Wednesday Link Roundup - 20 November

William Teach at Pirate's Cove is first with Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

3. Sultan Knish: Feminists for Human Extinction
4. Shot In The Dark: The Stultifying Blue Fog

Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 11.19.24 (Afternoon Edition)

Glenn Reynolds: Like A Wrecking Ball
Protein Wisdom Reborn: Notes from a cluttered mind

EBL - Can DOGE Drain The Swamp of Two Trillion Dollars?

Townhall: Will entire agencies be deleted under DOGE?
RedState: Budget Fights (as usual) after election

Political Hat - News of the Week (November 17th, 2024)

Democratic Blame Game Kicks Off in Earnest
The Democratic Party’s recriminations continue, and Senate Republicans brace for this week’s high-profile race to succeed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell

A View from the Beach - Flotsam and Jetsam - PA Supreme Court Orders Democrats to Stop Stealing Another Election, Again

Sundance at CTH thinks Mika and Joe Went to Mar-a-Lago So They Could Declare, “Look at Me”. Ace, Oh My: Joe and Mika Go to Mar-a-Lago to Kiss Trump's Ring, Call for "Common Ground" with the Fascist Hitler.

Gates of Vienna - News Feed 11/19/2024

€600 Fine for German Who Used Poop Emoji Against Greens’ Leader
German media has revealed that a man was fined over a social media post

Vlad Tepes - Five items of concern from geopolitics to galloping statism, and a personal essay about the con of ‘fighting hate’: Links 1 for Nov. 19, 2024

3. Bret Weinstein on why the mRNA shots cause heart damage. And actually it is the most obvious of reasons. The technology causes an autoimmune disease. It was actually designed to.

Small Dead Animals - Monday On Turtle Island

Blackie’s Canada: Toronto City Council debates Christianity. Education in Manitoba.
Dementia Joe’s America: The freak show party. Upsetting the Amish.

Don Surber - Highlights of the week

ITEM 2: The Right Scoop reported, “James O’Keefe has just won a big victory in his defamation lawsuit against CNN which was dismissed by a federal judge in the state of Georgia.
“O’Keefe appealed the dismissal to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ...”

Cafe Hayek - Some Links

What if the DOGE were run by Arnold Kling?
Scott Lincicome explains “what Biden and Harris got wrong on inflation.”

Maggie's Farm - Monday morning links

Geography Revealed as Racist
The New Push for Censorship Under the Guise of Combating Hate - How an obscure British nonprofit came to influence White House COVID policy and lead attacks on Elon Musk

Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: Blasey-Ford Hoax 2.0: Matt Gaetz and Political Retribution Disguised as Justice

• Climate Change Was the Big Election Loser - Stephen Moore
• Americans in Western NC Will BE Delighted the US Is Building Rail Lines for Lima, Peru - Sec. Blinken

CBD at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report: 11/19/24

Medical Examiner Makes Stunning Admission During Daniel Penny Trial
The trial is fixed. There is no way Mr. Penny is getting a fair trial.

I leave you with Mondays in motion from Wirecutter, Sunday Funnies from Flopping Aces, Sunday Funnies For 11-17-24 from Stately McDaniel Manor, and Let's Hear It For Libturd Tuesday ~ PM from Woodsterman.

Sweden and Finland Tell Citizens to Prepare for War

Because Biden giving long-range weapons to Ukraine for use against Russia, and Russia threatening nuclear retaliation is something everyone should be concerned about. NATO members Sweden and Finland advise citizens on how to survive war | CNN

Sweden and Finland have updated guidance to their citizens on how to survive war, as NATO allies bolster defense measures against the backdrop of the Ukraine conflict. [SNIP]

Booklets distributed to millions of households in the Nordic nations include instructions on how to prepare for the effects of military conflicts, communications outages and power cuts, as well as extreme weather events.

From stockpiling bottled water and sanitary products, to growing edible foodstuffs at home, government authorities offered tips on how residents could sustain themselves in the event of war.

