Showing posts with label Virginia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Virginia. Show all posts

Thursday, September 10, 2026

UPDATED: Lest we forget...


That was 25 years ago. Today there are Islamists -- followers of the Religion of PeacešŸ’£-- in positions of influence and power across the entire United States of America. 

Some are mayors of big cities (see photo below). Some are Congresspersons. Five Muslims served in hte 119th Congress, all in the House of Representatives, and all Democrats. Notable among them are such patriotic Americans as "Squad" members Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib.

There are currently no Muslim state governors. However, Ghazala Hashmi serves as the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, making her the first Muslima ever to be elected to statewide office. At present there are no Muslim US senators, but Abdul El-Sayed won the Democratic nomination for the Senate in Michigan. If he wins, he will become the first Muslim senator in American history.

We are now just seven (count `em, 7) weeks away from the mid-term elections at which American voters -- hey! I'm talkin' to you! -- will have the opportunity to decide if they want more... or fewer... followers of the Prophet to guide the destinies of the nation. The franchise is there for you. Use it! And choose wisely!


Further reading (added 13/9/26): "Mamdani Lays Wreath At Tomb Of The Unknown Hijacker", from the Babylon Bee, of course!

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Walt's pithy comment on yesterday's elections

To borrow a phrase from Pulp Fiction, before the Dimocrats start sucking each other's dicks (or whatever their wimmin have down there), they should take into account the following:

The polls in the Rotten Apple had the "Democratic Socialist" (as in "People's Democratic Socialist Republic") so far ahead that any other result was beyond wishful thinking. As Walt predicted yesterday, real estate agents in Westchester, New Rochelle, and western CT are starting minor conflagrations in their shirt cuffs, rubbing their hands together in glee at the anticipated influx of Jewish buyers.

One of the Jews who is likely packing his bags is Robert Tucker, NYC's Fire Department Commissioner, who, according to the New York Post, handed in his letter of resignation hours after Comrade Mamdani's election.

I checked the map and see that New Jersey and Virginia are both still located on the Eastern Seaboard, a region so blue that Republican candidates rarely stand more than a Chinaman's chance. [That's an old British trope -- nothing racist about it. Ed.] 

Northern Virginia is inhabited almost exclusively by Washington DC snivel servants who are smart enoujgh (just barely) to not vote for a candidate who promises to reduce government bloat by firing their sorry asses. "You're fired!" are fightin' words there. And southern Virginia is still southern. Did anybody really think "those people" were going to vote for a black woman who tried to play the race card and the anti-woke card at the same time?  

And then there's California, whose people... the ones who haven't fled to Colorado or Idaho... seem to have some sort of collective death wish. Nuff said.

Further reading: 
"Mamdani Win Will Ravage Entire State", by Betsy McCaughey, Patriot Post, 5/11/25.
"The lying, cop-hating, race-baiting, socialist Zohran Mamdani era is here", by (((David Kaufman))), National Post (Canada), 5/11/25. (You may hit a paywall.) Subhead: "Democratic socialism sounds like a good thing but it is not. At least it won’t be in the capital of capitalism."

Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Darwin Award Gold Medal for 2024

May we have the envelope, please?... This year's highest Darwin Award goes, posthumously of course, to Lester C. Harvey, of Phenix, Virginia. Here is one of the last sights Mr Harvey saw before his death on December 9th.


The unfortunate incident unfolded as Mr Harvey and some friends were tracking a bear, which ran up a tree, as bears do. One of his friends then shot the animal, which fell on Mr Harvey, who had managed to live 58 years until that fatal moment.

A member of the hunting party rendered first aid before Mr Harvey was rushed to two different hospitals, neither of which was able to prevent nature from taking its course. 

According to the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources, black bears are found throughout most of the state and have been located in at least 92 of Virginia's 98 counties and cities. 

The department says that it is illegal "to cripple, harm or dislodge a bear from a tree for the intent of continuing a hunt, chase, or for the purpose of training dogs." However, a spokesthingy told the local CBS affiliate, "the Department is not currently seeking any charges related to this incident."

Saturday, January 8, 2022

VIDEO: Matt Taibbi talks about "education" in Loudon County VA

I kind of lost track of Matt Taibbi, whose political analysis I always enjoyed, even when he was calling President Trump the "clown president". He can be found now on Rumble.

