yards and six touchdowns in the first half as the Buckeyes stormed to a 49-0 halftime lead. He completed 32 of 35 passes, and the three incompletions were all drops. 

Since OSU faces Michigan in Ann Arbor on November 27 in a battle for the East Division championship, Head Coach Ryan Day pulled Stroud and many other starters in the third quarter to avoid the risk of injury. Hate to say it, but the Buckeyes could have scored 100 had they kept the pedal to the metal.

Let's be clear: No one expected MSU to win, let alone keep it close. The oddsmakers had made OSU a 20-point favorite. The Spartans would have had to play a perfect game and hope for a few breaks along the way --e.g., turnovers and penalties by the scarlet-and-gray -- but no such breaks occurred.

The Spartans were predicted by the so-called "experts" to finish in last place in the East Division, but now are guaranteed a third place finish and could even tie for second in the division if they beat Penn State this Saturday and Michigan loses to Ohio State.

MSU had the worst ranked pass defense out of 130 Division 1 teams. Therefore, it was idiotic for them to have been rated in the top 5, let alone the top 15, over the past several weeks. Michigan passed well against MSU on October 30 (406 yards), and Purdue amassed 536 yards through the air in its 40-29 victory on Nov. 6.

The fact MSU's defensive line doesn't have one good pass rusher, and opposing quarterbacks have plenty of time to look over the field before deciding which receiver to throw to, puts enormous pressure on the secondary.

The coaching staff must put a high priority on recruiting disruptive pass rushers in the mold of former Spartan greats Shilique Calhoun, William Gholston and Malik McDowell, all of whom now play in the NFL. Even a mediocre secondary is helped tremendously when the quarterback is constantly on the run and threatened with getting sacked or having his passes swatted down.

If it's any consolation to Spartan fans, Ohio State has pummeled numerous teams this season: 59-7 over Akron; 52-13 over Rutgers; 66-17 over Maryland; 54-7 over Indiana; and 59-31 over Purdue. I predict they will defeat Michigan in Ann Arbor this Saturday, but it won't be by a wide margin. OSU beat Penn State at home by only 9 points, and defeated the Nebraska Cornhuskers on the road by the modest score of 26-17. Michigan has far better defensive players than MSU, and I believe the Wolverines will fight hard to get the OSU monkey off their back. They've beaten the Buckeyes just once in the past 15 tries, and Coach Jim Harbaugh is under tremendous pressure to break the jinx.

But back to MSU... Injuries to key defensive players -- in particular cornerback Charles Brantley, who did not play -- hampered the MSU defense Saturday. One of the Spartans' leading receivers, Jalen Nailor, has been out of commission for several weeks. If he had played vs. Ohio State, MSU would have been able to hold onto the ball longer and keep OSU's offense off the field. But make no mistake, even a 100 percent healthy squad would not have meant an MSU victory. Ohio State is far more talented and hitting its stride as the regular season winds down. They're a genuine threat to win the national championship.

So it was a nightmare, but it's not the end of the world. MSU needs time to improve its talent level and build depth. Coach Tucker has done remarkably well to improve the talent from the empty cupboard left by former Coach Mark Dantonio, but he still needs more time.

Penn State has an excellent defense, and I am pessimistic about MSU's chances in its final regular season game this Saturday at Spartan Stadium. However, starting PSU quarterback Sean Clifford may not play due to lingering injuries, so there is hope for the green-and-white. I am also skeptical of Coach Mel Tucker supposedly being in line for a 10-year, $95 million contract funded partially by deep pocket alumni (so far, unconfirmed). More on that later this week.

HORROR IN THE HEARTLAND -- My thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and families in Waukesha, Wisconsin following Sunday's terror attack at a holiday parade. A man in an SUV drove through the parade, mowing down people of all ages, with at least five people confirmed dead and about 40 injured. I've seen social media posts indicating the man is a supporter of Black Lives Matter, and it's well known he has a lengthy criminal track record. A backlog in the courts and lenient bail policies let him roam the streets when he was a known dangerous felon. This attack possibly was in response to the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict on Friday in nearby Kenosha. More on this later.