If anyone remembers the old Get Smart TV show, the enemy organization was KAOS, the international organization of evil. They were, "Bent on destroying the world for their own gain." It sounded funny in the late 1960s and early '70s. Today it doesn't sound that funny.

Why escalate the war right before Biden leaves office? Is this an entire "screw you" to the whole world?

I think I will open that bottle of Scotch I've been saving and toast with friends this weekend.

Whoopi Goldberg Plays The Victim

I have been studiously ignoring all things Whoopi Goldberg. As one person in the video asks, didn't she promise to move out of the country if Trump won the election? I guess that was just wishful thinking on my part.

Whoopi Goldberg wanted to order a cake from a bakery on Staten Island in NYC. The bakery in question had their furnace/boiler go out, so they were not taking ANY orders. As a result they told Ms. Goldberg that they could not take her order. What Whoopi heard was that they turned her down based on race, gender, and politics. She then went on the view said as much.

So she jumped straight to HATE!!!! Could this be that she is projecting her own character onto Holtermann’s Bakery? (Or if she owned a business, and a conservative showed up for service, what would she do?)

Now the bakery didn't tell her about the boiler, but then why would they? They just said that they couldn't take her order at that time. But to right leap to "Racist, Mysoginist, Conservative" for a business in New York City is beyond insane.

To go on national television and accuse this business is to be (in my First Amendment protected opinion) defamatory. And I hope they sue her, and her show The View, until neither one will ever consider spouting such insane hatred again. A couple of hundred million each should take care of that. (It was good enough for Alex Jones, after all.)

And just to remind everyone, The View is on ABC, which is owned by Disney. A few hundred million dollars for defamation? Yeah, throw another log on that fire, please. Disney has destroyed every movie franchise they have gotten their hands on, including the stuff they inherited from Walt. I can't think of anything else from my youth that they could destroy, but I'm not willing to take that bet. As far as I'm concerned, it can't burn to the ground fast enough.

This is Amala Ekpunobi's video Whoopi Goldberg Plays The Victim & Cries Discrimination. It Backfires IMMEDIATELY

Instead of leaning into her logic, she leaned into her delusion. In her own view of reality, that constantly sets her in the place of being a victim, despite the fact that she is literally an elite, she is Whoopi Goldberg. And it seems like the bakery might be revving up for a little bit of a legal battle with Whoopi Goldberg.

One Way

Olga Vitalievna Yakovleva (Ольга Витальевна Яковлева), better known by her stage-name Origa, was born in the old Soviet Union, in Novosibirsk Oblast, an area of southwestern Siberia.

She made a name for herself working mostly in Japan, so a lot of songs are Japanese. Not too surprising that a lot of her songs are in Russian. English does turn up occasionally, but so does Latin.

Sadly she died of lung cancer at the age of 44 in 2015. I think she had a haunting voice, and I quite like her work. Most of it anyway.

This song is "One Way" by Origa from the 2013 album Amon Ra.

Tuesday Links - 19 November

Second City Cop starts us off with insanity from Illinois. Time for Anonymous Tips

So Fata$$ [Illinois governor J. B. Pritzker] has declared that no Illinois law enforcement officers will cooperate with Federal authorities regarding the planned expulsion of illegal aliens. There are articles all over the place and Fata$$ actually saying that INS will have to "go through him" to get to illegals.

Officer Tatum - Laken Riley Trial BEGINS And It's WORSE Than WE KNEW. Click thru for a 12 minute video.

The highly anticipated Laken Riley trial is finally underway, and the revelations are more shocking than anyone expected. What dark truths are being uncovered? How did it come to this? Join us as we break down the opening arguments, examine the explosive evidence, and discuss the broader implications of this trial.

Wombat-socho - FMJRA 2.0: Franchises In Motion

Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt. [SNIP]

Thanks to everyone for all the links!