In this video he discusses the ongoing battle between the "educators" of Loudon County VA and the parents who don't want their kids to be brainwashed with Critical Race Theory (CRT) and other hard left propaganda. Mr Taibbi makes the case that if Democrats don't change their tune on parental influence in school curriculum, they're doomed in 2022.
   

Nice to be able to see and hear Mr Taibbi. I'm one of those who always wonders what the writers look like. That's why I put my picture on WWW, not because I'm vain. [??? Ed.] But I digest.... 

I want to recommend, highly, Matt Taibbi's 2019 book Hate, Inc, reviewed on WWW in "From the inside: Matt Taibbi explains why the media want to keep Americans perpetually at war...", 28/6/20. Mr Taibbi is mentioned in several other posts, which you can find by using the "Search this blog" window at the bottom right corner of this page.

Friday, November 5, 2021

VIDEO: Michael Matt calls Biden the Democrats' kiss of political death

"This is fun!", Michael Matt, editor of The Remnant newspaper, returns to YouTube (!) just in time to celebrate "The Great Reject" -- the response of ordinary Americans, the real people, to President Brandon's left-liberal policies and politics. "The lunatics of Davos," he says, "have clearly become a political liability for a whole host of small-minded Democratic politicians...whose political future has now become understandly more important to them than the globalist ideology these whack-jobs -- Gates, Soros, Schwab and the rest of these nutters!" 

In this latest episode of "The Underground" from Remnant TV,  Mr Matt analyses this week's big wins for pro-life, pro-God, and pro-American politicians. Will Tuesday's rejection of the Democrats and their extreme liberal ideologies carry over into the 2022 mid-term elections? Michael is cautiously optimistic.

But wait (as Vince Offer used to say), there's more! What (Mr Matt asks) do Elon Musk, Bill Maher, and Greta Thunberg have in common? They’re all fed-up Leftist influencers, who are obviously not going to go down with the USS Biden. Are the wheels coming off The Great Reset even before liftoff?


Meanwhile, inside the Vatican, the situation goes from Woke to Weird. On October 28th, the Cardinals responsible for promoting Christian unity called on bishops to "listen to non-Catholic Christians" during the latest synod, which some have already dubbed "Vatican III". 

Some of Mr Matt's critics are asking why he doesn't just leave the Catholic Church and join the Orthodox or the Protestants (!). Mr Matt answers them in this video. Every minute is well worth watching!

Thursday, November 4, 2021

"Stupid wokeness" is what's beating Democrats: Carville

Breitbart News reports today that long-time Democratic strategist James Carville blames wokeness for his party's defeat in Tuesday's elections in Virginia.
During an appearance on the PBS NewsHour, Mr Carville said "stupid wokeness" was what went wrong for Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe, who lost to Glenn Youngkin. "Don't just look at Virginia and New Jersey," he said. "Look at Long Island, look at Buffalo, look at Minneapolis, even look at Seattle. I mean, this 'defund the police' lunacy, this take Abraham Lincoln's name off of schools. I mean that — people see that."

"It's just really — has a suppressive effect all across the country on Democrats," Mr Carville added. "Some of these people need to go to a 'woke' detox center or something. They're expressing a language that people just don't use, and there's backlash and a frustration at that."

Seems to Walt that's putting it mildly. And now a word from our sponsor...
Further reading: "Biracial families (?)", WWW 27/9/21.

Wednesday, November 3, 2021

VA: Good news from the Clinton News Network

Here's the result of yesterday's gubernatorial election in Virginia, as reported by CNN. 


Republican Glenn Youngkin defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe in the Virginia governor's race Tuesday night, CNN projects, rolling back progressive gains in Virginia as he became the first Republican to win statewide office in the commonwealth since 2009. 

McAuliffe's loss in a state that President Joe Biden won by double digits last year showed the enormous challenges that Democrats are facing next year as they attempt to maintain control of the US House and Senate. McAuliffe, who served as governor from 2014 to 2018 in a state that does not allow successive terms, had struggled to find a message that would galvanize Democrats at a time when Biden's approval ratings have sagged and the party has been unable to deliver a clear message amid bickering over the President's agenda in Congress. 

Did you like the phrase "rolling back progressive gains"? I did! I liked it a lot! The VA election was effectively a referendum on President Brandon and the bunny-brained policies of the extreme Democrats. They lose! Now (well, 53 weeks from now) to take back the rest of the country! Lifetime pct .992.

