VIDEO QUIZ: What does the news story not reveal?

Here's a little below-the-fold news item from Fox 5 Atlanta. A lawsuit was filed, a few days ago, for an unpleasant incident that occurred at a Dallas TX Taco Bell on June 17th. It is alleged that Brittany Davis and a 16-year-old minor, identified only as C.T., both suffered severe burns and psychological trauma after the Taco Bell manager threw a pitcher of scalding water at them while they were "trying to resolve a complaint about their food."

Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to guess the race of the plaintiffs and defendant without looking at the video.

 

Agent 17 probably got it without looking. Did you? How about if Walt gives you a clue. The lawsuit was filed by personal injury lawyer Paul Grinke and... wait for it... Ben Crump, an American attorney who specializes in civil rights and catastrophic personal injury cases such as wrongful death lawsuits. In the recent past Mr Crump has represented the families of Trayvon Martin and George Floyd. Got it now?

The claim alleges that a $30 drive-throough order was filled incorrectly, and despite two additional passes past the window to get the correct items, the matter was still not settled to the plaintiffs' satisfaction. So the two women went to the door of the store, which was locked. An employee quickly let them in, but locked the door behind them. 

The video released as part of the lawsuit shows the exterior and interior of the Taco Bell store, from a variety of angles. The store manager can be seen filling up a water pitcher with what appears to be steaming water while talking on the phone. 

Another camera angle shows the manager throwing the liquid from the pitcher at the two women, who are standing on the other side of the counter. As soon as the water makes contact, both woman can be seen running away. The lawsuit claims that the employee also tried to throw a second pitcher of hot water on the victims as they tried to escape the locked store.

They plaintiffs are seeking more than $1,000,000 in damages from Taco Bell's parent company Yum! Brands, the local franchisee, and two store workers.

Everything liberals tell you is a lie

 

Thanks to our good friends at Blazing Cat Fur for posting this. You should check out BCF every day... after you've visited Walt, of course!

Fancy that! Minneapolis ordered to hire more cops

Ready for an I-told-ya-so story? In the wake of the death of Saint George Floyd (convicted felon and druggie) and the ensuing conviction of Derek Chavin and three other Minneapolis police officers, more than 200 other cops quit, retired, or took extended leave from the Minneapolis police department.

That wasn't enough for the BLM and SJWs, who demanded that the city cut – and even completely dismantle – its police department. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (Democrat) refused to cancel the copos entirely, but did OK a shift of about $8 million in funding to "violence prevention and mental health crisis response teams." He also proposed a further budget cut of $17 million for 2021.

Well, guess what? As of this past May, homicides in Minneapolis had doubled over the same time frame in 2020. Gun thefts from vehicles had risen by more than 100%, while illegal gun seizures had dropped. Surprise, surprise!  Residents from some minority communities [Hey, don't be afraid to call a spade a spade! Ed.] even began showing up at city council meetings demanding to know why police officers weren't responding to calls and helping stop the violent criminals rampaging through their neighbourhoods. 

All this was too much for eight denizens of the City of Lakes, who sued the city for not retaining enough officers on their payroll to meet local requirements. (According to a local ordinance, the city must employ at least 0.0017 sworn officers for every 1000 city residents.)

Hennepin County District Judge Jamie L. Anderson agreed, and ordered the city to employ at least 730 police officers by the end of next June. That number could be increased further, if the results of the 2020 census show an increase in the population of the metropolitan area.

Does anyone not see the irony in this? Newton's Third Law applies to more than physics! Told ya so!

Walt's easy-peasy solution to "white police killing of POC"

Random (sorta) thoughts on yesterday's verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the evil racist ex-cop who (the jury found) killed Saint George Floyd, a paragon of his community whose "tragic loss" diminishes all of us... present company excepted. [I hope so. Ed.] 