Not the Bee - Variety writer calls Matt Walsh a "hypocrite" because he submitted his "Am I Racist" documentary for Academy Award consideration 🤣

Matt Walsh submitted his wonderful Am I Racist movie for Oscar consideration recently, for Best Picture and Best Documentary, both of which it is qualified for by Hollywood standards.

And, somehow, this hilarious fact is only the tip of the iceberg.

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 18 November 2024: So That Happened Edition

Norwegian startup Factiverse plans to fight disinformation with AI. (Tech Crunch)

Few observations here:

First, anyone who uses the term "disinformation" in this way is a fascist. No exceptions.

Second, they say they are not using LLMs, which is good because LLMs are utterly useless for this. But they do not say what they are using.

Third, good luck to fascists in a country run by communists. (Financial News)

19th Ward Chicago - The WSJ does not hold this mayor in high regard: America’s Worst Mayor Keeps Losing

In 2023 the Chicago budget was about $17 billion, up from some $11 billion in 2019. From 2019 to 2024, the Chicago Public Schools added almost 7,000 employees while CPS enrollment declined by more than 30,000 students. The Covid boom in federal money was meant as temporary relief but has become entrenched in higher spending benchmarks.

Juvat at Chant du Départ - Locks, wine, beer and schnitzel

At the time of writing this post, I am sitting on the upper deck in the lounge, watching barges go through a lock on the Main River. (No Beans it’s not the main river in Germany rather it is the Main River, pronounced “Mine” River.) According to our cruise director, we’ll go through 63 locks on this trip. But, it’s kinda fun to watch and figure out how the whole system works.

Jews Can Shoot - Gun Control Orgs Attack Nonprofits Raising Money for Children’s Charities

A recent article posted by an antigun group launched an attack on a nonprofit organization dedicated to the health and well-being of children. Why? Because the charity hosted a fundraising event in which firearms were raffle prizes. They fail in their attempt to draw a nexus between charitable sportsmen’s fundraising and the criminal misuse of firearms, but they succeed in exposing the bias against lawful gun ownership.

The New German Government is Totally NOT Like the 1930's German Government

And if you imply that they are anything like the crew who started WWII, they will persecute (or prosecute) you for that. From CJ Hopkins at The Consent Factory. Fear and Loathing in New Normal Germany

The first rule of New Normal Germany is, you do not compare New Normal Germany to Nazi Germany. If you do that, New Normal Germany will punish you. It will sic the Federal Criminal Police on you. It will report you to its domestic Intelligence agency. It will ban your books. It will censor your Tweets. It will prosecute you on fabricated “hate-crime” charges.

I know this, because that’s what happened to me. I broke the first rule of New Normal Germany. I compared New Normal Germany to Nazi Germany. I did it with the cover artwork of my book.

He had a swastika on the cover of his book. (He was comparing the current regime to the Third Reich.) That is a crime. Except when it isn't a crime.

Unless you are the Health Minister of New Normal Germany, and you’re comparing your political opponents to the Nazis. Or unless you are a popular German celebrity, and you’re comparing the Russians and their supporters to the Nazis. Or unless you are a mainstream magazine, and you’re comparing German populists to the Nazis.

If it weren't for double standards, they would have no standards at all.

And click thru for the images, because he has the reciepts on those 3 items.

Read the rest.

This is an interview Dr, Drew conducted with CJ Hopkins. CJ Hopkins: Author Compares Government To Nazi Germany; Government Responds By Prosecuting Him For Hate Speech Thought Crimes – Ask Dr. Drew

How Is That Criminal Justice Reform Working Out?

CWB Chicago has a few stories on the topic of crime in The Windy City.

First up we have another case of "electronic monitoring doesn't work." Man committed 8 armed robberies in an hour — while wearing an ankle monitor for 4 other armed robberies: prosecutors

A 19-year-old man is charged with committing eight armed robberies within an hour while he was on electronic monitoring for six other felonies, including four more robberies.

