In The Mailbox: 08.22.24 (Evening Edition)

If I had any sense at all, I would just unpack all my stuff and go to bed, because it’s been a long couple of days in Las Vegas and the Nevada National Security Site, f/k/a Nevada Test Site. But here I am mongling links.
Speaking of which, if you’re an independent author of conservative or libertarian tendencies, there’s another Based Books Sale coming up in time for Based Con.
Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt.

OVER THE TRANSOM
357 Magnum: Exercising Your 2A Rights Doesn’t Mean You Forfeit Your 4A Rights
EBL: Summer Rental, The Great Outdoors, and Phil Donahue, RIP | Milton Friedman as guest
Twitchy: MD Governor Talks At A Chicago Bar With “Little Gretch”, Jewish Groups Forced To Meet In Private & Are STILL Harassed At DNC, and Newsweek Says Kamala’s Poll Numbers Are Growing & Will Only Get Better
Louder With Crowder: Cringe Queen Kamala returns in glorious fashion, shows why they try to hide her from humans, also, “I’ll only accept those pronouns:” Creepy dude seems confused school board doesn’t know its gender
Vox Popoli: Of Course it Gets Worse, The Marketeer, ASOS on Amazon, A Not-Cure Worse Than the Disease, Empire of Lies = Not the Good Guys, and Stalking the Stacks
Stoic Observations: Stoic Bites #9 – Global Inequality
L’Ombre de L’Olivier: Four Key Russian Rail Junctions
Upstream Reviews: Queen of the Martian Catacombs,
Draw & Talk Comics: You Want To Read This Quick Update!
Postcards From Barsoom: What Happens When The Regime Steals The 2024 Election?
Gab: Doomerism – The Pernicious Force Defining Our Age
Peter Brimelow: Why We’ve Suspended VDare & Why I’ve Resigned After 25 Years

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
CDR Salamander: Third Anniversary Review – This Is What A Whole Of Government Epistemic Failure Looks Like, Ten Months Of Lessons From The Red Sea With Bryan McGrath – On Midrats, and Searching For The Military Laffer Curve,
Don Surber: How to tell Kamala isn’t polling well
Michele Catalano: the week in joy
Protein Wisdom Reborn: The New Holy Wars
STUMP: Chicago Is My Kind Of Town To Beat Up On (2018 Edition), (2019 Edition), and (The COVID Era)

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DNC Debacle on Opening Night: Biden Pushed Out of Prime Time as Disorganized Convention Schedule Runs Overtime

Posted on | August 20, 2024 | Comments Off on DNC Debacle on Opening Night: Biden Pushed Out of Prime Time as Disorganized Convention Schedule Runs Overtime

What a disaster! Democrats crammed their prime-time convention schedule with a bunch of nobodies — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock, Delaware Sen. Chris Coons, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin, among others — so that Joe Biden didn’t take the stage until nearly 11:30 p.m. ET.

#3 – Joe Biden says with a straight face: “We finally beat Big Pharma!” after mandating government-paid COVID shots for millions of Americans. pic.twitter.com/iJY5dpWdmO

— The Vigilant Fox ? (@VigilantFox) August 20, 2024

HILLARY CLINTON: “Kamala cares about kids and families.”

There are literally abortion and vasectomy vans outside the DNC..
pic.twitter.com/35CpKTYXnJ

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) August 20, 2024

No Israel. No Jews. No Palestinian atrocities. No Hamas. Just “Palestinian people”, “Palestinian suffering,” and GAZA, GAZA, GAZA.”
Oh, and rhe Hamas mob calling for the destruction of the USA and the Jews, and the police outside? They “have a point.” https://t.co/VdC0qbG3XT

— Caroline Glick (@CarolineGlick) August 20, 2024

By the way, Chris Coons, who was chairman of Biden’s reelection campaign before the Dems shoved Biden off the ticket, accidentally made news in a Fox News interview where he bitterly blamed the news media for destroying Biden’s chances for a second term:

Delaware Democratic Senator Chris Coons STUNS @JohnRobertsFox when he blames the media for pressuring Joe Biden to drop out of the 2024 race. pic.twitter.com/6Vu0PZ4vJe

— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) August 19, 2024

“After the debate, there was a relentless media focus on whether or not President Biden was as sharp as he had been in his 70s,” he said. “And day after day, week after week, we could not change the subject.” . . .
Fox News anchor John Roberts pressed for clarification — after Coons added that Biden stepping aside was “his decision” — on the complaint about the media focusing on the president’s mental condition.
“Let me just add one quick question, just to put a button on this: So you’re saying the reason why he’s not the nominee anymore is because of the media?” Roberts asked.
“I’m saying that after what was an admittedly a very bad debate performance,” Coons said, “he was sick, he had travelled too much, he did not perform well — that he reevaluated his path forward as a candidate.”
“Over the next three weeks,” Coons added, as Biden “gave interview after interview, speech after speech, rally after rally, the media wouldn’t let him move on.”
“And the polls began to reflect that folks did not have the confidence that he could serve four years as our next president,” he continued.
“Ultimately, it was the opinion of the American people and the opinion of those closest to him that mattered. I think he’s made the right decision,” Coons said.

– pic.twitter.com/Kdt00VFK7e

— The Right To Bear Memes (@grandoldmemes) August 20, 2024

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Is Chicago Burning Yet?

Posted on | August 19, 2024 | Comments Off on Is Chicago Burning Yet?

Got to be honest, the pro-Hamas “resistance” in Chicago so far has been rather disappointing. If they can’t work up some violent chaos in the streets for the Democratic National Convention, what good are they, huh?

Hundreds of anti-Israel protesters breached the first layer of fencing outside the Democratic National Convention, with some later apprehended by Chicago police and others pushed back by officers behind to restore the secure perimeter.
The protesters had gathered at Union Park earlier Monday and marched over to Park 578 — just a few hundred feet away from the United Center — where President Biden and others will deliver speeches to as many as 4,000 Democratic delegates.
A double-fenced perimeter around the convention forum separated them from the Israel-hating demonstrators, as tensions mounted in the early evening.
Several protesters had crept up to the fence and began shaking it before slipping through. An entourage of law enforcement officers then arrived to reinforce the lines.
Some activists were also heard instructing their comrades not to enter the DNC grounds and to instead head west — but that instruction went mostly unheeded.
“No, we’re going in there,” one protester said.
Before the fencing was struck down, the crowd was heard chanting, “Just like 1968! There’s nothing here to celebrate!”
Others bore signs declaring, “Globalize the Intifada!” and “End all US military aid to Israel.”
Cops eventually pushed many of the protesters back, though some were arrested, one officer told The Post.
Top anti-Israel protest organizers had predicted a monster turnout of between 30,000 and 40,000 activists ahead of the Democratic National Convention, but on Monday afternoon before beginning their march, they appeared poised to fall dramatically short of that.

Pathetic. Couldn’t they at least loot Macy’s? Smash some windows, tear down a few statues, cover the convention center in “Intifada” graffiti? America wants to see some riotous mayhem, but these left-wing punks — who claim Democrats are complicit in genocide — don’t seem very serious about shutting down the convention.

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Rule 5 Sunday: Welcome, Indiana!

Posted on | August 18, 2024 | Comments Off on Rule 5 Sunday: Welcome, Indiana!

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Started playing Azur Lane again after a lengthy break, and lo and behold – the current event introduces another fast battleship to feed my urges, the South Dakota-class battlewagon Indiana. Ain’t she cute?
Another reason for the 2D girl this week is that I wound up in Twitmo until Saturday for suggesting a UK judge should get the tar & feather treatment. Weak!
Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt.

“Cause you’ve heard she’s pretty fast/And you’re thinking she might give you some tonight…”

ANIMAL MAGNETISM: Rule Five Ammo Machine Friday, and the Saturday Gingermageddon

EBL: Saturday Night Girls With Guns, Helen Mirren, The Change, MAGA Anna Paulina Luna, Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters, Gena Rowlands RIP, Cybill Shepherd, Borderlands – Boring, Unfunny, & Unwatchable, Cornelia Sharpe, Masai Russell Wins Gold, and USA Women Win Gold In Soccer

A VIEW FROM THE BEACH: ?zech out Anet Ml?áková, Kamala Konsiders Kost Kontrols, Walz DUI Drawing Attention, Fish Pic Friday – Marina Gibson, Tattoo Thursday, MDDNR Discovers If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It, The Wednesday Wetness, Tuesday Tanlines, Tarpon in Maryland?, The Monday Morning Stimulus, Gone Fishing, and Palm Sunday

FLAPPR: T.I.T.S. for August 16th

Thanks to everyone for all the luscious links!

