Today the internet is on fire with the death of a man who was making violent threats on a subway. A Marine, an Iraq war vet, in an attempt to protect everyone else, put him in a chokehold. It killed him. The Left is saying it’s murder - convicting him without a trial. Without evidence presented. Do they care? Of course not.
I think it’s a sad story, and I feel bad for all involved. But to make it as simple as Keith Olbermann and AOC makes me sick. Here is a comment from a reader of this NY Times story with a high recommendation count:
The following video was sent to me by a reader (thank you) and it might be worth a watch. When I hear him speak my mind immediately goes to how fast our government is going to crush him. I like what he says. My heart breaks for our Democracy, which doesn’t exist. The second video is one by Russell Brand that I also liked.
RFK Jr. is talking about things so many people need to hear. But will they listen? Some will. Most won’t. What they want on the Left is power. They genuinely believe they have the moral high ground and that this country, like this Internet, culture, and social media app belongs TO THEM. They don’t want to share it. It is very distressing.
Stay away from Democrat majority cities/states - if you have to defend yourself you'll be called a racist and you'll never get a fair trial.
PS - Good luck with that "peaceful revolution". Sasha's experience and treatment by her former friends on the left has convinced me that the left is heading toward the "Final Solution 2.0" whereby all people who disagree with them are insects to be squashed. They're actually the violent extremists.
Wanna know what's in the heart of a Lefty? Just listen to what they accuse others of. They are the violent fighting the peaceful, yet claiming to be the victim. They are the rich fighting poverty by attacking those that pay for everything that's given to the poor. They fight racism by telling racial minorities they can't survive without other people paying for their homes, food, healthcare, and education, etc. The list goes on and on...
Kennedy is a threat to both parties. Isn't it thrilling to hear someone so sensible, factual, and logical? Lets you see how ideologically fantastical the "mainstream" has become, thanks to a media that works for the Deep State via the Democrats, the party of corporate power now even more than the Republicans. It boggles the mind.
Kennedy answers questions honestly and directly and intelligently. So different from a career politician--that is, a person who sees politics as a job and a career (like that professional liar from NY) not as a vocation. Like our generals and top bureaucrats, the career politicians (Biden is exhibit A) see it as their job description to lie for the establishment, to the Senate and Congress as much as to the public or even their own constituencies, without the slightest qualms. Lying is necessary to keep the juggernaut going, which is their mission t preserve, because it is the source of their power, prestige, and paychecks. They take moral pride in their mendacity because it is a job well done.
I'm so beyond caring what that clueless bartender says. Every time she opens her horse mouth a stench of shame wafts over each and every one of her constituents. How many homeless could have been fed with that "Eat the Rich" dress she wore -- and which was custom made for her by a tax cheat?
The real question to ask her is whether or not Bragg will prosecute him. The answer to that lies wrapped in another question: what is the race/color of both the "victim" and the hero. What follows next should be obvious.
I caught a few brief video snippets of the incident this evening, along with the gratuitous if inevitable protests. Here is what I came away with.
For starters, the psycho/assailant/victim is already being heralded as the next George Floyd. Martyred by a cruel and unforgiving nation oblivious to those suffering at its collective feet. Break out the Kente cloth and take the knee for no contrition is ever sufficient.
The Marine who subdued him can expect to be charged with at least second degree murder if not first, arrested and held without bail for months if not years, only to await a trial presided over by a far-left judge. He will be found guilty by a NY jury comprised of not a single White face and whose deliberation will be measured in minutes. He will then spend the next twenty five to life in prison where he will undoubtedly ask himself, "Is this the country I fought and could have died for?" The bleeding hearts will inundate the media in celebration and openly express a desire to reinstate Pataki's capital punishment.
To borrow from Crowder, Prove Me Wrong. I only wish I were.
I enjoyed the Unherd interview. The two presidential candidates speaking with refreshing robust forthrightness are RFK, Jr. and Vivek Ramaswamy.
Remember the 1964 Kitty Genovese killing? Her New York City neighbors stood by while it happened, afraid to take a risk and interfere. Obviously, the military veteran's instincts to protect his neighbors kicked in. A hero is someone willing to take a personal risk to help others.