This time the judge kept him in jail pending trial. I expect another judge will release him on electronic monitoring, adding the words, "Or else."

They don't usually keep these guys in jail until they kill someone. Man carjacked driver while on juvenile parole, adult parole, and pretrial release: prosecutors

Doesn't committing a crime while on parole constitute a violation of parole? I guess he's still innocent until proved guilty.

State records show Pope was paroled on December 8, 2023, after serving half of a three-year sentence involving stolen vehicle allegations.

In late August, Chicago police arrested him on a felony narcotics charge, saying they caught him with seven baggies of suspected heroin in a narcotics “hotspot” on the West Side. But the state did not revoke his parole and he was released to await trial.

Maybe Illinois should look a bit more closely at automatically paroling people after they serve half their sentence. Maybe they should look at other criteria. 18 years for robbing 7 businesses while on parole for robbing 6 businesses

A man has been given an 18-year sentence for robbing seven North Side businesses last year while he was on parole for an 18-year sentence he received for six robberies in 2014.

Williamomo Peray, 45, will be eligible for parole again in June 2032, after serving half of his new sentence.

Gee, I wonder how he will earn a living after he is released.

If you click thru that 3rd link, and read to the bottom, you see he has been arrested, tried, convicted, and paroled several (many?) times. Each time he was paroled, he committed more crimes for which he was arrested. Rinse. Repeat.

As for the "Or Else" line above... Whenever I see this kind of thing I am reminded of the following scene from Demolition Man.

You're Under Investigation, But We Can't Tell You For What

Telegraph journalist Allison Pearson faces 'Kafkaesque' investigation over alleged hate crime

For those of you who haven't read Kafka, his book The Trial is about a defendant who is never told the nature of the crime for which he is charged.

Alison Pearson is a journalist for The Telegraph, a London paper. Before it disappeared completely behind a paywall many years ago, it was one of my principle sources of news. It seemed less biased than anything media in the US about what was happening in the US, and it had excellent coverage of what was happening in the UK and Europe.

She recounts the day that two police officers arrived early on a Sunday morning to tell her she was under investigation.

In an article for The Telegraph, she said she was told by one officer that “I was accused of a non-crime hate incident. It was to do with something I had posted on X a year ago. A YEAR ago? Yes. Stirring up racial hatred apparently.”

When Pearson asked what she had allegedly said in the tweet, the officer said he was not allowed to disclose it.

The specter of Nineteen Eighty-Four comes up as well. Understandable given that the United Kingdom seems to waging an all-out war on freedom, particularly the freedom of speech. (More like Airstrip One every day.)

Click thru for the rest.

Visions

Haken is a band I stumbled across a few years ago. They are listed in most places as Prog (Progressive Heavy Metal). A lot of their work reminds me of Progressive Rock from the 1970s.

Visions is a concept album, and this song is the closing of the story.

It is a concept album like its predecessor, telling the story of "a young boy who sees his own death in his dreams and believes it's going to happen and spends the rest of his life trying to avoid it." The long closing track "Visions" is the end of the story but it makes it come full circle to the beginning. The track was written by Ross based on a premonition of his own death and it was the first song to be written, with the album growing around it.

You can find the lyrics at this link.

This is "Visions" by Haken. It is the title song to their 2011 album. For some reason they had the need to remaster the album in 2017. This is the remastered version. The song is 22 minutes long, so plan accordingly.

A Statistical Anomaly in Chicago

From HeyJackass! we get the following. Mostly Peaceful Weekend

About as rare as a Chicago sports team having a winning season, Thursday posted a no-hitter with zero reported people shot and/or killed – only the 6th known rarity since 2015. Now back to the shooting and killing…

Final Demonized Tally: 3 killed, 11 wounded
2023 weekend tally: 6 killed, 25 wounded

Could Self-Defense Be Legal in Baltimore?

