Links for 9-4-23

fudging the numbers

FBI data on active shootings is misleading. From: John Lott/Real Clear Wire. The FBI defines active shooter incidents as those in which an individual actively kills or attempts to kill people in a populated, but does not include shootings that are deemed related to other criminal activity, such as robbery or fighting over drug turf.

🥊 Punch the empire in the f*cking face. From: Caitlin Johnstone. Speech is violence and cluster bombs are peace. Homelessness and war are normal and opposing nuclear armageddon is treason. You’re a serious person if you believe our brains are being scrambled by Russian ray guns and a kooky conspiracy theorist if you’re skeptical about UFOs.

Moms for Liberty: ‘We do not co-parent with the government.’ From: Wall Street Journal. Tiffany Justice and Tina Descovich, the ‘joyful warriors’ who founded the group, discuss Covid shutdowns, teachers unions, transgenderism and the SPLC’s smear.

🚩 Federal appeals court rules Detroit's asset forfeiture violates due process rights of drivers. From: Reason. A federal circuit judge writes that Detroit's vehicle seizure scheme "is simply a money-making venture—one most often used to extort money from those who can least afford it."

Beyond belief. From: Bill O’Reilly. One of my guiding principles is "people believe what they want to believe."

Dr Fauci admits there IS a lack of evidence showing dreaded COVID mask mandates stopped pandemic - but wants us to cover-up anyway. From: Daily Mail. Fauci continues to reveal himself as both a liar and a fool.

🤥 25 myths in the media's Idalia coverage. From: Alex Epstein. The media are using Hurricane Idalia to spread the false narrative that fossil fuels make extreme weather danger worse.

Biden’s use of fake names in email could cost him. From: Jonathan Turley/The Hill. Obama is now being asked to bail Biden out from another debacle of his own making, going back to his time in Obama’s administration.

💀 Are 500,000 dead and wounded in Ukraine enough? From: Douglas MacKinnon/The Hill. Do those calling for Ukraine to continually march into the teeth of the Russian war machine have a maximum number of Ukrainians in mind who can be slaughtered before they say, “You know, maybe we have to rethink our strategy”?

Disney stock plunges to 9 year lows after multiple woke box office failures. From: Zero Hedge. Maybe attacking the state of Florida and supporting transgender indoctrination in schools was not the best money-making business model?

🎯 Non-plastic straws the latest example of climate activism's unintended and deadly consequences. From: Just the News. "Ready, Shoot, Aim!" The rush to utopian solutions like ending plastic straws, much like ending fossil fuels, turns out to produce unintended and potentially deadly consequences for wildlife and people.

SHORT: Bill Maher - Woke v Liberalism