It pisses me off when I see good people crucified for trying to help others as the case with this Marine protecting civilians. Four of my brothers and I are US military veteran also and nearly half my neighborhood was too. We wouldn’t serve again for this shit Coward In Chief and the Socialist Democratic Party and RINOs of the GOP. Let the Wokesters defend these sorry asses: our enemies won’t even need to fire a gun.
It won't come down to a peaceful revolution; it never does. Power never gives up power without it being forcefully taken from them, with much bloodshed and misery. Obviously, I would much prefer a peaceful change, but history tells us that's not going to happen.
Can these people not see how hypocritical they are? Or is that the point? It's incredibly obvious that if the roles were reversed, especially races, they wouldn't care at all. They seem hellbent on turning this country into Yugoslavia.
Better to fight like hell to win the country back from the psycho woke, Dem pols, corporate drunk on money & power, and all the corrupt agencies. Fight back. Don’t vote for Dems!
Not to be Debbie Downer here, but are we really to believe that a lawyer-turned-politician, from a family of politicians, is going to save us from the politicians?
Nope. RK, Jr is correct on stopping vaccines and foreign wars. He is dead wrong on everything else, especially his views about global warming hysteria. There is NO global warming beyond normal warming and cooling cycles. Just another rich Commie trust baby. His granddaddy Joe made the family fortune as a bootlegger of Canadian Whiskey. John F Kennedy was a GOP candidate with a D behind his name. All the rest were nasty communists. Especially Teddy, one half of the “waitress sandwich “ with Christ Dodd. They specialized in rape of girls old enough for threesomes.
Some great generalizations and even better name calling. Kennedy seems correct in his criticisms of corporate dominance of governmental regulatory agencies and the resultant corruption of the political process. He's also correct when he states that even if you ignore the "global warming" argument (and there is an argument to be had), there is devastating pollution arising from burning fossil fuels that is destroying the environment and nuclear energy provides no safe solution.
Show me a headline and I will write the left's take on it. To quote Nickleson from As Good As It Gets, I'd start with common sense "...and take away reason and accountability".
Thugs on drugs. The former soldier did a public service and should be given a ticker tape parade. Take out the trash. Enforce the laws. Arrest and jail the thugs on drugs.
Give that marine beer. Why do constantly out up with scum and criminals in this country. It is beyond me. Murder would have been to allow the scum to eventually kill someone.
This is on the mayor anyways. He's done ZERO to cut the crime in the city and make the subways safer.
This poor man has to live with the taking of a life. Justified or not it is a terrible tragedy. A perfect example of damned if you do and damned if you don't. They are both victims.
The 2020 riots were orchestrated. Antifa had a command structure, medics, food and logistics. It looked like a military operation. They simply need to wait for an appropriate incident for the apparatus to swing into action. But who are the commanders?
I like RFK Jr. I know that it’s a long shot but it’s interesting to see him slowly climbing in the polls. If he were given a chance, if he were given MSM media exposure, he could have a major influence on the Democrat Primary. Sadly, the Democrats aren’t interested in Democracy, and won’t even have a debate.
"my mind immediately goes to how fast our government is going to crush him."
They will try. But, I'm pretty sure they won't succeed. Consider: Being an outspoken vaccine critic during COVID was probably one of the most challenging things you could do. RFKJr himself said he lost many friends and alienated many relatives because of his stance.
Not only was he relentless, but he doubled down: He wrote a book about the arch-villain in this saga.
He simultaneously dedicated several chapters to one of the chief enablers, Bill Gates. And, he spared no punches.
If you read his book, you will know that it is basically a honeypot for defamation claims. By that, I mean: If there was anything false and intentionally malicious in the book, he already would be up to his eyeballs in litigation. He dared to insult one of the richest men in the world (Gates) and one of the biggest egos in the world ("I am the Science" Fauci). Last I checked, neither of them has filed suit.
I like Robert Kennedy a lot. Trump was (and is) absolutely correct that the media is one of the biggest problems this country faces. By that same token, Kennedy is absolutely right that the totalitarian merger of government and big business is now vying for the title 'biggest problem this country faces."
I'm not sold on Kennedy's environmental policies. But, I'm not going to let the perfect be the enemy of the good. We have an abundance of seriously flawed presidential candidates. I'll take a good one over any of them, and I'll not be bothered if that candidate isn't perfect.
