Found on social media:

It's funny, but it's also tragic.  Oh, well.  Let the cleanup continue!

Peter

http://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2025/02/that-gets-it-said.html

In ancient Rome, the poet Juvenal asked "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" ("Who will watch the watchmen?" or "Who will guard the guards themselves?").  Basically, it refers to the impossibility of imposing ethical or moral behavior when those responsible for enforcing it are themselves unethical or immoral.

We see this time and again when people ( Read more... )

"El Gato Malo", writing at Bad Cattitude, has a masterful essay on what we're seeing in Washington D.C at present, and why there's so much panic, anger and desperation on the part of the progressive left.  Here's an extended excerpt.  (Note that he/she does not use capital letters to begin sentences, so this may seem odd to more grammatically ( Read more... )

President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador may take some of the pressure off US jails and prisons.

All sorts of positives there:

• El Salvador gets a couple of thousand well-paid (by local standards) jobs, and buys food, etc. for the prisoners from local markets, benefiting their entire economy;
• El Salvador's relationship with the Trump ( Read more... )

I laughed my head off (well, almost) after seeing a news report yesterday, and an almost immediate response to it on MeWe.

The report concerned the USS Preble, an Arleigh Burke class destroyer, testing its new laser weapon.  The article included this photograph (click it for a larger view):

I was delighted to see this response on MeWe minutes ( Read more... )

Last week saw a number of outstanding developments for those of us who want the Deep State to become the Deeply (And Forever) Buried State.  This meme has gone viral - I'm seeing it all over the place - and I entirely agree with it:

As I wrote in two articles last Friday:

News that makes me very happy!

Today I'd like to bring to your ( Read more... )

Gathered from around the Internet over the past week.  Click any image for a larger view.

More next week.

Peter

http://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2025/02/memes-that-made-me-laugh-247.html

How about a Jazz Age/Classical Age fusion to get your morning going?  Here's George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue".  The pianist is Khatia Buniatishvili, with the Orchestre National de Lyon conducted by Leonard Slatkin.  This recording was made in 2017.

Click to view

Peter

http://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2025/02/sunday-morning-music.html

Flopping Aces has a very interesting take on the firing of senior Federal officials by the incoming Trump administration.

The President’s enemies are beginning to awaken to the formidible possibility that Trump knows exactly what he is doing and is setting traps for them to fall into. The New York Times covered the story yesterday under the ( Read more... )

I'm delighted to learn that as one of her first acts upon taking office, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is cutting funds to most of the non-governmental organizations that are the driving force behind much of the illegal migration that's plaguing our country.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Wednesday the department has ( Read more... )