HEH: Rising tides sink moored Democrats.

POLITICIZE A FUNERAL? Last time, it didn’t turn out well.

John McCain was heroic in some ways, notoriously small-minded in others. It is perhaps a fitting coda to his career that his funeral was mostly about someone else.

My reaction to the week-long funeral extravaganza is pretty much the same as that of Powerline. McCain was a warrior and military hero, but he wasn't a saint. And I think the Left's use of his death to pound their own chests isn't going to sit well with most Americans.

WELL, THAT'S ONE WAY TO DO IT: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez praises Venezuela for making everyone a millionaire through hyperinflation.

Yes, it's (thankfully) a satire....

REVISING HISTORY, moon landing edition.

The Left may try to delete the American flag from the history of the moon landing, but the flag will be there at least until Luna is colonized. And somehow I don't think there will be any Leftists clamoring to be part of the colonization.

DON'T LOOK NOW — but Ted Cruz was exactly right about ObamaCare. Unfortunately I agree with Cruz; ObamaCare is so imbedded in the healthcare landscape that the only way to rid ourselves of it is to continue chipping around the edges until it collapses under its own weight.

I blame McCain.

WHAT DOES President Trump miss most?

IT'S A PUZZLEMENT: The Sessions Mystery. Personally I lean toward the 'falderal' explanation; Trump is a master 4-D chess player.

DENNIS PRAGER: Leftism is a secular religion.

Parts II and I of his series can be found here.

SURELY globalists believe in science.

ABSOLUTELY PATHETIC: Ex-Maryland governor Martin O'Malley locks down the most pitifully shameless liberal take on the Jacksonville (FL) shooting:

In Jacksonville on Sunday, two people were killed and over ten injured by a man from Baltimore, Maryland who brought a gun he obtained in that state into a gun-free zone in Florida and shot up the place after losing a video game tournament. He then killed himself.

With that in mind, guess who former mayor of Baltimore and ex-governor of Maryland, Martin O’Malley, decided to slam for the shooting:

Another tragic mass shooting in Florida. Republican Governor Rick Scott proudly boasted that he passed more Pro-gun, NRA legislation than any other governor. Time to close the chapter on deadly pandering. #WinBackYourState, Florida.

— Martin O'Malley (@MartinOMalley) August 28, 2018

Got that? It’s Florida Gov. Rick Scott and the NRA’s fault that this guy with a history of mental illness legally obtained a gun in the gun control utopia of Maryland (Baltimore area) and brought it to Florida to kill people in another kind of area liberals love to create: Gun free zones.

O'Malley's now the frontrunner for the Shameless Lib Asshole of 2018 award, but the year is young.

He'll be tough to beat but I have confidence there's a Progressive out there somewhere ready to challenge him.

MICHAEL RAMIREZ: The real House of Cards.

IN-N-OUTTA HERE? Burger chain gets offer to leave longtime home after Democrats' boycott threat.

I'd rather they moved to Georgia. As many have noted, their burgers and fries are to die for....

THE DEMOCRATS HAVE AN (ELECTORAL) DEATH WISH:

NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo calls ICE agents who take criminal aliens off the street a bunch of thugs.

Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) threatens ICE agents involved in "illegal deportations".

I have hope that the mid-term elections will grant their wish....

AMMO GRRRLL turns down Arizona Senate appointment. In other news, she posts Rules for Journalists.

SLATE: Two years into his presidency and Donald Trump still doesn’t use computers.

Oh? "Perhaps that thing on the left side of his desk is actually the Weather Control/Time Warp device he bought from Dick Cheney."

AT MCCAIN'S FUNERAL SERVICE, I watched both the Bush and Obama eulogies. Bush spent 8 minutes talking about McCain; Obama spent 19 minutes talking about me and McCain.

Go figure.

POWERLINE'S WEEK IN PICTURES, Burning Man Person edition has posted. Here's my favorite:

The others are great as well. Go see them.

THEY'VE GONE FLAMING BONKERS: How to prepare for ex-President Trump. Myself? I'm far more concerned about current ex-President Obama.

A FAIR TRADE.

BLACK BEAR spotted in Tennesse’s Davidson County for first time in more than 100 years. The one we spotted in our yard last week was headed northwest - I guess he got home safely....