Tag: Good Guys

Worth Supporting

Essays, Good Stuff

Some time ago I expressed my irritation about PJMedia’s fundraising machinations — i.e. by sticking most of their articles behind a paywall — which would be fine, if the articles were worth more than just a passing interest.  To my mind, most of them aren’t.  And in consequence, I see little reason to support PJMedia with any kind of subscription, despite their continuous blandishments to do so.

Yesterday, I linked to this article because it resonated with me as few of PJMedia’s articles do:

Then I went back to American Thinker‘s home page and looked over the rest of the articles:

I went and read every single one of them, and found them all to be uniformly excellent, not just in their analysis, but in that they made me aware of things I hadn’t known before, or else provided a foundation to some of my own opinions that I hadn’t bothered examining too closely (Twisted Psychology  being a good example).  Also, note the datelines of the articles:  those are just some of the most recent articles posted.

I’ve known about American Thinker  pretty much ever since they came into existence, but they were never a mainstream reading choice because I’m an idiot, and also because reading their material often makes my brain hurt (which, by the way, is a Good Thing for political commentary but a Bad Thing in literature #Proust #Pynchon).

No more.

So I cancelled one of my (underperforming) streaming TV channels, and redirected that money towards a sub for American Thinker.  They deserve no less — and by the way, they are thus far the only online publication I’ve bothered to subscribe to.  The others are, shall we say, less worthy.

Texas Man?

Crime, Good Stuff, Psychos

This is priceless.  Some mope armed himself with a .22 pistol and a couple boxes of ammo, and headed off to a church in Houston with the avowed aim of whacking the pastor thereof.

You can read the details of how he failed here, but please note the description of our would-be assassin in the headline:

Texas man with loaded gun, 100 rounds tackled by security at Houston church

You might think, after reading the above headline, that this was a simple case of ol’ Joe Bob getting upset with the pastor because the man of God was giving Joe Bob’s wife some extra-special pastoral counseling, if you get my drift.

Well, you’d probably be wrong because the scrote’s actual name is Emmanuel Ahsono Mbwavi, which — and y’all will forgive me for thinking this — does not sound like yer average Texas name:  Billy Bob Johnson, yup;  Jorge Morales, okay (especially in Houston);  La’Marquis Washington, fer shurr (ditto).

Also, at time of writing we have no word on Mr. Mbwavi’s actual motive, but my immediate guess would be that it’s of an African nature.

Kudos, by the way, to the security guard for tackling the asshole and holding him for the cops.

No prizes for guessing, though, what my preferred outcome would have been (see the next post).

Multi-Tasking

Food & Drink, Tools

In a world which has become singularly devoted to specialization and its narrowing functions besides, this picture at C.W.’s place* made me hoot with joy.

Let’s look at this beauty from the perspective of Mom preparing Thanksgiving Dinner:  a cooktop with six burners, five ovens and three warming drawers.  In other words, you can prepare simultaneously your turkey, vegetables, pies and anything else you desire, plus you’re keeping pre-cooked dishes warm for the table, and have maybe a spare warmer for the plates.  None of this time-juggling nonsense that modern tiny and inadequate ranges force you into.

Now let’s consider all the things that Make Kim Happy:  not a single electronic doodad to be found anywhere, which means that any failures over time (if any) can be repaired by a competent mechanic or electrician, or else by replacement of the failed part installed also either by the homeowner or either of the above technicians.  You’d have none of this “Oh, one of the electronic switches has failed so you have to replace the entire panel” or even worse, “It would be cheaper just to replace the entire range than to fix this one thing” (a comment which always has me reaching for my 1911).

Oh, and did I mention that appliances such as this one would probably last for fifty years (or even longer)?

And yes I know that this Hulk-y thing of beauty is bigger than most modern kitchens, all by itself.  [20,000-word rant against modern interior design omitted]

To me, the tipping point of this piece was New Wife’s reaction to the above, which was awe and wonder, coupled with envy that someone somewhere has this lovely beast and she does not.

It’s wonderful, fantastic, and every home should have one.  Yes, it’s no doubt Too Much for the modern generation, whose idea of home cooking is a call to DoorDash or some such foulness.  I don’t care about them and nor should anyone else.  I just know that if I were younger and the head of a decent-sized family (as I once was), this appliance would make my wife’s life far easier, and that’s all I care about.

Feel free to argue the point with me, but you’d be wrong.

*Ol’ C.W.’s (misnamed) Daily TimeWaster website has been a longtime staple of weekend viewing for New Wife and I, as we spend every Saturday morning in bed with cups of tea and coffee respectively as we catch up with a week’s worth of his brilliant pics.  I know that he features a lot of links (ads) to Amazon, but I also know that the stuff he features is mostly very desirable to a lot of people — to me no less than anyone.  I have probably followed an Amazon link and subsequently purchased no fewer than four or five of the products per year of reading his website for the past decade (or longer).

And no, it’s not a waste of time.  Looking at the various things of beauty and enjoying his occasional dry commentary could never be a waste of time.

Keep it up, buddy.

Change Agent

Economics, Trumpism

…or, “Why are we continuing to act like the Cold War is still a thing?”

Four score years ago, the United States brought forth a new economic system, dedicated to the proposition that we would rebuild the world from the wreckage of the Second World War and stand athwart communism. For 40 years, that system worked. Germany and Japan, economically devastated, got rebuilt. In return, the United States accepted persistent trade deficits and the gradual hollowing out of our manufacturing base. The logic was coherent: we needed these allies secure and prosperous.

Then the logic expired in 1989, but we never stopped. For the past 30 years, we’ve been running the same policy for no reason at all. That’s the mistake.

See how Trump is undoing the years of economic mismanagement by the U.S. government.

If he (and his successors) can pull this off, it will be one of the most consequential (and beneficial) acts ever to grace this nation.

Dept. Of Righteous Shootings

Righteous Shootings

So this “teenager” decides to do a little amateur income redistribution, choosing some guy at random and then pulling a gun on the intended victim.

Whereupon said intended victim pulls his own gun and pops a quickie into the teenager’s chest, sending him towards an early grave.

This used to be an uncommon occurrence in Chicago, until the Supremes dragged the city (and its surrounding state) kicking and screaming into compliance with the Second Amendment.  Now it’s becoming a fairly common experience to find a choirboy with a ventilated corpse, with a righteous citizen standing over him with a smoking gun.  ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪♫ ♪ ♫ ♪

However:  let’s just hope that the Chicago PD and the Soros-backed filth in the DA’s office decide not to go after Our Hero for doing the Right Thing.  Can’t say they won’t, though, because Chicago.

Sorry to end this happy news on a bummer note, but there it is.

Soros delenda est.

Not Much For The Grunts

Budgets, Military

I read this post at Insty’s place, wherein some people are complaining that the Pentagon is spending money on things like steak, ice cream, donuts and… lobster tails?  Go ahead and read it, because there are some telling points made.

However.

I have no way of checking on this, let alone quantifying it, but I think I’d sell my AK-47 if much (or any) lobster was being served in the enlisted men’s mess halls around the world.  In other words, I’m betting that those pricey lobster tails are being consumed by generals, military contractors and other REMFs, and not by the troops on the ground or at the sharp end.

Just so we’re all clear on my position on this:  I want the boys doing the hard work to eat whatever they want and whatever we can get to them. If that includes steak, ice cream, donuts or fucking lobster tails, then so be it.  But my concern for the diets of the aforementioned brass, leeches and REMFs drops off a cliff when it comes to said items.

To paraphrase some French* queen, let them eat Spam.

*I know, Marie Antoinette was Austrian.  Shuddup.