FMJRA 2.0: Even Worse

Posted on | July 7, 2024 | Comments Off on FMJRA 2.0: Even Worse

My Senators’ agony continued this week, as we lost two out of three to the Angels and then got swept by the Hated Yankees. Worse, in looking at my roster, I’m going to have to replace most of my position players since most of them turn into pumpkins in 1973.
Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt.

Just a bad week all around.

In Defense of Cynicism
The Daley Gator
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A View From The Beach
357 Magnum
EBL

When You’ve Lost Nate Silver…
Battleswarm Blog
Flappr
A View From The Beach
357 Magnum
EBL

Violence Against Women Update
357 Magnum
EBL

Democrats Singing ‘Suspicious Minds’
Battleswarm Blog
A View From The Beach
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EBL

FMJRA 2.0: One Big Crunch
A View From The Beach
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A Substack About Nothing
The Pirate’s Cove
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Rule 5 Sunday: Cheesecake Armor & Other Delights
Animal Magnetism
Flappr
A View From The Beach
EBL

In The Mailbox: 07.02.24 (Morning Edition)
A View From The Beach
357 Magnum
EBL

The Zuckerberg Conspiracy: How a 501(c)3 Funded the 2020 Election ‘Cabal’
Battleswarm Blog
A View From The Beach
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EBL

In The Mailbox: 07.03.24 (Afternoon Edition)
A View From The Beach
357 Magnum
EBL

Dumbest Car Thief Ever?
357 Magnum
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In The Mailbox: 07.03.24 (Evening Edition)
357 Magnum
EBL

Thinking of Christmas in July
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In The Mailbox: 07.05.24 (Afternoon Edition)
A View From The Beach
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In The Mailbox: 07.05.24 (Evening Edition)
A View From The Beach
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‘Team Joe’ Sends Me E-Mail

Posted on | July 6, 2024 | Comments Off on ‘Team Joe’ Sends Me E-Mail

Many years ago, when I was covering Hillary Clinton’s doomed 2008 Democratic primary campaign, I clicked a link saying I would attend one of her appearances in Pennsylvania, and ever since then, my email address has been passed around to every other Democratic campaign, which is why this morning, I received this message:

As a journalist, of course, it’s helpful to see what kind of messages Democrats are getting in their e-mail inboxes at a time when the Real Clear Politics average shows Trump — “a liar and an extremist … an unhinged, ranting and raving lunatic,” according Team Joe — with nearly a 4-point lead in battleground states. The recipients of the Biden campaign email are expected to believe “that Donald Trump is a threat to our country and our democracy,” and also to believe that the Biden campaign has a plan for “how exactly we’re going to defeat Donald Trump in November.” Right — and for the right price, I’d be willing to sell you that bridge I own in Brooklyn. The point is that the people who run the Democratic Party operate with the presumption that their voters are imbeciles who will believe whatever they’re told, and who am I to say that this presumption is wrong? The only regret I have is that these people probably won’t lose as badly as they deserve to lose.

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‘Dangerously Out of Touch’: ABC Interview Doesn’t Quell Dump-Biden Talk

Posted on | July 6, 2024 | Comments Off on ‘Dangerously Out of Touch’: ABC Interview Doesn’t Quell Dump-Biden Talk

The vultures are now circling overhead above the decaying carcass of Joe Biden’s reelection campaign. The damage done by the June 27 debate cannot be repaired or wished away. The number of House Democrats calling for Biden to step aside as the party’s nominee has now increased to five, with Minnesota Rep. Rep. Angie Craig joining Texas Rep. Lloyd Doggett, Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva, Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton and Illinois Rep. Mike Quigley. Within the next 24 hours, I’d expect at least a half-dozen more House Democrats to add their names to the list and meanwhile, Virginia Sen. Mark Warner is reportedly trying to get a group of his fellow Senate Democrats to join him in calling for Biden to withdraw as candidate. The point made by Obama’s political guru David Axelrod — that the polls show a 16-point swing toward Trump, compared to four years ago — can only be ignored by Democrats if they’ve simply given up hope of beating Trump. Julian Castro sees it clearly:

“The overwhelming impression that I got from [Friday’s ABC interview] is that you have a president that is basically in denial, denial about the decline that people can clearly see. . . . Denial about the polling, about how far behind he is in the battleground states.”

