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Vox Day and Chairman Xi?

Posted on | June 3, 2022 | Comments Off on Vox Day and Chairman Xi?

In a Thursday press conference, China’s foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian declared the belief of the Chinese Communist Party: “The country is the people and the people are the country.”

Vox Day wonders why he gets called a Nazi for believing the same thing.




 

Category: China

In The Mailbox: 06.02.22 (Evening Edition)

Posted on | June 3, 2022 | Comments Off on In The Mailbox: 06.02.22 (Evening Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Silicon Valley delenda est.
OVER THE TRANSOM
Ninety Miles From Tyranny: The 90 Miles Mystery Box Episode #1735
EBL: Cuomo Chickens Out
Twitchy: Journalist Encourages Fathers To Take Kids To Pride Parades
Louder With Crowder: Jake Tapper Wrecks WH Advisor So Hard Over Baby Formula Crisis, The Camera “Suddenly” Falls Over
Vox Popoli: Brighter Than A Thousand Suns, Hit Piece Incoming, and A Portrait In Criminal Defamation

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
Adam Piggott: The Godless Australian Catholic Church
American Conservative: Courage Unto The Breach
American Greatness: Trumpology, also, The Biggest Threat To The Second Amendment Is RINOs
American Power: The Western Citizen Is Dying?
American Thinker: Challenging The Woke Financial Establishment, also, America Today – Liberals Did It
Animal Magnetism: Hump Day Bonus
Babalu Blog: Cuban Veteran Of Angola Commits Suicide After 4000 Peso Fine For Selling Produce W/O License, also, Venezuela Arrests 17 Cuban Slave Doctors Who Tried To Escape
BattleSwarm: Memorial Day – Remembering Samuel David Dealey, also, Administration Changes Rules To Get Graft Flowing To Leftwing Cronies Again
Behind The Black: Pushback – Neighbors Rally Against HOA Flag Removal Order, Hoist Own Flags, Blue Origin Reschedules Next New Shepard Flight, and Ursa Major Announces New Rocket Engine To Replace Russian-Made RD-180 & 181
Cafe Hayek: Just Speculating
CDR Salamander: Unfunded Priorities – Or A Deeper Story?
Chicago Boyz: Septoplasty Part Two
Da Tech Guy: Five Fast One-Liners Under The Fedora, The Difference Between The Left & Right In Two Sentences, and Report From Louisiana – Memorial Day 2022
Don Surber: Why I Am Rooting For Top Gun, PayPal Is Saving America, and How Biden Killed The Economy
First Street Journal: In Which I Tell You, Extremely Politically Incorrectly, How To Solve All Of Philadelphia’s Problems
Gates Of Vienna: Wir Schaffen Das! This Time With Ukrainians!, Lest We Forget, and Sweden Democrats Confronted By Scary Culture-Enricher In Norrtalje
The Geller Report: Scumbag Chuck U. Schumer Blocks GOP School Safety Bill, also, Chicago Mass Shootings – 52 Shot, Ten Killed Over Memorial Day Weekend
Hogewash: The Other Two Blue Planets, Why Have The Second Amendment? and Everything Is Proceeding As I Have Foreseen
Hollywood In Toto: Jon Stewart Can’t See The Damage Done By His Fellow Progressives, also, Jussie’s Back – What About Roseanne?
The Lid: HOA Demands Fallen Police Chief’s Father Take Down His Thin Blue Line Flag. They Lose. 
Legal Insurrection: California Gov Candidate Lashes Out At SF Mayor’s Plan To Tackle Only Trans Homelessness, Students & Alumni Protest Changes At W&L’s Lee Chapel, and Administration Reportedly Plans To Forgive $10,000 In Student Loans Per Borrower
Michelle Malkin: Twenty Years – The Murder Of LA County Sheriff’s Deputy David March
Nebraska Energy Observer: Consider This, also, Uvalde & Sussmann
Outkick: Former Pro Bowl Cowboys Running Back Found Dead At 38, Ukraine Soccer Team Beats Scotland, now One Game Away From Qualifying For World Cup, and Far-Left Nutjob Mark Jones Calling Game 7 Was A Bad Look For ESPN & NBA
Power Line: Another Dimension To The Russia “Collusion” Scandal
Shark Tank: “It’s Okay To Say Gay” Billboards Continue Popping Up In Florida
Shot In The Dark: Doooo Something also, “Nobody’s Coming For Your Guns”
STUMP: Misleading Gun Death Stats, Part II
The Political Hat: They Also Always Blame America First
This Ain’t Hell: Another Three Accounted For, Duckworth To Save The Military? and Dancers To Implore “Do Something!” 
Transterrestrial Musings: Americans, Excellent Lambs, and Arming Teachers
Victory Girls: Start Those Virtue Signal Engines! also, Unicorn Usurped By Ukraine’s LGBT Soldiers
Volokh Conspiracy: California Court Rules Bees Qualify As Fish Under State Endangered Species Act, also, OK Justice Barrett, I “Read The Opinion” In Netchoice LLC v. Paxton
Watts Up With That: New Findings Show Gulf Stream Has Strengthened Over Past Century, also, Clouds Haven’t Behaved The Way The IPCC Or The Models Say
Weasel Zippers: Sick Crackhead Hunter Biden Sent Pr0n To His Own Father, also, What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
The Federalist: Federal Incompetence Responsible For NM’s Largest Wildfire, Churches That Bless Gay Marriage Victimize Children, and GOP Neocons Unclear On Where $40 Billion For Ukraine Will Come From
Mark Steyn: Aba Daba Honeymoon, The Swallows Skim And All Is Hushed, and The War On Everyone

