Lots O' Links

 "This is unbelievable. XVIII Airborne Corps is located on Fort Bragg (I refuse to call it by that other woke name), a mere 268 miles from Asheville and the worst flooding areas of this Biblical-level tragedy. The Corps’ capabilities include: -Extensive medium and heavy lift rotary wing aircraft. -A theater sustainment command with incredible capabilities for delivery of food, potable water, fuel and construction materials. -A medical brigade with Level III surgical capabilities. -An engineer brigade with robust heavy construction assets. -A military police brigade that can provide traffic control and assist local LE. -An Airborne Infantry division that has routinely supported disaster relief in years past. -A world-class command, control and communications HQ capability to make it all work. NONE OF THAT has been ordered to assist civil authorities? NONE OF IT?????? Fort Bragg has routinely supported domestic disaster relief for DECADES—Katrina, Homestead, you name it. Hell, I myself have a Humanitarian Service Medal for support to Hurricane Fran relief out of Bragg. Now we can’t do anything for an epic disaster in the SAME FREAKING STATE? WTF, over? This goes beyond mere negligence. It must be malicious. Perhaps Kamala and Joe don’t want NC’s rural GOP counties to be able to vote on November 5th? This is an abomination, and one of the worst derelictions of Presidential duties in US history."

 

Let's get this straight, De Santis has authorized the FL National Guard to fly relief supplies into other states, while we're seeing little to no news about the US military providing aid. 

 https://tennesseelookout.com/2024/09/29/florida-will-send-rescue-communications-assets-to-north-carolina-tennessee/

A quick Google search indicates that the XVIII Airborne Corps is not providing any relief at this time. 

 

 

   

The above sign was reportedly found at a government funded food shelf in Minnesota.   This would literally seem to be government funded racism.  

 

 https://x.com/defiyantlyfree/status/1840211872118911321?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

So, the a founding trustee of the Heritage Project, endorsed Harris, yet all we hear is about the Heritage Foundation and P25.   

 So this woman, in her youth, made a permanent change to her body, and grew to regret that change as she got older...

 https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1840053202005180624?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

ill Why would the Biden/Harris DOJ be suing to keep non citizens and legal aliens from being on their voter rolls? 

 https://x.com/alphanewsmn/status/1839771012012888542?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

Shocking behavior by leftist, anti Trump folx. 

https://x.com/rachel4trump_45/status/1839434690937405684?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

This seems highly unlikely to have been achieved through 100% legal or ethical means. I think Truman was right. 

 https://x.com/wallstreetapes/status/1839698822278090982?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

BVMLTT

 https://x.com/sunnyright/status/1839788340914336052?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

It seems strange that the US navy was attacked, in what could only be termed an act of war,  and the current administration does little to nothing and the MSM stands quietly by as our servicemen and women are in harm's way again. 

 

 https://x.com/behizytweets/status/1839444867207844126?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

BVMLTT!

 

 https://x.com/gregg_re/status/1839396290892894618?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 

Remember when this absurd judgement was big news, and all over the MSM? Well, it looks like the appellate court doesn't agree, and we know that the bank that was "swindled" opposes the ban on doing business with Trump.  

 

 https://x.com/davidbahnsen/status/1839298673320075413?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 It's pretty much what the BV said a couple of links earlier. 

 

 https://perry.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=403007

 

People freaked out when Trump met with Netanyahu, but nobody seems to care that Biden/Harris flew Zelensky  to a swing state for what was (essentially) a staged campaign event, using US military resources to do so. Seems kind of illegal to me....

 

 

 

 

Criminals

https://winteryknight.com/2024/09/29/tens-of-thousands-of-illegal-immigrants-with-criminal-convictions-released-into-usa/

Often, I can count on WK to write a post about a topic I want to address, and do so very well.    Late last week we received a report from the Biden Administration's ICE director about the vast number of KNOWN criminals released into the US after being apprehended for criminally entering the country.    Obviously this doesn't include the unknown numbers that got in without being detained.  

"The data says that, among those not in detention, there are 425,431 convicted criminals and 222,141 with pending criminal charges.