I have to say that even while disagreeing with some of his positions, I’ve always been impressed by RFK Jr’s integrity. That said, I’m terribly uncomfortable with the way he hedges some of his statements in this interview. When asked whether he favors “equity” based hiring over meritocratic selection (specifically, Biden’s announcement that he would select a black woman for the next SCOTUS vacancy), he very carefully says he’s “not going to second guess” Biden. That’s not someone I could vote for. I’m sure he’d alienate some woke D’s, but if he doesn’t have the courage to say that qualifications, not race or sex, are the most important criteria for a SCOTUS nominee, he’s not going to give centrist like me the sense that he’s willing to stand up to the crazies in his own party! Will he hedge on “gender affirming surgery” for minors...what else is he willing to hedge on to secure his party’s nomination?
Does it really matter anymore? The good guys are the bad guys and the bad are the good!! Its all upside down world. No matter what happens it’s like there’s a team scanning the news looking for oppressor events to eulogize. It’s time for the good guys and gals to walk away move away find a group of civilized folks to live around .
I used to say that I would NEVER vote for ANY democrat under ANY circumstances. I would vote for RFK Jr., but only against a ‘Mitt Romney’, or a ‘John McCain’ type RINOcrat.
I could never vote for RFK Jr. over Donald J. Trump though…
Not because he’s a democrat, but because Donald J. Trump is the ONLY man in this current setting who has the desire, the WILL, and the persistent character that it would take to “Make America Great Again”. I’m sure that RFK Jr. loves America as much as any of us do. His problem is two-fold. First, he makes far too much sense to appeal to the average democrat voter, and secondly, he is trying to represent a Democratic Party which no longer exists, so it’s highly unlikely that he would win the nomination, and go on to win the presidential election.
If RFK Jr. WERE to win the White House, he would be rendered powerless against the wastrel, establishment congress.
The best outcome that we could ever expect from an RFK Jr. Presidency, is that he would be able to ‘body check’ radical, liberal progressivism against the boards for a maximum of 4 to 8 years…
I like Kennedy. He has a vast repository of knowledge about our Establishment and a genuine want to use it in a way that will make our country much better. I also like that he knows how all the games are played and he would not be fooled in the beginning. Not only because of his family but because of his work in the legal system.
My only misgiving would be that he is a bit of a bleeding heart on certain issues. Hate to say it to those whom it will offend, but he has a lot in common with Trump and he's more articulate.
I'm still Trump though. But I like Ramaswamy, Gabbard and Kennedy. The problem with any of these three is we don't know what will happen when they try to kill them with a blow torch - which they will.
DeSantis is not Presidential. He just doesn't have it.
Sasha, as a student, perhaps devotee of the Fourth Turning, do you think RFJ Jr. could be our Gray Champion, or at least one of them, as our Crisis reaches it climax?
He does seem to really fit the bill. Supposedly, the Gray Champion will be of the boomer generation, which RFK Jr. definitely is. Boy, how I wish it could be him.
Per Neil Howe/William Strauss, we're looking for someone born between WW2 and Vietnam era. Or 1943-1960
The establishment left, or the elites, probably do see Biden as that Gray Champion because they believe we are through the Fourth Turning. I do not believe so. I think we're going to have a world war before that is done.
RFK is right in the boomer window. I'm trying to think of any other politician that isn't either Gen-X (my generation) or Silent (Biden's).
But honestly, RFJ is appealing because of all of them he seems to have leadership skills where none of these people do. The Democrats have been especially disappointing. Of all of them only Mike Pence strikes me as someone who could rise to that level (if things went in a more Conservative direction)
Bannon did get near government and not even Trump could stand him. I mean he could stand him enough to use his help to get elected and could stand him enough to pardon him for fraud. So there's that.
Omg Pence is a traitor and will never get more than 3% of the votes. Sherrod Brown is a tyrant as Governor. Klobuchar is a whiny belligerent politician that would never get elected outside her NE leftists.
An absolute NO on Pence. He was a disaster as the head of the COVID task force, and is a major reason some many destructive policies were established and became entrenched. He's also just not very smart.
I would take a very serious look at Tim Scott, I may be able to hold my nose and vote for Nikki Haley if she won the nomination. Ted Cruz is probably the smartest one out there, but doesn't stand a chance (I'd like to see him on the Supreme Court). I like most of Tulsi Gabbard's general positions, but see her more as a "philosophical advisor to the President" because I don't think she has the nasty streak needed to be POTUS. DeSantis should sit this out and wait until 2028.