First of all, I don't know how the jury could have found other than it did, given the intense pressure from the lickspittle media and all correct-thinking Americans, up to and including Sleepy Joe hisself. A prudent president might have said "Let the courts do their work." The incumbent said "I hope we get the right verdict, and I'll be calling Mr Floyd's family as soon as Chauvin is found guilty." 

And don't tell me the jury was unaware of the demands being made on them by all and sundry, including the likes of Mad Maxine Waters, who stopped just short of calling for rioting and looting if Mr Chauvin wasn't convicted. Isn't that what "taking it to the streets" means, to people of the coloured persuasion? "Reparations shopping", anyone?

What surprised me was the conviction of Mr Chauvin on all three counts. My legal advisor, Agent 3, practised in another jurisdiction, where typically the state makea a practice of "overcharging" -- throwing two or more charges at an accused and hoping that one will stick, or that the accused will plead to the lighter charge rather than take a chance. In the Chauvin case, the defence did offer to pleade to third-degree murder, but the state went ahead with all three. 

Was the fix in, already? I don't understand how someone can be guilty of three distinct offences arising out of the same occurrence. I can almost understand the distinction between Murder 2 and Murder 3, but I always thought murder and manslaughter, requiring a finding of the intention of the accused, could not be the same thing. I would expect that to be one of the ground of the upcoming appeal. 

The main ground, to my mind, will be that the jury was prejudiced by the intensely anti-cop, pro-BLM coverage of the lickspittle media, as well as a settlement in the civil case brought by George Floyd's family. 

Two weeks before testimony in the Chauvin trial began, but while jury selection was in progress, the city of Minneapolis agreed to pay $27 million to settle a civil lawsuit brought by the Floyd family over Saint George's death, making him worth a helluva lot more in death than he ever was or would have been in life. [By rights they ought to give part of the money to Mr Chauvin! Ed.]. 

Mr Chauvin's attorney said the settlement had an "incredible propensity to taint a jury pool," but Judge Peter Cahill rejected the defence request to delay the trial because of the settlement.

The defence may also argue, on appeal, that Judge Cahill's decision to hold the trial in Minneapolis was wrong, and virtually ensured a conviction. The defence had argued it was impossible to find an impartial jury in the city, which was rocked by "mostly peaceful protests" over Mr Floyd's death. Judge Cahill thought that since the case was already one of the most scrutinized in American history, moving it wouldn't make much of a difference.

But wait (as Vince Offer used to say), there's more.... Late in the trial, another case of what the lickspittle media called "white police murder of a black p0erson" occurred in a suburb of Minneapolis.  Brooklyn Center MN cops shot and killed Daunte Wright, a motorist stopped (the meeja says) for DWB (Driving While Black). 

Mad Maxine Waters (D-CA) flew to Brooklyn Center [on her broom? Ed.] over the weekend -- the weekend before jury deliberations were to start! -- and urged protesters "to get more confrontational" if Derek Chauvin was found not guilty. On Monday, Judge Cahill called her comments "abhorrent", but denied a defence request for a mistrial. "I'll give you that Congresswoman Waters may have given you something on appeal that may result on this whole trial being overturned." Let us hope so!

Meanwhile, in Columbis OH, just as the Chauvin verdict was being announced, police held a presser at which they released bodycam footage of a white cop shooting a black girl who, it appeaered, was trying to stab two people with a knife. A black-handled blade resembling a kitchen knife or steak knife was in clear view lying on the sidewalk next to her immediately after she was shot. She was later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.

While we wait for the next act in the evil white cops vs saintly BIPOCs drama, Walt has a suggestion which might accomplish... peacefully... the "complete change in politicing in America" called for by Michael Moore [Who he? Ed.] and other leftist paragons of virtue. The idea sprang into my mind when Mrs Walt asked how many white people had been killed by black cops -- a question for which I have no answer.

My idea is this. Since all the trouble seems to arise in interracial "interactions" -- everything in the Excited States of America comes down to race -- why not establish separate (but equal!) police forces for separate (but absolutely equal!) races?

