Elderly Woman Attacked While Gov Hochul Says All Is Well

But then what else is Hochul going to say? Elderly Woman Attacked Inside Manhattan Subway Station As Governor Declares "Safe Subways"

At approximately 2:35 p.m., the victim was standing on the southbound “6” train platform when an unidentified male approached her and punched her in the head, police said. The impact caused the woman to fall to the ground.

The assailant fled the station on foot in an unknown direction. Emergency Medical Services transported the victim to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, where she is reported to be in stable condition.

This happened with Governor Kathy Hochul's PR stunt of riding on the subway, with her armed security detachment, to "prove" how safe the city is.

Despite these efforts, Hochul’s claims have faced scrutiny, particularly in light of high-profile crime incidents. For example, her statement on Sunday about the subway’s improved safety was met with criticism following a horrific incident where a woman was set on fire on a subway train the same day.

PR stunts are not going to change reality. (Hat tip to The Quartering.)

All For Metal

Today's song includes a large number of guest artists. Mille Petrozza (Kreator), Chuck Billy (Testament), the members of Sabaton, Warrel Dane (Nevermore, Sanctuary), Jeff Waters (Annihilator), Ross the Boss, Rolf "Rock'n'Rolf" Kasparek (Running Wild), the band DeTraktor, Doug Aldrich (Whitesnake, Dio, Dead Daisies), and Tommy Bolan (Warlock).

Why so many involved? The song (and the album) were dedicated to Lemmy of Motörhead, who had passed away a few years before the album was released.

Lemmy's birthday is December 24th, 1945. He passed away on December 28th, 2015.

This is "All For Metal" by Doro from her 2018 album Forever Warriors Forever United.

Floridians Are Heavily Armed

Home invaders refuse to get that memo. Homeowner shoots, holds intruder at gunpoint until police arrive: LWPD | FOX 13 Tampa Bay

The victim told police that he woke up at his home on the 700 block of South Scenic Hwy. to the sound of his dog barking.

That's when the homeowner said he armed himself and found the intruder, 34-year-old Cameron McGuire, holding some of his child's belongings inside the home.

The intruder didn't listen to the command, "Freeze," issued by the homeowner, but continued to advance towards the homeowner. The homeowner shot the guy in the leg, and summoned the police.

Lake Wales, Florida is about 50 miles due east of Tampa, and about 40 miles south-southwest of Orlando. It is located in Polk County.

Usually when there is a self-defense incident in Polk County, we get a statement from my favorite sheriff, Grady Judd. Instead we get a statement from Lake Wales Police Chief Chris Velasquez.

"This homeowner is a law-abiding citizen and had every right to protect his family," said Velasquez. "Cameron McGuire should be thankful today that he is alive and in jail. Hopefully, this was his wake-up call".

I certainly would not have shot an intruder in the leg, unless I missed my aim. By a lot.

Self-defense is a human right. Good Guys 1, Bad Guys 0.

Anti-Christmas Terrorism in Germany

This is link to a story about the car attack in Magdeburg, somewhat delayed, but there is a twist, thatnks to Miguel Gonzalez. At least 2 dead, nearly 70 injured when car plows into German Christmas market: Officials - ABC News

UPDATE: The death toll is now up to 5, and they are saying that 200 were injured.

This story, which is also related to "security" at Christmas markets, makes me angry. Miguel Gonzalez: There is a knife crime problem in Germany.

And the solution is the confiscation of all knives including from old ladies.

Instead of blaming the people for crime, the German authorities are channeling their 1930s ancestors, and searching people at Christmas sales, like the one in Magdeburg. More security theater? It is more than that. It is the erosion of rights.

And while they are busy confiscating Swiss Army Knives from elderly women (yes, they did do that), they ignore the real threat to Christmas markets.

So when the Europeans eliminate all of the knives, will they then outlaw steel pipe? Rocks? When will people realize that it isn't the tool used that is to blame; it is the person wielding the tool.

And Miguel Gonzalez has a follow-up post: New Terrorist Attack in Germany.

At least the terrorist driver was not carrying a Swiss Army knife otherwise, it would have been worse.

Food Deserts? Best I Can Do Are Medicine Deserts

Shoplifting will destroy NYC, and other cities. Maybe that should be "is destroying." NYC lost nearly half of all drugstores in past decade — with 10% closing just this year — as shoplifting and crime run rampant

Nearly 10% of New York City’s drugstores have closed this year — a dramatic drop following a decade of retreats that has slashed their number by 40% as shoplifting continues to run rampant, according an explosive study.

The number of Walgreens, Duane Reade, CVS and Rite Aid stores across the city shrunk to 395 locations in 2024. That’s versus 435 last year, and down sharply from a peak of 656 in 2014

It isn't rocket science. Stores can't make money if they are constantly being robbed. If they can't make money they will close. That seems fairly clear to me, but it is apparently mystifying to Democrat politicians in NYC. And in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and the rest.

Crime isn't the only issue of course. Rent is an issue.

A Walgreens rep told The Post that the closings are driven by increased “regulatory and reimbursement pressures” that are “weighing on our ability to cover the costs associated with rent, staffing, and supply needs.”

The company has not directly tied its store closings to crime, but executives have said on earnings calls that “shrink” — which means theft in corporate speak — “represents a serious systemic issue across the retail industry.”

And it is leading to a lot of vacant store fronts in NYC.

Go read the whole thing. And also see my post on NYC from yesterday, about how the powers that be are waging war on the middle class.

Take Public Transit, They Said

New York has serious problems and no one trying to solve them. Woman fatally set on fire on Brooklyn subway; suspect in custody: NYPD | FOX 2 Detroit

Around 7:30 a.m., the woman and the suspect were both riding the "F" train to the end of the line at the Stillwell Avenue Subway station in Coney Island.

Police said the victim was seated when a 33-year-old man, a migrant from Guatamala, who police haven’t identified approached the woman and set her on fire with his lighter.

NYC is about to start taxing people who don't want to die on the subway drive into certain areas of the city.

I'm actually shocked that they identified the suspect/"person of interest" as an immigrant.

Why would anyone want to live in NYC?

