Insurrection, Maybe Not. A Call For Vigilantes, Yeah.

 

"If you have a neighbor or a loved one who has joined ICE, it's time to either get them out or turn them in.

Let's put names to these masked oppressors. Law Enforcement Officers (unless they're undercover) can NOT be anonymous.

If you're anonymous, you're not part of defending our communities. You're a part of a secret police force working for the bad guys."

 

Well, this sounds like a call for vigilantes to step up and take matters into their own hands.  

 

It also sounds like someone who  isn't paying attention the the masked "protesters" all over the news, nor to the ANTIFA types, or who only wants to hold one side accountable.  

Rights Or Responsibilities

 At some point I will be posting additional information being released about the recent shooting in MPLS, but I wanted to deal with a related issue first and separately.    

Much has been made of the fact that Pretti held a carry permit and was legally allowed to carry concealed in MN.  While I have no first hand knowledge of this, I am accepting it as True.  Where this has become a problem is that it's being seized on by people who vehemently oppose the very notion of people being legally allowed to carry a gun, and by those who would prefer that the 2A not exist and that all guns be confiscated in an attempt to prove a point.   I'll address this from two perspectives.  

1.   The 2A is an "inalienable right" guaranteed in the constitution, and affirmed multiple times by SCOTUS.  It is the law of the land.  So I 100% agree that Pretti had an absolute 2A right to own a firearm (in this case a literal "military grade" firearm, with a multiple "high capacity magazines"),  I also recognize that the right to own a gun comes with responsibilities.   I would humbly suggest that carrying a gun when interfering with federal law enforcement probably isn't the most responsible thing to do.  

2.  In MN there is a fairly involved process to go through before being granted a permit to carry.  As a part of the required class work, an inordinate amount of time is spent on three things.  First, the requirement to have both ID and your permit card on your person when carrying a gun.  Second, how to interact with law enforcement if you are carrying a legally concealed gun on your person or in your car.   They spend a lot of time on this one, I thought it was excessive but I may have been wrong.  Third, the responsibility that comes with choosing to carry and the consequences that may be involved if you do make that choice.   In short, the class was much less about the right/privilege of  owning/carrying a gun and much more about the responsibilities that one shoulders of one chooses to do so.  The simple reality of carrying a gun in public is that you are making a positive choice (and jumping through hoops to do so) that could result in you shooting and wounding or killing another human.  This is not something to be engaged in lightly, although many do.   Carrying a concealed weapon is an acceptance of being held to a higher standard of conduct, and increased responsibility over those who choose not to.  One final part of the process involves the choice of what gun one wants to carry.  I'd argue that choosing to carry a gun with a well known history of problems with accidental discharge into a confrontation with law enforcement was simply one more poor choice in this scenario.   

On a related note, the local rabble rousers  here in MSP spent a couple of weeks flooding social media with "How To" graphics regarding interacting with ICE or other law enforcement.   One salient feature was the admonition to avoid actually interfering with law enforcement.  

So what we end up with as we evaluate the Pretti situation (regardless of the additional information that is coming out) is the realization that Pretti chose to ignore what he learned in his carry class, and to ignore the advice of the protest experts.   Clearly, his choices to ignore what he'd been taught had horrible consequences.   

Finally, I find it hilarious that the anti-gun ASPL has set aside it's opposition to civilians owning "military grade" weapons, to "high capacity" magazines, to concealed carry, to guns not intended for "hunting", and for gun ownership itself in order to beatify this guy who went against all of those deeply held convictions.  Just because it helps them score some temporary political points.   The colossal irony of a bunch of people who fought to deny people like Pretti the ability to carry an gun, defending the role his choice to do so (and to ignore his training) is lost on those who should be most aware of it.   That Pretti will, at some point, be used as a poster boy to end carry or gun ownership seems to be a given.  

 

Real Journalism?

 https://x.com/c_3c_3/status/2015942763091562889?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

This raises an excellent question.  If the MSM ("real journalists") are supposed to accurately and truthfully report the facts, how in the world can the digital manipulation of images be justified?   Especially if the manipulation causes a change in perception?   

Not Wrong

 

False Narrative

 Speaking of false narratives being repeated without any fact checking, this one is good.  

Frey keeps whining about how outnumbered the MPD is by federal LE.   While this is True (although mostly the fault of Frey and Walz), the reality is that local and state LEO (by local I'm referring to only a few of the first ring suburbs, and the two urban counties) are NOT outnumbered by ICE.   Using publicly available numbers for MPLS, STP, Hennepin county, Ramsey county, MN State Patrol, and THREE of  FIFTEEN first ring suburbs gets to parity with the @3000 Ice officers.  I'm not including the MANG or the other TWELVE first ring suburbs, nor that over ONE HUNDRED additional subrubs, nor the rest of the seven country metro.  In short, this "outnumbered" narrative being pushed by Walz, Frey, and the media is simply false on at least two levels.   