No Donald Trump in there? Born in 46' and wanting to reverse the course we're currently on, which is marching straight into Marxism, authoritarianism and tyranny. Heck. the law doesn't even work anymore. A Rogue, Authoritarian (Soros) supported DA in NYC is charging a former President for the first time ever -criminally no less- for a misdemeanor book keeping error, 34x, that he raised to an unnamed Felony...for a Former PRESIDENT. Yet, criminals aren't charged, and they roam the streets and terrorize and burglarize at will. The terror's coming from us now. The law doesn't apply to Democrat's who break it. They're above the law, and we're below it. We're in trouble. You're Gray Champion is Donald Trump.
Nonsense. Pence is a weak squishy. He caved to the alphabet people as Governor of Indiana. Then he caved to the Covid Nazis in 2020 pushing “ two weeks to stop the spread” that became two years and more. Trump also did both those things.
Until this article, boomers have always been 1943-1964. Now, here and the video (thanks for sharing) says Boomers go to 1960. I was born in '62 and have always been a boomer. Now I'm Gen X? I don't think so. More rewriting of history here Sasha? Not by you, but by who?
I live in a big city and see unwell people on public transit every day. It's painful. My heart hurts for them. But no one ever, ever deserves to be killed while people look on, filming with their cameras, doing nothing. That's not what caring for our fellow neighbors looks like, and I hope we as humans can do better.
i so agree with you re the people filming rather than helping. I do NOT blame the Marine . he was A GOOD samaritan who came to the rescuse and used the training he had learned to prevent more harm to the subway riders. But was there only this one man who stepped up to help. . Is everyone everwhere a Stephen Speilberg wanna be treating every event no matter what as just another excuse to whip out the camera. - . I too hope we can do better.
Unwell? Or psychotic sociopaths? I say the later. Reopen the Sanitariums. Put AOC in one as their first client. Is Bellview mental ward even operating now? Put AOC in it. She can be the barmaid for their drug cocktails.
Interesting that the person assisting the Marine in taking down the perpetrator was black. Not that it should matter. But given the Left’s response it does matter.
While many things Kennedy says ring true, I can tell you from my business interactions with Bedford-Stuyvesant leadership that literally one after another president of this non profit embezzled millions Teddy Kennedy convinced Congress to give them and then disappeared. Doubt any of them were ever convicted of crime but can’t be sure. Bedford -Stuyvesant was an embarrassment. So his idea of fighting inequity clearly is not working.
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If the guy who died was white (or anything other than black), this isnt even a story. Same w/Goetz ~40 yrs ago. Very sad for this Nation. The world NEEDS a healthy US. We are anything but. How did this happen? Olberman and Cortez are clowns...and we NEED serious ppl. Heartbreaking, man.
This is a very good point. If Flight 93 was to happen in today's world and the plane didn't crash, the people who took out the terrorist (or would that word now be "person behaving badly"?) would be vilified and their lives would be ripped open for all to see and then they'd be drawn and quartered.
The Paris incident was the first thing that came to mind for me as well. Consider how much has changed in the interim, and then imagine how much more it is likely to change in the same direction.
I would so love for Olbermann and AOC to take the subway to and from work and otherwise every single day.
That would be fitting.
Stay away from Democrat majority cities/states - if you have to defend yourself you'll be called a racist and you'll never get a fair trial.
PS - Good luck with that "peaceful revolution". Sasha's experience and treatment by her former friends on the left has convinced me that the left is heading toward the "Final Solution 2.0" whereby all people who disagree with them are insects to be squashed. They're actually the violent extremists.
Wanna know what's in the heart of a Lefty? Just listen to what they accuse others of. They are the violent fighting the peaceful, yet claiming to be the victim. They are the rich fighting poverty by attacking those that pay for everything that's given to the poor. They fight racism by telling racial minorities they can't survive without other people paying for their homes, food, healthcare, and education, etc. The list goes on and on...
Kennedy is a threat to both parties. Isn't it thrilling to hear someone so sensible, factual, and logical? Lets you see how ideologically fantastical the "mainstream" has become, thanks to a media that works for the Deep State via the Democrats, the party of corporate power now even more than the Republicans. It boggles the mind.
