“The very people opposed to fossil fuels are mysteriously hostile to the best-known form of carbon-free energy production, which tells you what’s going on. The ‘climate cult’ rejects nuclear power because it might be too good at addressing their made-up climate crisis.”
— Vivek Ramaswamy
The guy should run for President. Oh, wait… he is.
It’s not often I chortle just be reading a headline, but this one got me, oh yes it did:
And here’s the story:
Highway chiefs are hunting a phantom pothole filler after an enraged motorist poured concrete into a huge crater that closed the road for months. The work was carried out in Lostwithiel, Cornwall, as the mystery volunteer decided to patch up the road which has been shut since April.
But Cornwall Highways said the work was done ‘without consent’.
Colin Martin, Cornwall councillor for Lostwithiel and Lanreath, said: ‘The latest is that the road has been closed again and will remain closed until it is ‘properly’ repaired by Cormac, but they say this could be weeks away as all available teams have been diverted to filling smaller potholes on roads which are still open.
Here’s the pic of the vengeful road re-closing:
I’m just waiting for the metal screens to “disappear”… not that I would want anything like that to happen, of course.
I love it when officialdom gets a busted nose for their inefficiency. And I love it more when they get upset about it.
Here’s the background to all this:
So now you know.
As many people know, Chile is one of my favorite countries on Earth; so when I saw that the Commies had been routed in the last elections there, I did a little Happy Dance:
Chile’s most prominent right-wing party has romped an election on Sunday night aimed at selecting members for the constitutional assembly responsible for drafting the country’s new constitution.
The assembly was tasked with creating a new constitution to replace the one that was implemented during the military rule of General Augusto Pinochet which many credited for making Chile the most prosperous country in the region.
Needless to say, the Commies wanted to get rid of this horrible thing because Commies:
A draft by a predominantly left-wing assembly was overwhelmingly rejected in a national referendum. The draft had proposed numerous changes, including replacing the Senate with a Chamber of Regions and recognizing Chile as a “plurinational state,” granting indigenous groups additional rights and guarantees.
It also guaranteed several social benefits and environmental standards, making it one of the most progressive constitutions worldwide.
But unfortunately for them:
The proposal was turned down by 62 percent of voters in September 2022, prompting the latest election.
The Republican Party, led by conservative firebrand José Antonio Kast, emerged victorious with 22 seats after winning over 35 percent of the votes.
Here’s what happens next:
The assembly will now face the challenging task of reconciling the conservative majority’s ideas with the demand for change that sparked the process. Starting from June, the newly appointed constitutional councilors will have a four-month window to deliberate, converse, and implement alterations to a new constitution.
A final decision from the voters on the redraft will be made via another vote in December. If Chileans reject the updated constitution, the country will retain its previous Pinochet-era constitution.
Looks good for our side, huh? A decisive (conservative) majority is about to set about making changes to the national constitution, if needed.
Well, the Left aren’t going to let a little thing like a popular majority interfere with their plans, of course. So in typical fashion, they’ve responded the way they always do in such situations:
Unidentified hooded men attacked the home of conservative Republican Party lawmaker Héctor Urban on Tuesday evening. Urban was recently elected to help draft a new constitution for Chile.
The attack at Urban’s residence took place hours after a group of unidentified men set a vehicle on fire that belonged to the local Victoria Municipality and opened fire on the government official that drove the vehicle, seriously injuring one of his legs. Urban’s father, René Urban, a farmer who was presently working at the scene of the fire, also had his truck shot at but suffered no injuries.
Unknown assailants also attacked a police station in the town after the attack on Urban’s residence on Tuesday evening. Two members of Chile’s Carabineros law enforcement gendarmerie were reportedly injured with pellets.
Yeah, “unidentified gunmen” — probably some of those White Christian supremacist groups that we’re always hearing about.
These scumbags are the brothers-in-arms of those Leftist bastards who violently demonstrated outside the homes of our conservative Supreme Court justices and made death threats against them around the time of the Dobbs (anti-Roe v. Wade) decision.
Of course, when some dangerous asshole tries doing dangerous stuff in public and promptly gets taken down, who else would step up but Mr. Race Hustler himself?
Sharpton: Failure to charge Marine in chokehold death of Jordan Neely will encourage vigilantes
One can only hope.
And no, I don’t care that the asshole was Black, and the hero White. Asshole is asshole and hero is hero; had the roles been reversed, I’d be saying exactly the same.
Also: Semper fi, Marine.
From one of my favorite small towns in America, Tuscaloosa AL comes this little bit of family protection:
Executive summary: Ex-boyfriend gets nasty, girl’s brother comes to her defense, and ex-boyfriend assumes room temperature soon thereafter. The details?
“[Ex-boyfriend] Giles had been in a previous relationship with the sister,” Kennedy said. “It was reported that Giles had been physically abusive to her in the past … The residents reported that during the day Saturday Giles made threats to come to the apartment. Giles later arrived at the apartment, broke down the door, entered, and began physically assaulting the sister. As this was occurring, her brother armed himself. The brother fired his weapon and Giles was struck, and did not survive.”
…and justice takes its course.
From NE Austin (TX) — not to be confused with the City of Austin — comes this cheery news:
According to the Austin Police Department, at around 5:31 a.m., officers responded to a call in the 7600 block of Bethune Avenue, where a female resident reported a man attempting to break into her home through the door and a window. The caller then stated that the male suspect had entered the home, followed by the sound of gunshots.
Upon arrival at the scene, the APD officers and EMS medics found the male suspect dead. APD says the preliminary investigation indicates that the suspect was shot by one of the residents in self-defense.
The interesting part of the story to me is that the dead goblin is not, as one might think, a teenage choirboy, but a sixty-something asshole. Whatever. Asshole is asshole, regardless of age, and dead is dead. (Thankee, Reader Brad for the alert.)