Mark 1, 2, & 3

 Mark is an interesting Gospel.  There seems to be general agreement that it was the first Gospel written, and the the subsequent Gospels drew from it.  So, what does Mark tell us about Jesus' early ministry?

 

  

" John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins."

 "And a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”"

 "The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness.  And he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. And he was with the wild animals, and the angels were ministering to him."

 "Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God,  and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”"

 "And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.”^"

 "And they went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath he entered the synagogue and was teaching. And they were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as the scribes."

 "And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit. And he cried out, “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God.”  But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent, and come out of him!” And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying out with a loud voice, came out of him.  And they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.” And at once his fame spread everywhere throughout all the surrounding region of Galilee."

 "And immediately he left the synagogue and entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.  Now Simon's mother-in-law lay ill with a fever, and immediately they told him about her. And he came and took her by the hand and lifted her up, and the fever left her, and she began to serve them.

That evening at sundown they brought to him all who were sick or oppressed by demons. And the whole city was gathered together at the door. And he healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons. And he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him."

 "And he said to them, “Let us go on to the next towns, that I may preach there also, for that is why I came out.”  And he went throughout all Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons."

 "And a leper came to him, imploring him, and kneeling said to him, “If you will, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, “I will; be clean.”  And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean. And Jesus^[ sternly charged him and sent him away at once,  and said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, for a proof to them.” 

  "And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”  Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts,  “Why does this man speak like that? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”  And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them, “Why do you question these things in your hearts?  Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise, take up your bed and walk’?  But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the paralytic— ¹¹ “I say to you, rise, pick up your bed, and go home.” And he rose and immediately picked up his bed and went out before them all, so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”

 " And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”  And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”"

  "And he said to them, “Have you never read what David did, when he was in need and was hungry, he and those who were with him: how he entered the house of God, in the time of^[ biathar the high priest, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those who were with him?”  And he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. ²⁸ So the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”"

 "And they watched Jesus, to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him. ³ And he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come here.”  And he said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent. And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. The Pharisees went out and immediately held counsel with the Herodians against him, how to destroy him."

  "And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.”  And he strictly ordered them not to make him known."

  "And he appointed twelve (whom he also named apostles) so that they might be with him and he might send them out to preach ¹⁵ and have authority to cast out demons. "

 

"And he called them to him and said to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan?  If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.  And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.  And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but is coming to an end. But no one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man. Then indeed he may plunder his house."

 “Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the children of man, and whatever blasphemies they utter, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”—  for they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”"

 "And he answered them, “Who are my mother and my brothers?”  And looking about at those who sat around him, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers!  For whoever does the will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother.”"

 

Bits of Tid

 https://x.com/defiantls/status/2014108243363066100?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

This short video is all anyone needs to validate the increasingly large amount of DATA that shows that  the AWFULs are literally mentally ill.  

 https://x.com/larryelder/status/2014243859812044968?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

Exhibit #2 to demonstrate the craziness of the AWFULs and their black counterparts.   That not a single person on the show questioned or fact checked this absurd and inflammatory claim would be malpractice if there were any ethical or legal guidelines for a show like this.   

 https://x.com/ericldaugh/status/2014054937110458459?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMY

Tone deaf, hypocritical, double standard, stupidity, brainwashed, and moronic are just a few of the adjectives to describe this idiot who somehow managed to get elected.  

 https://x.com/redsteeze/status/2014148699954319817?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

Nekima is quite simply a lying  sack of excrement.     CNN needs to change their name because upholding any journalistic standards of Truth or accuracy have gone out the window. 

 https://x.com/marionawfal/status/2014144869329961107?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

This story just keeps getting better and better.  I hope that there is a way to claw back the $200,000 that they grifted.   

Journalism, My Ass

https://x.com/bubblebathgirl/status/2014137248103514450?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 Who is more credible?   Someone like Dan, or this guy?

 https://x.com/libornormal/status/2014079992318009748?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

This facade that Lemon is a "journalist" is getting  more and more ridiculous each passing day.   Those who continue to cling to the notion that the MSM is all a bunch of highly principled, "real" journalists probably need to seriously reconsider their narrative.  