Electric Vehicle Explosion at the Port of Miami - Updated Info

Back on Friday, 29 November, a vehicle in a shipping container exploded at the Port of Miami. The shipping container was loaded with 4 electric vehicles that had been impacted in one way or another by this year's hurricanes.

The following video was recommended by What is Going on With Shipping? The video below is pretty interesting and fairly complete about all of the things that can go wrong with electric vehicles after they've been flooded, or otherwise impacted by hurricanes.

The most disturbing thing in the video is how vehicles with damaged/salvaged/or destruction titles in Florida and become clean titles in another state.

No one was hurt when the car exploded, but that was just luck. If someone had been standing near enough to the shipping container, they could have (would have?) died.

This is the StacheD Training video Port of Miami Explosion Update: New Details!

Patrick Durham, Captain and Training Officer at Station 4 in the Troy Fire Department, Michigan. His YouTube channel covers a lot of things on fires, and how things can go wrong in a hurry. It looks like an interesting channel; I may have to check out a few videos.

Self-Defense Is Legal in Illinois

You can never really be sure in a blue state. From the News Gazette: Investigation closing on home invasion which led to death of intruder

On November 10th the soon-to-be-dead guy decided to break into an occupied home. He was met by an armed homeowner.

According to police, the resident engaged in a physical altercation with Becerril-Perez and fired multiple shots.

They are still waiting on the toxicology report to close the file, but the State's Attorney for the area seems to be convinced.

State’s Attorney Julia Rietz says that her preliminary review indicates the use of deadly force by the homeowner was justified.

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.

Self-defense is a human right. It might also be your legal right in Illinois, but it might not.

"Societal Decay Is Eliminating NYC's Middle Class"

That appears to be the Left's goal. Eliminate the middle class. Leaving only the rich, and the poor. It is easier to control the poor, especially when the rich control the food. Though I don't think they have paid attention to history, and all the ways that the rich have been purged.

This is Cash Jordan's video NYC Thieves Steal So Much Food… Families Starve

If you're a criminal, and you don't want to work a normal job in this city, it looks like there's an opportunity for you doing things that basically devalue life here for every single person. To me that's a criminal offense, but apparently it's not a criminal offense to our leaders, who don't think those people should actually be punished, or put in jail, for taking things that don't belong to them, even though not punishing that crime could lead to more stores shutting down.

The video is just over 17 minutes, so plan accordingly.

Antisemitism in Canada on the Rise

The Liberal government in Canada appears to be doing little, or nothing, to combat it. Assailants firebomb a synagogue in a Montreal suburb for the second time in just over a year

Mordecai Zeitz, the emeritus rabbi at Congregation Beth Tikvah, a modern Orthodox synagogue in the suburb of Dollard-des-Ormeaux, said the congregants met for morning prayers on Wednesday morning outside the synagogue.

As mentioned, this is the second time in 13 months that the synagogue has been attacked.

Assailants tossed a firebomb at the same synagogue in November 2023 just weeks after Hamas’ invasion, which launched Israel’s multi-front war. There have been a number of similar attacks on Canadian Jewish institutions since then, including shots fired at Jewish schools. In August, bomb threats were sent to dozens of Jewish institutions across Canada.

That isn't the only story, because the frequency of attacks seems to be increasing. Jewish School in Toronto Is Targeted for a Third Time

Gunshots struck a Jewish elementary school in Toronto on Friday for the third time in seven months, the latest in a series of antisemitic attacks that prompted officials to announce a new push to address Canada’s rising hate crimes.

I promise you, that whatever they do, they won't concentrate on the source of the antisemitism. They can't even say, "antisemitism." It is "hate crimes" to them, because they will not focus on where this particular brand of hate is coming from. IYKWIMAITYD.

Because, no matter what the Left, or the media (but I repeat myself) will tell you, this isn't about what Israel is doing or not doing thousands of miles away from schools and synagogues; this is about hating all Jews everywhere.

Trudeau's response - to both attacks - was to issue an official Tweet on X. Two tweets Yeah, that will stop the carnage. The tweets said exactly what you would expect them to say: a bunch of meaningless BS.

Saturday Roundup of Link Roundups - 21 December

The Right Way starts us off with Top of the News

Irretrievably Gone? - Theo Spark
Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre Poised To Be Prime Minister of Canada - Evi. L Bloggerlady

Animal Magnetism - Animal’s Hump Day News

Who let the DOGE out?
Trump better move fast. He can count on two years.

Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 12.16.24 (Afternoon Edition)

Dana Loesch: Last Week In Legal – ABC Settles,, also, The Gundies & Thanks
Don Surber: How woke died

EBL - George Stephanopoulos butt hurt over settlement with Trump

Variety: George Stephanopoulos did not like the settlement!
George was apparently blindsided by the settlement.
Not so butt hurt as to accept new deal

A View from the Beach - Flotsam and Jetsam - The CR Debacle Disimproves - Biden Incompetent on Day 1 - Fani Fired

Twitchy, POWERLESS to Stop Us! EPIC Thread Takes Democrat's Claims About Who Actually Killed Spending Bill APART. Sarah Arnold at TownHall, Reactions Pour In After More Than 30 Republicans Voted Against the Trump-Backing Funding Bill.

Vlad Tepes - Rand Paul on Trudeau, an Ontario College student goes from victim to genocidal maniac at Warp 3, and Liberal cabinet member Minister Sean Casey on Trudeau: Links 1 for December 19, 2024

2. Ontario Student makes arguably the very best proof that hate speech laws are a tool of destruction for Western peoples. Listen closely and then let us see what doesn’t happen to him as a result.

Again from Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 12.18.24 (Evening Edition)

Da Tech Guy: Of COURSE the Obama People Were All Grifters! He’s a Chicago Pol!
Dana Loesch: Wokery & “Yellowstone”

Small Dead Animals - Wednesday On Turtle Island

Woke World: She’s in big trouble. A good war. Justin will buy them – electric tanks.
Today In Islam: Dhimmi Britain. Muslim homeschooling.

Gates of Vienna - News Feed 12/20/2024

Breaking: PA Woman Charged for Registering DEAD PEOPLE to Vote
Pennsylvania officials on Friday announced that a woman has been arrested and charged for attempting to fraudulently register people, including deceased ones, to vote in the state.

