Irish sex

 Got your attention, didn't I?  Let me quickly add I'm referring to the definition by George Carlin:  In the dark, under the covers and get it over quick.  (Molly Bloom was only half-Irish.)  It was a fine week in many ways (covid relief bill passed and signed, more Cabinet members confirmed, millions vaccinated, no insurrections), but there's always something...

The Oklahoma legislature voted to legalize lynching.  Why do so many people believe lynching always involved a tree and a rope?  It's now fine to drive your car at protesters (think BLM or antifa) if you are "fleeing a riot" and can convince the DA of your "reasonable belief" that your life was in danger.  If said protesters get in your way and you don't hit them, they can still get a fine and a year in jail.  Vehicular fascism has become a popular pastime all over the country since the death of Heather Heyer in Charlottesville, so expect other states to get busy indemnifying murderers.

The Biden administration is trying to make it easier for women to serve in the military by continuing to fund a maternity flight-suits program begun under the previous bunch.  Tucker Carlson, who has never been closer to combat than duking it out with Harris Faulkner for the last bear claw in the break room, says this is outrageous and we might as well surrender to China right now.  Tammy Duckworth's response begins "Fuck Tucker Carlson" and only gets better from there.

All the living former presidents and their wives made a video urging Americans to get vaccinated.  All but one.  Can you guess?  Yep, he was too busy claiming credit and blaming China.  The loser just can't help being a lying racist.

Lauren Boebert has yet to be kicked off Twitter, so she released a gem demanding, "Madame Speaker, tear down this wall!" followed by the sound of a gunshot (made by her?).  Boebert, who gave a guided tour of the building to some "constituents" on January 5, is incensed that there is still a fence around the Capitol.  Since the House passed two bills to expand gun-sale background checks, I imagine she's a little peeved about that, too.

Republicans continue to soil themselves as the For the People Act (H.R. 1) advances, because it might nullify all their hard work in restricting the franchise to "quality" voters, as defined by state Rep. John Kavanagh of Arizona.  Mike Lee (R-UT) is more explicit about the bill:  it was "written in hell by the devil himself."  That good, huh?  If lobbyists can write bills, why not the devil?  Well, Mike?

I keep missing The Steve Bannon Comedy Hour only in part because I wouldn't know where to find it, so I didn't hear Mike Lindell describe the covid vaccine (presumably all of them) as "the mark of the beast."  Mike, have you met Mike?  Mike's new platform is going to put YouTube out of business, which will be hard on those of us who depend on it for British panel shows and free music.  Yes, now you know.

Marjorie Taylor Qreen has no committees and nothing to do but put up moronic signs and make a nuisance of herself.  She likes to force adjournments so the grownups can't get any work done, and David Cicilline (D-RI) proposed a rule change to stop her.  Her response was to refer to him as "Representative Mussolini," because he's a big mean dictator who won't let her have fun and also Italian.  Cicilline responded, "I'm an Italian and a Jew," which must have blown her tiny mind.  You can be both?  She's still trying to process the information about Guam.  The governor, Lourdes Leon Guerrero, offered to send her a book, which is just cruel.

Some D-list celebrity named Woolery apparently started the rumor that Nancy Pelosi spends $2,000 of your hard-earned tax dollars on booze every time she flies home to San Francisco.  Fifty-two thousand dollars a year, America!  Except that the Speaker doesn't fly home on a commercial flight every week, nor does she drink alcohol.  Which can only mean one thing:  SHE'S SPENDING IT ON ICE CREAM!

I love the smell of right-wing desperation in the morning.  Any time, really.