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Conservative Mallard Fillmore cartoon canceled by leftists



M. Dowling -


March 4, 2021




The popular cartoon Mallard Fillmore, created by Bruce Tinsley 27 years ago, was canceled by left-wing Gannett newspapers without warning. It’s described as unprecedented.

They canceled it over criticism of [demented] Joe Biden and transgenders participating in womens’ sports.

Tinsley said it’s unheard of. His syndicate never heard of anything like it.
THE CARTOONS THEY DIDN’T LIKE

The first cartoon depicts Biden musing, “For too long segregation sullied women’s sports…They were restricted to women! Thank goodness those dark days are over.”

The second has Biden saying, “I hear what you, the American people, want me to do…kill fossil fuel jobs…devalue Americans’ labor…and help more transgender athletes beat the delete out of biological females.”

Both ran on February 19-20. Tinsley spoke to half the country and if you don’t like it, don’t read it. But, no, Gannett has to ban it. That was the last vestige of conservatism in their newspapers.

Mr. Tinsley didn’t feel either cartoon was over-the-top.

Mallard Fillmore chronicles the exploits of a politically conservative duck who works as a reporter at a television station in Wshington, D.C.

The Left is thrilled. They say things like, “thank you, thank you,” or “What a joy to read I no longer have to start my day exposed to that mean-spirited so-called comic strip, Mallard Fillmore.” How stupid is the latter. She doesn’t know she can choose not to look at it.

King Features still syndicates the cartoon and we might see Mallard take on the cancel culture, aka Stalinism.

https://www.independentsentinel.com/conservative-mallard-fillmore-cartoon-canceled-by-leftists/

March 6

Rep. Kevin McCarthy posts video reading Dr. Seuss book after 6 other titles canceled over 'racist' imagery

Dr. Seuss Enterprises on Tuesday announced that it would stop the publication of six Seuss books over 'hurtful' portrayals


By Audrey Conklin | Fox News



eBay de-lists some Dr. Seuss books deemed offensive

Children’s book author Brad Meltzer reacts and discusses cancel culture on ‘Fox & Friends Weekend.’

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on Friday posted a video of himself reading Dr. Seuss' "Green Eggs and Ham," after the famous children's author-illustrator came under fire this week.

Dr. Seuss Enterprises, the company that preserves and protects the author's legacy, on Tuesday announced that it would stop the publication of six Seuss books that "portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong," it said in a statement to The Associated Press.

"I still like Dr. Seuss, so I decided to read Green Eggs and Ham," McCarthy tweeted Friday with a video of himself reading the book.

The company said copies of "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street," "If I Ran the Zoo," "McElligot's Pool," "On Beyond Zebra!," "Scrambled Eggs Super!," and "The Cat's Quizzer" will no longer be published as of March 2, which was Seuss' birthday and National Read Across America Day.



The holiday, traditionally recognized by U.S. presidents each year, encourages schools across the country to celebrate reading and commemorate the popular children's author, who died in 1991.

"Ceasing sales of these books is only part of our commitment and our broader plan to ensure Dr. Seuss Enterprises’ catalog represents and supports all communities and families," the statement from Seuss Enterprises said.

DR. SEUSS SALES SOAR AFTER 6 TITLES CANCELED FOR 'RACIST' IMAGERY

The company made the decision after months of discussions, according to reports.

"Dr. Seuss Enterprises listened and took feedback from our audiences including teachers, academics and specialists in the field as part of our review process. We then worked with a panel of experts, including educators, to review our catalog of titles," it said.

As adored as Seuss is by millions around the world for the positive values in many of his works, including environmentalism and tolerance, there has been increasing criticism in recent years over the way Black, Asian and other characters are drawn in some of his most beloved children’s books, as well as in his earlier advertising and propaganda illustrations.



The National Education Association, which founded Read Across America Day in 1998, has for several years de-emphasized Seuss and encouraged a more diverse reading list for children.


https://www.foxnews.com/politics/kevin-mccarthy-dr-seuss

Cancel Culture

Pepé Le Pew reportedly canceled by Warner Bros as NYT columnist accuses cartoon of promoting 'rape culture'
The iconic Looney Tunes character is being snubbed from 'Space Jam 2'


By Joseph A. Wulfsohn | Fox News




The world's most famous cartoon skunk appears to be the latest victim of cancel culture.

The Hollywood Reporter reported on Monday that Looney Tunes icon Pepé Le Pew is "not featured in any current Warner Bros. TV projects and there are no current plans" for the character's return.

