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In The Mailbox: 08.28.23

Posted on | August 29, 2023 | Comments Off on In The Mailbox: 08.28.23

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Silicon Valley delenda est.

OVER THE TRANSOM
Director Blue: Democrats – The Pretend Party
EBL: Bob Barker RIP, Beach Time, So Biden’s Handlers Are Nervous About the Newsom DeSantis Debate?, and MAUI FIRES: BLAME DEMOCRAT OFFICIALS
Twitchy: Here’s The “Wheel Of Privilege” Schools Are Using, Hot Take – Reconstruction Was A Failure Because We Didn’t Massacre The Confederates, and Diversity Teacher Talks About Wanting To Burn Things Down That Aren’t Equitable
Louder With Crowder: “You f***ing killed someone”, Crowder DISMANTLES Insane Affirmative Action Talking Points, and Jacksonville sheriff refuses to play Left’s gun-control games after tragic weekend shooting
Vox Popoli: Covid Round 2, It’s Not Their Fault, Evil Has its Own Logic, They are the World, and The Kagan Death Cult

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
Adam Piggott: As the Catholic World Burns, I drink a G&T
American Conservative: A Viable Realism and Revival Doctrine
American Greatness: Save the Rule of Law By Destroying It?, Federal Court Says Parents Have No Right to Withdraw Children from LGBT Curriculum, and Nevada Tribal Rangers Smash Through Climate Activists’ Blockade in Nevada Desert Outside of ‘Burning Man’ Festival
American Thinker: Is Obama Behind Biden’s Hostility To America?, The Establishment’s ‘Gallipoli Campaign’ against the American People, Quit Aiming for the Ankles, and Barack Obama the Vindictive Enforcer
Animal Magnetism: Goodbye, Blue Monday
Babalu Blog: Diarrhea outbreak in communist Cuba blamed on contaminated water, Cuban troops may step in to support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine after Putin eliminated Wagner, Engaging Cuba’s communist dictatorship will fail, as it has failed countless times in the past, and Marxist teacher gains seat in Colorado legislature and mentally unhinged teacher in Canada is rehired
Baldilocks: Mini-Campaign, 
BattleSwarm: The Burning Times, Is It Finally Time To Retire The A-10?, and Ukraine Now Using Dirt Cheap Kit Drones Made Out Of Cardboard
Behind The Black: SpaceX launches another 22 Starlink satellite, Update on ESA’s much delayed Space Rider X-37B copy, JAXA scrubs launch of X-Ray telescope & SLIM lunar lander due to high winds, Vikram finds temperatures of lunar soil varies significantly, depending on depth, and Bank of America blacklists Christian nonprofit for what appears to be political reasons
CDR Salamander: The New Age of Naval Power In The Indo-Pacific, also, The Spanish Civil War In…Ukraine?
Chicago Boyz: RetroMusical Goodness
Da Tech Guy: A Reminder to the A-Bomb breast beaters and China, But nobody was fired, Oh Come ON NH, Different Voters Same Counters, Banking it Up, 11 in a row and Rumbling to PintasticNE 2023 Under the Fedora, If the White Sox move to Nashville, I might already be there to welcome them, and The Scariest Things I’ve read in weeks
Dana Loesch: The Rage Mob Came For Alice Cooper & Left Empty-Handed, 
Don Surber: Liberals Gloated – Then Reality Struck
First Street Journal: They tried that in a small town, You in a heap o’ trouble, boy!, and Killadelphia: The area “was littered with shell casings.”
Gates Of Vienna: Caucasophobia-on-Thames, Will Germany Fill Up With Turks?, The Nord Stream Gambit, The Reformation, and Éric Ciotti: “No More Rights for Illegals”
The Geller Report:  New ‘Covid’ Variant More Contagious for the Vaccinated, So Biden Regime Calls For Round of “New Shots”, Federal Court In Maryland Says Parents Don’t Have ‘A Fundamental Right’ To Opt Kids Out Of Radical Sex Change Curriculum, Biden’s Temperance Regime Wants to Limit Americans to 2 Drinks A Week, and Fauci Calls for Lockdowns To Force Vaccinations
Glenn Reynolds: Birthday Thoughts, Bears, Boston, & The Gods Of The Copybook Headings
Hogewash: XRISM, Team Kimberlin Post of the Day, and You Can’t See This From Here
