Of course, it’s a good distance from the usual sort: R&B singer Akon may have been born in the United States, but he wants to go back to his roots — which, to him, means constructing a city in his family’s ancestral home of Senegal, which he describes as a “real-life Wakanda.” …
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Sep 04 2023
There Are Days The Satires Write Themselves
They seem to be particularly rife on Mondays. Consider this bit of nonsense: Anti-chippers are the latest group of awful people we now have to worry about They’re paranoid, don’t believe in science, many have white supremacist tendencies, and most importantly they want you to know that microchip implants are super duper …
Sep 02 2023
Percentages And Concentrations
There have been several posts by other bloggers that address what happens to a society when Muslims reach various percentages of the population. History confirms the dangers such accumulations of Muslims present to a previously free and peaceful society. Moreover, Muslims’ reproduction rate far exceeds that of Western non-Muslim whites, which puts time on …
Aug 16 2023
Dead Giveaways Dept.
Consider this tweet: OMG a Black Person did a totally normal thing anyone with proper training can do!!! This post got nearly 150,000 likes too by the way. Why does society treat black folks like this? https://t.co/DMiUdUTlgm — TheQuartering (@TheQuartering) August 15, 2023 …in the light of this revelation: And contemplate this …
Aug 07 2023
Chiming in
Given the various lawless areas all seem to have quite a few connecting issues, here’s another link in the logic chain. The issue wasn’t gun laws, it was race. “The study found that in areas with higher black populations, mass shootings are likelier to occur compared to communities with higher white populations,” CNN reported. “The …
Jun 05 2023
The Trope That Never Expires
…is racism. Supposedly, American society is so pervaded by racism and the attendant maltreatment of Negroes that their physical health is being degraded: Health disparities are the topic under scrutiny in today’s episode of Everything Is RacistTM. According to an investigative series by the Associated Press, black people are the biggest victims of …
May 16 2023
Chronicles Of The Collapse
Via Arthur Sido: The leader of Minnesota’s Democratic Party says he is calling an emergency meeting this week to “ban individuals engaged in violent assaults” from its ranks after a tense confrontation erupted over the weekend at an event to nominate candidates for a Minneapolis City Council seat. The showdown between supporters …
Apr 22 2023
The Follies Of Experts
Your Curmudgeon is coming to believe that “experts” and the relentless promotion thereof exist solely to reinforce “official” BS and intimidate those who see through it. Perhaps he’s even a bit late to the party, as that seems to be a burgeoning recognition among Americans generally. Nevertheless, it’s a notion that deserves some exploration, …
Apr 20 2023
Scott Adams Is Looking Pretty Damned Accurate
It can’t be fixed. Just get the BLEEP! away: On Tuesday, a 26-year-old Home Depot worker named Blake Mohs was shot dead while attempting to stop a shoplifter in the lawless state of California, just east of San Francisco. The suspects, 32-year-old Benicia Knapps and 31-year-old David Guillory, attempted to steal a …
Mar 22 2023
Dog Bites Man?
(The full story on page A38 at bottom right, with pictures!) There are items of information to which the human mind is resistant. Take the certainty of death, for example. All but the youngest of us know this, yet very few people go through their day with even a background awareness that I …
Mar 17 2023
Developments In Inter-Racial Relations
Have a look at this – and don’t cringe away from what you’ll see: More of This Please… pic.twitter.com/CfJrMANwel — 𝕰𝖒𝕲 (@Emilio2763) March 16, 2023 The black would-be murderer would not drop the knife he held – the knife with which he’d been trying to kill a defenseless white woman – even after …
Feb 25 2023
An Unsurprising Reaction
The old fable about the emperor’s new wardrobe, which only the honest and competent could see, ends with a small boy shattering the delusion, simply by speaking the truth. What Hans Christian Andersen had in mind in his fable is disputed today. Partly that’s because Andersen’s original ending for the tale was somewhat different. …
Feb 23 2023
Good Sense Dept.
Good sense often seems to have been anathematized, if not outlawed. It’s still possible to have good sense, but to speak good sense where others can hear is becoming increasingly dangerous. It can cost you everything: Your family, your friends, the good will of your neighbors, your occupation, your business associations. Now and then …
Feb 21 2023
Apologies For Being Repetitive…
…but I feel obligated to aggregate the data: Loud neighbors and threats at an apartment complex in Houston led to the arrest of two sisters. The sisters are accused of grabbing their guns earlier this week to confront their noisy neighbors. The sisters claim the confrontation took place because their neighbors were …
Feb 21 2023
There’s Stupid…
…and then there’s certifiably brain-dead: A Chicago man is facing a bucket of felony charges after allegedly robbing a man at gunpoint and then staying at the scene to eat the victim’s takeout fried chicken. Chicago police arrived at the robbery scene within minutes and allegedly found James Taylor, 20, still there, …
Feb 19 2023
Anyone Who’s Surprised By This…
…has not been paying attention: It was in the Kroger parking lot off of Saint Andrews Road in Irmo where 26-year-old Alexandria Cress Borys took her last breath. She was shot and killed on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, approximately six days after her brother died from a gunshot wound. WIS spoke …
Feb 17 2023
And Coming…
This one should shock any man of good will: Police are investigating reports of an assault at a Springfield [Ohio] Elementary School involving two groups of students. Monday morning Springfield police were called to Kenwood Elementary School about an incident that happened during recess Friday, according to an incident report obtained through …
Feb 16 2023
The Hits Just Keep On Coming…
A little more news from the race wars: A Fort Belvoir mom has released shocking video of her 12-year-old son being “strangled” by a girl twice his size on a school bus in Virginia and claims her son’s abuser only received a slap on the wrist. Here’s the video of the event: …
Feb 15 2023
Surprise Is Optional…
…but “outrage” is mandatory: Days after Gov. Wes Moore, D-Md., declared education a top priority for his tenure, Baltimore reported that zero students in 23 different public schools are proficient in math. Also, 93% of third through eighth graders tested below grade level in the same subject. Baltimore residents responded by blasting …
Feb 13 2023
It’s Not Just Here
Have a look at this report from Alice Springs, Australia: A cinema in Alice Springs has been forced to board up their front door despite being open after it was broken into five times in the last four weeks. Alice Springs Cinemas shared an image of the theatre’s boarded up front door …
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