THR also reported that Le Pew will also not be appearing in the upcoming LeBron James film "Space Jam 2," the sequel to the 90s Looney Tunes movie starring Michael Jordan. Le Pew appeared alongside the Chicago Bulls legend in the first film.

SPEEDY GONZALES DEFENDED AFTER NY TIMES COLUMNIST BLASTS 'CORROSIVE STEREOTYPE'

According to the report, the decision to snub the famous skunk was made "more than a year ago."

Deadline also reported that a scene featuring Le Pew and actress Greice Santo was shot back in June 2019 but was "left on the cutting room floor."

Last week, amid the uproar over the cancelation of six Dr. Seuss books for racist imagery, New York Times columnist Charles Blow took aim at Le Pew, who he said "normalized rape culture," as well as fellow Looney Tune Speedy Gonzales, "whose friends helped popularize the corrosive stereotype of the drunk and lethargic Mexicans."

Blow doubled down on his attack towards the beloved skunk on Twitter.

"RW blogs are mad bc I said Pepe Le Pew added to rape culture. Let’s see. 1. He grabs/kisses a girl/stranger, repeatedly, w/o consent and against her will. 2. She struggles mightily to get away from him, but he won’t release her 3. He locks a door to prevent her from escaping," Blow wrote on Saturday while sharing a Pepé Le Pew montage.



He continued, "This helped teach boys that 'no' didn’t really mean no, that it was a part of 'the game', the starting line of a power struggle. It taught overcoming a woman’s strenuous, even physical objections, was normal, adorable, funny. They didn’t even give the woman the ability to SPEAK."

Critics slammed Blow's assessment of Le Pew.

"Unbelievable how malevolent & uncharitable this interpretation is. Of course Pepé the Pew is disgusting, it's the whole point of this character & this cartoon!" artist Tim Soret exclaimed. "First, the Looney Tunes characters are obviously not designed as role models. They behave in the most insane, stupid, obsessive & reprehensible manner. Their flawed nature is why it's morally acceptable and so regressively funny to see them fail miserably over & over. Pepé the pew is a skunk: he literally stinks. They couldn't design a more obvious signal... His unawareness of his own smell *mirrors* his obliviousness of his own flippant attitude."

Soret continued, "He's too absorbed by his seduction act to even realize that he's mistaking a cat for a skunk (paint would somehow always land on her back in absurd ways, which is the show's running joke)."

"If Charles Blow didn’t spend his time obsessively looking for children’s cartoons to cancel, he wouldn’t have embarrassed himself like this. Just because he doesn’t understand the characters and their messaging, doesn’t mean kids have the same problem," conservative writer A.G. Hamilton reacted.

"Pepe LePew was a rapey pervert & was bad, we understood this. Literally everyone who watched this cartoon got this Speedy Gonzales was not a rapey pervert, was funny, fast & the good guy The takeaway is Charles Blow who writes a NY TIMES column has never seen Looney Tunes," conservative commentator Stephen Miller concluded.

Comedian Gabriel Iglesias, who voices Speedy Gonzales in "Space Jam 2," defended his own cartoon character amid the renewed scrutiny.



"I am the voice of Speedy Gonzales in the new Space Jam. Does this mean they are gonna try to cancel Fluffy too? U can’t catch me cancel culture. I’m the fastest mouse in all of Mexico," Iglesias tweeted on Saturday.


https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/pepe-le-pew-cancel-culture

That is what communist, state run media does. If the message doesn't fit the party line, shut it down.

With communists, things are either mandatory or banned.

I forgot the right never canceled anything, they just invented cancel culture...

Freedom fries.

Eminem
Hip hip
Video games
Other religions
Porn
Alcohol
Interracial marriage
Gay marriage

And my personal favorite, the civil rights movement in the 1960’s

I’m so sick and tired of the right acting like they don’t have the longest history of trying to “cancel” people/ideas/movements in this country. That was just a very short list of cancel culture being practiced by the right. VERY short.

It’s so funny that people are falling over each other trying to define cancel culture. It’s always been a thing in human society. But once again, people gave it a makeover with a new term and now got others acting like it’s some new phenomenon.

Fish and Peen, go kick rocks. It’s obvious neither of you understand the whole situation behind these five Seuss books.

Then again, shouldn’t be surprised that either of you would fail to comprehend what’s going on. Both of you endorse a man who peddled a song called “Barack the magic negro”.

