Mother Cat Defends Kitten, Racks Up Impressive Body Count

Posted on | August 18, 2019 | 1 Comment

Oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy! *ahem* I can honestly say that I haven’t fallen in love with an MHI book so hard since Monster Hunter: Nemesis, and oddly enough, the two books have a fair amount in common. Neither has Owen Pitt as the protagonist, and in both of them, the protagonist is pretty much on their own, without the aid and assistance of their well-armed compatriots. Monster Hunter: Guardian is Julie Shackleford’s story, and happens simultaneously with Monster Hunter: Siege, so Owen and Earl and the rest of MHI (as well as pretty much every elite monster hunting company out there) are on Novaya Zemlya attacking the City of Monsters. So here Julie is, pushing papers, bored out of her mind, something comes up…and her entire world goes sideways. Aside from being a new mom, Julie’s the Guardian of a hideously powerful artifact, very badly wanted by some evil beings, bad enough to kidnap Julie’s baby Ray and make her an offer – hand over the artifact, and Ray gets returned safe and sound. Of course, nothing is ever that simple or easy, since evil beings are notorious for welshing on their promises, and Julie takes off for Europe in pursuit of Brother Death. But she’s not alone in the hunt. She’s got Mr. Trash Bags in her pocket and a very angry, very rich, and very vindictive dragon providing her with all the help money can buy. Unfortunately, she’s also got the European equivalents of the Monster Control Bureau on her ass, and the unwanted “help” of her mom, the master vampire. Orphaned necromancer Lucinda Hunt and some of her hapless minions also make an appearance. I’m very happy with this latest addition to the MHI series, and I think you will be too.

One of the Loyal Readers sent me an interesting collection by G. “Doc” Smith, Cats of War, which is an anthology of stories about warrior cats – in space, encountering humans for the first time; in history, retelling Spartacus’ rebellion; in alternate history, where Americats fighting the Ratzis recover a captured general from a brutal concentration camp; and in a fantasy tale where bagpipes are a literal weapon of war. They’re all well written, and I can honestly echo Artemus Ward here – if this is the sort of fiction you like, then these are the sorts of story you will like. Decently priced at $2.99 on Kindle.

I picked up the second volume of Tomohito Oda’s Komi Can’t Communicate this week, and the saga of her quest to make one hundred friends continues as we get to see some of her classmates…who are not exactly normal, to say the least. Oda does a great job keeping it light and humorous; in other hands, the plot might have gone sideways into horror very quickly, especially in the chapter where one of her (female) classmates develops an obsession with her and kidnaps her friend Tamano, who most people feel is far too normal and colorless to be the friend of someone so gorgeous and aloof. It’s significantly cheaper on Kindle, and I daresay aside from the beautiful cover illos you won’t be missing much since this is a plain black & white manga.

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Feminist Mom: ‘Memes Are Turning Teenage Boys Into White Supremacists!’

Posted on | August 17, 2019 | 2 Comments

MORROW COUNTY, Ohio
Saturday morning, we were driving across West Virginia, and my wife asked me to find some Christian music on the radio. So I’m searching down on the low end of the FM bandwidth — between 88 and 92, where such stations are usually found — and I come across an NPR broadcast in which a liberal woman is talking about how MEMES on the INTERNET are turning teenage boys into ALT-RIGHT WHITE SUPREMACISTS!

Joanna Schroeder started getting worried when her sons were coming to her with loaded questions.
“One of my kids said: If you can be trans and just decide what you are then how come you can’t just decide to be a penguin?” said Schroeder, a writer and mother of two sons and a daughter, in an interview with NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday.
It may sound like a normal question a kid would ask, Schroeder admits. But she also knew that their curiosities didn’t mesh with the values that she and her husband share with their children. “We’ve talked to our kids about LGBTQ community, we know trans people personally,” she said.
As it turned out, her son’s question had been inspired by a meme he saw on Instagram. “I knew it was time to start looking at their social media use and figuring out what they were being exposed to,” she said.
When she scanned the social media accounts of her sons, she saw an inundation of memes strewn with racist, sexist, homophobic and anti-Semitic jokes that she says grew increasingly disturbing as she went down the rabbit hole of Instagram’s “Explore” page, or clicked “related videos” on YouTube.
What she found led her to forge a troubling theory about how content disseminated online by extremists can radicalize white teenage boys — and how parents can prepare to handle it — captured in a now-viral tweet thread that took off this week.
“Social media and vloggers are actively laying groundwork in white teens to turn them into alt-right/white supremacists,” she wrote on Tuesday. “It’s a system I believe is purposefully created to disillusion white boys away from progressive/liberal perspectives.”

