This will never end.
Problems in North Korea.
RNC starts up.

Here We Go Again

On Sunday, police were called to a domestic dispute in Kenosha Wisconsin. The dispute, apparently, was between two women. There was a man, Jacob Blake, who was trying to break up the fight. For some reason, police interest turned to Blake.

According to Heavy.com:

According to Wisconsin Circuit Court Access online records, a Jacob S. Blake, same age and with an address in the same exact block where the shooting occurred, had a warrant issued for him on July 7 on pending accusations of misdemeanor criminal trespass to a dwelling with domestic abuse as a modifier; felony third-degree sexual assault with domestic abuse as a modifier; and misdemeanor disorderly conduct with domestic abuse as a modifier. A support action was dismissed, and the only other case that comes up is for not having a driver’s license.

A 2015 story in Racine Eye described how “Racine police say K9 Dozer had to help officers take a man into custody when the man refused to go quietly into custody after he pulled a gun at a local bar.” The man was described as Jacob Blake, 24, of Racine, which makes him the same age as the man shot by police on August 23. The Racine Eye story says he was charged with “one felony count of resisting arrest causing a soft tissue injury to a police officer and one misdemeanor count each of carrying a concealed weapon, carrying a firearm while intoxicated, endangering safety-use of a dangerous weapon, and disorderly conduct.” Those charges don’t show up on the circuit court website though.

So, if this is the same guy, it makes sense that the police had some interest in getting this guy off the street.

On a cell phone video caught part of the incident. Here’s what we see:

• Three officers are talking to Blake. They are next to Blake’s car.
• Blake, distraught, walked away from the police and headed around the car. The police were ordering him to stop and get to the ground, guns drawn.
• Blake opened the driver side door. Police told him to stop. He appeared to be reaching for something.
• Police started firing.
• Blake was shot about 7 times in the back. He went through surgery and is now in serious but stable condition.

That’s it. Nothing more. Here’s what we don’t know:

• Was Blake armed?
• What was he reaching for in his car?
• Is this the same Jacob Blake that heavy.com believes?
• What started this whole thing?
• Did the cops have body cameras?
• Why were the cops there and what happened?

Here’s the thing: this should be a non-story. We have base information, shouldn’t be surprised that he got shot since he is a felon and he ignored orders of the police. That was on the video. Hell, the people in the neighborhood were yelling at him to stop and get down. As far as I’m concerned, looking at his history, this was a justified shooting.

But that’s not what the Leftists are saying. This is obviously another example of systemic racism and police brutality. The videos made their way through social media and everyone made their judgments without having any information. Not sure having information would have made any difference anyway. So Black Lives Matter and Antifa decided to hold riots in Kenosha. They burned building and car lots. I would have been transfixed by the carnage but it has been happening in Portland for two and a half months.

So what should a good politician do? How about say You don’t know what happened and you should wait until the investigation is done? Of course not.

Democratic governor of Wisconsin, Tony Evers said:

“Tonight, Jacob Blake was shot in the back multiple times, in broad daylight, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Kathy and I join his family, friends, and neighbors in hoping earnestly that he will not succumb to his injuries. While we do not have all of the details yet, what we know for certain is that he is not the first Black man or person to have been shot or injured or mercilessly killed at the hands of individuals in law enforcement in our state or our country.”

“And we stand against excessive use of force and immediate escalation when engaging with Black Wisconsinites. I have said all along that although we must offer our empathy, equally important is our action. In the coming days, we will demand just that of elected officials in our state who have failed to recognize the racism in our state and our country for far too long.”

Wow, that’s not going to inflame anything. By the way, he doesn’t know anymore than anyone else. He just admitted it.

Lori Lightfoot, mayor of Chicago said:

“Yesterday in Wisconsin, a police officer shot Jacob Blake, an unarmed Black man, a father, 7 times in the backI am deeply disturbed by the video capturing part of the incident. I urge civil & criminal authorities to pursue an immediate & thorough investigation of the shooting.”

Oh, goodie! Mayor Lightfoot urges an investigation. And she’s going to monitor the situation. Maybe she should not worry about another city and worry why 66 people were shot in her city this past weekend.

But it wasn’t just local politicians that commented. Nancy Pelosi Tweeted:

Finally, Joe Biden had a comment:

Yesterday in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Jacob Blake was shot seven times in the back as police attempted to restrain him from getting into his car. His children watched from inside the car and bystanders watched in disbelief. And this morning, the nation wakes up yet again with grief and outrage that yet another Black American is a victim of excessive force. This calls for an immediate, full and transparent investigation and the officers must be held accountable.

These shots pierce the soul of our nation. Jill and I pray for Jacob’s recovery and for his children.

Equal justice has not been real for Black Americans and so many others. We are at an inflection point. We must dismantle systemic racism. It is the urgent task before us. We must fight to honor the ideals laid in the original American promise, which we are yet to attain: That all men and women are created equal, but more importantly that they must be treated equally.

