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In The Mailbox: 06.17.25 (Afternoon Edition)

Posted on | June 17, 2025 | Comments Off on In The Mailbox: 06.17.25 (Afternoon Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Last call for the Summer Based Books Sale!

Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt.

“Honey, I had the strangest dream last night.”

OVER THE TRANSOM
357 Magnum: LA Police ‘defunded, defamed, and demoralized’
Director Blue: Top 20 Posts From Today’s Slow News Day
EBL: Mad Anthony Wayne, Tim Walz’s Murderous Appointee Apprehended, 134 year old tortoise becomes a father for the first time, No Father’s Day for Anti-Ice Activist Martin Santoyo, and Pride Month: Why Did Mohammed Hate Dogs?
Twitchy: Trump Says He Won’t Call “Whacked Out” Tim Walz, He Got Some In & Out All Right, and For A Warmonger, Bill Kristol Has No Idea About The Men & Women Who Serve
Louder With Crowder: Donald Trump vs. Tucker Carlson on whether Israel is Dragging the US into War Against Iran, Boomer freaks out on a Trump doll to reduce his anxiety, thinks he’s the normal one, Seattle Police Chief pledges to do everything in his power to help illegals break the law, Local government is threatening to seize this man’s 175-year-old farm so they can build affordable housing, and Dude gets angry car in front of him at drive-thru is a Trump Supporter… so he calls the store to WARN them
Vox Popoli: Delta Narcissism Confirmed, A Test of Three Tales, Vietnam Becomes BRICS Partner, The Boomers’ Last Boom, and America or Israel First?
Toni Airaksinen: This Jewish Student Passed Out Copies Of Alan Dershowitz’ Book, And Now He’s In Trouble, Sydney Professor’s Shocking Tweet Triggers Investigation,
Jim McCoy: The Prince of Ileria
Upstream Reviews: Holding The Line
The Bugscuffle Gazette: In Which Your Humble Scribe
Defending The Wood Perilous: So Much Gratitude!
Stoic Observations: Grok Stoic Observations
Cedar Sanderson: Publishing’s Bellwether

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
Baldilocks: Begotten, DNA, 
CDR Salamander: Israel Buys Itself, The World, & Iranians More Time, 
Dana Loesch: Welp, The Socialist Movements Behind The LA Riots, and Ladies & Gentlemen…We Got Him
Don Surber: Trump 53, Media 31
Elizabeth Nickson: This Is How The Rockefellers Stole Our Future, Engineered Hate – This Is How It Happened To Me, and Independent Media Crushes The Summer of Hate Under Its Heel, 
Glenn Reynolds: “No Kings” – Just Commissars?
STUMP: Men’s Health Week – Men & Suicide In The U.S., The Week In Meep – Da Pope, The Trinity, & Father’s Day

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Minnesota Assassin Captured: Exactly Why Did Vance Boelter Go Crazy?

Posted on | June 16, 2025 | Comments Off on Minnesota Assassin Captured: Exactly Why Did Vance Boelter Go Crazy?

This story broke late Sunday:

Suspected political assassin Vance Luther Boelter was captured Sunday following an intense manhunt for the gunman accused of murdering a Minnesota state lawmaker and wounding another, state officials announced.
Boelter, a 57-year-old former appointee of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, was sought by police for allegedly wounding Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, and killing former Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband.
“After a two-day manhunt and two sleepless nights, law enforcement have apprehended Vance Boelter,” Walz said during a press briefing.
The armed accused killer was taken into custody without incident in a rural, wooded area in Sibley County, southwest of Minneapolis, after authorities received a tip about a possible sighting hours earlier, state officials announced Sunday night.
Officers from multiple agencies, including SWAT teams, combed the area for hours and were assisted by helicopters using infrared cameras and drones, officials said.
It was a resident’s trail camera he passed in a rural town that tripped him up, according to the Star Tribune.
“Most of the search had concluded then,” Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher said. “But the trail cam picture alerted SWAT teams to go to the area, search a perimeter and with the help of drones, identify his location.”
Boelter’s capture ended the “largest manhunt in the state’s history,” which lasted around 43 hours, involved at least 200 officers and utilized a federal, state and local partnership, Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley told reporters.

