Sunday, September 15, 2024

Trump Survives Second Assassination Attempt

 Around 2 PM today, a Secret Service agent spotted a muzzle sticking through a fence at Trump's golf course in Florida where Trump was on the course. The agent opened fire, the wannabe shooter fled, leaving behind a backpack and AK-47. He was subsequently arrested (allegedly) by local law enforcement. He reportedly has been identified, but the name not released yet. He is also reported to be "White", but remember, Iranians are, for the most part, white.

NYPo, Trump rushed to safety as Secret Service opens fire on man with AK-47 near golf course

Matt Margolis at PJM, LIVE UPDATES: Trump Survives 2nd Assassination Attempt — This Time at His Golf Course

Matt Vespa at TownHall, BREAKING: We Have a Major Update on the Shooting at Trump International Golf Club

UPDATE: Ace, Trump Shooter Identified: A Pro-Ukranian Maniac?  

Random Celebrity News

For some values of "random", "celebrity" and "news." First, at RVM, Livvy Dunne Gets $9.5 Million From NCAA NIL, Has Bigger Plans

Olivia “Livvy” Dunne, 21, a gymnast at Louisiana State University (LSU), has made history as the highest-earning female college athlete, thanks to the NCAA’s new “name, image, and likeness” (NIL) rules. Since the NIL guidelines changed in 2021, Dunne has earned an estimated $9.5 million. Known for her skill in gymnastics and her large social media presence, Dunne has built a brand that reaches millions of followers.

Despite receiving her undergraduate degree in the spring, Dunne has chosen to stay at LSU for one more year, aiming to help lead the Lady Tigers to another
gymnastics title after winning the NCAA championship in 2023.

However, her plans go beyond gymnastics, as she’s focused on building a long-lasting brand. “I feel like [Sports Illustrated] is something that can last beyond college,” Dunne said, referring to her debut in the 2023 edition of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.

 Rusty Weiss at Bounding into Sports reports LPGA Star Charley Hull Just Got Permission To Smoke During The Solheim Cup

LPGA golfer Charley Hull, who some fans might argue is already “smoking”, just got permission to burn a few heaters during match play at the Solheim Cup. And if you know Charley, you know that means she’s going to rip ’em like there’s no tomorrow. John Daly must be shedding a little tear right now as we speak.

For those not familiar with it, the Solheim Cup is the women’s equivalent of the Ryder Cup. Europe has dominated of late. The United States hasn’t hoisted the Cup since 2017.

Hull was initially banned from smoking during tournament play but now has permission this weekend to rip darts while walking down the fairway. European team captain Suzanne Pettersen said she’s perfectly fine with Hull smoking during the Solheim Cup.

Another from RVN,  Leaked Contract: Is the Swift-Kelce Romance Just Another Hollywood Production? Do I believe it? Not yet. Would I be shocked? No.

Rumors are swirling yet again in the world of celebrity romance, with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and pop icon Taylor Swift at the center of it all. This time, it’s not their whirlwind romance that’s grabbing headlines but a suspicious document that claims their relationship has an expiration date—September 28, to be exact, as reported by Fox News.

According to this so-called leaked contract from Full Scope PR, a Los Angeles-based firm, the breakup is scheduled, and there’s even a detailed plan for how to handle the media fallout. The document first surfaced on Reddit, of all places, and quickly spread like wildfire across social media. It claims to outline three key messaging points: “Respect and Privacy,” “Professional Focus,” and “Personal Growth.”

Oh, and just in case the breakup doesn’t go smoothly, the PR firm supposedly already has a statement ready for major outlets: “Travis and Taylor have decided to part ways after careful consideration. They both value and respect each other’s personal lives and appreciate your respect for privacy during this time.” Of course, this “statement” would be shared with all the usual suspects in the media to ensure the story reaches far and wide.

From BIC, ‘Agatha All Along’ Star Claims Show Will Be A New Chapter for Marvel’s ‘Queer’ Representation: “I Do Think There’s A Lot of Queerness In Witches” Like we needed more.

According to Sasher Zamata, Disney+’s upcoming entry Agatha All Along will be a new chapter in LGBT representation for Marvel. The star makes the connection via witches and other communities historically finding themselves on the outside of society throughout the centuries.

Whether that drive will affect the quality of the show overall is anyone’s guess. Though this wouldn’t be the first push for Marvel.

 RVN, Heroic Female Police Sergeant Saved 49ers WR’s Life, Prayed Together

49ers rookie wide receiver Ricky Pearsall was critically injured during an attempted robbery that escalated to violence on Saturday. Pearsall, who was drafted in the first round by the 49ers this year, was shot in the chest by a 17-year-old suspect while walking back to his vehicle after shopping in the city’s upscale Union Square area.

Sgt. Joelle Harrell of the San Francisco Police Department, who was in proximity when the shooting occurred, responded immediately upon hearing the gunshots.

In a recount to the San Francisco Chronicle, Harrell described her swift actions to provide critical first aid to the injured NFL player. Upon arriving at the scene, she found Pearsall shirtless and bleeding profusely. She quickly used Pearsall’s shirt to press against the wound on his chest and her cap to cover the exit wound on his back.

At The Mix, Demi Moore, 61, Says She Felt Pushed Out by Hollywood After She Turned 40

“I had done Charlie’s Angels, and there was a lot of conversation around this scene in a bikini, and it was all very heightened, a lot of talk about how I looked,” Moore said while speaking to the actress Michelle Yeoh in a conversation for Interview Magazine. Moore was 40 when she made Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle, which came out in 2003.

