Although the program is thirteen years old, I only recently discovered the TV show “The First 48,” a documentary series that follows crimes (usually homicides) in various US cities by filming police as they put a case together piece by … Continue reading →
I’ve been meaning to write a big and very comprehensive post on North Korea, but I’ve been putting it off. I have a rough draft, but it’s very rough and I cannot bring myself to work on it today. The … Continue reading →
Two armed robbers chose the wrong Taco Bell to hold up: An armed robber shot and killed by three Taco Bell employees early Wednesday is identified as De’Carlo Jackson. The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner released the 24-year-old man’s identity on … Continue reading →
This one: Looks bad for the cop, who is a Salt Lake City police detective. He must have known it was being recorded, too. I can’t find anyone defending this guy, but if you go to the YouTube comments for … Continue reading →
Take a look at the headlines: “Black-clad antifa attack peaceful right-wing demonstrators in Berkeley,” and “Black-clad anarchists swarm anti-hate rally in California.” The first is from the WaPo and the second the AP; the first is more critical of Antifa … Continue reading →
William Jacobson of Legal Insurrection has this to say (the whole post is worth reading): That truth that both sides [in Charlottesville] were violent doesn’t mean both sides were equal. But the denial of the truth that both sides were … Continue reading →
…but does a pretty lousy job of it. For example, this sort of thing: Activists [members of Antifa] don black bloc, Crow said, as a means to an end. “People put on the masks so that we can all become … Continue reading →
While we’ve been busily parsing every word Trump says, ISIS hasn’t been letting any moss grow under its feet. A terrorist on a vehicular rampage killed 13 people in Barcelona and injured more than 100 before he fled—and escaped—on foot. … Continue reading →
This makes sense: The Nazis and White Supremacists as one faction and the Antifa and Black Lives Matter as the other faction are two sides of the same coin. Expressing this is what has gotten the president in trouble with … Continue reading →
There was a demonstration, a counter-demonstration, and two kinds of violence. One was the clashes between the two sets of demonstrators, many of whom were ready and eager to fight. The second was a madman (albeit one with a neo-Nazi … Continue reading →
I’ve been mulling over what to write about the recent events in Charlottesville, and I think the best way to start (I’m a bit pressed for time today) is to link to this post by William Jacobson at Legal Insurrection. … Continue reading →
Excellent news: Rep. Steve Scalise has been discharged from MedStar Washington Hospital Center, the hospital said in a statement Wednesday, six weeks after he was shot at a congressional baseball practice. Six weeks is quite a while to be in … Continue reading →