Amateur Hour

I suppose that we should be grateful that this latest Leon Czolgosz-wannabe wasn’t as well prepared as he should have been.  Clearly, he went straight to the “Suggested Assassin’s Weapons” tab at Amazon or something — that is to say, he got some things quite right, and a lot of other things very wrong.  Consider this series of pics of his “arsenal” which he hoped to use at the Hilton D.C.:

Okay, let’s look at this “arsenal”.

  • Pump shotgun:  Yes of course.  If you’re going for “maximum damage in a confined area”, there are few better choices.  One might argue that a semi-auto would be a better choice, but potato-potahto.
  • Colt 1911 model:  Also a solid choice for a handgun, although he may have been better off with one of those guns which carry a 500-round magazine, e.g. a Glock.  Still, the chances of him getting to actually use a handgun (any handgun) during a mass shooting are going to be minimal, unless the 1911 is backup for when you run out of 12ga ammo.  But:
  • Knives (4, assassin for the use of):  Four knives?  For a gunfight?  Okay, by all means carry a knife as part of your EDC accoutrements (I do), but let’s be honest about this:  in his proposed scenario, a knife — any knife, let alone four — will be about as useful as a golf club, maybe less so.  And:  two throwing knives?  Useless;  toss them for a couple spare magazines (which you are going to need if shooting a 1911;  ask me how I know this.)  Also, a Ka-Bar is too unwieldy;  that boot knife (which I carry when wearing cowboy boots) would be the only decent option here.

I still think that the Secret Service missed a trick by not shooting the asshole dead on the spot, but that’s just me.  Given how inept the SS have been with their handguns in the past, however, subduing the scrote might have been the better option;  at least there was no collateral damage.

Yeah, We Know

Finally, the rest of the world discovers what we conservatives have known for years:  the Brooklyn Barmaid is a vacuous Marxist with little intelligence and an astonishing ignorance of, well, just about everything.

I actually started to watch AOC’s little speech at the Munich conference and had to quit because I was embarrassed by the spectacle of her complete meltdown.  I mean, she had no idea of any of the topics she was quizzed on — she couldn’t even recall her party’s talking points, let alone formulate any cogent or reasoned responses to the simple questions put to her.

The only negative outcome I can see coming from this is that she should have been exposed during the 2028 primaries instead of now.  She wouldn’t be able to debate prospective candidates from her own party*, let alone heavy hitters like Marco Rubio or J.D. Vance.


*I’m assuming that the Social Democrat Marxists might actually have a better candidate than this fool, but I could be mistaken.

Bye-Bye Frying Pan, Hello Gas Ring

When I read this, I couldn’t stop laughing:

That’s not the funny part.  This is:

The director bought a home in the iconic San Remo co-op in New York City overlooking Central Park.

Yeah… from Beverly Hills to Manhattan — to escape taxes levied on rich people.

Hey Steve:  Say “hi” to Hizzoner Zoran Mamdani for me, willya?  You stupid putz.

When Fine Sentiments Kill

Here’s one that got my teeth chattering with rage:

The man who has become the face of the many brave deeds by everyday Australians during the Bondi Beach attack has revealed why he didn’t shoot back at the gunmen.

Ahmed Al Ahmed, 43, skyrocketed to worldwide fame after he risked his life when he wrestled a firearm from mass shooter Sajid Akram on December 14.

Police alleged Sajid and his son, Naveed Akram, opened fire on a Jewish festival celebrating the first night of Hanukkah at Bondi Beach.

Police fatally shot Sajid and wounded Naveed, bringing an end to the horrific attack, but not before 15 innocent people had been gunned down and dozens more injured.

At one point during the attack, Mr Ahmed snatched a gun from Sajid and pointed it back at him. He refused to shoot, despite having been shot five times himself.

Wait:  you disarm a guy who’s been shooting and killing total strangers, and instead of shooting the bastard dead with his own gun, you… let him go?

While in New York he was asked why he didn’t shoot when he had the weapon pointed at the gunman.

Yeah, I was kinda wondering that myself.

He said he didn’t pull the trigger because he was not seeking revenge. 

‘I didn’t shoot him because I was doing it as humility, to stop him to kill more innocent human beings,’ he said, adding that he was also not concerned for his safety, but rather the people at the beach. 

I hate to say this, you absolute schmuck, but letting him go simply allowed him to get another gun and shoot more people.

Your self-righteous “humility” came at the expense of more victims.

Let me tell you:  a guy shoots me half a dozen times or whatever, I somehow survive and get hold of his (still-loaded) gun… guess what happens next?

If you guessed “the asshole’s brains are suddenly exposed to the open air and parts thereof become fertilizer for the lawn he’s standing on”, get a gold star and collect your prize at the door on the way out.

“Oh no, I’m too good for revenge” my aching African-America ass.

I need to stop now before I get really upset.

And A Not-So Joyeux Noël To You

In our family’s Great Catholic Tour of Europe back in 2008, we ended our trip in Paris in late December.

Most unusually, I got sick — some kind of Frog flu — and so when the kids wanted to go out and join the crowds in the Champs-Élysées on New Year’s Eve, we sent them off with a couple bottles of cheap champagne, hoping like hell that they wouldn’t disappear from our lives forever.  They didn’t, of course, even though there were about 600,000 people jammed along that famous Paris thoroughfare, all partying like frat boys.  As the city of Paris made travel on the Metro free from 6pm till 6am on Jan 1, the kids went from our apartment on the Place de la Bastille all the way up to the Arc de Triomphe and had the time of their lives.


(yes, it was also witch’s tit cold)

I wouldn’t think of doing that nowadays, of course, but never mind because:

The Champs-Élysées has been Paris’s symbolic place for celebrations since the Liberation parade in 1944. This is the year it ends.

Paris has canceled the iconic New Year’s Eve concert on the Champs-Élysées due to security threats (by migrants; they won’t say it’s because of migrants, and they will never address the problem). They are at the point of no return.

Now the French will have to watch the fireworks on their televisions.

They brought it on themselves, of course:  the French brought Africa into France, and have discovered that in so doing, they’ve not turned Africans into Frenchmen, but France into Africa.

Telle stupidité.