“And then I found that there didn’t seem to be a place for me. I didn’t feel like I didn’t belong,” she continued. “It’s more like I felt that feeling of, ‘I’m not 20, I’m not 30,’ but I wasn’t yet what they perceived as a mother.”

At the time, Moore was actually a mother of three daughters whom she shared with Bruce Willis. Moore went on to say that her 40s were a time when she felt “not dead, but flat” in the industry.

Breitbart,  WATCH — ‘Punk Move’: Tennis Star Yulia Putintseva Booed for Reaction to Ball Girl at U.S. Open

Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva got negative reactions during and after an awkward moment with a ball girl on Saturday at the U.S. Open.  The incident happened amid her third-round match against Italy’s Jasmine Paolini when Putintseva exhibited a poor attitude toward the young woman as she was losing in a second set, the New York Post reported on Monday.

Video footage shows the moment the ball girl holds up tennis balls for Putintseva who does not react when the young woman tosses them at her. Moments later, the tennis player catches a third ball and boos can be heard coming from the stands.

 

Social media users were quick to react to the incident, with one person calling Putintseva “Entitled.” Another user deemed it a “Punk move” while someone else said, “This is what happen when we live in a world where someone who just hits a ball with a rack gets paid more the people who save lives everyday.”

Following the backlash, Putintseva, who is Russian-born, issued an apology and explained what happened, the Telegraph reported on Monday. In her social media post, she said
I want to apologize to the ball girl for the way I was, when she was giving me balls. Honestly speaking it was not about her. I was really p—– off at myself for not winning the game from the breakpoint and then got empty with my emotions and deep in my thoughts, that I was not even focusing on what’s going on and who gives me the ball. All the ball kids was [sic] doing amazing as always at the Open.
The Post article noted that “Paolini went on to win in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4.” Putintseva reportedly has a “fiery history” on and off the tennis court, according to the Daily Mail.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Kamala's Word Salad Days are Back

NYPo, Kamala Harris sticks with ABC for first solo interview since slanted debate — and still serves up word salad. Matt Margolis at PJM, Kamala’s First Solo Interview Was a Total Train Wreck. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Word Salad Returns: Kamala Still Can't Answer Questions. "It's a tour de force of vapidity." Fox, Harris dodges question on lowering prices by describing 'middle-class' roots: Neighbors 'proud of their lawn.' "Critics accused the vice president of sharing the same 'canned' answer from the ABC News debate." At Twitchy, 'Brutal'! Kamala Harris' First Solo Interview Went Even Worse Than We Predicted. Sundance at CTH, Kamala Harris Gives Bizarre “word salad” Interview Highlighting Why Campaign Director Brian Fallon Tries to Keep Her Hidden. At Hat Hair, Proof Positive ABC In the Editing Tank for Harris: Tom Elliott@tomselliott "Maybe someone has already mentioned this, but the rambling answer Kamala Harris gave last night on inflation is not what @6abc actually aired. Instead they edited her response so that it went straight to her "policies." Compare/contrast the two clips below." Matt Vespa at TownHall, Want to Guess What a Local Philly Outlet Did With Kamala's Trainwreck Interview?. WaEx has Four takeaways from Harris’s first solo campaign interview "1. No new explanation of policies . . . 2. Plans for elevated spending . . . 3. A renewed focus on guns . . . 4. Repeats belief about why voters don’t want Trump" From NewsMax, Rasmussen: 78 Percent Say Harris Must Give More Interviews. Hat Hair offers One Possible Reason Harris Can't Make Eye Contact: Stephen L. Miller@redsteeze, "She just cannot make eye contact because she's constantly searching for words that mean nothing. It's incredible."

Stacy McCain thinks Kamala Is Underperforming, "Keep that word in mind — “underperforming” — as you contemplate the fact that Kamala Harris is campaigning in Pennsylvania, a state that Joe Biden (allegedly) won by more than 80,000 votes in 2020." WEIS, Harris says she’s ‘feeling very good about Pennsylvania’ during campaign stop in battleground state, "because there are a lot of people in Pennsylvania," At WaEx, Salena Zito highlights a Newly registered Pennsylvania voter motivated by economic circumstances. Nick Arama at RedState, PA Cookie Poll Reveals Sweet Lead for Trump, but What People Are Telling the Bakery Drives It Home and Kamala Shows Just How Unfit She Is in PA, As Trump Supporters Come Out to Greet Her. End Wokeness@EndWokeness, "Kamala Harris can't say a single reason why Pennsylvania should vote for her . . ." Ward Clarke at RedState, Could Donald Trump's Poll Numbers Be Hiding a Silent Surge? 

At OTP, Vets’ Families Still Fuming About Kamala’s ‘No American Troops In War Zones’ Lie.

Matt Vespa sees The Left Is Powerless in Stopping the Haitians Eating Pets Story...And It's Amazing to Watch. At Hat Hair, PolitiFACT [fixed it] in Meltdown Over Federalist Goose-Killing Audio. Sean Davis @seanmdav, "Politifact is having a journo garbage baby meltdown over the @FDRLST exclusive that included police report and police audio about Haitian goose-hunting in Ohio. I particularly love the passive-aggressive threats from people who exist entirely to lie on behalf of the regime." Chris Rufo, The Cat Eaters of Ohio "The establishment media called it a racist myth, but is it?" WokeSpy, Springfield Residents “Displaced” As Landlords Triple Rent Prices To Accommodate Haitian Migrants. The "newcomers" are subsidized by NGOs who are in turn, subsidized by the Feds. From RVN, John Legend Lectures His Ohio Hometown On Haitian Illegals From His Beverly Hills Mansion. At NewsMax, Harris, Trump Campaign in Battlegrounds as Migrant Row Intensifies. Althouse, "We cannot get myopic or get focused based upon a knee-jerk reaction to something that is very titillating or very out there in the public right now." "Said Todd Chamberlain, the police chief in Aurora, Colorado, quoted in "How the False Story of a Gang 'Takeover' in Colorado Reached Trump/The claim that Aurora, Colo., has been overrun by gun-toting migrants stemmed from the city’s fight with a landlord. Now it is central to one of former President Donald J. Trump’s anti-immigrant campaign promises" (NYT) . . . I thought it was rich that the police chief was taking a stand against getting focused." ET, Trump Pledges Mass Deportations in Springfield and Aurora if He’s Elected. "In response to reporters’ questions, the former president says citizens of these two cities need relief from immigration crisis." NewsMax, DOJ Data Indicates Crime Up Under Biden-Harris

Harold Hutchinson has some words from one of our local mad men, Jamie Raskin Claims The Electoral College ‘Can Get You Killed’

Fox, Kamala Harris' new climate director said she is hesitant to have children because of climate change threats "Thorndike became the Harris campaign's climate engagement director in September." I wonder how many cats she has. From WokeSpy, Kamala Harris Was So Crazy Even Liberals Couldn’t Believe It. At Chicks on the Right, BREAKING: Democrats Prove They’re Huge Weirdos.

Matt Margolis, Bad Blood: Taylor Swift's Endorsement of Kamala Harris May Have Backfired Big Time. "A new post-debate poll from YouGov released Saturday found that 8% of voters said the pop superstar’s nod is either 'somewhat' or 'much more likely' to convince them to cast their ballot for the Democrat," reports the New York Post. "But a whopping 20% said they are 'somewhat' or 'much less likely' to vote for former President Donald Trump’s opponent now that Swift has spoken." My guess is Swifties are largely young female Democrats to begin with, and it's likely to drive away men and grown women. RVM, JD Vance Fires Back Following Unexpected Jab from Taylor Swift. “When grocery prices skyrocket by 20%, it’s the average American family feeling the pinch—not Taylor Swift,” At Breitbart, Whoopi Goldberg to JD Vance: ‘Stop Talking’ About Taylor Swift “You don’t know what affects her. You don’t know about her money. . . Shut up." PM, Ben & Jerry's founder launches Kamala themed ice cream flavors to 'scoop the vote', "Flavors include Kamala's Coconut Jubilee, Unburdened by What has Vanilla Bean, Inauguration Celebration Birthday Cake, Fight for Our Rights Sorbet, and MoveOn Mobilizer Milk Chocolate."

Breitbart, WATCH: President Biden Uses the Term ‘Black Jobs’ at African-American Event. It's only racist when Republicans do it. Hat Hair, Angry Old Man Yells at Clouds...Well, a Reporter. New York Post@nypost, "‘You be quiet’ Biden tells reporter asking about Putin’s threat of war with US https://trib.al/3sUOD0M." Jazz Shaw wonders, Is Biden Crossing One of Putin's 'Red Lines?' Well, yes, but most of them are for show. The question is which ones are real.

From Fox, IRS whistleblowers sue Hunter Biden’s attorney for $20M in defamation case: 'Clear malice'. "IRS investigators Gary Shapley and Joe Ziegler accuse attorney Abbe Lowell of retaliating against them for blowing the whistle on the politicization of the Hunter Biden investigation." TNP reports Hunter Biden’s Business Buddy Jumps Ship & Joins MAGA?! "Hunter Biden’s former business associate, best friend, and frequent Capitol Hill hearing witness, Devon Archer, has stepped across the partisan aisle to support former President Donald J. Trump in November’s election. Ventura County Republican Party committeewoman Lori Mills posted a photo of Archer at a Beverly Hills, California fundraiser for the Trump campaign Thursday evening on X (formerly Twitter)."

Nick Arama has a Bombshell Report: Cover-Up and Disturbing Info About Agent in Charge During Assassination Attempt. Jesse Watters@JesseBWatters "@SecretService BOMBSHELL: Sen Josh Hawley says the Lead Secret Service advance agent was a woman from Pittsburgh's field office. She FAILED a key exam, but disgraced former director Kim Cheatle promoted her anyway. Now Homeland Security is telling the Secret Service to cover the whole thing up." Bennetta Elliott@belliott123 "Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is telling the Secret Service not to comply with document requests. In other words, cover it up!!!" Althouse catches NYT, "Mr. Musk, 53, has long cultivated a devil-may-care persona..." "... traveling the world, hanging out with moguls, world leaders and celebrities, and smoking weed in public. But in private, he has increasingly barricaded himself behind a growing phalanx of armed bodyguards as he has become more wealthy, more famous and more outspoken — and as the threats against him have evolved.... His security team now operates like a mini-Secret Service, and he is guarded more like a head of state than a business executive, security experts said. . . . From "Inside Elon Musk’s Mushrooming Security Apparatus/As threats to his personal safety have become graver, the world’s richest man has barricaded himself behind a phalanx of bodyguards that operates like a mini-Secret Service" (NYT)."

Ben Bartee at Armageddon Prose reports Peaceful ‘J6 Granny’ Gets the Federal Shaft in Sentencing

"As punishment for taking a 27-minute nonviolent tour of the Capitol on January 6th, 2021, after being granted permission to enter by cops on site, grandmother and friend of Armageddon Prose Karen Jones has, over three years after the alleged insurrection and many thousands of retirement dollars squandered on defense attorneys, been sentenced to a three-year probation/house arrest regime — for a single misdemeanor charge of “Entering or Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds.”
Meanwhile:
 "Ray Epps, a former Arizona resident who was driven into hiding by death threats, pleaded guilty in September to a misdemeanor charge. He received no jail time, and there were no restrictions placed on his travel during his probation, but he will have to serve 100 hours of community service. He appeared remotely by video conference and wasn’t in the Washington, D.C., courtroom when Chief Judge James Boasberg sentenced him. Prosecutors had recommended a six-month term of imprisonment for Epps.”
Steve Collins at the Volokh Conspiracy dwells On the Missions of Academic Institutions. "As long as academic institutions place social justice goals ahead of truth seeking and knowledge creation, they will lose the respect of the public and will not live up to their potential." John Sexton at Hat Hair discourses on Viewpoint Diversity on Campus. "The problem with having entire faculty departments made up entirely of far left people goes beyond the issue of fairness. College professors are supposed to produce knowledge, but how can they do that if their departments become an exclusive club shut off from contradictory ideas." Greg Piper at JTN, Biden-Harris Title IX rewrite a nightmare for colleges after clarity of Trump rules, experts say "The patchwork of rules under court injunctions against the Democratic nominee's regulations "screams for a legislative intervention," outside advisor to colleges says, but "I don't know if we're capable of legislating anymore."" At the Free Bacon, The Right Weaponizes the Anti-Semitism of the Left. We’re for It. 
A little-known super PAC called Future Coalition PAC is airing ads highlighting Kamala Harris’s support for Israel, such as it is. "Vice President Harris has chosen a side—the right side," a narrator says. "Harris has made herself clear, she stands with Israel and the Jewish people."

Another
notes that Harris’s husband, Doug Emhoff, would be "the first Jewish presidential spouse ever"—that Harris and Emhoff are "making history, standing up for what’s right, supporting Israel." In every way, they echo what Harris and Emhoff have said they stand for. But the New York Times doesn’t like these ads. Neither do they link to them and allow viewers to decide for themselves, but it tells readers they are "antisemitic," "intended to stoke more division," and that they "signal a new level of ugliness in the race."

Oh, we forgot to mention: The ads are airing in the Detroit area. Dearborn, Mich., is an inner-ring suburb of Detroit home to the country’s largest Muslim population, and what the Times report from Katie Glueck doesn’t say is that the 40,000 or so odd Arabs there don’t like Jews.

It’s not that the ads are anti-Semitic, it’s that the voters are. The ads are a bit of political chicanery aimed at turning that bigotry against the Democratic ticket. It’s cynicism, not anti-Semitism.

Breitbart, Federal Appeals Court Upholds Ruling to Block Arizona’s Ban on Transgender Athletes in Women’s Sports.

Scott Pinsker at PJM, Matt Walsh and The Daily Wire Strike Again: ‘Am I Racist?’ Is Borat-Style Humor for Conservatives. Da Signal, Robin DiAngelo Admits Getting Duped by Matt Walsh, Cites Smear Factory in Attacking Him, the SPLC. “I had been played.” At Breitbart, Kathy Griffin Freaks Out: Trump Will ‘Pick’ Comedians Off ‘One-by-One’ if He Wins. Mediaite whines Fox’s Gutfeld Outpacing Late Night Competition with Independents AND Democrats, Nielsen Data Shows.

Palm Sunday

With Mariia Arsentieva

Palm trees as in instrument of mayhem: Ormond Observer, Ormond Beach man drops palm tree on neighbor's driveway
Police suspect a disgruntled 67-year-old Ormond Beach man dropped a palm tree in his neighbor's U-shaped driveway after his neighbor refused to let him use the driveway to turn around on their dead-end street the day before.

According to a police report, officers had responded to the home on Aug. 24, when the neighbor called police to ensure his argument with the man didn't escalate. Police report the man had driven to the end of the street and wanted to use the neighbor's driveway to turn around, but was unable to as his neighbor was using it to take photos of his car.

The following day, police received another call from the neighbor when he found the large palm tree laying across his driveway. A large tarp was also left on his vehicle, with dirt inside, and a tree stump leaning up against it. The officer could see where the palm tree had been uprooted and followed the tire tracks to the man's property, which had a fork lift parked in plain view. The fork lift's tires, according to police, were a match for the tracks.

The man was having a conversation with someone over the phone when police were there investigating, and officers determined the other person on the line to be his mother. One overheard her say, on speaker, "I heard you were drunk yesterday and did something down the street," the police report notes. Police had the fork lift towed.
Linked at Pirate's Cove in the weekly Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup and links. 

