“The fastest way to get American shooters to buy something is to tell them they shouldn’t be allowed to do so.”
And yet, the fools in government persist in trying to ban our guns…
Category: Politics
Trying not to start the public floggings
Cutting The Cord
…of the Belt and Road initiative. A simple Q&A:
Should the United States continue to fund China’s aggressive military buildup?
— No.
Should the United States make every effort to move U.S.-based manufacturing out of China?
— Yes.
Should the United States make every effort to encourage alternatives to Chinese manufacturing?
— Yes.
Will the United States government actually do any of this stuff?
–Of course not.
Should the United States government be hanged en masse for endangering the welfare of the nation?
–Of course they should.
Here’s the background to all the above.
Being Played?
I enjoy reading Ann Coulter’s posts, by and large, because she’s so often correct despite her terminology and manner — and let’s be honest, getting fired by the milquetoasts at NRO has to be some kind of a badge of honor, right?
And yes, she occasionally gets out of control, but then again, so do I.
A month ago, things were looking bad for the Democrats.
Immediately after Trump announced for president last November, he may as well have gone into the witness protection program. Even Fox News cut away from his announcement speech. He had to have dinner with a noted Hitler enthusiast to get any attention, and, when he spoke at CPAC in February, the room was half-empty.
Looming before them was the threat from Florida: Gov. Ron DeSantis. He was beating Trump in the presidential polls without even announcing. He’d scored victory after victory against Democrats and won his reelection bid — in a purple state! — by 20 points, despite attacks from Trump.
Against DeSantis’ smarts and energy, the Democrats would be running President Senile Dementia and a vice president whose sole credentials are that she is black and a woman.
They had only one hope: Get Trump the nomination.
…and her argument is quite compelling.
Finally, I know that the bony Ann is a New England blueblood and therefore despises Trump. But her assessment of his actual achievements is quite accurate, and her portrayal of the Republicans as The Stupid Party is more than accurate: it’s inside the X-ring at the very intersection of the X.
In this, she’s of a kind with the always-irritating but maddeningly-correct David Cole at Taki’s. Dealing with both of them is an object lesson in ignoring the messenger and concentrating on the message.
Gooder And Harder
…to quote Insty. I see that Chicago has replaced Abject Failure Lori Lightweight with her male counterpart Brandon Johnson in the mayoral elections just held.
Of course, things are going to go from worse to worser:
Johnson is a paid agitator for the teachers union and a ‘defund the police’ type.
…and Chicago slithers ever closer to the abyss within the abyss into which it’s already fallen. Just watch as the exodus flow of businesses and their executives changes into a flood, and the city moves closer to Detroit-style bankruptcy and failure.
Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of socialist assholes.
I note that the vote total was just over half a million people out of a voting population of over two million, so clearly 75% of Chicago residents just don’t give a fuck. And there ya go.
Terminology Check
So FinnPM bubble-headed party girl Sanna Marin got tossed out of office over the weekend, which would be a Good Thing, except that — wait for it! — it portends Something Bad:
EU warned of far-right ‘domino effect’ after Sanna Marin’s defeat
Finland’s main conservative party claimed victory in parliamentary elections Sunday in a tight three-way race that saw right-wing populists take second place, leaving Prime Minister Sanna Marin’s Social Democratic Party in third, dashing her reelection hopes. The results sparked worries in the EU over far-right The Finns party’s infamous anti-EU sentiments. Speaking to Express.co.uk, Dr Helena Ivanov, research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society, pointed out that after the Italian and Swedish election results, the bloc is increasingly moving towards the right in a seeming “domino effect”.
Just so we’re all clear on the concept, being “anti-EU” is not congruent with “right-wing”, although to the EU they may appear the same.
What makes my nuts ache is that the European definition of “far-right”, in traditional American terms, would be the equivalent of “centrist Democrat” — e.g. John F. Kennedy — because they have veered so far to the left as to tilt the whole political table almost vertical.
I, and I suspect most of my Readers, would be considered “ultra-Right wing”, when in fact we’re just conservatives with a few libertarian tendencies. (And by “libertarian”, I really mean the “leave me the fuck alone” principle.)
Anyway, it looks like Finland is at least moving towards Italy and Hungary in the Eurosceptic sphere, and good for them, say I.
Cuts Both Ways, Bub
Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider okayed the use of the band’s music by gun control groups who are organizing a push to ban “assault weapons.”
“We’re not gonna take it” can also be turned into “You’re not going to take it”, asswipe.
Fucking New Yorkers… even their rock musicians are twerps — in Snider’s case, a poster boy for drag queens.