The DA didn't think so. Jury Acquits Suspect of Double Homicide, Finding he Acted in Self-Defense - Baltimore Witness

The shooting occurred while Daye was working as a security guard at an auto repair shop. According to defense arguments, three men entered the shop and shot one of Daye’s co-workers. Daye responded by opening fire, ultimately killing the intruders.

In Oklahoma the cops would take this guy out for a beer. In Florida the sheriff of the county would have a press conference and say it is a wonderful thing that people can defend themselves, and that criminals should go elsewhere. In Maryland they put him on trial for murder.

The jury delivered a not guilty verdict.

While this verdict was handed down at the end of last month, it slipped thru my news filters until it was highlighted by Keep And Bear Arms.

"Palestinian Protesters" Have Cancelled Christmas in Melbourne

Or at least a traditional part of it in that city.

What happens when you let violent mobs run wild? The "protesters" have basically run all openly Jewish people out of Melbourne. So now they are turning their attention to Christians.

What exactly was expected? That they would never target anyone aside from the Jews? You need to study a bit of world history.

Did you really think that that stop with the Zionists? History has a funny way of repeating itself, over and over. First they start with the Saturday people and then the Sunday people. Every Single. Time

This is Avi Yemeni's video Palestinian protesters force Myer to CANCEL children's Christmas event

Maybe it's time to finally raise your voice.

I want to say that this is an instance of The Heckler's veto, but it is actually worse than that.

Rachel Zegler and Her Non-Apology Apology

Can one bratty 23-year-old sink a $350 million dollar movie? It seems that Rachel Zegler is trying to find out.

Rachel's statement at end of her video, "I don't need your business," reminded me of Frosk's Rant that killed G4 TV.

This is the Nerdroctic Daily video RACHEL ZEGLER IS DUMB! Anti-Trump Actress FORCED To Apologize by Disney!

Disclaimer. We don't actually know the total budget of the Disney live-action remake of Snow White is. Through the end of the fiscal year in the UK for 2023 it was well in excess of $265 million. There were more reshoots in 2024, and that will require computer graphics work. Then there is a score, editing, translating into multiple languages, and marketing. Marketing for a movie like this will typically be at least $100 million, probably more like $150 million, and could be more. But if we assume that marketing will be about $100 million, we can see that the total cost of the movie will be $350 million dollars. And I guess I should note that the studios, in this case Disney, get roughly half of the revenue stream known as the box office receipts. So to break even, Snow White will need to make $800 million dollars at the worldwide box office.

Willis "Ching" Lee USN Battleship Commander

"Willis 'Ching' Lee he is one of the most important people in Naval Warfare history, and he gets nowhere near the credit that he deserves."

I love history. Not the way it was taught in grade school and high school. In college I studied history, not mere memorization of dates of battles. History is about how people made a difference. The lesson being that YOU can make a difference. The problem is that the powers-that-be don't want people who can think, and who believe that they can make a difference. They want obedient drones to work in their factories, and vote the way they're told to vote, and consume product.

Willis "Ching" Lee made a difference. He was an expert marksman, despite being near sighted. He had to fight his way to becoming captain of a battleship. And when he did, he realized that the information they had on targeting, was not correct. He set about to treat 16 inch guns like he treated long distance rifle shooting. And he had to fight the navy over that. But it paid dividends. The USS Washington, under command of Ching Lee, was the last battleship to sink an enemy battleship in WWII.

Fat Electrician makes history fun again. And funny.

Bad-asses with bad eyesight.

The video is half an hour, but I think you will enjoy it.

This is the Fat Electrician video Olympic Sniper Turned Battleship Commander - Willis "Ching" Lee

Self-Defense Is Legal in Missouri

I thought it was. Platte County homeowner faces no charges after September shooting

A man entered a woman's property, back in September, and was acting "eccentric." When he charged her, and gained entry to the home, she shot and killed him.

