Could have been phrased better.
2020 Is Going To See Another Record Set
Specifically, the most blatantly fraudulent election in American history.
Mass mail-in balloting.
Judges ordering states to keep receiving new ballots for days after election day.
Unmonitored drop boxes for ballots.
No postmarks required on received ballots.
No ballot disqualification for signature mismatches.
Judges ordering the Green Party — always a spoiler for Democrats — removed from the ballot, while leaving the Libertarians — always a spoiler for Republicans — on.
Mail carriers disposing of ballots from areas that lean strongly to one party.
Ballot return envelopes conveniently marked on the outside with party affiliation.
We already have the precedent set in federal court in Georgia that ballots have to be counted even when whoever filled out the ballot doesn’t know when the voter was born or how to spell their name. And provisional ballots must be accepted from people voting — wait for it; not just out of their real precinct — outside of their county of residence.
Historically, in my experience, the bulk of the… irregularities have favored Democrats (YMMV). But this year, it’s going to be so bad that Republicans are also going to cheat like hell in what they’ll see as self defense. The counts of ballots vs. registered voters is going to be amusing.
Hell, make that ballot counts vs. US population.
I expect it to be so bad that even a Democrat judge will have to void elections and call for do-overs. When this inevitably gets appealed to SCOTUS, I have no idea how that’s going to go. Partly, it’ll depend on whether the Senate Republicans locate their gonads and confirm a ninth Justice. If we still have just the eight, the wrangling will go on forever.
If we get through this without shots (yes, plural; a lot, think Battle of Athens nationwide) fired, I’ll be astonished.
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I’ve got your ‘autonomy’ right here.
Tennessee Gov. Lee says Nashville autonomous zone won’t ‘be tolerated
Here Comes the Chicago Effort at an Autonomous Zone, But Someone Didn’t Plan Very We
Sure.
au·ton·o·mous | \ ȯ-ˈtä-nə-məs
1 having the right or power of self-government
2 existing or capable of existing independently
18 U.S. Code § 2383. Rebellion or insurrection
Whoever incites, sets on foot, assists, or engages in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States or the laws thereof, or gives aid or comfort thereto, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.
10 U.S. Code § 252 – Use of militia and armed forces to enforce Federal authority
Whenever the President considers that unlawful obstructions, combinations, or assemblages, or rebellion against the authority of the United States, make it impracticable to enforce the laws of the United States in any State by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, he may call into Federal service such of the militia of any State, and use such of the armed forces, as he considers necessary to enforce those laws or to suppress the rebellion.
Have fun.
Added: Ah! And this morning…
DOJ Designates NYC, Portland, Seattle as ‘Anarchist’ Jurisdictions
New York City is one of three places that “have permitted violence and destruction of property to persist and have refused to undertake reasonable measures to counteract criminal activities,” leading to its designation as an “anarchist jurisdiction,” the Justice Department said Monday.
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Fuck Twitter
A week ago, I got locked out of Twitter for the thought-crime of “glorifying violence.” A few days before that, The Zelman Partisans was locked out of their Twitter account for “glorifying violence.” This was, as the alert might have guessed, related to our support of Kyle Rittenhouse, the kid who did his damnedest to avoid trouble, but was forced by multiple attackers to defend himself.
What did we do?
This.
About the only thing anyone can really critique is, “Why was he there at all?” Question answered:
- After he got off work as a lifeguard at a Kenosha pool, he volunteered to do civic service.
- He started by cleaning graffiti off a school.
- Then he moved to clean up at local businesses.
- Equipped with a first aid kit, he patrolled and gave assistance to at least one injured rioter.
And this.
Shall we list those “acts of violence” I “celebrated”?
He was a lifeguard.
He volunteered to clean graffiti.
He was asked to watch over shops.
He rendered 1st aid to rioters.
He helped put out a fire.
He ran from attackers.Please share, but be aware of the risk.
Blocking me wasn’t one of those “Oops. We ‘accidentally’ blocked someone with libertarian/conservative views for no reason again.” This was deliberate. On appeal,
Our support team has determined that a violation did take place, and therefore we will not overturn our decision.