Rittenhouse Acquitted; Lawsuits to Come?

The jury in Kenosha, Wisconsin did what fair-minded, informed people hoped it would do: It acquitted Kyle Rittenhouse Friday afternoon, concluding that he had shot his attackers in self-defense.

The defendant was overwhelmed with emotion after the verdict was read aloud shortly after 12 noon. Fortunately, rioting did not break out on the Kenosha streets as was feared. However, there was some unrest in Portland last night. (How could Portland NOT riot???)

Predictably, many politicians, the media vermin, and left-wing organizations (e.g., the League of Women Voters, ACLU, the NBA Social Justice Coalition, to name a few) condemned the verdict.

I have long said that one of the most sickening aspects of Democrats is their reflexive tendency to condemn law abiding people and put dirtbags and reprobates up on a pedestal. But anyone with a sense of decency would not lionize the victims in the Rittenhouse case who were shot on Aug. 25, 2020.

For those who wish to read a quick summary of the felony records of the two men fatally shot by Rittenhouse, reporter Andy Ngô did a nice job on Twitter just a couple days after the shootings occurred. In summary, one was a convicted pedophile; the other was a domestic abuser who had been convicted in a strangulation case.

One thing to keep an eye on is whether Rittenhouse will file defamation lawsuits against certain news outlets, as Covington, Kentucky teen Nicholas Sandmann did following that January 2019 incident at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. CNN and the Washington Post settled with Sandmann.

Let's remember that Rittenhouse, in addition to carrying his AR-15 rifle, also brought along a fire extinguisher and first aid kit. Despite the grotesque mischaracterizations of him by the media jackals, Rittenhouse wanted to help out, not go after protesters like a mass killer. Authorities attempted to find any social media posts, texts or other evidence that Rittenhouse was a white supremacist, as his hateful critics had charged, but of course came up empty.

But the dullards of the corrupt media often assume that any white guy who owns firearms is an irredeemable, deplorable racist and white supremacist. All the more if he drives a pickup truck, shops at Walmart, and voted for Trump. When will they ever learn? Probably never.

Just as we've seen on multiple occasions (Sandmann, Tawana Brawley, Duke lacrosse players, Jussie Smollett, et al), narrative-driven journalism has fallen flat on its face once again. I would love for Mr. Rittenhouse to sue the pants off of the most egregious of the media vermin. He's even talked about suing Sleepy Joe Biden, but you know that lawsuit would never get anywhere. 

Godspeed to Kyle and his family. And a message to the haters of the left: It's stupid to chase after and threaten someone who's carrying a piece. Stupidity can get you killed.

Would Sequestration, Anonymity Have Been Wise?

No one knows how many days it will take for the Kyle Rittenhouse jury to render a verdict. News reports say there's a good chance this could be declared a mistrial because of prosecutorial malfeasance -- in particular, the withholding of evidence from the defense.

Given the tumult that has engulfed our nation in the past 1 1/2 years, with Antifa and Black Lives Matter rioting in many cities, with documented assaults against Trump supporters and law enforcement officers, with threats routinely made on social media and in person between people of opposing political viewpoints, and with political polarization at toxic levels, are not jurors extremely vulnerable?

On one level, jurors who want to acquit Rittenhouse may fear that they will be responsible for provoking unrest that could lead to death, injuries and widespread property destruction. They see the menacing signs and hear the angry slogans the crowds outside the courthouse are chanting. They probably do watch news programs during their off hours and talk to friends and relatives on the phone, even if the judge has instructed them not to do so.

On the other hand, some jurors may not be that concerned about the societal ramifications. Instead, they fear for the personal safety of themselves and their families. In today's vicious environment, someone who goes against the PC grain can be "outed," which means demonization and threats on Twitter, mobs chanting and marching outside your house in the middle of the night, possibly slashed tires and broken windows, and worst of all, harm or death to you and/or family members. These rage incidents can spiral out of control in short order.

Being one of a few jury members who insisted on NOT convicting Kyle Rittenhouse is not the kind of "15 minutes of fame" Andy Warhol talked about a half century ago!

