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.

Africa Wins Again, Chapter 27

I remember discussing on these pages the Chinese infiltration of Africa under their Belt & Road program — whereby the CCP could drain minerals and resources while using cheap labor from a country in return for investment in local infrastructure — and how it was never going to work because Africa.  Thanks to Longtime Reader Mike S., I see just one recent example of how this whole enterprise is, and always was, doomed to fail.

This is no small thing, because there are apparently 300,000 Chinese nationals currently colonizing  living in Angola (see map below for location).

Angola is 1.3x the size of Texas, with about the same oil reserves, and a huge depository of strategic minerals.  Hence the CCP’s interest in the place.

It’s also a Communist-run country, so one would think that this soul-brother nation would be quite friendly towards their political cousins.  Ahem:

Angola’s government may look favorably on the Belt & Road colonization initiative;  the people, not so much.

Because Africa.

I hate to say “I told you so”, but…

Disgusting Lie

Seen at Twitter* (via Insty):

Ahem.  Having been through the (legal) immigration process myself, and most recently with New Wife, I can attest that the question involving prior membership of the Communist Party or similar organizations is still very much part of the interrogatory, and has been since the early 1950s.

So to say it has “no prior precedent in immigration law” is, like so many utterances from the Left, a bald fucking lie.

All that the Trumpist USCIS is doing now is broadening the scope to bring such charming little fads like  jihad and terrorsymp into the conversation.  And about damn time, too.


*All Elon’s rebranding efforts to the contrary, it will always be Twitter to me.  Screw that “X” nonsense.

The “Revolution” Fails

It is, as they say, to laugh:

As predicted, the Texas Democrat legislators who fled to blue states to deny a quorum for redistricting have folded. Still, I’m not sure anyone expected them to fold this soon. 

According to ABC News, the runaways who claimed to be saving “democracy” are heading back to their home state early, claiming to have accomplished their goal of raising “awareness” about gerrymandering. That’s a very polite way of saying they failed miserably.

Yep.  This time, TXGov Abbott wasn’t messing around.

The pressure campaign put forth by Republicans was effective. That included stopping direct deposits of paychecks and promising to call multiple special sessions to keep these Texas Democrats stranded in blue states indefinitely unless they returned to provide a quorum. They were also incurring daily fines. That all started to add up for the legislators who aren’t independently wealthy, and it was just a matter of time before the donor class got tired of funding a dead end. You also have to factor in time away from family members. None of it was ever sustainable. 

But still they did it, acting like naughty little children.  And now that their beau geste  (LOL) has failed, they’re crying like little children at their failure.

Even better, the redistricting move in Texas is going to take place, was always going to take place despite all the foot-stamping and pouting.

Feckless idiots.

Not Failing

Like most conservatives, I was astonished to see that in the coming Fall [sic]  NYfC will be electing a raging Marxist (again) to be their mayor.

I mean, seriously?  Did they not learn their lesson with De Blasio?

Then a parallel issue emerged when looking at who voted for whom.  (Another side issue:  it says a lot when that little shit disgraced ex-NYGov Andrew Cuomo is seen as the “moderate” choice.)

Actually, “our higher education system” is not failing at all, when you consider that the function of our college system is to further the spread of Marxism.  In fact, in light of the above election result, their performance is a remarkable success.

Hence: