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In The Mailbox: 08.28.24

Posted on | August 28, 2024 | Comments Off on In The Mailbox: 08.28.24

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt.

A reminder from Kukuruyo

 

OVER THE TRANSOM
EBL: Filleting Black Cod, Chimp Crazy, and Kamala Chameleon
Twitchy: J.D. Vance Tells Kamala She Can Go To Hell, Proof Of Citizenship Bill Could Lead To Government Shutdown, and Pope Francis Sez It’s a Grave Sin To Push Back Migrants
Louder With Crowder: The Curious Case of the Disappearing Pipe Bomb Story, also, Politico gets so fact-checked into oblivion over hackish pro-Kamala Harris headline they change it
Vox Popoli: The End of the Transnational Corpocracy, No Carriers in the Pacific, The Gaiman Defense Team in Action, An Insoluble Problem, and Welcome to Midnight
Upstream Reviews: Digital Disciple,
Ammo.com: Accidental Shooting Statistics

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
Adam Piggott: Only Societies that Treat Women as Property Survive
American Conservative: 238 Bush, McCain, and Romney Alums Endorse Harris In Open Letter
American Greatness: Harris Reverses Stance on Border Wall, Now Says She’s in Favor, Government Shutdown Possible Next Month if Proof of Citizenship Bill Added to Must-Pass Continuing Resolution, Supreme Court Refuses Biden-Harris Regime’s Plea to Lift Nationwide Injunction Against Its Unconstitutional Student Loan Cancellation Scheme, and The Democrats’ Mixed Messages
American Thinker: If You Want To See Where America Is Heading, Look To 1453, Media: The Enemy of the People, and Evidence Mounts for Kamala Role in J6 Plot
Animal Magnetism: Animal’s Hump Day News
Babalu Blog: Cement factory in Cuba collapses, killing one worker and injuring several others, Over 100 of the Cuban dictatorship’s oppressors now call the U.S. home, and ‘It’s a concentration camp’: Patients at a psychiatric hospital in Cuba abandoned, left without water
BattleSwarm: Bret Weinstein Calls The Democratic Party “An Existential Threat To The Republic”
Behind The Black: Manned Polaris Dawn launch delayed due to weather, SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites but loses first stage at landing, Boom completes second flight test of one-third-scale prototype supersonic jet, Musk says Starlink will be made available to all cell phones in emergencies, Evidence of Martian near-surface ice in an unusual location, and Today’s blacklisted American: Woman arrested in Arizona for publicly criticizing a public employee
Cafe Hayek: Who’s Greedy?
CDR Salamander: The Red Sea Calculus Needs Tweaking
Chicago Boyz: Interior View
Da Tech Guy: Follow the Money Gaza Edition, also, Elvis Costello at 70 – here are his ten best albums
Don Surber: Democrats are fractured, infighting, and preparing for defeat
First Street Journal: Cackles Harris Suddenly Wants To Build The Border Wall, also, Surprise! Harris Flip-Flops On EV Mandate
Gates Of Vienna: Multicultural Europe Is Far Worse Than the Titanic, also, The PVV is #1
The Geller Report: Survey Shows Overwhelming Majority of Muslim College Students Hate Jews
Hollywood In Toto: Ice-T’s Anti-Woke ‘SVU’ Defense Is…Woke, also, Rosie O’Donnell Spreads Insane Trump Conspiracy
The Lid: Appeals Court Rules that Florida May Ban Trans Procedures on Kids
Legal Insurrection: School District Document Redefines Antisemitism to Justify Pro-Palestine Movement, Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid, of European Social Media Censorship, New Hampshire Resident Dies After Testing Positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis, Antisemitism Exhibit Scrapped at Seattle Museum After Employees Walked Out to Protest Israel, Cancel Culture on Campus Expands Beyond Social Media, and Biden-Harris Admin Might Restart Asylum Program Before DHS Finishes Fraud Investigation
Nebraska Energy Observer: Interregnum
Outkick: Colorado, Deion Sanders Reportedly Reached Out To Pac-12 About Oregon Potentially Accessing Practice Video, Excuse Me? Charlotte Coach Biff Poggi: Team Will Be Without ‘Close To 50 Percent’ Of Starters For JMU Opener, Nick Saban Is Now ‘Worst Vacation Rental Host Of All Time’ In Life After Football With Hilarious Commercial, WNBA Star Goes Viral With Skimpy Outfit, Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader Rookies Get Emotional Over Locker Room Visit, and Claudia Schiffer Celebrates Turning 54 In A Bikini, Still Has Plenty Left On Her Fastball
Power Line: The Zuckerberg letter, About that Democracy Thing, and Sarah Palin to Get Justice. Maybe
Shark Tank: Florida Reportedly Slips Into Bottom Ten In Public Safety & Infrastructure
Shot In The Dark: Insult To Injury, A Cold California, and The Beautiful Reward
STUMP: Deaths From Heat & Cold – Update For U.S. 1999-2023, also, Ohio STRS Drama Continues
The Political Hat: The Mostly Peaceful Political Trap
This Ain’t Hell: Tensions ratchet up a tad, also, Biden-Harris administration conditioned NASA research funding on DEI
Transterrestrial Musings: A Rare Event, also, Fight The Gaslighting
Victory Girls: Abbey Gate Families Push Back Regarding Trump At Arlington
Volokh Conspiracy: The History of Bans on Types of Arms Before 1900
Watts Up With That: Yet More Reasons Why Green Hydrogen Is Going Nowhere, No, NYT, Maine Lobsters Aren’t Dwindling Due to Climate Change, and Why Is Cheap Wind Power So Expensive?
The Federalist: Georgia Secretary Of State Brad Raffensperger Is In Costly Litigation For Peddling Lies About GOP Election Volunteer, Stop Sexualizing Politicians. It’s Creepy And Weird, Dems Are Fighting To Keep RFK Jr. On Swing State Ballots As Potential Spoiler Against Trump, Dems Want GA County Officials To Rubber-Stamp Elections, No Questions Asked, DNC Suit Says, How ‘America’s Worst Court’ Intimidates Elected Officials To Fight Judicial Reform, Pro-Lifers Pouting About Trump Are Losing The Fight Against Deceptive Ballot Measures, and Marine Who Guarded Kabul Airport: ‘Somebody Should Have Held Somebody Accountable’
Mark Steyn: A Pattern Emerges, also, Live Around the Planet: In Lieu Of Kamala

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In The Mailbox: 08.27.24

Posted on | August 28, 2024 | Comments Off on In The Mailbox: 08.27.24

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt.

Promises, promises

OVER THE TRANSOM
357 Magnum: If Someone Is Firing Warning Shots In Your Direction
EBL: Horizon: An American Saga, Debate: Harris vs. Harris, The Crow – The Worst Movie Of The Year, and Pro Chefs Blind Taste Test Frozen Dumplings
Twitchy: Politico Greatly Offended By J.D. Vance Pointing Out That Kamala Is Biden’s VP, David French Shows No Self-Awareness At All, and House Donks Want To Censor AI Image Generator Before Election
Louder With Crowder: Are we really doing this? Kamala Harris wants you to believe she is going to build the wall
Vox Popoli: A Dying Outpost, Shiny, Sexy, Secutopia, Clown World “Democracy” in France, Permanently Unauthorized, The Fifth Woman, It Would Help, and How Dare They?
Bill Whittle: How To Beat Harris Part II – Polls
Upstream Reviews: The Family Business
Postcards From Barsoom: The Rough Rider Reconquista
Defending The Wood Perilous: The Impuritans – All The Judgment, None Of The Virtue
Stoic Observations: You & What Army?

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
Adam Piggott: When Russia Begins, the World Will Hold its Breath
American Conservative: Kamala’s Biggest Lie on Race and Inequality
American Greatness: All the Way with RFK Jr., Texas Clears 1 Million Ineligible Voters From Voter Rolls, Federal Judge Blocks Biden-Harris Administration’s ‘Parole in Place’ Program for Illegal Aliens, House Oversight Subcommittee Probes HHS Over Allegations Adm. Levine Pressured WPATH to Drop Age Limits For Sex Change Procedures on Minors, California Could Approve $150K in Taxpayer-Funded Home Loans for Illegal Aliens, and DNC Files Lawsuit Against Georgia Election Board to Block New Rule Requiring Counties to Ensure the Accuracy of Votes
American Thinker: Is America Reaching a Suicidal Level of Complacency?
Animal Magnetism: Animal’s Daily RFK Jr. News
Babalu Blog: Fake Cuban president expresses admiration for Venezuelan dictator’s ‘lofty democratic sensibilities’, Venezuela is a Cuban colony, and American business school takes students to Cuba to be fed lies and propaganda
BattleSwarm: Victims Of The Biden Recession: Dogs
Behind The Black: NASA reveals technical problem during solar sail deployment of test mission, SpaceX blasts its satellite competitors for lobbying the government to shut down Starlink/T-Mobile partnership, Firefly delivers its first Blue Ghost lunar lander for final environmental testing, NASA IG Says NASA’s effort to build new SLS mobile launcher is an epic disaster, D-Orbit newest orbital tug deploys four smallsats, and Judge rules Vanderbilt student protester who violently took over a building can be prosecuted
CDR Salamander: The Perrys & The Path Not Taken
Da Tech Guy: The Most Horrible Paragraph I’m Seen in Years
Dana Loesch: On Coalition Building – An Open Tent, Not An Open Border 
Don Surber: Dan Quayle’s only crime was misspelling potato
First Street Journal: Harris Goes After Trump On Economy And Inflation Or Something
Gates Of Vienna: Multiculturalism at its Finest, Moroccans Swim to Ceuta, and Anne Frank Sign Vandalized in Gouda
The Geller Report: AG Merrick Garland Threatens Prison Against Anyone Who Questions Elections Using January 6th As the Example
Hollywood In Toto: You Gotta Believe May Carpet Bomb Your Tear Ducts, also, Why Chappaquiddick Matters Even More Today
The Lid: Lowe’s Home Improvement Corp. Dumps DEI Nonsense after Customer Pressure
Legal Insurrection: Anti-Israel Mob Hits Cornell on First Day of School, Even Democrats Question Harris’s Attempt to Portray Trump as the Incumbent, Harley-Davidson Drops DEI Initiatives After Customer Outrage Over Inane Policies, Boise State Facing Free Speech Trial After Ousting Pro-Police Coffee Shop, Now Kamala Harris is Against an EV Mandate, Cornell Faculty Living Out “some sort of weird revolutionary fantasy through these students”, and U. Michigan Students Face Consequences of Voting Anti-Israel Activists to Student Gov’t
Nebraska Energy Observer: ICYMI
Outkick: Are We Closer To Having Just One Transfer Portal Period? Embarrassing Angel Reese Stat Goes Viral, Oklahoma Football Will Pull 100% Pure Class Move To Honor Toby Keith, Caitlin Clark Sets Another WNBA Record, Proves To Be Unstoppable, NFL Owners Expected To Vote On New Ownership Structure That Comes With Great Rewards, Risks, Deion Sanders Rips ESPN’s Paul Finebaum For Trying To ‘Stay Relevant’ With Criticisms About Him, and Amazon Pulls Offer To Invest In Local Sports Networks
Power Line: Gabbard unsheathed, Afghan Afterthoughts, and Is Anyone Running the Country? Does the Media Care?
Shark Tank: FL Lawmakers Target “Negligent” DCF With Record $70 Million In Claims Bills
Shot In The Dark: Opaque
STUMP: Chicago Is My Kind Of Town To Beat Up On – Wrapping Up 2024, also, Taxing Tuesday – Kamala Has A Cunning Plan
The Political Hat: Glaciers Are Politicians Too
This Ain’t Hell: Pier One should be a retailer, not an Army boondoggle, The Navy’s turn, Donald Trump joins family members of 13 US service members in wreath laying ceremony, and Woke anti-cop non-profit needs the police
Transterrestrial Musings: “Boeing Workers Humiliated”, also, Where No Woman Has Gone Before
Victory Girls: Mark Zuckerberg, Zuckerbucks and Censorship
Volokh Conspiracy: Participating in Black Lives Matter Protest Isn’t Protected by Federal Labor Law
Watts Up With That: German State Broadcaster Funds Fantasy Murder of “Climate Deniers”, Jane Goodall on the Futile Climate Crusade, and Climate Emergency? But The Council Workers Need Paying!
The Federalist: In Yet Another Middle Finger To Taxpayers, McConnell Nets Kentucky $500 Million In Earmarks, Kamala Harris Wants Amnesty And Open Borders, Not A Secure Border, Under Tim Walz, Minnesota Banned Christians From Teaching In Public Schools, Minnesota County Accepts $20,000 Grant From ‘Zuckbucks’ Group Ahead Of 2024 Election, Democrats Lose Ploy To Remove Green Party Ticket From Wisconsin Ballot, Former Secret Service Agent Blasts The Agency’s ‘Layered Incompetence’ At Trump Rally, and Garland Makes An Example Of J6 Protesters To Shut Up Anyone Else Who Might Question Elections
Mark Steyn: When You Go to a Diversity Festival

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Do Taxpayers in Madison, Wisconsin, Want Schools to Celebrate a Killer?

Posted on | August 27, 2024 | Comments Off on Do Taxpayers in Madison, Wisconsin, Want Schools to Celebrate a Killer?

Sumter County is in south Georgia, north of Albany and west of Cordele. The county seat is Americus, but arguably the most famous town in Sumter County is Plains, from which hometown a certain peanut farmer grew up to be President of the United States. The county is largely rural, with a population of less than 30,000, more than half of whom live in Americus. About five miles southeast of downtown Americus, Lamar Road runs from District Line Road down toward Lake Blackshear, a distance of about 14 miles. It was past 9 o’clock on the night of October 28, 2011, when a motorist driving along Lamar Road saw something that he first believed to be a dead deer in the road, but which turned out to be a naked human body. A 911 call brought sheriff’s deputies and other authorities to the scene, where it was discovered that the deceased “John Doe” was a Hispanic male, who had been shot to death. Soon, authorities were able to identify the vehicle that dumped the body there:

“We had several eyewitnesses who were able to give us a description of the vehicle,” [Georgia Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Trebor] Randle said.
“The person or persons who were responsible for this were supposed to be in an older model Grand Marquis,” said [Sumter County Sheriff Pete] Smith.
Just a few miles away from the crime scene a tan, 1997 Mercury Grand Marquis proved valuable in the case. Spotted in the Lexington Circle Mobile Home Park, evidence like a bloody blanket in which the body was apparently wrapped was discovered inside. . . .
Investigators served a warrant on a Lexington mobile home. It was here where agents say the John Doe victim was shot in the torso. His suspected killers — young siblings.

Kenyota Maria Peterson, 20, was charged with murder, as were her two younger brothers, Adam Peterson, 14, and Clarence Coleman, 16 — both juveniles charged as adults. The victim was identified as Samuel Chavez, 29, a native of Honduras whose immigration status was unclear. Eventually, Kenyota Peterson accepted a plea bargain and was sentenced to prison on a manslaughter charge, but I never would have heard of this case had it not been for Chaya Raichik’s LibsOfTikTok account posting those photos reportedly taken inside a school in Madison, Wisconsin. That weird jargon about “heteronormative thinking” and a “queer affirming network” led me to click on the picture and zoom in.

 

Who is Ky Peterson? Seeing this name, my first thought was that Ky Peterson might be an academic, a college professor of Gender Studies perhaps, who had furnished this quote about “heteronomative thinking.” But then I started Googling and discovered that Ky Peterson was, for a few years, a cause célèbre in the LGBTQ+ rights movement. Kenyota Peterson, the woman convicted of killing Samuel Chavez, now identified as a man and was, according to activists, a victim of injustice, who had wrongly been sent to prison for shooting her (or “his”) rapist.

Peterson was released from custody in 2020, and has since disappeared from the headlines, but it took a good bit of research on my part to uncover the truth about this case, because most of what turns up in a Google search for “Ky Peterson” is just a rather deceptive boilerplate summary of claims by activists:

We demand justice for Ky Peterson, a Black transgender man incarcerated in Georgia for defending himself against transphobic sexual violence. We call upon Governor Nathan Deal and the State Board of Pardons & Paroles to pardon and release Ky Peterson now!
Ky Peterson grew up in a small South Georgia farming town. Though Ky struggled for acceptance as a transgender man, he had the love of his family. Ky worked hard to support his mom and three younger siblings and volunteered at an assisted living home and the American Red Cross in his free time.
On October 28, 2011, the life that Ky Peterson knew came to an end. Ky and his younger brothers walked to a neighborhood convenience store. After making his purchase, he waited outside for them. Ky was approached by a man who made sexual advances toward him. When Ky asked the man to leave him alone, the man uttered derogatory insults as he drove away. Ky told his brothers that he was walking home first, leaving them to follow. As he passed an abandoned trailer, the same man who had approached Ky earlier attacked him from behind. He dragged Ky into the abandoned trailer and sexually assaulted him. Ky fought back in self-defense, which ultimately led to his attacker’s death.

Oh, really? That 2018 petition repeats a version of events told by the accused murderer, and the claim that Peterson was “forced” to accept a plea bargain is self-evidently false. Peterson was free to take her (or “his”) chances with a jury trial, but in view of the possibility of life in prison if convicted, made what seemed to her (or “him”) the smart move. And while many “activist” types might second-guess that choice, I fail to see how it constitutes an “injustice.” Also, notice the assertion that Peterson was the victim of “transphobic sexual violence” despite the absence of any evidence that Samuel Chavez knew anything about Peterson being transgender. And guess what? Basically every convicted murderer in prison claims to be innocent, so this tale told by Ky Peterson ought to be considered skeptically. Beyond that, however, can somebody please explain to me why Ky Peterson is featured on this poster displayed in a Wisconsin public school? It makes no sense at all.

How did this convicted killer gain heroic status? It can be traced to a 2015 article in The Advocate with the headline, “This Black Trans Man Is in Prison for Killing His Rapist,” which assumes as its core truth a controversial claim about a man who, of course, is not able to tell his side of the story — because Ky Peterson killed him. The article dramatizes Peterson’s version of what happened, even while it discloses (way down in the story, if you read carefully) some inconvenient facts about the case.

