VIDEO: "Uhh, wut was the question again?"

Last night, Queen Oprah Winfrey held a two-hour "Unite for America" (LMAO) livestream to give Kamala Harris a chance to answer some questions (at last!) about her policies, or lack thereof.

In this video, you will hear "Justin from Michigan" [not an actor, to be sure. Ed.] a young man ask the Cackler a very straightforward question: "What will be your specific steps for strengthening the border?"

That’s it. That’s all the guy asked. It wasn't a loaded question. It was a softball which your mother could have battetd out of the park. This is how the Dimocratic nominee for POTUS answered. Unlike the exploding goats story, this is real. Too real. This is the empty-headed creation of the media and DNC that you're being asked to vote for.

If you were kind of baffled when you listened to the answer, and maybe feel that the Cackler's answer wasn't all that bad, read the transcript.

KAMALA: So it’s a wonderful and important question. I, you know, my background was as a prosecutor, and I was also the elected Attorney General for two terms of a border state. So this is not a theoretical issue for me. This is something I’ve actually worked on. I have prosecuted transnational criminal organizations for the trafficking of guns, drugs, and human beings. I take very seriously the importance of having a secure border and ensuring the safety of the American people. Sadly, where we are now can be traced most recently back to the fact that when the United States Congress, members of congress, including the most conservative Republicans, came up with a border security bill—and here’s what that border security bill would’ve done: it would’ve put 1500 more border agents at the border. Let me tell you, those border agents are working around the clock. It would’ve been about giving them some support and relief, which is probably why the border agents actually endorsed the bill. It would have allowed us to stem the flow of fentanyl. And I’m looking at people from all over the country here, so I don’t need to tell the folks who are watching this what fentanyl has done to families, to kids in our country and the need to take seriously stemming the flow coming into our country; and addressing that extraordinary and tragic issue in terms of its effect. The bill would’ve allowed us to have more resources to prosecute transnational criminal organizations. And it would’ve been part of the solution. And Donald Trump called up those folks and said, Don’t put that bill on the floor for a vote. He blocked the bill, and you know why? Because he preferred to run on the problem instead of fixing the problem. And he has put his personal political security before border security. Because understand that even in the intervening months what that bill would have done to give support to folks who care about this issue. And this again gets to the point about what does leadership really look like. And, is it about you, or is it about the people? Is it about running on problems or fixing problems? My work and my career have always been about saying let’s fix problems. Let’s address the needs because we know it’s in our capacity to do that.

At this point, Oprah jumps in to bail out the sinking ship with just one sentence..

OPRAH: So to answer Justin’s question [!!!], now that that bill is gone and hasn’t passed, will you introduce that?

KAMALA: Absolutely.

UPDATED: Walt confesses he watched That Interview

I have to admit to watching Oprah Winfrey's interview with the Prince and Princess of Woke, last night. Well, most of it, as Family Guy was on at the same time as the last half hour. This episode, dubbed "Peterminator", was so incomprerhensible that I considered switching back, but didn't want to risk throwing up... again.

As for the Royal Drama, let's just start with the premise. How anyone could have imagined that a divorced C-list actress from California would be a good diversity hire for the "Institution" (as Meghan called Britain's royal family) beggars belief. 

When the inclusive, globalist love match of the century went off the rails, the wreck was a natural for Jimmy Kimmel or Dr Phil, but Oprah signed them up and is said to be several million dollars richer for having put this drivel on the air. Good for her!

I imagine the ratings for last night's cry-and-tell were as high as Harry in his party mode. It's always fun to watch multimillionaires complain about their "hardships" and all the challenges of life amonst the plebes. 

The part the lamestream media have seized on, of course, was Meghan's heavily veiled accusations of racism. Without naming names -- "It would be damaging" -- Meghan alleged that there had been "conversations" concerning the possibility of their child being, errr, of a darker persuasion. Oprah (indignant): Whaaat?!

Said Prince Harry, who unfortunately inherited his mother's brains without her good looks, "This is how it's meant to be. You cant change it. What was different for me was the race element, because now it wasn't just about her, but it is about what she represents." Anyone who can clarify that statement is invited to send a translation to Walt at the usual address.

