In The Mailbox: 05.15.25 (Afternoon Edition)

Posted on | May 15, 2025 | Comments Off on In The Mailbox: 05.15.25 (Afternoon Edition)

“Journalists are the enemy of the people” – Komi Shoko

Oh, look, it’s Thursday again. Surely this will be the day I get caught up.
Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt.

OVER THE TRANSOM
357 Magnum: What Happens When Health Care is a Government Budget Item?
EBL: Robin Hood, also, Save the Afrikaners
Twitchy: Audience Reaction To “Comedian” Leslie Jones’ Meltdown “Hating Trump Folks” Says So Much, Axios Reports Fears Over Tariffs Killing The Economy “May Be Overblown”, and X Has Zero Sympathy For Rep. Tlaib (D-Gaza) Blubbering On House Floor
Louder With Crowder: Trump’s Economy Wins Pile Up And The Left Can’t Stand It, Chuck Todd, pretending he didn’t know Biden was in cognitive decline, unloads on Chuck Schumer, Tom Cruise needs less than ten words to shut down reporter’s silly Donald Trump question, Media Claimed Trump Admin Deported A “Teen With No Criminal Record,” Turns Out They Missed A Huge Detail, and Joe Rogan makes shocking discovery about media’s “Maryland Man” hoax
Vox Popoli: That Explains a Lot, Praise for UATV, Hungary Moving on Transcarpathia, Saint Inconnu the Hatless, and Vibrancy > Christianity
Cedar Sanderson: A Measure of Success
The Bugscuffle Gazette: You’re An Idiot, Part 2
Toni Airaksinen: Kentucky Doctor Called Jews “The New Nazis”, GUEST POST – I Was An Award-Winning Jewish Journalist For Twelve Years – Until I Got Canceled By A Bot

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
CDR Salamander: The Maritime-Industrial Base Won’t Rebuild Itself
Dana Loesch: Democrats & False Prophets Finally Found Some Refugees They Don’t Like,
Don Surber: Trump triumphs in Saudi Arabia

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In The Mailbox: 05.14.25 (Afternoon Edition)

Posted on | May 14, 2025 | Comments Off on In The Mailbox: 05.14.25 (Afternoon Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho

“Episcopal Church refuses to resettle Afrikaners, ends partnership with Federal government”

Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt.

OVER THE TRANSOM
357 Magnum: Dad Yells at Car Burglars, Daughter Gets Shot
EBL: DNC Vice Chair David Hogg Experiences FAFO, also, Extinct Animals The Ancient Egyptians Saw
Twitchy: Here’s What Debbie Dingell Claims She Was Thinking About With Her Eyes Closed During A Hearing, Episcopal Bishop Says Helping White Folks Contradicts Their Mission, and Jerry Nadler Calls Shri Thanedar’s Impeachment Push “Idiotic”
Louder With Crowder: David Hogg calls for Democrats to help young men get laid… so now the DNC is voting to fire him from his job, UK police ransack home of former officer over claims of an antisemitic tweet… except it wasn’t, and now he’s suing, Why The Left Hates White Refugees Fleeing South Africa, and Remember Bernie Sanders’ “Oligarchy Tour” on a private jet?
Vox Popoli: Putin Calls Out Kiev, Science “Discovers” Auras, The Narrative is Always Wrong, Col Macgregor Calls Out AIPAC, and Empathy is Uncommon
The Bugscuffle Gazette: You Are An Idiot, Part 1
Stoic Observations: My Middle Class Revisited,
Toni Airaksinen: Yale Graduates Wield “Vulva Energy” To Fight Climate Change In “The Anthropussy” Zine
Postcards From Barsoom: Monster Podcast Update
Upstream Reviews: Allies of Convenience,

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
CDR Salamander: How Do You Fight Through The Pacific Dead Zone?
Don Surber: Red China accepts 30% tariff
STUMP: Taxing Tuesday – Commentary Roundup On The Big Beautiful Bill

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‘He’s No Stranger to Us’: The Problem of Our ‘Revolving-Door’ Justice System

Posted on | May 14, 2025 | 1 Comment

On the afternoon of April 1, 2024, a woman ran into a convenience store in the Tampa suburb of Seffner, Florida. Her face was covered in bruises, according to Ashraf Zakhar, the clerk who was working the counter: “She was screaming and crying and said ‘I need help. I need help.’ She just ran to the bathroom and locked herself in.” The clerk called 911 and police showed up. It turned out that the woman had been held captive for more than two months, beaten and terrorized by 48-year-old Walter Medina.