Hollywood In Toto: American Misfits Show What’s Missing From Stand-Up Today, Gods and Monsters Shows Pain Behind Monster Movie Maker, Blade Runner – The Self Under Siege in a Neoliberal Dystopia, and The Populist Revolution Is Here (And Not a Moment Too Soon)
The Lid: Viktor Shokin Filed Complaint In 2020, Demanded Probe Of Joe Biden: DETAILS, also, BURNING MAN: Nevada Rangers Show Climate Crazies What They Can Do With Their Climate Blockade
Legal Insurrection: Pacific U. Grad Student Expelled Over Sexual Assault Allegation Wins Massive Settlement From School, Air Force Academy Football Team Celebrates Historic WWII Doolittle Raid on Japan; Leftists Predictably Go Crazy, Air Force Colonel, Selected for Promotion to Brigadier General, Pushes DEI, CRT, and Racist Dogma, Three Studies Show “Environmentally Safer” Solutions Don’t Live Up to Hype, CA Supreme Court Declares Students Accused of Sexual Misconduct Not Guaranteed Right to Cross Examine Accusers, and We Have the Jacksonville Shooter’s Manifesto But Not the One Belonging to the Nashville School Shooter
Nebraska Energy Observer: Just this, Twelfth Sunday after Trinity, and America Invades
Outkick: Crack Open A Cold Beer Because College Football Is Officially Back, Rutgers Soccer Star Appears Ready To Be The ‘Olivia Dunne Of The Big Ten’, Deion Sanders, 98-Year-Old Colorado Superfan Dance Their Hearts Out In Viral Moment, Charles Barkley Not Happy With Changes In College Sports: ‘We Have Totally F***ed It Up’, John Stockton Criticizes LeBron James’ Supposed Involvement In Front Office Decisions, and USA! USA! United States Team From California Wins Little League World Series On Walk-Off HR To Beat Curacao
Power Line: The Global Warming Industry Is Corrupt, Feel Good Video of the Day, and Black men flock to Trump after Fulton County spectacle
Shark Tank: Gaetz Demands DOJ Explain SpaceX Lawsuit
Shot In The Dark: Our Giggly Drip Overlords, also, Jobbed
The Political Hat: The Fix Is In: The Real GOPe In Nevada Strikes Again
This Ain’t Hell: Generation Z Marine provides suggestions for recruiting from his generation, WWII vet, TV game show legend Bob Barker dies, aged 99, It’s All In Your Head, Spate of Deadly Marine Aircraft Accidents, and A few more Biden actions
Transterrestrial Musings: The Next Starship Test Flight, The Rock And The Egg, Obsessing Over Elite College Admission, and An Interesting Convo On LinkedIn
Victory Girls: Leftwing Rag, The Nation, Claims “The Right” Murders Homeless People, LA Crime Epidemic: You Get What You Voted For, and Trial Date Set – Let’s Talk Election Interference
Volokh Conspiracy: Sixth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to School Officials
Watts Up With That: Decoding the Climate Psychology Certificate, John Kerry: Climate Deniers “lash out at the truth tellers, and label indisputable evidence as hysteria”, Some Concerns about the Recent Republican Debate, and The Wind Industry’s Ignored Consequences: Whales in Peril
The Federalist: Library Association’s President Wants To Stock Kids’ Shelves With LGBT Propaganda And Porn, Jen Psaki Admits Democrats Everywhere Want To Legalize Abortions Until Birth, I’d Like To Call Human Resources On Hostile HR Thought Police, Conservatives Must Understand Where They Went Wrong Before They Can Go Right, and EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Attorney Weiss Colluded With DOJ To Thwart Congressional Questioning, Emails Show
Mark Steyn: Another Cup of Coffee: City Life and the End of the Automat, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, and The Danes, Gelded

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Category: Linkagery

Best Mug Shot Ever

Posted on | August 28, 2023 | Comments Off on Best Mug Shot Ever

The phrase “Acme School of Law” was coined during the Brett Kimberlin saga to describe the tendency of a certain pro se plaintiff (and such of his associates/fanboys as the neckless wonder Bill Schmalfeldt) to pursue legal action that was ultimately harmful to their own interests, a la super genius Wile E. Coyote strapping on his Acme rocket roller skates in another futile effort to catch the elusive Roadrunner.