Dispicable behavior from both of you

No kidding..... And according to Peen that makes them Commies !!! You can't make this schtick up.

Personally I'd say trying to cancel 84 million votes tops the list, but there are lots of valid examples. The list is long...

What? I didn't see anything about Dr.Seuss or some song about Barack the magic negro. I have never even heard of that song.

What are you talking about?

You and Fish recently defended and heaped praise upon Rush. Since you proclaimed how much you like him, you sure have to know about the song of his, right?

Also, fish’s article spam is about Seuss. Did you even read?

So when are you going to post about cancel culture?

Dr Seuss isn't canceled. Reading Green Eggs and Ham is perfectly fine. His own estate decided on their own to remove a couple of books out of his huge collection that they felt weren't appropriate on their own. Nobody was going after him.

Oh look, Pepe Le Pew is also canceled! Oh wait, again a company had made that decision on its own too. Nobody was talking about it until it was announced.

The one you didn't add that some of my conservative friends are also still going nuts over, Mr. Potato head...except that he is still Mr Potato Head, and she is still Mrs Potato Head. The only thing that changed is the brand name to Potato Head. It actually makes sense since there has been a female potato head since the 50s.

Go back to worrying about Kap taking a knee and burning Nike shoes and stop worrying about private companies making decisions on their own. Nobody was talking about those topics until the companies announcing it on their own accord.

I think they’re a little afraid and tired to keep being white people telling minorities how to protest, and then receive constant backlash for it.

We got people dying from Covid, we have starving families living in America, we have Vets that are living on the street..

And all you got is Cancel Culture?

Yikes

This is something I've always found funny.

You had no problem with country music canceling the Dixie Chicks.

No problem with A baker canceling a gay couples wedding cake.

Let's just review the things Trump and his followers have tried to "cancel" since he was elected, shall we?

All the Things You Can No Longer Buy if You’re a True MAGA Trump Fan

Over 50 years ago, the Beatles faced public outrage from Christian fans nearly five months after John Lennon was quoted as saying the band was “more popular than Jesus.” Lennon tried to clarify the comments, telling reporters in 1966: “I'm not saying that we’re better, or greater, or comparing us with Jesus Christ as a person.”

The damage had been done. His original comment led Bible Belt disc jockeys to ban the Beatles from the airways. Devout fans burned their records, and communities organized pickup points where “Beatles trash” (what would now be valuable memorabilia) could be disposed of. In retrospect, the boycott can be seen as impressive for its coordination and followthrough.

Today, as controversial quotes are posted straight to Twitter, backlash is in real-time, and boycotts are often fleeting. Over the past few years, Trump supporters in particular have made a habit of boycotting—for undetermined amounts of time—major companies that have allegedly disrespected their favorite president, their impression of American values, or typically both at the same time.

MAGA country has boycotted everything from CNN to the Oreo cookie; oftentimes making public display of themselves burning or destroying the offending merchandise.

Keeping track of the ever-growing MAGA blacklist can be difficult. To help, we’ve collected them all in one place. If you are a MAGA fan, you are obligated to avoid the following:

WALMART

Despite Walmart’s long-stereotyped status as a bastion of conservative middle America, one year ago the hashtag #BoycottWalmart spread among Trump supporters. The company’s offense? Third-party markets on Walmart’s website sold T-shirts with “Impeach Trump” and “Impeach 45” emblazoned on them. The nuance that Walmart didn’t actually produce the shirts—just acted as a host for third-party sales—was lost on Trump supporters however.

Ron Fournier, chairman of Students for Trump, railed against the company on Twitter: “Why are you selling Impeach 45 baby clothes on your website????? What kind of message are you trying to send?”

A Walmart spokesperson reiterated that the items were sold by a third party, and said they would reassess what is sold in the marketplace. “We’re removing these types of items pending review of our marketplace policies,” the spokesperson said.

Less than a year later, however, the company jumped back into MAGA hot water. The retail chain produced an ad in June featuring two gay men going on a first date at a Walmart. Naturally, Trump-boosting anti-LGBTQ hate groups were furious.

One Million Moms, a website started by the American Family Association, a powerful fundamentalist group, wrote that Walmart “decided to offend many of their conservative customers with their new video,” rather than remain neutral in the “culture war.” The website also started a petition urging Walmart to remove the ad.