Those include 62,231 convicted of assault, 14,301 convicted of burglary, 56,533 with drug convictions and 13,099 convicted of homicide. An additional 2,521 have kidnapping convictions and 15,811 have sexual assault convictions.

There are an additional 1,845 with pending homicide charges, 42,915 with assault charges, 3,266 with burglary charges and 4,250 with assault charges.

“As of July 21, 2024, there were 662,566 noncitizens with criminal histories on ICE’s national docket—13,099 criminally convicted MURDERS!” Gonzales said in a statement. “Americans deserve to be SAFE in our own communities.”

During an election where crime statistics are a significant issue, it seems as though the candidate who was directly in charge of border issues importing almost 700,000 known criminals should be a topic of conversation.   

I get that the immigration debate is large and has some nuance, but I can't believe that allowing known criminals to be detained and released into the US can be spun as a good thing.   Especially, when one candidate has said publicly that these immigrants should be allowed to vote and/or given a fast track to citizenship.  

The notion that these are "poor refugees" in need of temporary asylum is absurd. 

Blogger Sucks

 The new Blogger format has eliminated two helpful features.  

1.  The ability to see the original post while on the page to write comments.

2.  The comment text box (for lack of a better term) has been made smaller.

Short rant over. 

Last Post for a Few Days

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I have no idea what the rest of the book says, but I have to say that he's not wrong about this.   

https://x.com/_johnnymaga/status/1836392053418152388?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

When the MSM does finally get the story right...

https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1836147979037872462?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

Likewise, it's refreshing to see a couple of democrat legislators willing to buck their party in search of the Truth.  

https://x.com/joelwberry/status/1836389133972894086?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

Harris has been using the story of a GA woman who died from poor medical care after she had a chemically induced abortion to push the narrative that the repeal of Roe caused this.   Instead of pointing out that this is what happens when abortionists fail to give their patients proper follow up care.  

Again With the Inconvienient Data

 https://winteryknight.com/2024/09/18/more-transgender-people-reveal-their-violent-plans-and-ambitions/

Who knew?   Is it possible that screwing with children's  hormones and such might have other negative effects? 

Enjoy. Or not.

 

   

   

 

Somehow all of these comments just slipped people's minds as they blame Trump for the multiple assassination attempts recently.   It doesn't seem like it was all that long ago when "words were violence".  

"I have always maintained that speech is speech and is not violence, and that the moral deficit lies not with the purveyor of the idea but with the person who acted on it. To paraphrase Viktor Frankl, civilization is only possible because of our capacity to pause between stimulus and response and, in that pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight. But reality is a lot more complicated than that. Ideas do compel people to act, though almost never in a vacuum. What one believes is only one part of a very complex milieu of causes that can move someone to materialize mere thoughts in the world of atoms. What I find really hard to believe though, is that the people who constantly told us over the last 8 years that: - Anti-immigration rhetoric is violence against immigrants - criticizing Islam leads to violence against Muslims - criticizing gender ideology is genocide against trans - Trump saying “China virus” and “Kung Flu” (objectively funny) led to anti-Asian hate crimes all asserted with no proof by the way… suddenly now fail to see the connection between “democracy dies if Trump the Hitler gets elected” and not potential but ACTUAL violence? Violence that already took place? It’s almost as if such claims were just fake concerns deployed to shut down legitimate criticism. Can Trump make his own life easier? Yes, yes he can. If he himself paused a bit more and stopped immediately reacting to stimuli, he wouldn’t constantly be on the receiving end of so much vitriol. But are his assassination attempts his own fault? No. That so many in the legacy media can’t even stop themselves from victim-blaming says so much about where we are as a society. Trump is now 0-2. Whatever doesn’t kill him only makes him stronger. The average American will only see this as some GANSTA-level shit. Meanwhile, the media continues to beclown themselves."

 

Melissa Chen 

https://x.com/msmelchen/status/1835705574366802246?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

Chen is a center-right political commentator who's never been particularly pro-Trump, but makes some good points.   The line about being able to pause between stimulus and response, is particularly telling.   The fact that the default position of the MSM is that we have no the motivation of a shooter, even when there is direct evidence, is disturbing.  Yet, how much of that is driven by the need to fill airtime with "breaking news" even when there is none?  

 https://x.com/leadingreport/status/1835709204910235709?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

Well, this took a turn...     

https://x.com/michele_tafoya/status/1835778352403079616?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

So we have actual evidence of Harris pledging to release all criminal illegal migrants from detention, and it's not particularly newsworthy for the MSM. 