First, neither Peterson nor her juvenile brothers were strangers to the criminal justice system. The 14-year-old “was already well-known by local law enforcement after numerous violent outbursts at school landed him in juvenile detention, where he allegedly assaulted a correctional officer,” while the 16-year-old was, at the time of Samuel Chavez’s death, wearing an ankle monitor while on home detention because of a prior burglary conviction. Ky Peterson herself had a prior criminal history dating back to her own juvenile years, and as an adult had faced charges of probation violation in 2008, disorderly conduct in 2008 and 2010, and civil contempt in August 2011. This is the person we’re told volunteered with the Red Cross and an assisted living home, OK?

Second, while the article repeats Peterson’s claim of being the victim of a surprise attack by Chavez — she was walking home through the trailer park, she says, when she was knocked unconscious — her own brothers told quite a different story: “Peterson’s brothers told investigators that the entire incident was a scheme of Peterson’s design; that Peterson asked them to help [her] rob the stranger after Peterson lured him in with a promise of sex.” As Lt. Joe Kenda might say, “Well, well, well!”

Third — and this is important — Samuel Chavez was drunk. His sister lived in the same trailer park as Peterson’s family, just off U.S. 280 southeast of Americus. Apparently, Chavez had gone to his sister’s trailer, but she wasn’t there. He “consumed several alcoholic beverages” while awaiting her return, then told family members that he was going to the nearby convenience store. It was there Chavez encountered Peterson.

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After his body was discovered, an autopsy found that Samuel Chavez had a blood-alcohol content of 0.165 — twice the legal limit for a drunk-driving charge. Chavez was seriously impaired, staggering drunk, and exactly what happened between him and Peterson after the encounter at the store cannot be determined. However, a rape exam was performed on Peterson, and it is reported that Peterson’s DNA was found on Chavez’s penis, but this must be weighed in the context of what her brothers told investigators, i.e., that there was a scheme to lure Chavez with an offer of sex in order to rob him at gunpoint. Peterson has told her (or “his”) version of the story, but dead men tell no tales, so we don’t have Chavez’s version of events. While it’s possible a jury might have found enough reasonable doubt to render a verdict of acquittal, Peterson’s acceptance of a plea deal was her choice. Strip away all the drama about “transphobic sexual violence,” and what you find in The Advocate article (please, read the whole thing) is that perhaps the public defender assigned to Peterson’s case didn’t do a very good job, and there was apparently some confusion about what charge Peterson pleaded guilty to — was it voluntary or involuntary manslaughter? She seems to have thought she was pleading to involuntary manslaughter, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years, but was instead sentenced to 20 years, which is the maximum for voluntary manslaughter. Whatever the case, however, she was ultimately released after a total of less than nine years behind bars, so what’s the difference at this point? Case closed.

The only real mystery is why Ky Peterson is showing up as a cartoon character on “queer affirming” posters in a Wisconsin public school.

Samuel Chavez could not be reached for comment.



 

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In The Mailbox: 08.26.24

Posted on | August 27, 2024 | Comments Off on In The Mailbox: 08.26.24

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt.

OVER THE TRANSOM
357 Magnum: What’s The Opposite Of Diversity?
EBL: DEMOCRATS DON’T WANT TO LET KAMALA OUT OF THE BASEMENT, Pavel Durov Arrested in France (Roman Polanski still free), Kamala Harris Likes Trump’s Border Wall, and Donald Trump lays wreath at Arlington to honor 13 U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan three years ago
Twitchy: Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) Says He Can’t Make Up Stories, Promptly Lies, This Is Why Astronauts Are Stuck In Space, and You’ll Be (Totally Not) Shocked That Poll Showing Kamala Up By 7 Is Fake News
Louder With Crowder: RFK Jr goes SCORCHED EARTH on the entire Democrat-Media regime in must-watch epic fashion, CNBC reporter DESTROYS Elizabeth Warren’s pathetic attempt to defend Kamala’s price controls, Tim Walz gets caught in ANOTHER lie about a reward, this time he blames Trump, and They arrested a tech CEO for supporting free speech, this should TERRIFY Americans of Kamala-Walz
Vox Popoli: And the Diversity Celebrated, RFK Endorses Trump, Then They Came for Rohan, Telegram Founder Arrested, Incoherence and Identity, and Across the Centuries
Stoic Observations: Why Not Eat The Rich?
Upstream Reviews: Flame
Gab: An Urgent Wakeup Call For Free Speech