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Hurricane-Force Media Hype

Posted on | August 18, 2024 | Comments Off on Hurricane-Force Media Hype

CNN (I watch, so you don’t have to) is still hyping polls that show Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump on the eve of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago and, if all you knew about the election is what you get from the “mainstream” media, you would believe she’s cruising to certain victory. Dig this feature in the U.K. Guardian:

Tens of thousands of Democrats are expected to descend on Chicago this week for their party’s convention, bubbling with a feeling few had anticipated: pure, unconfined joy.
At the end of their four-day fete, when the red, white and blue balloons tumble from the rafters of the United Center, Kamala Harris will have become the first woman of color to accept a major party’s presidential nomination in American history. The moment will cap a frenzied few weeks for Democrats, following the vice-president’s sudden ascent to the top of the ticket in a development that has transformed the race for the White House and galvanized a party once resigned to a rematch between Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
“It’s a remarkable turn of events,” said Howard Dean, a former Democratic National Committee chairman and former Vermont governor. “The Democrats have now been resurrected.”
In less than a month since Biden’s monumental decision to abandon his re-election bid, Harris has united most Democrats and restored the party’s dominance among young voters and people of color. While the race remains nail-bitingly close, analysts recently adjusted their outlook in a trio of Sun belt states that had appeared to be slipping away from Democrats, possibly opening an alternative path to victory.
Harris’s crowds have been large and electric — a development that appears to irk her rival, still struggling to find a mocking nickname. Fundraising has poured in at a record clip. Celebrities, artists and fashion designers are eager to help. Online, young people continue to churn out memes and flattering content.
Party officials say the Harris-inspired vibe shift is trickling down ballot and translating into on-the-ground organizing.
“You can see the giant crowd packing the rallies,” said Ben Wikler, chair of the Wisconsin Democratic party. “But what you can’t see in those images is the fact that thousands of the people who go to those rallies are signing up for volunteer shifts and then going out and knocking on the doors of potential swing voters who may not know much about Vice-President Harris or Governor Walz.” . . .

You can read the rest of that, if you’re not already sick to your stomach from such nausea-inducing treacle. One thing the “mainstream” media carefully avoid reporting are the facts about Chicago, a Democrat-controlled hellhole where 25 people have already been murdered this month. The Chicago homicide total so far this year is already 386, and another 1,634 people have been shot but survived their wounds.

Meanwhile, more than 74 million Americans voted for Trump in 2020 and an even larger number will vote for Trump again this year, and what about them? What about their opinions? What do those many millions of American voters think of the way Democrats switched candidates in mid-campaign? You’re never going to see questions like that asked on CNN, nor will they ever remind their audience of why Kamala Harris quit the Democratic primary campaign in December 2019 before a single vote was cast. The woman is an unlikeable airhead, and the only reason she became vice president is because that was the price James Clyburn demanded from Biden in return for delivering the South Carolina primary, at a time when Joe was desperate to stop Bernie Sanders.

Kamala is asked how she'll pay for all of the handouts she's promising…

After long-winded word salad, she doesn't come up with an answer.

She thinks Americans are stupid. pic.twitter.com/BestltGp5R

— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) August 18, 2024

Kamala word salads are so back: "Our election is about understanding the importance of this beautiful country of ours in terms of what we stand for around the globe as a democracy. As a democracy, we know there's a duality to the nature of democracy. On the one hand, incredible… pic.twitter.com/GeMmgVESFk

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 18, 2024

20 shot, four fatally, in bloody Chicago weekend ahead of DNC https://t.co/e44tC2XZLv pic.twitter.com/zgWhVIpzOh

— New York Post (@nypost) August 18, 2024

If you’re one of those 74 million Trump voters, my advice is: Relax.

Do not let yourself become discouraged by the intensity of the pro-Harris hype coming from the media. Ultimately, this make-believe game cannot succeed, and the American people will see through the media-generated mirage of “joy” around the Harris-Walz ticket. We’re now 79 days away from November 5. You can survive the hurricane of hype that long.

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