Posted in Firearms, The Freddie Gray Case
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As regular readers know, I’ve been following the Freddie Grey case since its inception.
Some aspects of the case, particularly the disposition of internal Baltimore PD discipline directed at the officers involved, remain unresolved. But there are other aspects of that case still affecting public policy, even outside Baltimore. Baltimore remains a laboratory of the irrational and debilitating nature of progressive thought and policy.
Posted in The Watcher's Council
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The Forum, Rome, Italy
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Every week on Monday, the WoW! community and our invited guests weigh in at the Watcher’s Forum, short takes on a major issue of the day, the culture, or daily living. This week’s Question: Should Monuments, Street Names Etc. Referencing The Confederacy Or Slave Owners Be Removed?
Pundits willing to be remotely honest have credited President Trump’s rhetoric with causing the North Korean Regime to back down from its threat to fire multiple missiles at Guam. Mr. Trump certainly deserves substantial praise for actually sounding like an American president in commanding the most powerful military the world has ever seen. That’s not something Americans have heard for nearly nine years, so it’s probably a source of near-stupefying cognitive dissonance for the Media and the Left (yes, yes, I know: one in the same).
Posted in Courts and Cops
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In these interesting—as in the ancient Chinese curse—times it is becoming a matter of public faith that America’s police are evil, violent racists and brutes, ready to attack, even murder, every innocent citizen they see, but particularly, young, black males. If one casually read some of my series on police issues, such as the current Justine Damond case, one might come away with something of that impression, but a closer reading would reveal something else again. Continue reading
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Gov. Greg Abbott, Iaido, Kendo, knives, rapier, saber, small sword Second Amendment, Swords, Texas, Zorro
It was Zorro. As a child, I loved Zorro. I didn’t realize his sword was merely a more or less standard sport fencing sabre, but that didn’t matter. The style, the dash, fighting for truth and justice–ah, what days of youth and innocence. He sparked a life long interest in fencing, and I went on to co-found the Wyoming Division of the United States Fencing Association, and to study Kendo–Japanese fencing–and Iaido–Japanese sword drawing–as well. I never used a sword to rescue a dark-eyed, raven-haired, oppressed maiden with a heaving bosum, but then as now, I’m ready. And perhaps I’ll have a chance, as Daily Wire.com reports:
Posted in Politics
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Abraham Lincoln, Charlottesville, civil rights movement, Donald Trump, Durham, George Washington, Huckleberry Finn, Jason Kessler, Leftists, racism, Teddy Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson
A few pertinent observations:
*The President of the United States is not the Comforter In Chief, nor is he the Denouncer In Chief. It is not his job to deliver remarks that please the most vicious and irrational elements of the Left—including the media–after every protest, crime or incident that occurs anywhere in the nation.
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Ann Coulter, Betsy Hodges, Culture, Islam, Janee Harteau, Janell Ross, Justine Damond, Minneapolis, Mohamed Noor, MPD, race, Ray Dehn, Sayyid Qtub, white supremacy
In the cosmic irony category, former Minneapolis Police Chief Janee Harteau was recently honored. The Sydney Morning Herald reports:
Ms Harteau was named the 2017 Woman Law Enforcement Executive of the Year on Thursday [3 August, 2017]. [skip]
She received the award at the annual conference of National Association of Women Law Enforcement Executives in Kansas City.
‘Chief Janee Harteau has made a real difference for the police officers and citizens of Minneapolis, and those she has touched through her various teaching, mentoring and speaking engagements,’ NAWLEE officials said in a statement.
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Anthony Brown, CSI, Democrats, handguns, Heller, McDonald, microstamping, progressives, Supreme Court, Thomas Jefferson
They’re at it again–still. Twelve congressional Democrats have introduced a bill to require microstamping. Guns.com reports:
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College, CUNY, Donald Trump, Dr. Asao Inoue, Dr. AW Strouse, grammar, racism, UWT
Perhaps this is why they should pay attention to spelling in college…
I have, for some years now, been watching the fetid swamp of political correctness, fearfulness, and the jellyfish spines of college administrators at our nation’s institutions of higher learning. I’ve come across numerous articles wherein the precious, special snowflakes have bitterly claimed their teacher’s expectations they use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation in their writings is not only a microaggression, it’s racist, sexist, LGBTQWERTY-ist, it makes them feel unsafe, and it’s generally icky and must stop. The man is keepin’ them down!
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