 

Sanctuary?

 https://x.com/dennyburk/status/2013676312351723730?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMY

"A Response to the Disruption of Our January 18 Worship Service Jesus is real. When we gather on Sunday mornings to worship him, we are gladly giving ourselves to what is most central and sacred in our life together. “We worship Jesus” stretches as the main banner of our church, alongside two other pursuits that flow from it: loving one another and seeking the good of the Twin Cities. On Sunday, January 18, a group of agitators jarringly disrupted our worship gathering. They accosted members of our congregation, frightened children, and created a scene marked by intimidation and threat. Such conduct is shameful, unlawful, and will not be tolerated. Invading a church service to disrupt the worship of Jesus — or any other act of worship — is protected by neither the Christian Scriptures nor the laws of this nation. We welcome respectful dialogue about present issues, and about how the realness of Jesus, as revealed in the Bible, provides the only final answers to the world’s most complex and intractable problems. Jesus Christ, the divine Son of God, lived, died, and rose again for the rescue of all who put their faith in him. He offers a love that transcends cultures, borders, policies, and politics. As those who have been loved and rescued by him, we will not shrink from worshiping Jesus, nor will we stop “teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Messiah” (Acts 5:42). Church buildings are meant to be places of peace and solace, where worshipers can hear and live out this message. We therefore call on local, state, and national leaders to protect this fundamental right. We are evaluating next steps with our legal counsel. – the Elders of Cities Church"

 

Clearly those in the progressive christian slice of the ASPL who support this, have given up their notion of a church being some kind of inviolable sanctuary when it is convenient for them.  

 

Fortunately there is a federal statute under which these folx can be prosecuted because we know that STP, Ramsey County, and MN will not do a thing to them.   

Research and DATA, Bad?

 https://x.com/rob_thabuilder/status/2013696568956690567?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

You'd think that those in the "trans" community and their supporters would be all in on scientific research to look at DATA to determine whether or not there is something in the actual brains of the "trans" that can held better diagnose and understand "dysphoria".   Yet, for some strange reason, the "trans" community and their shills don't seem to want the research to even begin.  

I can't help but wonder why.   

Scrutiny

 Three stories that have gotten a lot of press recently that haven't held up under scrutiny.  

 1.  Bathrobe guy.  The fact that he was harboring two sex offenders pretty much removes any sympathy that most people would have for him.

2.  Tear gas family.   The narrative was that this innocent family was driving home and was brutally tear gassed for no reason.  We now learn that the parents left their kids in the car and joined the rioting.   

3.  The "disabled" woman.   Again, she wasn't some random person driving by, but actually was a professional agitator who was right in the middle of the action.  

 

It is strange that so many of the ASPL narratives, (10,000 unarmed black men, "Hands up, don't shoot", Floyd wasn't high on fentanyl, BLM was just trying to help people, various "noose" reports, Smollett's scam, for a few examples) simply don't hold up to scrutiny.   Yet, despite this, the ASPL continue to repeat these discredited narratives as if they are True.  

It's Magic

 https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2013645561442816185?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

So P-BO gives some guy an award for deporting 920,000 illegal aliens, and now the same guy is a "fascist" for deporting 600,000 illegal aliens now.  

 https://x.com/wallstreetapes/status/2013355229035577790?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

This is also magic.  Why are almost all of the protesters white, liberal, women?  Why so, relaively few, POC?

 https://x.com/andrewkolvet/status/2013479787134885922?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

When the bastion of "real journalism" and left wing politics can acknowledge that the increase  in "The danger associated with deportations is mostly a result of blue state policies that prevent law enforcement from transferring criminal illegals to ICE custody, as a result ICE has to make "community arrests" which put citizens and legal immigrants at risk.", but lemmings like Dan continue to chant the mantra of the ignorant, it is truly a sad day for discourse in America. 

 https://winteryknight.com/2026/01/20/new-poll-61-of-white-leftist-women-ages18-44-agree-with-obstructing-law-enforcement/

If I was to evaluate this post against what I see daily on my social media feed, I would say that the contention that this is primarily “affluent white liberal women,” or AWFLs, pegging them as the biggest internal threat to America… well-off women with pronouns in their bios and too much time on their hands. He described them as attention-seeking harpies who push extreme gender ideology, drag their kids to medicalized gender clinics, and parade them at sexualized drag shows labeled as “family-friendly.”is pretty much exactly what I see.   Of course there are a few beta men who are on the bandwagon, but the majority are pretty much exactly what he describes.  

 

As usual, WK's piece is full of links, DATA, studies, and support.   I see no reason to post those here as they are readily available in his piece.   

Compliance

 

 

 

It's one thing to co opt Jesus in an attempt to give your political activism a veneer of legitimacy, but to do so with such incredibly bad theology is a bridge too far.  

I know the person who posted this idiocy very well, and know that they are not ignorant when it comes to studying Scripture.  Yet, they posted this without thinking much, or at all, about it's accuracy.  

Even a cursory glance at the Passion narratives makes it clear that Jesus willingly submitted to both the Jewish and Roman authorities.  From His prayer in the garden, to his healing of the servant's ear, and His admonition to Peter against fighting, Jesus complied the entire way.  While Jesus' message was totally counter to both the Jewish and Roman worldviews, He was never the social and political revolutionary that progressive christians and the ASPL pretend He was.   