The problem for Democrats like Castro and Axelrod who see the writing on the wall is that they and their friends in the media have spent the past four years telling their voters that Joe Biden is the only one who can save them from Donald Trump, and the mindless mob of Democratic voters believe whatever they’re told. So if the Democrats dump Biden now, they will alienate many millions of their own voters. The fact that none of the likely replacements for Biden — Harris, Newsom, Whitmer, “Big Mike,” etc. — is likely to beat Trump in November means that dumping Biden won’t really help and may, in the long run, hurt the Democratic Party.

“Oh, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practice to deceive.”

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In The Mailbox: 07.05.24 (Evening Edition)

Posted on | July 6, 2024 | 1 Comment

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Usual weekend deadlines for the usual weekend posts.
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OVER THE TRANSOM
EBL: Biden tries to resurrect himself with Democrat Homunculus George Stephanopoulos, also, What to the slave is the Fourth of July?
Twitchy: Megyn Kelly Says What We’re All Thinking About Biden’s Mental Health, Biden Takes Swipe At Senator Warner (D-VA) With False Claim, and Biden’s Interview With Stephanopoulos Goes Really Badly
Vox Popoli: Fake Democracy: The Admission, A Life Well-Lived, Kicked Out of the Fake Church, and A Note About Neil
According To Hoyt: ATH 2024 Funding Appeal, Why Eugenics Is Bad, and Happy Fourth
Monster Hunter Nation: Chevron
Upstream Reviews: What Exactly Happened At Penguicon?
Gab: King Pelayo – A Symbol of Resistance & Inspiration
Postcards From Barsoom: The Water Goes Out In The British Isles

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
CDR Salamander: Fullbore Friday
Don Surber: How They Wound Up With Kamala

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In The Mailbox: 07.05.24 (Afternoon Edition)

Posted on | July 5, 2024 | Comments Off on In The Mailbox: 07.05.24 (Afternoon Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt.

Be the American Japan thinks you are.

OVER THE TRANSOM
EBL: Independence Day, also, Happy 4th of July
Twitchy: “Looks Really…WHITE”, It’s Time To Play What’s That Stain! and Liz, Just Take The L
Vox Popoli: Mailvox: Debt Deflation in Action, How NOT to Talk to Girls at Parties, Happy Independence Day, and The End of the Conservative Party

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
CDR Salamander: Happy 4th,
Dana Loesch: Happy Independence Day,
Don Surber: Their Juneteenth Was The Fourth Of July
STUMP: Happy Independence Day! Stay safe!

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Thinking of Christmas in July

Posted on | July 4, 2024 | Comments Off on Thinking of Christmas in July

Does it occur to you that, instead of celebrating the Fourth of July, when the Declaration of Independence was published, that instead we should celebrate our independence on the Nineteenth of October?

It was on October 19, 1781, that Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, the victory that finally secured America’s independence, but the Nineteenth of October comes and goes unnoticed every year, with not even a special sale at your local auto dealer to commemorate it. But why not celebrate December 26? It was on that cold winter morning in 1776 that the Hessian troops in Trenton, New Jersey, found themselves roused from their sleep by the attack of Washington’s army, which had crossed the ice-choked Delaware River on Christmas Night to launch this assault.

My favorite meme of all time gets quoted today here:

The Declaration is today best-known for a few phrases from the preamble: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness,” etc. Even those who know next-to-nothing about the American Revolution or the men who fought it generally recognize those phrases, and it is a pity that the full history of that struggle is so inadequately taught in schools.
Were there one point which I could get every young person to understand about the Revolution, it would be this: It is not to Jefferson’s eloquent phrases that we owe our liberty, but rather to the toil, suffering and dogged persistence of the men who served in the ragtag band of Patriots who defeated the British army in a long war. . . .

That’s the latest from my Substack newsletter — you can sign up to subscribe for free — but I hope you won’t mind me taking this opportunity to remind you that the Five Most Important Words in the English Language are:

HIT THE FREAKING TIP JAR!

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In The Mailbox: 07.03.24 (Evening Edition)

Posted on | July 4, 2024 | Comments Off on In The Mailbox: 07.03.24 (Evening Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho

For every Southern boy fourteen years old, not once but whenever he wants it, there is the instant when it’s still not yet two o’clock on that July afternoon in 1863, the brigades are in position behind the rail fence, the guns are laid and ready in the woods and the furled flags are already loosened to break out and Pickett himself with his long oiled ringlets and his hat in one hand probably and his sword in the other looking up the hill waiting for Longstreet to give the word and it’s all in the balance, it hasn’t happened yet, it hasn’t even begun yet, it not only hasn’t begun yet but there is still time for it not to begin against that position and those circumstances… (William Faulkner)

“General Lee, I have no division.” – Maj. Gen. George Pickett, after the fatal charge
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Lewis Armistead reaches the crest of Cemetery Ridge.