Kennedy answers questions honestly and directly and intelligently. So different from a career politician--that is, a person who sees politics as a job and a career (like that professional liar from NY) not as a vocation. Like our generals and top bureaucrats, the career politicians (Biden is exhibit A) see it as their job description to lie for the establishment, to the Senate and Congress as much as to the public or even their own constituencies, without the slightest qualms. Lying is necessary to keep the juggernaut going, which is their mission t preserve, because it is the source of their power, prestige, and paychecks. They take moral pride in their mendacity because it is a job well done.
It’s called the uniparty.
I'm so beyond caring what that clueless bartender says. Every time she opens her horse mouth a stench of shame wafts over each and every one of her constituents. How many homeless could have been fed with that "Eat the Rich" dress she wore -- and which was custom made for her by a tax cheat?
The real question to ask her is whether or not Bragg will prosecute him. The answer to that lies wrapped in another question: what is the race/color of both the "victim" and the hero. What follows next should be obvious.
I caught a few brief video snippets of the incident this evening, along with the gratuitous if inevitable protests. Here is what I came away with.
For starters, the psycho/assailant/victim is already being heralded as the next George Floyd. Martyred by a cruel and unforgiving nation oblivious to those suffering at its collective feet. Break out the Kente cloth and take the knee for no contrition is ever sufficient.
The Marine who subdued him can expect to be charged with at least second degree murder if not first, arrested and held without bail for months if not years, only to await a trial presided over by a far-left judge. He will be found guilty by a NY jury comprised of not a single White face and whose deliberation will be measured in minutes. He will then spend the next twenty five to life in prison where he will undoubtedly ask himself, "Is this the country I fought and could have died for?" The bleeding hearts will inundate the media in celebration and openly express a desire to reinstate Pataki's capital punishment.
To borrow from Crowder, Prove Me Wrong. I only wish I were.
I enjoyed the Unherd interview. The two presidential candidates speaking with refreshing robust forthrightness are RFK, Jr. and Vivek Ramaswamy.
Remember the 1964 Kitty Genovese killing? Her New York City neighbors stood by while it happened, afraid to take a risk and interfere. Obviously, the military veteran's instincts to protect his neighbors kicked in. A hero is someone willing to take a personal risk to help others.
Not true.
https://web.archive.org/web/20060616232708/http://oldkewgardens.com/ss-nytimes-3.html
Lawyer talk. Nitpicking. Point is a lot of people knew bad things were happening to a woman and did nothing.
To be fair, she's sort of right. Probably the bystander effect (ie - someone's probably already called the police right?)
https://web.archive.org/web/20060623010010/http://oldkewgardens.com/kitty_genovese-002.html
It pisses me off when I see good people crucified for trying to help others as the case with this Marine protecting civilians. Four of my brothers and I are US military veteran also and nearly half my neighborhood was too. We wouldn’t serve again for this shit Coward In Chief and the Socialist Democratic Party and RINOs of the GOP. Let the Wokesters defend these sorry asses: our enemies won’t even need to fire a gun.
It won't come down to a peaceful revolution; it never does. Power never gives up power without it being forcefully taken from them, with much bloodshed and misery. Obviously, I would much prefer a peaceful change, but history tells us that's not going to happen.
Can these people not see how hypocritical they are? Or is that the point? It's incredibly obvious that if the roles were reversed, especially races, they wouldn't care at all. They seem hellbent on turning this country into Yugoslavia.
I think this country needs to split up into 3 countries. West coast states, the NE quadrant including IL and MN, and everything else.
Better to fight like hell to win the country back from the psycho woke, Dem pols, corporate drunk on money & power, and all the corrupt agencies. Fight back. Don’t vote for Dems!
No.
Not to be Debbie Downer here, but are we really to believe that a lawyer-turned-politician, from a family of politicians, is going to save us from the politicians?
Nope. RK, Jr is correct on stopping vaccines and foreign wars. He is dead wrong on everything else, especially his views about global warming hysteria. There is NO global warming beyond normal warming and cooling cycles. Just another rich Commie trust baby. His granddaddy Joe made the family fortune as a bootlegger of Canadian Whiskey. John F Kennedy was a GOP candidate with a D behind his name. All the rest were nasty communists. Especially Teddy, one half of the “waitress sandwich “ with Christ Dodd. They specialized in rape of girls old enough for threesomes.