Something similar seems to have happened with the Democrats and their latest “get Trump” scheme, where they arranged for Fulton County, Georgia, district attorney Fani Willis to bring RICO charges against Trump and his aides and — oh, such orgasmic joy at CNN! — force Trump to have his mug shot taken at the local jail in Atlanta. Don Surber has the hilarious tale of how this scheme exploded in their faces:

Liberals gloated, then reality struck.
The Hill reported, “Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) shared a video of him laughing at the mugshot photo and saying, ‘We got you, and more to come . . . Clown, thug, crook, criminal.’” . . .
Shortly afterward, the congressman realized the error Democrats made.
He panicked and tweeted, ‘This mugshot is not what you think it is.
“It’s a jackpot for Trump who will use this image to raise MILLIONS of dollars from his cult — and the worst part is they are going to use it to win even more elections so they can change our laws to make it easier to steal our democracy.
“It’s a symbol of everything that is wrong with our country. It is a reminder of the deep divisions that exist, the hatred that is spewed, and hate is tolerated. It is a sign that our democracy is in danger.
“After today, the Republican Party will solidify their support around Trump and our fate will be sealed.”

(Hat-tip: Instapundit.)

Wile E. Coyote could not be reached for comment.



 

Category: Donald Trump

Rule 5 Sunday: Vengeance Bikinis

Posted on | August 28, 2023 | Comments Off on Rule 5 Sunday: Vengeance Bikinis

— compiled by Wombat-socho

If I were a more diligent fellow, I would use one of the several online tools available to figure out who this model is, but I am not. [EDIT: It’s Terann Hilow. Thanks to the lads at Flappr for the ID!] Anyhow, this “Blackout” bikini is one of the many offerings from Houston company Vengeance Bikinis, which specializes in hot looks for hot babes. They get the Wombat’s enthusiastic Stomp of Approval. (h/T Code of Men on Instagram) Speaking of diligence, it’s time to get caught up on all the fine & luscious links sent in over the last couple of weeks.
Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley esse delendam.

ANIMAL MAGNETISM: Rule Five Windmills Friday, the Saturday Gingermageddon (last week), Rule Five Political Violence Friday, and this week’s Saturday Gingermageddon. 

EBL: Saturday Night Girls With Guns, The Misfits, The Red Violin, You’re Off To See The Wizard, MAGA Death By 1000 Cuts, Ukraine Summer 2023, V-J Day, Avarice, The Lost King, “Cortez The Killer”, This week’s Saturday Night Girls With Guns, Kristina Raspapova RIP, The Media & Democrats Literally In Bed With Each Other, Happy Birthday Barbara Eden, MAGA X Tucker & Trump, Astrophysicist Brian May Loves Large Gravitational Bodies, and “Wicked Game”

A VIEW FROM THE BEACH: Gabrielle Epstein, Fish Pic Friday – Little Skull, Lightening, Virginia Angler Catches One-of-a-Kind Blue Fish, The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia, The Wednesday Wetness, When You’re Up to Your Ass in Alligators, Tuesday Tanlines, That Would Buy a Lot Of Fishing Trips, The Monday Morning Stimulus, Some More Random Celebrity News, Palm Sunday, Visit the Outer Banks with Madelyn Cline, Fish Pic Friday – Catching Astrid, Can Chocolate be Part of the Bay Diet?, Thursday Tanlines, The Wednesday Wetness, Scientists Admit Defeat – Phragmites is Here For Good, Tattoo Tuesday, The Monday Morning Stimulus, Random Celebrity News and Palm Sunday

FLAPPR: T.I.T.S. for August 18 and August 25

Thanks to everyone for all the luscious links and for their patience while I was in the body & fender shop. 

 

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Category: Rule 5

The Neckbeard Menace: Pathetic Loser Ryan Palmeter’s Jacksonville Massacre

Posted on | August 27, 2023 | Comments Off on The Neckbeard Menace: Pathetic Loser Ryan Palmeter’s Jacksonville Massacre

After the news broke Saturday about a mass shooting at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida, it did not take long for officials to announce that the shooting was racially motivated, with the white gunman targeting black people — killing three — before shooting himself to death. In a press conference, Sheriff T.K. Waters held a press conference Saturday afternoon where he laid out the information:

Clay County Sheriff’s Office called JSO [Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office] at 11:39 a.m. Saturday letting them know the shooter was en route to Jacksonville, Waters said. At 1:18 p.m., the shooter called his father and told him to check his computer. The suspect’s family then called the Clay County Sheriff’s Office at 1:53 p.m., Water said.
It was too late. The suspect had already walked into the store at 2161 Kings Road armed with a Glock and an AR-15 style rifle and wearing a tactical vest, Waters said at a 6:30 p.m. news conference Saturday. Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan, who also attended the news conference said the shooter’s rifle had swastikas on it.
“He wanted to kill [n-word]” Waters said adding that he wants the community to know exactly what happened. “That’s the one and only time I’m going to use that word,” he said.
The sheriff said the shooter authored several manifestos. “One to his parents, one to the media, and one to federal agents,” Waters said. “Portions of these manifestos detail the shooter’s disgusting ideology of hate. Plainly put … he hated Black people.”
The names of the victims have not been released. Waters said they are two males and one female.
The shooter had past run-ins with Clay County authorities including a domestic call in 2016 in which he wasn’t arrested and a Baker Act in 2017. Waters said there is no information that the shooter acted as part of any larger group and he acted alone.
“I’m heartbroken,” Deegan said. “This is a community that has suffered again and again. We must do everything to dissuade this type of hate.”
Sherri Onks, FBI Special Agent in Charge of the Jacksonville Field Office, also attended the Saturday news conference. She said her office is investigating the shooting as a hate crime. . . .
“Hate crimes are always and will always remain a top priority for the FBI because they are not only an attack on a victim but they are meant to threaten and intimidate an entire community,” Onks said.