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In The Mailbox: 06.02.22 (Afternoon Edition)

Posted on | June 2, 2022 | Comments Off on In The Mailbox: 06.02.22 (Afternoon Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Back in Vegas; the plan is to pick up my Kia tomorrow at Pep Boys and haul ass for Tonopah. Might get two posts up tomorrow, might not. In the meantime, thanks for everyone who bought stuff through my Amazon links this past month. It’s good to have some spare change to throw at Sonic – or Sheetz, depending on one’s location.
Silicon Valley delenda est.

The left seems fascinated by our penises. Jealousy?

OVER THE TRANSOM
EBL: Thomas Sowell – Common Sense In A Senseless World, also, Who Killed Fawn Leibowitz?
Twitchy: CNN Reports Slow Joe Employs More Than 70 Staffers To Handle Digital Content, also, Dana Loesch Drags TF Out Of Jerry Nadler For Mansplaining That Women Should Just Disarm
Louder With Crowder: “But You HAVE Pooped In It”, also, Top Gun: Maverick Takes Box Office By Storm
Vox Popoli: Staged Show In Texas?, Who Deceives Wins, and The Great Bifurcation Continues
Stoic Observations: The Brokenhearted Woman
Gab News: Talking Our Way Out Of Rocky Horror

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
Adam Piggott: Podcast #153 – The First World Episode
American Conservative: Hillary Was In On Russiagate, also, The DOJ Brings Back Obama-Era Slush Funds
American Greatness: FBI Has Maintained Secure Workspace Inside Democrat Law Firm Perkins Coie Since 2012, also, DOJ To Investigate Police Response To Uvalde Shooting
American Power: Serhii Plokny, Atoms & Ashes, also, Let The Pre-Criminations Begin
American Thinker: I Wish Our Government Understood Memorial Day, also, Biden’s Energy Inflation Is No Accident
Animal Magnetism: Animal’s Daily Electrical Grid News, also, Animal’s Hump Day News
Babalu Blog: Elections In Colombia – A Temporary Reprieve From Communism,  Cuba Has Sold Over $1.3 Billion In Blood & Human Organs To Other Countries, and The Prostitution Of Jose Marti By Cuba’s Dictatorship 
BattleSwarm: LinkSwarm For May 27, Are You A Woman? and These Are The Cope Cages
Behind The Black: Today’s Blacklisted American, Engineers Rethinking Ingenuity Ops To Keep Him Alive Through Winter, and FAA Once Again Delays Starship Liftoff From Boca Chica
Cafe Hayek: Save Us From Such “Progress”, Oh My Gosh Canada, and Enough With Potted History
CDR Salamander: Keeping An Eye On The Long Game, Part XCIV
Chicago Boyz: A Farrago Of Fail
Da Tech Guy: Five Gun & School Thoughts Under The Fedora, Stop Pretending That Star Wars [Fandom] Hates Black People, and Leftists In Their Silo Created MiniTru, Ultra MAGA, and Chicago’s Summer Of Joy
Don Surber: Lefties Agree The House Will Flip Red, The Faces Of Gun Owners, and The Real Replacement
First Street Journal: But The Horse Identified As A Mare!, Update On A Lexington Killer, and Killadelphia
Gates Of Vienna: The Estrogen Revolution, The Cartelization Of Europe, and Nice Work If You Can Get It
The Geller Report: “He Wasn’t Bullied, HE WAS THE BULLY”, Wisconsin Voters Sue Democrat Cities Over Illegal Drop Boxes In 2020 Election, and Nancy Pelosi’s Allegedly Drunken Husband Reportedly Arrested For DUI