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
American Conservative: A Double Funeral
American Greatness: Harris, Walz, and a Peculiar Definition of ‘Freedom’, The Left’s Swift Shift After RFK Jr.’s Trump Endorsement, Trump Honors 13 Fallen Service Members at Wreath Laying Ceremony on 3rd Anniversary of Kabul Bombing; Biden and Harris Issue Statements, and Kamala Harris’s High-Water Mark?
American Thinker: The Culture of Death Returns, Fear and Trembling in the Deep State, Everyone Hates Fascism Except the Government, and Enough With ‘Very Fine People’ and Other Lies
Animal Magnetism: Goodbye, Blue Monday
Babalu Blog: State Dept. refuses to explain why it allowed a leader of the Cuban Communist Party to immigrate to the U.S., After more than 10 days without water, Cubans take to the streets in protest, Cuban YoYo visits homeland, is horrified by food shortages, inflation, and blackouts, and Tulsi Gabbard (like people all over the world) joins the ‘Trump Train—TRUMP TRAIN!’
BattleSwarm: Two Views Of Ukraine’s Invasion Of Russia, Followup: Timelapse Of Kursk Incursion, and Texas AG Paxton Sues Biden Administration Over Illegal Aliens Yet Again
Behind The Black: Blue Origin delays first New Glenn launch two weeks to October 13, 2024, Starliner will return unmanned; crew will return in February 2025 on Dragon, Rocket Factory Augsburg releases footage of 1st stage failure during static fire test, JAXA finally shuts down SLIM operations after four months of no contact, Launch of Jared Isaacman’s second spaceflight scheduled for tonight, and The fall of DEI accelerates
Cafe Hayek: ‘Price Gouging’ After a Disaster Is Good for the Public, More on the Perniciousness of Price Controls, Twenty Years Ago At Cafe Hayek, Open Letter to National Review’s Jimmy Quinn, and Why Should We Beware of Other Countries’ Beggar-Thyself Trade Policies?
CDR Salamander: The Music Stopped At MSC, With Sal Mercogliano – On Midrats, Kabul’s Child Sacrifice – Three Years On
Chicago Boyz: Some Observations from the DNC
Da Tech Guy: The #Unexpectedly Chronicles, The Answer is: No Pay, No Play, No Jews No News, Chicken Run and Some Good Advice, and Hey Democrats – The RFK Trump Endorsement, You Did it to Yourselves!
Dana Loesch: The Week In Legal – Hunter Preps For Trial
Don Surber: Did DEI die?
First Street Journal: Once again, the left want to restrict our choices, What did we achieve? Will Yahya Sinwar meet his end the same way Adolf Hitler did? and Vacationating!
Gates Of Vienna: An Allahu Akhbar Moment in Solingen, Freedom of Speech, Solingen Knife Mujahid Arrested, The War on us is Accelerating, and Synagogue Attack in Southern France
The Geller Report: Iran-Backed Houthis Blow Up Oil Tanker Dumping 150,000 Tons of Oil into the Red Sea, WAR BREAKS OUT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND IRAN-BACKED HEZB’ALLAH, and DISRESPECT: Biden No-Show At Arlington Cemetery, Only Trump Attends Service Honoring Afghanistan Fallen
Glenn Reynolds: Out – Soccer Moms & Security Moms, In – Health Moms
Hollywood In Toto: Trigger Warnings We Actually Need, Facebook Blocks Reagan Posts with Joe Rogan, Megyn Kelly, Dalton, Davi Made License to Kill a Brutal Bond Highlight, Faith-Based Forge Trumps Feminist Blink Twice, Is Am I Racist? Star Matt Walsh the New Borat? and Introducing…Short on Hollywood!
The Lid: Texas Ends Practice of Allowing Transgenders to Change Their Sex on Driver’s Licenses, California Extorting $240 Million from Big Tech to Fund ‘Local Journalism’, and Kamala VP Pick Tim Walz Says Americans Have No Right to Free Speech