Now, there are several key points to work out here, but before we get to that, it’s important to mention that the sheriff did not name the shooter. Credit for identifying the gunman goes to WJAX-TV reporter Jake Stofan, who named the shooter as 21-year-old Ryan Palmeter.

Once the suspect’s name was reported, the always helpful Jessica McBride of Heavy.com took the ball and ran with it, giving the killer’s full name as Ryan Christopher Palmeter and identifying him as living at his parents home on Timbermill Lane, which is part of the Oakleaf Plantation development in Clay County, which sits between Jacksonville (to the northeast) and Starke (to the southwest). According to Wikipedia, Clay County has the third-highest median household income of any Florida county. McBride reported that Palmeter’s mother, age 62, is employed by the University of Florida, working in “billing compliance” for the university health system. Both parents are Democrats — the father is an outspoken “anti-MAGA” type on Twitter — but Ryan Palmeter registered as a Republican. However, most crucially:

  • In 2016, there was some kind of “domestic” situation involving Ryan Palmeter, who was only 14 at the time, but this did not result in an arrest.
  • A year later, in 2017 when Ryan was 15, he was involuntarily committed for psychiatric evaluation under the Baker Act.
  • Ryan’s parents were sufficiently aware of their son’s potential for violence that they called 911 to warn police that he was heading to Jacksonville.

In other words, Ryan Palmeter was a known threat to public safety, with a documented history of mental health troubles. An important question is how he acquired his weapons, since someone with a Baker Act commitment on their record should not have been legally permitted to purchase firearms. It may be that, because that incident happened when Ryan was only 15, it was not entered into the relevant database.

Most importantly, however, Ryan Palmeter was a neckbeard, which has several definitions on Urban Dictionary, e.g.:

A man who feels entitled to love despite being extremely unattractive and undesirable to women. They tend to have terrible hygiene, extreme political opinions, and hatred towards women. Interchangable with incel.

Elsewhere in Urban Dictionary, there are references to “the average neckbeard . . . playing World of Warcraft in their mother’s basement.” In other words, they’re socially inept and spend more time playing video games than doing anything that might actually improve their lives.

One hates to resort to simplistic stereotypes — especially considering that stereotypes are usually a key component of any “ideology of hate” — but how many times do we have to see the same pattern repeated?

Elliot Rodger, Alek Minassian, Scott Beierle — the list could be extended much further, but the point is that socially inept and/or sexually frustrated young men of this type keep turning up as the perpetrators of violent atrocities like this senseless murder spree in Jacksonville. It is ridiculous to turn this incident into an excuse to denounce “hate” in a generic way, to use a broad-brush approach that converts one kook’s crime into an excuse to censor anyone who expresses disagreement with the Liberal Consensus Opinion on race (or “gender” or anything else).

While we have not yet seen Ryan Palmeter’s “manifesto,” let’s just ask: Were his actions rational? Supposing that he wanted to do something to advance the cause of “white supremacy,” exactly what did he accomplish by killing three random black people at a Dollar General store?

To put this death toll into perspective: So far this year, 394 people have been shot to death in Chicago, with about 80% of the victims being black. In other words, during the first eight months of this year, ordinary street crime in Chicago has killed about 100 times as many black people as did this pathetic neckbeard loser in Florida. Ryan Palmeter’s crime has to be seen as an act of despair, the suicidal misfit’s misguided attempt to make some sort of Grand Gesture in his final act of violence.

Hey, kids, let the old man tell you something: Don’t ever do this.

If you decide that your life is so ruined and hopeless that you want to commit suicide, well, that’s bad. But don’t kill a bunch of random people before killing yourself in an attempt to make your death “significant.” And for God’s sake, if you’re ever tempted to write a “manifesto,” stop to ask yourself why your life took such a wrong turn, and whether your problems are really all your own fault. Because guess what?

