Hillary Clinton: Secret Longing

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Oh dear. I labor never to take pleasure in the misery of others, but this does not fall into that category, and it affects not only the unlamented Hillary Clinton, but a media organ utterly devoid of ethical uprightness or the ability for self-reflection, so gentle readers, let’s enjoy the self-imposed angst of the self-imagined elite and eternally entitled.

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School Attacks: Saving Lives Or Saving Face, Part 3

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The Murders at the Umpqua Community College, in Newtown, Connecticut, and elsewhere have reignited the contrived controversy over school shootings.  I say contrived because, thankfully, and despite what the media and anti-gun activists would have us believe, mass shootings are not increasing in frequency; their numbers remain minute. Progressives, despite incontrovertible evidence their simplistic and freedom-destroying solutions—gun bans, “universal background checks,” closing the nonexistent “gun show loophole,” and “gun free” school zones—do not work, they can’t possibly work, never cease supporting them.  They patiently wait and renew their demands whenever a mass murder occurs, hoping to push over-reaching and ineffective legislation through the Congress while people are not thinking clearly.

California and EVs: Disastrous Financial Math

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Chevy Bolt
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More and more, I find myself supportive of the idea, indeed, the necessity of California’s secession from the Union. I’m beginning to believe we need a border wall more between CA and the rest of America than we do on the Southern border. I’m nearly at the point of volunteering to help build it. The Truth About Cars provides evidence:

The Freddie Gray Case, Update #49:

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In the aftermath of the failed Freddie Gray prosecutions/persecution, Baltimore continues to descend into even greater chaos than usual. Baltimore PD officers continue to abandon the city, not only in doing as little as possible, but those that can, by ending their employment. The BPD is having great difficulty recruiting suitable candidates to replace them, and is considering dramatically lowering hiring standards to allow serious drug users and other criminals to be hired.

Among the bits of farcical, tragic street theater was the “Nobody Kill Anybody” weekend, held the first weekend in August. Hot Air reports:

Bloodletting 3

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Alex Wubbels

Thus far, publically available information suggests Chief Mike Brown and his fellow Salt Lake City police administrators tried to sweep the arrest of Nurse Alex Wubbels, and the damage it caused between the police and medical communities, under the rug. Tried, that is, until Wubbels’ attorney released the video of Det. Jeff Payne’s abusive and unprofessional behavior, which immediately went viral. They’ve tried to suggest the delay was some unspecified fault in Internal Affairs which has been rectified and will never happen again, but I doubt many will buy that.

The Justine Damond Case, Update #10: He Ain’t Going To Be Pushed.

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Justine Damond

In Update 9: Transparency And Accountability, I analyzed the sloth with which the BCA and local prosecutor’s office were proceeding. There is no professional, honest reason why the prosecutors handling the Damond case should take until the end of 2017 to render a charging decision. It is not a difficult case. The shooter is known, his weapon is in hand, all physical evidence has been collected and there has been more than ample time to analyze it. Who, what, when, where, and how have been answered. Only “why” remains unclear. More on this shortly. In the meantime, local prosecutor Mike Freeman has made a few interesting public statements. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports:

Education: Problems And Solutions, Part 1–2017

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In 2011, I published a seven-part series on the problems of contemporary education, and proposed solutions for them.  It’s time to revisit and update that series.  Much changed during the age of Obama. Seizing control of the educational apparatus is always a primary goal of good communists everywhere, because molding the minds of the young is the vanguard of the revolution.  Or in Obama-speak, the goal was the fundamental transformation of America.  Under the Trump Administration, the signs seem to be pointing to less federal control and oversight. Let’s go forward to the past: