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Late Night With Rule 5 Sunday: Hailey Outland

Posted on | July 11, 2022 | Comments Off on Late Night With Rule 5 Sunday: Hailey Outland

— compiled by Wombat-socho

A former zoologist from Florida, Ms. Outland is a model and certified Photoshop expert; you can see some of her work at her Instagram page.
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NINETY MILES FROM TYRANNY: Hot Pick of the Late Night, The 90 Miles Mystery Box Episode #1771, Morning Mistress, and Girls With Guns.

ANIMAL MAGNETISM: Rule Five Insurrection Friday, and the Saturday Gingermageddon. 

EBL: MAGA Vs. Biden Family Values, Save Dutch Cows & Cheese, Last Night In Soho, Savannah Daisley, Julie London, Bikini Day, Happy 4th Of July!, Martina McBride, and Mamie Van Doren.

A VIEW FROM THE BEACH: Valerie Loureda is Spoiling for a Fight, Fish Pic Friday – Victoria Valenti, MDDNR Makes Snakeheads Pay, Happy World Chocolate Day!, Gritty Thursday, Some Wednesday Wetness, Fishermen Leery of Offshore Wind Power, Good Men MUST Be Hard to Find, Tuesday Tanlines, How About Some July Fourth Politics?, May the Fourth Be With You!, MD to Regulate Taking of Jimmies and Palm Sunday

Thanks to everyone for all the luscious links!

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FMJRA 2.0: Shamanic Tales

Posted on | July 10, 2022 | Comments Off on FMJRA 2.0: Shamanic Tales

— compiled by Wombat-socho

This week was better than last week for my Senators, who are still bedeviled by injuries and just plan bad luck. We ground out two wins against the A’s, both in extra innings, and then got blown away by the Red Sox in two games at Fenway. It could have been worse.
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And do we ever have a lot of problems this year…

Rule Five Sunday: Ava Gardner
Animal Magnetism
Ninety Miles From Tyranny
A View From The Beach
EBL
Proof Positive

The Fourth of July and the Partriotic Return of the Big Yellow Button
EBL

FMJRA 2.0: The Glorious Burden
A View From The Beach
EBL

Annual Bruce Catton Appreciation Post
EBL
357 Magnum

A Story Too Good to Check?
The Daley Gator
EBL
357 Magnum

Eulogy for a Great Southern Lady
EBL

In The Mailbox: 07.05.22
A View From The Beach
EBL
357 Magnum
Proof Positive

In The Mailbox: 07.06.22
A View From The Beach
EBL
357 Magnum
Proof Positive

Our Patriotic Duty
EBL
357 Magnum

She’s Ready for Her Close-Up, Mr. DeMille
EBL
357 Magnum

In The Mailbox: 07.07.22
A View From The Beach
EBL
357 Magnum
Proof Positive

HOAX? Biden Repeats Unverified Story About 10-Year-Old Ohio Girl’s Abortion
The Daley Gator
EBL
357 Magnum
A View From The Beach

Hunter Biden: ‘Go F–k Yourself Jill’
EBL
A View From The Beach

In The Mailbox: 07.08.22
EBL
357 Magnum
A View From The Beach
Proof Positive

Top linkers for the week ending July 8:

  1.  EBL (13)
  2.  357 Magnum (9)
  3.  A View From The Beach (8)
  4.  Proof Positive (5)

Thanks to everyone for all the links!

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The Role of Controlled Opposition in Manufacturing Phony ‘Consensus’

Posted on | July 10, 2022 | Comments Off on The Role of Controlled Opposition in Manufacturing Phony ‘Consensus’

Alex Christy at Newsbusters calls attention to an appearance by David Brooks on PBS NewsHour discussing mass shootings:

I have never understood why an Australian-style gun buyback is an affront to anybody. It’s an open choice. You can sell your gun or not. But if we’re going to reduce 400 million guns, it would take something like that, not even just banning future purchases. I mean, we have got 400 million here.

This is a false characterization of Australia’s law, as Christy points out, it was definitely not “an open choice.” Australia enacted “sweeping new restrictions on firearms. Authorities collected and destroyed over 640,000 weapons, as many as one-third of all guns in the country — whether their owners wanted to part with them or not.”

What PBS was doing in this segment was presenting a simulacrum of “debate” about gun policy. David Brooks does not actually disagree with either the program’s liberal host, Judy Woodruff, or the other guest, Jonathan Capehart of the Washington Post. If you watch the segment, you see that Woodruff gave Capehart a platform to lecture for more than a minute about how “more serious action needs to be taken” on gun control. Woodruff then turns to Brooks, “asking” (actually prompting, since she knew the answer to her “question”) about the likelihood of more gun-control legislation being passed. Brooks answered that in two words: “Seems remote” and then, without further prompting, offered up his endorsement of Australian-style gun confiscation.

This is not actually a debate, you see, because there was no one on the program to articulate the argument against further gun-control measures, an argument that I should think would begin with asking, “What about enforcing the gun laws we already have?” Possession of a firearm by a convicted felon is a felony — and liberal district attorneys in cities like Philadelphia are not aggressively prosecuting such cases (because “social justice”). New York City has ended its “stop and frisk” policy, aimed at disarming street criminals (again, because “social justice”), and there are many other examples of leniency toward armed criminals that have proliferated since the Ferguson riots of 2014, a tendency intensified after the BLM/Antifa riots of 2020, yet now liberals (who are against law enforcement enforcement quite generally) are demanding new laws? Why? What’s the point of having any laws at all, if we’re not going to put people in prison for violating the law?

Everybody wants to talk about “mass shootings,” because these incidents get all the media attention, but is the PBS audience aware that, the same Fourth of July weekend when Bobby Crimo killed 7 people in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, 11 people were shot to death and another 64 were wounded in Chicago? That is to say, “mass shootings” are an unrepresentative fraction of armed violence in America, most of which more closely resembles the gang-banging mayhem in Chicago. But there was no one on PBS to point this out to Judy Woodruff’s audience, because the putative “conservative” guest is controlled opposition, engaged in a pretense of offering a different perspective from the avowed liberal guest, even while doing nothing whatsoever to refute the liberal’s argument. And this is damaging to public discourse. If you want to comprehend what’s undermining “Our Democracy” — about which liberals spend so much time wringing their hands — you must confront the role of the media in confusing policy debates this way, manufacturing a phony “consensus” by suppressing the conservative viewpoint.

It’s not just gun control, it’s energy policy, abortion, education, race relations — everything, basically — where the liberal media do their best to prevent their audience from being exposed to arguments on behalf of the conservative position, and one of the ways they do this is by giving airtime to token “conservatives” like David Brooks who do not actually advocate or defend conservative policies, but instead offer endorsement of the liberal agenda. This creates the appearance of a consensus in favor of liberalism, so that unless you actively seek out dissenting voices, you don’t even understand why anyone opposes liberal policies.

Most conservatives, I believe, are familiar with liberal arguments because how could you possibly avoid them? They’re everywhere in the media. But because the media suppresses conservative dissent — in part through the manufactured consensus in which phony “conservatives” like David Brooks play a crucial role — most liberals are never exposed to articulate or coherent presentation of the conservative point of view. Therefore, liberals imagine that anyone who votes Republican must be ignorant or motivated by bad faith — “racism,” greed or whatever. The media constantly bemoan the “polarization” of our politics, yet they are the ones causing this polarization, by obscuring the actual nature of policy disagreements, and dishonest scoundrels like David Brooks — “conservative,” my ass! — are their willing accomplices in this project.