We’re all going to blame you, anyway. Fucking loser.



 

Category: Crime, Racism

FMJRA 2.0: Thy Eternal Summer Shall Not Fade

Posted on | August 27, 2023 | Comments Off on FMJRA 2.0: Thy Eternal Summer Shall Not Fade

— compiled by Wombat-socho

At this time last week, I was in the Las Vegas VA hospital with IV drips of Rocephin and Vancomycin going into my veins in a successful effort to exterminate the vile bacteria that were trying to kill me. I’m home now, feeling better, and have another four days of Levaquin ahead of me until I’m 100% again.
Turning to the subject of baseball, the Senators had a largely successful fortnight, taking series from the Twins and Cardinals before sweeping the Tribe at home in RFK; unfortunately, Friday night we went to Oakland to face the A’s and got stomped, losing all three games. So now we’re five games behind them in the AL West. Could be worse.
Shortly before the long weekend at the VA, I received Volume 11 of Klaus Schulze’s La Vie Electronique. I finally got around to ripping and listening to it this week, and it’s okay. The first disc has some operatic tracks on it that I don’t much care for, but the other two discs are more of the same electronic classical music I have come to love. I will note that the cover art for this volume reminds me of Klaus’ appearance in SAVAGE HENRY #27, a Matt Howarth comic book in which Henry and Klaus are hijacked into a pocket dimension by a spoiled rich kid who also forces Klaus (much to his displeasure) to appear in his long-haired hippie “space rock” getup from Trancefer. Spoiled rich kid hasn’t reckoned with Henry’s dimension-traveling skills or the power of music, though…
Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley esse delendam.

Fly the Curly W flag!

21st-Century Digital Stalinism
The Pirate’s Cove
The Political Hat
A View From The Beach
357 Magnum
EBL

THEY’RE CANCELLING BIG BUTTS?
The DaleyGator
The Pirate’s Cove
A View From The Beach
357 Magnum
EBL

On ‘Rich Men North of Richmond’
A View From The Beach
357 Magnum
EBL

Music Cue: ‘Immigrant Song’
EBL

How Am I Related to Pocahontas?
EBL

In The Mailbox: 08.21.23 (Lost Weekend Edition)
A View From The Beach
357 Magnum
EBL

A Smoking Gun, Next to a Bloody Corpse: Joe Biden Is Guilty! Guilty! Guilty!
A View From The Beach
357 Magnum
EBL

In The Mailbox: 08.22.23
A View From The Beach
357 Magnum
EBL

Did Anybody Watch the Debate?
A View From The Beach
EBL

In The Mailbox: 08.24.23 (Afternoon Edition)
A View From The Beach
357 Magnum
EBL

Debate Aftermath: The Media React
357 Magnum
EBL

In The Mailbox: 08.25.23 (Morning Edition)
357 Magnum
A View From The Beach
EBL

In The Mailbox: 08.25.23 (Evening Edition)
357 Magnum
A View From The Beach
EBL

Top linkers for the week ending August 25:

  1.  EBL (13)
  2.  (tied) 357 Magnum and A View From The Beach (10)

Thanks to everyone for all the links!

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Category: FMJRA Award

‘The Blind Side’ and Business Reality

Posted on | August 26, 2023 | Comments Off on ‘The Blind Side’ and Business Reality

Former NFL tackle Michael Oher filed a lawsuit against the Tuohy family, who helped him become a football standout, a story made famous in the 2009 film The Blind Side, for which Sandra Bullock won an Academy Award. Oher recently filed a lawsuit claiming that the Tuohys cheated him out of his rightful share of the proceeds of that film, a claim which the producers of the film have now rebutted — or, at least, they’ve tried to clarify the facts, contrary to misinformation promoted by the media.

According to the producers, the entire payment to the Tuohy family and Oher was less than $800,000. That’s all they made from this Academy Award-winning movie about their lives, and why? Because the movie is, in turn, based upon a book of the same title by Michael Lewis. So the producers paid Lewis for the rights to his book, and also contracted with Oher and the Lewis family, for what seems rather a small sum, all things considered. Should Oher have gotten more money for the movie rights? Perhaps, but it’s not as if the Tuohy family made a fortune off it:

The producers explained how the rights to Lewis’ book and associated rights contracts were negotiated by “Twentieth Century Fox and inherited by Alcon when the film was put in turnaround.” The film would go on to be released by Warner Bros. They also pointed out that in 2006, contracts and “the limitations of what college athletes were able to do and maintain eligibility, were very different than they are today.”
“The deal that was made by Fox for the Tuohys and Michael Oher’s life rights was consistent with the marketplace at that time for the rights of relatively unknown individuals. Therefore, it did not include significant payouts in the event of the film’s success,” they said.
“As a result, the notion that the Tuohys were paid millions of dollars by Alcon to the detriment of Michael Oher is false,” they added, before sharing how much Alcon paid the talent agency that represented the Tuohys and Oher.

