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Aspiring Rapper Update

Posted on | July 29, 2024 | 1 Comment

Say hello to Charles Andrew Jones II, a/k/a “Julio Foolio” and, while you’re at it, go ahead and say good-bye, because Mr. Jones died last month in a hail of gunfire in the parking lot of a Tampa hotel. Because it’s been more than a month since our last Aspiring Rapper Update, I’ll remind you of the definition:

Aspiring Rapper
North American euphemism for a member of the urban criminal class. This unusual occupation is usually mentioned in conjunction with the subject either being slain or being taken into custody for a violent or property-related crime. A relative of the subject usually points out that the subject’s demise or incarceration comes at an extremely inopportune moment, occurring just as the subject was “turning they(sic) life around.”

“Julio Foolio” had done more than merely aspire to be a rapper. He had released several recordings and had more than a million followers on social media. But he was definitely part of the “urban criminal class”:

Charles Andrew Jones II was born on June 21, 1998, in Jacksonville, Florida, where he grew up in the Moncrief neighborhood and was a member of the “6-Block” set of the street gang KTA (“Kill Them All”). His father, Charles Andrew Jones, was murdered in a 2011 shooting in Jacksonville. . . .
In 2017, Foolio’s 18-year-old cousin, Zion Malik Brown, was shot and killed in his home. This is believed to have started the deadly gang war in Jacksonville, as rapper Yungeen Ace was wounded and three men killed in a 2018 retaliatory shooting, and Foolio posted derogatory content about the victims on social media.

It was his social media habits that led directly to his death last month, as “Julio Foolio” was posting his location in Tampa while celebrating his 26th birthday. Police today announced three arrests in the case:

Three people have been arrested and accused in the shooting death of Charles Jones, a Jacksonville rapper known as “Julio Foolio.”
Jones, 26, was shot and killed in June in an ambush attack while celebrating his birthday in Tampa.
Tampa Police Chief Lee Bercaw, Hillsborough County State Attorney Suzy Lopez and Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters announced the arrests Monday afternoon and said there are also warrants out for two other people believed to have been triggermen.
All five suspects, who are from Jacksonville, are accused of premeditated first-degree murder among other charges.
Isaiah Chance, 21, Alicia Andrews, 21, and Sean Gathright were arrested over the weekend in Jacksonville.
Police said Chance and Andrews tracked and followed Jones and his entourage to two locations. At each location, the two got out of their vehicle and Chance used a cell phone, police said. After the cell phone communication, a second suspect vehicle arrived at each location. Both vehicles then followed Jones and his entourage to the Home 2 Suites located on McKinley Drive, where the murder happened.
Police said that Gathright, 18, along with two other outstanding suspects, Rashad Murphy and Davion Murphy, fired shots at Jones that night.

All of the people involved in the shooting are affiliated with Jacksonville gangs ATK and 1200 which are rival gangs to 6 Block, the gang Jones had connections to, according to police. The feud between 6 Block and its rival gangs ATK and 1200 has spanned over a decade with dozens of murders by and against both sides, officials said.
“Detectives believe that the ATK and the 1200 worked together to target Jones as part of an ongoing feud in Jacksonville,” Bercaw said.
Chance is a documented ATK gang member, and Rashad Murphy and Davion Murphy are documented 1200 gang members, according to police.
During the news conference, Tampa police showed surveillance from the night of the shooting where the suspects can be seen stalking Jones. At one point, the shooters got out of a car parked across the street from the hotel where Jones was staying.
They can be seen on video wearing all black while sneaking around the parking lot before firing multiple shots at the car Jones was riding in.
Police said the three shooters were armed with a handgun and two rifles.
“Today, three dangerous criminals are off our Florida streets and in police custody where they belong,” Waters said. “These individuals have chosen lives of urban terrorism and with arrests we show Tampa, Jacksonville and the rest of Florida, we hold violent criminals accountable.”
Investigators said they used surveillance videos, license plate readers and phone logs to identify the two vehicles involved and tie them to the suspects.
Three other people were injured in the shooting outside the hotel but survived.
“These criminals decided to bring their fight to Hillsborough County. Let me be clear, the feud ends here,” said Hillsborough County State Attorney Suzy Lopez. “My office will vigorously prosecute each of these defendants to ensure they are held accountable for the calculated murder of Charles Jones.”