Some great generalizations and even better name calling. Kennedy seems correct in his criticisms of corporate dominance of governmental regulatory agencies and the resultant corruption of the political process. He's also correct when he states that even if you ignore the "global warming" argument (and there is an argument to be had), there is devastating pollution arising from burning fossil fuels that is destroying the environment and nuclear energy provides no safe solution.
Show me a headline and I will write the left's take on it. To quote Nickleson from As Good As It Gets, I'd start with common sense "...and take away reason and accountability".
When was the last time AOC took public transport?
Does she know that her government funded limos are not public transport?
Thugs on drugs. The former soldier did a public service and should be given a ticker tape parade. Take out the trash. Enforce the laws. Arrest and jail the thugs on drugs.
Give that marine beer. Why do constantly out up with scum and criminals in this country. It is beyond me. Murder would have been to allow the scum to eventually kill someone.
This is on the mayor anyways. He's done ZERO to cut the crime in the city and make the subways safer.
That’s why so many have left New York City- too much crime, filth, high taxes - empty store fronts - it’s just not worth it anymore.
This poor man has to live with the taking of a life. Justified or not it is a terrible tragedy. A perfect example of damned if you do and damned if you don't. They are both victims.
The 2020 riots were orchestrated. Antifa had a command structure, medics, food and logistics. It looked like a military operation. They simply need to wait for an appropriate incident for the apparatus to swing into action. But who are the commanders?
I like RFK Jr. I know that it’s a long shot but it’s interesting to see him slowly climbing in the polls. If he were given a chance, if he were given MSM media exposure, he could have a major influence on the Democrat Primary. Sadly, the Democrats aren’t interested in Democracy, and won’t even have a debate.
"my mind immediately goes to how fast our government is going to crush him."
They will try. But, I'm pretty sure they won't succeed. Consider: Being an outspoken vaccine critic during COVID was probably one of the most challenging things you could do. RFKJr himself said he lost many friends and alienated many relatives because of his stance.
Not only was he relentless, but he doubled down: He wrote a book about the arch-villain in this saga.
He simultaneously dedicated several chapters to one of the chief enablers, Bill Gates. And, he spared no punches.
If you read his book, you will know that it is basically a honeypot for defamation claims. By that, I mean: If there was anything false and intentionally malicious in the book, he already would be up to his eyeballs in litigation. He dared to insult one of the richest men in the world (Gates) and one of the biggest egos in the world ("I am the Science" Fauci). Last I checked, neither of them has filed suit.
I like Robert Kennedy a lot. Trump was (and is) absolutely correct that the media is one of the biggest problems this country faces. By that same token, Kennedy is absolutely right that the totalitarian merger of government and big business is now vying for the title 'biggest problem this country faces."
I'm not sold on Kennedy's environmental policies. But, I'm not going to let the perfect be the enemy of the good. We have an abundance of seriously flawed presidential candidates. I'll take a good one over any of them, and I'll not be bothered if that candidate isn't perfect.
I agree with this. I’m absolutely not on board with extreme climate policy. But he’s smart & he’s honest & he’s prepared. I like him.
In ancient Athens, an ostracism vote was held every year.
If 60% of the voters voted to ostracize a person, he or she was exiled from the city.
Some days I think we should have this policy. Other days, I think we just need to start shooting the AOCs ... and the FBI who protect them.
I have to say that even while disagreeing with some of his positions, I’ve always been impressed by RFK Jr’s integrity. That said, I’m terribly uncomfortable with the way he hedges some of his statements in this interview. When asked whether he favors “equity” based hiring over meritocratic selection (specifically, Biden’s announcement that he would select a black woman for the next SCOTUS vacancy), he very carefully says he’s “not going to second guess” Biden. That’s not someone I could vote for. I’m sure he’d alienate some woke D’s, but if he doesn’t have the courage to say that qualifications, not race or sex, are the most important criteria for a SCOTUS nominee, he’s not going to give centrist like me the sense that he’s willing to stand up to the crazies in his own party! Will he hedge on “gender affirming surgery” for minors...what else is he willing to hedge on to secure his party’s nomination?
I like him to lead CDC not as President. He’s got some weird ideas but solid on Pharma.
I like him, but this bothered me too.
"Marine disables criminal who has been in and out of jail 42 times and is labeled a hero."
Er... wait... That was 1950. If it was white on white it wouldn't even be news.
Critical Theory in play here as class warfare isn't an option in a capitalist society; every identity is to be used for political gain.
