I haven't featured any Lacuna Coil in a while. They are one of the few European Metal bands to achieve any recognition in the US. They began as Gothic Metal, but are really more Alternative Metal these days. There are plenty of guitar solos, and the music rocks. The songwriting is better than anything you will find in American "Popular Music" today. I quite like them.
This is "Reckless" by Lacuna Coil from their 2019 album Black Anima.
He went to speak harshly to them. They could have killed him. El Cajon homeowner finds gun pointed at him during encounter
Kids making noise in a car in the middle of the street, keeping his family awake. He went to speak harshly to them.
Jamie's husband went to take a look. He saw a white car parked in the middle of the road, five boys in their late teens inside. Garrett yelled at them to leave.
“Pulled away, but then stopped in front of our driveway and parked in the middle of street. All got out, all five of them,” said Jamie.
Jamie says the five teens encircled her husband.
They did pull out a gun and shoot him, but luckily it turned out to be a BB gun.
They could have had a real gun. They could have had knives. They could have beaten him to death.
“I don’t feel safe anymore. We are a very pro-gun family … Kids shouldn't have access to these guns … I think it’s a reflection on the way our society is going. It's scary,” said Jamie.
I have bad news for Mrs. Boehs: She was never safe.
You may feel safe in your neighborhood or your home, but unless you live in a fortress, you are kidding yourself. And even a fortress can fall to the right force. You live in The Real World™ where crime can, and all too often does, happen. Statistics may be more or less on your side, but you are not protected by your zip code.
They are having fits over 3D-printed firearms. (See what I did there?) Dutch police finding more and more 3D printed guns | NL Times
The police in the Netherlands are increasingly coming across 3D-printed firearms when arresting suspects or searching homes. These pistols or semi-automatic rifles, printed on a 3D printer using blueprints found online, are just as dangerous as regular guns, the Public Prosecution Service (OM) said to De Telegraaf.
There isn't a lot of info available, only a handful of news articles on the conference being hosted by Europol and the Dutch.
I found it by way of Impro Guns, and Europol Conference on 3D Printed Firearms.
Click thru for a couple of images of Two FGC-9 MK2s encased clear plastic. FGC-9 (F- Gun Control, 9mm) is causing them a great deal of grief. Apparently. How can they pass gun control legislation with people able to make their own guns, bypassing control? (The image above is an unrelated FGC-9 Mk2)
It was a "huge success" when it was new. You didn't even have to ask Greenpeace, and they would tell you anyway. How Greenpeace’s Dream Of A Solar-Powered Village Fell Apart In Just A Few Years
“In the first three years, it worked well and people were using it. But after three years the batteries were exhausted and it was never repaired,” Ravi Kumar, a local shopkeeper, told Mongabay-India. “So now, while the solar rooftops, CCTV cameras and other infrastructure are intact, the whole system has become a showpiece for us.”
The power installation is being used to house cattle today.
It isn't the only such installation, as these kinds of things are pitched in areas without access to a power grid.
“It’s the same thing that’s happened a lot across Africa: goody-two-shoes comes in and builds them a small solar facility,” CO2 Coalition Director Patrick Moore, who co-founded Greenpeace in the 1970s, told The Daily Caller News Foundation.
“Then, pretty soon the battery wears out and it just doesn’t get repaired and they don’t know what to do because they don’t have any expertise,” said Moore, who departed Greenpeace in the 1980s after he said the group lost touch with its original purpose. “There’s plenty of those stories.”
The village of Dharnai, India was connected to the local power grid in 2016 and 2017, and people never looked back.
Reliable power, enough to run refrigeration, and it is also cheaper power.
Critical Drinker has a whole series on why movies today suck. And they do.
This is the video from Critical Drinker for Why Modern Movies Suck - They're Written By Children
He thought settling a score at 4AM was a good idea. He was wrong. Police: Homeowner shot intruder during break-in at West Chester home.
He knew the homeowners. He showed up at 4 AM and broke in, dragged one outside and started assaulting that person.
While the intruder was assaulting one of the homeowners, the other homeowner shot the intruder, according to investigators.
Cops showed up and took him to the hospital.
Not even any word on what the charges will be, but self-defense is a human-right.
And they are at a loss to explain why crime is out of control. Prosecutors reject carjacking charges, leading a misdemeanor court judge to ask why: 'The facts of this case sound much more like an aggravated vehicular hijacking' - CWB Chicago
“Is there a reason this defendant is coming though misdemeanor bond court as opposed to felony bond court?” she asked.
An assistant state’s attorney told her that the Cook County State’s Attorney’s felony review office had “rejected” carjacking charges.
“The facts of this case sound much more like an aggravated vehicular hijacking than a criminal trespass to motor vehicle,” Dawkins said later. “Nonetheless, we’re here in misdemeanor bond court.”