 

 

 

Preponderance

 I tend to think that one way you can determine what is important to people is to pay attention to what they talk about the most.  I think that people talk most about what they value most.  

So, when I watched the DNC and watch DFL campaign commercials, or watch the debates.  I pay attention to the tings they talk about most often strangely enough, I've found that the preponderance of DFL campaign communication mentions abortion.   I wonder why abortion, something that directly affects a small percentage of the US population is such a major focus of the DFL message.   

More Random Stuff

   

Apparently RBG agreed with Trump that abortion should be decided at the state level.   Given the number of democrats that worship RBG, it's amazing that they don't pay any attention to her on this.  

 

https://x.com/sawyermerritt/status/1835126491627372982?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

Listening to Franken acknowledge that Biden is wrong is refreshing.

https://x.com/oilfield_rando/status/1835327025919185163?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

Vance not allowing Bash to set the narrative, and pointing out her inconsistency is impressive.  

 https://x.com/trumpwarroom/status/1835349526917313023?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

It's kind of shocking to watch a member of the MSM push back this strongly on a Harris/Walz surrogate and to hold firm in pointing out Harris' blatant and obvious lie.   

 https://x.com/dc_draino/status/1834642066665545842?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

So, to summarize, the Biden/Harris administration allowed an immigrant who was wanted for murder in the DR into the US and this fine, upstanding, person slaughters a family of 4 (2 young children).   Nothing to see here, this massive influx of unvetted immigrants is not a concern at all.  

https://x.com/andreatantaros/status/1834298556355580081?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

This probably bears further investigation, but politicians profiting (Clintons) from the plight of people in Haiti is vile and disgusting.  

https://x.com/travis_4_trump/status/1834350844357345527?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

When prominent DFL operatives are this honest about a DFL candidate, it does give a tiny glimmer of hope that there is a point where the "by any means necessary" DFL ethos stops.  

https://x.com/defiyantlyfree/status/1834252484761846123?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

Interesting analysis using Chat GPT.

https://x.com/kylenabecker/status/1834020891543355841?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

The debate moderation was so bad that CNN jumped on ABC. 

 https://x.com/wil_da_beast630/status/1835378903369552100?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

BVMLTT    So we now have a whistleblower from ABC who's produced an affidavit, under oath, alleging that ABC gave Harris the questions in advance.   

   

   

  

 

Oh, as an afterthought, a Biden/Harris/Walz supporter attempted another assassination attempt on Trump yesterday, the MSM and the DFL mostly just yawn.   For some reason the Secret Service doesn't seem to take protecting Trump seriously enough after the first assassination attempt to do anything differently.  

FWIW, if I were Trump I would engage visible private security at any and all future campaign events and if asked about it say something like, "I have the utmost respect and appreciation for the rank and file Secret Service agents who have risked their lives to protect me.   Unfortunately, their leadership up to and through the DOJ/Biden administration has chosen to make providing Secret Service protection to presidential candidates who are running against them a political issue.   Therefore, until I regain the office of president, I must augment my Secret Service details with other assets.   When elected, I will take all appropriate measures to ensure that the Secret Service is not used for political gain in the future."

 

 

 

 

Data v. Narrative

 https://winteryknight.com/2024/09/12/study-white-progressives-are-more-racist-against-minorities-than-white-conservatives-2/

WK brings some interesting data as always.  

Good, Bad, Comparison, Grading on a Curve

 In my Bible study this morning, we inevitably got around to the topic of sin.    It got me thinking about sin, good, bad, etc and how we see ourselves.   I think that where we have trouble is comparison, who we compare ourselves to, and who we look to for dealing with our sin.   

It's said that "Comparison is the thief of joy." by some, unless it's comparing our sins.   Inevitably we compare our sins to others real and imagined sins and we grade on a curve.   We tell ourselves that we aren't anywhere near as bad as that other person, and that we've only committed a few minor sins.   We tell ourselves that sin is just "missing the mark", and convince ourselves that we always barely miss that "mark".   When we compare our sins to others, it makes us feel pretty good about ourselves, "God can't be upset with me because I'm an angel compared to...".   I know we've all done this, taken joy in our imagined superiority over others.  I know that some of us, kind of revel in that superiority, we're proud of how good we are.   Compared to others.  