Legal Insurrection: RFK Jr. Endorsement of Trump “has given people who were demoralized a reason for optimism”, Zuckerberg Testifies That Biden Admin, FBI ‘Repeatedly Pressured’ Facebook to ‘Censor’ COVID Content, Hunter Biden Story, Tim Walz Lied about Winning Teaching Awards, Jill Stein Will Appear on Wisconsin Ballot, But Ineligible in Georgia With Three Other Candidates, Judge Rules Cornel West Can Appear on Michigan Presidential Ballot, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Removes Over One Million Ineligible Voters From Voter Rolls, and California State U. System Increases Salaries Despite $1 Billion Deficit
Michele Catalano: the week in joy
Nebraska Energy Observer: A Saturday Morning Special, Ellington and Cheap Beer, and The Fundamental Sin
Outkick: Team With 5 Biological Men On Roster Win’s Australian Women’s Soccer League Title, Lane Kiffin Goes Viral With Photo Of Sorority Girls, Texas Tech Coach Stars In Awesome Video With Cheerleaders, China Probably Wants A Word With ESPN/Disney After Little League World Series, Malik Willis’ Nightmare QB Experiment Ends For Titans, How Many SEC Coaches Are Gone After 2024? Can The NCAA Back-Off Michigan? Fans Bring The Heat For CFB Mailbag, and Dabo Swinney Will No Longer Take Phone Calls For His Radio Show. So Was ‘Tyler From Spartanburg To Blame’?
Power Line: Abbey Gate and beyond, Trump Threatens to Cancel ABC Debate, and Tulsi Gabbard Endorses Trump
Shark Tank: FL GOP Chairman Dismisses DNC Ratings, While Nikki Fried Claims Trump “In Trouble” In Florida
Shot In The Dark: Organic, Thirty Years Ago On The East Side, 
STUMP: Chicago Is My Kind Of Town To Beat Up On – New Mayor, Same Problems In 2023
The Political Hat: Science vs. The Oppressive Colonialism Of Intellectual Property
This Ain’t Hell: Army Veteran smashes tattoo and body modification records, Appeals judge opens the door for Army officer to sue a police officer, KC-46 suffers ED, Baseball record to be set, and Air Force Veteran and his brother sentenced to 4 months in Dubai prison
Transterrestrial Musings: The Left’s Swift Shift After The RFK Endorsement, RFK’s Address, Rapid Reusability, Kabul’s Child Sacrifice, Ukraine’s Invasion Of Russia, and Lack Of Self Awareness
Victory Girls: Abbey Gate, Three Years Later – Kamala Should Own Afghanistan, also, Trump Just Wants To Stop The World From Killing Itself
Volokh Conspiracy: Senate Democrats “Virtually Certain” to Pass “Supreme Court Reform” Bill By Majority Vote in 2025
Watts Up With That: Saving Lives from Extreme Heat Requires Reducing Urban Heat Island Effects Not CO2, China Poised To Cut Off US Military From Key Mineral As America’s Own Reserves Lay Buried Under Red Tape, and Newsom Blames Oil Companies for Gas Prices, His Own Energy Czar Disagrees
The Federalist: The Money-Printing That Made Millennials Wealthy Can Bankrupt Them Too, Three Years Later, Democrats Can’t Obfuscate Kamala Harris’ Role In Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal, Lawsuit Alleges Gov. Hobbs Illegally Designated Arizona Agencies As Voter Registration, Ballot Drop-Off Sites, No One Has Resigned In Three Years Since Catastrophic Afghanistan Withdrawal, It’s Time For Republican AGs To Bring The Fight To Democrats’ Proxy Organizations, Exclusive: House Oversight Chair Threatens Subpoenas If White House Doesn’t Cough Up ‘Bidenbucks’ Plans, and RFK Jr.’s Speech Wasn’t Republican Or Democrat But American
Mark Steyn: Asleep in the Deep (State), There Goes Tokyo: Japan’s Constant Crisis and Godzilla Minus One, All of Me, and Sacroiliacpalooza!