Alternatively, “Black marine hero neutralizes violent white man with an extensive criminal record; AOC and Ole Biddy bestow Medal of Honor”.
Does it really matter anymore? The good guys are the bad guys and the bad are the good!! Its all upside down world. No matter what happens it’s like there’s a team scanning the news looking for oppressor events to eulogize. It’s time for the good guys and gals to walk away move away find a group of civilized folks to live around .
For a while I thought Elon was John Galt. And maybe Mars is the new Galt’s Gulch!
The game here is for the oligarchs to refuse to provide basic services, like public safety, and blame us for it.
Think "Escape From New York." Except Snake could fight his way out and we can't.
Mr Plissken was such a crafty dude.
I like RFK Jr.
I used to say that I would NEVER vote for ANY democrat under ANY circumstances. I would vote for RFK Jr., but only against a ‘Mitt Romney’, or a ‘John McCain’ type RINOcrat.
I could never vote for RFK Jr. over Donald J. Trump though…
Not because he’s a democrat, but because Donald J. Trump is the ONLY man in this current setting who has the desire, the WILL, and the persistent character that it would take to “Make America Great Again”. I’m sure that RFK Jr. loves America as much as any of us do. His problem is two-fold. First, he makes far too much sense to appeal to the average democrat voter, and secondly, he is trying to represent a Democratic Party which no longer exists, so it’s highly unlikely that he would win the nomination, and go on to win the presidential election.
If RFK Jr. WERE to win the White House, he would be rendered powerless against the wastrel, establishment congress.
The best outcome that we could ever expect from an RFK Jr. Presidency, is that he would be able to ‘body check’ radical, liberal progressivism against the boards for a maximum of 4 to 8 years…
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I like Kennedy. He has a vast repository of knowledge about our Establishment and a genuine want to use it in a way that will make our country much better. I also like that he knows how all the games are played and he would not be fooled in the beginning. Not only because of his family but because of his work in the legal system.
My only misgiving would be that he is a bit of a bleeding heart on certain issues. Hate to say it to those whom it will offend, but he has a lot in common with Trump and he's more articulate.
I'm still Trump though. But I like Ramaswamy, Gabbard and Kennedy. The problem with any of these three is we don't know what will happen when they try to kill them with a blow torch - which they will.
DeSantis is not Presidential. He just doesn't have it.
Time for more edibles
Sasha, as a student, perhaps devotee of the Fourth Turning, do you think RFJ Jr. could be our Gray Champion, or at least one of them, as our Crisis reaches it climax?
He does seem to really fit the bill. Supposedly, the Gray Champion will be of the boomer generation, which RFK Jr. definitely is. Boy, how I wish it could be him.
This is an interesting video: https://youtu.be/iK6lV1P_OlY (Biden is the wrong generation for this.)
Per Neil Howe/William Strauss, we're looking for someone born between WW2 and Vietnam era. Or 1943-1960
The establishment left, or the elites, probably do see Biden as that Gray Champion because they believe we are through the Fourth Turning. I do not believe so. I think we're going to have a world war before that is done.
RFK is right in the boomer window. I'm trying to think of any other politician that isn't either Gen-X (my generation) or Silent (Biden's).
Mike Pence: 63
Sheldon Whitehouse: 67 (wow, that's old)
Tim Scott: 57
Bob Casey: 62
Sherrod Brown: 70
Amy Klobuchar: 62
There are more here in Congress: https://fiscalnote.com/blog/how-old-118th-congress
But honestly, RFJ is appealing because of all of them he seems to have leadership skills where none of these people do. The Democrats have been especially disappointing. Of all of them only Mike Pence strikes me as someone who could rise to that level (if things went in a more Conservative direction)
You know who is the exact right age and mindset is Steve Bannon. But they will never let him get near government.
If Trump gets in he might be.
Bannon did get near government and not even Trump could stand him. I mean he could stand him enough to use his help to get elected and could stand him enough to pardon him for fraud. So there's that.
Omg Pence is a traitor and will never get more than 3% of the votes. Sherrod Brown is a tyrant as Governor. Klobuchar is a whiny belligerent politician that would never get elected outside her NE leftists.
Sherrod Brown correction Senator not Governor.
Brown has never been a governor.
Klobuchar is from Minnesota which is about a 1000 miles from the land of NE leftists.