Tuesday, November 2, 2021

Whither Virginia? Voters have a clear choice

Walt will be in the old capital today, in mind if not in body, as Virginia voters go to choose between two quite different visions for the future of not just their state but the entire United States of America. Will they choose the delusional wokeness exemplified by the school board of Loudoun County, or the common sense values on which the Old Dominion was built?

The incumbent governor, Democrat Terry McAuliffe, has set the commonwealth firmly on a liberal path toward California-style policies and values. On his watch, the heroic statue of General Lee was removed from its place of honour, and that's all ye need to know about the direction in which he wishes the state to go.

Republican challenger Glenn Youngkin's policies are modelled along the lines of those of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who has concentrated on keeping his state "open for business", in spite of the Covid virus, rejecting mask and vaccine mandates, and other calls to let ideology trump common sense.

The politics and policies of Florida and California are metaphors for those of the entire nation -- left and west vs right and east -- not just on how to deal with the Wuhan flu, but on immigration, the faltering economy, education vs indoctrination, the energy crisis -- virtually every other issue of consequence for Americans today.

In his quest for a second term, Mr McAuliffe has moved even further to the left than he was before, championing teachers' unions and pushing back against parents who oppose transgenderism and Critical Race Theory. He has obviously studied Gavin Newsome's playbook, and is attacking Mr Youngkin and his supporters as proxies for President Trump.

Virginia, particularly the northern part, was not kind to President Trump in the fake election of 2020. All the same, voters now seem more concerned (and rightly so!) about the fitness for office of President Brandon, and the secret agenda of the puppeteers who pull his strings. Results of a poll taken a few days ago show Mr Youngkin in the lead.


Will that lead hold up? Will Sleepy Joe's stumping for Mr McAuliffe pull his nuts (Mr McAuliffe's!) out of the fire? We'll find out tonight. And please do stay tuned, because the result on Virginia could well be the first serious indicator of what's likely to happen nationwide, in approximately 53 weeks.

Footnote: Mr McAuliffe sent a message yesterday to Virginia parents and teachers. Did you catch that play? "50 percent are students of colour and yet 80 percent of teachers are white: We all know what we have to do …. to make everybody feel comfortable." Sounds like a threat to me! If you're a Virginian and you don't like being threatened, you know what to do. Right now!

Tuesday, August 18, 2020

More poetic justice in Virginia

Readers with long(ish) memories may recall our post headed "Poetic justice in Portsmouth, Virginia" (WWW 13/6/20) in which we told you the sad (NOT!) story of how one of the anti-Black racism (etc etc) protesters tearing down a statue of Robert E. Lee in Portsmouth VA was injured when said statue fell on him. The story ended with Virginia Governor Ralph Northam's pledge to get "justice for all the 'protesters'."

Believe it or not, fourteen (14!) of the "protesters" and their colleagues/associates/supporters -- including a Democratic state senator, three members of the NAACP, and three "public defenders" -- have actually been charged with conspiracy to commit a felony and injury to a monument in excess of $1000.

Charges of conspiracy to commit a felony and injury to a monument in excess of $1000 have been laid against:
State Senator Louise Lucas
James Boyd, Portsmouth NAACP representative
Louie Gibbs, Portsmouth NAACP representative
LaKesha Hicks, Portsmouth NAACP representative
LaKeesha S. "Klu" Atkinson, Portsmouth School Board member
Kimberly Wimbish
Dana Worthington
Amira Bethea

Those charged only with injury to a monument in excess of $1000 are:
Brenda Spry, public defender
Alexandra Stephens, public defender
Meredith Cramer, public defender
Brandon Woodard
Hanah Renae Rivera
Raymond J Brothers

No charges have been laid against Chris Green, the father of two on whom General Lee's statue got its revenge. According to his GoFundMe page, although he cannot walk or talk, Mr Green (who is actually Black) can drink liquids and "is able to feed himself semi-solid foods and is able to drink from a cup independently. Chris is showing emotion by smiling and laughing when appropriate."