The producers explain that, prior to the movie’s release, nobody thought it would be the smash hit it subsequently became, which in turn explains why it “was put in turnaround” — sold from one studio (Fox) to another (Warner Brothers) during the development process.

What’s most interesting to me in all this is that the original book The Blind Side wasn’t really about Michael Oher. His personal story — plucked out of poverty in Memphis to become a football star for suburban Briarcrest Christian School — was merely the narrative vehicle by which author Michael Lewis told the story of how changes in the game of football had impacted the value of offensive tackles:

The book is an examination of how offensive football strategy has evolved over the past three decades in large part due to linebacker Lawrence Taylor’s arrival in the 1980s and how this evolution has placed an increased importance on the role of the offensive left tackle. Most quarterbacks are right-handed and in order to throw, they stand with their left shoulder facing down field. Thus, they turn their backs to linebackers and other defenders pass rushing from the left side, creating a vulnerable “blind side” that the left tackle must protect. Taylor’s speed and power changed the role of outside linebacker to become a more attacking, aggressive position. This in turn caused teams to emphasize larger and more agile left tackles.

In other words, because extraordinary pass rushers like Lawrence Taylor had made it more difficult for offensive linemen to protect quarterbacks on passing plays, this created an incentive to find linemen — and particularly the left “blind side” tackle — with the rare combination of size and speed necessary to deal with the improvements on defense. The story Lewis was telling about football in the book The Blind Side was similar to what he’d done with baseball in his 2003 book Moneyball.

Lewis has a background in economics, and worked for Salomon Brothers before becoming an author. His specialty is as a storyteller explaining how economic incentives function — where there is an opportunity to make big money, people have a strong motive find a way to gain a competitive advantage. The real human lives affected by this, for better or worse, are at the heart of the storytelling that Lewis does with such success. As for Michael Oher, after playing college ball for Ole Miss, he was picked in the first round of the 2009 NFL draft by the Baltimore Ravens, and signed a five-year contract reportedly worth $13.5 million. Three seasons later the Ravens won Super Bowl XLVII, and a year after that, Oher became a free agent, signing a four-year contract with the Tennessee Titans reportedly worth $20 million, but he lasted only one season in Tennessee before being released, and then was signed by the Carolina Panthers in 2015 on a reported $7 million two-year contract. His NFL career ended two years later, when Oher was 31.

It is impossible to know exactly how much Oher actually earned during his eight seasons in the NFL. The reported value of a contract usually includes incentives which a player may or may not make. However, it’s a safe guess that Oher’s total career earnings were somewhere above $20 million, which is a heckuva lot more than the Tuohy’s earned during the same timespan, so why is he suing them now? It makes no sense.

We can only speculate on Michael Oher’s motives in turning against the Tuohy family like this. If I had to guess, I’d imagine Oher’s experiencing some financial difficulty in his post-NFL life, and listened to some of his “friends” telling him he had been unfairly exploited. The explanation from the film producer makes that seem unlikely, and this sad chapter in Oher’s life is an unfortunate turn in what had been an inspiring story.



 

Category: Football

Crazy People Are Dangerous

Posted on | August 26, 2023 | Comments Off on Crazy People Are Dangerous

Everybody agrees Portia Odufuwa is dangerously crazy, and yet officials keep releasing her to terrorize others:

Portia Odufuwa, 39, was found not guilty by reason of insanity for the July 25, 2022 shooting at Dallas Love Field Airport.
Dallas County Judge Stephanie Huff issued her judgement Aug. 14, stating Odufuwa didn’t place any officers in imminent danger during the shooting but was insane when she fired several rounds into the air by the Southwest ticketing counter area that day. Police said witnesses heard Odufuwa rambling about marriage, incarceration and blowing up the airport before she began shooting.
Odufuwa was injured during the incident.
Veteran Dallas Police Department Officer Ronald Cronin shot Odufuwa in the legs after she ignored his commands to drop the gun. She survived and was taken to a Parkland hospital for treatment where she underwent surgery for her injuries.
Odufuwa, who has a history of being deemed incompetent to stand trial on prior criminal charges due to mental health issues, was initially charged with aggravated assault against a public servant.
Additionally, the gun she used in the shooting wasn’t registered to her, since she was prohibited from possessing a firearm since 2018. Odufuwa tried twice in 2016 to buy a firearm from a pawn shop, according to Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia, but was denied due to an outstanding traffic warrant in New Mexico.
Odufuwa was previously arrested in April 2019 in connection to a Bank of America robbery in Wylie. Police said she gave a note to the teller demanding money, then fled on foot but was eventually caught. Also in 2019, Odufuwa was arrested in connection to arson. A year later, she was taken in for a mental health evaluation, according to police.