"After carefully reviewing the circumstances of this shooting, it is clear that this woman's use of deadly force was justified," [Platte County Prosecuting Attorney Eric] Zahnd said in a statement. "It is fortunate she was able to defend herself and her child, and they were not hurt in this terrifying incident."

Dearborn, Missouri is about 35 miles north of Kansas City.

After the shooting, the homeowner grabbed her 4-year-old child, who was in another room, and ran to a neighbor's house.

Police found Hinderliter's body in the woman's home. Toxicology reports showed THC in his system, and the autopsy showed his death was due to multiple gunshot wounds.

So drugs are hazardous to your health. They cause you to do stupid stuff that will get you killed. Click thru for the list of stuff he did.

Self-defense is human-right. As for Missouri, click thru for Attorney Eric Zahnd's statement on the matter. (Hat tip to KABA.)

Massad Ayoob on the Fight Against Gun Control

Massad Ayoob is someone I have been listening to for a long time. THE LAW AND THE FACTS ARE ON OUR SIDE, BUT WE SHOULD BE USING EMOTION, TOO

Historically, both law and facts are on the gun owners’ side of the “gun control” debate, and the Other Side had relied largely on emotion. I respectfully submit that emotion is something our side should play to, as well. I made that point recently at the 2024 Gun Rights Policy Conference in San Diego last month. If you can spare fifteen minutes, you can see it and listen to it yourself, here:

For every time the Other Side puts up a death and a grieving loved one, we can show – and probably outnumber – not only people saved by guns, but generations of people who wouldn’t be alive today if their ancestors hadn’t had guns with which to save their lives.

Whenever I postulate this, someone comments, “Never mind that! The Second Amendment is all we need!”

Sadly, no, it apparently isn’t. If the Second Amendment was enough in real world 2024 America, we’d have fully automatic M16s or M4s in every home, and would be able to legally carry discreetly concealed handguns to protect ourselves and our loved ones everywhere in the United States.

Click thru for more and 16 minute video.

The Car as a Weapon

From Clayton Cramer we get the following. Ban Guns to Reduce Mass Murders

A guy in China "upset" over his divorce, drove his vehicle into a crowd of people exercising. He killed 35.

Not even a record motor vehicle mass murder. The 2016 Marseilles truck terrorist attack killed 86.

People always say that they want to "feel safe." How do they ignore reality? (Hint: You are not "Perfectly Safe.")

Saturday Roundup of Link Roundups - 16 November

Animal Magnetism - Animal’s Hump Day News

Americans Want a Return to Sanity
No shit, Sherlock.
Kristallnacht in Amsterdam, 2024.

The Right Way - Top of the News

FRAUD OVERNIGHT = TBS - Theo Spark
The Dead Don't Hurt - Evi. L Bloggerlady

Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 11.13.24

CDR Salamander: Arm The Auxiliaries
Dana Loesch: Odds & Ends – Trump’s Cabinet Takes Shape, What Now For Senate?

DaleyGator - WEEKEND LINKS COME EARLY? NOW WITH MORE BABES

Wirecutter notes more Trump Hatred
Bacon Time has links
Animal has Lotsa Links

EBL - MAGA MAHA ☀️⚕️🤗

Legal Insurrection: RFK picked to run HSS (which also deals with migrant kids at border)
RedState: Health and Humans Services pick is...?

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 14 November 2024: Trash Fire Trebuchet Edition

UK phone company O2 has an AI tool that answers scam phone calls for you and pretends to have Alzheimer's until the scammers quit in despair. (O2)
That's more like it.

Again from Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 11.14.24 (Morning Edition)

Stoic Observations: Europe Wakes Up?
Toni Airaksinen: Students arrested for graffiti swastikas to be released today

Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog - LinkSwarm For November 15, 2024

Republicans retained control of the U.S. house of Representatives, albeit by a very narrow margin, giving Republicans control of the House, Senate, and Presidency.
John Hindraker: Democrats are screwed.