Readers will note that “Julio Foolio” resembled “Sideshow Bob” from The Simpsons, which is probably not relevant to the act of “urban terrorism” that ended the rapper’s career, What is relevant is that there are now three fewer criminals on the streets of Florida and, once the two fugitive suspects are apprehended — or die in a shootout with police — the public will be that much safer. And nothing of value has been lost.



 

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Rule 5 Sunday: Hangar Queen Double-Scoop Sunday!

Posted on | July 29, 2024 | 1 Comment

— compiled by Wombat-socho

I rather like topless girls in jeans. Here’s one in the aforementioned hangar, thanks to kbdabear on X.
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ANIMAL MAGNETISM: Rule Five Trump Ascendant Friday, the Saturday Gingermageddon from July 20, Buh-Bye Biden Friday, and this week’s Saturday Gingermageddon.

EBL: Saturday Night Girls With Guns (I), Julie London, Moon, MAGA RNC Keynote Speech, Bob Newhart RIP, NeverTrumper Max Boot’s Wife The Spy, Kai Trump, Eva Vlaardingerbroek Gets Married, J.D. & Usha Vance, Shannen Doherty RIP, Bastille Day, Breathless Bout De Souffle, Early Bastille Day, Project 2025 – It’s Happening! Saturday Night Girls With Guns (II), Paris Olympics, The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg, Chunky Lady Gaga, Dolly Parton’s Debut At The Grand Ole Opry, MAGA Kamala Harris Sunlight Is Best, Those About To Die, The Restaurant, Maria Andrejczyk, Kamala Harris Is Ready To Meet The Bidens, and Kate Faasse. 

A VIEW FROM THE BEACH: Rachel Whitlock, Fish Pic Friday – The Bikini Angler – Ellie Meuwissen, Gone Fishin’, Thursday Tanlines, Scientists Appreciate Oyster Parasites, The Wednesday Wetness, I’m The Boss, The Monday Morning Stimulus, Random Celebrity News, Palm Sunday, A Long Long Time Ago and Flotsam and Jetsam – Still Abiden’ with Biden, Vikki Lenola, Bear, Step Aside, Make Way for Cocaine Sharknado, Fish Pic Friday – Bree Emilius, Tattoo Thursday, The Wednesday Wetness, Maryland Attempts to Prevent the Invasion of Pennsylvania, Tuesday Tanlines, Maryland Watermen to Get Put and Take Oysters, The Monday Morning Stimulus, Palm Sunday and Assassination Story Gets Stinkier, Biden Hangs In

FLAPPR: T.I.T.S. for July 19 and July 26

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‘Ghost’ Gets 28 Years in Federal Prison

Posted on | July 28, 2024 | 1 Comment

Darrick Dernard Bell was known by a dozen aliases, including “Ghost” and “Tone,” during the years when he made the Victory Inn in Detroit a “house of horrors” before his criminal operation was busted and the sleazy hotel was demolished in 2018. Bell had six prior felony convictions, including second-degree murder in 1996, and why he was ever released from prison is something of a mystery, except to note that Detroit’s last Republican mayor left office in 1962. Even in that very bad city, however, the Victory Inn was notorious:

The building fell under the local spotlight in January 2017, when about 150 people from multiple agencies executed a federal search warrant at the motel as part of an ongoing investigation. The raid, which occurred on Jan. 12, found human trafficking victims, drugs, drug paraphernalia, a gun, evidence of drug use and dozens of cell phones, a federal court document said.
“Several of those human trafficking victims spoke with law enforcement and confirmed widespread and ongoing prostitution and drug distribution from the Victory Inn,” the document said. . . .
According to Detroit police, the Victory Inn, which is flanked by a topless club and an adult bookstore, had been a longtime problem. In 2016, Detroit police made 115 runs to the motel, which saw two shootings, numerous aggravated assaults, robberies and two homicides in which the victims were traced back to the Victory Inn.

I’m old enough to remember when Hollywood made movies like Pretty Woman, which portrayed prostitution as glamorous, and I’m also old enough to remember when rock stars like Glenn Frey sang songs that depicted drug trafficking as an exciting adventure. The squalid reality at the Victory Inn ought to be turned into a movie, as a warning to anyone who might be deceived by such myth-making. When the feds raided the Victory Inn, they didn’t find Bell and he was a fugitive for more than two years before the U.S. Marshals caught him in July 2019.