Wombat-socho again - In The Mailbox: 12.19.24

Stoic Observations: The Final Hour
Postcards From Barsoom: Milleniyule Appearance
Ammo.com: How Many Americans Want Stricter Gun Laws?

Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog - LinkSwarm For December 13, 2024. [He has 2 weeks to catch up on]

Believe it or not, that wasn’t the biggest settlement ABC owner Disney agreed to pay out this month. They also agreed to pay $233 million to settle a minimum wage lawsuit.
How DeSantis and Abbott bussing illegal aliens to blue sanctuary cities changed the game.

Cafe Hayek - Some Links

My intrepid Mercatus Center colleague, Veronique de Rugy, details some of the good that DOGE might do by ridding Americans of a number of onerous government diktats.

Once again from Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 12.20.24

The Lid: Woke, Left-Wing Michigan Democrats Make Eggs Illegal Unless they are ‘Cage Free’
Legal Insurrection: The Lie that Will Define Biden’s Legacy

Maggie's Farm - Wednesday morning links

As Woke Falls, What Rises?
Harris' Digital Director Reveals the ‘Ominous’ Moment Where He Knew Something Was Wrong

J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report — 12/18/24

Maybe he should be replaced by someone who does?
CUNY Chancellor Rodriguez Doesn’t Know If There Are Any Antisemites On Campus

Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: Musk Forcing Republicans To Act Like Republicans

• No, You Weren't Crazy—Biden Was Dead Park MacDougald
• Fraud in the Oval Office: The White House Cover-Up Exposed @amuse

Anonymous Conservative - News Briefs – 12/20/2024

The Georgia Court of Appeals rightly disqualified Fulton County DA Fani Willis from the bogus case against President Trump for her blatant corruption.
An upcoming Twitter Space will expose the real number of undercover agents on January 6

I leave you Wednesday's gifs from Wirecutter, Wednesday Memes …… from MaddMedic, and Quick Hits Of Wisdom, Knowledge And Snark #2212 from 90 Miles from Tyranny.

More on Self-Defense in New Orleans

Do you practice shooting one handed? Do you practice shooting with your non-dominate hand? You should.

This is Colion Noir's video Caught On Video: Store Clerk Shoots Two Armed Robbers In New Orleans.

I think most people will go to shoot one-handed in a self-defense situation, without even realizing it. Now when most people go to the gun range, they're usually out there with their perfect two-handed grip trying to get those tight little groups on their targets, but in real life you don't always get that luxury. You might be holding something, fending off an attack, or, in this case, reacting under extreme pressure.

The video is 8 minutes, so grab a beverage.

For my initial post on this incident, see The British Are Mystified by Self-Defense

Jaguar Land Rover Fires Whistleblower Over Safety of Electric Cars

"Shut Up!" they explained. Jaguar Land Rover electric car whistleblower sacked

The problems in question were not at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), but they were perfectly happy to fire a whistleblower. They are apparently worried he might expose any problems at JLR. As Mr. H says in the video below, "Stop making sh*t cars, then."

The BBC has seen evidence the multinational corporation that owns Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) arranged for a whistleblower to be sacked for raising concerns about the safety of electric cars it designed.

Confidential emails between executives at Tata Group reveal they retaliated against mechanical engineer Hazar Denli for posting concerns on Reddit that lives were being put at risk. He was then blacklisted.

The company was producing cars with parts the could fail, and were failing. Parts of the suspension that, when they failed, caused drivers to lose control of their vehicles and crash. People were dying.

Mr Denli, a specialist in chassis design, was appointed to lead the engineering team working on the car's front suspension and chassis from September 2022, halfway through a design and testing phase he says had an unusually tight timetable.

He soon became concerned VinFast was cutting corners with safety, keeping costs down by employing a small team of inexperienced engineers.

His concerns grew when he heard three of his predecessors had quit after short spells on the project.

He tried to raise concerns internally, but there was a stock deal in the works, so he quit.

VinFast, which was preparing to sell shares in itself and raise funds by floating on the New York Stock Exchange, instead pushed ahead with production.

And people are dying in those cars.

Then on 24 April this year, a family-of-four was killed in a crash in Pleasanton, California. Police reported the vehicle lost control, veered off the road, hit a pole and caught fire.

When Mr Denli went public with the problems at VinFast, and VinFast figured out who made the public statements, they contacted his new employer, JLR, and got him fired.

There are many more details in the article, or you can watch the following video from Mr H Reviews. Jaguar Land Rover FIRED Whistleblower Who Raised Safety Concerns Over Electrics Cars

Buntes Volk

Faun is a group that is a bit hard to categorize. They have had some significant changes in personnel over they years, and the style has shifted as well. They are usually called Pagan Folk or Darkwave. I'm not sure that matters much.

On the downside for Americans, they are usually singing in German, and I know people hate that. (You'll get over it.) Here is a link the lyrics and their English translation.

This song is "Buntes Volk" by Faun from their 2014 album Luna.

DA's HATE Self-Defense

Or why would you charge a man in the face of video evidence? Madison County judge rules in favor of man claiming self-defense in fatal shooting

Do you think The System™ cares about Justice? They don't. They care about winning.

While inside the courtroom on Monday, WAFF learned that there was video evidence, showing Cattage pointing a gun at Varner’s head before the deadly shooting.

So the soon-to-be-dead guy pointed a firearm at the defendant's head. On video. Cops arrested him. The DA charged him. Oh, but there are other charges. "Let's just throw murder into the mix and see if it sticks!" I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that he's black and this took place in Alabama.

Ask yourself, "What would you do if someone threatened you like this?" Runaway? Hard to outrun a bullet.

He still faces other charges, but I don't think there is anything that could put him in prison for life left on the table.

The Revolving Door of Injustice

It is mean, or it is not fair, or something, to put criminals in jail. On federal parole for stolen machine gun case, man's charged with murdering 62-year-old on Thanksgiving - CWB Chicago

He was arrested for tossing a stolen machine gun from a car while speeding along an expressway in Chicago. U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendal sentenced him to 5 years in prison in May of 2021. He was out on parole.

He made an impassioned speech at sentencing for that crime about how he was going to turn his life around, for his kids. Yeah, not so much.

Currently on parole for that machine gun case, Hughes is back in custody, accused of shooting and killing a 62-year-old man on Thanksgiving afternoon.

