Musings from the treetop

observations on the passing scene

Joe Biden has claimed the Jewish faith, a Puerto Rican heritage, a civil rights background, a career as a long-haul trucker, that he nearly lost his home and family in a fire and that he grew up in an area where oil rained down on residents. As president, he credits himself to have secured our border, promoted world peace, made the planet greener and instituted policies that both fight inflation and stimulate economic prosperity. We have proof that one need not reside in Disney World to live in fantasy land. ……….. DC Comics has dumped gay Superman after 18 issues for lack of sales. Both Lois Lane and Jimmy Olson were said to look relieved. ……………… Green energy policies in Europe have forced the price of heating oil sky high. Before winter is over, even Greta will be praying for global warming. …………….. In 2008, California voters approved an initial $9.95 billion bond measure to jumpstart a high-speed rail between San Francisco and Los Angeles, which was supposed to be completed by 2020 for a total cost of $33 billion. $113 billion later, the boondoggle keeps gobbling dough with no end in sight. This should be cautionary tale for Californians voters pondering various bond proposals. …………….. Every major election issue favors the GOP this cycle: relentless inflation, an open border and rampant crime. If Republicans cannot engineer a shellacking this November under these circumstances, they might as well disband. ……….. Best line of the Warnock-Walker debate in Georgia was when the former football star asked the reverend, “instead of aborting those babies, why aren’t you baptizing them?” …………. Thanks to mandates and incentives, many new cars lack the power to pull even an average sized trailer. That is why folks are more likely to buy a truck than ever before. ……..… If we are a government by consent of the people, Californians must be clamoring for politicians to ban plastic vegetable bags from grocery stores just like they demanded future gas-powered vehicles be outlawed. If not, we need to check our premises. …………. A New York congressional candidate took part in an online sex tape with famous porn star Nicole Sage in order to promote his “sex positive” platform. Those in the know report a successful erection campaign. ………….. Every government spending measure transfers wealth from individuals to politicians. So before voting on such initiatives, list how many problems our overlords have solved and then how many they have made worse. Rather than making yourself poorer, you may conclude that their magic beans seldom grow your power, only their own. …………. If you believe that politicians have collected plenty of revenue to carry out their legitimate duties, but spend it inefficiently, you should never support a new tax or a tax increase. Otherwise, you are supporting the premise that all problems exist because too little tax is paid. ……….. Behavior is always governed more by incentives than laws. There may be laws against theft or illegal border crossings but if no real world consequences for the actions exist, the incentive is to proceed. A more civil society does not require more laws, only more consequences. ………… If Joe Biden is actually serving Americans, evidence suggests it is to China. ……………. The CDC (seemingly a subsidiary of Pfizer) is deciding whether to include the experimental COVID vaccine in their routine pediatric immunization schedule. This would create mandates for some children, despite numerous studies showing the vaccine to be so dangerous to this low risk population that even the UK won’t dispense it to those under 18. The Biden Administration certainly loves Pfizer, giving them a mandated customer base and liability from immunity for a largely ineffective product. But, Americans love their children. If push comes to shove, things could get ugly for Joe’s side. ……………. What is the difference between misinformation and disinformation? Misinformation is factually incorrect and demonstrably wrong. Disinformation is politically incorrect but frequently accurate. The central quality of what disinformation has come to mean is that it contradicts government propaganda. …………