Boelter is “in the custody of U.S. Marshals as he awaits his first court appearance in federal court Monday afternoon”:

Boelter will now appear in federal court at 1:30 p.m. [Central time, 2:30 p.m. ET] after initially slated for a first hearing at the Hennepin County Public Safety Facility. The U.S. Attorney’s Office is scheduled to share statements about the federal case at 11 a.m.

There are many mysteries surrounding Boelter’s motive, and we’ll get to that, but first notice what Hennepin County prosecutor Mary Moriarty said in a press conference this morning:

“Political violence is prevalent, and the way we talk to and about each other has raised the temperature to unfathomable levels,” Moriarty said. “We cannot continue on this way in times of tragedy.” . . .
“As our community grieves, I encourage those out there seeking to create additional chaos to stop spreading misinformation and conspiracy theories” . . .

What evidence is there that “the way we talk” about politics had any influence on Vance Boelter? And exactly what kind of “misinformation and conspiracy theories” was the prosecutor referring to?

Having spent most of the day Saturday trying to figure out what motivated Vance Boelter, I am perplexed by Moriary’s seeming certainty that political rhetoric was to blame for his crimes. As someone who is constantly monitoring political discourse, I’ve been exposed to almost every form of “misinformation and conspiracy theories” out there, and yet have never gone on a murder spree. Just now, the acting U.S. Attorney in Minnesota gave a press conference in which he said the “why” of Boelter’s crimes is “not clear.” He said that Boelter had apparently been planning these assassinations for months, and had a list of targets — all of them Democrats. So there’s that. Meanwhile . . .

Boelter’s wife, Jennifer, reportedly worked as an intern for Gov. Tim Walz back when he was still in Congress. On Saturday morning, she was detained during a traffic stop near Onamia, which also involved several of Boelter’s relatives. According to Tom Hauser of ABC 5 Eyewitness News, nearly a dozen police vehicles swarmed the car and held the scene for up to three hours. Hauser’s sources say officers discovered a weapon, ammunition, cash, and passports inside the vehicle.

That’s kind of weird, isn’t it? The weirdest thing, however, is that while Boelter was married and owned a half-million-dollar home, he was spending several nights a month staying at home shared by several roommates, including his childhood friend David Carlson:

[There were] hints of a growing trouble within, which began after a three-year stint in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where [Boelter] claimed to have multiple business interests tied to his security company, Red Lion Group.
“I thought his demeanor [changed], he wasn’t as cheerful as he used to be. Since he got back from Africa, I guess,” Boelter’s roommate and self-described best friend David Carlson told The Post, adding he got back four months ago and quit his job to go there.
“He came back and he was struggling a little bit. I thought it was normal struggles.”
Boelter calls himself the CEO of Red Lion Group on his LinkedIn page, where he lists the company’s home base as the Democratic Republic of Congo. But besides the passing reference, virtually no information is available about the company.
“His dream was to have a security company,” Carlson said, hinting that his dream was more rooted in delusion than reality.
“He never was or never had a security company. He wasn’t doing security for anybody — it wasn’t his job.”
Carlson noted that Boelter even had two official cars for the alleged company despite having “no clients [and] no employees.” . . .
Carlson said his friend had a tough time landing a job after returning from his most recent overseas trip, sharing, “I thought his thing in Africa was bringing him down.” . . .
Boelter’s apparent obsession with play-acting as a security operations expert extended to another dubious business venture called Praetorian Guard Security Services, ostensibly helmed by his wife, Jenny.
The company website lists Boelter as “Director of Security Patrols,” boasting he’s been “involved” with “security situations in Eastern Europe, Africa, North America and the Middle East, including the West Bank, Southern Lebanon and the Gaza Strip.”

Boelter’s “obsession with play-acting as a security operations expert,” and his inexplicable fascination with Africa are obviously part of the psychological profile here. There was some kind of delusional thinking pattern involved, but what’s with him doing the part-time roommate thing with his childhood buddy? It doesn’t make sense, and law enforcement isn’t giving us much to work with, in terms of figuring out when, why and how Boelter went off the rails.