Part of AFA’s mission statement is to “strengthen the moral foundations of American culture.” The organization has vehemently supported president Trump despite his multiple marriages. AFA president Tim Wildmon wrote a post early this year titled, “If Trump Fails, We All Lose,” re-affirming his support for the president. “One of the reasons President Trump has been taking unrelenting, incoming fire from the liberal elites... is precisely because he is not ashamed of the Bible, the Constitution, the family, or the free enterprise system.” Concluding: “The God-haters... are after President Trump because in many respects—politically speaking—to them he represents us.”

NETFLIX

Barack and Michelle Obama entered into a “multi-year agreement” with Netflix last year that will reportedly see the ex-president and first lady produce both films and series for the streaming platform. “We hope to cultivate and curate the talented, inspiring, creative voices who are able to promote greater empathy and understanding between peoples, and help them share their stories with the entire world,” Obama said in a statement.

The partnership caused some MAGA fans to own the libs by proclaiming en masse that they would cancel their Netflix subscriptions for fear the new content from their nemesis ex-president would taint the other 850 original content titles now offered on the platform.

To top it off, Obama’s former national security adviser Susan Rice joined Netflix’s board of directors a few months prior. Her addition also drew the public ire of MAGA heads.

Despite the boycott threats, Netflix added 9.6 million new subscribers in the first quarter of 2019—a record for the company. Nearly two million of those subscribers were from the United States, according to a company earnings report.
BUDWEISER

In 2017, Budweiser ditched the Clydesdales to run a pro-immigration Super Bowl ad depicting a fictionalized version of founder Eberhard Anheuser, a German immigrant, leaving his home country to brew what is now considered a quintessential American beer. The ending title card reads: “When nothing stops your dream. This is the beer we’ll raise.”

The ad premiered just days after President Trump issued an executive order indefinitely banning travel from seven Muslim-majority countries, and Syrian refugees. Some Trump supporters interpreted the commercial as an anti-Trump attack ad, and called for a Budweiser boycott. But, according to AdWeek, the ad’s production was in the works well before the executive order.

This year, the beer company once again stirred calls for a MAGA boycott. Budweiser launched a slew of LGBT rainbow bottle designs in June to commemorate national Pride Month and the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots.

Conservative outlets like The Western Journal, started by Citizens United founder Floyd Brown, published commentary claiming the bottles pandered to the LGBT community in an example of “virtue signaling,” and wouldn’t do “anything except alienate customers.”
STARBUCKS

Trump’s 2017 immigration ban garnered an intentional response from the Seattle-based coffee company. Starbucks announced it would hire 10,000 refugees within five years as a direct countermeasure to Trump’s policy.

The initiative caused MAGA supporters call for a Starbucks boycott, accusing the coffee titan of every offense under the sun—from hating America to not supporting the troops. (In reality, the company has hired over 8,000 veterans since 2013, when it first launched its dedicated veterans’ program.)

Starbucks once again found themselves at MAGA’s mercy this past week after a barista in Tempe, Arizona, asked a group of police officers to leave the store because a customer “did not feel safe by their presence.”

The Tempe Officers Association took to Twitter, writing: “This treatment of public safety workers could not be more disheartening. While the barista was polite, making such a request at all was offensive. Unfortunately, such treatment has become all too common in 2019.”

Starbucks executive vice president Rossann Williams apologized for the incident, calling the employee’s behavior “completely unacceptable.” Fox News was already off and running with the story, and the hashtag #DumpStarbucks was born.
OREOS

No brand is safe in MAGA Country. And two years ago, even milk’s favorite cookie was in the line of fire.

Trump declared that he would not be “eating any more Oreos” after Mondelez International, the parent of Nabisco, which produces Oreos, announced it would move some of its Chicago operations to Mexico. Trump claimed the move would cost 2,000 American jobs; the actual number was closer 600. Accuracy aside, the president’s supporters obliged, even joining in on an impassioned chant of “no more Oreos” at the president’s behest during a rally in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Keurig

In 2017, the coffee machine company pulled ads from unofficial Trump adviser Sean Hannity’s primetime Fox News show due to his support for Roy Moore’s Senate campaign despite credible accusations of sexual misconduct.

In retaliation, Hannity fans filmed themselves destroying their own Keurig machines—worth upwards of $200—in bizarrely creative ways. Some were thrown off balconies, many were bludgeoned with baseball bats, one was even shot with an arrow. All to protest a large corporation that didn’t want its ads associated with the defense of an alleged rapist.