As for Senator Lucas, WAVY-TV reported shortly after the "peaceful protest" that a campaign had been launched to effect her recall. Since then, the Virginian-Pilot reports, she has filed a defamation suit against Tim Anderson, who started the campaign, who (she said) falsely accused her of inciting a riot, a felony, and of telling police to stand down while people defaced the monument. How the criminal charges will affect the civil proceeding remains to be seen.

Saturday, June 13, 2020

Poetic justice in Portsmouth VA

In the wake of the George Floyd Memorial Riots, the antifa iconoclasts and loonie lefties are at it again, all across America -- and in the UK and Canada too -- trying to haul down statues of President Jefferson Davis, General Robert E. Lee, and assorted other 19th-century white men, all of whom were racists, dontcha know.

In the capital of the Confederacy, Virginia Governorand Panderer-in-Chief Ralph Northam promised to remove the statue of General Lee, but was prevented from following through by a temporary injunction halting the removal for ten days, so a lawsuit challenging his authority so to do can be decided. The suit was filed by the descendant of a family that deeded the land on which the monument sits.

Meanwhile, just down the I-64 in Portsmouoth, "protesters" beheaded four statues on a Confederate monument last Wednesday evening, after the monument was defaced with spray paint. A "protester" told reporters that an apparent "demonstrator" was badly injured after one of the toppled statues fell on his head.


Demonstrators began spray painting the monument after Portsmouth NAACP* president James Boyd and the local organization's vice president, Louie Gibbs, were briefly taken into custody and charged with trespassing, according to the Virginian-Pilot. Their legal moouthpiece -- not "Rev" Al Sharpton -- told the newspaper that both NAACP leaders were released on a summons about 30 minutes later.

So far, the statue has not been charged with any crimes or misdemeanors, but Gov Northam has pledged justice for all the "protesters". Sounds to me like one of them has already received poetic justice!

*Footnote: Someone told me, many years ago in the Heart of Dixie, that "NAACP" stood for five critters commonly found in the South, the second one being "Alligators". Wish I could remember what the other four were.

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Speaking of having sex with a dog... [Sorry, no video. Ed.]

Earlier today Walt posted an article about a zoophile who, after a short stay in the hoosegow, was released into the community by officials of the sanctuary state of Oregon, only to be picked up by ICE, since the animal lover is also an illegal alien. See "Dog lover to be deported from Oregon... eventually", WWW 21/3/19. I have been criticized by one of the usual suspects for running that piece, thereby suggesting that illegal immigrants are prone to senseless and disgusting acts of violence involving animals, as if native-born Americans are not.

Walt is very sorry that telling a true tale offended some SJW. To even the score, here's a report picked up by a Postmedia scribe from Virginia TV station WKTR. It involves two native-born American wimmin -- one white and one non-white, by the way -- a native-born American male, also non-white, and the man's best friend, i.e. his dog. Alas, we don't have video, but here's a pic of the alleged humans involved.


Jermaine Gaye, the one in the middle, has been a guest of the Commonwealth of Virginia since being arrested for slamming into a police cruiser and then fleeing the scene. First he was incarcerated in Norfolk County jail, but then he was moved to a jail in Virginia Beach after allegedly trying to seduce an employee at the first jail.

While not so occupied, police say Mr Gaye was being entertained by his salt-and-pepper girlfriends, Denise Kearney (left) and Ashley Pinkett, who did a cam show for their man, allegedly performing "a variety of sexual acts" with each other and with a dog as their boyfriend watched and encouraged them. WKTR says the on-line sex happened "at least six times", with the authorities reportedly monitoring every minute, building a blow-by-blow record, as it were.

Guess it took the cops a while to figure out what charges should be laid. Ms Pinkett is charged with 20 counts including bestiality, animal cruelty, and tampering with a witness. Ms Kearney faces seven charges including bestiality and animal cruelty. Tickets for the trials will doubtless be scalped for considerable sums.

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Asian-American sportscaster pulled off the air because of his name

In today's Germany, "Adolf Hitler" is an uncommon name, more so, even, than "Adolf Shicklgruber". That's because Germans are ashamed of Adolf Hitler, the notorious dictator who led the Fatherland into a disastrous war. Americans, by contrast, are proud of the great historical figures the USA has produced in nearly two and a half centuries of existence. Even today there are 1000s of Washingtons, Jeffersons, Lincolns... and Lees. Robert E. Lee may have fought on the "wrong side" (according to the liberals and SJWs), but he is still regarded as the greatest general America ever produced, as well as an honourable man who fought for the cause he believed in -- states rights -- and accepted defeat with grace and in a spirit of reconciliation.