Stolen gun. Machine gun. Color me shocked that he was sentenced to only 5 years. OK so I'm not that shocked. I would bet that the judge could have sent him away longer.

At least the judge in this case held him as a threat to the community.

So it is unfair to send bad guys to prison. How unfair is it to the family of Ignacio Mendiola, who died two days after Gad Huges shot him in the head? Why are the bleeding hearts never feeling bad for the victims of crime?

Hat tip to Second City Cop: "Escalation" - Ya Think?

Project Exile is the only solution.

Are You Able Defend Yourself When Seated in a Car?

This is a story that slipped past my news filters, which is why it is 2 weeks old. Masked man shot during carjacking attempt outside St. Pete restaurant, cops say

Floridians in general are heavily armed, but drawing a firearm when you are seated in a car, probably wearing a seat belt, can be an issue. If you are right handed, can you deal with someone, an armed someone, in the passenger seat?

The incident occurred about 8 p.m. in front of the Crafty Crab, 2901 Tyrone Blvd. N. Police said a man was waiting in a car while his wife was inside the restaurant picking up food.

A man in a mask entered the vehicle and “attempted a carjacking,” St. Petersburg police said in a news release.

“The victim pulled out his own gun and fired at the suspect,” the news release states. “The suspect fled the scene and the victim called 911 and waited for police to arrive.”

The would-be carjacker was shot, and fled to a neighboring business. He was taken to a local hospital "where he was in critical but stable condition."

Self-defense is a human-right, and this didn't take place in New York City.

This is the Colion Noir video Carjacker Shot By Armed Citizen In A Shocking Twist Of Self Defense

There are a few things that infuriate me more than carjackers. Home invasions are the only contender. However both situations exploit your vulnerability, but I'd argue you're at an even greater disadvantage when you're in your car. At least in a home invasion you've got some semblance of home field advantage. You can Retreat to different rooms, grab a larger firearm, or maybe even get a heads up if an alarm goes off or a window shatters. In your car, you're basically sitting in a steel coffin.

The video is six minutes.

Friday Links - 20 December

Granite Grok has some thoughts on Congressional power and responsibility. Perversion of The Power To Declare War

Congress passes the buck to the President by implementing such laws as the post-9/11 Authorization to Use Military Force, perverting the original intent of the Framers. In essence, there is a congressional abdication of power to the President to start a war. The President, in turn, has been giving this power to the UN/NATO to obtain a Resolution.

Miguel Gonzalez - Looking better than I should.

Oleg Volk is an amazing photographer. He makes me look like I know what I am doing and that is the definition of pure artistry.

Matt Margolis at PJ Media - Obamacare Is Killing People

I’m old enough to remember when health insurance was affordable. It wasn’t all that long ago; it was before Obamacare passed.

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 18 December 2024: Orders Of Magnitude Edition

What happened to ChatGPT the other day? It wasn't DNS, but it wasn't not DNS either. (Try Parity)

OpenAI deployed a new system that had been running happily on their test servers for some time. About twenty minutes in, things started going horribly wrong, with the monitoring system that reports on all things production taking over and then taking out the production servers, because it had a hidden scaling problem that never showed up on the smaller test environment.

Political Hat - 12 Posts of Christmas, 2024 (Day 6)

A slightly not-so-traditional Christmas song by The Kinks.

The Other McCain - A Product of the Crazy-Making Factory

What kind of people would get married and divorced three times? Selfish, immature, thoughtless people — well, that’s inference, but if you know anything at all about child-rearing, you understand how important stability is to the development of the child’s sense of security. Children do best when they grow up in one home, with two parents.

Professor Yamane at Gun Culture 2.0 - Thoughts on GUNLORE: Firearms, Folkways, and Communities

The Light Over Heat Virtual Book Club, which I started this year, just finished its fourth book of 2024. The experiment was a great success, so look for an announcement early in 2025 about our next read.

The final book we read was Gunlore: Firearms, Folkways, and Communities, an edited collection of essays by folklorists.

Mike Rowe - mikeroweWORKS is Making a Difference

I mention this, not because I enjoy patting myself on the back, but because mikeroweWORKS really is making a difference, and I’m so grateful for all the support we’ve received from the people who follow me online. This was our biggest year to date, with nearly $2.5 million in scholarships awarded. Next year, with your help, will be even bigger. No pressure, but if you’re inclined to donate before the end of the year, you can do so at mikeroweWORKS.

This Sounds More Like Car Jacking

I will leave it to you to decide. In either case it seems to be another failure of the victim-selection process. Lehigh Acres car break-in leads to shooting death of alleged burglar

An alleged would-be car burglar was shot and killed early Saturday morning after trying to break into a parked car in a Lehigh Acres driveway — with the driver still sitting inside, according to the Lee County Sheriff's Office.

If the driver was still in the car, it doesn't sound like burglary to me.

Lehigh Acres, Florida is a section of Lee County which is about 8 miles east of Fort Myers.

“Everyone deserves to feel safe on their own property,” [Lee County Sheriff Carmine] Marceno said in the news release. “The homeowner exercised their right to protect themself, which unfortunately resulted in a loss of a life today.”

So again, why try to "burglarize" a car in Florida with the owner still inside? Floridians are heavily armed, and self-defense is a thing in the Sunshine State.

Fake News

It isn't just a conspiracy theory anymore. Michael Goodwin: The left-wing media created their own crisis, now have to pay the price for attacking Donald Trump

Only one in three adults say they have some or a great deal of confidence in mainstream media reports, according to an October Gallup survey.

If they were just incompetent, that would be one thing. I still wouldn't trust them, but you can't hate people for being stupid. You can be annoyed by them, or try to instruct them, but not hate them. These Professional Journalists™ aren't stupid; they're liars.

The settlement with ABC News (owned by Disney) and George Stephanopoulos has been in the news. They had to pay Trump 16 million dollars for a Presidential Library and legal fees. And they had to apologize.

Ouch — the apology surely stung much more than the money.

Then CNN, in the person of Clarissa Ward, and a cast of a few, stated that helped it helped free a prisoner of the Syrian government. Of course that wasn't true. And this isn't the first time that Clarissa Ward has been accused of having a strange relationship with the truth.