Go read the whole thing. At least the judge did as much as she could under the circumstances.
Someday, Illinois State's Attorney Kim Foxx and her band of non-prosecuting attorneys will be called to explain what they did to law and order in and around Chicago. But today is not that day.
Somehow I'm certain that this woman does not. From The Other McCain - For Crying Out Loud! ‘The Paramilitary Wing of the American Right,’ Ma’am?
Michelle Goldberg lives in Brooklyn and writes for the New York Times, and I doubt she has ever actually spoken to any member of “The American Right.” In a column that endeavors to connect the Uvalde massacre to the 2021 Capitol riot, she seems utterly unhinged
There is a lot that is worth your attention. I leave you with this bit.
You can read the rest of that, but you see how the lazy demonization of gun owners and Republicans (whom Goldberg seems to assume are one and the same) gives way to this paranoia about the threat of the “paramilitary wing of the American right.” When Republicans are in power, Democrats proclaim themselves the “resistance” fighting against the allegedly “authoritarian” GOP. Oh, but when Democrats have power, they immediately start hatching plans to criminalize dissent and speak of opposition as if everyone who voted Republican is a neo-Nazi menace who needs to be arrested.
Click thru.
Wombat-socho at The Other McCain starts us off with In The Mailbox: 05.25.22
American Greatness: The Economic Doom Loop Has Begun
American Thinker: America Is Regressing Into A Tribal Society
EBL - Barack Obama reminds us: It Sucks Kids Died, But Remember George Floyd... 😬🤦🏻♀️😠
Don Surber: Democrats are breaking America
PJ Media: Ever Classy Obama Reminds Us
Battleswarm Blog - Russo-Ukrainian War Video Tank Update for May 26, 2022
Update: As of this writing, Russia has lost 729 tanks in Ukraine, and a total of 4,134 “vehicles” (including helicopters, UAVs, and even towed artillery pieces) in theater.
The Right Way - Top of the News
Angry migrants protest for their 'right' to be in the US illegally - American Thinker
School Board Group Wants Soldiers To Enforce Karl Marx Vision Of Parenting - The Lid
A View from the Beach - Get Thee Behind Me, DIY Politics
Sen. Kennedy: 'We Need an Election Day, Not an Election Month' | CNSNews
Chuck Schumer BLOCKS school safety bill—says 'gun legislation' is the answer | The Post Millennial
Again from Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 05.26.22 (Morning Edition)
Michelle Malkin: Sabotaging America’s Military From Within
Nebraska Energy Observer: Fatherhood, Biden, & Elections, also, Forewarned Is Forearmed
Gates of Vienna - News Feed 5/25/2022
Fox’s John Roberts Asks if Anyone Else Has Chest Pain After Booster, Gets Swamped With Responses
Nobody was prepared for the outpouring of heartbreaking stories he received in response…
Cafe Hayek - Some Non-Covid Links
John Stossel decries the overly restrictive rules that reduce the supply of pilots.
GMU Econ alum Nikolai Wenzel reports on the return of gonzo journalism.
Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: FBI Spied on 3.3 Million Americans Without a Warrant: GOP Demands Answers
• Warning: The Spike in Home Prices Is Steeper Than It Was before 2008 Jim: Geraghty
• Poverty and Violent Crime Don’t Go Hand in Hand: Barry Latzer
Wombat-socho again - In The Mailbox: 05.26.22 (Evening Edition)
Watts Up With That: What Energy Price Spike? Aussie Greens Call For Coal Ban
Weasel Zippers: Democrat Ruben Gallego -“F*** Your Prayers”, also, FBI Agent Under Investigation For Withholding Exculpatory Evidence In Trump Collusion Probe
Don Surber - Highlights of the News
ITEM 15: Eric Lendrum reported, "According to a recent survey, over 1.2 million students have abandoned public schools in favor of other alternatives in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic, where many public schools shut down in-person learning."
Pixy Misa at Ace of Spades HQ - Daily Tech News 26 May 2022
Eastasia has always been at war with Elon Musk. (The Register)
China views Starlink as a threat, not just because it provides unfiltered internet access to anyone, anywhere in the world
Wombat-socho (who had to do this post in a hurry) - In The Mailbox: 05.27.22
Don Surber: How To End The Slaughter, Columbine Should Have Ended Gun Control, and FBI Linked To Buffalo Massacre
Gates Of Vienna: Multinational Multicultural Honor Killing
Maggie's Farm - Wednesday morning links
Biden Confirms High Gas Prices Are Part of Plan
Where’s The Promised Transparency In Drug Pricing?
J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report - 5/26/22
David Harsanyi: "Law-abiding Americans have no obligation to take ownership of a madman’s actions."
Don’t Surrender To Do-Somethingism On Guns
Anonymous Conservative - News Briefs – 05/26/2022
National Review calls on Pennsylvania to count ballots which arrived with no dates on them as law demands, to overthrow the result and get rid of Oz.
