Friday's Freaky Absurdities: Old Joe Biden Has A List

Just in case you are still laboring under the delusion that Old Joe Biden is a fully functioning human being who is capable of handling the demands of the presidency, this should forever disabuse you of that hilariously irrational notion:

Greg Price @greg_price11

Joe Biden isn't senile, guys. His handlers just have to give him step by step directions for every single thing that he does. h/t @KateHydeNY

Yes, friends, the nominal president of the United States of America is so utterly incapable of accomplishing even the most menial task of kicking off a meeting that his handlers feel the need to hand him a list of every step of what he must say and do in advance.

Even more bizarrely, they feel the need to put the word “you” in ALL CAPS, apparently to remind the old weirdo that the list is for him and not for the White House cat.

Here is what the list says:

1. YOU enter the Roosevelt Room and say hello to participants

2. YOU take YOUR seat

3. Press enters

4. YOU give brief comments

5. Press departs

6. YOU ask Liz Schuler, president of the AFL-CIO, a question Note: Liz is joining virtually

7. YOU thank participants

8. YOU depart

Perhaps Biden’s elder-abusing handlers should add a line that says:

9. YOU hide this sheet of paper from the cameras, DAMMIT.

YOU just cannot make this stuff up, folks. (Sorry, YOU knew I was going to add that.)

Let’s move on…

But the nominal potus himself is far from the only embarrassing employee in this utterly inept White House. Poor Karine Jean-Pierre humiliates herself at the podium every day, and Thursday was no different:

Rising serpent 🇺🇸 @rising_serpent

Doocy: "The president isn't really doing everything he can to bring gas prices down, is he?" Jean Pierre: °O° °O° °O°

She is just. so. awful. at. this.

Honestly, it is as if this administration goes out of its way to hire in the most inept and unqualified individuals possible for every one of its jobs. It’s gone past the point of mere embarrassment now into the realm of being a daily insult to the American people.

Meanwhile, gun rights were the big story Thursday, with major developments in the courts and congress.

Early in the afternoon, the Supreme Court handed down a major decision expanding the rights of Americans to obtain conceal carry permits and exercise those rights:

Jonathan Turley @JonathanTurley

On his birthday, Justice Thomas has issued what is one of the most impactful decisions of his illustrious career as a conservative jurist. The decision brings together many of the elements of his past jurisprudential views, including originalist analysis.

jonathanturley.orgThe Supreme Court Hands Down Major Gun Rights VictoryAs predicted, the Supreme Court handed down a momentous opinion in favor of Second Amendment rights today in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen. In what will likely prove …

Here’s an excerpt from Jonathan Turley’s review of the decision:

As predicted, the Supreme Court handed down a momentous opinion in favor of Second Amendment rights today in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen. In what will likely prove one of the most important decisions in his illustrious career as a conservative jurist, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a 6-3 majority opinion that brought greater clarity to this and future challenges under the Second Amendment.

In 2008, the Supreme Court recognized the right to bear arms as an individual right in District of Columbia v. Heller. Two years after Heller, in McDonald v. City of Chicago, the court ruled that this right applied against the states.

This case concerned concealed-carry restrictions under N.Y. Penal Law § 400.00(2)(f) that require a showing of “proper cause.” Lower courts upheld the New York law, but there were ample constitutional concerns over its vague standard, such as showing that you are “of good moral character.” New York wanted to exercise discretion in deciding who needs to carry guns in public while gun owners believe that the law flips the constitutional presumption in favor of such a right.

Thomas rejected the two-part analysis used by lower courts and held that the presumption must be in favor of the individual right to possess a handgun in public like other rights in the Bill of Rights. The Court held “consistent with Heller and McDonald, that the Second and Fourteenth Amendments protect an individual’s right to carry a handgun for self-defense outside the home.” Accordingly, “because the State of New York issues public-carry licenses only when an applicant demonstrates a special need for self-defense, we conclude that the State’s licensing regime violates the Constitution.”

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Liberals, including New York’s lunatic governor, Kathy Hochul, naturally went berserk, because of course they did.

My favorite tweet was this one:

Ms. Sandler is, of course, part of the depraved, corrupt U.S. news media, a radio show host out of Coral Springs, Florida. Because, again, of course she is.

The hilarious part of that shrill response to the court’s decision is that she seems to not understand that - using her word - literally the only places in the United States where American streets are not safe are big cities run by … wait for it … DEMOCRATS.

Holy crap.

Naturally, cranky old, often-fired nutjob Keith Olbermann felt the need to add his 2 cents on the matter:

Auron MacIntyre @AuronMacintyre

Worst blue check meltdowns over the SCOTUS gun ruling 🧵/1

LOL. I can’t stop laughing at that one.

But the libs did get a moment of satisfaction later in the evening thanks to the votes of 15 RINOs, who joined with the 50 Senate democrats to approve John Cornyn’s “gun safety” legislation.

Texas Tribune @TexasTribune

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn succeeded Thursday in passing landmark gun legislation in the Senate, an achievement that comes just weeks after 19 children and two teachers were murdered in a school shooting in Uvalde.

bit.lyU.S. Senate approves first major gun legislation since 1994, one month after Uvalde shootingThe legislation still needs to clear the House, where it is expected to pass. President Joe Biden has signaled he will sign the bill into law.

Boy, is he going to regret that during his next re-election campaign. When it comes to their guns, Texas voters have loooooooonnnnng memories.

Hey, speaking of our depraved, corrupt U.S. media establishment, a new survey finds it is the least trust media establishment on planet Earth. No kidding:

Juneteenth Is Gay @NolteNC

Nolte: Survey Shows America Has Least-Trusted Media on Planet Earth breitbart.com/the-media/2022… via @BreitbartNews

breitbart.comNolte: Survey Shows America Has Least-Trusted Media on Planet EarthAccording to a massive survey that looked at the state of media all across the world, America has the least-trusted media on Planet Earth.

Here’s an excerpt from that Breitbart story:

According to a massive survey that looked at the state of media all across the world, America has the least-trusted media on Planet Earth.

This eleventh edition of our Digital News Report, based on data from six continents and 46 markets, aims to cast light on the key issues that face the industry. Our more global sample, which since 2021 has included India, Indonesia, Thailand, Nigeria, Colombia, and Peru, provides some understanding of how differently the news environment operates outside the United States and Europe.

[…]

Trust in the news has fallen in almost half the countries in our survey, and risen in just seven, partly reversing the gains made at the height of the Coronavirus pandemic. On average, around four in ten of our total sample (42%) say they trust most news most of the time. Finland remains the country with the highest levels of overall trust (69%), while news trust in the USA has fallen by a further three percentage points and remains the lowest (26%) in our survey.

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So, hey, it isn’t just you.

That is all.