Saturday, September 14, 2024

Oregon, My Oregon

Jazz Shaw at Hat Hair, Oregon: Sorry About Registering All Those Illegals to Vote

One of the surest ways to be attacked by the progressive left is to raise the issue of illegal migrants voting in American elections. Should you do so, you will be accused of fearmongering, promoting "white nationalism," and, of course, racism. We are regularly assured that in the incredibly rare cases where such a thing might happen, it's a simple case of "new arrivals" becoming confused by our complex system of registration and voting. No harm, no foul! A recent analysis conducted by the Oregon Department of Transportation is going to make that defense much harder for people to accept, however. It turns out that in just the past few years, Oregon has registered literally hundreds of Joe Biden's illegal migrants to vote and at least some of them cast ballots illegally. So how did that happen and what can be done about it? It turns out that the state opened the door to making it quite easy for illegals to register to vote thanks to the DMV and the rules put in place by the state's Democratic majority. (Associated Press)
Oregon officials acknowledged Friday that the state mistakenly registered more than 300 non-citizens as voters since 2021 in what they described as a “data entry issue” that happened when people applied for driver’s licenses.

An initial analysis by the Oregon Department of Transportation, which oversees the state’s Driver and Motor Vehicle Services, revealed that 306 non-citizens were registered to vote, said Kevin Glenn, a department spokesperson. Of those, two voted in elections since 2021.

State and federal laws prohibit non-citizens from voting in national and local elections.
It may seem easy enough to shrug off a few hundred people registering illegally and a few of them voting in a state with a population of more than four million people. But this red flag, along with so many others just like it around the country comes with a very large caveat that frequently goes unmentioned. Those are just the people they caught. How many others simply "fell through the cracks" or were even directed to register by progressive social activists?

This situation in Oregon highlights an even larger problem that we're running into in many states, though thankfully not all of them. When someone emigrates to the United States legally with the intent to begin their journey along the path to citizenship, they should definitely be able to go to the DMV and apply for a driver's license. Being able to get around independently will help them obtain legal employment, pay their taxes, and contribute to the community. But the DMV also needs to ensure that they are being properly informed about the process of legally obtaining citizenship and the steps that are required along the way.

Illegal migrants have no such claim to make. If you enter the country illegally, your only concern should be meeting with an immigration court and learning if and when you might be deported back to your country of origin. You are not entitled to a driver's license and you certainly do not need to have a voter registration form handed to you. And yet that is the default process in far too many states. When a local official at the DMV hands you a voter registration form, what do we expect you to think about it, particularly if you are barely conversant in the English language? In most cases, it's almost certainly not the (intentional) fault of the migrant for filling out a form that is handed to them. It's the fault of the politicians who made that the official policy.

There may be enough illegal aliens in Portland to outvote all the rednecks and lumberjacks in Douglas County.

Maryland, My Maryland

From the College Fix, Maryland noose not ‘racist’ or ‘anti-black’: principal

But ‘imagery is deeply harmful’

Another noose found at a high school may simply be a rope.

Earlier this week, a “staff member” at Sherwood High School “discovered a small rope tied in a manner resembling a noose, draped over the fence surrounding the school’s tennis courts,” according to an email from the principal, republished by MocoShow. The Ashton-Sandy Spring high school quickly contacted police.

“Through a review of our security footage, three individuals were identified and interviewed,” Principal Timothy Britton wrote to the community of the Maryland high school. “We are now in the process of determining appropriate consequences in accordance with the [Montgomery County Public Schools] Student Code of Conduct.”

The principal apologized for the rope, despite there being no “racist” or “anti-Black message” behind it.

Britton wrote:
While our investigation determined that the individuals involved did not intend to communicate a racist or anti-Black message, the impact of such imagery is deeply harmful and cannot be understated. We recognize how disturbing and upsetting this symbol can be, particularly to our Black community members, and we are treating this matter with the utmost seriousness.

At Sherwood High School, we are committed to fostering an inclusive, respectful, and safe environment for every student. This incident underscores the importance of ongoing education and dialogue around issues of race, respect, and cultural sensitivity. We will continue to address this in partnership with our students, staff, and families to ensure that such incidents are not repeated.
This is not the first time during this new school year a rope has turned out to just be a rope. 
Several weeks ago, a black parent at a Missouri school reported a noose found in the school bathroom.

“Wow, are we still doing this, did this really just happen,” Long, who is black, told the media, recounting his reaction. “Too many of our black and brown babies have those struggles in our schools,” Long told KSDK 5.

The district concluded, however, that it was not “racially motivated.” It was left by a “kid in crisis,” according to First Alert 4.

Still, the local NAACP blamed the rope on proposals by the Francis Howell School District’s conservative members to restrict access to some inappropriate books and to keep males out of female bathrooms.

This is just grievance mongering from the grievance mongering industry. Loops, and nooses of various different kinds are commonly tied in ropes for all kinds of different reasons. The classic hangman's knot is rarely seen because of the bad connotations, but bowlines, slip knots, and others are essential to using ropes effectively. It's just silly to expect that no rope seen in public have any type of loop, just to avoid offending the sensibilities of idiots. 

