Monday, August 04, 2025
Manhattan Shooting and the Rise of Luigism
Those celebrating the murder of Wesley LePatner reveal a dark, rising undercurrent in our culture. - Jesse Arm
Wesley LePatner was a senior managing director at Blackstone...was shot and killed in the lobby of her midtown Manhattan workplace, one of four victims of Shane Tamura’s murder spree...
Wesley LePatner was a senior managing director at Blackstone...was shot and killed in the lobby of her midtown Manhattan workplace, one of four victims of Shane Tamura’s murder spree...
But within hours, it was clear that his motive was irrelevant to the hordes now celebrating LePatner’s execution online.
Across Reddit, Facebook, X, and other social media platforms, users—many anonymous, and some displaying transgender or Palestinian flag emojis—seized on the executive’s death as symbolic retribution...
- The message was unmistakable: her death was something to relish...
- A political movement is testing its power. Call it Luigism.
- Invoking Luigi Mangione—the Ivy League–educated radical who allegedly assassinated UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last December—Luigism is the idea that violence is a legitimate response to the perceived injustices of capitalism.
If the victim represents wealth, whiteness, pro-Israel Judaism, or institutional power, the killing can be framed as justified, or even glamorous...
Are we witnessing the biggest engine reliability crisis in modern aviation?
28% of the global fleet grounded - Aviation Review Materials
• A220: 75
• E‑Jet E2: 32
Marketed as “More efficient. Quieter. Greener.”, the GTF story increasingly looks like greenwashing, constantly affected by performance and reliability issues from the start...
699 of 2,450 aircraft with P&W GTF engines are grounded as of summer 2025:
• A220: 75
• E‑Jet E2: 32
Recovery now pushed to March 2027 - a year later than planned.
Marketed as “More efficient. Quieter. Greener.”, the GTF story increasingly looks like greenwashing, constantly affected by performance and reliability issues from the start...
Leftist judges refuse to jail extremists suspected of violent attacks * WorldNetDaily * by Hudson Crozier, Daily Caller News Foundation
Leftist judges refuse to jail extremists suspected of violent attacks * WorldNetDaily * by Hudson Crozier, Daily Caller News Foundation:
Democrat-appointed federal judges in Oregon have repeatedly refused to jail suspects charged with violence at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility and an Elon Musk-owned Tesla store.
Plus BENEFITS!!!-----State government salaries have grown 57% faster than private sector since 2021
State employees represented by AFSCME Council 31 received an automatic annual raise on July 1, highlighting the salary discrepancy between government and private sector workers. - Mailee Smith Bryce Hill
As of 2024, the average Illinois state employee made $85,689 compared to an average of $78,267 in the private sector, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Quarterly Survey of Employment and Wages data...
History for August 4
History for August 4 - On-This-Day.com 
Raoul Wallenberg 1912 - Swedish humanitarian during World War II
- 1735 - Freedom of the press was established with an acquittal of John Peter Zenger. The writer of the New York Weekly Journal had been charged with seditious libel by the royal governor of New York. The jury said that "the truth is not libelous."
- 1790 - The Revenue Cutter Service was formed. This U.S. naval task force was the beginning of the U.S. Coast Guard.
- 1944 - Nazi police raided a house in Amsterdam and arrested eight people. Anne Frank, a teenager at the time, was one of the people arrested. Her diary would be published after her death.
- 1958 - Billboard Magazine introduced its "Hot 100" chart, which was part popularity and a barometer of the movement of potential hits. The first number one song was Ricky Nelson's "Poor Little Fool."
- 1983 - New York Yankee outfielder Dave Winfield threw a baseball during warm-ups and accidentally killed a seagull. After the game, Toronto police arrested him for "causing unnecessary suffering to an animal."
- 1987 - The Fairness Doctrine was rescinded by the Federal Communications Commission. The doctrine had required that radio and TV stations present controversial issues in a balanced fashion.
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