Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Sad example of why DC's crime statistics are so low. It's worse than you thought.

- Jonathan Turley: Melania Trump threatens Hunter Biden with $1 billion lawsuit. Delicious.

- Why are jeans making progressives blue? (HT Execupundit)

- RFK Jr. comes right out and says he's not running for President in 2028. Of course this just makes him even more attractive as a candidate (I kid - he is 71-years old).

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- China reportedly wants to build the largest dam in the world in Tibet fueling fears in India and Bangladesh. China is also guaranteeing that India makes this dam their primary target if war ever breaks out between them.

- Melania Trump may be the most elegant and beautiful first lady this country ever had. "You either noticed or didn't deserve to."

- Jonathan Turley: The Rise and Fall of John Brennan. The saying goes the road to hell is paved with good intentions but in this case it may be the road to jail.

- Peter Attia - it's time to remove warning labels on hormone replacement products.

Government Gangsters

Interesting backstory to the killing of the terrorist Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi from the book:

 "...that evening he [Donald Trump] had a movie night scheduled in the White House to watch Rambo: Last Blood with [among others]... actor John Voight.

...Baghdadi was soon chased down a tunnel and was cornered by highly trained special operations dog named Conan. Down in the tunnel, Baghdadi hit a dead end. He locked himself in a cell wearing a suicide vest and hid behind his children as a coward.

...Conan the dog was the only member of the team injured, and he was welcomed at the White House like a hero later."

When it came time to notify the nation of Baghdadi's death:

"...the First Lady stood up and said she thought we should do it [the press conference] right there in the Diplomatic Reception Room. She immediately started planning the whole event, moving the military flags in the room around and deciding on the camera angle. It was perfect staging."

Never realized that Melania was that involved. To be honest though what still sticks with me is Shane Gillis' impersonation of that night.

Heh Heh

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

In an effort to help explain local customs let me start by saying a man blowing his nose into his napkin is the universal non-verbal signal to the waitress that he is done with dinner and that the waitress may now clear his plate in New England... OK this was funny... If I owned an NFL or MLB team with a losing record I would put myself on the roster as the the third punter or seventh outfielder because why not? I don't think there's an actual rule against it. I'd pay myself millions too!... But this was even funnier... One of the great put-downs of all-time was by Ernest Hemingway in A Moveable Feast where he described writer Wyndham Lewis as having "the eyes of an unsuccessful rapist"... I have to agree with James Woods here. People who consistently go after Melania Trump say more about themselves than about the First Lady... If I wrote for SNL I'd do a sketch about the Ginger Network which would be a regular TV network but on which all the actors had red hair. You could have Ginger DiNero and Ginger Pacino doing the coffee scene from Heat. You could have Ginger Jimmy Stewart doing a scene from It's a Wonderful Life. Comedians doing impressions of actors while wearing red wigs - simple but still funny (at least to me),,,