Here are some observations:

• I saw the video. The shooting was justified based on that video. But we don’t have enough information. Maybe the cops are racist bastards. Maybe Blake had a gun and the shooting was justified.
• But here’s the thing: Don’t ignore cops. They are assuming you want to kill them. There is a 1000% chance if you listen to a cop, you will be alive and probably not in jail fro very long.
• Democrats only care about the narrative. And what they are saying is dangerous. A police officer was knocked unconscious by a brick. But no one cares about that.
• Social media is a fucking disaster.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-harris-attack-police-after-shooting-in-kenosha-leads-to-violent-riots-police-hit-with-bricks
https://www.dailywire.com/news/chicago-mayor-police-monitoring-police-involved-shooting-in-kenosha-urge-swift-action-chicago-had-66-shootings-last-weekend
https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-rioters-appear-to-knock-out-police-officer-with-brick-during-black-lives-matter-riot
https://www.dailywire.com/news/rioters-devastate-kenosha-businesses-destroyed-cars-torched
https://www.dailywire.com/news/wisconsin-democrat-governor-criticizes-police-details-not-known-shooting-case
https://joebiden.com/2020/08/24/statement-by-vice-president-joe-biden-on-the-shooting-of-jacob-blake-in-kenosha-wisconsin/#

Ding-Jong, the Bitch is Dead

According to the Mirror, Chang Song-min, who served as an aide to former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, told South Korean media of the 36-year-old Kim Jong Un, “I assess him to be in a coma, but his life has not ended.”

Song-min maintained that Kim’s sister, Kim Yo Jong, is assuming the mantle of leadership in her brother’s absence. “A complete succession structure has not been formed, so Kim Yo Jong is being brought to the fore as the vacuum cannot be maintained for a prolonged period,” he said, adding that Kim’s death “could spell disaster for the country.”

Senator Lindsey Graham said:

“Well, it’s a closed society, I don’t know anything directly. But I’d be shocked if he’s not dead or in some incapacitated state because you don’t let rumors like this go forever or go unanswered in a closed society, which is really a cult, not a country, called North Korea.

“So I pretty well believe he is dead or incapacitated. And I hope the long-suffering North Korean people will get some relief if he is dead, and President Trump’s willing to do business with North Korea in a win-win fashion. So, if this guy is dead, I hope the next person who takes over will work with President Trump to make North Korea a better place for everybody.”

https://www.dailywire.com/news/disaster-for-the-country-kim-jong-un-reportedly-in-coma
https://www.foxnews.com/world/kim-jong-un-coma-sister-take-control-south-korean-official-alleges

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/23/health/covid-19-convalescent-plasma-eua-white-house/index.html

Bannon was Trouble
Dust off your thumb cause Lyft’s gone.
DNC is done.

Couldn’t Have Happened to a Better Guy…Allegedly

Steve Bannon is in big trouble. The former

Prosecutors say Bannon and the others used the nonprofit and a shell company to hide the payments to Kolfage “by using fake invoices and sham ‘vendor’ arrangements” as well as other means of keeping the payments quiet. The indictment stated that in order to raise funds, Kolfage and Bannon “repeatedly and falsely” told the public that Kolfage would “not take a penny” in compensation.

According to prosecutors, Kolfage instructed payments to be made out to his spouse, and this was reflected in a 1099 form the nonprofit issued, saying the payment was for “media.”

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-reacts-bannon-arrest-we-build-the-wall-project

I Told You So

In a story that keeps going topsy turvy, which is should, Lyft has fired the first shot in allowing California to make the lives of the citizens worse, ruin companies and destroy jobs. But, I digress. I like when I’m right and get excited when I can point it out.

Here is what happened:

• Earlier this year, California passed a law that eliminated the status of independent contractor. This meant that people who would for gig jobs like Lyft, Uber, Doordash and Uber Eats could no longer be considered contractors but employees. This would force these companies to give their contractors benefits.
• On Thursday, Lyft said it would cease operations in California at midnight Friday.
• An appeals court put a stay on the law, stating it might be unconstitutional.
• I have not seen whether Lyft is still running.

This is a problem with Leftist governments. The things they are trying to do to help the workers is actually costing them. It costs them in jobs and services. Minimum wage is an example.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/lyft-suspends-operations-in-california

Democratic National Convention – What a Mess

I watched the convention and Biden’s speech through the coverage on Louder with Crowder of which I am a member. Let’s go over what we learned.

Donald Trump is a bad orange man. That’s it.

• This was a completely scripted event. No one said something off teleprompter. This was an eight hour infomercial. It was horribly boring.
• Pho patriotism.
• I don’t understand their fixation with celebrities:
  • They brought out several celebs including Eva Longoria, Tracee Ellis Ross, Kerry Washington, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. They were terrible.
  • Billie Eilish sang a nice song but, when giving her message about the environment, looked stoned and depressed. Her green and black hair made her look like a parakeet.
  • Billie Porter and Stephan Sills did a bazaar rendition of Buffalo Springfield’s “For What It’s Worth.”
• There were no policies. No platforms.
• They blamed Trump for everything including COVID deaths and the economy but no one said how they would have done anything differently.
• There was no mention of the riots or the defunding of the police.
• They used children:
  • They interviewed children about the environment.
  • They showed speeches by the radical children of Stoneman Douglas high school.
  • Billie Ellish made a speech about Trump ignoring climate change.

There were a ton of speeches. Most were boring but some stood out:

• Andrew Cuomo
• Hilary Clinton
• Barrack Obama
• Kamala Harris
• Joe Biden

Ben Shapiro summed up Biden’s speech in a Tweet:

I have no Haiku today. Too much to talk about. Let’s get at it.

The Democratic National Convention

I only have four words for the virtual Democratic National Convention:

What a shit show.

I watched it sporadically. I was just really annoyed by it. I didn’t learn anything from it and that is a tragedy. It was a tragedy because it was, like, eight hours long. I am not going to play any clips. That’s because there wasn’t much to play and all the people said the same. I also want to talk about the post office thing.

