HeyJackass! has the best crime stats for Chicago. Mostly Peaceful Weekend
Final Peaceful Tally: 12 killed, 43 wounded
2020 weekend tally: 10 killed, 42 wounded*
2019 weekend tally: 7 killed, 36 wounded*
2018 weekend tally: 8 killed, 31 wounded [SNIP]*Please note: Memorial Day weekends of 2019 & 2020 fell on this weekend. Adjust your year-over-year comparisons as needed.
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You can never be sure about these things today. Edinburg man shot, killed during dispute in Mount Jackson
A man was assaulting a woman in the street. She ran to a home for help. The homeowner ended up shooting the attacker.
[Sheriff Timothy] Carter wouldn’t say what specifically led to the shooting, but said everything indicated that the homeowner fired the gun as an act of self defense for himself and his family. The Sheriff’s Office has no information that the homeowner was acquainted with Romick or the woman, Carter said.
The homeowner is cooperating with law enforcement and has not been charged, Carter said.
Though the prosecutor will make the final determination.
Self-defense is a human-right.
It isn't even covert anymore. Thanks to the Left, Jews Are Under Attack – in the U.S., Canada, and Britain
It’s clear where they are: in Europe and North America. What we are seeing in the increasing violence against Jews in the West is that when the left claims that “right-wing” rhetoric leads to violence, they’re once again accusing their enemies of what they themselves are guilty of doing.
For years now, we have seen leftists legitimize violence against those whom they hate. Remember Kathy Griffin holding a mockup of Trump’s severed head. Remember Madonna saying: “I’ve thought a lot about blowing up the White House.” Remember failed CNN host and cannibal Reza Aslan’s infamous rant of August 2019, calling for the genocide of supporters of the former president of the United States: “The President is a white nationalist terror leader. His supporters – ALL OF THEM – are by definition white nationalist terror supporters. The MAGA hat is a KKK hood. And this evil, racist scourge must be eradicated from society.”
The Left, and the Palestinian friends, are even referencing Hitler.
In Florida, a van also bearing a Palestinian flag and emblazoned with the slogan “Hitler was Right” drove past a pro-Israel demonstration. A Nazi flag also flew at a pro-Palestinian rally in Toronto.
It isn't a violation of Godwin's Law if they are actually saying stuff like this.
Anyway, click thru and read the whole, disgusting thing. (Hat tip to Jihad Watch.)
Why did this guy, who was surrounded by 3 cops, with more on the way, think that he was going to beat them off with a crowbar? Granted, the taser didn't work - they often don't - but that still left 3 guys with firearms. He is apparently not the sharpest took in the shed.
This is the video for Cop Shoots Suspect After Approaching Police With Crowbar in West Valley, Utah.
Depending on your Point of View, $271 Million is a lot of money. Before ruining millions of vaccines, Emergent failed inspections, raked in cash | Ars Technica
When contract-manufacturer Emergent BioSolutions contaminated at least 15 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine and millions more doses of AstraZeneca’s vaccine at its Baltimore facility earlier this year, the company had been collecting monthly payments of $27 million from the US government—payments intended to help Emergent avoid just such a manufacturing disaster.
The were hired - or at least paid - by the .gov to manufacture 2 COVID-19 vaccines. It was a disaster. Contaminated raw materials. Unsanitary manufacturing. There are 70 million vaccines which are of questionable safety.
The US Department of Health and Human Services, which awarded Emergent the May 2020 grant, has since cut the reservation fee payments. The department did so after learning of the ruinous contamination at the Baltimore plant. But by that time, HHS had already paid Emergent monthly maintenance fees totaling $271 million.
Oversight? This is the government.
The gun-hating Left would want this guy to robbed at least, or worse. Police: Pennsylvania Homeowner Shoots At 5 Intruders, Killing 1, Injuring Another
A man opened fire on a group of people who entered his eastern Pennsylvania home to rob him, killing one and seriously wounding another, state police said.
Police in Monroe County said the resident’s confrontation with the five intruders happened at about 5:45 p.m. Monday
The guy who was injured was taken to a hospital, and he was arraigned on Tuesday. He faces charges of burglary, robbery, aggravated assault, theft and more.
The police have not released information on the guy who was killed.
The police know who the other three miscreants are, but they have not been arrested yet.
Without the means of self-defense, people will just be overpowered by large numbers of attackers.
While the investigation is ongoing, self-defense is a human-right.
Color me shocked the LGBT community is bigoted. Anti-police intolerance is plaguing the gay pride movement
OK, I'm not that shocked, since I have been on the recieving end of that intolerance myself.
So the people running NYC's Gay Pride events have decided that the police are not welcome. Of course if a bunch of anti-gay bigots show up, who do you think the organizers will turn to?