The woman behind the Duke rape scandal has finally admitted that she made the whole thing up in 2006, destroying lives for her 15 minutes of fame. She apologized.

Will the media also apologize?

Don’t hold your breath.

Then there is the Des Moines Register and a strange poll released just before the election.

Findings by the pollster, Ann Selzer, that were released three days before the election showed Kamala Harris leading Trump by three points. It was a potential earthquake since all other polls predicted Trump would win the state easily, and the Selzer poll gave Dems hopes that Iowa would flip blue and that other states would too.

In fact, the poll was off by an astounding 16 points, with Trump winning Iowa by 13 points.

Trump is suing over election interference.

Selzer and the Register have denied the charge, but her explanation for the giant size of her mistake is less than persuasive.

According to Semafor, she suggested her poll might have served to “energize and activate Republican voters.”

You could go back farther than that of course. Dan Rather and RatherGate (Ra^therGate?) comes to mind. But the granddaddy of them all is Walter Duranty of the New York Times, and his simping for the Communists in Russia, and hiding all evidence, and discrediting reports, of the Holodomor. That was the time Stalin & Company killed between 4 million and 7 million Ukrainians, perhaps more. But hey, Duranty liked Communism and didn't want to see it cast in a bad light. (4 million dead might do just that.)

For a few more cases of Fake News see this link from 2016: Get These Fake News Sites Off Your Feed Now. New York Times, and Boston Globe, and more.

When Law and Order Break Down ...

Then the people will take matters into their own hands. No one should be surprised by this. McDonald's patrons tackled and beat an armed robber until cops arrived, Chicago police report says - CWB Chicago

A man robbed a McDonald's on November 13th. Then he came back again for more money on November 23rd.

But this robbery ended a little differently. According to a CPD report, Johnson was “tackled, held on the floor, and beaten by unknown bystanders until police arrived.”

Officers arrived to find Johnson lying face down on the floor with “a crowd of individuals holding him down and kicking him about the head.”

The cops detained Johnson, recovered a firearm and extended magazine from his person, and “dispersed the crowd to prevent the offender from sustaining further injuries,” according to the police report. Surveillance cameras recorded the incident.

The bad guy had to be hospitalized from the injuries.

Does this constitute militia action, or just a mob fed up with the breakdown of civilization?

Law and order are certainly breaking down in Chicago, and in the other cities as well. (See this link for one of the latest Cash Jordan videos on the state of NYC.) Society exists to provide security. That is no longer being provided. Without law and order, you can't have nice things. You can't have anything really. Or as Hobbes stated it, when there is no force-of-law to keep people in check, things break down and life becomes "nasty, brutish, and short."

See the entire passage I'm referencing at this link on Hobbes' Leviathan.

Wednesday Link Roundup - 18 December

Pirate's Cove is up first with Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

5. Bearing Arms: NBC News Lobbies for Magazine Disconnect for Handguns
6. Cold Fury: Trump has a posse

EBL - Little George Stephanopoulos and ABC News have to pay $15 Million to Trump Library and Apologize

$15 million dollar man. It is nice to see Little George have to apologize.
Mediate: Ring Kissed and Knee Bent

Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 12.16.24

Chicago Boyz: Economic Development: From the Roof, or From the Foundations?
Da Tech Guy: 5 Fun Sports Thoughts Under the Fedora

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 15 December 2024: Poptop Edition

Canadia healthcare technology company Care1 leaked 4.8 million patient records totaling 2.2TB. (HackRead)
Nice work, guys.

A View from the Beach - Flotsam and Jetsam - Late Monday DIY

How Much Voter Fraud In 2020? - Power Line
Schiff and Stephanopoulos Discuss How They Can Best Resist President Trump - The Last Refuge

Vlad Tepes - Canada getting ready to sweep Carney in, Syria, Comedian banned from Canada and more: Links 1 for December 16, 2024

2. Syria: Christians beheaded, shot in the Valley of the Christians, video circulates telling Christians to leave
Will there now be an ethnic cleansing of Christians in Syria?

Small Dead Animals - Sunday On Turtle Island

Blackie’s Canada: A movie review. Trudeau trash talks Canada.
Dementia Joe’s America: Biden pardoned financial criminals. Project 2025.

Don Surber - Highlights of the week

ITEM 32: Seán Ono Lennon tweeted, “The most likely explanation for the New Jersey Drones is they are some kind of ruse to that will be used to justify some kind of legislation taking away more rights from Americans.”

Political Hat - News of the Week (December 15th, 2024)

Barack Obama broke US healthcare. Only the Left refuses to admit it
Progressives raging against health insurers should acknowledge the role of their own policies in undermining the system

Gates of Vienna - News Feed 12/16/2024

Germany’s Food Banks Forced to Ration as Poverty Surges
Europe’s largest economy is facing a deepening crisis as food banks in Germany struggle to meet growing demand, with many now forced to ration food supplies.

Bacon Time!!!! - Sunday Linkage

The Air Vent - This is Why In Person Voting With ID is Critical
Watts Up With That? - Climate Science You Can Believe

Cafe Hayek - Some Links

Richard Epstein is correct: Trump’s “weak appointments don’t deserve unconditional approval.”
Richard Zoglin isn’t thrilled with the movie version of Wicked.

Maggie's Farm - Saturday morning links

How Much of the Harris Campaign Was a Scam?
VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: The Evaporation Of The Obama Mystique
How stupid is Trump?

J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report — 12/16/24

From COVID to defense, to medicine, to intelligence, the expert class is showing itself to be anything but expert.
Trump is Flushing the Expert Class Down the Toilet

Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: Senator Thom Tillis [R-NC] Threatens Trump Supporters to “Stand Down” on Pressure

• Selective Justice: How FARA Became a Tool to Target Republicans - @amuse • Three Russia Hoax Bombshells Hidden In IG Report On DOJ Surveillance Of Congress - Mollie Hemingway

I leave you with Sunday Memes …. from MaddMedic, Sunday Funnies For 12-15-24 from Stately McDaniel Manor, and Hatin' Mondays gifdump from Wirecutter.

Self-defense in Nevada

Police are treating it like self-defense. HPD: Man killed in possible self-defense shooting outside Henderson shopping center

Henderson, Nevada is about 16 miles southeast of downtown Las Vegas.