 

Category: Media Bias

Red Sox Win in 10

Posted on | July 10, 2022 | Comments Off on Red Sox Win in 10

The Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees in just about the most exciting way possible Saturday night, coming from behind with two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning at Fenway Park on a right-field single by Alex Verdugo that drove in Rob Refsnyder and a rookie named Jeter Downs. To understand why this was such a big deal for Sox fans, you have to realize (a) Boston hates the Yankees with the heat of 10,000 suns and (b) the Yankees currently have the best record in baseball.

Even after Saturday’s loss, the Yankees are still 61-24 (.718) and 15 games ahead of second-place Boston (46-39, .541) in the American League’s Eastern Division. If you’re wondering why I care, it’s because since the New England Patriots drafted Mac Jones, I’ve become a Patriots fan, and the sportswriters on that beat are all Red Sox fans, so in following them, I end up getting a lot of Red Sox news this time of year. Meanwhile, over in the National League East, my Atlanta Braves are 51-35, 2.5 games behind the New York Mets. Hypothetically, if the Braves win the NL pennant and the Red Sox could somehow overcome the Yankees . . .

Well, I hear Boston is beautiful in October.




 

Category: Sports

Steve Bannon Gets SWATted

Posted on | July 9, 2022 | Comments Off on Steve Bannon Gets SWATted

A very dangerous form of terrorism:

Heavily armed law enforcement officers swarmed former White House adviser Steve Bannon’s Washington, DC, home after an apparent “swatting” incident on Friday, according to police.
A prankster sent police into a frenzy after calling 911 at about 10:45 a.m. and reporting that a gunman was inside a home in the 200 Block of A Street near 2nd Street, just steps away from the Capitol, and had shot someone, officials told The Washington Post.
The caller then threatened to take his own life if police came, CNN reported. The home was later revealed to be Bannon’s.
Members of the Metropolitan Police Department and US Capitol Police arrived on scene but saw no sign of a gunman or shots fired, police said.
Cops said that people were in the house at the time, but it’s unclear if Bannon was among them.
Police determined it was a “swatting” incident — when someone calls 911 with a false report to trick police into a SWAT operation on a person’s home. The call was not made from Bannon’s home, cops said.

SWATting is not a “prank.” People can get killed. The guy who targeted me for a SWATting in 2013 was sentenced to federal prison.




 

Category: Crime

Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe Assassinated With ‘Improvised Firearm’

Posted on | July 9, 2022 | Comments Off on Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe Assassinated With ‘Improvised Firearm’

The suspect’s motive is not yet known:

Police on Friday raided the home of the man suspected of using an improvised firearm to assassinate former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and said they seized multiple weapons that also appeared to be homemade.
The discovery followed the arrest of the suspect — identified by officials as Tetsuya Yamagami, 41 — in the western Japanese city of Nara, where Abe had been delivering a campaign speech outdoors ahead of parliamentary elections this weekend.
Local media captured video and photos of the bulky weapon that police said was used to kill Abe. They confirmed that the firearm consists of two metal barrels attached to a wooden board and is more than a foot long.
“We are conducting forensics, but clearly it looks homemade,” a Nara police chief said at a news conference.
Police said several weapons were also found at Yamagami’s residence and were similar to the firearm believed to be used to shoot Abe. They added that it was unclear whether the suspect had the proper licenses for the weapons.
The shooting death of Abe, Japan’s longest-serving leader before resigning in 2020 because of health issues, has stunned a nation where gun violence is extremely rare.

The assassination of a leading politician in America would also be stunning, despite the prevalence of “gun violence,” for the simple reason that most “gun violence” is connected to drug gangs and other criminal activity involving what are politely called “inner city youth.” Americans are a well-armed people, but it is only a small fraction of the population that commits most of the violent crime, yet our media doesn’t want to provide the public an accurate understanding of crime, because that would not advance the desired political narrative. However, this NBC News story raises a question that it does not answer: If “gun violence” is so common in America, why aren’t our politicians getting gunned down on a regular basis? The main reason is that they aren’t hanging around drug dealers in downtown Baltimore or Detroit or other crime-plagued inner cities. Being safe from “gun violence” is mainly a matter of geography; if you avoid certain areas, you’re unlikely to get shot.