Small Dead Animals - Thursday On Turtle Island

Woke World: Christopher and Peter Hitchens on abortion. You will starve while freezing in the dark.
Blackie’s Canada: Compliance problems. Diversity is our strength in Ottawa.

Wombat-socho again - In The Mailbox: 11.15.24 (Morning Edition)

Toni Airaksinen: Professor Claims Israel Guilty Of “White Jewish Supremacy”
Upstream Reviews: The Long Moonlight

Vlad Tepes - Foiled Bomb plot on Parliament Hill by Muslims against Jews, the real timeline from Amsterdam, Geert’s words and The mayor was part of the plot? Links 1 for Nov. 13, 2024

1. “Teens” accused of plotting to bomb pro-Israel rally on Parliament hill and the means and materials
I will concede this to CTV. They managed to find a few ways to tell us they are Muslim ...

A View from the Beach- Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump Appointments Continue

Althouse, Trump picks RFK Jr. to head Health and Human Services. "The NYT reports. Sample text: "In addition to his outside-the-mainstream views about medicine and health, he has been associated with a number of peculiar activities"

Gates of Vienna - News Feed 11/15/2024

After president-elect Trump nominated the likes of Tulsi Gabbard, RFK Jr. Matt Gaetz and Pete Hegseth to cabinet positions, the usual crowd of neocons, warmongers and screechy leftists are unhappy. Good.

Once more from Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 11.15.24 (Evening Edition)

American Conservative: Gabbard Is a Dream Come True for Foreign Policy Realists
American Greatness: Justice for J6 Prisoners? Matt Gaetz AG Nomination May End ‘Insurrection’ Charade

Cafe Hayek - Some Links

Mark Jamison counsels Trump to “abandon Biden’s misguided war on big business.”
Chris Freiman writes insightfully about so-called “price gouging.”

Maggie's Farm - Wednesday morning links

The Deep State War Against Donald Trump Begins
GOP Holds the House, So Trump's Two-Year Disruptor Clock Is Ticking

Misanthropic Humanitarian at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report (11/14/24)

This ruling is wonderful. But we must remember, "Baby steps". Major court decision could invalidate many federal environmental regulations

Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: ‘Tremendous Boon’: Trump SECDEF Pick Will Give Pentagon its First Real Refresh In Decades

• Vivek and Elon Tag Team to Wreck Elizabeth Warren After She Attacks Dept. of Government Efficiency - Nick Arama
• Trump’s Magnificent Beginning - Unsafe

I leave you with Wednesday's gifs from Wirecutter, Wednesday Memes .. from MaddMedic, Throttle back and wheels up! .........from Rico at Theo Spark, and Quick Hits Of Wisdom, Knowledge And Snark #2141 from 90 Miles from Tyranny.

Self-defense in Downstate Illinois

UPDATE: Champaign Co. Coroner identifies man involved in home invasion | WCIA

Police were called to a Champaign County home early Sunday morning for a break-in, followed by shots fired.

According to the CPD, an initial investigation shows that the homeowner engaged in a physical altercation with the man who entered the home. During the struggle, the homeowner fired multiple shots. The intruder was killed, and the homeowner was hurt in the discharge of the weapon.

Champaign, Illinois is home to The University of Illinois. It is about a 130 mile drive south of Chicago, or about 145 miles northeast of Saint Louis, Missouri, though if you are driving from Saint Louis it will be closer to 180 miles by car.

A local attorney provided some background on self-defense in Illinois. Urbana attorney weighs in on homeowner laws during break-in situations

“If you believe somebody is coming into your home to do you harm or somebody else harm, you can shoot them and kill them,” said Urbana Criminal Justice Attorney Anthony Bruno.

Laws in Illinois defend a homeowner’s right to defend themselves as well as their property.

“So, the law is pretty lenient toward the homeowner who is exercising reasonable discretion to protect themself in their own home,” Bruno said.

The castle doctrine, is different from stand your ground laws, but it is a start.