The Nuclear Butterfly Effect

An earthquake described by Mexico's president as the country's strongest in a century has struck off the southern coast, killing at least 27 people. [More]

Is it totally ignorant to think "Ring of Fire," and to then wonder if Kim set off the vibration that knocked loose the pebble that started the avalanche...?

Our Friends Across the Aisle

Democrats oppose the panel and have called for its demise. [More]

No, duh.

Slow Fist Coming

You'd think everyone would have more than enough time to get out of the way. [More]

They're stuck in the expectation that what they previously viewed as normal will be perpetual. It reminds me of what Bracken says in the "Lies of Omission" preview:

"Turn the water tap and water comes out."

Imagine these same people a week after the lights have gone out, and in many cases, days.

That in turn reminds me of this:

By what suspension of reality, by what denial of the observable and the probable, by what art, device or magic are we sheltered few immune from catastrophe? Are we certain, from our brief and privileged vantage point, that such things will never affect us personally? Is it not just plain stupid to proclaim that our familiar way of life will forever be the norm, when everything that has gone before us shows we are, instead, the extremely lucky beneficiaries of a rare and fortunate convergence of circumstances; and one, by the way, that has only been preserved under force of arms?

Any bets most won't learn a thing, and will go right back to the old ways of unpreparedness and procrastination once this episode is over?

What do you mean I can't buy a gun? What do you mean you're out of ammunition?

God's Posin' People

NEW YORK MAN ADMITS TO PAINTING SWASTIKAS ON HIS OWN HOME ... Jewish leaders said that King, who was interviewed by the local media in front of his defaced home wearing a kippah, is not Jewish. [More]

So that would make this fake J... uh... news?

[Via Michael G]

Think Outside the Gun

Police say three employees of a Cleveland Taco Bell opened fire on two armed robbers, killing one. [More]

Hey, live mas!

I'm waiting on corporate to get all corporatey.  That and for the prosecutor to get all prosecutory with 19-year-olds carrying concealed and having handguns in the first place.

Let's hope somebody gets to them in time to tell them to keep their mouths shut and only communicate with police through a competent attorney.

There's more to this story, for sure.

[Via William T]

Perfectly Understandable

A taxpayer-funded education professor at the University of Iowa has published an article declaring that “white neurosis and white fragility” have become “widespread phenomena” in the United States in the wake of the 2016 election.  [More]

Give her a break.  Look at the white inferiorist "males" that populate her academia bubble. No wonder she extrapolates we're all weak and needy. A man wouldn't put up with her sh!+.

Funny though-- her CV doesn't show any psychology credentials or qualifications.  Ah, well, who needs those to be a "progressive" SJW educator?

Aren't you glad she's not your problem?

[Via Michael G]

So Long and Thanks for All the Fish

Dan Gross, our immediate past president, has stepped down. [More]

They just can't compete and gotta be hatin' Bloomberg for squeezing them out of the top prestige spot. And showing them who's boss in no uncertain terms:

The other noteworthy revelation, at least to this correspondent, is that MAIG was not only pleased to have edged out the Brady Campaign as the major force to be reckoned with when it comes to political and media influence, but that Bloomberg had unilaterally (although not unpredictably) assumed the mantle of supreme commander. This came through loud and clear in an exchange on just who had claim to the use of celebrities that resulted in the “PSA” where various famous entertainers “demanded a plan” (rather brilliantly exposed for hypocrisy in a video showing the same media luminaries profiting from "gunplay").

"If true that you are attempting to intervene in the work we are doing with celebrities on Demand A Plan and drive them toward Brady: don’t,” MAIG Executive Director Mark Glaze told Brady Campaign President Dan Gross in no uncertain terms via email.

To be clear, that was not a request. That was an order.

That’s the way Mike Bloomberg does things. And he’s used to being obeyed.

Comrade de Blasio

What’s been hardest is the way our legal system is structured to favor private property ... I think there’s a socialistic impulse, which I hear every day, in every kind of community, that they would like things to be planned in accordance to their needs. And I would, too. [More]

It doesn't get much more Globalist/Marxist than that.

[Via Steve T] 

Call to Action

Volunteers Needed to Protect Houston Disaster Relief Center and Relief Workers [More]

Perhaps some would rather wait for a parallel effort by those who disparage Oath Keepers. Otherwise,there are plenty of ways to help, starting with spreading the word.

You Can't Have One without the Other

Buried in backlog, Feds give top-secret clearances to murderers, rapists [More]

But we're expected to believe the screening to keep out foreign lowlifes, criminals and terrorists is rigorous...

99 Out of 100 Pantie-Wringers Agree!

"Ninety-nine people out of a hundred would interpret this language as threatening and to suggest otherwise is disingenuous at best and dangerous at worst. Bottom line: It is un-American to threaten journalists," the letter said. [More]

Where'd you take your survey sample from?

Real threats don't need interpretation.

A Proposition Rich in Target Opportunities

Why I’m teaching my KU classes in a bulletproof vest [More]

It would be interesting to see embedded poll results for some of the "Because you're an..." answers I can think of, which ultimately lead to an "All of the Above" outcome.

[Via bondmen]

A Gathering Storm

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is prepared to call in the National Guard if the upcoming verdict in the murder trial of a former St. Louis police officer triggers unlawful protests. [More]

I'd say announce it on a rainy day, but I don't see one in the forecast.

[Via bondmen]

An Opposite Day 'Progressive' Quality Education

Young, black males more likely to be suspended in Kansas City schools [More]

The buck stops where...?

At the top...?

[Via bondmen]

Giving Too Much Credit

We believe the media outlets that have cited the SPLC in recent days have not intended to target mainstream political groups for violent attack... [More]

Individual dolt reporters, probably not. Their job is to push the button that causes the food pellet to drop out. But the string-pullers know exactly what they're doing.

"Not evil just wrong" applies only to useful idiots -- and even they are guilty of causing evil via citizenship malpractice.

[Via Mack H]

Sense of Entitlement

It's this insatiable appetite for collective entitlement that demonstrates the perils of blanket amnesty. Give a privileged political class an inch and they'll take, take, take until feckless public servants give away their country. [More]

Thank goodness that will have nothing to do with that "single issue."

Speaking of that real entitlement, it looks like  professor of constitutional law at Harvard Law School Laurence Tribe's got nothing but insults to rebut with. Of course, his Opposite Day "progressive" view of the Second Amendment says it's an individual right subject to all kinds of infringements, including outright bans.

[Via Mack H]

So Much for the KISS Principle

The Pentagon won’t yet say how the USS John S. McCain was rammed by an oil tanker near Singapore, but red flags are flying as the Navy’s decades-old reliance on electronic guidance systems increasing looks like another target of cyberattack. [More]

Smart guns for everybody!

[Via Jess]

The Replacements

...  a transformation fueled by immigration ... [More]

Thank goodness demographically following California has nothing to do with that "single issue."

In for a Rude Awakening

Students across the U.S. are making some very precise demands of school chefs and dining halls, including a churrascaria, a gelateria and a sushi bar [More]

I'm wondering how they'll fare when we're all neck deep in what they're agitating for.

The Road to Hell

"A few days have passed, and you sit back and you look at the whole picture," she said. "It wasn't handled correctly, but I think the intentions were good at the time, and it was really to protect everybody." [More]

Yes. Look at the whole picture.