TARGET

Target sparked a boycott in 2017 after an old blog post titled “Continuing to Stand for Inclusivity” was discovered. The post publicized an existing policy that said transgender customers could use the bathroom or fitting room that matched their gender identity. “Everyone deserves to feel like they belong,” the post read. “And you'll always be accepted, respected and welcomed at Target.” As a result more than 1.2 million people signed a pledge to boycott Target (started by the American Family Association) unless they reversed the policy.

The boycott was likely the most damaging of all MAGA World protests. The fallout lost Target millions in lost sales, and cost the company $20 million to install single-occupancy bathrooms in all stores. The rub: Target already had single-occupancy “family” bathrooms in 1,400 of its 1,793 stores.
PEPSI

After Trump was elected, Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi went on stage at the The New York Times DealBook Conference and described the panic her employees felt on election night.

“Our employees were all crying,” Nooyi said. “And the question that they're asking, especially those who are not white, ‘Are we safe?’ Women are asking, ‘Are we safe?’ LGBT people are asking, ‘Are we safe?’ I never thought I would have to answer those questions.”

Her story was quickly contorted by Trump supporters, who circulated false comments attributed to Nooyi claiming she had said for Trump fans to “take their business elsewhere.” In reality, Nooyi never said anything to that extent, and even congratulated the president-elect on his victory.

Nevertheless, Trump supporters called for a boycott of Pepsi.
GILLETTE

The year is 2019, and conservative culture warriors are still getting upset over innocuous, socially conscious advertising. Gillette debuted an ad in January this year that hit viewers over the head with a message challenging the outdated definition of what it means to “be a man.” The ad’s tagline: “We Believe: The Best Men Can Be.” In short, the razor company took on toxic masculinity in order to hock more product.

The poignant commercial was controversial for many different reasons, but conservatives and Trump supporters believed the commercial was an “assault on masculinity” and traditional notions of fathers needing to be emotionally distant and physically imposing.

One thing led to another, and soon MAGA fans were destroying their razors—including one bizarre instance in which one man threw his Gillette blade in the toilet. A destructive self-own on the same level as the Keurig boycott.

NORDSTROM

The department store announced it would no longer sell Ivanka Trump’s brand after sales of the line reportedly plummeted at the end of 2016 as the Trump name became more and more controversial.

Trump supporters accused Nordstrom of anti-Trump bias, and Trump himself accused them of treating his daughter “so unfairly.”

And so Trump supporters boycotted the luxury department store.
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

You would think supposed manly men would never boycott the NFL, of all things, but you’d be wrong.

It all started when former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick began kneeling during the national anthem before games to silently protest police brutality in the United States.

While the NFL scrambled to try and stop Kaepernick and other players from protesting, Trump started a wildfire of outrage. Perhaps fueled in part by his failed venture into the NFL, the president repeatedly berated the league for low ratings and attendance and eventually argued that anyone who kneeled should be fired. “Wouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, ‘Get that son of a bitch off the field right now, out—he's fired!’” the president said.

NFL fans who agreed showed their support of the president by burning their teams’ merchandise and threatening to stop attending or watching games.

NIKE

MAGA Country’s hatred for Colin Kaepernick erupted once again after Nike made the quarterback one of the faces of its new “Just Do It” campaign.

Trump’s favorite morning show, Fox & Friends, took the torch, running a lengthy segment to disparage the campaign built around Kaepernick standing up for what he believes in, complete with footage of people burning their sneakers and other Nike apparel in protest.

The company’s stock briefly dipped in the days following the campaign’s launch, but quickly rebounded and crushed earnings expectations.

Another Nike boycott kicked off earlier this month when reports emerged that the company had pulled a shoe featuring an early American flag by Betsy Ross because Kaepernick expressed concerns that the flag is an “offensive symbol” due to its “connection to an era of slavery.”

Trump didn’t even need to tweet—his supporters know the drill. Prominent conservatives like Rep. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Fox News host Laura Ingraham shared their plans to boycott Nike.

Arizona’s Republican Gov. Doug Ducey was so upset he pulled $1 million in incentives offered to the company from his state. A mere 48 hours later, the governor was caught sporting Nikes at a July 4 barbecue.

UNIVISION

At the dawn of Trump’s 2016 campaign he called for a boycott of the Spanish-language network after it announced it would end its relationship with the Trump Organization over comments the then-candidate made about Mexican immigrants.

“When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best,” Trump said in June 2015. “They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.”

Univision also said it would no longer air the Miss USA pageant, and would sever ties with the Miss Universe Organization, which Trump was a part-owner of.

MACY’S

Macy’s also cut ties Trump in response to the 2015 comments on Mexican immigrants. The department store chain dropped Trump’s menswear clothing line across all its locations.