An initial investigation revealed that two cars pulled into the parking lot after one car had possibly struck the other. A 55-year-old man exited his vehicle and flashed a gun in his waistband to the other driver. However, the other driver, a 42-year-old man, was also armed and shot the 55-year-old.

So he died over a fender bender? Not the best choice.

Cops don't make determinations on charges, and I have no feeling for how the Clark County DA feels about self-defense. Self-defense is a human right.

Trump Transition Team Scorches Elizabeth Warren

Ouch. That's gonna leave a mark. Elizabeth Warren Demands Conflict-of-Interest Rules for Musk, and Trump Camp’s Response Is FIRE

E. Warren is proposing "conflict of interest" rules for Musk. Why? Because she can propose them. The response is classic.

Heap big trouble for Trump and Musk, eh? No. Not only is Warren’s demand patently one-sided and politically motivated, but Trump’s team is not disposed to take it lying down. Trump spokesperson Karoline Leavitt on Monday sent Warren a teepee-shaking response: “President Trump,” Leavitt wrote, “has assembled the most impressive and qualified team of innovators, entrepreneurs, and geniuses to advise and staff our government. Pocahontas can play political games and send toothless letters, but the Trump-Vance transition will continue to be held to the highest ethical and legal standards possible—a standard unfamiliar to a career politician whose societal impact is 1/1024th of Elon Musk's.”

There is more including a plea to preseve that statement as template to fight against the RINOs and the Left.

Hat tip to Ed Driscoll at Instapundit:

Incidentally, some of us on the right are also extremely angry with Trump’s spokeswoman referring to Warren as “Pocahontas.” It’s Fauxcahontas, dammit — Fauxcahontas!

Something's Always Wrong

Another song courtesy of WXRT's Saturday Morning Flashback? Sounds good. They were flashing back to 1994 on Saturday the 14th.

This is a group I had mostly forgotten.

This song is "Something's Always Wrong" by Toad the Wet Sprocket from their 1994 album Dulcinea. It was the 2nd single released from that album.

Tuesday Links - 17 December

Tam at View From The Porch is first with more on the CEO shooting. Brace for the Arglebargle...

At the time, I remember hoping that it was at least a factory clone and not an 80% kit build or a 3D-printed frame because that would unleash a tidal wave of stupid from the sort of people who not only know nothing about guns or gun laws, but also don't like them very much.

And here we are...

Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog - How Do You Miss Six Shots From Five Feet Away?

The Secret Service agent that engaged the would-be Trump golf course assassin missed six shots despite being five feet away.

How does that even happen? How can even you even miss from that close?

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 13 December 2024: Forgotten Edition

Microsoft's Recall is back, and yes, it still takes screenshots of your sensitive information. (Tom's Hardware)

You can tell it not to. It does it anyway.

The Other McCain - The Heroism of Amy Wax

See, that’s the way it is in 21st-century academia — you can tell any lie, as long as it’s a politically correct lie, but there are some truths that no one is permitted to mention, and that’s why Professor Wax got punished. She has refused to budge an inch and now, thanks to Penn’s tolerance for Jew-hating pro-Hamas protesters, she’s got a solid legal case against the administration.

Moonbattery - Moonbattery Closes San Francisco Safeway

Shoplifting is effectively legal and even encouraged in California. Liberal mecca San Francisco is ground zero for the deliberately engineered shoplifting epidemic.

Guess whose fault it is when there are no more Safeways in “diverse” neighborhoods? That’s right: Safeway’s, for being racist.

Wombat-socho - FMJRA 2.0: The Draft Plays On

Top linkers for the week ending December 13:

1.  EBL (11)
2.  357 Magnum (10)
3.  A View From The Beach (7)

Again from Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 14 December 2024: Lying Suits Edition

A Waymo robotaxi got stuck in a roundabout. (Tech Crunch)
Yes, it was doing exactly what you think it was doing.

Another Failure of the Victim-Selection Process

Threats didn't get this guy anything he wanted. Amazon facility in Greenfield shut down Friday after reported shooting

He was apparently convinced that he was a tough guy.

Riley [the guy who got shot] reportedly confronted the shooter inside the Amazon facility and “threatened to cause physical harm to the shooter.” The release said that the shooter left the building and was waiting on a ride in the parking lot when Riley approached him and made additional aggressive remarks.

He didn't just talk, but he "approached the shooter in an aggressive manner."

And so, you make threats, and appear to follow up on them. That is when a reasonable person will consider you to be an imminent threat of death or grave bodily injury.

So he got shot.

According to the office, officials said that it appeared to be an isolated incident between the two people, stating that the “shooting appears to be in self-defense.”

Greenfield, Indiana is about 20 miles due east of downtown Indianapolis.

Self-defense is a human right, and Indiana has a history of recognizing it as a legal right.

Men's Health Survey on Gun Ownership

So there was apparently an interesting survey conducted by Men's Health magazine about gun ownership. The (Mental) State of Guys and Guns

The only thing truly amazing was that the results were published in a non-gun magazine. Why? Because it makes the Democrats look bad. Or maybe it just makes the people who subscribe to Men's Health look bad.

First off, people who own only one gun are the people you need to worry about.

2. Men who own just one gun are more likely to use that gun in a dangerous way than men who own more guns.

THINK A GUY who owns more guns is more dangerous than a guy with fewer guns? Think again.

Guys (and I would say gals - but this is Men's Health magazine) who own more than 4 guns are much less likely to do bad things with them. Click thru for the overview.

Here are the full survey results: The Full Results of the Men's Health Guys and Guns Survey.

And Democrats are more likely to fall into the "own 1 gun" category, than they are to the "own 4 guns" category.

“Have you ever fired a gun in anger?”

• Democrats: 16% Yes
• Republicans: 10% Yes

“Have you ever threatened someone with a gun?”

• Democrats: 18% Yes
• Republicans: 11% Yes

“Have you ever used a gun to get what you want?”

• Democrats: 13% Yes
• Republicans: 6% Yes

So when Democrats make pronoucements about the perils of gun ownership, how much is projection?

This is the Liberty Doll's video Survey Says: Left More Likely To Use Guns For Violence

NYC Gives Up on Controlling Theft

New York has basically legalized shoplifting.

