Instapundit - The Fall of Seattle:

Instapundit - Flashback: The Fall of Seattle:

"What happened to Seattle? 

The answer, of course, depends on your politics. 

In the news section of the Seattle Times, for instance, a reader is unlikely to see any consideration of a link between policing and public safety. 

“No single cause for 2021’s surge in gunfire in Seattle,” declared a typical recent headline over an article that points only to possibilities such as the pandemic or an unlucky cycle of “retaliatory violence”...

QED:

• How it started: Seattle City Council approves plan to defund police department, slashes jobs and salaries. —Fox News, August 10th, 2020.
• How it’s going: Seattle police stopped investigating new adult sexual assaults this year, memo shows.—The Seattle Times, today. - Ed Driscoll

#1 This day 1970------Shocking Blue - Venus (Official Video)

Collapse!-----NYC launches $53M program to give pre-paid debit cards to migrants to spend in BODEGAS

NYC launches $53M program to give pre-paid debit cards to migrants to spend in BODEGAS: Users must sign affidavit promising only to use card for food and baby supplies, with family of four set to get $1,000-a-month | Daily Mail Online

• Migrants staying at the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan will be given pre-paid cards to spend on food, instead of the city providing meals in the hotel
• The cards can only be used at bodegas, grocery stores, supermarkets and convenience stores
• A spokesperson for the mayor said the pilot program is expected to save New York City more than $600,000 per month, or $7.2 million annually...

Mexican Cartels in US?!!

 

NYC man filmed hacking police with machete won't be charged with attempted murder | Blaze Media

NYC man filmed hacking police with machete won't be charged with attempted murder | Blaze Media: 

A deranged Brooklyn man was caught on film last week hacking at NYPD officers with a machete. Although wounded in the attack, the officers nevertheless managed to subdue the suspect. This bloodletting was apparently not enough to convince a New York City grand jury to hold 40-year-old Jean Blain accountable for his alleged actions. While willing to hit Blain with some lesser charges, the jury decided not to indict him with attempted murder.

America moves closer to open war with Iran - The Spectator World

America moves closer to open war with Iran - The Spectator World

• Both Washington and Tehran are now issuing the same message: we don’t want war, but we are prepared to fight it

“Always mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy,” said Sun Tzu. President Joe Biden’s administration prefers the opposite approach. 

America’s commander-in-chief spent much of the last week warning America’s antagonists in the Middle East that the US would respond to the the killing of three of its troops in Jordan last week. 

And last night the retaliation finally began...

AM Fruitcake

 

History for February 4

History for February 4 - On-This-Day.com 

Rosa Parks 1913

• 1789 - Electors unanimously chose George Washington to be the first president of the United States.
• 1861 - Delegates from six southern states met in Montgomery, AL, to form the Confederate States of America.
• 1904 - The Russo-Japanese War began after Japan laid siege to Port Arthur.
• 1932 - The first Winter Olympics were held in the United States at Lake Placid, NY.
• 1957 - Smith-Corona Manufacturing Inc., of New York, began selling portable electric typewriters. The first machine weighed 19 pounds.
• 1974 - Patricia (Patty) Hearst was kidnapped in Berkeley, CA, by the Symbionese Liberation Army.
• 2004 - The social networking website Facebook.com was launched.

Washington state Dems seek to ban 'hostile architecture' that deters homeless encampments | Blaze Media

Washington state Dems seek to ban 'hostile architecture' that deters homeless encampments | Blaze Media: 

Democratic politicians in Washington state recently proposed a measure to prohibit cities from using "hostile architecture" to deter homeless individuals from setting up encampments in public spaces, KIRO-TV reported Friday. Senate Bill 6231, sponsored by four Democratic state senators, was introduced earlier this month and would prohibit "the use of hostile architecture elements for publicly accessible buildings or real property." If passed, the city would be banned from installing or constructing design elements meant to "restrict the use of any public space by people experiencing homelessness," the legislation stated.

The way we were-----The "Big Blow" of 1921

"The event called “The Big Blow” or “The Great Olympic Blowdown” felled eight times as many trees as the eruption of Mount St Helens in 1980. 

Proof Electric Cars are a Scam and the Media is Lying to You

Moron-media-----CNN Anchor Stunned Into Silence After Panelist Explains Why Illegals Don't Stay in Florida By Bonchie

CNN Anchor Stunned Into Silence After Panelist Explains Why Illegals Don't Stay in Florida By Bonchie

"...During the CNN segment, Jon Miller, who is a law enforcement analyst for CNN, explained how organized these criminal illegal aliens are, noting their rap sheets. He then brings up what NYPD detectives are telling him about why illegal immigrants are coming back to New York. The answer? They'd end up in jail if they stayed in Florida.

That's followed by a period of awkward silence before one of the anchors abruptly ends the segment...