 

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Rule 5 Sunday: The Almost Perfect Picture

Posted on | June 16, 2025 | Comments Off on Rule 5 Sunday: The Almost Perfect Picture

— compiled by Wombat-socho

What keeps it from perfection is an exercise left to the reader.
h/t kbdabear on X.
Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt.

ANIMAL MAGNETISM: Rule Five Don’t Mess With The Bull Friday, and the Saturday Gingermageddon.

EBL: Saturday Night Girls With Guns, Friday the 13th, MAGA Karoline Leavitt & LA, Stockholm Bloodbath, Brian Wilson RIP, Stick, Sly Stone RIP, Last Breath, Secretariat – “O Happy Day”, and Bridget Fonda

A VIEW FROM THE BEACH: Oksana Butovskaya, There’s An App for That!, Fish Pic Friday – Sarita Fishes, Thursday Tanlines, The Wednesday Wetness, Pennsylvania Lad Tackles Major Bay Problem, The Devil Inside Me, Gone Fishin’, The Monday Morning Stimulus and Palm Sunday

BACON TIME: Rule Five – A Trip To Hooterville

Thanks to everyone for all the luscious links!

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FMJRA 2.0: September in Washington

Posted on | June 15, 2025 | Comments Off on FMJRA 2.0: September in Washington

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Ah, September…the month when the rosters expand, the kids go back to school, the miserable sweaty heat lingers over the Anacostia, and the crowds at RFK dwindle as the Senators get beaten like a rented mule. We were hoping for a .500 week, but we got swept by the Hated Yankees and lost two of three to the Twins. The only game we won was Game Three against the Twins, where Carl Morton and Bob Johnson combined to blank the Twins for Carl’s 11th win and Bob’s 23rd save. So now we’re 65-76, five games in back of the second-place Twins and half a game ahead of the A’s. Next week we’ll face the Cardinals (2-1) on Tuesday and the Tribe (5-4) on Friday. Not real sanguine about making the playoffs.
Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt.

Time to compile the keepers list (it’ll be short)

The Mainstream Media’s Memory Hole Has Swallowed Deadly Attacks on Jews
The Pirate’s Cove
First Street Journal
American Free News Network
The Daley Gator
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‘An Earth-Shattering Kaboom’: Israel Wipes Out Top Iranian Military Leaders UPDATE: ‘Decapitation Strike’ — List
First Street Journal
The Daley Gator
American Free News Network
A View From The Beach
357 Magnum
EBL

FMJRA 2.0: Marginal Victory
A View From The Beach
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The Thing That Never Happens Has Somehow Happened Once Again
357 Magnum
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Rule 5 Sunday: Some Jeep Drivers Are Okay
Animal Magnetism
A View From The Beach
EBL

Sweden-Kampuchea Friendship Association 2.0: Illegal Immigrants Are the New Khmer Rouge or Something
The Daley Gator
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In The Mailbox: 06.09.25
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In The Mailbox: 06.10.25
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In The Mailbox: 06.12.25 (Afternoon Edition)
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In The Mailbox: 06.13.25 (Afternoon Edition)
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A View From The Beach

One Standard Deviation: How Israel Targeted Iran’s Top Air Force Leaders
Instapundit
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A View From The Beach

In The Mailbox: 06.13.25 (Evening Edition)
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‘Politically Motivated Assassination’ Targets Two Minnesota Democrats UPDATE: Suspect Identified, Had ‘Manifesto’ — ‘No Kings’ Motive? UPDATE: ‘False Flag’? It’s So Confusing!

Posted on | June 14, 2025 | 1 Comment

State Sen. John Hoffman (left); State Rep. Melissa Hortman (right)

“A manhunt is now underway for the gunman”:

A Minnesota state representative and her husband were shot and killed, and a state senator and his wife were shot and wounded in an “act of targeted political violence” at their homes early Saturday, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said.
A manhunt is now underway for the gunman who was impersonating a police officer, authorities said. The gunman attacked by knocking on the doors and asking the victims to come out, police said.
State Rep. Melissa Hortman, a Democrat, and her husband were shot and killed in what appears to be a “politically-motivated assassination,” Walz said at a news conference.
“She was a formidable public servant,” the governor said of his friend. “She is irreplaceable.”
State Sen. John Hoffman, a Democrat, and his wife were both shot multiple times and underwent surgery, the governor said. . . .
The two shooting locations are a few miles away from each other in Champlin and Brooklyn Park, just north of Minneapolis.
Hoffman and his wife were shot around 2 a.m. in Champlin, Superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Drew Evans said.
After Hoffman was shot, officers were heading to pro-actively check on Hortman when they encountered the suspect at Hortman’s home around 3:35 a.m., Evans said.
The officers found a person who was dressed as a police officer — wearing a vest and a badge, and with a Taser and other equipment — at the door, coming out of Hortman’s house, police said.
The suspect fired at the officers; gunfire was exchanged and the suspect was able to escape and flee on foot, authorities said.
The suspect’s vehicle — which looked like a police vehicle, including police lights — was in Hortman’s driveway, authorities said.
A list of other possible targets was retrieved from the suspect’s vehicle, authorities said. Police said the list had “many lawmakers,” including the victims. . . .
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said the agency is “fully engaged on the ground in Minnesota.”

UPDATE: This is not yet officially confirmed:

While we await official confirmation, I must emphasize the need to beware of rumors and speculation about motive.

UPDATE II: Again, not officially confirmed:

If true, this would be the first clear evidence we have of the gunman’s motive. We await more developments.

UPDATE III: Still more unconfirmed reports:

UPDATE IV: The New York Post reports:

A former appointee of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is being sought in connection with the assassination of a state lawmaker and the shooting of another, police sources said.
Vance Luther Boelter allegedly posed as a police officer when he shot Sen. John Hoffman and his wife in their Champlin home early Saturday, leaving them seriously injured before moving on to former Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman’s house — where he is believed to have slaughtered her and her husband, sources told The Post.
Boelter, 57, was appointed by Walz in 2019 to serve a four year stint on the Governor’s Workforce Development Board, documents show.
He previously served on the Governor’s Workforce Development Council in 2016 under then -Gov. Mark Dayton.
The killer had fliers with the words “No Kings” in his car, a reference to Saturday’s planned protests against the Trump Administration, as well as a “manifesto” and a list of other politicians’ names, said police, who briefly cornered the shooter at Hortman’s home before the suspect fled.

Meanwhile, the manhunt for Boelter continues.

UPDATE V: It looks like maybe I jumped the gun a bit here, despite my desire to be cautious about such things. The shooter’s “manifesto” allegedly also listed abortion providers as targets, and some are suggesting that Boelter may be a right-wing extremist, so that the “No Kings” flyers were part of a “false flag” deception. At this point, however, we can’t be certain of his motive. It’s entirely possible he just slipped a cog and went nuts and, as you know, Crazy People Are Dangerous.



 

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In The Mailbox: 06.13.25 (Evening Edition)

Posted on | June 14, 2025 | Comments Off on In The Mailbox: 06.13.25 (Evening Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho

You know what today is.
Usual weekend deadlines for the usual weekend posts.
Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt.

Everything is a JoJo reference if you want it bad enough.

OVER THE TRANSOM
EBL: Lafayette: France’s forgotten hero, America’s beloved patriot, Israel Strikes Iran’s Nuclear Program, Friday the 13th, and The Mullahs Strike Back
Twitchy: Woman Causes Nuclear Meltdown With Child’s Name But Posters Have Even BetterWorse Ones, No Jessica, Mothers Helping Daughters Get Abortions Isn’t A Crime, But Guess What Is? and Gov. Hairgel Steps On Self-Awareness Rake Over “Weakness” Slam On Trump/Army Parade
Louder With Crowder: Sheriff will “notify your family where to collect your remains” if leftist protesters try their LA nonsense in Florida, Karoline Leavitt leaves journalismer in shock with her response to No Kings Day protests, Democrat Senator aggressively confronts Kristi Noem, gets dropped and put down by her security, Democrat official demands local police OBSTRUCT ICE operations, and Failed vice-presidential candidate Tim Walz REFUSES to let go of comparing ICE to the Gestapo
Vox Popoli: Israel’s Satanic Elite Revealed, Why Iran Won’t Strike Back, Owning the Alphas, and Introducing AI Central
According To Hoyt: By Firelight, Long Ago, It Must Be, Everything’s Gonna Tumble, and It’s Just A Step To The Left
Upstream Reviews: The Words of the Night
Stoic Observations: The Iranian Nuclear Annex, Things I’m Actually Doing With AI
Gab: Whose Flag Actually Flies Over America?