Flotsam and Jetsam - Still Debating the Debate

Matt Vespa at TownHall on the whistleblower allegations that ABC leaked the debate questions to the Harris campaign, *IF* This Is True, ABC News Is About to Become Engulfed in a Major Scandal. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.13.24 Louder With Crowder: WHOA! Debate moderator admits OUT LOUD why they ganged up on Donald Trump, The Geller Report: ABC WHISTLEBLOWER Alleges Kamala Was Given The Questions, Promised Trump Would Be “Fact-Checked” and Kamala Would Not. Ace, Former Clinton Advisor Mark Penn: ABC "News" Should Submit to a Full Third-Party Investigation to Determine If They Schemed to Fact-Check Only Trump. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, 'Absolutely Not': ABC News Denies Leaking Debate Questions to Harris (Updated). "Did ABC actually look into this? Or did it just generate a denial? Nothing in the Daily Beast report indicated a serious review, let alone an investigation on the scale Mark Penn advocated. Don't forget that the Brazile leak didn't come to light in 2016 until the Wikileaks exposure of the DNC's emails. Had those messages never come to light, one would expect the DNC and CNN to have denied any such shenanigans."

Newt Gingrich thinks ABC Lost the Debate. Hat Hair cites WSJ opinion, ABC’s Bias Deprived Voters of a Fair Debate. At RCP, the Great Victor Davis Hanson calls it A Forgettable Warped Debate. Capt. Ed comments "I'm not so sure that Harris didn't end up losing this debate by confirming her shallowness. The media's focus groups seem to confirm that impression in the hours after the debate. But be sure to read VDH's condemnation of ABC and their hosts for warping what should have been a straight-up debate." Sundance at CTH, Even AI Analysis of ABC Debate Transcript Shows Clear Evidence of Bias. Heather McDonald at CJ, says Candidate, Moderate Thyself. "Conservatives are right to complain about the blatant bias of ABC’s debate moderators, but the bigger problem was Donald Trump’s undisciplined performance." Fair. Scuttlebutt says they're Pissing on Our Boots. From the Free Bacon, No, 2024 Is Not Over Yet, "Column: Reports of the Trump era's end are overrated." Gary Franks at TownHall, Spin Doctors Claim Harris Won the Debate. Why, Then, Is She Asking for a Mulligan?. At Twitchy, Morgan J. Freeman Challenges Megyn Kelly to Name 1 THING ABC Should've Fact-Checked Kamala on and HOO BOY. Sasha Stone sees Trump's Surprising Secret Weapon: Sympathy, "Harris might know how to give a strong closing argument but Trump knows television." "Harris made the fundamental mistake of leaving her JOY™ and unity hats at the door and putting on her prosecutor’s hat. Had she shown up as a gracious, respectful, serious person ready to answer serious questions, she might have won over some voters. That wasn’t what happened. She showed up as a hybrid between Hillary Clinton and the ladies of The View."

Dave Strom at Hat Hair sees CBS Accidentally Sides With Trump on Springfield, Sort Of... "CBS Morning show (people watch this dreck?!) accidentally threw Donald Trump a bone: they did a sickly sweet story about a lonely goose and one woman's successful efforts to find her a mate."

At Breitbart, Poll: Kamala Harris Trails Donald Trump 17% with Working-Class Voters — Same Deficit Joe Biden Faced in June. PJM's Matt Margolis has More Bad News for Kamala Out of Michigan "A new Insider Poll out of Michigan reinforces Trump’s momentum, showing him ahead 49 percent to Harris’s 48 percent." But have they counted the mail-in vote? NYPo, Poll: ‘Shy’ Jewish voters, key in swing districts, are turning against the Democrats. Dave Bernstein at the Times of Israel, The Biden-Harris Justice Department Has Failed American Jews Dave Strom, Not Looking So Confident, Kamala...

At Da Signal, DOGGONE: Reports of Missing Pets True or Not, Ohio City Suffers From Huge Haitian Migrant Influx. At Irons in the Fire, Borrowing from friend on the subject of Haitians in Springfield. Da Fetched, Haitian ‘Voter Fraud’ Operation Busted in Springfield, Ohio, illegal voter registration forms in Creole.  From NYPo, Small Pennsylvania town up in arms over plan to house hundreds of migrants in abandoned school. At Da Blaze, Marianne Williamson predicts 'eating cats issue' will hurt Dems in election: 'Haitian voodoo is real'. Ace notes The NY Times is Whining About Memes Again. That's a Good Sign. The Last Time the Drearily Pious Atheists Were This Exercised About Memes Was 2016. Dave Strom at Hat Hair says The Memes Are Lit...

aAt Insty, LOL, THE MEMES KEEP COMING: And two from the Babylon Bee, RFK Jr. Really Really Hoping Nobody Asks Him Point Blank If He’s Ever Eaten A Cat and Mola Ram Says He Has Found No Evidence To Support Trump’s Claim Of Heart-Ripping Ceremonies Taking Place Within Temple Of Doom.

At JTN Misty Severt reports DOJ releases 2023 crime statistics, Trump campaign fact checks ABC, "Trump commented during the debate that crime rates, especially those caused by illegal immigrants, have drastically risen during the Biden-Harris administration. But Muir shot back: “As you know, the FBI says overall violent crime is coming down in this country.”" and Ben Whedon, 'Absolute Hell': Trump hits Harris, Dems on California crime in LA press conference ""This is where she's coming from as president," he warned." TNP, Trump Vindicated: New DOJ Stats Show Spike in Violent Crime Under Biden-Harris. From Fox, ABC News rebuked by pro-life group, asked for correction of abortion claim by debate moderator, "ABC's Linsey Davis told Trump 'there is no state in this country where it is legal to kill a baby after it’s born'." WokeSpy, Smug Anti-Trump Former CNN Commentator Ironically Debunked by CNN’s Own Reporting. Greg Price@greg_price11 "You want to know what is even wilder? It's literally true that Kamala supported transgender operations for illegal aliens in prison." Quote Marc Lamont Hill@marclamonthill "She wants to do transgender operations on illegal aliens who are in prison" is the WILDEST thing I've ever heard in any debate. EVER." Ace, The New Yorker Refuse to Correct Russian Misinformation, Still Claiming That Kamala Harris Never Endorsed Using US Taxpayer Money to Pay for Sex Changes for Illegal Alien Teenagers. "The New Yorker, as anyone familiar with the oeuvres of Michael J. Fox and Keifer Sutherland would know, prides itself on the meticulousness of its supposedly-rigorous "fact-checking" department."