In short, Jesus was the picture of compliance to the authorities. 

Until He rose from the dead.   

 

 

 

Taxes

This is an interesting take.  At first glance, it sounds like a pretty good proposal.  Get rid of the billions of dollars in fraud and waste that we keep hearing about, and cut or drastically lower income taxes for many seems like a good way to spur more economic growth.  I disagree with eliminating income taxes on the "poor and middle class" entirely.  I am convinced that people need to have some skin in the game when it comes to taxes and "benefits".   Personally, I would say that dropping the "middle class" tax rate to (say) a flat 10% and the "lower class" tax rate to (say) 5% would accomplish much of what this proposal claims without removing the skin in the game for people.  

 

https://x.com/andercot/status/2012620443577102583?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 

" We could suspend all income taxes for people earning less than $100k and the economy would absolutely rip in terms of growth. We would only need to eliminate ~half of the fraud and waste of government spending to balance the resulting budget. But this would shatter the illusion that it's "middle class Americans tax dollars" that fund the state - its not. The middle class funds ~20% of income tax revenues. The vast majority of government services are paid for by the very wealthy, but this is hard to square with a political narrative that wants to seize the wealthy's assets to 'redistribute' it to the poor. But why not just stop taxing the poor and middle class altogether? The state would have us believe it is a better allocator of people's money than themselves, yet this has always been false. The state is a terrible allocator of capital, doesn't get bargains on any of its purchases. A middle class family giving 30-40% of its income to the government when this doesn't move the needle at all in terms of total government budget, but massively influences the quality of living for that family, is a crime by the state against its citizens. 

 Every additional dollar in the hands of that family would directly go to spending and saving, and like I said the economy would rip as a result. More than that, because that family is the best discriminator of value and prices for its own needs, the economy would grow in value *more* than just that dollar amount. The money multiplier effect. Instead, that 30-40% of a middle class family's income goes into government purchasing, where it is siphoned by fraud, waste, abuse, and even when spent, spent extremely poorly. California's budget has doubled in the last ten years while essentially all metrics of public services have declined. Dollars spent wastefully or fraudulently obtained without increasing the value of the economy drive inflation, fundamentally, and erode the net worth of those who have more cash than hard assets - i.e. the working poor and middle classes. If you want to help the working poor and middle class, just abolish all income taxes below $100k, target fraud and waste and financial abuse. This would grow the wealth of the nation far faster than any other means."

 

 

 

Justice. I Don't Think So

 https://x.com/wallstreetmav/status/2012944324577681552?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

Dan has a list of things that "fascists" do, and I've pointed out that virtually everything on his list is something that is currently more likely to be engaged in, or threatened, by the ASPL than by Trump.  In the UK we have been seeing people get convicted and jailed for social media posts with  harsher sentences than for violent crimes by immigrants.  Now we see Jefferies and others laying out plans to further weaponize the "justice system" against their political enemies when/if they ever get back in power.  

P-BO started this by unleashing the IRS on "right wing" groups, Biden doubled down in his political prosecutions of Trump and "right wing" officials, now Jefferies says the quiet part out loud.  If you vote DFL, you are officially voting for the use of the "justice system" as a means to settle political scores.  

Oh, and Buttigege is out campaigning to expand and pack SCOTUS as a way to ensure that this strategy succeeds.   

That the ASPL is going to vote for this sort of brazen, anti democracy, agenda speaks volumes about who the fascists really are.  

Maybe We Should Ban Anyone Named Omar From Office

 https://x.com/blueboxdave/status/2012921770542600485?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

The notion that Fateh, the guy who committed vote fraud in his bid for mayor of MPLS, can declare a "no go zone" just because he wants to tells us what a bullet the voters dodged.    The whole "no go zone" concept has been such a roaring success in Europe that we should absolutely import it to the US.   

Dispatches From The Front LInes, Hypocrisy, And Foolishness

https://x.com/mrandyngo/status/2013022936282673382?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

So, Kyle Rittenhouse going into an unstable situation armed was a horribly bad thing, but it's cool when this guy does it.  

 https://x.com/mrandyngo/status/2012997166927667444?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

This from the side of the aisle that claims that they are committed to nonviolence.   

 https://x.com/barrontnews_/status/2012951707915804930?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

Remember when the ASPL demanded (and sued) that every business had to serve every customer no matter what?   Well, that's another demand down the drain. 

 https://x.com/gunthereagleman/status/2013059151069347901?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

Policing for me but not for thee.  

 https://x.com/ericldaugh/status/2012868253450633266?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

At least it's not everyone up here that's gone nuts.  (Warning, language)

 https://x.com/overton_news/status/2012910617762332685?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 https://x.com/westernlensman/status/2012894798626120079?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

Frey is an idiot.  He has the power to shut all of this down quickly, but he chooses to stoke the fires rather than extinguish them.    Because once the ICE agents leave, they can get back to murder, car jacking, and all the normal things that make MPLS special.  

 https://x.com/mrandyngo/status/2012696558999916762?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

No insurrection in this clip.  

 https://x.com/weschenbach/status/2012627457589780574?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

If the goal was really to make things safer for regular citizens of MPLS, STP,Hennepin and Ramsey counties, and MN in general, then they'd cooperate with ICE and get these people out of town as quickly as possible.   