OVER THE TRANSOM
357 Magnum: Lucasfilm No Longer Understands Visual Storytelling
EBL: Gettysburg, Joe “Old Yeller” Biden, MAGA SCOTUS, and There is a special day tomorrow
Twitchy: NYT Executive Editor Claims They’ve Stayed On Biden’s Mental Acuity At Every Turn, Theory – Joe Biden Was Zapped By A Disorienting Microwave Weapon Before The Debate, and You May Literally Have To Kill Your Friends And Family Members Who Support Trump
Louder With Crowder: Woman has major MELTDOWN after a nurse breaks the news that her mask is useless
Vox Popoli: Recognize Good Rhetoric, This is No Black Pill, An Unwise Choice, Fake Democracy in France, and Bad Idea Jeans: Neil Gaiman edition
L’Ombre de L’Olivier: What Have The Tories Done For Us?
Postcards From Barsoom: Fear

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Adam Piggott: The Debate, AI and Piggies
American Conservative: The VA Must Stop Working for Illegals
American Greatness: Occasional Cortex Threatens to Impeach Supreme Court Justices Over Immunity Ruling, DC Gulag Bodycam Video Confirms J6 Prisoner Was Pepper-Sprayed in the Face Twice, Raising ‘Serious Questions and Concerns,’, Missouri AG Andrew Bailey Files Suit Against New York For ‘Hijacking Presidential Election’ With Lawfare Campaign Against Trump, and House Committee Says CIA Contractors Conspired with Biden Campaign
American Thinker: Barack Obama and the Stupidity of the American Voter, How TDS Destroyed the Democrats, The Communist Plan That Has Subverted Our Intel Agencies, and What Now that the Gaslighting is Over?
Animal Magnetism: Goodbye, Blue Monday, Animal’s Daily Immunity News, and Animal’s Hump Day News
Babalu Blog: Castro dictatorship declares Cuba to be in a ‘wartime economy’, Private vendors in Santiago de Cuba have their merchandise confiscated by Castro dictatorship, Lifestyles of the Rich and Communist: The jet-set life of Tony Castro, Fidel Castro’s son, and Pregnant women in Cuban hospital fed worm-infested meals
BattleSwarm: Guess How Many UT Protesters Were Charged, Texas Democratic Party Chair Says Election Fraud Is Real, Roundup Of Dem Panic Over Slow Joe, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Fascist France, and Knives Out For Biden Roundup
Behind The Black: Firefly’s Alpha rocket launches eight smallsats into orbit, Two German-built spy satellites apparently failed immediately after launch, Las Vegas space-related resort (claiming it will be a spaceport) gets FAA airport license, SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites, Centrifuge research on ISS suggests some artificial gravity can mitigate negative effects of weightlessness, and Pushback: Jury awards former BlueCross researcher almost $700K for firing her vindicatively for not getting the jab
Cafe Hayek: High Chinese EV Sales Are Not Evidence of the Success of Tariffs or Industrial Policy, Beijing Wants to Reduce China’s Trade Surplus, “But Also What If?”, and The Compass Remains Broken
CDR Salamander: Caroline Glick’s Failed Doctrines
Chicago Boyz: Lewis vs Haldane: Another Look, also, Shall It Be Sustained?
Da Tech Guy: Joe Biden and Jeffrey Epstein – It Wasn’t a Disaster Until YOU knew about it, An updated list of reasons to oppose J.B. Pritzker for president, Now You Know Why Joe Biden Bypassed the New Hampshire Primary, The DC Bubble, and Joe Biden, Sir Humphry, and the Deep State’s Dream Candidate, or, Who is Actually the President?
Don Surber: Thomas v. Biden. Ha ha ha
First Street Journal: “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”, Joltin’ Joe Biden is going to fight on! Denial is not a river in Egypt, What about the right to a speedy trial? and We have a President willing to play nuclear patty-cake with Vladimir Putin, and he’s only lucid six hours a day?
Gates Of Vienna: Queer Liberation is Palestinian Liberation, Hooligans for a Ceasefire, Arguments Arise and Knives Emerge, German Trans Leftist to Face Justice in Hungary, and German Muslims Should Vote for the AfD!
The Geller Report: U.S. Military Bases on High Alert for Terror Attack, also, Desperate Macron’s Endorsement of Islamic Terror Groups “Antisemitic,’ ‘Pro-Hamas’ Far Left Shocks French Jews
