It’s Friday, January 31st, 2020,…but before we begin, courtesy of Speed Mach, we highlight yet another picture not only worth a thousand words, but which precisely conveys our thoughts on the subject:

Hells bells, we’ll even pay for…

…his pilot!  Here’s hoping Colin takes Nike’s entire senior management team on his first flight.

Now, here’s The Gouge!

First up, as Jeff Foutch informed us, if the results from the Fort Bend special election are any indication…

…Dimocrats would be wise to withhold any premature celebrations.  Besides, it appears their candidate may have already eaten…

…all the cake.  That is, when she’s not busy beating Beto…

…at arm-wrestling.

Anyone interested in “Dr.” Markowitz’s experience and qualifications can view them here.  SPOILER ALERT: They’re about as impressive as Beto’s…or for that matter, Obama’s!

Since we’re on subject of The Left postponing any premature celebrations, here’s a series of video clips which should dampen such enthusiasm, at least as regards the odds for The Donald’s impeachment conviction.  First, there’s Bolton’s characterization of Trump’s Ukraine calls before John was boosting his book: 

Second, irrefutable indications both Schiff-for-Brains…

…and the Übermensch who was going to hold back the seas and heal the planet…

…have previously considered the former U.N. Ambassador and temporary Trump confidant a less-than-reliable source, an assessment even Mr. Bolton indicated was accurate:

Yes…such as Susan Rice’s recollection of Benghazi:

How appropriate the corpulent, corrupt Candy Crowley was the recipient of Rice’s rotten recounting of the event which claimed the lives of four Americans.

By the way, listening to the uninformed meanderings of the manifestly unqualified “Judge” Andrew Napolitano is only slightly less obnoxious than suffering through the soliloquies of noted American Socialists such as Nancy the Red, the Obamao or Sheldon Whitehouse and his Communist News Network propagandist Alisyn Camerota:

Need we note, the Dimocrats’ charges against Trump include neither bribery, extortion OR “political corruption”…whatever the heck THAT means when considering the centuries of Dimocratic decadence.

In a related item, courtesy of American Greatness, the great Victor Davis Hanson correctly details the nature of Progressives’ intent to…

Target Trump Forever

Destroying the president is not just the only viable trajectory for the Left, but it is also the only possible narrative given that focus on the current left-wing agenda is slow-motion suicide.

“…So what happens in the never-ending impeachment story, once the current impeachment indictment leads to an inevitable Senate vote of exoneration?

Another Stormy somewhere? A follow-up to Operation Crossfire Hurricane? Tax returns redux? Whistleblower 2.0? Another New York Times anonymous op-ed resister? Bob Woodward’s sequel? More leaked phone calls? Another impeachment hearing, and another impeachment vote? Schiff’s new version of a presidential call? One more Ivy League psychiatrist distance-diagnosing Trump as nuts? An emoluments clause do-over? More FISA warrants? A newly discovered Trump phone call to Poland, Romania, or Mexico? Lt. Colonel Vindman’s twin?

…The Democrats believe that one more whistleblower, just a bit more impeachment, a little more Nadler or Schiff, a pinch more of Pelosi, or another Ukrainian or Russian liar might finally give Trump a stroke or malignancy. With Trump debilitated, they might have a chance against a more traditional Republican.

We will be down to the elemental after impeachment: if you can’t beat Trump legislatively, judicially, or electorally, and if you can’t impeach, convict him and remove him, perhaps you can simply physically destroy him.“

The never-ending impeachment: another case of life imitating art:

Speaking of a political party consumed by the canine they were crying about, the WSJ‘s Kimberly Strassel opines on Progressives’…

Crying Wolf on Impeachment

The whole affair was a series of major fouls. The best outcome is a speedy acquittal.

“…Republicans who hope a vote for witnesses will protect them from Democratic assault are in denial. They are surely savvy enough to know that even testimony from Mr. Bolton wouldn’t stop cries of “coverup.” Any assertion of executive privilege—u refusal to answer any question—would be cast as concealment. Democrats would claim dozens of other officials were muzzled. They can’t afford ever to concede that Mr. Trump was acquitted in a fair trial.