Democrat voters pushed dirtbag Raffensperger over the top in Georgia GOP primary.
I leave you with Wednesday gifdump from Wirecutter, Once Upon A Time on a Libturd Thursday Morning from Woodsterman, and Thursday Memes … from MaddMedic.
All because she couldn't accept that "It's over!" Woman gets 10 years after she was shot in the butt while breaking into Port Charlotte home - NBC2 News.
After a breakup, she went to the home where her ex was staying and broke in. She attacked the homeowner, who was armed. She was shot.
Gutzler was found guilty on one count of burglary with a battery. She was also sentenced to 10 years probation following her prison sentence.
Florida is not a good place to be a bad guy.
Americans in Blue Cities have one reaction to just about everything. Kill. 18-year-old killed a man because he thought the victim's van was too noisy, prosecutors say - CWB Chicago
An 18-year-old Irving Park man opened fire from his apartment window and killed a passing motorist because he thought the victim’s van was too noisy, prosecutors said Monday.
“This shit is funny as hell,” Gaven Leon allegedly said in a video he recorded at the murder scene as police investigated the killing. “This is legendary footage … who would do such a thing?”
So you kill someone, and you think it is funny.
Two bullets from a rifle; one went through the back of the driver's head. He died 2 days later in hospital.
Requiem for a Dream is a psychological drama from 2000 that I have never seen. I may have to take a look someday. (It has an 8.3 rating on IMDB.) But I do like a couple of songs off the soundtrack. In particular I thought this one made sense given that this weekend is the unofficial opening of summer.
This is "Summer Overture" by Clint Mansell & Kronos Quartet. That is how it is listed in the credits. It was composed by Mansell and performed by Kronos Quartet for the film.
Notable members of the cast of the movie include Jared Leto, Ellen Burstyn, and and Marlon Wayans.
The Other McCain starts things rolling with Chicago Massacre Suspect Had Felony Record, Told Cops He ‘Had to Do It’
What’s the point of even arresting criminals, if everything is just a misdemeanor, or charges are dropped, and where a suspect with an arrest warrant has no problem staying out on the streets for six months?
Gab News - Go And Build: Digital and Physical Sovereignty
At Gab our goal is to empower and inspire you to Go And Build, not only in the digital world but also in the physical world as well. Our philosophy has always been very simple: instead of wasting our time “fighting” the existing system, we must start anew and build our own systems which are grounded on the firm foundation of our faith in Jesus Christ and the sovereignty comes with that walk in faith.
Again from The Other McCain - Deranged Lunatic Who Loudly Disrupted Public Meeting in Texas Turns Out to Be Fringe Candidate for Governor
November is probably going to be one of the worst beatings the Democrats have ever experienced, and O’Rourke — who couldn’t win a statewide race in Texas even in the high-tide year of 2018 — is going to get smashed flatter than an armadillo trying to cross I-10 in rush hour.
Blazing Cat Fur - Genocide for Profits
Putin understands that Ukraine is also very rich in the precious metal lithium.
Daley Gator - CNN “expert” speaks, idiocy ensues. (The new site is up and running, so you should update your links!)
In the second half of the hour, Tapper went back to Kayyem to have her respond to AG Paxton’s desire to have an armed defense at schools.
Don Surber - Twitter is more evil than we imagined
In the name of security, Twitter demanded more personal information from users. They complied because they wanted their security protected, right? Twitter then sold this data to advertisers.
Daily Signal - Why Democrats’ Domestic Terrorism Bill Actually Goes After Political Opponents
Democrats’ proposed legislation is “nothing more than empowering the federal government to police thought and speech in the United States of America,” Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, says.
Maybe they didn't think a farm would have a security system. Homeowner Holds Burglars at Gunpoint After Firing Shot in Air
Around 3 AM Tuesday morning, the Grant County Sheriff's Office got a 9-1-1 call from a homeowner near Mattawa. The landowner said he'd received an alert on his phone from his security system about an intrusion into one of his shops on his farm.
The man, armed with a handgun, was concerned the two would-be burglars might be armed so as he confronted them coming out of the shop, he fired a round into the air.
Sheriff's deputies showed up and arrested the two miscreants on charges of 2nd Degree Burglary and 2nd Degree Malicious Mischief.
They were driving in a stolen vehicle, so that would be a felony charge of possessing stolen property.
They should have stayed home, and watched TV.
I'm shocked - shocked! - that there is corruption in suburbia. Ex-Oakbrook Terrace mayor pleads guilty in red-light camera scheme
OK. I'm not shocked at all.
It IS surprising to see The Outfit mentioned in a news article, even if only indirectly.