Hollywood In Toto: Bill Maher’s Shameless Attempts to Gaslight America, Hudsucker Proxy – From Flop to Cult Classic, Eddie Murphy Goes Woke in the Worst Way, Five Fascinating Lessons from Horizon’s Sluggish Start, and Why MaXXXine Lives Down to Its Seedy Roots
The Lid: July 4th, Independence Day… For Those Who Actually Remember It
Legal Insurrection: Illegal Crossings Explode at Northern Border Since Biden Didn’t Include it in His ‘Crackdown’, Independence Day Costs Skyrocket Under Biden, Biden to Sit for First Post-Debate Interview With Former Bill Clinton Staffer George Stephanopoulos, Joe Biden: ‘I’m Not Leaving’, Video Shows Jewish NYC Banker was Attacked by ‘Queers for Palestine’ Mob Before Fighting Back, and Israeli Airstrike Eliminates Top Hezbollah Terror Commander in South Lebanon
Michele Catalano: no time for hate
Nebraska Energy Observer: Saturday – just for you, Canada Day, Debate Aftermath, Risk, Failure, and Success, Please stand, and Treason Day Eve
Outkick: Tim Howard Says US Soccer Should Pursue Jurgen Klopp, With His Help, Texas A&M And AD Trev Alberts Forgetting His Sneaky Little Exit From Nebraska, Bronny James’ Contract Is An Embarrassment To The NBA, Las Vegas Aces Vet Pulls Incredible Classy Move After Caitlin Clark’s Hard Tumble, Major League Baseball All-Star Starters Are A Mixed Bag, and Riley Gaines Triggers The Left With Guns, Hooters Girls Say Goodbye & Wimbledon Streaker Rips Off Her Apron
Power Line: The Comedy Continues, The Kamala Zeitgeist, and Stark Raving Mad
Shark Tank: Ahead Of Jobs Report, Rick Scott Calls Biden A Liar Over Job Numbers
Shot In The Dark: A Pattern, The Keystone Prosecutors, Plan B, Stay The Curse, News Flash, America Takes A Six-Month “Lid”, and The Curmudgeons For The Win
The Political Hat: An Uncanny Election Year
This Ain’t Hell: Biden to award two MoHs tomorrow, IDF warnings ignored prior to Oct. 7, Afghanistan withdrawal had Donald Trump been in the White House, and The Dark Psychology of Politics
Transterrestrial Musings: “The Imperial Presidency”, The Three “Ds” Of The Climate Agenda, Teaching Students To Think, and Starship Flight Four
Victory Girls: Sonia Sotomayor Doesn’t Know Shite About The Military
Volokh Conspiracy: Thoughts on the Trump Immunity Decision
Watts Up With That: Major Utility Provider Cuts Thousands Of Customers’ Power To Prevent Wildfires From Breaking Out, Audubon: Frightful Fundraising, and What Happened To That “Wettest Summer”, Met Office?
The Federalist: Disney’s Emotional Inside Out 2 Is Tailor-Made For A Therapy-Obsessed Culture, Help Find The Grave Of This 14-Year-Old Who Fought For U.S. Independence, The Administrative State Is Too Big If It Can Write Its Own Criminal Laws, July 4 Has Always Been About Resisting Tyranny, And This Year Is No Exception, Heartbreaking Stories Of Detransitioners Expose The Damaging Transgender Cult, and Russia Hoaxer Marc Elias’ Firm Sues To Let Foreign Billionaires Buy Ohio Elections
Mark Steyn: The Plot Thickens, Jaws – You’re Gonna Need a Bigger Theatre, Border Jumping, Singin’ in the Rain, and Far Cries

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Dumbest Car Thief Ever?

Posted on | July 3, 2024 | Comments Off on Dumbest Car Thief Ever?

Say hello to 29-year-old Charles Millsaps, who had the brilliant idea to (a) steal a 1992 Honda Accord, and then (b) try to outrun the Georgia State Patrol in aforesaid vehicle, with the result that (c) he got locked up in the Chatham County Jail — and never mind the fact that (d) he was already wanted on warrants in South Carolina. The reason I bring this felon to your attention is because I so rarely encounter a white car thief in my coverage of crime. Now, meet the trooper who made the arrest:

Trooper Tyler Byrd has an admirable resumé. He worked his way through college as a manager at Kroger while also serving in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. While attending Georgia Southern University, Byrd did two internships, one in the office of U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter and another with the U.S. Marshall’s Service. After getting his bachelor’s degree in Political Science in 2019, Byrd worked two years as a police officer in Chatham County before becoming a State Trooper in January 2022.