This Isn't A Good Look

 https://x.com/westernlensman/status/2013048248710176782?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

I'm sure that Walz will quickly ans decisively condemn this action, just like Dan will.

 https://x.com/greg_price11/status/2012999618410299433?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

Yeah, generally speaking, invading churches is something that the bad guys do. 

 

Prayers. I hope I make it out unscathed. Thank you very much for your prayers as I venture into South Minneapolis. (updated)

 It’s finally happening, I’m headed into the worst of it this morning. The epicenter of all of the fear and fascism. I hope I make it out unscathed. Thank you very much for your prayers as I venture into South Minneapolis.

Well, I made it out.   The biggest thing that I noticed was that S MPLS looked and felt exactly the same way it always does.  People walking along the sidewalks, with dogs and children.  Church was pretty much the same attendance as any other incredibly cold January Sunday.   The homeless folk outside the BK looked exactly the same way that they always do.  The POC that I encountered at various businesses seemed to lack the terror I'd been told to expect.   

In short, maybe the media (MSM and social) just might be exaggerating the level of "terror" that is allegedly gripping S MPLS and underplaying the normalcy that really exists. 

FYI, I spent Friday working in an environment where I interacted with many POC, and again, pretty much normal atmosphere as well. 

I've been seeing a LOT of social media posts which are headed by some version of the person claiming to have first hand knowledge, which are then followed by a list of random claims from random/unidentified persons with absolutely zero way to confirm or disprove the claims.  (Much like this post)   Personally, I think that these posts do a disservice to everyone and are simply passing along second and third hand, unverified gossip as if it is absolute Truth.   

Fortunately my post is as much a mockery of those posts (albeit actually an accurate representation of my morning) as anything.  

I did see people struggling with ice though, but only because the city of MPLS does such a poor job of maintaining the streets and sidewalks.   

Rhetoric

 https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTYqm3Ikthg/?igsh=NmlleG5rcnM4aDE2

When the ASPL try to explain why people mourning Kirk's death publicly was bad, while mourning Good's death publicly is good, it invariably comes down to one simple thing.  They slander Kirk.  

The normalization of this kind of slander, name calling, and language, only justifies and emboldens those who think that "NAZIs" and "fascists" should be eliminated "by any means necessary".   If y'all want to talk about toning down the rhetoric, start with stuff like this, Walz' call to insurrection, and the vitriol hurled at LEO.   

Who Are They Trying To Protect? (updated)

When Walz and Frey come on TV and talk about wanting to protect Minnesotans and about the importance of keeping our friends and neighbors safe, these are the people they are trying to keep safe.  These are the people that the protesters are protesting about.   Every one of these people (and more) have been involved with MN criminal justice system.  Every one of them could have been sent straight from jail/prison/court to ICE custody with no muss and no fuss.  Instead the leadership of MN, MPLS, STP, and Hennepin county, simply release these fine upstanding citizens to continue to victimize their constituents. 

 

 

 

 https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/2011872740739801097?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 BREAKING: The three men who ambushed and attacked an ICE agent in Minneapolis last night have been identified as Venezuelans in our country illegally. All 3 entered illegally during the Biden admin. Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis - prior arrest for driving without a license and giving false names, was released back onto the streets by Minnesota authorities who don’t honor detainer requests Alfredo Alejandro Ajorna - was issued a final order of removal by an immigration judge in 2023 Gabriel Alejandro Hernandez-Ledzema - was marked by the Biden admin as a “non-enforcement priority” in 2023

Roberto Carlos Munoz-Guatemala, a man from Mexico, who was wanted on an immigration warrant and had a prior conviction for sexually assaulting a minor.

 Jose Miguel Reyes Jovel, a criminal illegal alien from El and known MS-13 gang member. He has been convicted of homicide, drug trafficking and selling amphetamine. He was also arrested for aggravated homicide in El Salvador in 2011.

 Htun Min Pai, a criminal illegal alien from Burma and former member of the South Side Crips who’s been convicted of three counts of felony drug possession, one count of misdemeanor drug possession and fraud. He’s also been arrested for vehicle theft and DUI.

 Alfredo Garcia-Arreola, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico and active member of the Paisas gang who’s been convicted of felony dangerous drug charges, misdemeanor assault,smuggling synthetic narcotics, other drug possession charges, possessing fraudulent immigration documents, and two counts of felony illegal reentry.

