Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
Virginia on COVID-19 steroids: Take zee shot, comrade — or else
Virginia's health commissioner, Dr. Norman Oliver, said he will make every man, woman and child in the state take the COVID-19 vaccine once it's developed, once it's proven safe, and so long as he is still in office, holding the job of -- apparently -- Resident Body Snatcher. Literally. Who died and made this dude king? Published August 24, 2020
Contact tracing app at Michigan college is a surveillance-state nightmare
A creepy contact tracing app at a Michigan college that was forced on all students identifies the app user by name and location; generates a specific code that labels the app user as "certified" or "denied," based on required coronavirus test results; and sends an alert to administrators when students violate COVID-19 protocols. Published August 22, 2020
Joe Biden talks of ‘soul’ saving as Democrats remove ‘God’
Joe Biden said in his farewell, oops, he meant to say, acceptance speech, that he's going to restore the "soul of America" if voters elect him this November to the Senate -- oops, he meant to say, White House. Mental acuity aside, the question is: How's he going to restore a "soul" when his fellow Democrats are busily removing God? Published August 21, 2020
Netflix: Pandering to pedophiles everywhere
Netflix, in a new series called "Cuties," is blatantly sexualizing little girls. And tens of thousands have already signed a petition demanding the show's removal from public streaming. But how could such a horrifying show make it past the pitch room in the first place? Published August 20, 2020
Massachusetts mandates flu shots for all students: Next up, COVID-19?
The Department of Public Health in Massachusetts just ordered all students older than 6 months, and up through college, to get the flu vaccination as a condition of attending school. You knew this was coming. What's more, you suspected this was coming for COVID-19, too -- once the vaccine is available, that is. Right? Published August 20, 2020
Anderson Cooper ought to blast Anthony Fauci, Bill Gates, like he did Mike Lindell
CNN host Anderson Cooper, in one of those snarky "I'm from CNN so I'm smarter than everyone" TV moments, blasted guest MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell as a "snake oil salesman" for pushing the benefits of a coronavirus therapy that could financially benefit him. But where's the similar treatment for Anthony Fauci? For Bill Gates? Published August 19, 2020
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sells Catholics on abortion as ‘reproductive justice’
In the lead-up to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's speech at the Democratic National Convention came this piece, from the National Catholic Reporter: "AOC embraces reproductive justice, and other Catholics should, too." It's an illuminating piece that shows how the left can repackage evil and sell it as a product of love. Published August 18, 2020
Democrats set convention course to Marxism
Democrats have announced plans to give Black Lives Matter a special place of elevated honor at the 2020 convention, to discuss the party's specially elevated themes: racial injustice and racial inequality. In so doing, they've cemented their image as the party of radicals -- party of lost souls, party of Marxists and Marxist-minded. Published August 18, 2020
Valerie Jarrett drops tired old gender card to rescue Kamala Harris
How come every time a Democrat runs a woman for a political race, the gender card has to be thrown? It's such a tired line of politicking. It's cheap. It's boring and unimaginative. It's aimed simply at stopping all dissenting debates. Yet it continues to be the Democrats' go-to. Published August 17, 2020
Democrat call for ‘unrest in the streets’ is sedition, pure and simple
Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, in an interview on "Morning Joy," called for the protesters in the streets of America to keep right on protesting in the streets. In other words: A seated member of Congress called on the violent thugs to keep up their violent thuggery. Published August 17, 2020
Kamala Harris stands far left of true American principles
Sen. Kamala Harris favors higher taxes on businesses, higher taxes on higher-income earners and social justice -- that last, a catchall phrase that gives her carte blanche to press progressive policy into every hot button issue of the day, from the environment to coronavirus stimulus disbursements to housing education. Published August 15, 2020
Marjorie Taylor Greene, Georgia GOPer, sets ‘that bitch’ Nancy Pelosi on notice
Marjorie Taylor Greene, in her victory speech for the Republican primary race she ran against neurosurgeon John Cowan for Georgia's 14th District, stepped outside political norms to call out House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as a "bitch" who would soon be booted. Or maybe she didn't. Maybe this rhetoric has become political norms. Published August 14, 2020
Maryland takes 40,000 free face masks from China
Annapolis, Maryland, city officials accepted 40,000 face masks from China -- a gift from "sister city" Changsha that came this week in boxes decorated with U.S. and Chinese flags alongside cheery messages like, "Go, City of Annapolis!" and "True unity inspires people to work as one." Anybody else see anything wrong with this picture? Published August 13, 2020
Pope Francis uses COVID-19 pandemic to call for end to ‘individualism’
Pope Francis, in the context of speaking about the coronavirus pandemic, called on the faithful of the world to rise up, unite and put a stop to all this "personal and collective individualism" that's going on. Just stop it, he said. Just stop this "individualism" nonsense right now. Well, we all knew this guy was a closet communist, right? Published August 13, 2020
Connecticut’s crazy excessive coronavirus fines
Connecticut's ruling political elites have just issued fines in the total of $3,000 to a couple of citizens who didn't comply with all the state's coronavirus-related travel guidelines. Guidelines? Let's be serious. These are dictates -- and constitutional or not, by gosh, they're being enforced. Published August 12, 2020
Kamala Harris jumps to VP attention, choking on hypocrisy
Sen. Kamala Harris is Joe Biden's pick for vice president. But Sen. Kamala Harris thinks Joe Biden is a woman-groper. So much for women's rights? "I believe them," Harris said in April of 2019, of the women who came forward to accuse Biden of inappropriate touching. Published August 12, 2020
Democrats need disastrous economy to keep Joe Biden afloat
If America's economy is on the upswing, the Democrats don't stand a chance in you-know-where of taking the White House this November. That's a fact, Jack. Published August 11, 2020
Joe Biden hasn’t the stamina for four years
The reason Joe Biden's pick for vice president is being watched so closely is that most voters think he won't make it through a full four-year White House term and that it's his second-in-charge who will ultimately lead the country. That's not anecdotal, water-cooler gossip. That's polled fact. So says Rasmussen in its latest survey. Published August 10, 2020
Bill Gates whines Team Trump won’t listen to him
Bill Gates is the smartest guy in the room, nay, on the planet, and he wants everybody to know it. How else to explain his feigned incredulity on CNN of America's coronavirus test process to that of other nations? Let's remember: Gates is a computer guy. He's not actually a medical expert. Published August 10, 2020
Coronavirus test positives a big whoop over nothing
Every day, every hour, every news source in America blasts out the latest coronavirus test case positives. But -- and this is a serious question -- so what? If this were a virus by a different name, if this were a different political climate, test positives wouldn't raise national eyebrows. Published August 8, 2020