If I were a law student or working on a Ph.D., researching the issue of juror anonymity, as well as threats and violence against jurors, would be a fascinating project. There may already be some exhaustive studies and white papers out there dealing with this subject. Frankly, I don't have the time or inclination to look for them.

If I were a professional in the field and being paid to delve into it, I would certainly do so. But I'm just a part-time blogger who comments and writes for the fun of it. Here's hoping that major players with a hell of a lot more clout and influence than I have will take the ball and run with it.

Kenosha on Edge as Jury Debates Rittenhouse Case

I work during the day, so I haven't had much time to watch the live TV coverage of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Rittenhouse, 18, faces charges of intentional, reckless and attempted homicide, as well as reckless endangerment.

Rittenhouse's defense team has portrayed Rittenhouse as having been under attack and fearing for his life the night of Aug. 25, 2020. He had traveled from his home in nearby Illinois, and armed with an AR-15 semi automatic rifle, attempted to help protect Kenosha businesses from being vandalized, robbed and burned by marauding mobs in the wake of an alleged incident of police brutality.

I am not going to attempt to dissect the testimony or speculate about the jury's makeup or deliberations. But a few things stand out: One, it is unseemly and outrageous that President Joe Biden tweeted out last year that Rittenhouse is a white supremacist. (Only among idiot leftists is a white guy a racist when he kills two other whites; only kook Democrats would accuse blacks of being white supremacists as they did with Virginia's Lt. Gov.-elect Winsome Sears.)

Asked to elaborate on Biden's tweet during a White House press briefing, Press Secretary Jen Psaki demurred, but made a general observation about the president opposing roving bands of vigilantes using "assault rifles."

So it's okay for Black Lives Matter and Antifa thugs to loot stores, shoot fireworks at police, burn down buildings, attack a federal courthouse, and assault both police officers and civilians, but it's not okay for citizens to attempt to use their Second Amendment right to stick up for hapless shopkeepers when the police have been overwhelmed? Oh, okay; got it.

Earlier today, I heard Geraldo Rivera on Fox News' "The Five" refer to Rittenhouse's AR-15 as a "machine gun." Ignorance is truly rampant. And -- no surprise here -- the corrupt news media has piled on against Rittenhouse. While jumping to conclusions to impugn the defendant, the media vermin gloss over the unsavory, criminal backgrounds of the two people Rittenhouse shot dead, and do not acknowledge that Rittenhouse himself could have been killed had he not shot in self defense.

We witnessed untold attacks on individuals (some of them resulting in death) by BLM and Antifa thugs during the hideous summer of 2020. With onrushing rioters threatening to smash Rittenhouse's head with a skateboard, and with one of the threatening men pointing a handgun at Rittenhouse, it's the height of irresponsibility to act like Rittenhouse was unjustified in using his firearm to defend himself.

Like the rest of the prosecution team, Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger has looked inept and unprepared during the trial. Binger stole the show near the end of Monday's deliberations when he displayed an appalling lack of judgment by picking up an AR-15, pointing it at the jury, and even putting his finger on the trigger. Sounds like this guy's not playing with a full deck.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has called out the National Guard to protect Kenosha against a possible explosion of anger from the militant left should Rittenhouse be acquitted. Stay tuned.

To Devious Democrats: Beware the Pyrrhic Victory

It's been obvious for a long time that the Democrats are corrupt, lust after power, and want to control other people's lives. Oh, and did I mention that they cheat regularly in elections and lie blatantly with impunity? For instance, the Democrats proclaim that efforts to ensure election integrity are a racist act of voter suppression. They frequently deny that election fraud is even an issue.

For nearly five years, Democrats and their cult-like followers lied repeatedly about Donald Trump and the hoax of Russian collusion. (Well, actually, there was collusion with the Russians, but it was Hillary Clinton and the Democrats who engaged in it.) The Democrats stated throughout Donald Trump's presidency that he was an illegitimate president, and they tormented him 24/7. Now they get indignant about conservatives questioning the legitimacy of the tainted 2020 presidential election.