So here is the skinny:

• There was a lot of push to emotion. No reason. Michelle Obama’s speech showed that more than any other. It’s about empathy and love and lives and blah, blah blah. I was going to have a cut from her speech, but I am going to save it for another podcast.
• There was no platform. it was all that Trump was bad.
• There was no mention of Biden except that he’s better than Trump.
• There was no mention of Kamala Harris except that criticizing her is racist and sexist. Such an old argument.
• It was really staged. Some of these speeches happened two weeks to a month ago.
• The pho-patriotism is just disgusting. The singing of the National Anthem and the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance was just disgusting considering:
  • Democrats think we should kneel for the National Anthem.
  • Democrats want to eliminate the Pledge of Allegiance from schools.
  • Democrats want to remove the reference to God in the Pledge of Allegiance.

And then there was the gas lighting:

• Andrew Cuomo, governor of the state that had the second most COVID-19 deaths because Gov. Cuomo allowed elderly with corona virus were sent back into old folks homes to spread the disease to other old folk. Then lied about the statistics.

Post Office Mess

Speaking of Trump saying stupid thing, Trump said that he would be for defunding the postal service so that universal mail in voting cannot be done. Ugh! I wish he would just stop talking and creating controversies and scandals.

Let’s take a look at the postal service thing because, for whatever reason, this seems to be more important.

Mail-In Voting

So what is the story with this mail in balloting thing? What will happen and is happening is states are sending out applications for ballots. You confirm your address and sign it. No other identification and send it back (I did have to add a stamp). In two to three weeks, you will receive your ballot. Fill out the ballot making sure to follow all the instructions or the ballot will not be valid. Put the ballot in the mail and, hopefully, it will get to where it needs to go and be counted.

Republicans do not want mail in balloting and the Democrats want mail in ballots.

Republicans see several problems including:

• Corruption. Ballot harvesting.
• Non-citizens voting.
• Accidental loss of ballots.
• Lack of identification of where the ballots are going.
• Someone voting multiple times.
• Ballots being delivered to the wrong address because of citizen movement.
• Delays in election results.
• Uncounted ballots.
• Speed of the postal system. People needing to vote way before the election.

Democrats say:

• No evidence of corruption.
• COVID-19
• Avoids voter suppression. Convenient.
• Absentee ballots work.

I think this is a disaster waiting to happen. The Democrats are lying if they say that there is no evidence of corruption. California is completely Democrat including in Red areas such as San Diego, Orange and Riverside counties because they practice mail in voting and ballot harvesting. There is video in New Jersey of a postman throwing ballots in the trash (party affiliation was on the envelope for whatever reason). There is corruption.

I don’t understand why we can’t just go to the voting place (they’re all closed in California so you can only do mail in voting).

The biggest problem here, according to the Democrats, is the post office. They may not have the capacity to handle all those ballots (130-140 million) in such a short period of time.

What the Democrats are Doing

The Democrats are doing everything to try to give more funding to the post office which is weird. The post office has a budget and still has plenty of money for the year. Probably more money than the government has to spend. Don’t forget: we have spent almost $8 trillion this year. But money isn’t a thing for Democrats.

• In the Heroes Act, which was meant to replace the expiring Cares Act, the put in $25 billion for the post office.
• This week, they have introduced a separate bill that would only fund the post office $25 billion.
• Both bills were rejected by the Senate and would have been vetoed by Trump

Since the post office is not going to get any extra money, the Democrats, of course, are saying that Trump is trying to suppress the vote. Trump, on the other hand, said that the post office needs to be fixed (more on that in a second) and does not need any more money. They still have money. Mitch McConnell, the Senate Majority Leader, said the United States needs to spend money wisely and not waste it.

You know what happens when they don’t get they’re way. They get nasty. They say that not only is Trump trying to weaken the post office but he is physically trying to damage the post office. Some idiot decided to Tweet a picture of a flatbed truck filled with mailboxes being picked up. Another Tweet showed that there were mailboxes with locks on them. All this on Trumps orders to suppress the vote.

Um, there were a couple of problems with these observations. Trump didn’t say this, the post office actually did.

• Mailboxes are moved around according to use.
• Mailboxes are removed and replaced when they get old and need maintenance.
• Locks are put on mailboxes and access is restricted to people of that community. That’s because people steal mail. Only people in that community have the keys. I have that in my community. I have to borrow a key to send mail.
• The post office has been doing this since 2009.

So you can see, this is all bullshit. More on that in my closing.

Financial and Capacity Problems with the Post Office

The post office is a mess. And they know it.

• The post office has lost $74 billion in the last 10 years. This is because of bad deals with the unions on retirement programs.
• Mail takes an average of five days to get from point A to point B. They believe that, during the election, mail could be delayed by three weeks! They are actually recommending you send in you ballot three weeks before the election.

This seems weird that the USPS is having so much trouble making money.

• No company can compete with the USPS.
• No company can make postage cheaper than the USPS.
• No company can undercut the USPS first class postage.
• The USPS is a monopoly but run crappily.

The Postmaster General has plans to fix things. This pissed off Democrats. Why fix things before an election when we can just throw money at it?

Well, the Postmaster General made a couple of announcements:

• There will be no changes to the post office until after the election.
• The Postmaster General will appear in front of Congress. Cause he has a lot of time to waste and we need to hear more grandstanding from Democrats.

Conclusion

Listen to this:

What a waste of fucking time.

I have a some questions:

• Why is this story more important than the peace deal between Israel and the UAE?
• The USPS has been fucked up for decades. Why is this a thing now?
• Why are we changing the way we vote?
• If you are afraid to vote because of COVID-19, Why not request an absentee ballot?
• Why was this not a thing four month ago?