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
American Conservative: Washington as Seen From Georgetown Salons
American Greatness: U.S. Senator from California Forcibly Removed from DHS Immigration Press Conference, Anti-Trump Communist Group ‘Refuse Fascism’ to Stage Protest in D.C. Saturday Ahead of Grand Military Parade, Rep. Jim Jordan Launches Investigation Into Illegal Immigrant Suspected in Boulder Terror Attack, We Need a ‘Kill Switch’ on Foreign Powers Tampering With Our Electric Grid, and Israel Wipes Out Iran’s Top Military Chain of Command
American Thinker: Trump Won in that Trade Pact with China — In More Ways Than One, also, Ashli Babbitt Didn’t Have to Die—For Multiple Reasons
Animal Magnetism: Rule Five Don’t Mess With the Bull Friday
Baldilocks:
BattleSwarm: LA Riot News Roundup, Abbott Calls Out National Guard Before Leftists Can Loot, Israel Hits Iran’s Nuclear Sites, and LinkSwarm for June 13
Behind The Black: The mad mountains of Mars, SpaceX launches 23 more Starlink satellites, French startup The Exploration Company launches its own recovery ship, and Kazakhstan moves west
Cafe Hayek: Full Text of Gramm’s and Boudreaux’s “Yes, the U.S. GDP Decline Is an Ominous Sign”, also, The Profit Motive Will Ensure Adequate Supplies of Rare Earths
CDR Salamander: Fullbore Friday
Chicago Boyz: The Smile on the Face of the Tiger, also, “What’s Next?”
Da Tech Guy: Dear Iran: We Believe You Signed: Israel
Don Surber: Sucks to be Iran this morning
First Street Journal: Today’s left truly hate #FreedomOfSpeech…for people other than themselves, World War III Watch: Israel tries to destroy Iran’s nuclear capabilities, and Will the “No Kings” protests be peaceful?
Gates Of Vienna: Trump Administration Not Vetting Appointments Properly — Jihadis Slipping Through, also, Pas d’Islam Pour Moi!
The Geller Report: NEWSOM OVERTURNED: Appeals Court Rules in Trump’s Favor , Breathtaking Ingenuity – Israel’s Surgical Precision, One For the Ages, President Trump ENDS Insane EV mandate , Trump Unapologetic as He Works to Restore Law and Order and The Large Majority of American Public is With Him, and FBI Is Investigating Funding Behind Violent Riots in LA
Hollywood In Toto: DHS Hammers Kim Kardashian Over Anti-ICE Screed, Is George Clooney a Deep State Asset? Katy Perry’s Woke Land Acknowledgement, Explained, Materialists Gets to Ugly Heart of Romance, and Late-Night Hacks on L.A. Riots – Riots? What Riots?
The Lid: Dr. Phil Blasts Leftists and Media Lapdogs for Lying about Why L.A. Riots Started
Legal Insurrection: “I think it’s been excellent” – Trump Reacts To Israel Attack On Iran’s Nuclear Program, Dem Senator Compares Padilla Takedown to John Lewis Fighting for Civil Rights in the 60s, NY Times Lovingly Defends Rioters Flying Mexican Flags, Netanyahu calls on Iranian People to stand “up for your freedom from an evil and oppressive regime, it has never been weaker”, and Florida Sheriff Offers Grave Warning to Would-be Rioters: ‘We Will Kill You’
Outkick: What Happens When College Athletes Don’t Disclose NIL Deals In House Settlement Era? Angel Reese Turns In Another Terrible Game As Brittney Griner, Dream, Dominate Chicago Sky, Do The Florida Panthers Have A Miami Dolphins Problem? Thunder Will Bounce Back At Pacers In Game 4 Of 2025 NBA Finals Like They Always Do, Right?, and MAGA Bikini Congresswoman Humiliates Tim Walz, CBS’s Jenny Dell Goes Cowgirl & Maggie Sajak Takes A Bath
Power Line: Tim Walz, Chinese Agent? No Daylight, Rising Lion, and Thoughts from the ammo line
Shark Tank: Concerned About FEMA Disappearing, FL Senate Spends Millions On State Guard 
Shot In The Dark: Just Like Every Flag Day, also, Picture If You Will
STUMP: Men’s Health Week 2025 – RIP Brian Wilson
The Political Hat: Quick Takes – Mandatory & Prohibited In Academia: Equity Lens For Football; Illegal Race-Based Admissions; Cultural Items Forbidden From View
This Ain’t Hell: Renamed military bases will have their former Confederate names restored, Soldier criticizing Marine deployment goes viral – The fact that she has been out for five years is left out, Ships to be renamed, too, Valor Friday, and The Department of Homeland Security receives Medicaid data that could help them locate illegal aliens
Transterrestrial Musings: Brian Wilson, Los Angeles, Of Monasteries And Universities, and The Real War Has Finally Begun
Victory Girls: Gavin Newsom’s Primetime Speech Was A Political Failure, also, Democrats Rediscover The American Flag
Watts Up With That: The Great Climate Murder, Making the Power Grid Great Again, CNN’s Climate Photo Op Exposed, and Oh where, oh where is the Energy Transition?
The Federalist: How The L.A. Riots Demonstrate Democrat-Media Complex’s Loss Of Narrative Control, Dems Find Second Judge To Block More Of Trump’s Order Enforcing Election Law, It’s Friday The 13th. Here Are 13 Signs That You May Be Unlucky, Or Just A Schmuck, Here’s How The Media Are Lying Right Now: Alex Padilla Just ‘Asking A Question’ Edition, and Report Says L.A. Riots Force ‘Rescheduling’ Of 600 Veteran Health Care Appointments
Mark Steyn: Demography All the Way Down, Live Around the Planet – Decline & Fall, Surrendering to the Left’s Framing, Carney Games, and Mannsplaining