Of course not all the Lees in the USA are descendants of or named after General Lee. Many people of Asian, as well as Caucasian, descent have "Lee" as a surname. It's a very common family name in China (where it may be transliterated as "Lee" or "Li") and Korea (where it's usually "Lee"). There are many 1000s of Asian-American Lees. Some of them are even named "Robert"... "Robert Lee". One such is the gentleman pictured on the right below.


This "Robert Lee" is a sportscaster for ESPN, a part of the great Disney empire. The Mouse has not been happy with ESPN lately because viewership is dwindling and revenue is declining. To stanch the bleeding, ESPN has embarked on a desperate search for relevance, so has decided to become a social justice warrior network, "treating all liberal opinion makers as those worthy of promotion and casting aside all those who had the gall to challenge the new Disney world order." That quote is from "ESPN Profit Plummets As Network Turns Left", posted 8/2/17 on OutkickTheCoverage, which says "MSESPN" would be a better name for the failing "network".

Fast forward half a year to this week's announcement by ESPN/MSESPN that Robert Lee will not call the University of Virginia's football season opener on September 2nd because of the recent violence in Charlottesville. A spokeswoman (note) for ESPN says Mr Lee has been sent to cover Youngstown State's game at Pittsburgh on the ACC Network, "simply because of the coincidence of his name."

You might think this is a gag, lifted from The Onion, but once again, truth is stranger (and funnier) than fiction. The official MSESPN line is that "We collectively made the decision with Robert to switch games as the tragic events in Charlottesville were unfolding, simply because of the coincidence of his name. In that moment it felt right to all parties."

OutkickTheCoverage headlined their story "MSESPN Pulls Asian Announcer Named Robert Lee Off UVa Game To Avoid Offending Idiots". OKTC's Clay Travis wrote:
"...according to multiple Outkick fans inside ESPN, MSESPN decided to pull an Asian college football announcer named Robert Lee off the William and Mary at University of Virginia college football game because they were concerned that having an ASIAN FOOTBALL ANNOUNCER NAMED ROBERT LEE would be offensive to some viewers.... Does ESPN really believe people are this dumb or that having an Asian announcer named Robert Lee is too offensive for the average TV viewer to handle?"

Apparently the answer is: Yes, yes they do. You couldn't make this stuff up, but such is the polarization of the Excited States of America as we near the end of the summer of 2017. Stay tuned.

Sunday, November 4, 2012

Can Romney do it? Walt's state-by-state analysis and predictions

The pressure is building! Walt's acolytes, followers and casual readers are waiting for guidance on how to bet. The barbershop is closed today so it's a good time to sit quietly and do the numbers, state by state.


There are 538 votes to be cast in the Electoral College. The magic number is 270. From his vantage point near Fort Mudge, Walt can see nine states with a total of 110 electoral votes that are "in play" -- too close to call.

Not included in the remaining 41 states (and DC) is Utah. I'm giving that one to Romney because [They already know that! Ed.] ...and Idaho for the same reason. [Get on with it!! Ed.]

OK. Also not included are New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. There's been a lot of pissing and moaning in the lamestream media about federal aid not getting through to the victims of Sandy quickly enough. Obama's presidential photo ops amidst the devastation looked fine, they say, but a lot of voters will be disaffected by this demonstration that the Prez doesn't have all that much control over the federal administration, and will get revenge by voting for the Inevitable Mitt. Rubbish. Anyone who thinks there was ever any chance of NY, NJ and CT going Republican is seriously deluded.

Which brings us to Pennsylvania and Michigan, the bottom of the rust bucket. Gentle reader, please don't be misled by the lamestream media hype. Those states aren't in doubt. Obama will sweet Philthydelphia and the rest of PA doesn't matter. 20 electoral votes for Obama.

As for MI, the name "Romney" is remembered there, and not fondly. When they think "Romney" Michiganders [and Michigeese. Ed.] think cars. When they think cars they think American Motors, and, more recently, the younger Romney's statements about letting the US auto industry die, if that were the will of the free market. Obama's got him on that one. Another 16 votes for Hussein.

So, with nine states left to call, Walt's abacus shows totals of 237 for the incumbent and only 191 for the wannabe. Romney has to find 79 electoral votes somewhere to win, Obama only 33.