There are reasons:

• Mail in voting is corrupt and Joe Biden has not chance if thing ran fairly.
• The Democrats need to deflect from the accomplishment of the Middle East peace deal which is truly historic.
• Democrats need another made up scandal. The other ones didn’t work.
• They have no platform that will be accepted by the normal person. So make Trump look bad.
• They need to make an excuse just in case Biden loses.

Peace is a good thing.
So let’s ignore it  completely.
Harris is horrid!

One Step Closer

A historic peace agreement has been made between Israel and the United Arab Emeritus. This is big because it is the first peace agreement between Israel and any of the Arab states in 25 years.

According to Fox News:

The president, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed released a joint statement Thursday, after the three spoke “and agreed to the full normalization of relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates.” The statement said that the “diplomatic breakthrough” was at “the request of President Trump,” and that Israel will “suspend declaring sovereignty over areas outlined in the President’s Vision for Peace and focus its efforts now on expanding ties with other countries in the Arab and Muslim world.”

President Trump Tweeted:

“HUGE breakthrough today! Historic Peace Agreement between our two GREAT friends, Israel and the United Arab Emirates!”

According to Fox News:

The president, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed released a joint statement Thursday, after the three spoke “and agreed to the full normalization of relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates.” The statement said that the “diplomatic breakthrough” was at “the request of President Trump,” and that Israel will “suspend declaring sovereignty over areas outlined in the President’s Vision for Peace and focus its efforts now on expanding ties with other countries in the Arab and Muslim world.”

This is a huge victory for President Trump right before the election. This agreement has been worked on for the last three and a half years…quietly. Benjamin Netanyahu said it is an important agreement because he believes other Arab nations will begin to negotiate normalizing relations. This will put pressure on terrorist states like Iran.

The two countries will sign a treaty normalizing their relationship. They will negotiate things like trade, investment, tourism, direct flights, security, telecommunications, technology, energy, healthcare, culture, the environment, the establishment of reciprocal embassies, and other areas of mutual benefit.

This is just awesome. Of course, Iran and the Palestinians are pissed off about it and the media is trying to ignore it. There just aren’t any bad things to say about it. The war monger President is creating peace agreements in the Middle East? This is a bad thing. This won’t be a story by Friday.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-israel-uae-peace-agreement

She’s Horrible

I know that the peace deal between the UAE and Israel is far more important thatn Kamala Harris’ speech, but we have gotten stupid in this country and the media is ignoring the peace deal. So let’s look at what Kamala said during her introductory speech with Joe Biden:

Some things to point out:

• This was not worse than the Great Depression or even comparable. The Great Depression lasted for 10 years and there is proof that this recession is already recovering. Economists are saying that we are not going to have a U-shaped recovery but there is evidence we are going to have a V-shape recovery, just like Trump said would happen.Notice that the stock market has been going up?
• We went from 4% unemployment to 20% unemployment when the pandemic hit, to 15% unemployment last month, to 10% unemployment this month. Doesn’t sound like a slow recovery but an exponential recovery.
• Finally, and the worst, people are in the streets because of injustice. I hate this because this is not an unjust country. But this might be a peek into the psyche of Kamala Harris. We are a bad country.

Here’s more:

This is not a good look for her. I could hear the balls of the anarchist Bernie Bros and Antifa twist. One of the things that Kamala’s record that the Left doesn’t like is that she put a lot of people in jail. But, as time goes by, they will forgive her.. She is corrupt. She used prisons to further her agenda. Let’s take a look at what she has done:

• She withheld evidence that would have let an “innocent” go. She was rebuked for this.
• She extended the sentences of criminals so that they could complete their menial, low-paying jobs. Tulsi Gabbard brought that one up and practically killed her Presidential run.
• She threatened to incarcerate parents, and children, if the kids were truant. So much for rehabilitation.

What’s worse, she was ineffective as a prosecutor of a District Attorney. Crime never went down in San Francisco. It went up.

At best, we can say she was ineffective. At worst we can say the was corrupt. I choose the latter. Don’t forget, she got her job because she was “dating” the future Mayor of San Francisco, the married Willie Brown. Oh, yeah, and she threatened him when her career took off because that relationship would be inconvenient.

Got a feeling Trump might mention this.

Here’s the next Harris trope:

This is just dishonest. Never in her speech did she mention where the virus came from: China. It’s all Trump. This is an emotional plea.

Some things we need to remember here:

• States shut down the economy. Not the federal government.
• States determine whether kids go back to school. Not Trump or the federal government. Trump recommended children go back to school.
• Homelessness and drugs were always a problem. Not because of the pandemic. They were a problem, and still are, in cities like Chicago, New York, Oakland, San Francisco and Los Angeles. All Democratically controlled cities.

She’s just very cynical and it’s going to get worse.. When her policies get questioned and her true face comes out, expect this same line of attack. That’s because she has nothing.

Just dumb.

• Ebola was an outbreak, not a pandemic. And it was really contained to West Africa.
• Ebola is far deadlier than COVID-19 but transmission is through bodily fluids only. So it is difficult to get ebola.
• And I notice she didn’t mention bird flu or H1N1. The Obama administration really screwed those up, especially H1N1.
• Finally, after dealing with three epidemics, Obama never restocked the federal reserve of PPEs, ventilators or respirators. H1N1 and bird flu were corona viruses that attacked  the respiratory system. The reason we were short of all these things is because Obama didn’t bother refilling the inventory after everything was used.

As far as how our country is worse than any other wealthy country in the world, that’s just not true. The United States is tenth on the deaths per million list, behind Italy, England, Belgium, Peru and Sweden (and probably China because you know they are lying about their deaths.

