Sleepless in Midland

Fox Friday 6-26-20

One fox eats, the other drinks. They really appreciate that water being out there on these hot summer nights.

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3:19 PM 6/25/2020

Quote of the day 6-21-20 -- Clarice Feldman on whose lives matter

From What My Neighborhood Needs: Fewer Virtue Signaling Lawn Signs:

I’m old school enough to think all lives matter. Indeed, I think treating all people equally and entitled to the protection of their person, property, and rights of civil enjoyment is essential to preserve an orderly, prosperous society.

Speaking of old school, some of us still share Martin Luther King's dream that some day people will be judged by the content of their character and not the color of their skin.

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9:41 AM 6/21/2020

Fox Friday 6-19-20 -- They don't let their guard down, especially when they eat

Both foxes eating.

One fox eats while the other serves as look-out.

Both foxes on the look-out.

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3:12 PM 6/18/2020

The silent majority may rise again

"Silent majority" was a popular phrase during Nixon's campaign for reelection in reference to those people who were appalled by the rioting and whose own method of rioting was at the ballot box.

The phrase was supposed to have been first used in politics by Warren Harding in 1919. So Nixon can't take full credit for its use, but he certainly took advantage of it.

Which brings us to the present.

The election is months away, and it's too early to predict. But the rioting, looting, burning, and commandeering of city blocks has certainly turned off a substantial segment of the voting public.

There are those who would probably like for the demonstrations to continue until the November election in hopes that they may be hurting Trump by demonstrating an inability to come up with a way to end it or perhaps goad him into overreacting.

But the silent majority if out there. Will their momentum be enough to reelect Donald Trump? We'll see what happens.

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10:52 AM 6/18/2020

Let's celebrate Magna Carta day -- 6-15-2020 -- while we still can

While vandals deface statues that symbolize U.S. history, let's continue to celebrate the British Magna Carta while we still can.

The Magna Carta dates back to June 15, 1215, when King John acquiesced to demands for liberties that had not previously been granted to civilians. Chief among the principles established by this doctrine was that the king was subject to the rule of law and that the king's subjects had a right to due process.

Those bent on destroying our statues could latch onto the phrase "free men" in the original document in order to disparage it. But our Bill of Rights evolved from that ancient document. And the statue destroyers might come to appreciate any due process they get when held accountable for their actions.

Meanwhile, thanks, U.K!

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1:09 PM 6/14/2020

Fox Friday 6-12-20 -- fox and cat do a dance

The fox and the cat watch each other warily as they jockey for position around the food bowl.

Eventually, the fox moves into the end zone.

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3:33 PM 6/11/2020

Fox Friday 6-5-20 -- the clean plate club

Lately the foxes have been eating everything put out for them. Their other sources of food must be slacking off.

Licking the pan. By the early AM the food is gone.

"Where did all the food go?"

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2:30 PM 6/4/2020