Does the judge have no concern for public safety? Here’s video of the incident that terrorized air travelers last year:

So the judge rules that Odufuwa can’t be sent to prison because she was insane when she committed her crimes, but if she is non compos mentis — a Latin phrase meaning “cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs” — shouldn’t she be locked up in a psychiatric ward somewhere? Straitjacket, padded cell, daily Thorazine injections? She has proven herself to be a danger to the community often enough to justify such treatment.



 

Category: Crime

In The Mailbox: 08.25.23 (Evening Edition)

Posted on | August 26, 2023 | Comments Off on In The Mailbox: 08.25.23 (Evening Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Usual weekend deadlines for the usual weekend posts, plus some book reviews and Son of Silvercon news!
Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley esse delendam.

Biden’s social media people are even more dumb than their boss, which I didn’t think was possible.

OVER THE TRANSOM
357 Magnum: Just An Average Weekend In Our Nation’s Capital
EBL: The Media and Dems Are Literally Sleeping Together, Kristina Raspopova, RIP, So what will come of this latest outrage out of Georgia?, and Maui Government Officials Should Be Prosecuted For Criminal Negligence
Twitchy: “Insufferably Stupid & Malicious”, “Good Idea, Slick”, and Sleepy Joe’s Attempted Whiteboard Whitewashing Of The Economy
Louder With Crowder: Maui resident who lost everything offers harsh message for Joe Biden, Hawaiian business goes viral for sign blasting Joe Biden’s tone-deaf visit, School board orders security to forcibly remove father reading from book in kid’s library, and Warning – Joe Biden’s alcohol CZAR wants to limit how much beer you should drink a week
Vox Popoli: US Democracy 2023, Officially Denied, Predictive Models, and The Mugshot
According To Hoyt: Pedophilia And Power, The Vexed Question Of Student Loans, The Fraud Is Afoot, and Where Do We Go From Here?
Monster Hunter Nation:
Gab News: CEO Andrew Torba On Europe’s Digital Services Act