Twitter (and other social media I flat refused to have anything to do with) have pre-convicted Kyle. And in calling my columns “glorifying violence” Twitter has, in my belief, defamed me. Anyone who has read my work for the past twenty-five years knows bloody well that I don’t glorify violence; I think violence should be avoided if possible, and never initiated.
Twitter says I can come back and generate more income for them if I simply obey orders and delete the tweet they are hiding from the public anyway.
Fuck ’em.
My time is better spent on work. And that work includes tracking down a very interesting lead concerning Kyle Rittenhouse’s arrest warrant. It’s too soon to be sure, but words like “fraud,” “perjury,” “false arrest,” and “deprivation of rights under color of law” already come to mind. We’ll see.
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That Fucking Lunatic Fauci
Doctor Quack Fauci “thinks” (for some value of the word) that we need to keep theaters closed…
For a freaking year after we have a ChinCOIVID vaccine.
“I think it’s going to be a combination of a vaccine that has been around for almost a year and good public-health measures,” Fauci answered.
That is insane.
Per Worldometer (which seems to use the same source data as Johns Hopkins), this is what the US’ new daily cases looks like.
Steadily declining since July 24. A month and a half. Without a vaccine.
In fact, that graph seems to be based on date of report, not date of ChinCOVID onset (when someone shows symptoms or tests positive). I think that because this is the daily new cases graph for Georgia (which I’ve been tracking).
That also peaks on July 24. That is pretty similar to this graph from the Georgia DPH page. The Georgia graph peaks on July 24, too.
Problem is, that’s the bureaucratic “date of report” graph, which is when the hospitals and labs got around to forwarding results to DPH. Sometimes that can take over a month (5 months for a lab in Florida). It’s useless for analyzing an epidemic. We need date of onset, which Georgia has (but does not show by default for some stupid reason).
Peak day for when cases actually occurred or tested positive is July 6th. That’s 18 days earlier. We’ve been steadily declining for well over two months. Without a vaccine.
In my county, new cases by onset have been declining for two months, as well. We haven’t had a single new case reported for days (but that is preliminary data since as mentioned reporting can take weeks). We haven’t had a ChinCOVID death for a month. And let me tell you, around here almost no one wears a mask unless they’re going into a facility that requires them; it’s too damned hot. Only two places I’ve gone to require masks.
The exceptions actually wearing masks voluntarily are usually rather old, frail in appearance, or clearly have co-morbidities beginning with gross obesity. Those folks should wear masks.
Digression (that isn’t really): Take a look at all those graphs again. Look at the curves carefully, and try to find the case surges for schools and businesses reopening. They aren’t there. They didn’t happen.
Shutdowns were not needed, and reopening wasn’t dangerous.
Right now, our little ChinCOVID epidemic is following the classic epidemiolgical curve. And we are near the end. Without a vaccine.
With the epidemic almost over — without a vaccine — with no case surges with reopening, Qk. Fauci thinks we need to wait for the world record-shattering very first successful coronavirus vaccine (any strain), and then wait another fucking year before we let theaters reopen.
That’s beyond just pushing a police-statist agenda. That’s full on crazy, and the guy should locked away and medicated.
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[whatever] Lives Matter Street Murals
I had a thought about those political messaging murals cities are letting folks paint on streets. You know, like this monster.
I think there are a couple of legal issues which idiots like DC’s Muriel Bowser haven’t considered. They would make for an interesting court challenge to these things.
You see, road markings are federally regulated. While states can fine tune their own standards, they still have to comply with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD).
I have a sneaking suspicion those murals are not compliant.
Those standards are there for a reason: safety. And that brings us to next — related — issue. What kind of paint are those permanent murals done with? (As opposed to the washable poster paint the antiabortion messagers have been using.)
Just how slick do those murals get when it rains?