Vilifying individuals for their job based on abstract notions of collective guilt is the definition of bigotry and the opposite of tolerance — you know, what the gay rights movement once stood for. Woke LGBT activists have become so rapid in their liberal dogma that they are now actively engaging in homophobic discrimination. To ban police is a slap in the face to gay Americans who serve in law enforcement and an insult to gay people more broadly. After all, it suggests that the validity of personal identity depends on woke political approval of a person's occupation.
But then it has been more than 30 years since the Gay Pride movement was in favor of tolerance.
If you knew what they were really up to, you might be disgusted. Tables turn as American Airlines, Coke, Nike, others are blasted in ad for choosing politics over customers
“America Airlines shrunk legroom for passengers and laid off thousands of employees during the COVID pandemic while receiving billions in taxpayer bailouts,” said Consumers’ Research Executive Director Will Hild in a statement as the campaign kicked off. “Coca-Cola and Nike have both been exploiting foreign, potentially forced, labor in China while American workers suffer.”
Is Nike's Woke status meant to distract attention from their doing business in China in the area where China is accused of turning Uighur Muslims into slaves? That is one theory.
There are three videos in that article. You can find links below. They are worth the couple of minutes it will take to watch them. (Hat tip to 90 Miles.)
Nike needs Cover for its actions in China.
American Airlines needs to Distract you from what it is doing with the bailout money.
Coca-Cola has been Busted for trying to create Fake Science, and the use of "forced labor" (slavery) in China.
At least no one died. It is sort of a miracle that no one died. 911 call released of homeowner before juveniles crash SUV on I-95.
Police have released the 911 call from the homeowner who reported that burglars had jumped over the wall of his Coral Ridge home early Wednesday morning and tried to steal a car from his driveway.
He said he managed to scare the burglars away, but saw them take off in an Infiniti. The driver of that Infiniti SUV, stolen out of Miami-Dade County, would end up leading police on a chase onto Interstate 95, where the vehicle would eventually flip over.
This is the video for 5 juveniles taken into custody after police chase, crash on I-95
This Tweet has Steve Inman's "non-essential commentary." It is worth the 60 seconds.
This is a 3 minute video with no news commentary, that shows a bit more of the chase leading up to the crash, and bit more of the aftermath. It is completely silent.
Remember that scientists often get it wrong. Sometimes in a big way. The Silicon Graybeard: World's Oldest Manmade Quasicrystal Discovered
The rules of crystallography were determined a 100 years ago. And they couldn't be wrong. Could they?
Between 1982 and 2008, Shechtman's career had it hard. He spent much of his career being vilified and exiled as a crank. “I was thrown out of my research group. They said I brought shame on them with what I was saying.” In 2011, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of quasicrystals.
Maybe you should remember that You don't know everything.
Oh, and quasicrystals are interesting. Click thru.
Daley Gator starts things off with a link I missed on Wednesday. Your CCW News Update For Monday (05/17/21)
On this episode of “Who Didn’t See This Coming?”… Kellogg’s has announced the creation of a new “woke” cereal, America.
Wombat-socho at The Other McCain - In The Mailbox: 05.19.21
The Lid: Democrats’ Attitude Toward Israel & Hamas – F*** The Jews, They’ll Vote For Us Anyway
Legal Insurrection: In Memory Of Marquette Professor John McAdams
EBL - Rebekah Jones Doubles Down On Cray Cray 🤪
Hogewash: Congratulations Are In Order, Some more background on Rebekah Jones, and Crazy People Are Dangerous™
AoSHQ: Another "Whistleblower" Hyped By The Media Exposed and Morning Report 05.19.21
Flopping Aces - The Week in Radical Leftism, 5/21/2021
5/18 – Beware Teachers Unions Bearing School Reopening Talk
5/19 – Biden to Release Terrorists Including UBL’s Guard, Al Qaeda Bag Man, and KSM Aide from GITMO. But Look Who’s Still in Jail.
The Right Way - Top of the News
Stuff to help understand Israel right now - Bookworm Room
Just When You Thought Don Lemon Couldn't Get More Idiotic, He Says THIS About the Jan 6 Protests - 90 Miles From Tyranny
Daley Gator - Your CCW News Update For Thursday (05/20/21)
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Director of Elections pointed to flaws with Dominion Voting Machines for issues in this week’s primary election. Ballots labeled as Democrat were popping up on the screen regardless of the voter’s party registration.
Again from Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 05.20.21
Don Surber: The Mother Of All Witch Hunts
First Street Journal: Krasner Wins Democratic Nomination For Philly DA, also, Apparently It’s Racist Not To Hire A “Professor” To Teach Racism
Don Surber - Highlights of the News
ITEM 16: National Pulse reported, "A venture capital firm backed by Kobe Bryant – the late National Basketball Association star – has invested in several Chinese Communist Party-linked companies, including those flagged by the U.S. State Department as tools of the Chinese government.