According to my brilliant plan, a caller to 9-1-1 would be asked if the persons involved are Persons of Colour (POCs). If the answer is yes, POCs (Policepersons of Colour) would be despatched. That way, any tragic deaths which might ensue could not be put down to racism. 

But wait... there's a bonus. My plan would require the hiring of many ore POCs (Policepersons of Colour), thus putting paid to complaints that POCs (People of Colour) are under-represented in America's police forces. Black cops for black communities! It's an inspired idea, the real beauty party being that the Al Sharptons and AOCs of this world can't argue against it without admitting that People of Colour are incapable of policing themselves!

Further reading: "Joe Biden and Maxine Waters Deliberately Sought Mistrial in Derek Chauvin Case", by John Nolte, in Breitbart News, 21/4/21.

Footnote: You think the idea of segregated communities policing themselves is crazy or racist or both? Well, they already do that in parts of Canada, where First Nations (Americans read: Native Indian) reserves (Americans read: reservations) are policed by First Nations police. You could look it up. 

Guilty! Guilty! Guilty! (WTF...)

 Ed. here. Walt has been violently ill since hearing a white news anchorette say that today's verdict cann't "take away the sorrow of having George Floyd no longer with us." 

Walt may have something to say tomorrow. Or not. As the case may be....

White antifa anarchists have taken over the BLM "protests"

Ed. here. Poor Len thinks that Walt left the picture we posted yesterday where it could be seen easily as a way of putting us off his trail. In reality, Len thinks, Walt is not in the wilderness, but inside the bubble around the Scotiabank Centre in Toronto, where Canada's team (the Montréal Canadiens) are trying to get through the NHL "play-ins", to advance to the Stanley Cup playoffs. Only the hockey players, their support workers and a handful of media types are allowed inside, so if Walt has found a hiding place in the rafters -- "The Phantom of the Arena"? -- he's not about to tell us! Stay tuned...

Meanwhile, it falls to me [and Poor Len! Len.] to fill this space, and not with irrelevant funny stuff, as Walt made clear in a rather scathing message two days ago. Today I've chosen "How white radicals hijacked Portland's protests", by Michael Tracey, on the UnHerd blogsite, 4/8/20. As before, space doesn't allow us to repost the whole article, so I've selected a few trenchant excerpts. If you wish to read the whole thing, click on the link above.

The overwhelmingly white, anarchist activists who populate the ongoing protests in Portland...[have] discovered a work-around to arrogate moral cover for whatever insurrectionary upheaval they would have been ideologically committed to fomenting anyway. The Left/liberal political and media class is deeply invested in preserving the untouchable sanctity of "BLM". So by fusing themselves in the public mind with this ambiguously-defined protest movement, or even putting themselves at the vanguard, the anarchist whites insulate themselves from the type of scrutiny that might ordinarily be prompted by activists whose ultimate goal is the overthrow of the state....

To characterise what's gone on in Portland as a traditional "protest" is a misnomer, however. Pay a visit to the area around the Federal Courthouse in Downtown after midnight and you are greeted by brigades of black-clad "Antifa" foot soldiers — geared up in full body armour, complete with industrial-grade gas masks, shields and even customised radio systems. Being overwhelmingly white, they are strategic about public presentation: the speakers appointed to address the nightly "rallies" are almost exclusively black, as "amplifying black voices" to whom whites must dutifully "listen" is a central tenet of the Summer 2020 protest ethos.

If there is any foundational idea operative in Portland, it's to keep a frenetic confrontation with the state going for as long as possible, so as to maximise the chances that an incendiary incident might occur and catalyse a larger insurrectionary uproar — similar to the killing of George Floyd in May, which sparked nationwide riots. One fateful tear gas canister fired into the temple of a "protester" could reverberate rapidly across the country; "Portland solidarity" actions have already sprouted up as far away as Richmond, Virginia....