I also remember when they were wasting their time with an impeachment (yeah, that was this year) Trump was stopping travel from China (something everyone called him a xenophobe for). He also thought it was important enough to include COVID-19 in his State of the Union address.

Who didn’t take it seriously? Remember Nancy Pelosi and Bill DeBlasio telling everyone should go to Chinatown for the Chinese New Year because we had nothing to fear from COVID-19?

I seem to remember that Trump got the unemployment rate down to 4% whereas Obama’s crap policies kept unemployment between 8-10%. I remember that black unemployment was down, under Trump, to 5%, the lowest since the 1960s. In fact, Hispanic, youth and female unemployment were all down around 5%. Trump did not lose jobs for people, COVID-19 did. A black swan event from China that no one could have predicted.

Oh teah, and as of July, unemployment has fallen 4.5% to 10.5%. That’s down from 20% two months ago. That seems like a pretty positive recovery.

And I love when they say that the reason that the economy was so good was because of the eight years of Obama. There are just a few problems with this.:

• The Obama recovery was the second slowest recovery in history, behind the Great Depression.
• Trump thought Obama’s policies inhibited business. He overturned a boat load of Obama’s regulation on business including lowering the payroll tax.
• The GDP under the Obama administration never had a quarter where it went over 2%. Trump has had one quarter where is has not gone over 3% (until the virus hit).
• Trump gave us a tax cut which stimulated the economy. Consumer confidence was way up. In fact, it’s going up now.

Chicago, a mess.
Portland, New York are a mess.
Keep defunding cops.

This Broad is SO Nasty

In a press conference discussing the riots in Chicago this past weekend, the police chief was asked if the reason crime has gone straight through the roof because of the lack of arrests and sentencing. The police chief was about to answer when the crap mayor of Chicago, Lori Lightfoot, decided to light up the reporter who asked the question.

Listen:

She is such a terrible person. This was a very valid question. But Lightfoot couldn’t let the police chief answer. He was going to agree with the reporter and that just can’t happen. The world can’t know that it was Lightfoot’s and every other Democrat mayor before her, crappy policies that is causing this mess.

And she is just an example.

• San Francisco has made it an infraction to break into a car. You get a ticket.
• Philly raised the burglary total from $300 to $1000. Basically making it shoplifting if someone steals $999 worth of stuff.
• Drugs use on the streets of New York, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Denver are being ignored.
• Cash bail has been banned in California and New York.
• Criminals are being released from jails and prisons; yes, prisons, in California and New York.
• All Democratic cities are citing rioters and looters and letting them go.

With all this legalizing of illegal behavior, these idiot mayors and continue to defund and cut police forces.

• Last week, the Baltimore City Council approved a $22.4 million budget cut for the police department.
• The Portland City Council cut $15 million from its police budget earlier this month. $5 million of that would be put toward a new program that sends unarmed first responders to answer homelessness calls.
• Philadelphia cancelled a planned $19 million increase for the police department and shifted $14 million of the police budget elsewhere — including affordable housing.
• The city council in Hartford, Connecticut voted to cut or reallocate $2 million of its police budget.
• In Seattle, every department budget is being trimmed by around 10%, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan told Axios’ Dan Primack on the Re:Cap podcast. “We have to reallocate parts of the budget to take things out of the police department that shouldn’t be there … We have to rethink what remains in the police department,” Durkan said.
• Other cities where officials are calling for changes, according to Local Progress, include San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles, Oakland, Milwaukee, Denver, Durham, Winston-Salem, Chicago, New York City and D.C.

In a big story, Seattle has slashed millions out of their police budget. This will lead to the elimination of jobs, the freeze of hiring new police officers and cutting out training that officers could use.

Carmen Best, the police chief and the city’s first black female police chief had her salary cut 40%. She resigned today.

Has anyone been to Seattle lately? It’s a mess. Rioting and violence is a daily thing there.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/russia-becomes-first-nation-to-approve-covid-19-vaccine
https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-report-suggests-nys-nursing-home-deaths-far-higher-than-reported-comes-after-cuomo-declined-to-support-investigation
https://www.axios.com/cities-defund-the-police-george-floyd-188e169a-a32a-44fa-bace-e2e5df4d1c9b.html
https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-seattle-police-chief-resigning-after-democrat-city-council-votes-to-cut-police-budget

Here’s is the Truth

There are some things politicians and the news media are not saying:

• 81% of black Americans believe that we need more police not fewer.
• Police shot and killed a total of 1004 people in 2019. 235 were black, 370 were white.
• Minorities make up a majority of the officers in police departments. This includes Baltimore, New York, Los Angeles, Seattle and Chicago.
• Violent crime is up 170% in New York and 130% in Chicago. On average, cities screaming about defunding police has had crimp go up about 150% including cities like Los Angeles, Boston, Baltimore, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland and Washington D.C.

What have we learned here?

• Most blacks are not criminals and fear them. They see police as a good thing.
• Police are not systemically killing black people.
• By defunding police, we are laying off minorities and ending their careers.
• When cops aren’t on the street, crime goes up, especially violent crime.

This is all stupid. It is all factually incorrect.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/

https://www.dailywire.com/news/city-considers-250-fine-for-residents-not-wearing-masks-outside

Joe Biden, or his handlers, picked his running mate. It was a bit of a shock.

He Picked…Who?

Joe Biden has finally picked his Vice Presidential candidate and I think it might cost him the election. He decided on, for whatever reason, Senator Kamala Harris. She is a disaster and the two hate each other.

But her record is what’s going to kill her:

• She had an affair with the former San Francisco Willie Brown. He set her up with a spot in the district attorneys office which started her political career. Yeah, that’s corruption.
• By the way, Willie Brown was married at the time. She has some morality issues.
• She has a voting record that can be used by the Republicans. Some of her record may turn off moderate voters.
• Her record as a prosecutor is not going to be embraced by the Left or Bernie Bros.
• She’s unlikable.
• She flip-flops and appears inauthentic.
• Her experience is 4 years as a Senator. Not a lot.
• She says some weird things and has a creepy laugh.

Now, there are a couple of things that will help Biden:

• She is a black woman. That’s what the Left wanted.
• She’s pretty. I wouldn’t date her but she is.
• She’s liberal, but moderate. She appears uncomfortable with some of the Leftist policies.
• She has been vetted. There should be no surprises once people start digging into her past.

But Sleepy, Creepy Joe has some issues. He can’t trust her as far as he can throw her. I would hire a food taster because she does want to be President and I think she will do anything to get it. I’m pretty sure he did not make this pick.

Gosh, It’s Like the Media Knew It was Coming Today

A group of Democratic women wrote a letter to the major news outlets screaming not to be sexist and racist by criticizing her. Wow.

The letter states:

“We are reaching out now because we are about to embark on a historic moment – once again – having a woman on a Presidential Campaign ticket. While you have already done significant reporting on the process, we know you are actively preparing for coverage about the specific Democratic Vice Presidential nominee.

“Given how few women have reached this point, the sometimes disappointing coverage of the process to date and the double standards we’ve seen in the public and media expectations of women leaders over the years – and even more so for Black and Brown women leaders – we wanted to respectfully share some thoughts with you about the media’s role in the scrutiny and coverage of women and women of color candidates in general, and the vice-presidential candidate in particular.”

More of the letter from the DailyWire:

Specifically, the women warn journalists to avoid “sexism” and “racism” by avoiding commentary on Biden’s running mate’s “ambition,” her relationships with partners and staff, her likability, her looks (including her weight, style of dress, attractiveness, and “tone of voice”), whether the candidate is “likable” or electable, and any reporting “on the heritage of Black women or women of color” that “perpetuates a misunderstanding about who is legitimately American.”

This is what the Democrats do. If you didn’t like Barrack Obama, you were a racist. Well, this gal has a lot of problems and they are going to be focused on.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-women-warn-media-that-they-will-not-tolerate-racist-sexist-coverage-of-biden-veep

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Prepare for the second wave.
Trump…damn! Shut up! Ugh!

This Ain’t Good

Body cam footage was leaked by the Daily Mail this week. And it shows a really different story than the one we have been told for the last couple of months. Here is a short clip:

They charge officer Derrick Chauvin with Second Degree Murder. I thought that was kind of an overreach then. Looking at this video, I definitely think it is an overreach now. This is what we learned from the video:

• Floyd was not cooperative.
• Floyd, like his autopsy said, looked high.
• The police officers were not rough with him and only pulled their guns when Floyd would not show his hands.
• There were other people in the car. Nothing happened to them. Sounds familiar (hint: Rodney King).
• He was yelling that he was going to die and could not breath before he was put on the ground.
• The police tried to calm him before sticking him in the police car.

It was actually a really pathetic display by Floyd. Now, none of this clears Chauvin. What he did was a bad thing. It was definitely negligent. But is it Second Degree Murder level negligent? You know, Chauvin went out and said he was going to kill this guy?

I do not think so. Put that with the fact that he was on drugs, had a heart condition, had a criminal record including a home invasion and the medical examiner said he died of a heart attack (this was contradicted by a private M.E.).

This is bad folks and the media knows it. They have decided to ignore the whole thing or, as CNN did, just sugar coat it.

Again, there is no  but excuse for kneeling on a man’s neck for nine minutes but can anyone prove intent which is what is required for second degree murder? I don’t think so. Chauvin should go to jail but I think there is going to be a chance that he gets off completely because that idiot attorney general, Keith Ellison, way over charged.

Prepare for the riots to come up again (if they actually ever stop). Because this guy is not going to get the sentence we all hope he gets.

Here is where my conspiracy urge begins to bubble up. I am trying to suppress it but it is not working. It is also very cynical of me. I think Ellison and the Dems in Minneapolis over charged on purpose.

• If they charged correctly, the Left would have flipped.
• If Chauvin gets off, more riots and Eliison could blame the racist system. And Trump.
• There is a chance the jury will get convicted.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-police-bodycam-footage-shows-moment-by-moment-arrest-of-george-floyd-for-the-first-time

Frigging Trump

Joe Biden continues to act like a dead person. His latest interview turned out to be a disaster again. Here he is asked about if he ever took the cognitive test. His response was precious:

Couple of things here. First, Biden already said he had taken the cognitive test. Now he says he does not need one? He cannot even get through the sentence without fumbling through the sentence.

Next, what is with the cocaine crack? To a black reporter? If Trump did this, what would happen?

Three debates have been scheduled and they will start in September. Here’s what’s fucked up: the first debate will be after voting starts. Mail-in voting starts on August 29th. Do not get me started on the fact that voting starts two and a half months before the election.

Biden, well his team, has really been controlling all aspects of the election season. He does not go out and campaign. He picks and chooses who interviews him. All the questions he gets are known before hand. He is setting when the debates are going to be and how many. He is never asked about his crazy policies.

He is lucky that Trump’s campaign team seems to be incompetent and not doing anything to push back. Biden is also lucky that President Trump has Twitter and has no fear talking to reporters. He should be afraid. Very afraid.

