Mimosa, Bloody Mary, nice flute of champagne — or maybe a favorite tipple in your coffee. Make yourself one and join me at our own Algonquin Round Table, the spirit of Dorothy Parker abides.

It’s Sunday, dear friends. Here, pass around the flutes and grab a plate. This has been yet another week for the history books. What’s the Chinese curse? “May you live in interesting times”? Well, dears, I could use a touch or two of ordinary for a bit. And we still have the reality show, Desperate Democrats, coming up fast in August. The spin from the portside of the aisle is so furious as of late, the energy produced could power the state of New York into the next century. Settle in, buckle up and let’s get to it. Salute!

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Out: QAnon, In: BlueAnon

NEW: 34 percent of registered Dems believe Trump staged his own assassination attempt on Saturday, according shock poll this week.

Democrats have a massive BlueAnon problem on their hands, and it's far greater than QAnon ever was for the right.https://t.co/cU2P4YkVbi

— Andrew Kerr (@AndrewKerrNC) July 18, 2024

Now, consider that Trump’s doctor has reported that the bullet hole in Trump’s ear is two centimeters wide.

“The bullet track produced a 2 cm wide wound that extended down to the cartilaginous surface of the ear,” Jackson wrote. “There was initially significant bleeding, followed by marked swelling of the entire upper ear.”

For those of you in Rio Linda, that’s about 3/4 of an inch or the size of a penny. Go ahead, grab a penny and place it at the top of your ear and see if you’d like some 20 year old mental patient pierce your ear with a rifleround from, oh, 400-500 feet away cuz reasons?

How do we unify with people like this? pic.twitter.com/WGpaPFKbyE

— •Ɛɱɱყ• (@brixwe) July 18, 2024

This is flat earth territory, dears. I’d seriously worry about letting any friends you have with such thoughts into your house — without a sufficient quantity of pee pads and Thorazine on hand.

And the evil elf, Fauci, can go have unnatural sexual congress with himself.

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You don’t hate media enough

Why did Time change the cover? pic.twitter.com/5eeZkkOGPp

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) July 18, 2024

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Unexpectedly!!

The real minimum wage is always zero.

A new California law championed by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) boosted the hourly wage for fast food workers from $16 to $20 an hour. The law took effect on April 1, 2024. It didn’t take long for fast-food restaurants across the state to feel the impact on their bottom line. Many have been forced to lay off employees, cut hours, and increase prices to offset the state’s new wage requirement.

Remember, Gavin Newsom is running for President.

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Law banning Drag and Strip Shows for kids is upheld

Score one for the good guys!

On July 18, a federal appeals court overturned a lower court’s decision and upheld a Tennessee law that prohibits performances with strippers or men dressed as women in places where children might see them.

A majority of judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled that a nonprofit theater group did not demonstrate sufficient standing to challenge the constitutionality of the Adult Entertainment Act (AEA). (snip)

According to the ruling, even if the organization claimed it planned to violate the law, it would still need to demonstrate that a constitutional interest would be impacted.

“But the law in this area is clear—there is no constitutional interest in exhibiting indecent material to minors,” U.S. Circuit Judge John Nalbandian wrote for the majority.

It’s quite simple, too. Leave.Kids.Alone.

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Boom

That’s gonna leave a mark.

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Gavin Newsom is running for President

and he just signed AB1955 (authored by Sacramento’s premiere legislative pervert, Scott Wiener) into law.

Child predators follow a common playbook: target the victim, gain their trust, fill a need, and, crucially, isolate the child from her parents. For several years, this has also been standard California state protocol with regard to schoolchildren questioning their gender identities. On Monday, this scheme became law.

The “SAFETY Act,” AB 1955, signed by California Democratic governor Gavin Newsom, legally forbids schools from adopting any policy that would force them to disclose “any information related to a pupil’s sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression to any other person without the pupil’s consent.” Schools may not, as a matter of policy, inform parents of a child’s new gender identity unless the child volunteers her approval. The law also prohibits schools from punishing any school employee found to have “supported a pupil” hurtling down a path toward risky and irreversible hormones and surgeries.

The law effectively shuts down the local parents’ rights movement in California by eliminating its most important tool: the ability to organize at the community level to stop schools from deceiving them.

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Your Sunday palate cleanser

A story as only Mike Rowe can tell it.

The first clue that something might be amiss inside my friend's lake house came in the form of a large pile of bear crap on the stone steps leading down to the front door. I’ve had some experience with bear crap over the years, (feces from every species, in fact,) and immediately… pic.twitter.com/fXEmNlwJ7q

— The Real Mike Rowe (@mikeroweworks) July 19, 2024

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Your Sunday smile

I’m not crying, you’re crying.

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Look at the time! Our Sunday together has come to a close after another wild and wooly week. Keep your eyes open and your powder dry and we’ll meet back here next Sunday. Cheers!

featured image original graphic by Darleen Click