This is the Cash Jordan video Female Gang Raids TJ Maxx… as NYC Gives Up on Theft.

In New York we'll pass any law we can to stop crime, as long as it doesn't work, because that's the progressive way of doing things.

The video is 16 minutes.

All For Nothing

Lacrimas Porfundere has fascinated me since I ran across the German band with the Latin name. They have been around since 1995 or so, but I only discovered them in the past 10 years, since I've embraced European Heavy Metal. Having been around that long, there have been a number of personnel changes. Rob Vitacca was lead singer from 2007 until 2018. I really like his singing voice. Today we have a song from that time.

Lacrimas Profundere means “To shed tears” in English. That is a reflection of the Gothic Metal vibe. They started as a Doom Metal, and the 2 albums since Rob Vitacca have left the band have apparently gotten back to their roots. Since I do not like Doom Metal all that much, I haven't searched those albums out, though I probably should.

This song is "All For Nothing" by Lacrimas Profundere from their 2013 album Antiadore.

Friday Night Tights Reacts to GamesRadar "Best TV Shows"

Excerpts from panel streams are usually entertaining, but often rambling. This one is a closely focused, and the reactions are. Also, you might get some legitimate recommendations on what to watch.

This is an excerpt from the Friday Night Tights from Friday the 13th, with guest Robert Myer Burnett. THIS IS BANANAS! You Won't Believe What GamesRadar Crowned "Best TV Show of 2024". It is 19 minutes.

Vendée Globe Boat Dismasted

Alone in the Southern Ocean, even in summer, is not to be taken lightly. Blue Monday, Hare dismasted, Seguin reflects. Richomme homing in on leader. | Vendée Globe 2024

After being dismasted last night at around 2145hrs UTC some 800 miles south of Australia Pip Hare has secured Medallia and has already set a jury rig and, bitterly disappointed, is making slow but steady progress. She is uninjured but her indefatigable spirit has taken a big hit.

The fleet encountered some bad weather.

Hare is unfortunately not the only one with difficulties. Faced with a breakage on part of his rigging, The Hungarian sailor Szabolcs Weöres (New Europe, 38th) seems to be sailing towards South Africa

Antoine Cornic was forced to stop near an island that is about 2400 miles west of Australia, to try and make repairs.

There is a one minute video at this link from Guirec Soudée showing what the sea state is.

They will have been alone at sea for 36 days, when you read this.

Texans Are Still Armed

Would-be home invaders continue to not get that memo. Intruder shot, killed by homeowner’s daughter in southwest Houston

The alleged intruder made entry while the father and daughter were home, although the daughter was asleep. She awoke to noises and allegedly “saw the man inside,” which is when she shot him.

Houston PD posted on X about the incident, noting, “Prelim info is a resident of a home shot at a male breaking into the home. The male was pronounced deceased at the scene. The investigation is ongoing.”

Why would you break into homes in Texas? Not only is self-defense a human right, but it is your legal right in Texas. (Hat tip to Breitbart)

New South Wales Police Side with Antisemitic Crowd

Are we shocked? WATCH: Police 'MOVE ON' lone Jew as hate mob block Synagogue - Rebel News

Why? Because it is easier to hassle one Jew, than to move on a crowd of "protestors" blocking entry to a synagogue.

Jewish man shares his experience of being targeted by NSW police while Jew-haters are allowed 'unauthorised' protest.

New South Wales is a state on the west coast of Australia, that includes the city of Sidney.

[Ofir Birenbaum] also pointed out the irony of the situation: the protest was unauthorised. "I presented these facts to the commander and that didn't help. They treated me as if I crashed their event, not the other way around." Birenbaum explained that under New South Wales laws, a form one must be submitted seven days in advance, including the location. "So I knew there's absolutely no chance they submitted a Form 1 in advance with the location because that wasn't public information," he stated.

It isn't beyond a shadow of a doubt that the police ARE on the side of the antisemitic protestors. It wouldn't be without precedent. Personally I think the cops are cowards, and are willing to confront one man and his wife, and not a crowd breaking the law.

Watch the video. The cops claim he was "breaching the peace," by trying to enter a synagogue.

Western civilization was nice while it lasted.

What's the Opposite of Diversity?

University. UCLA Student KICKED OUT After Saying She Voted For Trump

It is a YouTube short - so less than 1 minute.

American Universities - where Free Speech goes to die.

The Black Swallow Of Death - The War Hero from Georgia You've Never Heard Of

A Black man left America for Paris to escape the racism of the early 20th century. He made France his home. When World War I started, he volunteered to defend his home. He fought in WWI and was a spy for part of WWII. When he wrote his memoirs after World War II, he couldn't get it published, because no one could believe all of the stuff he had done. But books were eventually written to record his deeds.

This is the Fat Electrician's video The Black Swallow Of Death - Eugene Bullard

Today we're talking about a professional boxer, a professional jazz musician, a World War I machine gunner, decorated for Valor on the battlefield, a spy, the world's first black combat pilot, who also is probably the first man to take a Capuchin monkey into combat as well. And just to be clear, this is not like The A Team, Avengers type group that I'm laying out before you. No. This is all one guy.

His name's Eugene Bullard. His friends called him Sparrow. Everybody else just called him The Black Swallow of Death, and for further clarification Eugene is most well known for being the world's first black, combat pilot, but honestly, while that is a great achievement, it's one of the shortest and least interesting parts of his life story.

It's a 45 or 50 minute video, so plan accordingly. It does cover his youth in Georgia, his career as a boxer, his eventual move to France, both world wars, the time between the wars, the Jazz scene in Paris, and more. I think it is worth the time.

Self-Defense Seems to Be Legal in South Carolina

But then I thought it was. From the Post and Courier: Would-be burglar shot dead in Moncks Corner

Three guys decided it would be a good idea to break into a home. They were met by an armed homeowner. One was shot and killed. The other two were arrested.

Clifford Ramsey, 21, and Tyler McCoy, 21, both of Moncks Corner, remain in custody and have been charged with first degree burglary.

Moncks Corner, South Carolina is about 30 mile drive north of Charleston.

In some jurisdictions they would be charged with murder under felony murder. I don't know what the rules are in South Carolina.