 Luis Antonio Flores Atilano, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico and member of the Paisas gang who’s been convicted of a weapon offense as an aggravated felony. He also has pending charges for carrying a prohibited weapon and amphetamine possession.

 Junior Alvarez Vera, a criminal illegal alien from Cuba and active member of the Paisas gang who’s been convicted of a dangerous drug charge as an aggravated felony and selling cocaine.

 Dionicio Carbajal Escobar, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico and active member of the Paisas gang. He’s been convicted of seven drug crimes — including cocaine possession —and trespassing, 13 counts of illegal reentry, possession of fraudulent immigration documents and trespassing. He also has pending charges for a felony weapon offense, shoplifting, property damage and dangerous drugs.

 Jose Alberto Benitez Rodriguez, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico and active member of the Paisas gang who’s been convicted of nine counts of burglary, three counts of assault, two counts of larceny, obstructing police, public order crimes, damage to property,unauthorized use of a vehicle, drug possession, possession of fraudulent immigration documents and seven counts of illegal reentry.

 Hector Ivan Galicia Cuevas, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico and active member of the Paisas gang who’s been convicted of drug trafficking.

 Fong Vang, a criminal illegal alien from Laos and member of the Purple Brothers gang who’s been convicted of two felony dangerous drug charges, DUI, carrying a concealed weapon,possession of amphetamine, rioting, weapon possession and damage to property. He has pending charges for an additional DUI.

 Benevenuto Walter Lopez Alonzo, a criminal illegal alien from Guatemala and active member of the Paisas gang who’s been convicted of possessing child sexual abuse material and illegal reentry. He was also charged with sexual exploitation of a child, which was dismissed, and has pending charges for sexual assault.

 Aureliano Escorcia Martinez, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico and active member of the Paisas gang who’s been convicted of robbery, kidnapping, and two counts of illegal reentry. He also has pending charges for DUI.

 Mong Cheng, a criminal illegal alien from Thailand and member of the Oriental Boys gang who’s been convicted of two counts of homicide, assault, vehicle theft, two counts of property damage, three counts of stolen property — one of which was a vehicle—and possession of narcotics equipment. He also has pending charges for arson of a residence.

 Omar Alexander Arriaza, a criminal illegal alien from El Salvador and member of MS-13 who’s been convicted of offenses under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.

 German Llangari Inga. He had been evading prosecution for vehicular homicide in the death of Minnesota mom, Victoria Eileen Harwell.

 https://x.com/ericldaugh/status/2012971091216531892?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 Rafael Andres Rubio Bohorquez, a Venezuelan data analyst employed NYC Council. He has a deportation order for overstaying his visa 8+ years & no work authorization. He was detained for being a criminal illegal alien in the US illegally & a history of an arrest for assault.

 https://www.foxnews.com/us/illegal-alien-24-convictions-among-worst-of-worst-arrested-minnesota-ice-operation-dhs?fbclid=IwZnRzaAPYxn1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe8AEH-7zflm_vVMtd7TKzkeTTxqz4sdOqSXyN1edLjPGLOJ0nriHt8LRw_n4_aem_niIfBLMpzTZGzywmPBgE6Q

 

 

 

These are exactly the people that Frey and Walz consider to be "neighbors" that need to be "protected", and whom the "protesters" are trying to keep safe.  

Ellison Is A Clown

 https://x.com/byronyork/status/2011976153636995275?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 

 

"The suit, which goes on for 80 pages, begins with a long complaint about ICE’s mobilization in Minneapolis. It is “a federal invasion of the Twin Cities,” the suit reads, “driven by nothing more than the Trump administration’s desire to punish political opponents and score partisan points.” ICE’s actions “appear designed to provoke community outrage, sow fear, and inflict emotional distress,” the suit continues, “and they are interfering with the ability of state and local officials to protect and care for their residents.”

And so on. The lawsuit argues that the 10th Amendment “gives the state of Minnesota and its subdivisions, including the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, inviolable sovereign authority to protect the health and wellbeing of all those who reside, work, or visit within their borders.”

It’s what a number of analysts have diplomatically called a “novel” argument. Minnesota is basically asking a judge to use the 10th Amendment to bar a federal law enforcement body, ICE, from enforcing federal immigration law in a city and state. It seems like a crazy argument, and it is. “What they’re asking is that the federal government cannot use their law enforcement authority in a city,” CBS legal analyst Joe Tamburino said. “It would be like asking the federal court to bar the FBI, the ATF, the U.S. Marshal Service, Secret Service.”"