No doubt the personal injury ambulance-chasers lawyers are salivating over the thought of suing cities with deep taxpayer pockets, when/if folks start spinning out and crashing because some moron cough Bowser cough officially allowed folks to slicken the road.
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ChinCOVID: Sturgis “Surge”
You probably heard about the study that found the Sturgis motorcycle rally was a ChinCOVID “super-spreader” event that caused more than 260,000 new cases of ChinCOmmon cold nationwide, “As of August 29,
2020.” I gotta say, that seems unlikely.
The Sturgis rally started August 7.
August 6 ChinC-virus case count: 5, 033,838
August 29 case count: 6,132,996
Increase: 1,099,158
The researchers are claiming that 23.65% — nearly a quarter –of all new cases in the US came from one motorcycle event in South Dakota. Not all the demonstrations/protests/riots/terrorism/campaign rallies/life-almost-as-usual going on in major — large, densely populated — cities across the country.
One rally in a small, isolated South Dakota town.
-giggle-
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COVID-19 in 3… 2…
Zoo: Oldest African elephant in North America dies at 56
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The oldest African elephant in North America has died at the age of 56, officials at a Tennessee zoo said.
The Shelby County Health Department is expected to rule that Tyranza’s passing was due to ChinCOVID in several months.
Do Not Surrender To The Rioters
I’m not talking about giving them their end goals. I’m talking about preemptive surrender.
Do not “counter-protest” professional rioters; terrorists. You lose automatically.
Oh? Terrorists? “Isn’t that a bit extreme, Bear?”
(A) involve violent acts or acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State, or that would be a criminal violation if committed within the jurisdiction of the United States or of any State;
(B) appear to be intended—
(i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population;
(ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or
(iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping; and
violent acts or acts dangerous to human life: rioting, destruction of property, assault, arson, murder, targeting civilians and private property.
intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population: demands for change, “justice,” “defund/eliminate the police”
to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion: “No justice, no peace”
That’s what they say they’re doing. Believe them (this time; keep reading). Any questions? Back to my point.
Just by showing up to “counter-protest” these evil bastards, you helped them achieve their tactical goals.
- Your mere presence gives the mob a focal point for their anger. By existing and making yourself visible at their event, you prove to the mob their own assumption there are white supremecists out to get them.
- If you show up in your tacticool commando gear, you proved in their warped minds that it’s organized; an evil white militia. It doesn’t matter if you’re black, white, green, or rainbow colored; you’re a white racist.
- If you engaged them even verbally, you will be painted as the aggressor, justifying anything they do to you.
- If you fight, they post video of how you attacked them, another example of the violent right-wing extremists. And the complicit media allies will lie for them. If you hadn’t noticed that, you have the tactical/situational awareness of a roadkill armadillo.
“But we’re not a militia. I don’t even know the guy next to me,” you may exclaim. Doesn’t matter; if there are two or more of you, you’re an evil white supremecist militia. See above re:media. And only takes one of you, if you’re tacticool.
And you don’t know that guy? Then how do you know he isn’t one of the professional Antifa infiltrators placed there to provoke some great “right-wing violence” footage? See what kind of trouble you can get into by “counter-protesting?
If you’re a tough guy who wants to provoke them, don’t bother. Just wait at home for them to come to your neighborhood. You did notice they’re doing that, right? That way, you’re on home turf, with all your preps and buddies handy. You can record them on yours and the neighbors’ home surveillance systems. And it’s tougher for Antifa videographers to make “aggressive right-wing violence” of you simply defending your home.
But they’ll do it. Successfully, for their goals. Antifa livestreams the encounters, as the narrator lies like hell about what it happening in realtime. I saw one recording in which the narrator shows the mob stopping a little old lady, pounding her car, even multiples climbing on top of it. At last, the woman tried to carefully drive away (unsuccessfully, I might add).
All the while, the narrator claims this evil white tried to drive into the crowd, and now she’s trying to run them down. “We didn’t do anything!”
The first lie to hit the net is all that matters. The people crazed enough to support this will simply believe any lie that supports their worldview. Low information voter types won’t ever learn the truth because why look into it because a “witness” already told them what happened. Research is work.