A View from the Beach - Election 2020: Still Mired in Maricopa
Capt. Ed at Hot Hair, McCarthy: I oppose the Jan 6 commission, after getting sandbagged on it. Alex Nitzberg at JTN, Trump calls on GOP to reject Jan. 6 commission unless it also examines violence in other cities
Battleswarm Blog - LinkSwarm for May 21, 2021
“‘Out of Control’ Shoplifting in Democrat-Run San Francisco Closes 17 Walgreens.” Electing the hard-left to control your cities the quickest way to destroy your quality of life.
Political Hat - Quick Takes – Anti-Racist Academia: Critical Race Theory Professorship; Faculty of Color Endowed Chair; Antiracism Librarian
Remember when librarians supported free speech above all else and would celebrate “banned books”? Now-a-days free speech is out and wokeness is in.
A View from the Beach - Election 2020: "Truth" Commission in Doubt?
Sundance has an Update, Sketchy Business in Windham, New Hampshire, During Forensic Audit of Election Results. Something strange happened there, but I think this report was overblown.
Once more from Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 05.21.21
American Greatness: Regime Vs. Regime, also, The January 6 Commission Is All About Revenge
American Power: The War On Jews At Home
Vlad Tepes - Antisemitic attacks all over, but not in Texas. See item 6: Links 3, May 21, 2021
4. There are a lot more videos and incidents of anti-Israel people attacking Jews. Most likely muslims and communists, but for sure, anti-Israel people. In today’s reader’s links there are videos and links. Here are a couple. This link to a Toronto story has a couple of videos in it.
Gates of Vienna - News Feed 5/19/2021
Seattle Loses Almost 20% of Police Force Amid Year of Nationwide Protests: “We’re Not Allowed to Intercede”
The Seattle Police Department is struggling under the backlash of recent police reforms.
J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report - 5/19/21
"So it was theater."
Political and Conservative Commentators React to Fauci Admitting Vaccinated Didn't Need to Wear Masks
Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: A disaster entirely of Biden’s making: the true dimensions of the open borders crisis
House Democrats Vote Against Hamas Sanctions: Adam Kredo
Fauci Now Admits Mask Wearing Was Political Theater, Which He Denied To Rand Paul: CTH
Mark McCloskey Announces His Intent to Run for Missouri Senate Seat: CTH
Maggie's Farm - Wednesday morning links
Kamala Harris behind the curve on all those illegal migration 'root causes'
Kotkin: The Rise of Corporate-State Tyranny
BLM ‘Stands In Solidarity’ With Hamas…
I leave you with Wednesday gifdump (15 gifs) from Knuckledraggin My Life Away, Libturd Thursday Morning from Woodsterman, Cartoon Round Up.... from Theo Spark and Thursday Memes … from Freedom Is Just Another Word…
And the DA acted at Warp Speed to make this determination. No charges for man who shot alleged car prowler in Tacoma
Adam Faber, a spokesperson for the prosecutor’s office, said Tuesday that all indications show that the 32-year-old man acted in self-defense after the alleged car prowler advanced on him while holding an object to use as a weapon.
The incident happened on May 16th, and the statement was made on May 18th. Some prosecutors take months to make a similar determination.
Self-defense is a human-right, and in Tacoma, it might even be your legal right.
And vacation pay. Law Enforcement Officers Fired for Inaction in Parkland Shooting Get Jobs Back, Vacation Pay - Tennessee Star
You can't fire a cop just because they refused to do their job. That wouldn't be fair.
Two of the police officers who lost their jobs over inaction during the deadliest school shooting in American history have gotten their jobs back, with back and vacation pay.
Arbitrators reinstated them and could do the same for a third officer as well. Federal Judge Keathan Frink affirmed the arbitrators’ decisions in a May 13 ruling
So the Cowards are back on the job in Broward Coward County.
The mother of one of the victims of the shooting, Broward County School Board member Lori Alhadeff, said of the decision, “It is painful for me to once again see that there is no accountability.”
"No Accountability." Maybe that should be the Broward County Sheriff's Dept. motto.
A song courtesy of WXRT's Saturday Morning Flashback. They revisited 1986 recently. The peak of the New Wave‡ era. (Note: I had to switch to the extended mix. It was either that or a distracting video.)
This song is "Life's What You Make It" by Talk Talk from their 1986 album The Colour of Spring, though it was released as a single in 1985. [Updated to include the Remastered version]
‡ "New Wave" was a marketing term that never really was defined very well. Here is what The New Rolling Stone encyclopedia of rock & roll had to say.