Last week, Trump Tweeted that it might be necessary to postpone the election. Ugh! That is a tad bit unconstitutional. Only Congress can change the date of the election.

Then, he had an interview with Jonathan Snow from Axios on HBO. Why would he do this? Axios is a Left wing media organization being produced on HBO, a Left wing platform. He sounded terrible.

Listen to this first clip:

This was terrible. If you are going to reference someone or a publication, you better know the name of the person or the book. Do not ever reference something or someone without being ready to issue a name. It is a crappy way to debate. That is why I do not listen to the news media. Whenever I hear a story from an “anonymous resource” I think it is probably bullshit. He just did what the news media does all the time. He loses all credibility.

Next, know your stats. The problem with statistics, you can prove anything. Use the stats that help your case. Or he could have simply said with more cases there will be more death. Do not act surprised by it and actually look sad about it. “Yep, there is more death and it is sad. We are working hard to curve this.” That is all that needs to be said. Done.

Finally, he needs to stop being so casual about things. When asked about the rise in the number of deaths, “it is what it is” is the correct, reasonable belief, but you cannot say that to a media that is looking to roast you. You know Biden is going to use this.

Then there was this:

This is a real non-story that Trump should have killed immediately. I never talked about this because it was a non-story. Even the Orange Man Bad media held it for about three days and never talked about it again.

• Intelligence received information about Russians paying Afghans and Iraqis to kill American soldiers.
• The Intelligence community could confirm nothing and never told the administration.
• Trump knew nothing about it.

This is what I would have said: “The intelligence community did not trust the information so they never reported it to me. There was nothing to talk about.” PERIOD. Next question.

But he argues and his answer is there but muddled. Any push back by Snow could have been rebutted with, “You want me to accuse another country of a moral crime based on rumor?” Done. Mic drop. Next question.

Trump vomits words. Either verbally or on Twitter. His point gets lost because he is vomiting words. He needs to stop doing this.This is why people do not like him and he could lose the election.

Then, the worst is this:

John Lewis fought for civil rights for blacks and got a broken skull for it. He believed in the American Dream and believed it should be achieved through peace and not violence unlike the Black Panthers or the Nation of Islam. He was the right-hand man of Martin Luther King. After Jim Crow, he became a state representative in the House for over twenty years. Yeah, he did not like Trump.

How about this for an answer: “He was an impressive man with an impressive history.” Done.

The other thing that is just a turn off is the arrogance and self-promotion. Who cares that Lewis did not go to your inauguration. Who cares? Why bring it up? He is dead! Throw him a bone!

It got worse. He stated that he has done more for blacks than every President except Abraham Lincoln. When Snow pointed out that LBJ signed the Civil Rights bill, Trump did not have an answer. Then Snow kept pushing for Trump to say that the Civil Rights bill was important, which Trump did not do. 

Here is what I would have done.

• Lewis, good man.
• I would never say I did more for blacks than any other President except for Lincoln.
• If I suffered from a stroke and did say that I did more for blacks except for President Lincoln, I would point out that LBJ was an ardent racist and did not want to sign the Civil Rights bill but MLK blackmailed him into signing it.

This is so stupid. This is the problem when one has a bunch of yes-men around him. I know that is sexist. Is it yes-person. Fuck it. Do not care. Someone needs to tell Trump to “shut the fuck up, sir” so he can win the election. He is running against a corpse. This next election should be a landslide. Trump is making it close.

Ugh!

https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-election-results-could-be-delayed-by-months

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• Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is declaring racism a public health crisis and pursuing initiatives to “eradicate and prevent discrimination and racial inequity” — including making all state employees undergo “implicit bias training,” her office announced Wednesday.
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Biden’s getting worse.
Barr lights up the Dems again.
Not fat but curvy.

Just for Fun

There’s your next President. He doesn’t even know where he is.

What a Waste of Time

There is a big push by the Democrats to try to impeach Attorney General William Barr. They are doing this because….um…they don’t know. Democrats always play darts. They have five darts and a board and each dart is a reason. The reason that gets closest to the bullseye, which is an analogy for the support of the public, they go for that.

To continue the analogy, they were throwing some real darts and they were flying all over the place. But I am pretty sure, not on, came close to the dart board.

John Lewis

The first thing the Dems did was invoke Rep. John Lewis. I have no problem with that. John Lewis was a great man, suffered through the Civil Rights movement, became a member of Congress and was liked by everybody, Democrat or Republican. But this was a pandering moment. This was bringing emotion into something that should have only been about reason. The Dems want to impeach Barr. This should be an exercise in reason. Impeachment is serious. But the Dems are not serious.

Barr, in his opening statement, mentioned John Lewis in an honorable way. Rep. Cedric Richmond did not appreciate that.

Richmond said:

“You started your testimony with eloquent words about the life and legacy of John Lewis fighting systematic racism. When you all came here and brought your top staff, you brought no Black people. That, sir, is systematic racism. That is exactly what John Lewis spent his life fighting. And so I would just suggest that actions speak louder than words and you really should keep the name of the honorable John Lewis out of the Justice Department’s mouth.”

What bullshit. You know who would have said that is bullshit? John Lewis. Though John Lewis was quite liberal, his best friend was a conservative on his committee and he would defend him, even from people in his own party.

This is something the Dems always try to do. They try to say that Republicans do not deserve to show respect for good people because Republicans are no good. They said that Mitch McConnell had no business to speak at Lewis’ funeral ceremony.

Just is just another way to vilify Republicans.

Law and Order? No!

The big argument is about the Justice Department’s use of federal marshals in cities during the riots. Dems claim that this is a violation of the Constitution. That seems kind of rich because they do not seem to care much for the Constitution.