Far better for Republicans to shut down the whole circus. The whole affair was a series of major fouls. Get acquittal in the history books and roar out with a renewed condemnation of the Democratic abuse of a serious process. Go about reminding voters of the merits of Republican governance versus the theatrics of the partisan “resistance.” Move on to the true way Americans are meant to settle political differences in this country—the November elections.“

Case closed!

Then there’s Kurt Schlichter’s words of warning The Donald would do well to heed:

The Coronavirus Could Be Trump’s Katrina

“I have always lived my life around a simple principle, “Don’t eat weird stuff.” And see? I was right. The Coronavirus ripping through the Wuhan region of Red China – and that has now spread here – may well have crossed over to our species because some people in China eat bats. Yeah, on purpose. How the hell did they ever get the idea that dining on Dracula birds was a good plan?

It doesn’t matter – what does is our response, and right now the Administration is behind the power curve. With attention fixed on the circle of self-abuse that is the impeachment, it’s difficult to get a grip on this extremely dangerous situation. But the White House must do so, and fast.

I am not qualified to talk in detail about the proper strategies and tactics of responding to the virus’s spread into our country – I did nuclear, chemical, and biological stuff in the Army, but this is outside my skill set. Luckily, we have scientists who know how. What I do know is a little bit about communicating and leading, and a lot about disaster response, including commanding in the midst of civil crises. And the Administration risks dropping the ball.

This could be Trump’s Katrina, as Hugh Hewitt, who was way ahead of everyone else in the media on this potential nightmare, has pointed out. Understand this, and you probably don’t know because our media is garbage and most media people know nothing, but the federal disaster response to Katrina was amazing. Huge numbers of personnel and vast quantities of supplies poured into the stricken area in an incredibly short time. The incompetence came from – shocker – the Democrat leadership locally, but the media hung it around George W. Bush’s gentlemanly neck. And because he was too gentlemanly to cry “Bull Schiff!,” most everyone thinks what was a logistical miracle was a clusterfark.

The media is aching, yearning, begging for the chance to do the same thing to Trump.

And the stage is being set to do that. China is going nuts. The numbers of cases coming into the U.S. are growing. People are confused. The stock market is pitching and heaving. And the impeachment circus is going to end with the Democrats’ humiliation soon, meaning suddenly the media will soon need a new shiny object to chase.

Coronavirus is that shiny object. The media will not be honest or accurate or fair. It will lie, cheat, and give voice to leftist leakers with agendas. That’s why Trump needs to go around the media, straight to us.

…This is not just a public health crisis – it’s a political fight too. Sorry, but that’s the truth, and Trump is under no obligation to allow himself to be lied about as W. was. Luckily, though, Trump is a master communicator – plus, he’ll fight back.

And stop eating bats, people…”

Which brings us, appropriately enough, to The Lighter Side:

Then there’s this classic cartoon from Ed Hickey…

…along with this memorable meme from Speed Mach:

Finally, we’ll call it a month with yet another sordid story straight from the pages of The Crime Blotter, as we learn filth infesting the City by the Bay isn’t confined to its streets:

San Francisco official in charge of cleaning up city’s filthy streets arrested

“The head of San Francisco Public Works, which is in charge of cleaning up the city’s feces-filled streets, has been arrested by the FBI on suspicion of public corruption.

San Francisco Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru was arrested Monday alongside Nick Bovis, the owner of a popular sports bar in Fisherman’s Wharf, Lefty O-Doul’s. Sources told NBC Bay Area that Nuru was arrested on suspicion of accepting bribes for airport concession contracts…”

Reports “Mohammed Nuru”…like “Barack Hussein Obama”…is Arabic for “License to Steal” remain unconfirmed.

We’ll be out of town all next on a church missions trip to Puebla, MX.  And while Walt Meisen and The Boss have already provided us material for a special edition detailing the misdeeds of The Arkansas Beast, the speed of internet service south of the border combined with our evening return on Saturday the 8th will likely preclude us publishing again until Wednesday the 12th.

So ’til then…

Magoo