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What Is a ‘Conspiracy Theory’?

Posted on | August 26, 2024 | Comments Off on What Is a ‘Conspiracy Theory’?

Why is Russell Brand mocking Kamala Harris? At what point did Brand, a lifelong leftist, become “right-wing,” and why? Those thoughts occurred to me after I accidentally watched a YouTube video of Brand (blame the algorithm) and then skimmed through his Wikipedia page. It appears that COVID-19 policy was the start of his shift away from leftism, as he didn’t like the vaccine mandates — a highly relevant point, given that RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine attitude was a major part of his appeal, first as a Democratic Party primary challenger to Joe Biden, then as an independent candidate, and now a Trump endorser.

It is easy to ignore or minimize or laugh off that segment of the American electorate who, in 2024, are still fuming with rage about COVID-19 policies. I mean, that was three or four years ago now and it didn’t really disrupt my life in any serious way, so why should I care? But there were many people whose lives were seriously disrupted, especially those who lived in states like New York or California where the Maximum Emergency Lockdown regime was extended far past any reasonable date, merely to soothe the fears of germophobic hypochondriacs. Some people lost jobs or had their small businesses destroyed by the dubious policies enacted in reaction to pandemic hysteria, and if 2024 is their Year of Retribution — their chance to enact some long overdue payback for all that — well, hey, awesome! Vote Trump, and let’s send Fauci to federal prison or whatever. That’s not the ax I’m grinding, however.

As I was contemplating Russell Brand’s rightward deviation, I noticed how he is now accused of “promoting conspiracy theories”:

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Brand’s YouTube channel underwent an increase in activity and change in political direction, and was accused of promoting COVID denial and conspiracy theories. According to culture reporter Louis Chilton, his videos are usually “framed with some sort of contrarian take or calling out hypocrisy in the mainstream media”, and often hint “at a vague, world-altering conspiracy.” . . . In March 2023, Finn McRedmond of the New Statesman . . . described Brand as having now melded his “trad-socialist values” with “all the suspicions and anxieties of the new American right.” . . .
Columnist Charlotte Lytton accused Brand of following Joe Rogan “down the rabbit hole of online misinformation” by pandering to the anti-vaccine movement and spreading pro-Russian conspiracy theories about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, for example promoting unfounded claims of US bioweapon labs in Ukraine.

