Thursday, January 13, 2022

My Kind of Razzmatazz

 Chicago’s “Race-Neutral” Traffic Cameras Ticket Black and Latino Drivers the Most [More]

The thought occurs that Chicago murderers disproportionately target minorities as well.

What could the explanation for these disparities possibly be, aside from "Forget it, Jake, it's Chi-Town"?

[Via Michael G]

And They Say There Are No Stupid Questions

 CNN's Tapper: "How Come Democrats Only Complain About The Strict Voting Regulations In Red States?" [More]

He asked that to give the illusion of balance. You'll notice he didn't press when she dodged giving an unequivocal answer.

[Via Michael G]

There's a 'Walks into a Bar' Joke in Here Someplace...

 NY Times Says A Biden-Cheney 2024 Ticket Will Fix Everything [More]

What do you mean there's no punchline?

[Via Michael G]

Little Deuce Coup

Nonstop dramatics about the GOP threat to democracy is part of an attempt to cement Democratic Party hegemony, not ensure election integrity [More]

They drove the car into the ditch, there are open containers all over the floor and now they're squawking about giving up the keys.

[Via Michael G]

Breaking News: Stewart Rhodes Arrested

 EXCLUSIVE: Stewart Rhodes Arrested While On Phone With Lawyer Who Subpoenaed Him ... While the indictment will reportedly be unsealed later today, the Washington Post and New York Times have reported that he is charged with “seditious conspiracy.” [More]

It seems the story is real.

I'm trying to find a DOJ announcement on this.

[Via  An Hour of Wolves]

UPDATE -- here we go:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, January 13, 2022
Leader of Oath Keepers and 10 Other Individuals Indicted in Federal Court for Seditious Conspiracy and Other Offenses Related to U.S. Capitol Breach
Eight Others Facing Charges in Two Related Cases

Time to Change the Rules Again

 Ghost Gunner Launches the 0% Gun Receiver, Metal to be Banned Next [More]

Stranger things have happened...

[Via DDS]

Like Rats Clawing Each Other to Escape

 “Hannah relied upon and trusted that defendants would only supply dummy prop ammunition or blanks, and no live rounds were ever to be on set.” [More]

Who put live rounds in the day before to go target shooting? She can't say she didn't know there were live rounds. Who brought that ammunition in? Are there invoices?

Hannah sounds like a desperate to escape her own portion of culpability idiot. Kind of like the star/producer who hired her on the cheap.

[Via bondmen]

We're the Only Ones Choosing Sides Enough

 The update follows multiple failed attempts by police, prosecutors, and federal law enforcement officials to get the Missouri Legislature to make changes to the law. [More]

Funny, they haven't taken action against following orders that undermine citizens' rights.

[Via bondmen]

Sound and Fury Signifying Nothing?

 Taliban vows to overrun D.C. with 2,000 suicide bombers, Biden admin silent as the grave [More]

That would certainly put a new wrinkle on who the biggest terror threat is* and how rigorous government controls are.

[Via bondmen]

* Take the test to find out if they're right.

A Feature, Not a Bug

 Former Border Commissioner: "We Have Lost Control Of The Southwest Border" [More]

That's due to overt treason by criminals in government who level that charge against citizens who object.

Good thing this has nothing to do with that "single issue."

[Via bondmen]

They Can't Do It On Their Own

 Social movements such as the promotion of critical race theory, the “defund the police” movement, and wokeism, as well as stealth tactics such as intellectual property theft and drug trafficking, are used in unrestricted hybrid warfare by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to weaken the United States, BlackOps Partners CEO Casey Fleming says. [More]

The only way that works is through rope-selling capitalists and embedded assets in government, essentially the same traitors smearing patriots as domestic extremists.

[Via bondmen]

Last Chance to Surrender

 California assault weapon owners face deadline to register their firearms [More]

I can only tell you what I did when confronted with that choice.

[Via Sweet Babboo]

All in Your Head

 In other words, conservative users of Twitter, Facebook and Instagram marinate in a state of paranoia, groundlessly convinced that their posts face restrictions, if not outright suppression. [More]

What else would we expect from USA Today?

Hey, if we admitted we were gaslighting you it wouldn't be gaslighting.

[Via Michael G]

ZOMG WE"RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!

 Attorney: Bill would let unqualified 'sneak up on others with a concealed handgun' [More]

I'm going to turn this one over to Arnold.

Takes me back to the "Dodge City blood in the streets over fender benders" days to scare us out of permits...  That it didn't happen then and isn't happening in states that have passed permitless carry laws isn't something the grabbers want to talk about as they conflate the predations of those who by all rights should be in custodial care with the conduct of those who have not disqualified themselves from full enfranchisement of rights. 

