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Quote Of The Day

Marxists, QOTD, Resistance

Here’s the background to the quote below.

This is as true in the U.S. as it is in the U.K.

“It is hard to avoid the conclusion that we are ruled by people who fear the anger of the masses following acts of inhumanity more than they do the acts of inhumanity themselves.”

Note the overreaction of the political class to the theater of Jan 6, 2020.  If what’s happening in the U.K. now were to happen in the U.S., there’s no telling how they’d react.

Oh wait;  something like that did happen, when the Antifa/BLM riots leveled whole areas of various cities and anarchy became the order of the day in places like Portland and NYC.

But those riots were virtuous riots, you see, riots that were actually supported by the ruling- and media elites.  If ever there’s a furious backlash by conservatives against — oh I don’t know, say massive and palpable vote fraud by the socialists which prevents Donald Trump from winning the November 2024 election — you can be damn sure that the Marines will be mobilized, posse comitatus  be damned.

This is going to be interesting.

Revenge

Righteous Shootings

Okay, this wasn’t exactly a Righteous Shooting, but the principle is the same:

Maria del Carmen Garcia couldn’t bear the sight of her daughter Veronica’s attacker, Antonio Cosme, after he was freed. At the tender age of 13 in 1998, Veronica suffered a brutal rape at knifepoint by Cosme, their neighbour, who was originally given a nine-year sentence.

However, during a day release in June 2005, the unrepentant predator brazenly confronted Maria at a bus stop close to her home near Alicante. Adding insult to injury, he had the cheek to ask Maria “how her daughter was”.

After Cosme swaggered into a bar her family often visited, Maria, fuelled by anger and terror, bought petrol from a nearby station. In a bid to inflict some form of justice, Maria entered the bar with the fuel, drenched Cosme in it and set him ablaze.

And now the good part:

With burns covering 90 per cent of his body, Cosme didn’t survive and succumbed to his injuries days later in a hospital.

Our Hero Mom’s been jailed, of course, but:

Originally sentenced to nine-and-a-half years’ imprisonment for murder, Maria’s conviction was decreased to five-and-a-half years upon appeal. This sentencing sparked a national outcry in support of the anguished mother, with a groundswell of voices rallying to prevent her imprisonment.

I would have suspended her jail sentence had I been the judge.

The old Texas defense of “He needed killing”  is entirely appropriate here.

Here’s the rest of the story:

Back in 2011, after serving one year and 10 days behind bars, the courts placed her sentence on hold pending a pardon application, recognizing “special circumstances”, such as her clean criminal record and her insanity plea at the time of the crime.

Yet Maria’s freedom was short-lived; by 2013 she found herself back in custody when the regional high court in Alicante rejected her attorney’s request to delay imprisonment post-government denial of her partial pardon petition. Come 2017, however, she earned the privilege of daytime leave, setting the stage for her full release the following year.

It’s all old news, but good news nevertheless.

Monday Funnies

Funny Stuff

So let’s exchange the shouts for a few giggles.

And now, some stuff to help you open your eyes on this Monday morning:

 

By the way:  next week’s Funnies’ theme will be “All About The Color Red”.  Try to contain your excitement.

Fresh Wallpaper

Fine Art

I’ve been in a Ferrari State Of Mind recently — no idea why, it’s just there — so for the past two weeks my laptop’s wallpaper has been this one:

Yup, it’s Alan Fearnley again.

Anyway, I decided to make  change, but the Scuderia thing was still strong, so:

“Why do you keep me waiting, cara mia?”
“Just two more minutes, I promise.”

I love this picture.

Bombs Away

Aircraft, Funny Stuff, Military

I can earnestly recommend Lord HardThrasher’s series on the Allied bombing campaign in WWII Europe.  (He sounds exactly like Mr. Free Market would sound, if Mr. FM could be arsed to do a show about the military.)

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

He spares nobody, and I mean nobody.  (Ignore the occasional anti-Trump digs;  he’s just swinging his saber indiscriminately.)  He is, of course, especially scornful of the Nazis.

 

Greatest Living English Historian?  I report, you decide.