But what if our comparison was wrong?   What if we're not meant to compare our self to others, and grade ourselves on a curve?  What it there's a higher standard that we should be comparing ourselves to?  

Likewise what if we stopped measuring how good we are by comparing ourselves to others?    Again, what if there was a different standard?    What if our motivations were more important than our actions?   What if doing good meant real, hard, significant, sacrifice? 

What if our good, our bad, our sin, wasn't self graded and wasn't graded on a curve of our own making?  What if the test was pass/fail?

Finally, what if it wasn't up to us?  What if our performance, and success wasn't based on anything we do or can do?   What if, it's really not all focused on us at all?   What if we're not the center of everything?

More More Debate Stuff

 https://x.com/kylenabecker/status/1834020891543355841?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

When one revered bastion of elite journalism, criticizes another revered bastion of journalism, you knwo something is wrong.   

https://x.com/defiyantlyfree/status/1834038486258930011?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

Who should we believe?   Harris or ???

https://x.com/wallstreetapes/status/1833981036289753558?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

Enough said.  

https://x.com/julie_kelly2/status/1833860832842670508?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 https://x.com/julie_kelly2/status/1833858838421778466?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

Harris lied about being in the capitol on J6.

https://x.com/lauraloomer/status/1833682772323397895?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

Harris made an oopsie.

I don't have a clip for this one, but Harris went on about needing a 2 state solution for the Israel/Hamas/Gaza war.    You'd think that she'd know that the Arabs/Hamas/PLO/Hezbollah/Gazans have been against a 2 state solution since 1948.   They've been offered a 2 state solution multiple times and refused.  Why in the name of all that is Holy does she think that she is going to be able to achieve what no one else has, and what the Arab side doesn't want.    FYI, I'm guessing that her sex will make dealing with Arab leaders difficult, especially with the more hard line ones. 

More Debate Stuff

 https://x.com/zachduckworth/status/1833722733760221442?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

MN and 7 other states/DC currently have laws that allow abortion up to the moment of birth, and we're seeing laws requiring lifesaving care for infants born alive after attempted abortions weakened or eliminated.    Honestly, the default position of a Dr with a living, breathing, born infant (no matter if they f'ed up the abortion or not) should be to save the child.   Anything less seems like a return to the Roman empire.  

https://x.com/conservmillen/status/1833927704451952748?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

Scroll down to the embedded video.  

https://x.com/megbasham/status/1833911110979756396?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

It sounds barbaric to give a living human being pain medication so that they can be dismembered painlessly, but here we are.  

https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1833865787385225318?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

SOVMLTT

https://x.com/swipewright/status/1833668311017783348?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

More from this parade of idiots.  I still want to watch the whole video.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV29R1M25n8

This appears to be the entire video. 

I Find Myself With a Little Time, and More Stuff to Clean out of my Inbox

 https://fortune.com/2024/06/26/fortune-100-ceos-trump-small-businesses/

So, for years the DFL has demonized these "rich, old, white, men" as people who've been greedy and treated their employees badly, and now they're embracing them.   Seems like the DFL is becoming what it always said the GOP was.  The party of the rich and powerful.

 

 https://x.com/tyleraloevera/status/1833553869302874284?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

Doesn't sound racist at all.  

https://x.com/wil_da_beast630/status/1833495411295682895?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

He's not wrong about this.  They'd rather gin up fear of a fictional future, than deal with a real present.  

https://x.com/papitrumpo/status/1833314089885430121?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

It wasn't even Steve Doocey that scared her off.  

https://x.com/thisisfoster/status/1833628621254119574?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

Of course the news anchor on XYZ corporate, liberal network is more trustworthy than a pastor on the ground.  

https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1833525708796399868?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

I'm shocked that Harris would plagiarize.

  https://x.com/endwokeness/status/1833494326506098872?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

This isn't about race, it's about culture.   There is a difference.  