Bell had cocaine and $12,000 in cash on him when they caught him at a cheap motel in Monroe, about 40 miles south of Detroit. While his accused co-conspirators pleaded guilty, Bell went to trial and was convicted on the drug charges, but the jury couldn’t reach guilty verdicts on the pimping accusations, an outcome perhaps based on the principle of “you can’t believe them lyin’ hoes.” So it would put me at risk of a libel suit were I to call Darrick Bell a pimp, but readers can draw their own conclusions. I’ll merely quote the U.S. Attorney’s Office:

Darrick Bell, the leader of a large-scale drug conspiracy that operated out of the former Victory Inn hotel in Dearborn, Michigan, was sentenced today to 28 years in prison based on his conviction on drug trafficking charges, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison. . . .
Bell, age 55, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Mark A. Goldsmith.
The charges on which Bell was convicted stemmed from the operation of a large-scale drug operation Bell created utilizing the Victory Inn, a motel formerly located next to the main drag for prostitution on Michigan Avenue.
The trial, which began on April 12, 2022, and concluded on June 2, 2022, involved more than 20 witnesses, including several of Bell’s co-conspirators and victims, along with hundreds of exhibits. The jury convicted Bell on three drug-related counts. The jury acquitted Bell on one count involving sex trafficking and was unable to reach a unanimous verdict on the remaining four counts involving sex trafficking. . . .
There was often no vacancy at the Victory Inn because the rooms were full of women and victims living in unspeakable conditions as severe drug addicts. Bell would supply drugs to these women. The women would use the drugs, engage in commercial sex acts, and then would use the money from their dates to purchase more drugs. The women were trapped in a vicious cycle of addiction, which Bell exploited for financial gain. Bell and his co-conspirators would use violence or the threat of violence to ensure that the women continuously paid their ever-growing drug debt. This would include physically striking them or withholding drugs so they would go through excruciating withdrawal symptoms. In one instance, Bell shaved the head of one of the women.
“Today’s sentencing closes a chapter on the house of horrors that was the Victory Inn. Just as the motel was demolished, so too was the drug network Bell had organized and led for nearly a year. Bell’s rein and control over the women living at the Victory Inn was nothing short of abhorrent,” said U.S. Attorney Ison. “Bell’s attempt at evading justice for over two and a half years failed, and he will now spend the next 28 years in prison for his actions.”

“No Vacancy at the Victory Inn.” It’s not a romantic comedy. Julia Roberts and Richard Gere won’t be starring in that movie.



 

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Category: Crime, Michigan

FMJRA 2.0: A Glimmer of Hope

Posted on | July 27, 2024 | Comments Off on FMJRA 2.0: A Glimmer of Hope

— compiled by Wombat-socho

After a couple of weeks getting their faces eaten by various teams, my Senators actually had a 3-3 week. It started badly with us losing two of three games to the Cubs at Wrigley, but we came home and won two of three against the A’s. We’re still a game behind Oakland at 47-65, at the bottom of the division, but even though we’re facing the Twins on Tuesday, we get the Expos next Friday, so we have a chance at another .500 week.
Everybody Else Is Doing It So Why Can’t We Department: Going to be launching a Substack this weekend, which seems redundant since I have a Dreamwidth account to record my thoughts and doings while the current unpleasantness in Ukraine continues cutting me off from my LiveJournal, but almost nobody reads that. I look forward to more people not reading my Substack, though for some reason several people are following me on there already. Go figure.
Last but not least, indy writer J.M. Anjewierden has put his reputedly excellent space opera trilogy The Black Chronicles on sale for 99 cents each to help defray the costs of his wife’s surgery. Help a brother out. 
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We Probably Can’t Rule Out ‘Arkancide’
The Pirate’s Cove
Vulture Of Critique
A View From The Beach
EBL
357 Magnum

BIDEN DROPS REELECTION BID; THROWS SUPPORT TO VP HARRIS
The Daley Gator
Battleswarm Blog
A View From The Beach
EBL
357 Magnum

BOOM! Trump Campaign Hits Harris Immediately: ‘Kamala Was In On It’
The Daley Gator
Vulture Of Critique
A View From The Beach
EBL
357 Magnum

Secret Service Boss Resigns After Disastrous Congressional Testimony
The Daley Gator
Flappr
A View From The Beach
EBL
357 Magnum

The Coronation of Queen Kamala: Why Are You Peasants Such Racist Sexists?
The Daley Gator
Flappr
A View From The Beach
EBL
357 Magnum