From the Pop Times, Trump Threatens 100% Tariff on Countries That Ditch the U.S. Dollar. Misty Severt at JTN, Trump pledges to eliminate taxes on overtime ""Today, I'm also announcing that as part of our additional tax cuts, we will end all taxes on overtime," Trump said. "The people who work overtime are among the hardest working citizens in our country. And for too long, no one in Washington has been looking out for them." Adam Turner at RedState says It’s Still the Economy (and the Border and World Chaos), Stupid! Hat Hair's Beege Welborn tells A Tale of Two Receptions. Steve Hayward at Power Line on the Cheney "endorsements", Republicans for Suicide. At Am Con, At Least Vance Has A Plan. "State of the Union: The Democrats have no theory of victory to end the war in Ukraine."

Susie Moore at RedState, Nicole Shanahan Does It Again: 'Who Really Are the MAGA People?' Shanahan was RFK Jr's. running mate.
Sundance at CTH, MAGA and MAHA and RFK JR Gives Details on Why He Refused to be Donald Trump’s VP Running Mate "According to Robert F Kennedy Jr, if he had accepted the position of Vice President to Donald Trump, the White House would have to place him under house arrest after approximately 3 days." 

At TNP, Congress Initiates Poll Watcher Program in Unprecedented Election Security Drive. Natalia Mittelstadt at JTN reports the PA Supreme Court rules mail ballots must have correct date to be counted. "Last month, a lower court ruled that the commonwealth cannot throw out mail-in ballots just because they have incorrect handwritten dates on the envelopes." Breitbart, Democrats Not Spending in Florida, Surrender State to Republicans

Matt Margolis thinks Joe Manchin Is a Weasel Who Can't Leave the Senate Soon Enough. Capt. Ed, Man, This Election Stinks, Says ... the Pope. Well, he doesn't get to vote. 

'Bonchie' at RedState wants you to WATCH: Kamala Harris Completely Bombs Her First Solo Interview. Althouse catches "Harris, characteristically, has made a lawyerly assessment of pros and cons. She and her advisers have queried whether, given the limited number of ATACMS available..." Writes David Ignatius, in "These people have seen Harris in the Situation Room. Here’s what they have to say. Harris is 'more hard-line than most people think,' says a retired four-star general who has briefed her many times" (WaPo)(free-access link). Ace, Reminder: As the Election Approaches, Politicians Are Falling Over Themselves to Brand Themselves as Bigots and Secretly Implement Racist Policies, Guess who's the Bigot? "You'll never guess -- as the election looms, Kamala Harris has declared herself an Open and Proud Bigot, and says she totally supports the border wall!" At WaEx, Dave Harsanyi notices that On abortion, Kamala Harris is the extremist. From Twitchy, About Those Buses We Keep Seeing at Kamala's Rallies, There's MORE and It's Even WORSE Than We Thought. Or Kamala has followers like the Grateful Dead, but more organized. Bob Hoge at RedState hears WH Photographers' Group Says Kamala Has Overseen an 'Unprecedented Reduction in Access' to Media. Dave Strom, Media Excoriates Biden for Using Term 'Black Jobs'...NOT. It's different when Democrats do it.

WSJ, Harris Is Still Struggling to Blunt Trump’s Edge on the Economy Steve Moore at Hat Hair wonders Hey Kamala, Where Are Your Spending Cuts?. Lost in the ozone again! Pop Times says U.S. Faces Debt Crisis as Interest Payments Exceed $1 Trillion for the First Time. A trillion is just a number. A very big number. Luke Gromen@LukeGromen "Critical debate question that wasn't asked: US Int Expense is > Defense spending for 1st time in at least 65 years. For centuries, when a hegemon's debt svc went > defense spending, it ceased to be a hegemon. Will you cut Entitlements or rates to address this?" From Breitbart, Inflation Picked Up Again in August, Producer Price Index Shows. WSJ, cited at Hat Hair sees Investors Betting Heavy on Jumbo Rate Cut from Fed. Dave Strom again, sees Goldman Sachs for Kamala, Ordinary Americans for the Don but at OTP, Goldman Sachs CEO Says Harris Overstated Firm’s View Of Her Economic Plan. “What the report did is it looked at a handful of policy issues that have been put out by both sides, and it tried to model their impact on GDP growth,” Solomon said on CNBC. “The reason I say a bigger deal’s been made of it is what it showed is the difference between the sets of policies that they put forward was about two-tenths of 1%.” Salena Zito at WaEx, New poll shows Pennsylvania voters overwhelmingly reject Biden LNG pause.

From RVN, Joy Behar Tries To Get Usher To Endorse Kamala, It Doesn’t Go Well For Her. At TAW, Tom Knighton discusses The folly of celebrity worship. "And yet, what is it about these people that’s so admirable? Taylor Swift is approaching 35. She’s never been married, has no children, and other than singing, hasn’t really done anything of particular note that warrants any reverence by anyone else. She’s donated some money, but so have I. I’m damn sure not someone to revere."

