Police and Professionalism

A urban fable that’s come up recently, is that being a law enforcement officer (LEO) requires less training than a beautician (although inaccurate, I must agree some states put ridiculous requirements on licensing to cut hair). The implication is that police are undertrained, or worse, untrained. To put it mildly, that is inaccurate. Liberals in …

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“Hate Speech” as a Weapon of the Left

John R. Surdu   Last week I posted an article, called “What is Hate Speech?” In that article, I asserted that social media tech tyrants, media talking heads, members of every perpetual victim class, Leftist, and woke politicians define “hate speech” as “anything I don’t like.” The Left uses many weapons to divide us, create …

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Reflections on the Uvalde, Texas School Shooting, by Citizen Writer: Quentin Smith

It has been two weeks since an 18-year old boy, after shooting his grandmother in the face, fled to a Uvalde, Texas elementary school where he proceeded to murder 19 young school children, 8-11 years of age, and 2 elementary school teachers, before being killed by a responding Border Patrol Agent.

Chinese State Media Trumpets AOC Quote Bashing America

During a Wednesday House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on gun violence, Democratic socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told colleagues the escalation in the frequency of school shootings, which she established is unique to the U.S., is “internationally embarrassing and delegitimizing.” The congresswoman from New York asked National Education Association President Becky Pringle, “Between 2009 and 2018, how …

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They Thought We Wouldn’t Notice: Leftist Fire Bombers Now Face Drastically Reduced Sentences Under Biden Admin

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New York City attorneys Colinford Mattis, 34, and Urooj Rahman, 33, were arrested for tossing a Molotov cocktail into a parked police car in Brooklyn on May 30, 2020, during the riots that swept the country following the death of George Floyd at the hands of a white police officer, which had occurred five days …

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The Left Loves to Blame Republicans for the Actions of the Democratic Base

Adopted Philadelphian Amanda Marcotte doesn’t normally write about the City of Brotherly Love, but with the gang gun battle on Sunday, even she had to pay attention. From Salon: U.S. gun laws are causing mayhem and mass murder — and Republicans couldn’t be more thrilled Crappy gun laws cause our crime problems. But Republicans blame …

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Man Robbed of Open Carry Rifle at Gunpoint, Thug Fails to Anticipate His Victim had a Second Gun in his Car

The Second Amendment and the rights it conveys, are important. Yet a cool head in the face of danger is the best weapon of all. A man leaving the Wellston Food Market, a small St. Louis grocery store, who was open carrying a rifle, suddenly felt a gun being held to the back of his …

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FBI’s Comment About ‘Secure Workspace’ Inside Perkins Coie Sure Doesn’t Sound Like a Denial

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As if conservative Americans didn’t already have enough reasons to think the country’s premier law enforcement agency was corrupted by partisan politics, Florida GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz may have provided a bombshell on Tuesday night. Appearing on Fox News’ “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Gaetz claimed to have received confirmation from a law firm closely tied to …

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Texas Terror

The news from Uvalde, Texas last week was horrific. A deranged man broke into a school and gunned down 19 children and two teachers. Eleven other people were wounded. Most Americans were just saddened by the cruelty and cravenness of the attack on innocent and harmless children, while an abjectly disgusting few used the deaths of innocents to push their political agenda.

Police Say They’ve Stopped the Latest Mass Shooter, And They Found Him Just Where You’d Expect

America has a problem. And it’s not the AR-15. Hyannis, Massachusetts, resident Justin Moreira, 29, was arrested on Saturday after threatening to shoot up a school in a Facebook post, according to WFXT-TV Boston. It should come as no surprise that police found Moreira the first place they looked – in a basement bedroom of his …

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