The Detroit-ification Syndrome
EBL
357 Magnum

A Near-Miss in ‘Killadelphia’
The Daley Gator
First Street Journal
EBL
357 Magnum

Snopes Attacks ‘Unfounded Rumor’ of Biden’s Medical Emergency in Vegas
Flappr
A View From The Beach
EBL
357 Magnum

In The Mailbox: 07.23.24 (Afternoon Edition)
A View From The Beach
EBL
357 Magnum

In The Mailbox: 07.23.24 (Evening Edition)
A View From The Beach
EBL
357 Magnum

FMJRA 2.0: The Regrettably Necessary Midweek FMJRA
EBL
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In the Mailbox: 07.24.24
A View From The Beach
EBL
357 Magnum

Living in Interesting Times
The Daley Gator
A View From The Beach
EBL
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In The Mailbox: 07.26.24 (Afternoon Edition)
A View From The Beach
EBL
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In The Mailbox: 07.26.24 (Evening Edition)
A View From The Beach
EBL
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Top linkers for the week ending July 26:

  1. (tied) EBL & 357 Magnum (15)
  2.  A View From The Beach (12)
  3.  The DaleyGator (6)

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‘Return America to a Dark Past’

Posted on | July 27, 2024 | 3 Comments

1959 Chevrolet advertisement

One of the things every liberal must believe is Progress, a quasi-religious faith which G.K. Chesterton mocked as “people who prefer Thursday to Wednesday because it is Thursday.” The apostles of Progress would have us believe that 1959 — the year I was born — was a nightmare dystopia, despite those snazy new Chevy station wagons, and that if Donald Trump gets elected in November, we are all going back to 1959.

That was the message Kamala Harris shared in a speech to the American Federation of Teachers this past week:

THE VICE PRESIDENT: So, Project 2025 is a plan to return America to a dark past. Donald Trump and his extreme allies want to take our nation back to failed trickle-down economic policies —
AUDIENCE: Booo —
THE VICE PRESIDENT: — back to union busting —
AUDIENCE: Booo —
THE VICE PRESIDENT: — back to tax breaks for billionaires.
AUDIENCE: Booo —
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Donald Trump and his allies want to cut Medicare and Social Security —
AUDIENCE: Booo —
THE VICE PRESIDENT: — to stop student loan forgiveness for teachers and other public servants.
AUDIENCE: Booo —
THE VICE PRESIDENT: And I say to AFT: They even want to eliminate the Department of Education —
AUDIENCE: Booo —
THE VICE PRESIDENT: — and end Head Start —
AUDIENCE: Booo —
THE VICE PRESIDENT: — which, of course, would take away preschool from hundreds of thousands of our children. He intends to give tax breaks to billionaires and big corporations and make working families foot the bill. And he intends to end the Affordable Care Act. Now, think about that — to take us back to a time when insurance companies had the power to deny people with preexisting conditions. Remember what that was like?

Yes, ma’am, I remember those dark days before the “Affordable Care Act,” before — [ checks calendar ] — March 23, 2010.

“Grandpa, what was it like to live in ‘a time when insurance companies had the power to deny people with preexisting conditions’?”

Well, sonny, lemme tell you, it was plenty rough. Back in those days, people had to pay their own bills, so they worked what were called “full-time jobs,” instead of hustling as DoorDash drivers or peddling naked selfies on OnlyFans. Yes, I remember when gas was less than $3 a gallon and interest on the national debt was less than a trillion dollars a year . . .

Perhaps you see my point:

Eleven days ago (see “The Paranoid Temptation,” July 16), I pondered what we were being told about the then-recent assassination attempt against Trump:

So the son of two mental health professionals gets his hands on an AR-15, climbs onto a roof 130 yards from the Republican presidential nominee, and comes within a fraction of an inch of splattering Trump’s brains all over the place. Nothing suspicious at all about that.
Have you considered the possibility that you’re not paranoid enough?

Many more strange events have since transpired. On July 17, President Joe Biden canceled his schedule in Las Vegas and flew back to Delaware, after it was reported he had tested positive for COVID-19, a virus most Americans have forgotten about. So, the Republican challenger survives an assassination attempt on Sunday (July 13), and four days later, the incumbent Democrat has a sudden health crisis. Nothing suspicious at all. Random coincidence — a flock of black swans, as it were. . . .