The other reason our politicians don’t worry about “gun violence” is because the most prominent of them are guarded by armed security. You cannot enter any federal building without going through a checkpoint with a metal detector, and similar security precautions are in place at most statehouses, etc. Whether these precautions are necessary or effective is seldom questioned. It’s not as if would-be assassins are so numerous that we must be eternally vigilant, but as the shooting of Shinzo Abe illustrates, it is difficult to prevent a truly determined killer: Where there’s a will, there’s a way. You outlaw gun ownership, and some murderous kook will manufacture a homemade weapon.




 

Category: Japan

In The Mailbox: 07.08.22

Posted on | July 9, 2022 | Comments Off on In The Mailbox: 07.08.22

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Usual weekend deadlines for the usual weekend posts.
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“Washington D.C. is Hollywood for ugly people.” – P.J. O’Rourke

OVER THE TRANSOM
357 Magnum: How’s That Criminal Reform Working Out?
EBL: Shinzo Abe, Larry Storch, & Tony Sirico, RIP
Twitchy: Elon Musk Terminates $44 Billion Offer To Buy Twitter, also, Steve Bannon Swatted At D.C. Townhouse
Louder With Crowder: Did Joe Biden Read Stage Directions Off the Teleprompter Like a Senile Old Buffoon Again?
Vox Popoli: Clown World Loses Another Clown, What a Fren We Have in Russia, and Everything is Racist
According To Hoyt: I Have Had Enough of Ugly, also, The Experts Are Falling
Monster Hunter Nation: WriterDojo S2 Ep0: the State of the Dojo Address 2022, also, Four days until the MHI tabletop miniatures game Kickstarter!
Stoic Observations: All Us So-Called Blacks, Part II