Musically, while they’d seen punk rock get coopted into the meaningless marketing term “new wave,” its energy, attitude, and “do it yourself” ethos had made enough of an impression to be an impor- tant influence on their lifestyles as well as their music. In the U.S. the growth of alternative rock was fueled by the postpunk spread of a nationwide subculture of indie rock, consisting of college radio stations, fanzines, vibrant local club scenes, and grassroots record labels, all of which kept the anti-corporate-rock flame burning.
How do you ridicule the insane?
The video below is "Killing Comedy" by Seth Dillion of the Babylon Bee for Prager University.
It came to me via Adaptive Curmudgeon and Laughter Can Fell Monsters, in which AC notes...
Monsters like Hitler, Mao, and Stalin couldn’t take a joke. Neither can lesser demons like the Karen screeching at children in the playground, the bully in your HOA, or the human nullity in the HR department. Laugh well and laugh often; it’s for your own health.
A couple of classic songs. Diogenes' Middle Finger: Middle Finger Symphony Theater
Click thru for The Doobie Brothers performing "Rockin' Down the Highway" and Bad Company performing "Bad Company."
Colion Noir has a message about Gun Control: 10 Shootings in 24 hours In New York City & They Have Extreme Gun Control Laws
Here is the video 10 Shootings in 24 hours In New York City & They Have Extreme Gun Control.
So I am going to have to watch some of Officer Tatum's commentaries. God Bless Officer Tatum : The Other McCain
First, Andrew Brown's history.
He was never really innocent in his entire adult life. When he got shot dead by deputies serving an arrest warrant, Brown was 42. He had a criminal record dating back as far as 1996. Do the math, and you realize Brown has been a criminal since before he even turned 18.
So far as anyone can tell, Andrew Brown Jr. never had a real job, never earned an honest dollar in his whole life. He was a lifelong drug dealer who was convicted no fewer than 12 times — TWELVE TIMES — of felony drug charges. He was most recently released from prison in 2018.
And then the shooting.
Now I’m going to insert Officer Tatum’s video, in which he reviews and comments on the body-camera footage of this incident.
The video is 17 minutes, but you should watch it. Officer Tatum is actually a "former cop." He resigned to become a full time commentator. And he seems to be quite good at it.
Click thru and read the whole thing, and then watch the video.
Bacon Time!!!! - As If I Need Another Reason Not To Eat At McDonalds………….
Are you in the propaganda business or the business of making crappy burgers and good fries?
The Feral Irishman - Good Mornin'!! News of my demise is greatly exaggerated...
The Other McCain - Why Do Democrats Want a 9/11-Style Capitol Riot ‘Truth Commission’?
Tam at View From the Porch - Volatile
Bitcoin is currently doing one of those things Bitcoin occasionally does.
Chicks on the Right - [VIDEO] Gang Of Palestinians Set Out To Beat Up Jews In West Hollywood This is a bit disturbing, though not surprising.
Meep at STUMP - Mortality Nuggets: Global Excess Deaths, Memento Mori, and Mortality News Round-up
Captain Capitalism (Arron Clarey) at LinkedIn - Why Americans Should Refuse to Return to the Office
Patriot Retort - Glenn Close Cheney is going full-on Fatal Attraction
Boy, Liz Cheney is not taking her break-up with the Republican Leadership at all well. In fact, she’s beginning to act like Glenn Close from Fatal Attraction.
Stephen Green at PJ Media - Insanity Wrap #209: White People Even Walk Racist
Borepatch - Public By Default. There is NO privacy in the Venmo app.
Adaptive Curmudgeon - Word For The Day: Vaccinaro
Michael Tracey - Officially decamping to Substack-land
Again from The Other McCain - The Streisand Effect and the Results of Everybody Blog About Rebekah Jones Day
Flopping Aces - Joe Biden is financing the current Palestinian attacks on Israel
Joe Biden is financing the Palestinian attacks on Israel, not that you’re going to hear that from the liberal media.
Power Line - The AP goes Sgt. Schultz: A correcton
Legal Insurrection - FBI Quietly Admits 2017 GOP Ballgame Attack By Leftist Was ‘Domestic Terrorism’
Pirate's Cove - Bummer: Preventing Climate Doom Is Hard, Preparing For It Is Easy
The Tactical Hermit - Dr. William Aprill’s “Unthinkable” Presentation
A wealth of knowledge about Criminal Behavior, Criminal Awareness and Not Becoming a Victim!
One last time from The Other McCain - Just Think of the Media as Hamas Propaganda Operatives With Bylines
Erick-Woods Erickson - Associated Press CEO Gary Pruitt Confirms the AP Works in a Hamas Operated Facility
Was the AP paying rent to terrorists or accepting a gift from terrorists?
Gulf Coast Commentary - Why There Will Be No "Roaring 2020s" -- In Graphics
Had Enough Therapy? - The AMA Adopts CRT What could go wrong?