True. Had her state confused with Warren, but she is about as loony leftist as they come and also very rude.
An absolute NO on Pence. He was a disaster as the head of the COVID task force, and is a major reason some many destructive policies were established and became entrenched. He's also just not very smart.
I would take a very serious look at Tim Scott, I may be able to hold my nose and vote for Nikki Haley if she won the nomination. Ted Cruz is probably the smartest one out there, but doesn't stand a chance (I'd like to see him on the Supreme Court). I like most of Tulsi Gabbard's general positions, but see her more as a "philosophical advisor to the President" because I don't think she has the nasty streak needed to be POTUS. DeSantis should sit this out and wait until 2028.
No Donald Trump in there? Born in 46' and wanting to reverse the course we're currently on, which is marching straight into Marxism, authoritarianism and tyranny. Heck. the law doesn't even work anymore. A Rogue, Authoritarian (Soros) supported DA in NYC is charging a former President for the first time ever -criminally no less- for a misdemeanor book keeping error, 34x, that he raised to an unnamed Felony...for a Former PRESIDENT. Yet, criminals aren't charged, and they roam the streets and terrorize and burglarize at will. The terror's coming from us now. The law doesn't apply to Democrat's who break it. They're above the law, and we're below it. We're in trouble. You're Gray Champion is Donald Trump.
Nonsense. Pence is a weak squishy. He caved to the alphabet people as Governor of Indiana. Then he caved to the Covid Nazis in 2020 pushing “ two weeks to stop the spread” that became two years and more. Trump also did both those things.
DeSantis 2024💥
I can't stand Pence, for the record, lol.
Until this article, boomers have always been 1943-1964. Now, here and the video (thanks for sharing) says Boomers go to 1960. I was born in '62 and have always been a boomer. Now I'm Gen X? I don't think so. More rewriting of history here Sasha? Not by you, but by who?
I live in a big city and see unwell people on public transit every day. It's painful. My heart hurts for them. But no one ever, ever deserves to be killed while people look on, filming with their cameras, doing nothing. That's not what caring for our fellow neighbors looks like, and I hope we as humans can do better.
i so agree with you re the people filming rather than helping. I do NOT blame the Marine . he was A GOOD samaritan who came to the rescuse and used the training he had learned to prevent more harm to the subway riders. But was there only this one man who stepped up to help. . Is everyone everwhere a Stephen Speilberg wanna be treating every event no matter what as just another excuse to whip out the camera. - . I too hope we can do better.
Two other men were helping to subdue the deranged man.
Unwell? Or psychotic sociopaths? I say the later. Reopen the Sanitariums. Put AOC in one as their first client. Is Bellview mental ward even operating now? Put AOC in it. She can be the barmaid for their drug cocktails.
Yes - sanatoriums need to be open again. Too many people are getting hurt.
I have only seen stills but it doesn't appear obvious that he would die? It might appear that he's just subduing him.
The Daily Mail of London show a more comprehensive video without blurring anything
Interesting that the person assisting the Marine in taking down the perpetrator was black. Not that it should matter. But given the Left’s response it does matter.
The mentally ill man should have been hospitalized instead of assaulting subway riders ... now he will become a Saint in the Cult of Woke
While many things Kennedy says ring true, I can tell you from my business interactions with Bedford-Stuyvesant leadership that literally one after another president of this non profit embezzled millions Teddy Kennedy convinced Congress to give them and then disappeared. Doubt any of them were ever convicted of crime but can’t be sure. Bedford -Stuyvesant was an embarrassment. So his idea of fighting inequity clearly is not working.
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"They will be armed!"
If the guy who died was white (or anything other than black), this isnt even a story. Same w/Goetz ~40 yrs ago. Very sad for this Nation. The world NEEDS a healthy US. We are anything but. How did this happen? Olberman and Cortez are clowns...and we NEED serious ppl. Heartbreaking, man.
This is a very good point. If Flight 93 was to happen in today's world and the plane didn't crash, the people who took out the terrorist (or would that word now be "person behaving badly"?) would be vilified and their lives would be ripped open for all to see and then they'd be drawn and quartered.
The Paris incident was the first thing that came to mind for me as well. Consider how much has changed in the interim, and then imagine how much more it is likely to change in the same direction.
And FFS, stay out of Democrat controlled cities.
So wise.