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One Standard Deviation: How Israel Targeted Iran’s Top Air Force Leaders

Posted on | June 13, 2025 | 2 Comments

Say hello to Brig. Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh and, while you’re at it, go ahead and say good-bye because, as Clemenza said of Paulie, you won’t see him no more:

The commander of the IRGC [Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps] air force, Brig. Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Iran overnight, the IDF announces.
According to the military, the top brass of the IRGC Aerospace Force was killed alongside him as they met in an underground command center to prepare to attack Israel.
The command center was struck by fighter jets, the IDF says. . . .
Among the senior officials killed were the commanders of the IRGC’s drone unit and air defense unit, the military says. . . .
“Hajizadeh publicly pledged allegiance to the idea of destroying Israel on multiple occasions in recent years and played a central role in formulating the plan to destroy Israel,” the army adds.

Did you know Jews are smart? I mean, on average, despite such utter dummies as Joy Behar. “Jews — specifically, Ashkenazi Jews of European origins — test higher than any other ethnic group. . . . [T]heir mean IQ was .97 standard deviation above the rest of the [U.S.] population” (The Bell Curve, p. 275). A “standard deviation” is about 15 IQ points, the difference between “bright normal” and genius.

Israel is a nation born in war, and which has been under attack regularly since its modern founding in 1948. Since the 1980s, Israel has had an influx of Ashkenazi migrants from the former Soviet Union, including many ultra-Orthodox Jews with large families. Thus you have a nation of approximately 7 million Jews, the entire population of whom are, on average, one standard deviation smarter than their Arab neighbors, and devoted to military activity as their only hope of survival.

The Israelis fight smart, you see:

As it became clear Israel was about to attack, the commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ air force convened in a bunker to coordinate the response.
But Israel knew that emergency protocol, and the location of the bunker. They destroyed it, killing the overall commander and the heads of the drone and air defense forces. “The fact that there was nobody to give the order neutralized an immediate Iranian response,” an Israeli official said.
They were among the more than two dozen Iranian commanders targeted in a sprawling attack on Iran’s military command-and-control. The heads of the IRGC, the Iranian military and Iran’s emergency military headquarters were all eliminated in the opening salvo.
Another key target was Iran’s air defense systems and radars. Israeli intelligence mapped their locations, and most were hit by the Israeli Air Force in the opening strike. That gave the IDF virtually unchallenged freedom of operation in Iran’s skies.
Meanwhile on the ground, Israel’s Mossad spy agency was conducting a series of covert sabotage operations deep inside Iran to take out air defenses and ballistic missile launchers. . . .
n central Iran, Mossad commando units had positioned guided weapons systems in open areas near Iranian surface-to-air missile launchers.
In another area inside Iran, Mossad covertly deployed weapon systems and sophisticated technologies hidden in vehicles. When the Israeli attack began, these weapons were launched and destroyed Iranian air defense targets.