Matt Vespa thinks Tim Walz's Reaction to This Freudian Slip About Kamala Is Everything. "He called Harris a “prostitutor.” It’s the worst kind of Freudian slip." Gabe Kamisky at WaEx reports James Comer requests FBI documents on Tim Walz’s China ties. The View From North Central Idaho notices a Former Communist Calls V.P. Candidate’s Wife a Communist.

John Sexton is amused by Ezra Klein Making the Conservative Case for Border Control to Sec. Mayorkas. Straight Arrow News, California considers first-in-nation phone discounts to undocumented immigrants. Most of them have better phones than I do already. From the Center Square, Angel moms to Texas US rep.: Comments about murdered children are 'insulting', but were any cats consumed?

Cutie Pavlich at TownHall hears Congress: The FBI Is Slow Rolling Information About the Guy Who Tried to Kill Trump. "According to Republican Congressman Michael Waltz, the FBI is slow walking information about Crooks and his motivation to murder Trump. Crooks had a number of encrypted overseas accounts. "Clearly he was training, he was preparing. What we can't get a straight answer from the FBI on is, you know he built three IEDs with remote detonators, but what we can't get a straight answer is, what radicalized him? What drove the motives?" Waltz said during an interview with Fox News." Sundance, Following Secret Service Briefing, Democrat Senator Blumenthal Says Americans Should Prepare to Be “Shocked, Astonished and Appalled” About Lapses in Protection for Donald Trump.

From WaEx, DOJ official asked to appear before Congress over Jack Smith ethics allegations. Pop Time reports Judge Dismisses Three Counts in Trump’s Georgia Election Interference Case. From the NY Sun, Fani Willis’s ‘Tenacious’ Case Against Trump Is in Freefall Because of Her Secret Romance — and the Constitution, "The district attorney also faces a looming clash with Georgia lawmakers over her defiance of a pair of subpoenas." Capt. Ed, Fani Willis' No Good, Terrible, Very Bad Week Continues with No-Show. Fox, Fani Willis defies subpoena to testify at Georgia state Senate hearing "DA Fani Willis previously called the Georgia Senate committee's investigation 'unlawful'" You can't do that to me, I'm a black female Democrat!

Steve Richards at JTN thinks Garland's impartial DOJ claims conflict with reports of political interference, bias. "Several whistleblowers’ complaints, an inspector general report, and an FBI scandal are just part of the growing mountain of evidence that the DOJ has not held to the core values and norms that Garland said protect the independence of the department." The Victory Girls notice Democrats Are Desperate For Another January 6th

At Hat Hair, Dave Strom sees The Campaign to Arrest Elon Musk Heats Up and John Sexton hears Elon Musk Gets a Lot of Personal Threats (I Wonder Why). CarolinaConservative3@1776Carolina3, "My GOD, @Google is just complete leftist garbage now. It was bad before but it's just completely impossible to find anything other than left wing sources when searching. Unfortunately, @DuckDuckGo has become almost as bad. @elonmusk please consider creating a search engine site! Capt. Ed, Is Google Cooking Search Results for Kamala? Of course! Breitbart, Mark Zuckerberg Declares He Is Done Apologizing for Facebook’s Censorship.

His apparent good standing at the school changed dramatically when he participated in a discussion of the treatment of childhood gender dysphoria at an event in October 2017 sponsored by a conservative think tank, the Heritage Foundation. He expressed his reservations with some treatments and his public comments were reported back to his colleagues.

Dr. Josephson argued that children are not mature enough to make such major, permanent decisions and that 80-95 percent of children claiming gender dysphoria eventually accept their biological sex over time without such treatment.

Those views are widely shared by others and have been cited as the basis for states adopting bans on conversion treatments for young children.

His commentary triggered a backlash at the school, which led to a decision not to renew his contract. When sued, the school invoked the Eleventh Amendment and claimed qualified immunity. The district court correctly rejected that claim and the Sixth Circuit just affirmed that denial.

At Ace's, THE MORNING RANT: Harvard Launches “Introductory” Math Course for its Students Who Can’t Do 9th Grade Math. Greg Byrnes at PJM, Sick Writing Assignment Gets Teacher Fired In New York City. From Campus Reform, Northwestern University bans fat jokes. John Sexton sees Florida's Post-Tenure Faculty Review is Working and wonders Are Elite Colleges Cheating the Affirmative Action Ruling After All? Of course. College Fix, New allegations suggest U. Washington administrators had heavy involvement in DEI hiring scandal

From the Free Bacon, Banned Anti-Israel Student Group at Penn Throws Red Paint on Ben Franklin Statue

Capt. Ed, Self-Defense? MA Prosecutor Charges Man Assaulted at Pro-Israel Protest. From Twitchy, Scott Hayes, Who Allegedly Shot a Pro-Hamass Protester Appears in Court, Gets Decision on Bail. Kassy Akiva@KassyAkiva, "UPDATE: They just arraigned Scott Hayes and are releasing him on a $5,000 bond. They only charged him with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. They did not read the previous charge mentioned. An application for a criminal complaint on the anti-Israel guy has been taken out."

UPI approves, Appeals court upholds Colorado's ban on conversion therapy for minors. What is gender transition, if not conversion therapy?


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