This thread went viral, all right — because liberals have become so paranoid about “white supremacy” in the Trump age that they’re impossible to satirize. Twitchy suspected this might be some kind of Titania McGrath-style parody, but Joanna Schroeder is actually a feminist writer living in the Los Angeles area where she and her progressive husband are raising their sons to hate themselves for being white and male. She writes articles like “18 Easy Ways to Raise Feminist Boys” and “I’m Raising Feminist Boys By Making Them Watch Supergirl (and Read Harry Potter).” She is a clichéd stereotype of the neurotic liberal woman: “In all honesty, I never even imagined myself becoming a mother. My teen years and early 20s were spent just trying to get my act together. I had an anxiety disorder, depression and was married and divorced from my first husband by the time I was 23 years old.” Her sex life? Also a cliché: “Before I met my husband, I dated a bunch of not-nice guys. I peppered in a few nice guys here and there, but I think I was so insecure and unhappy at that time that I either drove those good guys away or grew bored of their niceness.” She and her second husband have already been in “couples therapy.” Not exactly a model of good mental health, and now she’s so paranoid about “white supremacy” that she’s searching through her son’s Instagram account looking for the alt-right memes that might turn him into a 21st-century Hitlerjugend.

It reminds me of fundamentalist preachers 40 years ago who claimed to discover Satanic messages by playing Led Zeppelin albums backwards.

Anyway, that’s what was on NPR this weekend, so I guess all the liberal moms are now poring over their kids’ social-media accounts to find those evil alt-right propaganda memes that will turn their sons into neo-Nazi mass murderers — or possibly even Republicans. The horror!

Category: Liberals, Racism

FMJRA 2.0: Stand And Deliver

Posted on | August 17, 2019 | 1 Comment

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Rule 5 Sunday: Homeko At The Beach
Animal Magnetism
Ninety Miles From Tyranny
A View From The Beach
EBL
Proof Positive

Apparent Epstein Arkanicide
EBL

Note To Self: Heed Surber
Bacon Time
Animal Magnetism
EBL

Dead Men Tell No Tales
EBL

FMJRA 2.0: Slave To The Grind
A View From The Beach
EBL

Never Trust a Bisexual
EBL

What Happened to Patrick Crusius?
EBL

In The Mailbox: 08.12.19
357 Magnum
A View From The Beach
EBL
Proof Positive

Chris Cuomo: ‘I’ll F–king Throw You Down These Stairs Like a F–king Punk’
EBL

MSNBC Guest: Democrats Must ‘Destroy’ White People Who Voted for Trump
EBL

Verizon Sells Tumblr for Undisclosed (But Almost Certainly Rather Small) Price
Bacon Time
EBL

The Antonym of ‘Dignity’: Guys, Never Do What Liam Hemsworth Did
357 Magnum
EBL

In The Mailbox: 08.13.19
EBL
Proof Positive

Two Illegal Aliens in Maryland Accused of Raping 11-Year-Old Girl
EBL

Further Epstein ‘Mystery’
EBL

Death by ‘Blue Pill’
Dark Brightness
Pushing Rubber Downhill
EBL

Suspect in Mackenzie Lueck’s Murder Now Charged With Child Pornography
EBL

In The Mailbox: 08.14.19
EBL
Proof Positive

UPDATE: Max Boot Is Still an Idiot
First Street Journal
EBL

U.S. Attorney Blames Soros-Supported Philly DA for Anti-Police Violence
First Street Journal
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In The Mailbox: 08.15.19
EBL
Proof Positive

Media Blames Trump After Democrat Jew-Haters Get Banned From Israel
EBL

Florida Man Planned Stabbing Attack at Elementary School, Police Say
EBL

Friday Fiction: 100 Word Challenge
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In The Mailbox: 08.16.19
A View From The Beach
Proof Positive
EBL

Top linkers for the week ending August 16:

EBL (23)
Proof Positive (6)

Thanks to everyone for all the linkagery!

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In The Mailbox: 08.16.19

Posted on | August 16, 2019 | 1 Comment

— compiled by Wombat-socho

FMJRA links are due tomorrow at noon, Rule 5 Sunday links by midnight. Probably going to squeeze in a short book post this weekend as well, but I’m not promising anything.

OVER THE TRANSOM
EBL: Jew-Haters Omar & Tlaib Denied Entry To Israel
Twitchy: Seb Gorka, Others Comment On The Kristol-Scaramucci Partnership To Bring Down Trump
Louder With Crowder: Occasional Cortex Says Racist Trump Supporters Just Don’t Realize They’re Racist
According To Hoyt: What Are They Teaching The Kids? Dark Satanic Mills Edition
Monster Hunter Nation: Another Example Why Facebook Is Super Dumb, Why Facebook Is Super Dumb II – The Freedoming, The Super Dumbness Continues – Mike Glyer Edition, also, Banned Again. Facebook Gets Even Dumber Part III – The Saga Continues
Vox Popoli: Why Is It Taking So Long?