When protesters chant "NO GOOD COPS IN A RACIST SYSTEM", the "system" to which they are referring is the foundational system of governance of the United States — again, deemed inherently "fascist" and "white supremacist", and therefore impossible to reform. As one sign wielded by a protester declared: "The Revolution will not come by asking or voting"....

A strange feature of this protest movement is that one would barely know Barack Obama, a black man elected president in a majority white nation, ever existed. Not that Obama's mere election was supposed to have eradicated every last trace of racial inequities in the United States: of course it wasn't. But you'd think it would at least inform popular conceptions of the role of race within the nation's elite power structure. Instead, Obama seems to have been simply "erased" — the significance of his tenure not even worth mentioning. Are we to believe that a country so intractably defined by "white supremacy" — a totally uncontested truism among protesters and their media allies — nonetheless elected a black man not once, but twice? Apparently....

Further reading: "Riotous BLM Protesters Suddenly Realize They're All White People", Babylon Bee, 5/8/20. Don't forget, folks, that the BB is "Christian satire", to be taken cum grano salis... but not too large a grain. Truth is stranger than fiction!

Black Lives Matter in Toronto the Good

No, Virginia, Black Lives Matter/BLM is not just an American "thing", or even a "Black thing". The leftist-directed and leftist-funded "protests" following the death of George Floyd (see "Featured Post") has spread across the World's Longest Quasi-Undefended Border to several cities in Canuckistan, notably Toronto, where Whites are the beleaguered minority.

From what was known a century ago as "Toronto the Good" [because you couldn't get a drink there. Ed.] comes news of a "peaceful protest" this past weekend in which statues of the founder of Ryerson University (instrumental in planning residential schools for aboriginal children), Sir John Eh Macdonald (same, and anti-French too) and King Edward VII (symbol of colonism) were painted pink, to call attention to the usual laundry list of grievances.

A Black Lives Matter - Toronto news release says the statues were "artistically disrupted" in "support of demands to defund the police, invest in communities and create emergency safety services that do not harm Black and Indigenous people." Rodney Diverlus, co-founder of the group in Toronto, said people (about 40, judging from the videos) had come out for an "art-based demonstration," whose aim, he said, was to make a point about racism and police violence. He added that Anyone angered by the defacing of public monuments was misguided.

Toronto cops, apparently among the "misguided", charged three people, none of whom are visibly Black, with three counts of mischief under $5000 and conspiracy to commit a summary offence. "We understand we respect the right to protest, but in this incident, where we have statues and monuments that have been vandalized and defaced, the appropriate charges have been laid in this case," Constable Alex Li (not Black, but not white either) told the CP24 news channel.

Today, Agent 3, who vacations in Canada almost every summer, has sent us word of another story involving Toronto's finest and Black people. On the afternoon of July 10th, the cops were called to a shopping centre in Scarberia (eastern Toronto) a report of shots fired in the parking lot. Upon arrival at the scene, officers located a 26-year-old male victim suffering from a single gunshot wound to his abdomen. He was taken from the scene to hospital via emergency run but was pronounced dead two days later. He was later identified as Toronto resident Jordon Marcelle, whose Black Life apparently didn't Matter much to his killers.

And here's a composite photo, issed by Toronto police today, of the 21-year-old woman who has been arrested and a 26-year-old man who is wanted for murder in connection with the death of Jordon Marcelle.

Neither the woman, Tristawna Ona Christian, nor the man, Shaquille Jameel Taesean Small, is a cop. Neither is white. It's just another black-on-black murder, something that happens about once a week in Toronto the Good. Will there be justice for Jordon Marcelle? Will a judge and jury find that Black Lives Matter? Stay tune... but don't hold your breath.

Reverse racism demanded by California State U faculty

I see that, following the death of George Floyd, the Faculty Association of California State University (CFA) has made some demands, reported [a bit belatedly? Ed.] by the Daily Caller. The faculty union has a lengthy shopping list of concessions, handouts and other assistance for "Black, Native and Indigenous" students who have been so terribly, terribly hurt by the systemic racism in the university and American society generally.