Hogewash: Team Kimberlin Post Of The Day, Tonight’s Sky For June 2022, and That’s About The Size Of It
Hollywood In Toto: Uncanceled – Gina Carano’s Terror On The Prairie Lands June Release, How First Blood Laps Its Populist Sequels, and Is Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos Getting Red-Pilled In Realtime?
The Lid: Jerusalem Day, also, Unity? Slow Joe Talks Of Tolerance While Lying That J6 Rioters Killed Police
Legal Insurrection: Gibson’s Bakery Seeks To Execute On $36 Million Appeal Bond Since Oberlin College Failed To Gain Stay Of Appeals Court Mandate, The Threat To America’s Bacon & Egg Breakfasts, and Boston U. Professor Claims Property Is Racist
Nebraska Energy Observer: Random…Music!, Abortion In The Early Church, and Memorial Day
Outkick: Former VT LB Isememen Etute Acquitted In Murder Of Trap, Detroit Tigers Funneling Money To Kids For Trans Surgeries, and Real Madrid Crowned Kings Of Europe For 14th Time After Beating Liverpool 1-0
Power Line: The Daily Beast Is Sorry, A Dirty Trick Foiled? and A Bumblebee Needs Fins…
Shark Tank: LGBTQ Catfight Erupts Between Christina Pushaw & Carlos Guillermo Smith
Shot In The Dark: Put Another, Uh, Dime, In The…Jukebox?, What A Difference Four Years Makes, and The Home Team
STUMP: Misleading Gun Death Stats Part I
The Political Hat: When One Of The Voices In Your Head Is Paint-Gendered
This Ain’t Hell: New BATF Chief Nominee, Occasional Cortex’s Grand Gesture, and Space Force – New Grooming Standards & More
Transterrestrial Musings: The Tour Of Starbase, Stuart Kirk, and The New Normal
Victory Girls: U.S, Forest Service Started Massive NM Blaze, Lockdown King Gavin Newsom Gets The Coof, and Flashcard Grooming Begins As Early As Pre-School
Volokh Conspiracy: A Response To The Latest Vilification Campaign Against The NRA, also, Private Gun Carriers’ Self-Defense Against Public Shooters
Watts Up With That: A Global ESG System Is Almost Here, Wind Park Destruction Of 1000-Year-Old Untouched German Forest Exposes “Absurdity Of Green Energies”, and MIT Weighs In On Energy Storage
Weasel Zippers: Joe Biden Makes Bizarre Claim About Naval Academy, Inconvenient Truth – Arctic Ice At 10-Year High, and SCOTUS Leak Hunt Heats Up
The Federalist: After Nixing 50 Million Gallon/Day Desalination Plant, California Demands Residents Use Less Water, Fairfax County Parents Rally Against Policy Punishing Their Middle-Schoolers For “Misgendering” Classmates, and Democrats Are Fooling Themselves On Guns
Mark Steyn: Start The Revolution Without Me, Texas Messed, and Lincoln Returns To Washington

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Category: Linkagery

Important Updates

Posted on | June 2, 2022 | Comments Off on Important Updates

First of all, thanks to the generosity of our readers, my mother-in-law’s fundraiser for the Walk for Life to benefit Richland Pregnancy Services has nearly doubled its original goal of $500. With about 36 hours to go until Saturday’s event, if only someone gave $64, they’d be at $1,000.

