Well…
Okay, that’s probably not going to happen. So let the memes begin:
Well, let’s look at the circumstances:
So it doesn’t take a genius to connect the dots:
Oh well. Not that the Clintons were the only family involved:
And the last word:
Category: Crime
Connecting With Voters
I’m not saying I applaud the actions below. But for some reason my Schadenfreude button got pushed, twice:
Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA) was carjacked at gunpoint in Philadelphia
…and:
Illinois Senate Majority Leader Kimberly Lightford (D) and her husband were victims of a carjacking Tuesday evening
I have no idea whether these two Democrat politicians are of the Leftist persuasion — although suburban Philadelphia and “Illinois Senate Majority Leader” in a liberal, near-Chicago suburban district are pretty good indicators that they are — and if they are supporters of the BLM movement and philosophy, then it’s always good to see the biters bitten, so to speak.
Like I said, I’m glad they weren’t injured; but to see our politicians the victims of the violent crime they sometimes turn a blind eye towards or even actively support — as long as it happens to others — is not a bad outcome.
Maybe they’ll think twice about their position the next time someone talks about enabling crime.
Defunding Consequences
Aaaaaand once again, we see “well-meaning” actions having unforeseen consequences — unforeseen only by those without common sense and / or brains, that is.
Last year, Burlington, Vermont, cut its police budget by nearly 30% through attrition. Now, people are afraid to speak up because they know they’ll be called “racist.”
It’s been more than a year and a half since the city cut its police budget, and now even the city councilor who proposed the cut is unhappy with the consequences.
Oh, and what consequences would those be in sleepy little Burlington VT, home to so many hippies, academics and Lefties? [some overlap]
The move to slash the police budget, however, has led city leaders, as NBC reported, “to reckon with the unintended consequences of that decision, including problems with public safety and quality of life, police and residents say.”
…
The unintended consequences of the resolution apparently showed up quickly, NBC reported. The council thought attrition would take years, but it was completed in months, leaving the police department understaffed. Police officers left en masse, leaving only about five to patrol at night. The police have had to shift focus to high-priority crimes and less on quality of life issues. Burglary, vehicle theft, mental health issues, and overdoses all increased with fewer cops on patrol.
You don’t say.
Local business owner Mark Bouchett told NBC that people were afraid to speak out about the problems that have arisen due to the reduced police force.
“If you speak out against defunding the police force, you’re labeled a racist,” he told NBC. “Or at least an idiot that doesn’t understand the problem.”
Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of Lefty assholes. It’s just too bad that the good (conservative) folks of that part of Vermont have to suffer the consequences as well.
At least they’re not unarmed…
So Much For Security
Here’s one that made me go “Hmmm”:
Cocaine trafficker, 28, was caught by police after moaning on encrypted phone network Encrochat about how Covid lockdown was affecting his international drug dealing business.
Now I don’t care about this asshole — he got 16 years, and that’s good — but I can’t help wondering…
No, I’m not wondering. It’s clear that all this encryption protection that the public imagines they’re getting is no more than a figleaf.
And yes I know, EncroChat was nothing more than a criminal enterprise facilitator — but remember that it’s the Fuzz who decides what exactly constitutes a “criminal enterprise”, and if they could penetrate EncroChat, they could have — and may already have — penetrated any encryption system or software.
Caveat emptor.
Yes, It Has
Here’s a headline which made me giggle like a little girl:
Rittenhouse Verdict Has Leftist Rioters Worried: “It fundamentally changed
the culture of protest”
The punchline is equally delicious:
This is still America, much to their chagrin, and in the absence of police protection and intervention, the American people can and will protect themselves and their fellow citizens from lawless mobs bent on mayhem, violence, and destruction.
…
Remove or incapacitate police, and yes, Americans can and will step up to lawfully fill that vacuum. Who couldn’t see that coming?
Read the whole article, and don’t have a mouthful of coffee while doing so.
Justified
Count me very much among the “social media users”:
Commenters on social media are calling a Washington state father a “hero” in response to reports that he allegedly rescued his daughter from sex traffickers and later killed the man he believed responsible for selling his daughter into sex slavery.
All I can hope for is that he killed the sumbitch only after a little creative use of some woodworking tools.
I probably would have, in his shoes.