Americans losing trust in almost every major profession | Blaze Media

Americans losing trust in almost every major profession | Blaze Media: 

Americans have lost trust in some of the most important roles in a society, including those in the medical industry, teaching, and especially positions of institutional power. A Gallup poll in Honesty and Ethics conducted at the end of 2023 asked 800 respondents to rate the ethical standards of and their overall trust in a series of professions. "How you would rate the honesty and ethical standards of people in these different fields?" the survey asked. In terms of "very high" trust, all professions but one took a hit compared to previous years. The poll measured the downward trends dating back to 2019, showing that medical doctors, pharmacists, bankers, and journalists have lost the most trust.

Why are they so angry?

Trump Derangement Syndrome Meltdown of the Week — ZOMG 'ENVIRONMENTAL APOCALYPSE' Edition STEPHEN KRUISER

Trump Derangement Syndrome Meltdown of the Week — ZOMG 'ENVIRONMENTAL APOCALYPSE' Edition STEPHEN KRUISER 

"...The meltdown comes from a guest opinion in Newsweek that bears the headline, "A Vote for Trump Is a Vote for an Environmental Apocalypse."
It's so much easier for me when they get the overwrought diaper-filling out of the way right at the top.
For example, the author of this hyperbolic fever dream (an academic, of course) truly believes that a climate apocalypse is nigh:

Because this apocalypse will not only sweep away our homes, jobs, and livelihoods, it will destroy our American spirit and values of community, openness, and perseverance in the face of adversity...

Lunch video-----Top 10 Dental Scams

"Unfortunately there are several dentists out there that will scam people. 

Here are the top 10 dental scams. 

We made this video to help make sure you don’t get scammed by dentist in the future.

Noon-toon

 

Fani Willis under fire again, this time for terminating whistleblower who called out possible misuse of federal grant: Audio | Blaze Media

Fani Willis under fire again, this time for terminating whistleblower who called out possible misuse of federal grant: Audio | Blaze Media: 

On the heels of accusations that she had a lavish affair with a fellow prosecutor in the case against former President Donald Trump, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is now facing heat for another possible scandal. According to exclusive audio released by the Washington Free Beacon, Willis fired a woman who warned her that another office employee planned to take federal grant money and spend it on computers, "swag," and "travel" instead.

They said Trump would start WW3.

They said Trump would start WW3. Neesie  reposted - Travis - @Travis_in_Flint

• They said Trump would start WW3
  
• Biden is doing that 
• They said Trump would persecute his political enemies. 
• Biden is doing that 
• They said Trump would be the laughingstock of the world. Biden is doing that 
• They said Trump wasn’t mentally fit. 
• Biden is doing that 
• They said Trump would ruin our retirements and send inflation through the roof. 
• Biden is doing that 
• They said we wouldn’t be able to afford gas and groceries under Trump. 
• Biden is doing that 
• They lied. 
• Now we’re all suffering for it.

Liberals with the blood of a THREE-WEEK-OLD on their hands...

Liberals with the blood of a THREE-WEEK-OLD on their hands: A tiny naked corpse found abandoned in a bush - after his homeless addict dad was allowed to 'care' for him. Why? Because Democrat officials were scared of being called racist... | Daily Mail Online

• ...But don't expect the grossly misguided progressive crusade behind this travesty to be reversed any time soon, writes Seattle radio show host Jason Rantz, in this impassioned commentary.
• For, Rantz insists, Pacific Northwest Democrat extremists are willing to sacrifice the lives of children in pursuit of their insane liberal agenda.

Nowhere in America is the deranged, destructive insanity of the progressive Left's crusade to 'de-stigmatize' drug use more apparent than in the Pacific Northwest...

Good parents MATTER!

 

German Intelligence Agency Brands Leading Politician Hans-Georg Maaßen a “Right-Wing Extremist” for Criticising Globalism, the Green Party and Mass Immigration BY EUGYPPIUS

German Intelligence Agency Brands Leading Politician Hans-Georg Maaßen a “Right-Wing Extremist” for Criticising Globalism, the Green Party and Mass Immigration BY EUGYPPIUS

"...what is happening in the Federal Republic (Germany) right now is very important and it deserves attention...

We have, quite simply, descended into a DDR-lite regime (Communist East Germany) in the space of less than ten years, without anybody noticing and with the full collusion of the media and the government. 

I am starting to get a little bit worried.
...This is another step to criminalise the German political opposition, and that is bad enough, but it is only the beginning...

#1 This day 1960-----Mark Dinning - Teen angel (1960)

From 2020! The genesis of the COVID plague expansion. Media buried this!!----- Must read!!--"In the midst of all this financial chicanery, the Chinese began furiously buying up Italian real estate and businesses in the North"--Fans of Best of the Web Today

MuskegonPundit: Must read!!--"In the midst of all this financial chicanery, the Chinese began furiously buying up Italian real estate and businesses in the North"--Fans of Best of the Web Today

"...Quite literally, tens of thousands of Chinese came in through Milano (illegally) and went back out carrying money, technology and corporate secrets. 

Thousands more were allowed to enter and disappeared into shadows of Milano and other manufacturing cities of Lombardia, only to surface in illegal sewing shops, producing knock-off designer clothes and slapping ‘Made In Italy’ labels on them. 

All with the tacit approval of the Renzi government...