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
Adam Piggott: And after Boris?
American Conservative: Lessons for Brittney Griner
American Greatness: Biden’s Approval Rating Drops to 37 Percent in New Insider Advantage Poll, Voters Say Economy Most Important Issue
American Power: Shinzo Abe Assassinated: Former PM Was Leader For a New, Stronger Japan
American Thinker:  On This Important Metric, America Is a Failure, also, It’s Time to Lock Down Red State Elections
Animal Magnetism: Rule Five Insurrection Friday
Babalu Blog: Cuban dictatorship opens its own TikTok account, hilarity ensues, also, Meme of the Day: The turn to the right by Hispanic Americans
BattleSwarm: LinkSwarm for July 8
Behind The Black: X-37B sets new in-orbit record, Dish Network condemns Starlink and SpaceX study, and Blacklisted Americans fight back
Cafe Hayek: You Can’t Make This Stuff Up
Chicago Boyz: Brian Deese — The Musical Tribute Continues
Da Tech Guy: Black Rednecks & White Liberals by Thomas Sowell, also, The Same Old Song and Dance from the 80’s
Don Surber:  NYT celebrates the demise of the middle class, Don’t duck with Futch farmers, and AP smears Shinzo Abe
First Street Journal: Killadelphia, also, Never interfere with an enemy while he’s in the process of destroying himself
Gates Of Vienna: It’s 1848 All Over Again, Vax Skeptics in Uruguay, and No Fear of Cyborgs!
The Geller Report: Death claims up $6 BILLION: Fifth-largest life insurance company paid out for 163% more working-age deaths in 2021 after COVID “vaccines” were unleashed
Hogewash: Team Kimberlin Post of the Day, Stirring Up An Asteroid, The Futility of Gun Control, and The Usefulness of Ammunition Control
Hollywood In Toto: Gina Carano: Disney ‘Basically Put My Life in Danger’
The Lid: Biden Uses Abe Assassination To Push Gun Control
Legal Insurrection: NYU Gets $40,000 From HHS to Study Why Children ‘Favor Whiteness and Maleness’, Leftists Still Targeting Justice Kavanaugh Even After Assassination Attempt, and Republican Latinas Are Scaring Democrats
Nebraska Energy Observer: Scattershot Friday
Outkick: 5-star QB Recruit From Detroit, Chooses Oregon Over Michigan and Jim Harbaugh, Mets Pitcher Chris Bassitt Rips ‘Ridiculous’ MLB COVID Policy, and Nets Reportedly Asked Timberwolves For Ludicrous Return In Exchange For Kevin Durant
Power Line: How Low Can NPR Go?, Morton’s speaks up, and Biden Hops On the Rape Bandwagon
Shark Tank: DeSantis Skewers Progressive Newsom Over his “Terrible Governance”
Shot In The Dark: Post-Vibrant, Other Animals, and It Tolls For Thee
The Political Hat: Firing Line Friday – Psychiatry and the Law
This Ain’t Hell: Valor Friday, It can’t be any worse than the current mystery meats, and DHS to Whip Border Guards
Transterrestrial Musings: The Disappearing American, Home Schooling, and Medical Schools
Victory Girls: Black Men with Rifles and Black Rifle Coffee – Oh Yeah!, also, Biden Selling U.S. Oil To China And Russia
Volokh Conspiracy: The Food & Drug Administration Has a Vaping Problem
Watts Up With That: Which Deep Green Nonentity will Replace Boris Johnson?, also, An Eco-Terrorist Wing Would Help Peaceful Climate Activists Win
Weasel Zippers: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mented) – “We Need To Put A Stop” To Crisis Pregnancy Centers “Right Now”, Rep. Cindy Axne (D-IA) – Gas Prices And Inflation Aren’t Even “Remotely” Biden’s Fault, and Watch As HHS Sec Becerra Almost Loses It As Biden Has A “Ron Burgundy” Moment
The Federalist: Pitt’s Infamous Experimentation On Aborted Babies Takes Center Stage In State Funding Battle, Biden Sold Oil From Emergency Reserves To Chinese Gas Giant Tied To His Scandal-Plagued Son, and NPR Smears Assassinated Shinzo Abe As ‘Divisive Arch-Conservative’ After Glowing Obit For Fidel Castro
Mark Steyn: The Interchangeability of Leaders, also, He Had a Dream

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Hunter Biden: ‘Go F–k Yourself Jill’

Posted on | July 8, 2022 | Comments Off on Hunter Biden: ‘Go F–k Yourself Jill’

Our alleged president’s dopehead son:

Hunter Biden called his step-mom Jill Biden a “vindictive moron” and “entitled c–t” in text messages after she urged him to go to rehab to kick his drug habit, according to a new report.
President Biden’s 52-year-old druggie son made the remarks in a string of text messages that he sent in 2018 as he family were rallying to get him help, The Sun reported.
In one particular text sent to his brother Beau’s widow, Hallie Biden, who he was scandalously dating at the time, Hunter went off on the now first lady.
“F–k my stepmother for always being as much of a selfish silly entitled c–t as you,” he wrote to Hallie as their brief relationship deteriorated.
He also admitted to calling his stepmom a “f–king moron, a vindictive moron” in a separate text exchange with his uncle, James Biden, just days later.
In the texts to his uncle, who is President Biden’s brother, Hunter said he had raged to Jill that he was smarter than her.
“And you do know the drunkest I’ve ever been is still smarter than you could ever even comprehend and you’re a shut [sic] grammar teacher that wouldn’t survive one class in a ivy graduate program,” Hunter said in the text.
“So go f–k yourself Jill let’s all agree I don’t like you anymore than you like me.”

(Via Ace of Spades, but don’t click that link unless you want to behold a terrifying image that will haunt your dreams for all eternity.)




 

Category: Joe Biden
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