 

"When asked whether there is legal precedent to do that, CNN analyst Elie Honig answered, “None. “There is no example … of a judge prohibiting a federal law enforcement agent from enforcing federal law in a given state. The reaction that we’ve heard from various Minnesota officials, including Attorney General Keith Ellison, when confronted with this lack of precedent and lack of case law, is essentially, ‘Well, this is really bad, though. Well, this is an invasion.’ There is plenty of dramatic language in the complaint, but that doesn’t change the legal calculus. You can’t just take a situation that has no legal precedent and no legal support and say, ‘Well, yes, but our situation is really, really bad, therefore we get to invent new law.’”

On Wednesday, a federal judge declined Minnesota’s request to issue a temporary restraining order against ICE. Next week, each side will have to make more detailed arguments. But don’t look for this to go very far. Meanwhile, the fight for the federal government’s right to enforce federal law goes on in Minneapolis and its surrounding areas."

 

It would be interesting to compare this lawsuit with the legal justification used by the CSA when they seceded from the US.   

It seems like trying to ban one instance of federal involvement in a state, while still taking billions of federal dollars (many of those which were stolen) is contradictory to say the least. 

Pretty Good Summary

 https://x.com/ihunanya_chi/status/2012155445855527183?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 

 "Muslim mindset: “I’m fasting, don’t eat in front of me or I might be tempted.” Christian: practices self-control and doesn’t make a public show of fasting. Muslim man: sees a woman who isn’t fully covered and says, “Cover yourself or I’ll be tempted.” Christian man: sees the same thing and says, “I need to guard my heart and discipline my eyes so I don’t sin.” Christianity deals with the heart. We emphasize self-discipline and self-control. Islam, on the other hand, tries to control the environment instead, asking others to change because the individual hasn’t learned to master himself. When the heart is truly transformed, temptation loses its power. Self-control means taking responsibility for your own desires, not placing the burden on others. A disciplined heart governs the flesh, not the other way around."

 

I've definitely seem Muslims  demand that others not eat in front of them during Ramadan, and the rest of this is being played out in real life.  

FYI, the whole Ramadan "fasting" thing is a bit overblown.  The "fast" is from sunrise to sunset, then there is feasting after sunset.   It's just not as big of a sacrifice as many portray it.   

Of Interest

 https://x.com/devon_eriksen_/status/2008699850326495479?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

This is an interesting evaluation of Trump and how he thinks about things.   

https://x.com/abridgen/status/2010802055347085461?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

Maybe the climate change thing isn’t what they said it was.  

Why, Indeed?

 https://x.com/robertmsterling/status/2010478741302997332?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

I touched on this a while back, and I appreciate this more in depth look at the question.  I absolutely think that these sorts of studies are vital as we look at broader questions of immigration and the makeup of those immigrants.  It seems clear that culture and desire to assimilate matters quite a lot when we look at immigrants.  I'll note that the Hmong have absolutely maintained much of their culture, while also assimilating and adopting US culture.   

Meanwhile, Actual Oppressed People Actually Fight For Actual Freedom.

 https://x.com/detahmineh/status/2009680255091405074?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 

 "The Western liberal media is ignoring the Iranian uprising because explaining it would force an admission it is desperate to avoid: the Iranian people are rebelling against Islam itself, and that fact shatters the moral framework through which these institutions understand the world. Ideally, to cover an uprising is not just to show crowds and slogans. It requires answering a basic question: why are people risking death? In Iran, the answer is simple and unavoidable. The people are rising up because the Islamic Republic of Iran has spent decades suffocating every aspect of life—speech, work, family, art, women, and economic survival—under a clerical system that treats liberty as a crime. There is no way to tell that story without confronting the nature of the regime. Western media refuses to do so because it has fundamentally misunderstood Islam. Or worse, it has chosen not to understand it. Islam, in Western progressive discourse, has been racialized. It is treated not as a belief system or a political ideology, but as a stand-in for race or ethnicity. Criticizing Islam is framed as an attack on “brown people,” Arabs, or “the Middle East,” as if Islam were a skin color rather than a doctrine. This confusion is rooted in historical illiteracy. Western liberal media routinely collapses entire civilizations into a single stereotype: “all Middle Easterners are Arabs,” “all Arabs are Muslim,” and “all Muslims are a monolithic, oppressed identity group by white European colonizers.” Iranians disappear entirely in this framework. Their language, history, and culture—Persian, not Arab; ancient, not colonial; distinct, not interchangeable—are erased. By treating Islam as a racial identity rather than an ideology, Western media strips millions of people of their ability to reject it. Iranian protesters become unintelligible. Their rebellion cannot be processed without breaking the rule that Islam must not be criticized. So instead of listening to Iranians, the media speaks over them—or ignores them entirely. There is another reason the Iranian uprising is so threatening to Western media is economic issues. As you know, Iran is not only a religious dictatorship. It is a centrally controlled, state-dominated economy where markets are strangled, private enterprise is criminalized or co-opted, and economic survival depends on proximity to political power. Decades of price controls, subsidies, nationalization, and bureaucratic micromanagement have obliterated the middle class and entrenched corruption as the only functional system. The result is not equality or justice. It is poverty, stagnation, and dependence on government’s dark void of empty promises. Covering Iran honestly would require acknowledging that these policies are harmful. They have been tried. They have failed. Catastrophically. This is deeply inconvenient for Western media institutions that routinely promote expansive state control, centralized economic planning, and technocratic governance as morally enlightened alternatives to liberal capitalism. Iran demonstrates where such systems lead when insulated from accountability and enforced by ideology. It shows that when the state controls livelihoods, non-conformity becomes existentially dangerous. That lesson cannot be acknowledged without undermining the moral authority of those who advocate similar ideas in softer language. Western liberal media prefers not to hear this. Acknowledging it would require abandoning the lazy moral categories that dominate modern discourse: oppressor and oppressed, colonizer and colonized, white and non-white. Iranian protesters do not fit. They show that authoritarianism is not a Western invention imposed from outside, but something many societies are actively trying to escape. That is what terrifies Western liberal media. And that is why the Iranian people are being ignored. So the silence continues."