That’s from my latest Substack column, and I hope everybody signs up for a free email subscription. You can also pay for a subscription ($5 a month, $30 a year) which might come in handy when I finally get around to creating content behind a paywall, which I haven’t done yet.

What’s the Substack policy on naked selfies? Never mind. I’m sure nobody would pay for that . . .



 

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In The Mailbox: 07.26.24 (Evening Edition)

Posted on | July 27, 2024 | 1 Comment

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Usual weekend deadlines for the usual weekend posts.
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OVER THE TRANSOM
357 Magnum: They Don’t Own Everything & They’re Not Happy, also, Armed Self-Defense – St. Croix Edition
EBL: Dolly Parton Debuts at the Grand Ol’ Opry, also, So was Would Be Trump Assassin Thomas Crooks a Biden Supporter?
Twitchy: Judge in Defamation Case Rules Maddow & MSNBC Straight Up Lied About Doctor, The Empress’ New Clothes, and 40 Former DOJ Officials Endorse Kamala For Prez
Louder With Crowder: Kamala claims she never supported Minnesota Freedom Fund, gets fact-checked by her OWN tweet, also, Doocy BUSTS KJP with the new Kamala Harris “border czar” talking points: “Who’s handing these out?”
Vox Popoli: How to Wreck an Epic Fantasy, France Finds Out, A Tribute to Mr. Tubcuddle, Better Discredited than Dead, and China Calls Out Clown World
According To Hoyt: We Are Not Alike, Aiming the Chilling Effect by M. C. A. Hogarth, and Getting It Out of the Way
Monster Hunter Nation: Ham Fisted Thriller Cliche
Stoic Observations: An American Sense of Place
Defending The Wood Perilous: Princess Effie’s Logs #2 – Robin Hood Was A Gypsy