What, I wonder, is the difference between "native" and "indigenous" students? Do they mean the folks we used to call "Indians" or "Native Americans"? After four centuries, aren't black people indigenous to America? White people too? But let's get on with it. Ed. will highlight [in blue, of course. Ed.] the buzzwords and loaded phrases currently fashionable with the anti-everything left.

The CFA states that "it is not enough to condemn this public execution [of George Floyd] that calls lynching to mind," and that the university needs to fight racism by:

- Making tuition free for minority students, to reverse the decades-long trend of declining enrollments among these demographics. This means overturning Proposition 209, which was approved in 1996 and prohibited California's state institution from considering race, sex, or ethnicity in public employment, effectively banning affirmative action.

- Requiring at least one "ethnic studies" course as a graduation requirement, because the infrastructures of universities are grounded in a "white supremacist colonial discourse and culture" and "the current course content condones 'spirit murdering'."

- Mandating consistent campus-wide training on "unconscious bias" for all university personnel who interact with students and faculty.

- Recognize the "cultural taxation" placed on black students and faculty, who "are asked to speak for all Blackness on the campuses in committee meetings, as advisors for student groups, as well as in their classrooms", creating a "unique burden placed on ethnic minority faculty in carrying out their responsibility to service within the university."

- Heeding "the voices of Black students across the country as they call for universities to divest from police institutions, for the removal of this deeply racist institution from our sites of higher learning, and toward the full abolition of the police."

- And, last but certainly not least... Creating a black student centre [complete with basketball court? Ed.] to serve as "respite for black students".

That's enough demands for help [preferential treatment? Ed.] for "Black, Native and Indigenous" students. I am waiting for the faculty associations of Howard, Tuskegee, Fisk and other historically black universities to publish similar lists of demands for the equal treatment of minority white students at those institutions. But I'm not holding my breath.

Aunt Jemima to get anti-racism makeover

I see Aunt Jemima is about to get the Darkie/Darlie treatment. For those who don't know how Darkie Toothpaste was gradually changed to "Darlie" so the cartoon character brand identifier wouldn't look quite so black, check "Politically correct toothpaste makes your smile brighter", WWW 21/1/12.

Now, in the wake of the "protests" (read: "riots") that have followed the police killing of George Floyd, Quaker Oats (a division of Pepsico), makers of Aunt Jemima pancake mix and syrup, announced yesterday that the dear old aunt will get a new image, and even a new name. Why? Because they recognize that "Aunt Jemima's origins are based on a racial stereotype."

No kidding?! Seems Quaker knew this at least half a century ago, when they replaced the 19th-century cartoon [N-word deleted here. Ed.] with a version apparently based on the beloved "Mammy" portrayed by Hattie McDaniel in Gone With The Wind. The resemblance is, of course, purely coincidental.

The 1950s picture changed over time, as America got more and more politically correct, and in recent years Quaker removed the "mammy" kerchief from the character to blunt growing criticism that the brand perpetuated a racist stereotype that dated to the days of slavery. Here's how Aunt Jemima looks now.

Kinda like Michelle Obama, right? You know, a thoroughly modern person of colour who likes nothing better, after a hard day of fighting for social justice, but to whomp up a bunch of pancakes for her husband and kids. (Or maybe just the kids, if their father is AWOL).

But Quaker says a more profound change is needed as part of an effort by the company "to make progress toward racial equality." A spokesthingy for the cfompany told the meeja, "We recognize Aunt Jemima's origins are based on a racial stereotype. As we work to make progress toward racial equality through several initiatives, we also must take a hard look at our portfolio of brands and ensure they reflect our values and meet our consumers' expectations."

Quaker said the new packaging will begin to appear this fall of 2020, and a new name for the foods will be announced at a later date. Something like "Buffy" or "Kendall" or "Madison", perhaps. Readers are invited to send their suggestions to Quaker by clicking on this link. Not "Mandy", please!