Permit me to point out that socialism is itself based on a conspiracy theory, a paranoid fear of “capitalism.” This is especially true of Marxism. The whole appeal of Bernie Sanders is that he panders to the anti-corporate paranoia of his supporters, and if you’ve spent any time at all with “Bernie Bros,” you know how kooky they are. So by going from a socialist/Labour perspective to embracing “all the suspicions and anxieties of the new American right,” Russell Brand did not become more paranoid. He simply shifted the focus of his paranoia, and so now he’s labeled a “conspiracy theorist.” In other words, it would seem, “conspiracy theory” is now defined as any belief that might cause someone to support Donald Trump. Funny how that works.



 

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Rule 5 Sunday: Sydney Sweeney IS Black Cat!

Posted on | August 26, 2024 | Comments Off on Rule 5 Sunday: Sydney Sweeney IS Black Cat!

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Our friends at Flappr celebrated the continuation of the Sydney Sweeney World Domination Tour this past week by observing that indeed, Baby Got Back. Even more important, though, is the latest news from RUMINT: Sydney Sweeney is being considered for the role of Black Cat/Felicia Hardy, sometime girlfriend and sometime adversary of Spiderman. Here we have an artist’s rendition of Ms. Sweeney as Black Cat, and a meme explaining why she’s purrfect for the role.
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FMJRA 2.0: No Relief In September

Posted on | August 25, 2024 | Comments Off on FMJRA 2.0: No Relief In September

— compiled by Wombat-socho

It was another .500 week for the Senators as we lost 2 of 3 in Anaheim to the Angels, the sole win coming on Jim Kaat’s last start as we managed to scratch out two runs against Tom Bradley, and that proved to be enough. Coming home to RFK, we thought we’d lose another pair, but after losing the first game to Phil Niekro, we battered Roger Nelson for four runs and lit up the Daytraders bullpen for five more, giving us a 9-5 win in the second game. Then in Game Three, we managed to pound Tom Seaver for seven runs and scored three more off the bullpen to win a 10-5 slugfest for Reggie Cleveland, who barely hung on through the fifth inning for his tenth win before Pat Dobson came in and pitched three innings for his third save. We end the week at 59-77, half a game ahead of the A’s, and almost certain to finish with at least 65 wins. Unfortunately, we’re not going to get much help from our September callups, who are either wretchedly lopsided right-handers who get shelled by lefties, Vicente Romo, or the kind of guys you get when you shake the glove tree. Tom Grieve has potential, but there’s no general manager slot on the roster.
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‘Public Service Homicide’ in Killadelphia

Posted on | August 24, 2024 | Comments Off on ‘Public Service Homicide’ in Killadelphia

The death of Abdul Vicks, a/k/a “YBC Dul,” may be mourned by some people, but I won’t be among the mourners:

A popular 25-year-old rapper — who prosecutors say was considered the ringleader of a notoriously violent West Philadelphia-based gang — was shot and killed Friday afternoon in the city’s Olney section, a law enforcement source said.
Police said the shooting occurred just after 3:30 p.m. on the 5500 block of North Sixth Street. The victim, who was identified as Abdul Vicks, was shot multiple times in the chest and right hand and was taken by private vehicle to Einstein Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m.
The source requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the case.
Prosecutors say Vicks, who performed as “YBC Dul,” was considered the ringleader of the West Philadelphia-based gang called YBC, or Young Bag Chasers.
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Earlier this month, 22-year-old Quamere Hall, a Vicks associate, was arrested at the Criminal Justice Center and charged with the shooting death of a 34-year-old man last year.
Hall, another rapper who performs as “Mere Pablo,” was at the Criminal Justice Center to show support for Arshad Curry, a fellow YBC member who was scheduled to be sentenced for shooting five people, three fatally, in 2021. Curry was sentenced to 42½ to 85 years in prison.
Last year, three other YBC members were convicted of killing two teens.

Borrowing “public service homicide” from Dana Pico, who points out how many murders were attributed to the YBC gang and their North Philly associates, the YFA gang. The Philadelphia Inquirer did a nice feature story on the teenage witness who helped send several of these murderous thugs to prison. We may deduce that one reason Vicks got killed is because so many of his gun-wielding comrades are no longer on the street, thus reducing his protection. While I would be perfectly happy to see the killers of “YBC Dul” also go to prison — a further reduction in the criminal street population is always beneficial — maybe solving this homicide is not a top priority for Philadelphia police, because the city became a safer place the moment “YBC Dul” died.



 

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