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American Conservative: Trump Is Right to Pull Out of Debates
American Greatness: Coup Upon Coup Upon Coup, As Kamala Knows, January 6 Was An Inside Job, Judge Refuses to Dismiss Trump Defamation Lawsuit Against ABC, Stephanopoulos, Whistleblower Report: Local LEOs Refuse to Share Information With FBI Due to ‘Disturbing Loss of Trust’, Kamala’s Record-Breaking ActBlue Fundraising Haul Questioned Amid Money-Laundering Accusations, and Mayorkas Defends DEI, Skirts Questions on Failed Trump Security
American Thinker: Newsweek descends deeper into the gutter of vile propaganda
Animal Magnetism: Animal’s Red Thursday News, also, Rule Five BuhBye Biden Friday
Babalu Blog: Cuban State Security increases repression on eve of the Socialist Revolution anniversary, Cuban dictatorship admits Havana has ‘severe’ trash collection crisis, but blames citizens for creating it, and Violent pro-Hamas anti-Semitic protestors fly Cuban flag in D.C.
BattleSwarm: Reminder That Kamala Harris Is Just The Worst, also, LinkSwarm For July 26
Behind The Black: Hungary/Axiom finalize deal to fly a passenger on its AX-4 commercial manned mission to ISS, Sierra Space successfully completes 2nd test-to-failure of a full scale LIFE inflatable module, SpaceX announces completion of investigation of July 11 Falcon 9 second stage failure, NASA/Boeing say cause of Starliner thruster failure identified, Perseverance finds intriguing geology, and the press goes crazy, and Report: Law enforcement officers nationwide no longer trust the FBI, and will not work with it
Cafe Hayek: An Open Letter to American Compass
CDR Salamander: Fullbore Friday
Chicago Boyz: Retribution
Da Tech Guy: Under the Fedora: Was it only 30 Days Ago? also, Would Kamala Harris actually be a worse president than Joe Biden?
Don Surber: Kamala chose black
First Street Journal: This morning’s rant
Gates Of Vienna: Culture-Enriching Murder of a Pensioner in Freiburg, Stéphane Ravier: “A Cultural and Civilizational Great Replacement”, and The Corona Protocols Unmasked
The Geller Report: Secret Service DENIED Requests From Local Law Enforcement To Use Drones To Secure Rally, also, Leftist UK Prime Minister Expected to Allow Arrest Warrant for Netanyahu
Hollywood In Toto: Rebel Comics Skewer Secret Service’s Massive Fail on Trump Shooting, Chuck D Explains Why Today’s Artists Can’t Fight the Power, Matt Walsh’s Am I Racist? – Daily Wire’s September Surprise, Deadpool & Wolverine – The Year’s Funniest Comedy, and James Woods: Oscar-Nominated Face of Hollywood Blacklist 2.0
The Lid: Kamala Harris Claims Illegal Immigration is ‘Not a Crime’
Legal Insurrection: Kamala Harris Brings Her Signature Cackle in a Cameo for RuPaul’s Drag Race, Olympics Opening Ceremony Mocks Christianity With a Drag Last Supper, Wikipedia is Pushing Disinformation About Israel and Jews, President Trump Warmly Greets Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu At Mar-a-Lago, Warns of WWIII if Kamala Wins, Overwhelming Majority of Political Donations by University Presidents go to Democrats, and Trump Assassination Trutherism Takes Hold on the Left
Nebraska Energy Observer: If you haven’t…, also, Scattershot Friday
Outkick: Paris Olympics Already Running Out Of Real Food After Trying To Push Plant-Based Foods On Athletes, Rose Bowl Game Will No Longer Be A College Football Playoff Semifinal, Olympic Opening Ceremony Appears To Mock Last Supper With Drag Queens, Metal Band Gojira Just Proved Me Wrong About The Olympic Opening Ceremony, Caitlin Clark’s Teammate Lexie Hull Dealing With Unexpected Side Effect Of Mexican Vacation, and ‘World’s Sexiest Athlete’ Gets Freaky In Paris, New Duke Sideline Reporter Rocks Durham & What A Walmart Fight
Power Line: They got the memo, Harris appeals to Dems’ Hamas wing, Tim Walz for Veep? Take Him, Please! and Thoughts from the ammo line
Shark Tank: Diaz-Balart Secures Funding For Everglades Restoration
Shot In The Dark: Open Letter To America
The Political Hat: Quick Takes – Supporting Euthanasia Together, also, Firing Line Friday: Where Is the GOP Headed?
This Ain’t Hell: Brit Vet John Mayall, 90, passes, Protesters lower American flags, raise Palestinian ones in their place, Valor Friday, The US and Vietnam discuss the supply of C-130 planes to Hanoi, Soldier sentenced for selling $2 million worth of military equipment, and Harley Davidson Goes Woke
Transterrestrial Musings: Democrats Side With Hamas, Rights For Rocks, and Democrats And Jews
Victory Girls: Orwell’s Got Nothing on the DNC’s Ministry of Truth
Volokh Conspiracy: Should Consumers Expect to Find Bones in “Boneless Wings”?
Watts Up With That: Ford’s EV Bloodbath Continues, Hey, Ho! Biden/Harris Climate Policies Have to Go! East coast wind turbine fiasco in the making, and I Wrote an Article for Forbes Defending J.D. Vance From Accusations of ‘Climate Denialism’. Forty-Eight Hours Later, Forbes Un-Published the Article and Sacked Me as a Contributor
The Federalist: The Media Won’t Tell You Political Corruption Defined Kamala Harris’ Affair With Willie Brown, Virginia Democrat Councilman Charged With Election Fraud, Illegal Voting, ‘Zuckbucks’ Group Is Coaching Election Officials On How To Talk About Democrats’ Silent Coup, By Denying Kamala Harris’ Border Czar Role, Media Admits Biden-Harris Immigration Policy Is A Total Failure, Pro-Hamas Rioters In D.C. Vindicate J.D. Vance’s View Of America, Grassroots To GOP: Don’t Be Complacent Just Because Dems Are A ‘Dumpster Fire’, and Kamala Harris Now Has The Keys To The ‘Bidenbucks’ Election Machine
Mark Steyn: Totally Super-Duper Fine and Normal

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In The Mailbox: 07.26.24 (Afternoon Edition)

Posted on | July 26, 2024 | Comments Off on In The Mailbox: 07.26.24 (Afternoon Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Took the day off yesterday, did essential stuff, and relaxed by playing video games. I regret nothing.
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OVER THE TRANSOM
357 Magnum: Kentucky Is A Bad Place For Bad Guys
EBL: MAGA Kamala Harris: Sunlight Is The Best Disinfectant
Twitchy: Nooone Is Above The Law (Except Democrats), Kamala Clearly Has No Fracking Idea What She’s Talking About, and History Rewriting Continues As CBS Says Trump “Flasely” Accused Kamala Of Contributing To MN Bail Fund
Louder With Crowder: Andrew Schulz BRUTALIZES Kamala and the Dems for 4 minutes before making an important point, Donald Trump unleashes FIRE new campaign ad that Kamala Harris (and the media) will hate, and Pro-Hamas protestor has a full-blown freak out over the simple question, “Do you have a job?”
Vox Popoli:  The Numbers Gap Grows, also, A Beast Exposed
Postcards From Barsoom: Canceling Cancelers vs. Canceling Cancelation 
Stoic Observations: Stoic Bites #4 – Opportunistic Education
Toni Airaksinen: What Project 2025 Says About Due Process On College Campuses
Upstream Reviews: Titan