Speaking of pregnancy, you may remember the shooting in Kansas City, where 26-year-old Leona Hale told police she was pregnant when they tried to arrest her for carjacking, and then she got shot by the cops. A witness claimed that Hale was unarmed, but now the prosecutor has released this image from a police officer’s body camera.

Is that a pistol in your hand, or are you just happy to see me? Hale has been charged with unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful use of a weapon and a misdemeanor of resisting a lawful detention. And speaking of criminals who are going to prison . . .

Yes, former MSNBC/CNN star Michael Avenatti — whom Brian “Tater” Stelter promoted as a 2020 presidential candidate — is going to have lots of time to think about his future in the penitentiary:

Disgraced attorney Michael Avenatti was sentenced to four years in prison by a federal judge Thursday for stealing nearly $300,000 in book advance money from porn star Stormy Daniels.
A portion of his sentence will be served concurrent to time he’s already doing in a separate extortion case — but the fallen lawyer will have to serve 30 months of the new sentence after that, Manhattan federal Judge Jesse Furman ordered.
During the sentencing hearing, Avenatti, wearing beige jail fatigues, choked up at times as he addressed Furman, describing how his life had been upended since his arrests on a number of federal charges.
“I’ve brought embarrassment and ridicule upon myself and innocent third parties, including my family, my children, my friends and the legal profession,” he told Furman.
“I have destroyed my career, my relationships and my reputation and done collateral damage to my family and my life. There is serious doubt as to how or if I will recover any semblance of a normal life or peace,” Avenatti added.
The loudmouth lawyer, who rose to national fame during Donald Trump’s presidency by representing Daniels, stole two book advance payments from the porn star in 2018 that totaled nearly $300,000, a jury found at his trial earlier this year.

Maybe he could strike up a pen pal relationship with Amber Heard.

They seem to have so much in common . . .




 

Category: Crime

‘New System’? Off-Season Excitement Has New England Patriots Fans Wondering

Posted on | June 2, 2022 | Comments Off on ‘New System’? Off-Season Excitement Has New England Patriots Fans Wondering

Let’s face it, this has been a stressful off-season for fans of the New England Patriots (of which I became one after they drafted Mac Jones). First, there was the demoralizing blowout loss to Buffalo in the wild card playoff game, then the departure of several veterans via free agency and trades, followed by some perplexing choices in the NFL draft. Oh, and I almost forgot — longtime offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels left to take the head coaching job at Las Vegas, taking with him several assistants and front-office people. No matter how deep your trust in Coach Bill Belichick, these events might have shaken your faith.

So today I’m lying down for a nap and scrolling YouTube when I see a “Patriots Beat” video with my favorite guys Evan Lazar and Alex Barth, with the provocative title, “Are the Pats Switching to Shanahan-Style Offense?” The gist of it is, based on what they’ve seen in OTAs (Organized Team Activities, which are voluntary spring drills) and a remark by wide receive Kendrick Bourne that the offense is switching to a “new system,” Lazar deduces that the Patriots are adopting the offensive style pioneered by Kyle Shanahan, who has been head coach at San Francisco since 2017.

 

What’s funny about this video is that, while Lazar is usually the overthinking worrywart of this duo, and Barth is more laidback, in this case the roles are reversed, with Lazar obviously optimistic about the “new system” on offense, while Barth is the one deeply worried.

Doing some research (i.e., a quick Google search and watching a YouTube video) has me on the optimistic side. Look, if your offensive coordinator leaves, isn’t that as good a time as any to change your offensive scheme? Also, isn’t it possible that (a) the Patriots had become too predictable on offense and (b) this new Shanahan-style offense might be better suited to the type of personnel the Patriots have now? From what I’ve seen, based on a quick scan of this system, it might be ideal for a running back like Damien Harris, who’s very good at making cutback runs. The Shanahan scheme uses “zone blocking” in the running game with the specific goal of creating the kind of seams that a back like Harris can exploit.