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
Adam Piggott: The Great Australian Replacement, also, Friday Hawt Links & Chicks – The Don’t Be Evil Edition
American Greatness: Dems Oppose Brexit, Back Chicoms For Fear Of Anglosphere Resurgence
American Thinker: How We Re-elect Trump In 2020
Animal Magnetism: Rule 5 Organ Donor Friday
Babalu Blog: Cuban Stows Away In Airplane’s Cargo Hold, Escapes To Miami
BattleSwarm: LinkSwarm For August 16
Camp of the Saints: The Blood, Plunder, & Hammer Of The Leftist Gods
CDR Salamander: Race Is Not A Social Construct – It Is Targetable, also, Fullbore Friday
Da Tech Guy: The Democrats Own The Philly Cop Shootings
Don Surber: All But Four Of Hillary’s Emails Went To Red China, also, Omar’s District Worst For Blacks
Dustbury: MC 900 Foot Hammer
First Street Journal: Why Is This News?
The Geller Report: Philadelphia Cop Shooter Attended Notorious Mosque, also, “Her Hate For Israel Overcomes Her Love For Her Grandmother”
Hogewash: Team Kimberlin Post of The Day, also, Protecting Our Elections From Voter Fraud
Hollywood In Toto: Can Joe Rogan Save Journalism Before It’s Too Late?
Joe For America: Truck Plows Through Crowd Of ICE Protesters In Rhode Island
JustOneMinute: Roll, Beta, Roll
Legal Insurrection: Leaked Audio – NY Times Shifts Attacks On Trump From Collusion To Racism, also, Rep. Tlaib Granted Humanitarian Visit To Grandma But Rejects It
The PanAm Post: Turkish Bank Closes Maduro Regime Accounts To Avert Sanctions
Power Line: Thoughts From The Ammo Line, also, Ilhan Unleashed
Shark Tank: Rubio Splits With Trump, Rick Scott, Says Israeli Ban On Omar & Tlaib A Mistake
Shot In The Dark: That Moment When…
This Ain’t Hell: A New Democrat In The Mix, also, Another Valor Thief
Victory Girls: Indoctrination Begins For The College-Bound
Volokh Conspiracy: Two Cheers For Buttigieg’s “Place-Based Visa” Proposal
Weasel Zippers: Nearly 200 House Democrats Sign On To Semi-Automatic Gun, “Large Capacity” Magazine Ban, also, Volunteers Cleaning Up Baltimore Save Two Overdosing Men
Mark Steyn: Trump Returns To New Hampshire, also, Stop Yer Lyin Or Yer Not Comin’ To Zion

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Friday Fiction: 100 Word Challenge

Posted on | August 16, 2019 | Comments Off on Friday Fiction: 100 Word Challenge

by Smitty

The crowd gathered by the mountain lake.
The moons were lining up. The tidal force steadily lowered the water to reveal The Ship.
The hint of the hull began to peek out.
It had been centuries since moons and season provided the correct angle.
Waters receded. The hull emerged, covered in plant growth.
Silence gripped the onlookers.
A mild rumbling, a sound of metal creaking along with soggy plantlife squishing about, as a large door opened on the landward side of the hull.
A dozen suited figures stepped out.
“Whoever touched the cryongenics controls is in Big Trouble,” said Braxton.
—
via Darleen

Category: Friday Fiction

Florida Man Planned Stabbing Attack at Elementary School, Police Say

Posted on | August 16, 2019 | 1 Comment

Before we get into this latest “Florida man” story, let me ask you a trivia question: Who wrote the Pledge of Allegiance?

If you knew it was Francis Bellamy, congratulations! You’re a winner, and I’ll permit you to contribute $17.76 to the tip jar. You’re welcome.

What? Never mind.

Very few people would recognize the name Francis Bellamy and although I didn’t know much about his biography, I did know he was the author of the Pledge. But here’s a trivia fact that I learned today: Bellamy, a native of New York, spent the last years of his life in Tampa, Florida.

Now, here’s the latest news from Tampa:

Parents of children who attend a Hillsborough County elementary school are breathing a sigh of relief after authorities stopped a man they said was planning a campus stabbing.
According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, Andrew Ivan Aman, 22, was planning to enter Francis Bellamy Elementary School and stab students and staffers. He allegedly told his roommate about his plans around 9 a.m. Tuesday. . . . .
Aman targeted Francis Bellamy because the school’s red, white, and blue colors reminded him of the American flag, and he was against patriotism, authorities said. . . .
Aman, who has been diagnosed with mental health issues in the past, is being held under the Baker Act at a hospital. Investigators found no weapons at his home.
Aman was arrested in May 2018 on an aggravated assault charge.

