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After the Rodney King riots in LA in the early 1990s, news organizations told us endlessly that citizens were angry about the food deserts in minority communities. I remember thinking there might be another reason why there were no stores in the neighborhoods besides the implied racism. Maybe the burned husks of buildings might have something to do with it… At the time, I was living in Washington, DC and understood all too well what I was seeing. DC had endured extraordinary riots in 1968 and wide swaths of it still resembled a war zone. Riots have a way of...

The above is a screen cap from a video showing from @jessicaschwalb7 on X showing pro-Hamas protesters breaking into Columbia University's Hamilton Hall. Here is the entire video That scene took me back to another infamous video with a scene that looked eerily familiar. That is a screen cap from this video https://youtu.be/ZQaeg1d82LoThe latter is the video of the Jan 6 Ashley Babbitt shooting. A thought came into my head - here's the thought experiment. What you see in the first video is a violent crime. What if there was a cop in Hamilton Hall? What if that cop put...

Protests continue to ravage college campuses across the country and spreading like a virulent malignancy. Many of the protests have descended into violence. Jewish students are being unlawfully denied entrance to their schools. School administrators cower in fear save for a paltry few. These are supposedly Pro-Palestine and anti-Israel protests. They may be, but it's a small part of much larger scheme. Two thousand have been made but virtually all of them are seeing their charges dropped and few really face the consequences of their actions. Outside professional agitators are among those protesting. 282 people were arrested in New York,...

Biden has said and done a lot of colossally stupid things. We now have one more for the pile, and it's a biggie. He plans to import Palestinians from Gaza. This is stupid beyond belief. Now for some background. Back in 2005 Israel departed from GazaOn September 12, 2005, Israel completed its unilateral disengagement from the Gaza Strip, as the last IDF soldiers left the coastal area after 38 years of Israeli presence. The disengagement plan was put forward by then prime minister Ariel Sharon to "lead to a better security, political, economic and demographic situation," according to the text...

America is a land of immigrants. We’re told that constantly, and it’s true. Of course it’s also true that immigration of one sort of another is a hallmark of almost all of human history. Wherever humanity originated, at some point members of the species immigrated everywhere else. It is of course never a simple issue. Sometimes it’s the result of the peoples being chased from their homelands like the Vandals who were chased by the Huns from eastern Europe into the Roman Empire, eventually settling in Gaul then Iberia and finally North Africa. Other times it’s the result of a...

I cannot stomach Alejandro Mayorkas. He is a liar on a grand scale. IMO his goal is marginalize white Americans into a powerless minority and institutionalize a one-party state. For three years he sat before committees and testified that the border was secure. It was in control. Then suddenly in an election year the border is suddenly in crisis and of course, it's Trump's fault. It had nothing to do with Biden soliciting illegals to invade. It had nothing to do with Biden refusing to secure the border. It had nothing to do with Biden paying NGOs millions of dollars...

I learned a few days ago that tonight is the start of the NFL Draft. For many years this date was marked on my calendar months out, and today I don't even now in which city it will be held. That was then; this is now. It's hard to believe that it's been almost four years since I got tired of being insulted by the NFL and walked away from decades of fandom. Then two years later the league was kind enough to offer several reasons to affirm my decision. So now we check in at 2024, and the league...

It's been an entertaining couple of days. Joe Biden has gone on a tour featuring his favorite fairy tales mixed in with some outright lies. Here are the highlights. He was ambushed by the teleprompter again The White House scrubbed it from the official transcript He wants to punch Trump He claimed he cut the national debt Biden makes the sign of the cross for abortion on demand He repeated the same nonsensical remark he made recently He once again claimed to have traveled for years by train over the Francis Scott Key bridge "The most significant investment is the...

I just got done reading former CIA Director Mike Morell’s book, The Great War of Our Time: The CIA's Fight Against Terrorism--From al Qa'ida to ISIS . (it was good-5 stars) Now I’m reading Gen. Hayden’s book, The Assault on Intelligence: American National Security in an Age of Lies (5-star for accuracy, 1 star for most childish TDS whining ever). Both books talk about how often the US govt chooses to do things that give us bonus benefits by working with the rest of the world; globalism; “National sacrifices for global benefits.” They contrast that with the need and desire...

Well, that headline probably set a record for invoking Godwin's Law, now didn't it? But sadly, in this case it does not seem to be inappropriate. To back up a bit, even before their party became completely radicalized, Democrats liked to use the condescending term "Voting against their own interests" to describe any group of people who generally voted Republican. Of course, aside from the EVIL super wealthy, everyone benefits for voting Democrat instead of Republican! Or so the story goes, anyway. Some years back a popular mantra among The Left was "What's the matter with Kansas?", from the leftist...

Today the Associated Press ran an article : Toxic: How the search for the origins of COVID-19 turned politically poisonous The summary? It reminded me of a few things- how defensive Fauci was of the lab. How Fauci insisted the lab created virus was natural in origin. How the truth was smothered: The Post obtained a copy of the confidential email sent to EcoHealth, which had received more than $1.4 million in federal grants to help conduct research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), some of which was later revealed to have enhanced the transmissibility of SARS-like viruses, in...