The first worst lie wins. If you go to “counter-protest” lying terrorists, you gave them more material on which to base their vile fiction.
If you want to stage your own peaceful demonstration, fine. But again, don’t engage the Antifa provocateurs that show up. Take precautions. Clothing and gear should be chosen with a thought to optics, Make it as tough as possible for liars to lie. Have your own people — people you know, not just some guy off the street who volunteered — watch the crowd for Antifa agents provocateur trying to run a false flag to make you look bad.
Don’t preemptively surrender.
Added: I really should have mentioned the Portland shooting of the Patriot Prayer guy. What Antifa did with that was classic disinformation:
Almost immediately after the shooting, before anyone was identified. An Antifa twitter account posted an “eyewitness” account of an evil Patriot Prayer white supremacist shooting and killing a peaceful, black BLM demonstrator.
Exactly opposite of the truth, but I’ll guarantee that there Antifa supporters who will only get their news from that account, and similar, and still believe it.
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Pantifa: The Kneecap Solution
It would seem desirable to devise a system which would make sure, first, that the riot would stop; and second, that only the leaders would feel the weight of social disapproval.
Let us consider such a means – the 22-caliber rimfire rifle. This weapon, properly sighted and equipped with a noise suppressor, may be used with surgical delicacy to neutralize mob leaders without risk to other members of the group, without noise and with scant danger of death to the subject. A low-velocity 22 bullet in the lung will not knock a man down, and in these days of modern antisepsis it will almost never kill him if he can get to a hospital in a reasonable time. It will, however, absolutely terminate his interest in leading a riot.
— Jeff Cooper, To Ride, Shoot Straight, and Speak the Truth
While I did not agree with all of Cooper’s opinions, I did admire him. Some of his techniques and advice have become dated — decades on — but for his time he was at the leading edge, honing that edge. But other things he had to say are timeless. Like the concept expressed above.
As we saw in Kenosha, Wisconsin, rioters do settle down a bit once their intended targets put a few of them down. But I think a slight modification of Cooper’s suggestion would work, without events having to escalate to the Rittenhouse Solution level.
- .22 LR rifle
- Scope with night vision capability (since the scumbags seem to wait for cover of darkness)
- Standard or high velocity cartridges (here I differ from the Colonel)
- Suppressor
- Laser sight (you’ll see)
- Rooftop
In our present circumstances, the law enforcement sniper teams will be looking for the embedded organizers; the agitators. The coordinators on bikes, the guys with the Bluetooth earpieces. The ones handing out bricks. Directing the mob down a particular street. The guy pointing and shouting, “Over there! Get the fascist!” but whom never seems to act himself until the mob is fully engaged and he has cover. The professional riot managers. Yes, the Pantifa scum are that organized. They are in the crowds actively conspiring, encouraging, inciting, and participating in acts of violence. They are criminals; legitimate LE targets.
De-organize them.
When the snipers have ID’d the coordinating offenders, light them up with the laser sight. Give them a few seconds to notice. Given Pantifa’s use of green laser pointers, I recommend red lasers so they will know the difference.
Then kneecap them. Another point where I differ from Cooper.
I suspect that these organizing agitators will take the message after a few of them take knee damage. Simply lasering them may become sufficient deterrence; especially if they glance down and see a dozen dancing dots on their chests. If not, you still have a magazine full of cartridges.
After a few such incidents, just putting up posters of red-dotted knees may be amusing.
If you are concerned about the legality of such an action by police, check your state’s use of force laws. In my state, the use of deadly force is authorized not merely to defend your own life, but that of others, and to stop a forcible felony.
The aggravated assaults, arson, bombings, and destruction of buildings in the typical Pantifa riot are forcible felonies. Those laser pointers they use to to flash eyes? I investigated them; they are Class 3B lasers and can inflict permanent retinal damage; blindness. That is serious bodily harm; forcible felony. Laws varying, and this tactic may not be appropriate in your area.
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Random Acts of Gibberish 