“Macy’s is a company that stands for diversity and inclusion,” the store said at the time. “We are disappointed and distressed by recent remarks about immigrants from Mexico... who have made so many valuable contributions to the success of our nation.”

Like thunder follows lightning, Trump called for another boycott.

CNN

Trump hasn’t directly called for a CNN boycott in some time—the last being in early 2017 when he tweeted a direct call for Americans to stop watching.

It’s not like his most ardent fans are even tuning in to the decidedly not-Fox News cable network, but his near-constant disdain for the outlet is enough to know MAGA country should steer clear.

And don’t even think about Anderson Cooper.

HBO

Older than Trump’s presidency is his hatred for Bill Maher. The HBO talk-show host has spoken unabashedly about Trump long before he ran for office.

In 2013, Maher mocked Trump’s birtherism by offering $5 million to charity if Trump could produce a birth certificate proving he is not the “spawn of his mother having sex with orangutan.”)

And so in 2014, when Trump was still just a New York City real-estate tycoon and reality-TV star, he instructed his millions of followers to boycott HBO for continuing to air Maher’s show. Real Time With Bill Maher is now in its 17th season.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/all-the-th...-fan?ref=scroll

See, here's how this works. If a business decides not to bake a cake for a gay couple you stand up for a business having the right to make their own choices. If they decide to refuse to cover birth control in their healthcare plan, you claim they have the right to do what they choose.

Yet when a business makes a decision you don't like, you call it cancel culture. It's a decision you don't like so you put a negative connotation on it and claim it's wrong. Pick a side. Either businesses have a right to make a decision based on what they feel is right or they don't. Anything else is being a hypocrite.

Dr. Seuss published 60 books. Sometimes people figure out that what was acceptable 30, 40 or 50 years ago isn't acceptable today. Out of those 60 books, the publisher decided to no longer publish 6 of them. You have 54 Dr. Seuss books left to choose from. Nobody "canceled" Dr. Seuss.

You see, people used to wear black face, they used to own slaves and at one time black people couldn't vote. The N word used to be a lot more popular too. And you know what? People raised hell about those changes too. Just think of how stupid they look now.

Trump was the biggest promoter of cancel culture in our lifetime. Any business that said or did anything he or hos followers didn't like, he put out a call to cancel them. And now some of you sit here and whine putting negative remarks on others who do the same thing. Hilarious.

jc

Would this count a cancel or not?
(See the link for the full article)


Associated Press
Idaho ends Powerball participation because Australia might use some of the revenue for anti-gun measures
Published: March 12, 2021 at 2:18 p.m. ET

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho lawmakers fearing foreign participation in the Powerball lottery killed legislation on Wednesday that would have allowed the game with huge jackpots to continue in the state after a run of more than 30 years.

The move came after Idaho Lottery officials sought a change in state law because Powerball is expanding to include Australia in 2021 and Britain in 2022. But current Idaho law only allows lotteries in the state played by people in the U.S. and Canada.

Idaho was one of the first states to join Powerball in the 1990s. The lottery has since grown to include 45 states, two U.S. territories and Washington, D.C. The Multi-State Lottery Association runs the game.

Idaho’s Legislature is dominated by Republicans, but objections to the change also emerged from Democrats. The killing of the bill by a 10-4 vote by the Legislature’s House State Affairs Committee means that the state’s last Powerball drawing will be in August.

Republican Rep. Heather Scott worried that when Australia joins Powerball, the country’s officials might use revenue generated for government coffers to back causes she opposes.

Scott expressed concern that could happen “in Australia anti-gun causes, which they see as good and we see as not good.”

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/idaho-...3?siteid=yhoof2

Then there's this.....

Republican Groups Censure Party Lawmakers Who Voted to Impeach, Convict Trump

https://www.voanews.com/usa/us-politics/...h-convict-trump

Six Republican senators who voted against Trump to face censure as Romney accused of being ‘deep state’ agent

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world...y-b1802576.html

They're blind to their own cancel culture.

I never clicked the link. I rarely do. I now see where there are pictures of the books.

As for Rush...not sure how much praise I heaped on the guy. I never heard that Barack song, but then I rarely listed to Rush in the last 15 years. Most of my listening was when Clinton was President. I was riding the circuit in those days and spent more time in my car.

Take this as a complement, as the rest of the novel you wrote was spot on... but the quoted part above is a gross misrepresentation of what happened (you got it flipped around).