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
American Conservative: Bureaucrats Rewriting Pandemic History, also, Racial Trouble in the Vietnam Era
American Greatness: House Judiciary GOP Concerned About Fulton County DA’s Political Motivations; Launch Investigation Into Trump Indictments, also, Biden DOJ Sues SpaceX For Preferring American Citizens Over Asylum Seekers and Refugees in its Hiring Practices
American Thinker: Was New York’s 2022 General Election Valid?, Executive Orders and the End of Liberty, and Country Music and the Revolution
Animal Magnetism: Rule Five Political Violence Friday
Babalu Blog: Reports from Cuba: Vietnam makes third donation of rice to Cuba this year to compensate for shortages, Cuban family in Havana has been living without electricity for a year, and Revolutionary Marxist Students organization arrives at Florida International University
Baldilocks: Fact is…and isn’t, Further down the slippery slope, 
BattleSwarm: Rolling Stone Very Concerned That Random YouTuber Might Fight The Man, also, LinkSwarm for August 25
Behind The Black: China launches remote sensing satellite using rocket from pseudo-company, Both Vikram and Pragyan functioning as planned on the Moon, SpaceX completes successful 6-second static fire test of Superheavy, Flow channels on Mars, Reality strikes: Democrats in Democratically-controlled cities complain about the consequences of Democratic Party policies, and Today’s blacklisted American: Real estate company fires a mother for expressing her opinions
Cafe Hayek: On the Rise In America of Maternal Mortality
CDR Salamander: Fullbore Friday
Chicago Boyz: Worse and Worse
Da Tech Guy: The American Medical System makes it difficult to get help, also, Five Quick Tucker Carlson Donald Trump Interview Thoughts Under the Fedora
Don Surber: What do you mean “we”, Republicans?
First Street Journal: SEPTA should be paid for by the people who use it, not people who can’t use its service, also,Will Bunch really, really, really hates Joe Manchin!
Gates Of Vienna: Culture-Enriching Attack on a Church in Turin, Bowling For Allah, Reforming Islam is None of Our Business, and Just Snap Your Fingers, and You’re German
The Geller Report: Capitol Police Officer Who Murdered Ashli Babbitt Gets Promoted, Former Ukraine Prosecutor Shokin Says Joe and Hunter Biden DID Take BRIBES and Were Behind His Firing In EXPLOSIVE New Interview, and Fox News Debate Numbers Are In And They Are Dismal, A Mere 4.5% Of What Trump Got
Hogewash: Team Kimberlin Post of the Day, In Re Those Indictments, and ISRO Releases Video from the Vikram Lander
Hollywood In Toto: 10 Perfect Comedy Duo Performances, Clay Travis – Cancel Culture Made Aldean’s ‘Small Town’ Even Bigger, Gran Turismo Expertly Blends Gamer Culture, Sports Film Glory, Jimmy Dore Shreds Late Night Comics for Ivermectin Misinformation, The Independent Shares Laughable Attack on Oliver Anthony Fans, ‘Canceled’ Scott Adams Crushes Amazon Book Sales, and ‘Trump’s Rosebud’ – My Cinematic Odyssey Through Citizen Kane’s Lens
The Lid: Biden Admin. Has Welded Open More than 100 Border Gates to Allow Illegals Access
Legal Insurrection: Georgia Judge Approves October 2023 Trial Date for One Trump Co-Defendant, Federal Court Rejects Muslim Parents Lawsuit to Opt Kids Out of LGBTQ+ Ideology in Montgomery County (MD) Schools, NJ Governor Sues Schools To Halt Parental Notification Of Gender Social Transitioning of Their Kids, How Many People Actually Watched Trump On Tucker?, Self-Absorbed NY Times Reporter Whines About Jewish Religious Practices at Western Wall , and Michigan State Prof Calls Parents’ Rights Issue a ‘Made up Crisis’
Nebraska Energy Observer: Scattershot Friday; The Sound of Freedom
Outkick: WNBA Champ Las Vegas Aces Snubbed By Vacationing Biden At White House Ceremony, USWNT Drops To Lowest FIFA Ranking Ever After Early Exit From World Cup, Bray Wyatt, Former WWE Champion And Son of Hall-of-Famer, Dead at 36, Ryan Clark Wants You To Know He’s Very Sorry For Calling Tua Tagovailoa Fat In Hostage-Like Apology Video, Mike Golic And Mike Golic Jr. Launching New Show, and Big & Rich Leave ESPN College GameDay Without Much Explanation, Ready To ‘Pass The Torch’
Power Line: Former Mob Boss Sheds Light on Biden Family Corruption, America’s Public Schools Are Terrible, The Philosophical Chicken, and Thoughts from the ammo line
Shark Tank: Rep. Cory Mills Introduces Bill To Impeach SecDef Austin
Shot In The Dark: The Definition Of “Insanity”, also, Erin Maye Quade Props Up The Overton Window With Berg’s 24th Law
The Political Hat: Firing Line Friday: The Threat of Nuclear Destruction in the New World Order-New Voices-Part III
This Ain’t Hell: Valor Friday, DeSantis wants to send troops to deal with Mexican cartels, Father of veteran killed by police believed that the killing could have been avoided, and Tommy Targets Woke Generals
Transterrestrial Musings: The Only Reason To Explore Space, The Biden Clan’s Con, and Obeying Authority
Victory Girls: DOJ To SpaceX: Hire Illegal Immigrants Or Else, FEMA Still Focused On DEI Training While Maui Mourns, and Joy Reid Loses Her S**t On Live TV Over Trump Mugshot
Volokh Conspiracy: Federal Judge: “Public Interest” Requires That Restrictions on “Medical Misinformation” Not Be Enjoined
Watts Up With That: GOP Pres. candidate Vivek Ramaswamy: ‘The Climate change agenda is a HOAX’, Carbon Offsets from Forest Conservation Projects have Been Overestimated, and The Unserious Case for CO2 Taxation Domestically and at the Border
The Federalist: Consumer Watchdog Launches Campaign Exposing Duke Energy ESG Priorities Over Reliable Power Grid, Nikki Haley Says Trump Is The Most ‘Disliked Politician’ In America, Polling Shows It’s Mitch McConnell, Gender Studies Professor Blasts Fight Against Obesity As ‘Fatphobic’, New Bill Would Stop VA Bureaucrats From Gaming The System To Grab Veterans’ Guns, ‘Vanderpump Rules’ Star Tom Sandoval Paid For Fame With His Humanity, and Jon Stewart’s Real Legacy Is A Generation Of Smug, Lazy, Dishonest News Consumers
Mark Steyn: Live Around the Planet

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