You see why I started out with a Godfather allusion. Like Michael Corleone eliminating the heads of rival Mafia gangs, Israel is settling all the family business in Iran. And they’re just so much smarter than the Iranians, it almost seems unfair. Can you imagine the kind of long-term surveillance and planning that went into this operation? Like, figuring out where the Iranian air force leaders would meet in an emergency, mapping out the location of that bunker, giving them some kind of signal of an impending attack, then watching them scurry to their bunker and — WHAM! — you took out the leadership at the outset of the campaign, so “that there was nobody to give the order” for the Iranian counter-attack. Meanwhile, you’ve got Mossad spies sneaking around all over Iran, ready to play their part in wrecking the enemy’s air defenses, so that the Israeli Air Force can fly in without danger of getting shot down.

One standard deviation — it’s a lethal advantage.

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In The Mailbox: 06.13.25 (Afternoon Edition)

Posted on | June 13, 2025 | Comments Off on In The Mailbox: 06.13.25 (Afternoon Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Bumped due to last night’s decapitation strike, or rather, Stacy’s post on same.
Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt.

OVER THE TRANSOM
357 Magnum: Car-ma in Ohio
EBL: Brian Wilson RIP, Stockholm Bloodbath, MAGA Karoline Leavitt and the Los Angeles riots, Democrats Dump Hogg, and So How Is The Harvey Weinstein Trial Going?
Twitchy: Judge Rules Trump Can’t Use National Guard In LA, Eric Swalwell Promises Death of Democracy If Americans Skip “No Kings” Riots, and “That’s Not What We All Just Watched”
Louder With Crowder: Democrats just fired David Hogg over a silly “diversity” quota, and you almost feel bad for him, “No amount of words is going to clean up your failed record”, Democrats think this woman’s sob story about food stamps will make you feel bad, Drag queens show up to “defy” Donald Trump at Kennedy Center performance, and Fifty-nine Percent Of Americans Approve Of Deployment of National Guard in LA
Vox Popoli: A Clue to the Next Phase, Dialectic > Rhetoric, NATO is Dead, Israel Attacks Iran, and Is Israel Rolling the Dice Again?
Cedar Sanderson: This Week In Reading
Stoic Observations: Theory Behind XR – viz. Groupthink, also, Minimal Group Paradigm
Toni Airaksinen: Where Are All The Pro-Israel Professors?

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
American Conservative: Ukraine’s ‘Spider’s Web’ Could Ensnare Kiev and the West
American Greatness: NJ Rep. LaMonica McIver Hit With Federal Charges, Faces 17 Years in Prison, Rep. Stefanik Blasts ‘Heartless’ Gov. Hochul For Not Knowing Names of ‘Illegals Who Burned Alive, Raped, Molested New Yorkers’, Trump Warns ‘Any’ Protesters at Military Parade Will Be ‘Met With Heavy Force’, House Oversight Committee Launches Investigation into Neville Singham, and Senator Chris Murphy Is Doing What?
American Thinker: Learn From The Romans – You Cannot Welcome Armed, Unassimilated Enemies, No One’s Illegal on Stolen Land—And Other Nonsense Shouted Between Acts of Arson, Our Fiery but Mostly Peaceful Foreign Invasion, and White Lives Don’t Matter
Animal Magnetism: Animal’s Hump Day News, also, Animal’s Red Thursday News
Behind The Black: SpaceX launches 26 more Starlink satellites, Voyager Technologies raises nearly $400 million in first public stock offering, Europe’s Solar Orbiter takes first images of the Sun’s south pole, Axiom manned mission delayed further because of new Zvezda leaks on ISS, and Why Kennedy’s decision to fire everyone at the CDC advisory panel was only a start
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