Habitual criminal Walter Medina

Medina was previously convicted of false imprisonment — twice. The first time he was convicted was in the 90s and the second time was in 2010. He served four years in prison for the more recent conviction.
“He’s no stranger to us,” said Amanda Granit, a public information officer with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. “The details of this horrific case that we’re talking about this week also appear to be what he’s done in the past.”

Is it too much to ask that, when police catch a dangerous criminal, the courts sentence the perp to something more serious than a slap on the wrist? Whatever the sentence was the first time Walter Medina committed false imprisonment, certainly his sentence should have been more than four years the second time he committed the same crime.

Do the prosecutors and judges in Hillsborough County have no understanding of their role in securing public safety? It is unfortunate that some people — obviously including some judges and district attorneys who ought to know better — think of prison in terms of punishment and, on the basis of that mistaken premise, they proceed to the erroneous belief that it is “mercy” to avoid imposing lengthy sentences on convicted criminals. Perhaps they need to talk to the victim in this case, and ask her what she thinks about the “mercy” of putting a vicious animal like Walter Medina back on the streets.

If the criminal justice system fails to protect the public from such monsters — violent repeat offenders — what good is “democracy”? A government that does not protect the life, liberty and property of its citizens has failed in the only purpose that any legitimate government serves. Of course, some criminals will evade justice, because cops can’t catch every suspect, but what about a case like this? The cops did their job, twice apprehending Walter Medina, and obtaining evidence sufficient to convict him, but somewhere between the guilty verdict and the time the judge pronounced sentence, something went badly wrong. However much time Medina served in the 1990s for his first conviction, it wasn’t enough to deter him from re-offending, so that he faced justice again in 2010 — and yet got only four years behind bars?

Bad enough that a woman was heinously abused because the Hillsborough County courts failed to put Walter Medina away for 15 or 20 years, but do you have any idea how many lives were put at risk in order to catch Medina this time? See, in fleeing from Hillsborough County, Medina made the mistake of heading east into Polk County.

If you know anything about Sheriff Grady Judd, you know that Polk County is just about the last place any criminal wants to be. So the Polk County deputies found Walter Medina, who led them on a chase onto I-4, where the Florida Highway Patrol took over and chased the perp into Orange County. Video of that pursuit is one of the scariest I’ve ever seen, and I’ve watched a whole lot of police chase videos.

Not only were dozens of innocent motorists endangered by Medina’s reckless driving, but the troopers chasing him were also endangered. That alone should be enough for a 10-year prison sentence, beyond and above whatever the sentence is for what Walter Medina did to that poor woman he held captive for more than two months. It would be wrong if this vile human stain ever gets out of prison, but certainly he ought not to be turned loose before 2050. Lock him up and throw away the key.

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In The Mailbox: 05.13.25

Posted on | May 14, 2025 | Comments Off on In The Mailbox: 05.13.25

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Unsurprisingly, I was too exhausted last night when I got into Vegas to do anything blogwise.
Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt.

Pope Leo’s response would most likely be something along the lines of “My son, you have no power here.”

OVER THE TRANSOM
357 Magnum: Canada’s War on the Disabled, also EV Fires Becoming a Much Bigger Problem
EBL: Antarctica Before It Froze, San Diego Bay showing signs of improvement after reef balls installed, Cocktails for Two, Happy Mother’s Day, and US China Trade Deal?
Twitchy: Double-Take Earthquake, Venezuelan Gang Targets Rural America, and Pelosi Set Straight On Republicans Ripping Away Health Care From Millions
Louder With Crowder: Male pitcher from Tim Walz’s state is dominating girls’ softball, but he says he’s trans, Turns out Pope Leo’s brother is pretty BASED, Jasmine Crockett says YOU’RE the ones who are “inherently” violent, Nashville Mayor sells out taxpayers, creates new fund to help illegals with housing and more, and Amazon driver busted using a customer’s home as a toilet… more than ONCE in the same day
Vox Popoli: When Society Fears its Veterans, The Emptiest of Threats, Build a Reserve, What Shakespeare Really Wrote, and Will Trump Put America First?
The Bugscuffle Gazette: My Heart Has Joined The Thousand, also, Why Do You Still Listen?
Stoic Observations: The Asymmetry Of Truth, also, A Barbell Strategy
Upstream Reviews: Majority
Toni Airaksinen: Help Me Visit Israel?

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
CDR Salamander: The U.S. Navy Is Sleepwalking Into Defeat
Dana Loesch: RFK Jr.’s Troublesome Autism Registry
Don Surber: Trump had a great weekend; the media did not
STUMP: Ohio STRS Update – Teachers Losing Control?

