Unca Darrell

OCTOBER 11, 2019 / Unca D accuses California of Venezuelization. The WSJ . . .

. . . sees that comparison, raises it, and takes the pot: Editorial, "California's Dark Ages," The Wall Street Journal, October 11, 2019 (emphasis added).

CALIFORNIANS ARE LEARNING to live like the Amish after investor-owned utility PG&E this week shut off power to two million or so residents to prevent wildfires amid heavy, dry winds. Blame the state’s largest blackout on a perfect storm of bad policies.

OCTOBER 10, 2019 / Democrats convert U.S. House of Representatives to . . .

. . . a Star Chamber.

Wikipedia defines the term "in modern usage [as] legal or administrative bodies with strict, arbitrary rulings and secretive proceedings are sometimes called, metaphorically or poetically, 'star chambers.' This is a pejorative term and intended to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the proceedings."

The Wall Street Journal managed to write the following editorial without . . .

OCTOBER 9, 2019 / Three giant steps from golden state to . . .

. . . Venezuela.

ENCOURAGE mentally ill people to sleep on your sidewalks, take drugs with impunity . . .

OCTOBER 5 / Never been to Giverny to see . . .

. . . Monet's house, gardens, and lily pond?

Lucky you. Now you can glimpse Mr. Monet's digs through the lens of Unca D's Kodak. Go here.

OCTOBER 4, 2019 / The left's war against America is not merely . . .

. . . political; it's civilizational.

UNCA D RARELY posts these days. More to come soonish, I hope, on the reason. Meanwhile, there is no better use of your reading time than this essay: Joel Kotkin, "Elites Against Western Civilization," City Journal, October 3, 2019, set out in full below.