 

 

Fraud Stuff

There's been a lot of talk recently about the collective billions of dollars stolen from US taxpayers by multiple large, organized rings of criminals.   We've seen poor people denied food aid, we've seen at least one death, and we've seen autistic children denied care because the funding has been spent fraudulently.   Honestly I'm shocked that this is a partisan issue at all.   I'm more shocked at the defenses and excuses being made.   To be clear, at least as far as MN, those involved in these frauds are predominantly (but not exclusively) Somali immigrants.  In some cases, autism treatment centers, the fraud worked with widespread involvement of many of the Somali community.   

What I've noticed is an attempt to blend all of the frauds together and pretend like convictions for frauds that have been exposed and prosecuted are somehow related to the frauds being exposed more recently.  For example, the (white) woman who had a role in starting the food fraud, and has been convicted, is being trotted out as the ringleader of various other fraud schemes.   Apparently this is also an attempt to paint the Somalis who profited/are profiting from the frauds as innocent/ignorant/stupid pawns of the evil white woman.   

At this point we have the following.

Food fraud.

Autism fraud

Day care fraud 

Home health care fraud

Medical transport fraud

Outpatient care center fraud

Housing stabilization fraud 

So let's take a look at what we're hearing.   FYI, the local media have a mixed track record on reporting these frauds, but Lou Raguse from KARE 11 probably has the best track record.   As usual, Twitter posts are used when there is embedded video, Tweets from "real journalists", or links to more information.  

 

 https://x.com/herandrews/status/2009276030066831463?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/2008935429928858096?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 https://x.com/mazemoore/status/2008558756326420607?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 https://x.com/electionwiz/status/2008525038425968688?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 https://x.com/charliek_news/status/2008297432522559790?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 https://www.facebook.com/100064473710658/posts/1283952947097150/?mibextid=wwXIfr&rdid=fjHMIt3Bvmuf6zuY#

Given the fact that we have Walz on record giving one of the fraudsters an award, and Ellison on record cutting a deal with them, I cannot see how anyone could argue that they are the best people to handle the subsequent investigation.  Especially given Walz's attitude about cooperating with the federal government.   

 https://x.com/wallstreetapes/status/2008915354345689368?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 https://joepags.com/news/massive-1-2-billion-ny-health-fraud-scandal-exposed-scheme-dubbed-10x-worse-than-minnesota/

It's not just MN.   

 https://x.com/wallstreetapes/status/2009069220135620812?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 https://x.com/warmachinerr/status/2009431689353990471?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

Be Careful

 https://x.com/amyswearer/status/2009021137599025524?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 https://x.com/carney/status/2009235317228757499?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 

These posts and Dan's copy/paste of someone demonstrate a good point.  Just because someone is "an attorney" or has some other credential doesn't mean that they are an absolute authority on one specific topic or incident.  

The best examples of this on a larger scale are the "97% of scientist" global warming letter, and the "9/11 truther" letter that was circulating.  In both cases there was an assumption that simply placing the words "scientist, engineer, or architect"  behind one's name magically confers some elevated level of expertise.   In the case of the "97%" letter, large numbers of the scientists had absolutely zero expertise in anything related to the climate.  Likewise in the 9/11 letter there was no differentiation between a structural engineer and a sanitation engineer.  Let alone the fact that architects have no expertise at all in structural.  

So, just because someone claims to be an "attorney" doesn't automatically qualify them to speak authoritatively on a specific incident.  Especially without access to all of the evidence. 

 https://x.com/jimfergusonuk/status/2009896930051011068?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 Well, I guess the mostly non violent destruction of property has begun.