You’ve likely encountered films such as Dr. Strangelove, Fail Safe, or WarGames, narratives where the specter of nuclear war looms ominously, often triggered by a mere twist of fate. In my latest work, I delve into the unsettling realm of historical near-misses—moments when a convergence of computer glitches, radar anomalies, or communication breakdowns brought the world to the brink of nuclear Armageddon. Each chapter meticulously recounts instances where a stray aircraft carrying deadly cargo narrowly averted disaster or when a malfunctioning missile silo threatened to unleash unimaginable devastation. What sets this exploration apart from conventional historical accounts is its narrative...

When I was 12 years old, we moved to the Navy base on Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. We moved in the summer and by the time school started I’d made friends and was feeling pretty comfortable. One day during the first week of class, I was sitting in the back of Mr. Scroch’s Social Studies classroom before he arrived. While we waited, some friends and I were messing around, throwing erasers at one another and calling each other names. Then we noticed a man sitting in the front row. We immediately settled down, but I remember ducking my head and yelling...

by Julie KellyAs I noted yesterday, Elizabeth Prelogar totally misrepresented (lied?) how DOJ routinely handles sentencing requests for those convicted of 1512c2. Under questioning from Kavanaugh about prison sentences, Prelogar tried to make it sound like 1512c2 defendants with other nonviolent offenses (common misdemeanors) only get about 24 months in jail. She quickly mentioned the "Brock" case--referring to Larry Brock, a man from Texas convicted at bench trial of 1512c2 and 5 misdemeanors--and the "enhancement" recently overturned by DC appellate court in 1512c2 convictions. So what did DOJ ask for in Brock case? Not 24-26 months as Prelogar attempted to...

"I don't trust you."So said Rep Mike Garcia to FBI Director Christopher Wray. Garcia accused Wray of standing relatively silent and passive about "the biggest national security threat" to the U.S. – referring to the southern border — and refused to give "little credence" in the director’s ability to do his job or lead the "brave agents" below him. "I don’t trust you to protect us," Garcia said. "I think because of your inability to lead and also shape the policies and the DOJ and at the White House, we are now in a more precarious position than we were,...

Thread by Julie KellyJust when you thought Jack Smith's J6 case against Donald Trump couldn't get any more laughable--it just did. In one week, SCOTUS will hear arguments on DOJ's (ab)use of 1512c2, post Enron document shredding "obstruction of an official proceeding" statute passed in 2002. My longtime followers know I've covered this issue for 3+ years. More than 330 J6ers and Trump have been charged with this felony obstruction count--now SCOTUS has a chance to right an horrific wrong that has destroyed (and ended) lives as this ruthless DOJ intentionally misinterprets the law to criminalize political dissent. DOJ's use...

In February Steven Stalinsky, a Wall St Journal contributor, penned an article in which he described Dearborn MI as America's Jihad Capital. It's not without merit. Thousands march in support of Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran. Protesters, many with kaffiyehs covering their faces, shout “Intifada, intifada,” “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” and “America is a terrorist state.” Local imams give fiery antisemitic sermons. This isn’t the Middle East. It’s the Detroit suburb of Dearborn, Mich. Almost immediately after Oct. 7, and long before Israel began its ground offensive in Gaza, people were celebrating the horrific events...

It's hard to overstate how corrupt the Biden DOJ has become. You know about Jack Smith's manic pursuit of Donald Trump. That's the tip of the fraud spear. It's gotten so bad that even an Obama-appointed judge notices. There are cases that the DOJ is trying to accelerate, i.e. any cases against Republicans. There are cases that are being slow walked, i.e. cases against democrats. It's gotten so obvious that it's painful. We know for a fact that David Weiss intentionally slow walked the investigation into Hunter Biden so thoroughly that statutes of limitation for the worst of the Hunter...

There is a lot consternation about Israel rooting out Hamas in Gaza. IMO one needs to watch this before even thinking about taking sides. It documents what happened on October 7 and it is very graphic. It clearly depicts the mentality and depravity of Hamas. Secretary of State Tony Blinken came close to comparing Israel to Hamas, which is abominable. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warns that Israel risks becoming indistinguishable from Hamas if it continues to fail to protect civilians amid the Gaza war.CNN Militants in Gaza cheer as motionless hostage is paraded around, video shows Her body...

Biden's open borders policy has brought misery to Americans. Illegals are killing Americans and sexually assaulting women and children. Venezuelan crime gangs have set up shop along the East coast. Illegal are squatting in American's homes. Then there's the Chinese army. Joe Biden has allowed 46,000 Chinese nationals illegally into this country. That's an army of more than two divisions. Think this is coincidence? On the TV series NCIS character Leroy Jethro Gibbs had a set of his own rules. Rule 39 was "There's no such thing as a coincidence." This is no coincidence. Why are they here? This is...