Footnote: Looks like Uncle Ben's rice is next, to be followed closely by Mrs. Butterworth's maple syrup. Uncle Ben's I can understand but Mrs. Butterworth's? What's wrong with this?

Oh... I get it... They're afraid Pepsico will sue for infringement of copyright of the original Aunt Jemima!

And now our Wally award for the first half of 2020: the best makeover of all: "Cracker Jack Changes Name To More Politically Correct Caucasian Jack", Babylon Bee (who else?!), 17/6/20.

VIDEO: Japanese state TV anime explains America's "protests"

If you, like Walt, find it hard to understand why black Americans (and their white and other-coloured friends) are looting stores and burning down their own communities to express their grief and anger over the death of a convicted felon, this video explains everything. Unfortunately it's in Japanese. But one cartoon is worth 1000 words.



The anime was produced by Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK), the Japanese equivalent of the Canadian Broadcorping Castration, to explain the Black Lives Matter movement and the cause of the "protests" which have rocked dozens of American cities over the past two weeks.

The usual suspects rushed to condemn the public broadcaster's video as "offensive and misleading". Since I don't speak/understand Japanese, I can't comment except to say that it looks pretty much like what I saw on US TV.

Note from Ed.: There are subtitles! I am explaining to Walt how to turn them on.

The real George Floyd

The "protests" are still going on, it seems. Before the Vatican opens a cause for declaring him a saint, they'd better take a look at his rap sheet. (Pun intended.)

Thanks to Agent 35 for passing this along.

Think about this! In honour of George Floyd, statues of General Robert E. Lee and other true American heroes are being pulled down in Virginia and other states and cities whose political "leaders" are eager to jump on the "anti-racism" bandwagon well ahead of the upcoming elections. It's disgusting!

It was inevitable: Al Sharpton to eulogize George Floyd

It had to happen. The only strange thing is that it took so long! When I first wrote about the inevitable "protests" (read: race riots) that followed the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis cop (see "There's gonna be riotin', by George!", WWW 28/5/20), I said "The 'Reverend' Al Sharpton is expected to jet into the Twin Cities today to add his voice of reason to the clamour."

If you don't know who "Reverend Al" is, Google his name + Tawana Brawley. Way back in 1987, Ms Brawley, then a black teenager (no longer a teen but still black), said she had been raped and kidnapped by a group of white men in Dutchess County, NY. Her story of being attacked, scrawled with racial slurs, smeared with feces and left beside a road wrapped in a plastic bag made front pages across the nation, especially after "Reverend Al" took up her case.

Unfortunately for him and for her, a special state grand jury later determined that Ms Brawley had fabricated her claims, perhaps to avoid punishment for staying out late. In 1998, Steven Pagones, who was the county prosecutor at the time, won a defamation suit against Mr Sharpton, Ms Brawley and her attorneys, who had accused Pagones of being among Brawley's attackers.

NPR quotes the Village Voice as saying that "Sharpton has since paid off his [$65,000] debt with money raised by his supporters." Ms Brawley was ordered to pay $190,000, which, with interest, had grown to a debt of more than $430,000 by 2013. By that time, Mr Pagones had received about $3700, less than 1% of what he was owed. How much has been paid since is a mystery.

But I digress. I was talking about the latest appearance of "Reverend Al". I was only wrong about the timing. (Lifetime pct .980.) He is at the top of the card -- chief eulogist -- for the memorial service for George Floyd, which will take place at North Central University in Minneapolis at 1300 CDT. The family's lawyer, Algonquin J. Calhoun, will also speak. Don't miss it.

Black Lives Matter doesn't matter any more!

Looks like last night was comparatively peaceful across the Excited States of America. Not so much rfioting and looting as on the weekend and Monday. I expect today we'll see images of good citizens pitching in to clean up the debris left behind by even peaceful "protesters". I predict that 90% of those shown in such photos will be white. Lifetime pct .976.