It should be obvious why a school named after the author of the Pledge of Allegiance would have a red-white-and-blue theme, but what are the chances that this kook knew who Francis Bellamy was?

Aman is a native of Russia who attended a performing arts school in Tampa. He reportedly has a history of severe mental illness and two years ago wrote on Facebook: “Patriotism is not defined by the love you have for your ‘country’. Tis the respect and natural humility you have for the earth and society around us whether that be in our neighborhood or statewide, so yes I can say I am a patriot of god.” Despite his self-declared devotion to “respect and natural humility,” Aman wanted to kill children, according to a police bulletin:

The bulletin says Aman concealed a kitchen knife in a handbag and was headed for the school with the intent to “stab as many children as possible.” . . .
The document said Aman targeted the school because he hates the United States and “the school’s ‘obnoxious pride in America’ as illustrated by the large American flag mural on the front of the building.”

Just another typical Democrat voter in Florida . . .

Anyway, I hate to be rattling the tip jar again so soon — I just got back from Georgia on Monday — but we leave early Saturday morning to take our youngest son off to college. It’s a 566-mile drive, and Mrs. McCain is expecting me to help foot that bill. Selah.

Category: Crime, Florida

Media Blames Trump After Democrat Jew-Haters Get Banned From Israel

Posted on | August 16, 2019 | Comments Off on Media Blames Trump After Democrat Jew-Haters Get Banned From Israel

Turned over to watch MSNBC for a while this morning and Joe Scarborough is outraged that Democrats who support genocidal anti-Semitic terrorists are not allowed to stage propaganda events in Israel. Breitbart’s Aaron Klein provides background on the Jew-haters’ junket:

An organization run by notorious Palestinian extremist and Israel boycott defender Hanan Ashrawi co-sponsored and organized the planned visit to Israel by controversial Representatives Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota.
On Thursday, Israeli Interior Minister Aryeh Deri confirmed the two congresswomen would be barred from entry in keeping with a law that allows Israel from denying passage to supporters of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement seeking to delegitimize the Jewish state.
Omar and Tlaib are both prominent BDS supporters who last month introduced a resolution in Congress aimed at supporting the antisemitic BDS Movement, which targets the Middle East’s only democracy and is engaged in economic warfare against Israel.
The cancelled visit was partially organized and co-sponsored by Miftah, an anti-Israel organization headed by Ashrawi, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s executive committee and supporter of BDS.
Ashrawi claimed the trip was supposed to be a way for Omar and Tlaib “to engage with the Palestinian people directly and to see things on the ground.”
NGO Monitor, a watchdog on extremist nonprofits, notes that Miftah has accused Israel of committing “massacres,” “apartheid,” “summary executions” of Palestinian youth and “Judaizing” Jerusalem. It has also accused Israel of “ethnic-cleansing of Palestinian-Israeli Arabs.”
Ashrawi was a political leader of the violent First Palestinian Intifada and served as deputy to late PLO leader and arch-terrorist Yasser Arafat. She is known for espousing anti-Israel conspiracy theories and attempting to justify Palestinian “resistance” against the Jewish state.

David Harsanyi at The Federalist:

Presidential hopefuls like Bernie Sanders contend that Israel is showing “enormous disrespect to these elected leaders, to the United States Congress, and to the principles of democracy.”
What principle of democracy states that you have to issue visas to foreigners who are actively engaged in efforts to harm your citizens? . . .
In 2012, the Obama administration denied a visa to Michael Ben-Ari, a member of the hard-right Israeli Kach party. Ben-Ari is no more radical than Tlaib or Omar. . . .
It needs to be stressed that Tlaib and Omar aren’t mere “critics” of Israel, as the media incessantly claims. Critics would find fault with policies of the nation’s government — which, in Israel’s case, has oscillated from left to right, from hawkish to dovish, for more than 70 years. Critics have been traveling to Israel forever. Critics of Israel serve in the nation’s parliament and openly and freely take positions against the ruling government.
Tlaib and Omar actively support a movement with the strategic aim of rallying the world to destroy the Jewish state economically. They aren’t critics, they’re enemies. The boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement (BDS) not only challenges Israel’s right to exist, it relies on age-old antisemitic tropes, conspiracy theories, and blood libels to propel the message. Its most famous champions in the United States are Tlaib and Omar.

The story being delivered by the liberal media ignores this, and asserts that Israel barred these two Jew-hating Democrats under pressure from Trump, but since when does Benjamin Netanyahu need to be “pressured” to defend Israel? At any rate, Israel has now granted Tlaib permission to visit her grandmother and relatives in the West Bank.

On “humanitarian” grounds.

Imagine that — a genocidal hate-monger like Rashida Talib gets humanitarian treatment from the nation she’s determined to destroy.