Oh, and I'm not shocked by this statement.

The suspects are from the Moncks Corner area and known to law enforcement, according to MCPD officials.

Self-defense is a human right.

Wyoming Moves to Eliminate Schools as Gun Free Zones

Gun Free Zones are really Defenseless Victim Zones because criminals do not obey your signs. Proposed bill would create enhanced concealed-carry permit for Wyoming schools

A bill filed for the 2025 general session would create an “enhanced” concealed carry firearm permit that would allow qualified permit-holders to conceal carry on K-12 school campuses, as well as Wyoming university and college campuses, without needing written consent from campus security.

Actually permitting concealed carry WITH written permission means that Wyoming is miles ahead of most states.

Cooper’s bill, Senate File 37, “Enhanced concealed carry in school zones,” creates an application for a new enhanced concealed carry permit that would allow permit-holders to concealed carry onto school campuses. Cooper’s proposal would require at least eight hours of firearms training within the last 12 months and demonstrated proficiency with a firearm in order for applicants to qualify for an enhanced concealed carry permit.

It will be interesting see how this proceeds.

Youngest-Ever Undisputed Chess World Champion

From Chess-dot-com: 18-Year-Old Gukesh Becomes Youngest-Ever Undisputed Chess World Champion

18-year-old Indian GM Gukesh Dommaraju is the world champion after the defending title holder GM Ding Liren (32) from China collapsed in game 14 of the 2024 FIDE World Championship. Gukesh won 7.5-6.5, taking $1.35 million, after a game where Ding seemed to have a risk-free chance to press for a win but instead liquidated into a pawn-down endgame.

FIDE, stands for the Fédération Internationale des Échecs or the World Chess Federation in English. It is the governing body for chess on the world stage.

What do you do with your life when you achieve your dream at 18 years of age? When Ding won last year, he disappeared for several months, due to depression.

Saturday Roundup of Link Roundups - 14 December

The Right Way is first with Top of the News

SYRIA: Same scam different country - Theo Spark
Nancy Mace attacked by a Trans-Male - Evi. L Bloggerl

Animal Magnetism - Animal’s Hump Days News

Trump is right again.
I’m guessing Biden will pardon his brother, at least.

Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 12.11.24 (Afternoon Edition)

Postcards From Barsoom: You Can Just Do Things
L’Ombre de L’Olivier: Vigilante Assassination May Be OK

EBL - FBI Director Christopher Wray off to find new grifting opportunities...

AoSHQ: Criminal Christopher Wray Resigns and Morning Report 12.11.24
IOTW: Wray resigns, but not fast enough...
Instapundit: Well, Bye...

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 11 December 2024: Definately An Edition

Microsoft has officially confirmed that you can install Windows 11 on unsupported hardware just days after saying that this will never be an option. (Tom's Hardware)
However, while it officially works, it's not officially supported

Wombat-socho again - In The Mailbox: 12.12.24 (Afternoon Edition)

Raconteur Press: Have a Giant Robotic Christmas!
Toni Airaksinen: Iowa Teacher May Face Legal Battle After Banning Holocaust & Nazi References

The DaleyGator - Weekend Links

Obama Sez has some useful linkage
Bunkerville goes Biggs
Mike McDaniel notes STOOPIDITY

Gates of Vienna - News Feed 12/12/2024

European Electricity Prices Skyrocket as German Renewables Fail to Deliver Power
Prices for electricity in central Europe have skyrocketed to record highs, as German renewable sources fell short of meeting demand.

Again from Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: [12.12.24] (Evening Edition)

The Lid: There is NO ‘Epidemic’ of Anti-Trans Violence — Another Liberal Lie Busted
Legal Insurrection: West Point Lied Twice About Pete Hegseth Applying to the Academy

Small Dead Animals - Thursday On Turtle Island

America: Another victory for a Christian baker. The radicalism of Jay Bhattacharya.
Blackie’s Canada: Diversity outbreak in York Region.
Woke World: The hidden Pfizer report. End of the world. Women’s liberation.

Flopping Aces - The Week in Radical Leftism – Yep, More from The Nation!

Why Bidenomics Was Such a Bust
Because stupid ideas produced stupid results, no matter how much The Radical Left tried to gaslight us Normals.

Vlad Tepes - Drones and what appear to be massive wins for Vaxx and Covid truths, but with major caveats: Links 1 for December 13th, 2024

3. In April of 2004, the TV show, Bullshit by Penn & Teller aired, debunking recycling as the govt bureaucracy growing, environmentally destructive load of life destroying crap it really is. Except for Aluminium cans of course.

A View from the Beach - Flotsam and Jetsam - FBI Involvment in J6 Detailed, Biden Mass Pardons

At Da Signal, Biden Nullifies Crimes in Biggest Day of Clemency to Date, Nick Sortor@nicksortor, WTF?! Joe Biden just pardoned multiple Chinese spies and an individual convicted of possessing child p*rnography WHY? 39 MORE DAYS UNTIL THIS CRAP IS OVER.

And again from Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 12.13.24

Don Surber: Why I want the Dems to rely on the MSM
First Street Journal: Sometimes you just have to be an a**hole to do things right, also, Oh the poor little lambs who don’t want to return to the office!

Cafe Hayek - Some Links

Also writing about DOGE is my intrepid Mercatus Center colleague, Veronique de Rugy.
And for even more worthwhile commentary on DOGE, here’s the great Bruce Yandle.

J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report — 12/11/24

Daniel Greenfield: A fiery but mostly peaceful ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.
Is it a Ceasefire if the Fire Doesn’t Cease?

Maggie's Farm - Friday morning links

Janet Yellen "Sorry" After Presiding Over $15 Trillion Increase In US Debt
Good-bye, Paul Krugman

Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: State Department Scrambles To Scuttle $100M Censorship Network Before Trump Takes Office

• The Penny and Mangione sagas highlight the left’s moral bankruptcy - Derek Hunter
• The Left-Wing Pushback on DOGE Sounds Like the Return of Occupy Wall Street - John Sexton

I leave you with Wednesday's gifs from Wirecutter, Wednesday Memes … from MaddMedic, and Quick Hits Of Wisdom, Knowledge And Snark #2201 from 90 Miles from Tyranny.