There is debate over whether the great physicist Albert Einstein ever actually defined insanity as doing the same thing repeatedly, but expecting different outcomes.
There is no doubt that the definition is correct, no matter the source.
Consider the evidence that mounts daily.
We have a society, both in public and private concerns, overwhelmed with pandering to identity politics. Race, gender, religion, social background and social class have to be considered rather than mere merit.
And that has given us a Supreme Court nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson, picked as much on the facts that she is black and a woman, as for any particularly distinguished legal scholarship.
To the contrary, Brown has astounded the sensible among us with her penchant for treating child pornography offenders with kid gloves, explaining that in this internet age, they have more ability to consume and distribute things such as child pornography, so the punishment should be lessened.
Replied one wag: So, in an era of dating apps for smartphones and computers, that would mean we should lessen penalties for rape since there now is more opportunity to meet people and commit the misdeed.
Brown also doesn’t think it is fair to brand child pornographers as sex offenders because it ostracizes them from society. This just in, Brown Jackson – that is the idea.
Predictably for a black woman, Brown is all for the bastardized teachings that fall under the umbrella of critical race theory.
And soon she will have a lifetime seat on the court of last resort.
Scary? You bet!
On another front, it was encouraging to see that podcast king Joe Rogan has gotten around to pointing out the hypocrisy and general insanity regarding Ukrainian government.
We’ve made that point in this very space. Not that long ago, Ukraine was held up as an undesirable model of corruption, headed by a would-be strongman with dangerous extremist right-wing ties.
But Russian tanks cross the border and now all those atrocities committed by Ukrainians against ethnic Russians in Ukraine are forgotten. Similarly dismissed is all the corruption talk.
And T-shirt boy president Zelenskyy (I insist on using the two y’s at the end, which is as correct as one y) now is a heroic freedom fighter, not a despot in need of removal.
Don’t forget the insanity of our bumbling executive branch, headed by the Dysfunctional Duo of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
Bumbling Joe, addressing the Business Roundtable earlier this week, confirmed what deniers have panned as crackpot conspiracy theory.
Said Joe: “There’s gonna be a new world order out there and we’ve got lead it.”
Others have been saying such things publicly about resets and new world orders, but still anyone suggesting elites worldwide are managing emergencies – real or imagined – in looking to establish control, are dismissed as crackpots.
No doubt Biden apologists will be out soon with one of those “he said it, but didn’t mean it that way” excuses. They can’t have it both ways. Either the guy is completely off the rails mentally and should be thrown out of office, or it’s just sometimes they forget to turn on his filter and he blurts out the truth.
Before we leave, let us consider that should Biden be ousted in mid-term, that would leave us with the equally suspect intellect of Harris to succeed him.
During a recent speech on jobs, Harris said: “The significance of the passage of time, right? The significance of the passage of time. So, when you think about it, there is great significance to the passage of time . . . there is such great significance to the passage of time.”
What?
Speaking of time, they say time heals all wounds. We can only hope that time also wounds all heels, such as those who voted for these two knuckleheads and/or made sure the vote came out in their favor.
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