https://x.com/kalebjackson00/status/1833368847358837100?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

I so want to see this entire event.   This particular woman, is so woefully uninformed on the basics of the terminology of the topic it's pitiful   That anyone can't see her ignorance is even worse.  

 https://x.com/msmelchen/status/1833467650069975051?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 https://x.com/wil_da_beast630/status/1833486631203967170?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 

Hopefully the Inbox is Cleaned Out

 https://x.com/politicalelle/status/1830413044507132017?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

His unwillingness to say anything about the brutal execution of a hostage held by Hamas since 10/7/24 is shameful.  The Biden/Harris administration utter failure to do anything to get the US citizens held hostages released, worse then shameful.   

https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/08/30/list-republicans-endorsing-kamala-harris/

Maybe the hype wasn't real.  But hey, the DFL picked up the endorsement of someone they refer to as a war criminal.   DFL, the party of war criminals.  

https://x.com/behizytweets/status/1828095833641722196?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

  

 

 If it's this bad in Texas, what's it like where they don't give a shit who votes? 

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1828206091248800236?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

https://x.com/dc_draino/status/1828175388343939440?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

More Inconvienient Data

 

Women  commit sexual offenses at a rate of 3 per 1,000,000

Men commit sexual offenses at a rate of 395 per 1,000,000

"Trans" women commit sexual offenses at a rate of 1,916 per 1,000,000 

That seems like a significant difference to me. 

Profound

 Benjamin Netanyahu: "We develop missile-defense systems to protect our citizens, while they use their citizens to protect their missiles. And this is what makes all the difference."
This summarizes the difference between Israel and Hamas/Hezbollah. 

Debate

 Trump will be asked about gun control at the debate. I think he should answer with something like this “A few weeks ago, I was inches away from being killed. A bullet grazed my ear. A life changing experience. I thank God for sparing my life. A young man with a gun tried to kill me - I know more than most the threat guns pose. We have a right to bear arms in this country, a right to self-defense, but with that right comes a lot of responsibility. We have a responsibility to enforce the laws that we have that would keep guns out of the hands of the wrong people. We also have the responsibility to get serious about the other factors driving disturbed young people to murder. Gun ownership hasn’t increased in the past 50 years. So what’s changed? Our values, our technology, our entertainment, family cohesion, even our medical industry has changed to the detriment of the mental health of kids. Disarming law abiding people isn’t a real solution, and that’s the only thing Kamala Harris has proposed. If we really want to put an end to school shootings, we need to look at all factors. As president, I’m willing to do that. Whatever it takes to protect children while honoring the right of good citizens to defend themselves as they see fit”

Allie Beth Stuckey

 

Personally, I think she's exactly right. Trump has an excellent opportunity tonight, because if he does well there will never be another, to set himself up to beat Harris. As long as he gives answers like this, calls her out on her interruptions, and doesn't get dragged down, he should be fine.

 

FWIW, polling data is starting to show trends indicating that Trump could win the popular vote as well as the electoral college.  

 

 When Kamala inevitably drops her pre-prepared “I’m speaking” line, Trump should say: “There it is, she’s been practicing that for months. Did you media folks get that? That was for you. Now go spread it around on social media while I discuss how to fix the problems she caused.”

Dan Bongino

 

 

Almost Empty

 The US has no functional president and has not had one for months, and it's barely noticeable and barely matters because there's a permanent unelected machine that runs the government

Glenn Greenwald

File this under, He's Not Wrong.

 

 https://x.com/wallstreetapes/status/1832975615433334799?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

Stay Classy! 

 https://x.com/cacandgreco/status/1832985203117064473?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

Walz gives an award to a woman who was part of a massive swindle of the government.  

 https://x.com/defiyantlyfree/status/1832867775657726169?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

Back when journalists were journalists.  

 https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1832428945834135954?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

This trend will never get the attention that it deserves.  