Now read his report of this February 2023 arrest:

On 2/2/2023 at 1104 hours, I was stationary on Interstate 95 south Mile Marker 109. The LPR cameras notified me that a stolen vehicle had hit on the Interstate 95 south Mile Marker 111 as vehicle entered Georgia from South Carolina. The vehicle was described as a 1992 white Honda Accord with a North Carolina tag RAW3837. I looked in my rearview mirror and observed the vehicle in the number three lane. As the vehicle was getting ready to pass me, the vehicle quickly got on the off-ramp onto State Highway 21. I activated my emergency lights and siren for the vehicle to stop. The vehicle stopped on State Highway 21 near Interstate 95; as I opened the driver’s door of my patrol car, the violator immediately took off, initiating a pursuit. I notified Troop F Communications that I was in an active pursuit.
The vehicle drove across all northbound lanes of State Highway 21 and made an improper U-turn at a no U-Turn median, cutting off multiple vehicles going southbound on State Highway 21. As we were south on State Highway 21, the violator drove across multiple lanes of traffic, drove between two cars, and recklessly began to drive through the grass to bypass traffic and get onto the on-ramp to Interstate 95 south. Before the subject could get back onto Interstate 95 and drive recklessly around several other vehicles or get into the city limits of Savannah, I determined that the vehicle must be stopped immediately to safeguard life and preserve public safety. I attempted the PIT maneuver but was unsuccessful. I attempted a second PIT maneuver as we were getting onto Interstate 95; the violator was able to drive out of it. As the vehicle recovered from the second PIT, I utilized the front of my push bumper to make contact with the driver’s side of the violator’s vehicle, causing the vehicle to become disabled.
I exited my patrol vehicle, drew and aimed my department-issued pistol at the driver, and told him to keep his hands up. TPR Gurganus arrived on the scene and drew his department-issued pistol. I went to the passenger side, handcuffed the driver, and had him exit the vehicle. The violator was later identified as Mr. Charles Millsaps by his Florida identification. I searched the driver before placing him in my back seat.
I read him his Miranda Rights and asked him if he understood them and would be willing to speak with me. He said he didn’t know what to say. I asked him if he knew the vehicle was stolen, and he said he didn’t think the owner would call and report it. I observed his speech was sometimes mumbled, and I smelled the odor of marijuana coming off his person and observed his pupils were dilated. I asked him when was the last time he used it, and he said he smoked marijuana 10 to 15 minutes before the chase; I had him stick his tongue out and observed his taste buds were raised. Field sobriety was not conducted because he was handcuffed and risk of fleeing; I told him he would be
charged with DUI. I read him Georgia’s Implied Consent Notice for Suspect Age 21 or over for blood off my green card, and he agreed.
I ran Mr. Millsaps’s identification through NCIC, and it was determined he had a parole warrant out of South Carolina that was confirmed and validated. Mr. Millsaps’s license was also suspended. I transported him to Memorial Hospital to be cleared; he had complaints of a knee injury but was cleared by the nurse and doctor staff. Chatham EMS Captain Samantha Cavicchia met me at Memorial and conducted the blood draw at 1226 hours. After being cleared, Mr. Millsaps was taken to CCDC, where he was turned over to the jail staff for processing.
Cpl. Williams responded and worked the crashes. TPR. Gurganus conducted a vehicle search. Sapp’s Wrecker took possession of the vehicle, which was confirmed stolen. This incident was digitally recorded on the GSP439-Watchguard-4RE camera.

Having read dozens of police reports, I’d say Trooper Byrd’s report of this incident is equal or superior to any such report I’ve ever read, in terms of clarity and syntax — which I suppose might be expected of a university graduate. Watch the video:

When I got my first look at the suspect (1:40), my reaction was like, “Damn — a white car thief!” You just don’t see that very often, and I’ve watched hundreds of police videos like this. But then when Trooper Byrd appeared on camera (2:11), I was laughing out loud. How perfect is this?

Anyway, don’t steal cars, but if you do, don’t steal a 30-year-old Honda and then expect to out-run the Georgia State Patrol, because we’re all going to be laughing at the video of the PIT maneuver, dummy.

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