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
CDR Salamander: Diversity Thursday
Don Surber: Democrats side with Hamas
michele catalano: sinking & swimming on long island
STUMP: Mortality Nuggets – LBJ & smoking, Lightning Deaths Up To 7, Sharks! and drowning

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Living in Interesting Times

Posted on | July 25, 2024 | 2 Comments

Early this morning, I found myself researching the British industrialist and politician Joseph Chamberlain, whose son Neville became the Prime Minister ruined by appeasement. It was apparently from Joseph Chamberlain that his other son, Austen (Nevill[e’s half-brother) derived the idea of “may you live in interesting times” as being, as is often said, an ancient Chinese curse. Whatever the origins of the phrase may be, certainly we are now living in interesting times, although as Sarah Hoyt notes, bizarre and weird are suitable synonyms for “interesting.”

Wednesday night, our alleged president gave a prime time televised speech from the White House in which, amid much slurring and stumbling, he avowed his devotion to “the sacred cause of this country . . . the cause of American democracy itself.” Was this a tautology or a non sequitur? Forget it, Biden was rolling:

The cause of American democracy itself. We must unite to protect it.
In recent weeks, it has become clear to me that I need to unite my party in this critical endeavor. I believe my record as president, my leadership in the world, my vision for America’s future, all merited a second term. But nothing, nothing can come in the way of saving our democracy. That includes personal ambition.
So I’ve decided the best way forward is to pass the torch to a new generation. It’s the best way to unite our nation. I know there was a time and a place for long years of experience in public life. There’s also a time and a place for new voices, fresh voices, yes, younger voices. And that time and place is now.

What do you notice about that? First, that it’s an outright lie — Joe did not “decide to pass the torch.” That decision was imposed on him by the big-money donors and Democratic Party power brokers who, after his June 27 debate debacle, spent three weeks organizing a pressure campaign to boot Biden off the ticket. Second, at no point during this speech did Biden actually explain why this decision was made:

So, Biden has to drop out because his record is so good? His record is so good that the only way to unite everyone is for him to drop out.
The most popular, noble, and spectacular president ever just has to pass the torch to a new generation.
Um, what? That makes no sense. That does not explain why he had to drop out. .

Go through the whole transcript of the speech and see if you can find anything other than this vague “sacred cause of democracy itself” stuff as a justification for Biden’s withdrawal from the campaign. But giving the American people an honest explanation wasn’t really what this speech was about. It was actually a 10-minute campaign speech, and the TV time allotted to it ought to be counted as an in-kind contribution from the networks, none of which offered anything other than undiluted praise for the speech. The premise — that “American democracy itself” is at stake — is never questioned by the TV talking heads, all of whom apparently share Biden’s belief that “American democracy” will abruptly end the next time Republicans win an election. As for the “new generation” to whom Biden has “decided to pass the torch,” that would be 59-year-old Kamala Harris.

Since Biden ended his reelection bid on Sunday, as Matt Vespa says, there has been “a gaslighting operation, unlike anything we’ve seen, where the establishment media is re-writing history,” including the attempt to deny that Harris was ever appointed as Biden’s “border czar.” In fact, Harris “was tapped by President Biden to handle the migrant crisis” in March 2021 and while “border czar” was not her official title, it was widely used in media reports at the time.

It is truly Orwellian, the revisionism that the media are now doing in their effort to sell Kamala to a resistant electorate. By the way, MSNBC and CNN will tell you that it’s sexist and/or racist to refer to Kamala by her first name, even though such familiarity is commonplace — Bill, Joe, Bernie, Dubya, etc. — in political discussion. Furthermore, you will be told by the media, the way you pronounce her name may be racist, if you say “ku-MAH-luh” instead of the preferred “KAH-muh-luh.”

Be patient, my friends. After Nov. 5, you can just call her loser.



 

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