Polarization

 Interesting chart from a couple of academics looking at the change in political polarization over the years.  Pretty much matches what we see, the GOP is moving slightly left while the DFL moves significantly further left. 

 https://x.com/wil_d a_beast630/status/1833262618536227107?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

BVMLTT, A Little MN Humor, Random Videos Embedded in Tweets, Cleaning Out My Inbox

 https://x.com/shemekamichelle/status/1832124915387888046?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

BVMLTT

 https://x.com/d_b_harrison/status/1831705338640527606?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

BVMLTT

https://x.com/i/status/1831788288384102848

No wonder inflation hasn't come down and they have to spend time tweaking the formula.   The Inflation Reduction Act had nothing to do with reducing inflation.  

https://x.com/i/status/1831788288384102848

Shocking MN, under Walz, was home to lots and lots of fraud.  Vote for the fraud ticket in Nov.  

https://x.com/defiyantlyfree/status/1832104098243735871?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

MBVLTT

https://x.com/defiyantlyfree/status/1832104098243735871?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

I've posted the stats from Baltimore before, it's disgraceful.  

https://x.com/realmattcouch/status/1832038993082360253?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

He's not wrong about this.  If self interest is the highest and best goal, then...

https://x.com/wallstreetsilv/status/1832077770597306832?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

Fraud?

 

 https://x.com/lauraloomer/status/1832251868292247921?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

BVMLTT

 https://x.com/lauraloomer/status/1832251868292247921?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

BVMLTT

 https://x.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1832777676811034816

Bernie throwing down on NBC (real journalists, not right wing, revered journalism organization)

 https://x.com/fox9/status/1832769628042346715?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

But crime is down!

 

 

 

"Democracy"

 "Hard Reality:  For our democracy to survive two things need to happen.     Donald Trump needs to be Convicted for Jan 6th and there can be no Third Party Candidate."

Rob Reiner

Convicting the major opposition candidate and preventing third party candidates from running in a federal, general, election, seems like the antithesis of "democracy".   In all honesty it sounds much more like the sort of thing we'd hear from a 3rd world socialist dictator.   When democrats say "save democracy", this is what they mean.  One party rule.  It's like advocating lying to protect Truth, or having sex to protect virginity.   This is what people like Dan support. 

Debate Fodder

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izygFgh86ak

3:33 of CNN (real journalists working for a revered journalistic institution) going through Harris' answer to an ACLU questionnaire and the host is taken aback.   When host of any show on left leaning CNN is shocked at how extreme Harris positions are, you know they're out there.    

Given how the left treats voters who say they'll vote for Trump by assuming that they 100% agree with every position attributed to Trump (accurate or not), I think it's safe to say that any Harris voters are CHOOSING to vote to support the things Harris says she wants to do.  

I can only hope that Trump can use some of this in the debate. 

Cats

 A while back I wrote about Springfield OH.   It's a town of @60k residents who was gifted 20k Haitians immigrants by the Biden/Harris administration.   Over the last few days we're seeing reports that the Haitians are killing and eating Canada Geese (which are protected from harm by federal law) as well as pet cats.   I know that in Haiti, cats are eaten so this doesn't surprise me.   We've also just had a report of a child killed by a Haitian immigrant.

One of the things about Haitian culture is that they tend to not look at the future consequences of their actions.   For example, much of the country has been deforested and the trees turned into charcoal.   Obviously this leads to the increased damage done by storms as the trees aren't there to stabilize the soil.   So it doesn't shock me that Haitians plopped into OH with no frame of reference live as they've always lived.  

I'm also not shocked that the greens aren't saying a thing about the killing of a federally protected species, and that the DFL cat ladies are likewise silent over the demise of cats.  

https://x.com/endwokeness/status/1832773191976014217?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

Racist dude at the city council meeting.

https://x.com/endwokeness/status/1832773191976014217?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

https://x.com/tyleraloevera/status/1833553869302874284?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

