Welcome to the Whacky Years.

You should be spared further comment on the Judge Kavanaugh cess pool. The nation is awash in slime, hatred and poisonous accusations over this. The ugly bottom line: Our politicians and media handled this in despicable fashion. They did not take the lowest road. They took the ditch alongside the lowest of the low roads. We have processes that protect people and their good names. Correction: We once HAD such processes.

Most of us once joked that nobody would want to be nominated for our revered Supreme Court. Because the exposure would be too embarrassing and damaging. It is no longer a joke. Anyone who volunteers for this court in future should have to pass sanity tests. I doubt any would make the grade.

On the subject of lunacy, our governor has explained why so many New Yorkers flee the state. He blames upstate weather.

Let us then consider the weather of the states that are attracting people. Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Washington, Colorado, Texas and North Dakota. What do you reckon? Do these states boast better weather than upstate New York? Or does the governor maybe have his head in the clouds on this issue?

My in-laws lived in Dallas. We told them we would visit when the weather was nice. Scrub summer, they cautioned. Blistering hot. Avoid winter, they urged. Wicked winds and black ice. Spring is bad and fall is worse. “How ‘bout we visit you?” they suggested.

Governor, look at a list of the 25 highest-tax states. All but three lost population over the last decade. Look at a list of the 25 lowest-tax states. All but five gained population.  Over 80 percent of net migration between states is from high to low-tax states. The new tax laws will limit deductions we can take for taxes we pay our state. So the outflow from high-tax states will likely increase.

Governor, please don’t insult our intelligence. Consult with your spin doctor. Come up with a better excuse. Maybe blame it on trees and corn. People don’t like trees and they are allergic to corn. Sure, this sounds stupid. But not as stupid as bad weather.

Adding to this week’s whacky news is the new football league. The AAF. It released the names and logos of its teams. Bad move. These names will never fly in the skies of political correctness.

The Atlanta Legends, for example. Legends are old. This is age-ism! Besides, the logo is a king’s crown. The snowflake serfs will be triggered by it.

Then there are the Orlando Apollos. Their logo is Apollo firing an arrow. A weapon! Can’t have that. Besides, he is a god. A no no. He is the god of many things, including plague. You read that correctly. He also attended drinking parties on Mount Olympus. Along with Judge Kavanaugh, I suppose. He also smote a serpent named Python. He had many lovers. And he punished one of them for rejecting him. This guy is anti-animals and a sexist to boot.

Next, we have the Salt Lake Stallions. Sorry, but stallions are sexist.  We have the San Antonio Commanders. That is a male word. Their logo displays the Alamo and a sword. Lots of problems there. Hispanics will swoon. And swords are used for smoting and beheading. Bad stuff.

Let us not forget the San Diego Fleet. Their logo shows a navy ship with…with…don’t let your youngsters see it…guns!

Here come the Birmingham Iron. How insensitive. Filthy capitalists mine iron. They despoil the land. They subjugate poor miners.

You think I exaggerate? California State Long Beach University just removed its old mascot, Prospector Pete. He was a gold rush 49er. Cannot have him represent the school. California’s gold rush was nasty for indigenous people. Lots of subjugation, violence and threats of genocide. So says the university’s president.

The football league will play against the new XFL league. Where the names and logos are worse. They promote violence, for sure. One team is the Chicago Enforcers. Their logo is a huge fist thrust upward. The New York/New Jersey Hitmen! (I kid you not.) The Orlando Rage. Their logo is a demented-looking red-faced raging man.

The San Francisco Demons feature a devil in their logo. Interesting that the city is named for a saint, its team for Satan.

And then there is Memphis. Its team is The Maniax. Their logo features a few scrawls from a demented person.

Maybe our governor designed the logo. When he had a lot of time on his hands. When he got snowed in during that Fourth of July blizzard.

This political correctness is getting so bad that teams are going to have to avoid most any words that have meaning. I saw somewhere that an African-American group is protesting the use of “black” in a team’s name. Okay. Okay. How about the Detroit Ughs? The Tallahassee Girbs. The Albany Snowjobs.

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From Tom…as in Morgan.  

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