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Rule 5 Sunday: San Romero Knights

Posted on | May 11, 2025 | 2 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

This young lady is cosplaying Juliet Starling from the video game Lollipop Chainsaw, in which Ms. Starling is a cheerleader/zombie hunter dealing with a zombie outbreak at her high school on her birthday. Evidently a pretty good game if you like chopping up zombies with chainsaws.
Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt.

Rip and tear!

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

EBL: Saturday Night Girls With Guns, Mother’s Day Is Coming, Ksenia Karoline, “We’ll Meet Again”, Trump Ends Medical Torture Of Beagles, MAGAtraz, The Stock Market Has Recovered, The Accountant 2, “Cinco De Mayo”, Camila Cabello, May The 4th Be With You, and Careme.

A VIEW FROM THE BEACH: The Karate Kid – Rayna Vallandingham, Fish Pic Friday – Deidra Outdoors, The Pope is Still Dead, Hungover, The Wednesday Wetness, Tattoo Tuesday, MDDNR Seeks Women, The Monday Morning Stimulus and Palm Sunday

BACON TIME: Rule 5 Friday – How I Like My Eggs Cooked

Thanks to everyone for all the luscious links!

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FMJRA 2.0: A Week of Wins!

Posted on | May 10, 2025 | Comments Off on FMJRA 2.0: A Week of Wins!

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Just an amazing week to be a Senators fan. First we swept the Cubs at Wrigley behind Carl Morton and Joe Coleman, with Charlie Hough picking up Game #2 in relief of Spaceman Lee, then we came home to face the troublesome A’s, and took the first two games behind Jim Kaat and Steve Foucault, who came in from the bullpen and held off the A’s long enough for Dave Kingman to hit a sayonara homer (his 28th) in the bottom of the 13th with two on to pull out a 9-6 win after Blue Moon Odom and Charlie Hough blew a 6-2 lead in the 7th. Game #3 saw a memorable implosion by Spaceman Lee, who blew a seven-run lead in the 5th, and we wound up losing that slugfest 12-8. Still, we’re 53-59, half a game behind the Twins, who we’ll face on Tuesday, hopefully turning them into dog food on our way to the playoffs and (maybe) a .500 record.
Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt.

When Teddy Baseball is happy, everybody’s happy! Have a Moxie!

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FMJRA 2.0: Out of the Cellar (Again)
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Rule 5 Sunday: In & Out
Animal Magnetism
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In The Mailbox: 05.07.25 (Unspeakably Early Morning Edition)
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EBL
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In The Mailbox: 05.07.25 (Evening Edition)
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A Happy Week for the Family
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In The Mailbox: 05.08.25 (Morning Edition)
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In The Mailbox: 05.08.25 (Evening Edition)
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God and Man at UW-Madison
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In The Mailbox: 05.09.25
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The Greatest Legal Mind of Our Era

Posted on | May 10, 2025 | 1 Comment

The brilliant young legal scholar

MADISON, Wisconsin
As mentioned previously (“God and Man at UW-Madison”), a distinct #resistance attitude prevails among faculty here, and yesterday’s law school commencement ceremony included several expressions of unmistakably progressive sentiments, uttered with an apparent certainty that everyone in attendance shared these feelings. Amid such provocations, I maintained my composure, and probably no one noticed that I wasn’t applauding enthusiastically for speakers who expected to be cheered for mouthing clichéd “social justice” platitudes.

The occasion of my son Jefferson obtaining a law degree was something I wasn’t going to let be spoiled by politics, no matter how hard the faculty tried. At a Thursday reception for the graduates, my wife and I had a wonderful conversation with the law school dean, a friendly and cheerful fellow, and the thought occurred to me during Friday’s ceremony — two-and-a-half hours, giving me plenty of silent thinking time — that perhaps I could write the dean a letter, reminding him that (a) Donald Trump was elected with a margin of 2 million votes last year, carrying Wisconsin with a 30,000-vote margin, (b) probably at least 40% of the parents in attendance at UW graduation events are Republican voters, and therefore (c) perhaps it would be wise to avoid turning commencement ceremonies into progressive tent-revival sermons. Even if there is a near-zero representation of Republicans on the university faculty — clear evidence of a discriminatory hiring policy — it might be a mistake for state university administrators to “let your freak flags fly” at graduation, less the Republican-controlled legislature take notice. But I digress . . .

Making his Mama proud

The Journalistic Father and His Legalistic Son

Never mind the politics. Law school is a crucible, and Wisconsin is consistently ranked among the nation’s best (#28 in the latest U.S. News rankings), so Jefferson’s achievement is remarkable. We are very proud of him, and hopeful for his future. Way to go, kid.

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