You realize, gentle reader, that all the commotion in America's cities is not about George Floyd, police brutality, or even racial inequality, about which the SJWs have been moaning for two centuries.

Black lives do not matter! At least, not to antifa types, the mostly white leftists who are the real "protesters". What we are seeing is a well-organized, well-funded, violent campaign to overthrow the government of the USA. Well... not the whole government... just the man at its head, Still-President Trump.

The bad news for them -- good news for the USA -- is that the protests-cum-riots are having the opposite effect from that intended. They have all but insured the November re-election of the Donald! (Lifetime pct still .976.) I have to admit that Mr Trump hasn't come through the Covid-19 Dempanic covered with glory. But the rioters have effectivelyl ended the lockdown by defying it, and the rest of us figure that if they can take to the streets without worrying about getting the virus, we can take to the beaches!

As well, the media hysteria about "anti-black racism" has all but totally displaced the media hysteria about the Dempanic. And in this chapter of the soap opera that is American politics, President Trump is the one who looks like a hero -- the only one standing up for law and order, while dozen of weak-willed and weak-kneed Democratic politicians fall all over themselves to signal virtue and pander to the anti-American agitators.

I am now the only one who thinks that the "protesters" will succeed in keeping President Trump in the White House. Let me share a few well-chosen words from "Seven Thoughts on the Civil War the Other Side Wants So Badly", by Scott McKay, in The Spectator, 2/6/20.

The police can handle these rioters if they're allowed to. If the police can't, in some circumstances, the National Guard certainly can. This isn't some invading army; it's the dregs of society who have been induced into the streets for free air fryers from Target. The slightest application of law enforcement muscle will put this rioting down.

[On why the areas trashed by the riots won't ever be rebuilt] At the end of the day, everybody figures this is an area where the locals were so stupid and so disrespectful that they looted and burned down the very shops that kept the neighborhood going. And who wants to do business with such people?

You don't have to go any further back than 1968 to know that when America gets its fill of domestic violence and insurrection, it votes for the most conservative candidate it can find. How do you think Richard Nixon, who was the political version of a broken-down claiming horse who had lost an election for the governorship of California just a few years earlier, rolled into the White House like a tsunami? Nixon was the law-and-order candidate. It didn't really matter what else he was; the Silent Majority gave him the job and a mandate to put an end to The Sixties.

Democrats have been trying to recreate The Sixties ever since, and the public has been trying to tell them The Sixties weren't all that awesome.
Trump is going to law-and-order this all the way home. It’s an easy play for him. Trump’s response hasn’t been perfect, but he’s going to dominate the discussion the longer this goes. Do Democrats really think they’re going to beat him without even denouncing the riots? Are they that stupid?

Of course they are. Of course they are.

Well said, Mr McKay. Couldn't have said it better myself. [You got that right! Ed.]

UPDATED: Tucker Carlson: It's all OUR fault; don't you know that?

You know what's funny? Watching the organized, paid, criminal BLM mob vandalizing the "iconic" CNN sign outside the Clinton News Network HQ in Atlanta. CNN is one of the chief storytellers of the Big Media Lie that what we're witnessing in cities across America are "protests", not "crimes of the mob" or "race riots". And here are the BLMers and antifa types attacking their champions.

It's all our fault, dontcha see... those of us who work hard, pay our taxes, and obey the laws of the land, even when the laws (Wear a mask!) are ridiculous. That's what the liberal elites would have you believe. Fox News's Tucker Carlson has more to say....

Updated 31/5/20: Well... this is embarrassing... Apparently Fox News videos don't stay embedded forever, and the clip we posted is not on YouTube, or at least Ed. couldn't find it. Sorry.

NBC: "It's just a 'protest', not a 'riot'!"

Pictured above is a scene in Minneapolis showing people engaged in what the lamestream media -- particularly NBC -- tells us should be called a "protest", not a "riot", over this week's death-by-cop of George Floyd. While Twitter was busy flagging Still-President Trump's tweets on the "protests" for "inciting violence", NBC host Craig Melvin posted this tweet yesterday.