Look south, folks. And keep in mind that race is still a deciding factor. Frankly, Walt was surprised, in 2008, when American voters handed the keys to the car to a black (or half-black) man. Well, OK, the point was made and America is now a "post-racist" society, right?

Wrong! A study by researchers at Stanford University and the Universities of Chicago and Michigan, released last week by AP, shows that although "racist" views are quieter today, they're still echoing in the minds of voters.

"Anti-black sentiment seems to have increased slightly in America over the course of Mr. Obama's term," the report says, "and this sentiment may be shaping evaluations of (his) presidency as well as the likelihood that individuals will vote for him in 2012."

Leaving aside Dade County, Florida is still pretty much a southern state, in its attitudes, and North Carolina decidedly so. Walt predicts they'll both go Republican, although FL may be very close, once again. 44 electoral votes for Mitt.

I will now contradict myself by awarding Iowa (6 votes) and New Hampshire (4) to Obama. I'd have thought the Iowans, in particular, would know which end of the straw to stick in their mouths, but polls in one of the whitest of all states show the Prez with a pretty solid lead. NH seems to be affected by its proximity to Massachusetts, where Romney is oddly unloved in spite of a government-mandated health plan that looked not unlike Obamacare.

On to Wisconsin, with its substantial Catholic population. Can a native son carry his state for the Republicans? Walt thinks so, but not because Paul Ryan is as close as you can get to being a real practising Catholic. Rather, it's because Ryan and Romney are not Muslim.

A recent Pew poll found that less than half of voters surveyed believe that Obama is Christian, and 17% believe he's actually a Muslim. The poll also showed that the number of Republicans who believe Obama is Muslim has doubled to 30% since the last election. His bitterest foes keep calling him "Hussein", because that is his (middle) name.

The underlying meaning is that Obama is an outsider, a foreigner in his attitudes and outlook, if not by birth. He is seen in much of the USA as basically un-American, even anti-American. That's why his tepid, even grovelling response to the Benghazi terrorist attack won't go away. 10 more votes in the Republican column.

If you're keeping score, it's now 247 to 245, favour Obama, with just four states -- Colorado, Nevada, Virginia and Ohio -- left.

You'd think Nevada would be a lock for Romney, what with its substantial Mormon population and wild west, free enterprise character. But you'd be ignoring Las Vegas and its large number of Latino voters, who don't much like the Republican stance on immigration and related issues. Latest polls put NV in the Democrat column, and who am I to argue. 6 for Obama.

Giving Colorado (9 votes) also to Obama -- just because -- raises the Democrat total to 262. So it all comes down to Virginia (13 votes) and Ohio (18). Walt thinks VA is likely to go Republican, since it, too, is at heart a southern state. But Romney still has to win Ohio before he can start measuring the drapes in the Oval Office.

It has been pointed out dozens of times within the last 24 hours alone that no Republican has ever been elected president without winning Ohio. Which is not to say that no Republican has ever been elected president. Walt says... ... ... ... still too early to make the call.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Virginia abortionists admit "clinics" unsafe

Planned Parenthood and other "pro-choice" -- meaning pro-babykilling -- groups have always maintained that one of their major goals [apart from ZPG? Ed.] is promoting "women's health". They want to save women, so they say, from the horrors of brutal and unsanitary back-alley abortionists.

Well, Virginia's legislature has just passed a bill that will impose new safety standards on abortion clinics. And guess what? Abortion advocates are screaming that the legislation will force most of the state's abortuaries out of business!

The bill requires abortion clinics to meet the same safety standards as hospitals. Nothing wrong with that, surely. After all, abortion providers have always been concerned about safety standards, right?

Turns out most of Virginia's existing abortion clinics do not currently have the equipment, staff, and facilities necessary to respond adequately to emergencies that could arise. An Associated Press account, generally biased in favour of the abortionists, observes that "the clinics resemble dentists' offices."

"Democrats and abortion-rights supporters said the change would put an estimated 17 of the 21 clinics out of business," the AP story reports. The abortion advocates evidently considered this a criticism of the new bill, rather than a reflection on substandard conditions in abortion clinics. But what does this reveal about their true motives?

Yes, killing babies is a business, and a good one too if you don't have to spend too much on safety.