In the passing game, the Shanahan scheme uses a lot of pre-snap motion and play action to mislead defenders, and I could see how this would appeal to Belichick’s idea of what the Patriots can accomplish with quarterback Mac Jones and their current corps of receivers.

On the other hand, as my brother Kirby says, we must consider the possibility that “Evan Lazar is full of s***” and maybe the Patriots aren’t switching to the Shanahan-style offense. Then again . . .

If Bourne says it’s a whole new system, what is it? We are now 101 days from New England’s season opener against the Dolphins. So in less than 15 weeks, we’ll find out what it means. Can’t wait . . .




 

Category: Football

‘Actual Malice’: Jury Gives Johnny Depp Victory Against Lying Bitch Amber Heard

Posted on | June 1, 2022 | 1 Comment

Millions of dollars worth of justice:

The jury in a Fairfax County, Virginia, courthouse decided Wednesday that Johnny Depp and Amber Heard each wronged the other, though Depp was the more aggrieved party, in a defamation suit and counter-suit that captivated the country.
Depp sued Heard, his former wife, for a 2018 op-ed in the Washington Post that claimed she was a victim of domestic abuse. She did not name Depp directly, but it was clear from the context that she was accusing Depp of having abused her.
Depp sued Heard for $50 million. Heard filed a counterclaim for $100 million, complaining about statements his lawyers had made about her in answering her claims.
The trial lasted from April until early June, and featured sensational and shocking details their marriage. Depp’s side presented evidence that Heard had actually abused him, rather than the other way around, and refuted rumors that Depp had abused previous lovers, such as supermodel Kate Moss. Public opinion appeared to side with Depp.
The jury found for Depp on all three of his defamation claims regarding the op-ed, awarding him $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages. Notably, the jury found that a statement accusing Depp of sexual violence and domestic abuse was defamatory.
The jury found for Heard on only one of her two claims, awarding her $2 million in compensatory damages but no punitive damages, sending a message that they found her more at fault.

The lying bitch is now the whining bitch:

“The disappointment I feel today is beyond words,” Heard’s team told The Post in a statement. “I’m heartbroken that the mountain of evidence still was not enough to stand up to the disproportionate power, influence and sway of my ex-husband.
“I’m even more disappointed with what this verdict means for other women. It is a setback. It sets back the clock to a time when a woman who spoke up and spoke out could be publicly shamed and humiliated. It sets back the idea that violence against women is to be taken seriously,” Heard’s statement continues. “I believe Johnny’s attorneys succeeded in getting the jury to overlook the key issue of Freedom of Speech and ignore evidence that was so conclusive that we won in the UK.
“I’m sad I lost this case,” Heard’s statement concluded. “But I am sadder still that I seem to have lost a right I thought I had as an American — to speak freely and openly.”

What America wants from Amber Heard now:

1. Shut up;
and
2. Go away.

The moral of the story: Never trust a bisexual.




 

Category: Celebrities

Save Babies, Help Moms, Hit the Tip Jar!

Posted on | May 31, 2022 | Comments Off on Save Babies, Help Moms, Hit the Tip Jar!

It’s that time of year again — Saturday is the annual Walk for Life to raise money for Richland Pregnancy Services in Mansfield, Ohio.

Last year, we rattled the tip jar for this event because my wife’s mother, at 80 years old and having recently undergone knee replacement surgery, was doing this 5K walk. And she’s doing it again this year!

CLICK HERE TO DONATE

As I explained last year:

My mother-in-law is a very special woman, the mother of six children, she also adopted one of her nieces, and now has 24 grandchildren, as well as a growing number of great-grandchildren.

When we rattled the tip jar for her last year, it got a huge response, and I know everybody wants to help out again this year.

CLICK HERE TO DONATE

Let me tell you more about Saturday’s event:

Richland Pregnancy Services’ Walk for Life is just days away and they are inching closer to their fundraising goal of $35,000 dollars.
The Walk for Life steps off at North Lake Park on Saturday, June 4, 2022, at 10:00 a.m.
In addition to a leisurely stroll on the scenic B&O Bike Trail, walkers can win prizes from Cedar Point, Kings Island, Little Buckeye, Precision Lube, and the Cleveland Cavaliers to name a few.
Kids will have the opportunity to snap a photo with Captain America and Spider-Man. . . .
Richland Pregnancy Services provides services for women and men experiencing unplanned pregnancies. They offer free ultrasounds and STD testing, mentoring, parenting classes, and a baby boutique.