A longtime police officer who was elected mayor of Oakbrook Terrace in 2009, Ragucci is the latest to be convicted in a sweeping federal investigation into bribes and kickbacks involving red-light cameras installed by SafeSpeed LLC, which generates millions of dollars in fines from motorists each year in nearly two dozen Chicago suburbs.
Ragucci resigned from office more than two years ago amid revelations of the federal investigation.
They said (they including the former mayor) that the red-light-cameras would "encourage safe driving." What they actually did was line people's pockets.
In all the red-light cameras in Oakbrook Terrace, a suburb west of downtown Chicago, brought in a total of $17 million. The former mayor, allegedly pocketed $88,000.
It’s unclear from the charges how much money ultimately flowed to DSC Enterprises as part of the scheme, but according to available data, Oakbrook Terrace’s red-light cameras generated nearly $17 million in revenue from 2017 to April 2021. Based on the amount of that money that went to SafeSpeed, the cut for DSC would have been about $900,000.
That's a lot of money in about 4 years.
DSC Enterprises was started by Dennis Colucci and run by his sons, James and Joseph Colucci, after his death. They have pleaded not-guilty to related charges.
News reports and sources indicate Dennis Colucci’s ties to Outfit figures went back decades, though he never was charged with any mob-related activity.
In May 1977, Dennis Colucci was one of four alibi witnesses who testified on behalf of [Harry] Aleman, one of the Outfit’s most feared killers, who was on trial for the 1972 slaying of William Logan, a truck dispatcher and Teamsters union member.
There is more of course; this did take place in Illinois, after all.
The sprawling case also has ensnared then-state Sen. Martin Sandoval, the then-powerful head of the Senate Transportation Committee, Crestwood Mayor Louis Presta, and several longtime Democratic political operatives.
And for those who don't know, The Chicago Outfit is the Midwest branch of the American Mafia. It was once run by Al Capone. [Hat tip to Chicago Journal.]
They are not misguided; they are evil. Hungry? Democrats say ‘eat cake’
When faced with irrefutable evidence of failing policies and crumbling political fortunes, politically rational presidents undertake a course correction. They reverse unpopular policies and adopt more productive ones, even if only out of self-interest.
President Biden and the Democrats, however, are pointedly ignoring the laws of political rationality. They stubbornly cling to their disastrous agenda, even as it damages the country and collapses their own poll numbers. They’re acutely aware of the harm they’re inflicting, but instead of rushing to mitigate it, they’re doubling down.
No one is that stupid. Well, FJB may be that stupid, but he isn't in charge of anything anyway. His handlers hate America and want to destroy it. Turn us into the next Socialist paradise, like they did to Venezuela.
There is more - on the Total War against America. Click thru.
From the Other McCain - The ‘Gun Lobby,’ ‘Assault Weapons,’ ‘Common Sense Gun Laws’ and Other Things Joe Biden Keeps Lying About.
There are millions — literally millions — of AR-15-type rifles legally owned by law-abiding American citizens who have never shot another human being. The fact that Salvador Ramos owned two of them cannot be interpreted as signifying that everybody who owns an AR-15 is a menace to society, because if you want to engage in irresponsible generalization like that, I could think of some other generalizations relevant to violent crime that no sensible politician would dare invoke.
Read the whole thing.
Maybe he thought robbing an a 69-year-old woman would be easy. Maybe he was on drugs or just plain insane. ‘I had to do what I had to do:’ Florida woman, 69, shoots, kills intruder
For the geographically challenged, Orange County, Florida is basically suburban Orlando. It does include Orlando, but if they say the location is Orange County... Though I don't know how large the county is.
“I feel sorry for his family, but I had to do what I had to do,” said Virginia Morrison, who owns the home.
The sheriff’s office told News 6 that the man entered the home and startled Morrison, who asked the man to leave. She shot the man when he refused to leave the property, according to deputies.
Charges are up to the State's Attorney for Orange County, but Florida has not morphed into New Jersey.
Self-defense is a human-right.
Hat tip to Gatordoug at the Daley Gator: Home Invader picks wrong damn house, wins trip to after life, in which he notes:
Dear bad guys: Lots of Floridians are armed, and will respond to threats like you breaking in their home. Maybe get a new line of work?
I always think it is strange the bad guys have not gotten that memo.
you can find it anyplace there are people who long to be in Washington DC. Georgia Governor Kemp and Secretary of State Raffensperger - Examples of Dereliction of Duty in Addressing Election Fraud to the Point of Being Complicit
Georgia’s Governor Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger are beyond neglecting their duty to ensure free and fair elections in their state, at this point they are complicit in 2020 Election fraud.
We’ve been identifying and writing about the mountains of evidence of election fraud and irregularities since the 2020 Election in Georgia. This state was stolen from President Trump. It’s clear both Georgia’s corrupt Governor and Secretary of State (SOS) did all they could to ensure the steal.
They will do everything in their power to maintain the status quo with respect to fraudulent voting.