Republicans say that  what Trump and the DOJ are doing is not only legal, but part of their jobs. Barr made very clear what he thought:

This is just a dumb argument. Of course the President can take control of these cities. The local governments are doing nothing.

Demonizing the Police

Of course, the police are bad. Barr had an answer to those questions:

“Unfortunately, some have chosen to respond to George Floyd’s death in a far less productive way – by demonizing the police, promoting slogans like ACAB (All Cops Are Bastards), and making grossly irresponsible proposals to defund the police. The demonization of police is not only unfair and inconsistent with the principle that all people should be treated as individuals, but gravely injurious to our inner city communities. There is no harder job in America today than being a police officer.”

He also did something really bad. He said there is no systemic racism. When one congresswoman started lecturing him about systemic racism, Barr said there wasn’t any. When she continued, he asked the question we should all ask: “What institutions?” Of course, she did not answer and just kept rambling.

The Bad Orange Man!

Of course, everything that Barr did was to bend the knee to Trump.

• Laws he enforced and other policies were to appease and be a photo op for Trump.
• Roger Stone was because of Trump.
• General Michael Flynn was because of Trump.
• The “stormtroopers” were in preparation for Trump’s loss in November.
• What would he do if Trump would not leave the White House

Barr Kicking Ass

William Barr destroyed these people. Here’s the thing: he is a lawyer and a good one. The Congresspeople are alwyers and suck at being lawyers so they became politicians.

This first cut is delicious. Rep Jamie Raskin (D, MD) who is a really creepy looking guy asked Barr about the response to the federal action on the incident at the St. John Episcopal Church.

That church has been around for a couple of hundred years and has been attended by every President in history and those BLM and Antifa assholes tried to burn it down. Raskin never mentioned that in his question.

I learned a new term. “I am reclaiming my time.” It is an official way of saying “Shut the fuck up.” If the Dems cannot deal with Barr’s questions, just lecture. Barr pointed this out a couple of times. Listen:

This was the entire hearing. Just a waste of Barr’s time and a platform for Dems to pontificate. It was terrible for the Dems. I am sure this was not a good look for them.

William Barr busted some ass. There is a great montage by the Daily Caller from Twitter that summed everything up, I probably could have saved twenty minutes of discussion by just playing this but…whatever.

This is a montage where William Barr plays a Scottish bagpipe at some police function. Mixed in are some of the awesome moments of his testimony. Listen:

• Yep, that’s how it went. Barr dominated this hearing. He does not need this job. I hope he sticks with it.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/ag-barr-defends-sending-federal-agents-to-portland-since-when-is-it-okay-to-burn-down-a-church has been around for a coupefederal-courthouse
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/barr-testifies-before-house-judiciary-committee-maintains-independence-from-trump
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/william-barr-systemic-racism-policing-united-states
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cedric-richmond-barr-john-lewis-hearing
https://www.foxnews.com/media/don-lemon-chuck-todd-barr-hearing-jim-jordan

Bet They Never Thought That Would Happen

More than 100 law enforcement agencies have reportedly pulled out of security agreements to send personnel to help with security at the Democratic National Convention next month in part because they are concerned about recent efforts to limit law enforcement’s use of tear gas and pepper spray in responding to violent riots.

Franklin, Wisconsin Police Chief Rick Oliva said:

“It is apparent there is a lack of commitment to provide the Milwaukee Police Department with the resources it needs to ensure the safety of peaceful protesters, attendees, citizens and police personnel. I can not send personnel if they are not properly equipped or will not be allowed to engage in appropriate actions which would ensure their safety.”

Waukesha Police Chief Daniel Thompson said:

“I understand that use of chemical irritants and pepper spray is serious and those are to be used only when legally justified. But when you take that out of the continuum that doesn’t leave the officers much other than getting harmed or using deadly force and that’s not good for any officer or the public.”

This is not a surprise.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-over-100-police-agencies-pull-out-of-agreements-to-guard-dnc-convention

I Guess Round is a Curve

Sports Illustrated has decided to go woke again and have hired the “curviest” model ever for their swimsuit issue this year. Why is this woke? Because round has a curve. She is pretty fat.

Hunter McGrady, who is 5’11” and weighs about 220 pounds will be featured in Sports Illustrated.

McGrady said of the opportunity:

“I have been so excited for this shoot to be released,” she said. “This trip was life changing and was so special to experience with the most special team. Sports Illustrated has given me so much and created so many incredible opportunities for me and I will forever be grateful.”

That’s great. She should be happy. when asked about modeling while being her size, she said:

“I think a lot of people think that [plus-sized models] are able to eat whatever they want,” she explained. “They don’t work out. They just sit at home and lounge around. That is absolutely not the case. I work out with my trainer and I train daily. People for so long have equated a larger size to be unhealthy. The truth of the matter is that I’m more healthy now than I’ve ever been in my life. It’s a stigma that needs to change.”

Good for her. She is not really an issue here. Here are my issues with normalizing “curvy” women:

• Diabetes
• Heart disease
• Stroke
• High LDL cholesterol
• High blood pressure (hypertesion)
• Body pain (knees, hips, back)
• Sleep apnea and breathing problems
• Mental illness such as clinical depression, anxiety, and other mental disorders
• Osteoarthritis
• Many forms of cancer

Now, McGrady sounds like she is active and just heavy because that is her body type. That is fine. And she is a good looking woman. But a lot of these heavy people,who scream about being proud to be fat, Do not take care of themselves.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/sports-illustrated-swimsuit-2020-issue-features-curviest-model-ever