You can click here to find out more about Richland Pregnancy Services, but the main point is my 81-year-old mother-in-law is going to do a 5K!

CLICK HERE TO DONATE

So far, my mother-in-law’s church has raised $100 of their $500 goal for this year’s event, but I’m sure we can not only get them to $500, we can do better than that. Whatever you can give — $5, $10, $25 — will help.

CLICK HERE TO DONATE

Thanks in advance, on behalf of the babies whose lives you can save.

 

Category: Family

‘Equality’ and the Murderous Losers

Posted on | May 30, 2022 | Comments Off on ‘Equality’ and the Murderous Losers

Park MacDougald has a very interesting article inspired by this month’s mass shootings, and he begins thus:

Rampage shooters tend to be losers. The archetype of the modern school shooter, Eric Harris, frequently wrote in his diary about his feelings of alienation and resentment over his lack of social success. . . .
Elliot Rodger, the 2014 Isla Vista shooter whose “manifesto” was a laundry list of complaints about his loneliness and sexual rejection, felt particularly resentful toward his female classmates, whom he saw as “mean, cruel, and heartless creatures that took pleasure from my suffering”. Unable to attract a girlfriend, he settled on revenge. “If I cannot rise above them,” he wrote, “I will destroy them.” . . .

Now, I have written extensively about Elliot Rodger, and the crucial point is that the Creepy Little Weirdo seems to have imagined that he was “rejected” by girls that he never even talked to. You start examining so-called “incel” culture, and one of the things you realize is that the problem goes far beyond the fact that these guys can’t get a girlfriend. They don’t have any friends at all. They are introverts, afflicted by a deficit of social skills, and they have all sorts of weird ideas bouncing around inside their heads — including dangerous ideas which they never talk about to anyone in real life, instead seeking out like-minded weirdos on the Internet. Most of the commentary you see on these guys attempts to shoehorn them into some kind of political category. Liberal journalists always want these shooters to be some kind of “right-wing” phenomenon, and will stretch the available facts to fit that narrative, if at all possible.

Park McDougald avoids that predictable dead-end trip, and thereby manages to come up with valuable insights:

According to the sociologist Nathalie Paton, rampage shootings represent a perverse expression of some of our culture’s dominant values, including self-expression, autonomy, and authenticity. . . .
The shooters, Paton argues, highlight another contradiction in the dominant ideology. Everyone is supposed to be an individual, and all individuals are respected equally. Yet beneath this injunction and guarantee are all the typical modes of conformity and hierarchy we would expect of a human society. The beautiful, the talented, the athletic, the funny, and the interesting rise above the ugly, the clumsy, the anxious, the introverted, the boring, and the resentful.
These relative statuses, for the losers, are all the more painful for being nothing other than a reflection of who and what they actually are.

You can read the whole thing. The point is that the “dominant ideology” in our culture (i.e., liberalism) does seem to “guarantee” equality. Of course, no such thing as “equality” has ever existed in human history — we are, by our very nature, keenly attuned to social hierarchy — and so the losers receive no coherent explanation of their status as losers. The cultural narrative of the “dominant ideology” is essentially a lie, but anyone who contradicts the narrative is denounced as a Thought Criminal, a proponent of “hate,” as if lying to people were an act of love.

Thus we return full-circle to Elliot Rodger. His final video was a shocking irony: Here he is, sitting in the BMW his parents gave him, with the glorious scenery of sunny California behind him, declaring that his “suffering” was the justification for murdering random strangers.

People who are truly suffering — somewhere in the slums of Calcutta, perhaps — must be amazed that this rich kid thought of himself as a victim. But this is where the celebration of “equality” leads. Anyone who is unhappy or unpopular considers themselves to be oppressed somehow, and the imaginary unfairness of their predicament becomes a grievance that inspires them to do crazy and dangerous things. Some of them become murderers. And others become Democratic voters.

 Crazy People Are Dangerous.




 

Category: Crime
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