"“Well, since I work in the Ohio city that is presently all over the news, I suppose a few words are in order. (When I type in the city name, Facebook seems to be blocking it.) For those of you not following, two local Catholic charities have contracted with the federal government to relocate "refugees." (I use quotes, because the local Haitians themselves are telling folks they were recruited for work.) This is publicly disputed, but the evidence is overwhelming. Regardless, at present, 20k Haitians now live in an Ohio town of 60k residents. The results are predictable, and I can confirm the stories are true. Traffic accidents involving Haitian drivers has skyrocketed - property damage, hit and runs, and more. One kid was killed when a driver slammed into a school bus filled with kids. Petty crime is out of control. Stores are locking down merchandise due to rampant theft. Driving without a license is ubiquitous. The schools are chaotic. The local district has had to spend north of $300k on translators. I spoke with a teacher who said there is not nearly enough room in the existing buildings. The real estate market is also crazy. A friend of mine in real estate said that most of the Haitian families have banks cards from somewhere with $20k ear-marked for buying homes. The market was already tight, but now the prices are soaring. Don't get me started on the hospitals. And, yes, the stories about Haitians killing and eating neighborhood cats and ducks from local parks is true. I know situations like this are complicated politically and culturally, but what I get most frustrated about is when people call this kind of policy compassionate. There is not an ounce of compassion in this situation for either the immigrants nor the citizens. The citizens are being ignored, and the immigrants are being manipulated by deep pockets somewhere. It benefits the politically connected elites and business class, and nobody else.” 

 

Revisiting the Past

 I was re watching the Super Bowl, on the eve of the drive for the 3 peat, and realized how many chances SF had to win the game in regulation.   Starting in the 3Q, the missed PAT was the biggest.   Had that been made it's a 4 point lead, and KC would have had to significantly change to a riskier play calling approach, and wouldn't have been able to trade FG's to stay in the game.  

It's interesting to see what some perspective and time does.  

We've got real football coming soon.   A few thoughts.

The NFL schedulers were very kind to the Jets and the Bears.   Front loading their schedules to increase their chances of early success is great for the Rogers comeback and the  Williams rookie year.  

The NFC North should be very competitive with 3 teams that should be good, and Min which might be better than we think.

KC has a tough schedule early, but has the opportunity to get tie breakers on Bal, and Cin in Sept.  

Buffalo, and Baltimore should be down this year due to losses of talent and coaching.  

Houston should be interesting to watch, no one seems concerned about any regression or about how Diggs will impact the offense if he doesn't get his touches.  

The Chargers and Raiders should be below average, and the Broncos might be a surprise.  

Ultimately the AFC is going to be interesting as many of the good teams should be worse, and the NFC should be better for the first time in a while.  

No matter what, it'll be fun.  

FYI, I like how the NFL front loads easier schedules for teams that have good story lines, they ultimately have to play the harder games, but to build up wins early helps.   Unlike the WNBA which screwed the Fever/Clark by scheduling them against the best teams from last year early.  Like it or not, good story lines are good for the leagues. 

Hope

 "I'm an absolutist on the subject of abortion."

 

While this statement may be True, it's also True that this particular "absolutist" is willing to compromise their absolutism in order to elect a particular presidential candidate.  

For the record, I have no problem with compromising a principle you hold absolutely to support a "lesser of two evils" presidential candidate.   It literally happens in virtually every election.  

What I'd hope for is honesty about the compromise being chosen.   What I'd hope for is acknowledgement that the current, expressed, position of said candidate on abortion is less absolute than it has appeared to be in the past.   What I'd hope for is the acknowledgement that said candidate is less absolute on abortion that they were in previous campaigns.  What I'd hope for is the demonstration of grace that acknowledges that other absolutists are not as willing to compromise on their absolute principles, and that doing so is an equally principled position to take.  

 I doubt, my hopes will be realized, but I still hope.  

Thanks WK!

 https://winteryknight.com/2024/09/01/new-study-most-children-suffering-from-gender-confusion-grow-out-of-it-2/

 

More data to be ignored and sacrificed on the altar of a Narrative.  

Disgrace

 Hamas executed 6 hostages last week in order to prevent them from being freed by Israel.    Yet Biden raises himself from his slumber to criticize Israel, who's agreed to every cease fire proposal proposed since last spring.  Harris threatens Israel with various negative consequences if they don't do what they've already done?   Walz literally runs away after being asked a question about the executions at the state fair.   A freaking US citizen is held hostage by terrorists for almost a year, and executed and the Biden administration does NOTHING to get him back?    All the while, pro Hamas protesters support terrorism, kidnapping, rape, and murder in the streets of the US.     This is more blood on the hands of the Biden/Harris administration.  What kind of federal government simply stands by and does nothing while US citizens are held hostage and executed by terrorists.