The usual suspects in Not-so-great Britain and elsewhere are clamouring for an investigation into "racism at Buckingham Palace." Vicky Ford, the Cuckservative government's Minister for Children [Really. I looked it up. Ed.], told the BBC that while she hadn't actually seen the full interview, the allegations of racism were "unacceptable. There is absolutely no place for racism in our society and we all need to work to make sure that doesn’t happen."

Kate Green, a Labour (read: leftist) MP, told Sky TV the comments were "shocking and distressing. I'm sure that the palace will be thinking very carefully about that, and I certainly think people will be wondering what is going to be said. But there's never any excuse, in any circumstances, for racism, and I think it is important that action is taken to investigate what are really shocking allegations."

Let's think about that. Suppose there is a thorough and independent investigation, conducted by (let's say) Baroness Amos ['n' Baron Andy? Ed.] which concludes that, like the vast majority of "humankind", Her Britannic Majesty Queen Elizabeth and her large brood prefer to associate with persons of their own race. What then? Would the Queen be asked, ever so politely, to step down to be replaced by a diversity hire like, say, the Princess Meghan and her besotted ginger-haired spouse?

I venture to say that, beyond this week, That Interview will be little noted nor long remembered. [Clever turn of phrase! Ed.] The only thing I found interesting is that the  royal eco-wienies are keeping a flock of "rescue chickens". Really. They have a cute little house called "Archie's Chick Inn". Really. I imagine they'll taste jes' fine fried, with a side of collard greens.

Further reading, added 9/3/21: 

"Meghan Markle Inspires Millions Of Young Girls With Message That No Matter How Famous, Rich, And Powerful They Are, They Will Always Be Oppressed", Babylon Bee, 8/3/21. Walt can't resist giving you this snippet: "Oppression is inescapable," said Markle, who is married to a prince and worth approximately $50 million. "If you are a woman-- especially a woman of color, oppression will follow you all the days of your life and you will never really be happy."

Aesop's fable: The Grasshopper and the Ant - politically correct version

Canada's self-styled "national newspaper", the Globe and Mail, is one of the chief practitioners of political correctness, second only (in that country) to the CBC. Recently, however, they ran an editorial -- "The threat of political correctness, real and imagined" -- commenting on an Angus Reid survey which revealed that the overwhelming majority of Canadians polled think political correctness has gone too far.

The irony of the oh-so-PC Groan & Wail questioning its goodself was not lost on the majority of those who commented. (Gotta give the Globcredit for at least allowing comments.) Someone who posts under the pseudonym "ForsterBarry" put up this rather lengthy piece, which Walt thinks deserves to be reposted in full. It's the PC version of Aesop's fable of The Grasshopper and the Ant.

The ant works hard in the withering heat and the rain all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while he is cold and starving.

CBS, NBC, PBS, CNN, and ABC show up to provide pictures of the shivering grasshopper next to a video of the ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food. America is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be, that in a country of such wealth, this poor grasshopper is allowed to suffer so?

Kermit the Frog appears as support on Oprah with the grasshopper and everybody cries when they sing "It's Not Easy Being Green". ACORN stages a demonstration in front of the ant's house where the news stations film the SEIU group singing "We shall overcome". Then Rev. Jeremiah Wright has the group kneel down to pray for the grasshopper, while he damns the ants. President Obama condemns the ant and blames President Bush 43, President Bush 41, President Reagan, Christopher Columbus, and the Pope for the grasshopper's plight.

Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid exclaim in an interview with Larry King that the ant has gotten rich off the back of the Grasshopper, and both call for an immediate tax hike on the ant to make him pay his fair share. Finally, the EEOC drafts The Economic Equity & Anti-Grasshopper Act, retroactive to the beginning of the summer.

The ant is fined for failing to hire a proportionate number of green bugs and, having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, his home is confiscated by the Government Green Czar and given to the grasshopper. The story ends as we see the grasshopper and his freeloading friends finishing up the last bits of the ant's food, while the government house he is in -- which you may recall just happens to be the ant's old house -- crumbles around them because the grasshopper doesn't maintain it. The ant has disappeared in the snow, never to be seen again.

The grasshopper is found dead in a drug-related incident, and the house, now abandoned, is taken over by a gang of spiders who terrorize the ramshackle, once prosperous and peaceful, neighbourhood. The entire nation collapses, taking down the rest of the free world with it.