For readers who don't watch NBC/MSNBC, Walt should explain (in case you hadn't noticed) that Mr Melvin is a diversity hire, currently working as a bingo caller ["news anchor", shurely. Ed.] for NBC's Today and a co-host of Today Third Hour. Since the "protesters" seen smashing windows and making off with "liberated merchandise" from Target and other stores in Minneapolis are apparently "people of colour", like Mr Melvin hisself, he obviously wants to make sure that their actions are not mischaracterized by the evil racists at Breitbart, Fox News, or even his own network.

There's gonna be riotin', by George!

Won't even say "And so it begins." [But you just did. Ed.] As surely as day follows night, rioting and looting follow any death of an African-American at the hands of a white American cop. As it did in Minneapolis yesterday, following the death of George Floyd, a black man who claimed he was having trouble breathing because a law enforcement officer was kneeling on his neck.

A bystander's video of the incident on the city's south side captured the man, who was handcuffed at the time, the officers "Please, I can't breathe!" as he is pinned to the ground. The cops involved in the incident have not been identified, but Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (Democrat) announced Tuesday afternoon that they had been "terminated". He didn't mean it in the sense that Mr Floyd was terminated, but rather that they were "no longer with the police department"... fired, ya know.

Enter Black Lives Matter, who hadn't been heard from in a while in spite of the violent deaths of 1000s of young black men across the USA and Canada, possibly because most of those deaths were at the hands of other YBM. Anyhoo, the usual "peaceful protests" broke out "spontaneously" yesterday, and quickly turned into a night of rioting and looting at a Target store and other businesses in the Lake St/Hiawatha Ave area. Fires sprang up as well, engulfing a mostly black housing complex nearby.

The reaction of local politicians has been as predictable as the rioting and looting. In a Tweet late last night, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (Democrat) said, "The situation near Lake Street and Hiawatha in Minneapolis has evolved into an extremely dangerous situation." Duh!
Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) weighted in with "I'm praying for peace and healing tonight in Minneapolis, as I hear sirens and explosions across our green city. Our community is in so much pain. Dr King said, 'I can only close the gap in broken community by meeting hate with love.'"

Back to Mr Walz. The Gov added, "Our state watched George Floyd's humanity get erased. Our feelings of anger, anguish, and disillusionment are justified." He didn't actually identify the person(s) who might be the targets of the feelings of anger etc. He did go on the plead with othger unidentified persons, "If you plan to turn your pain into action by joining a public demonstration, please do so peacefully and safely to protect your own health and the health of the people around you." And remember to practise social distancing and wash your hands!

Finally, we go to state senators Jeff Hayden (D) and Patricia Torres Ray (D), who today issued a joint statement, as follows:
"We, along with our constituents, are deeply heartbroken and outraged by the injustice that occurred in the officer-involved death of George Floyd. As our community continues to grieve and grapple with this incredibly unjustifiable loss of life, we believe in their right to peacefully protest. We have grown increasingly concerned, for the safety of the City of Minneapolis and its residents, as the demonstration has escalated. More than ever, our community must come together during this hard time and in this work to fiercely advocate for the justice that is needed. We are eager to effectively partner with community organizers, leaders, activists, and advocates to prevent the loss of another life due to excessive use of force."

The "Reverend" Al Sharpton [Is he still alive? Ed.] is expected to jet into the Twin Cities today to add his voice of reason to the clamour. And the official anti-Trump line (for it's all his fault, you know) will be pronounced by Joy Behar and Whoopi Cushion on the View just before the noon news. Consult your local TV listings, as other viewing choices may be available.

Footnote: Walt's non-resident expert on American politics points out that the politicians named above (other than Tina Smith) are not actually Democrats, but members of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, a political formation peculiar to Minnesota which is somehow different from the national Democratic Party, although you may need a microscope to see the difference.