And ask any "Back the Blue" kneejerkers you know when we can expect some reciprocation.

I notice we're still waiting on the Brady's "principled statesman" to work up the guts to make a decision.

[Via Steve T

Just Like Hooyo* Used to Make

 According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), more than 104 pounds of bushmeat were seized during the final week of 2021 at Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport (MSP). The term bushmeat refers to meat that is raw and minimally processed — such as smoked, dried, or salted — and comes from animals such as bats, nonhuman primates, antelope and cane rats, which are also known as grasscutters. [More]

Let me guess: Tip of the iceberg.

So unhealthy politics isn't the only "benefit" such populations bring? Whose idea was it that importing them here would help "secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity"?

Or wasn't that the reason?

Good thing this has nothing to do with that "single issue."

*

[Via Steve T

Speaking of Suppressors

The committee voted to continue the ban on the use of suppressors. What is interesting and frustrating is the mindset behind the decision. Only 8 states ban ownership of suppressors (CA, DE, HI, IL, MA, NJ, NY, RI). Only 19.3% of NRA members live in these states. Rather than recognize the rights of over 80% of NRA members in the 42 states that recognize our rights, the committee was more concerned that a competitor bringing a suppressor into a restricted state would reflect negatively on the NRA and the sport. [More]
Instead of seizing on an opportunity to publicly demonstrate positive use to all, the LaPierrians continue to prove they are every bit as counterproductive to member interests as the most virulent Demanding Mom-- more so, actually, since they're inside the gates.

Speaking of Disenfranchising Minorities

 MSNBC hack Joy Reid took a break from race baiting Thursday night to once again call for any one who remains unvaccinated to be denied medical care and for them to be made into an underclass. [More]

What is it about national socialists and Untermenschen?

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UPDATE: And it looks like this will be today's tangentially-related Covid story aggregator. I'll start with a term from the new South Park "made for TV movie":

"The COVID Delta Plus Rewards Program variant..."

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UPDATE:

 Canada says vaccine mandates work as Quebec's 'unvaxxed tax' leads to spike in first-dose appointments [More]

Nothing quite says "success" like coercing your subjects into submission.

[Via Steve T

The New Normal

 USA Today Tries to Destigmatize Pedophilia, Fails Miserably [More]

The perverted minds behind this will be back. Give it some time and anyone against it will be a "hater." 

The idea that the attraction prompting that most strongest of innate biological urges, to spawn, can be successfully suppressed without manifesting itself in other destructive impulses is pure fantasy, so naturally, it is being couched in "scientific" terms. I do find it interesting they're trying for a default "pedophilia may originate in the womb, meaning pedophiles have no control over their attraction" hypothesis.  

Say it is. Guess who would scream the loudest if parents decided to use screening for that as the basis for terminating a pregnancy.

[Via Michael G]

We're the Only Ones Unexclusive Enough

 Texas sheriff under investigation for routinely seizing cash from undocumented immigrants [More]

Looks like they've learned to work the system and he was wrong thinking they wouldn't report it. And I guess you have to be a bit higher on the food chain to Always Think Forfeiture.

[Via Michael G]

The Nature of the Beast

 California's overflowing coffers hand Newsom 'every politician's dream' [More]

So naturally, he and his cronies demand more.

That's why they're called totalitarians.

Maybe That's Just the Way People Who Hate Themselves Act

People behave more sadistically when they’re bored [More]

My experience has been that not all sadists are bored and people who are are boring. We have access to more diversions than at any other time in history, so this suggests most of those pursuits are trivial or bad for you, and thus ultimately unfulfilling.

I'm guessing this is just a manifestation of shallow, lazy, dull, and self-loathing people without the imagination, drive, and motivation to be interested in something other than themselves taking their self-imposed misery out on others. 

Those I call friends are busy, interested, interesting, and kind.

He's On His Own

“I was just charged with 18 different counts, that was dropped to 10, that was dropped to one. When I shouldn’t be out right now. I disrupted somebody’s life. I traumatized somebody because of how I felt in a situation,” Trent said. “Personally, yes, I want to be out but, principally, no I shouldn’t be out because I could have done a lot more damage than I did. I was expecting to get time; people who were in that situation, they should expect to get time.” [More]

That innate sense of right and wrong makes him salvageable with the right kind of custodial care that includes reflection, penitence, and restitution. That they're not providing it pretty much means they're washing their hands of him and leaving his community to deal with him -- and vice versa.

One Question

 Hunter Biden's Ex-Wife Kathleen Buhle Breaks Silence About His 'Addiction' & 'Infidelity' During Their Marriage In Explosive Tell-All [More]

Did he buy any guns during that time?