Projection has long been a bad habit of these duplicitous hypocrites. Aside from the "Russian asset" bullshit about Trump, the Democrats of late have repeatedly claimed that Critical Race Theory is not being taught in our schools. The other day, Florida Sen. Rick Scott schooled CNN leftist Brianna Keilar on Critical Race Theory being taught in Virginia Schools.

She repeated the Goebbels-like talking point ("CRT is NOT taught in Virginia schools...")... Scott didn't get upset or try to shout her down. He simply pointed out that CRT is still on the Virginia Department of Education website, where it recommends “Critical Race Theory in Education” as a “best practice.” He even read from the website. But the moron parrot Keilar insisted it was not taught in Virginia schools, then said, "Okay, we've got to move on."

Well, maybe it's possible that courses on Critical Race Theory, per se, are not being taught in Virginia schools and other public schools across the land. But it's beyond dispute that key tenets of this warped Marxist and racist ideology have been incorporated into lesson plans and curriculums.

The left also spouts absurd hysteria about GLOBAL WARMING -- er "climate change".... stuff like, the world is going to end in 12 years, or Manhattan and the entire state of Florida will be underwater in another 10 years. Chicken Little B.S. is part-and-parcel for today's Democrat Party.

The grotesque overreaction to COVID-19 has also shined a glaring light on the Democrats' totalitarian instincts. Most people have a better than 99 percent chance of surviving COVID-19. Children are particularly resistant to the virus and resilient should they contract it. Yet the power-hungry Democrats advocate mandatory vaccinations and masks for school children.

Keeping kids at home with remote learning contributes to depression, anxiety and isolation among young people, and severely hinders their academic progress. Forcing them to wear masks in school buildings fosters a bizarre, dystopian paradigm that blunts healthy interpersonal relationships and mental health.

Let''s cut to the chase: The Democrats are megalomaniacs. They crave power and control so intently, it's been said that they would be happy to rule over a destroyed, charred aftermath of a nation -- one resulting from a nuclear holocaust and with widespread radiation, death and destruction.... as long as the opposition had been totally wiped out and the Democrats were 100 percent in control in perpetuity.

That's harsh, I admit. But given the nihilistic, soulless behavior and attitudes of so many Democrats and their equally depraved allies in the media, Big Tech and academia, maybe such scorched earth commentary is totally appropriate.

Lions Spoil Their Perfect Record

Well, one thing's for sure: The 2021 Detroit Lions will not lose every game they play. The 2008 Lions became the NFL's first team to complete an entire regular season without a victory, finishing 0-16. Now there are 17 regular season games, and Detroit was 0-8 before today's 16-16 tie with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Pittsburgh, playing at home on a dreary and rainy afternoon, was without their veteran starting quarterback, Ben Roethlisberger. His replacement, seldom-used Mason Rudolph, was underwhelming. He completed 30 of 50 pass attempts, threw one interception, and often failed to make the clutch plays. The Steelers lost two crucial fumbles.

But Detroit was just as bad. QB Jared Goff completed only 14 of 25 attempts and was sacked four times. Rookie placekicker Ryan Santoso missed an extra point that would have provided the margin of victory, and also missed a 48-yard field goal with an ugly, wobbly kick that fell well short of the goalposts.

My wife and I were guests at my son and daughter-in-law's house for an excellent meal, and other relatives were there, too. So I didn't watch much of the game, but after the meal a couple of us did watch the last few minutes.

It looked like Pittsburgh would march down the field and kick a field goal at the very end of overtime, ripping the Lions' hearts out as has happened twice this season. But their receiver fumbled just as he was getting near field goal range. With only eight seconds left, there was time for the Lions to run only one play, and it fell well short of the end zone.

I remarked to my fellow masochist Lions fan that as poorly as both teams had been playing, it was fitting that this contest ended in a tie. Pittsburgh is a respectable 5-3-1, but this is poor by the Steelers' lofty standards. They have been beset by injuries all season. But thankfully for the Steelers and their fans, they don't have to suffer the humiliation of being the first (and perhaps only) team to lose to the woeful Detroit Lions in 2021.