Here’s the statement I gave at this morning’s sentencing hearing for our infamous stalker. My wife also gave a victim’s statement, which laid out the specific chronology of the attacks on my family and others. Then she read dozens of Frisch’s vile missives out loud from a number of platforms. The text of my statement follows: Good morning, your honor. In the days leading up to this, the fourth sentencing
There is no constitutionally valid Marxism
Marxism cannot co-exist with our constitutional republic. It is anti-individualist, anti-capitalist, and anti-limited government. It aims —airily — at an equality of outcome, knowing full well that the endeavor, inevitably and historically, ends with an entrenched authoritarian ruling class. It stamps out the free exchange of ideas in favor of enforced conformity and a dehumanizing move into tirelessly policed identity narratives that, should you stray from that approved narrative, renders
progressive authoritarianism and its discontents
The left isn’t fighting against fascism. Instead, they are fighting FOR authoritarianism. They claim that their political message transcends the law; that it allows them to control cities; that it allows them to destroy property; that it justifies their designs on canceling heretics; that it permits them to block roads, create no-go zones for non-rioters, prosecute those who stand against them while themselves avoiding persecution. Leftist-run cities have shown what
On knees on necks
Kneeling for the Anthem does nothing to address “racism,” save to exacerbate it; such woke theater only serves to antagonize half the country — the message being “we are protesting you and your historic culpability in the kind of systemic racism that forced us to wait until we were in our 20s to become millionaires who play a game for a living.” It is not a show of solidarity for
2020 NFL Mock Draft (No Trades)
Joe Burrow Chase Young Jeff Okudah Tristan Wirfs Tua Tagovailoa Mekhi Becton Derrick Brown Isaiah Simmons CJ Henderson Andrew Thomas Jedrick Wills CeeDee Lamb Henry Ruggs Josh Jones Jerry Jeudy Javon Kinlaw K’Lavon Chaisson Isaiah Wilson Kenneth Murray Xavier McKinney Justin Jefferson Denzel Mims Justin Herbert Jordan Love Yetur Gross-Matos D’Andre Swift AJ Epenesa Patrick Queen Ezra Cleveland Brandon Aiyuk Jeff Gladney Kristian Fulton Update: Will be scoring my draft
2020 Mock Draft 1 (trades allowed)
CIN – Joe Burrow, QB — lock it in. WAS – Chase Young, EDGE – Safe pick, great player. Tua is the wild card here. TRADE – Miami trades up to 3. Jedrick Wills, OT – This is a pick ’em. Andrew Thomas could be the choice here. NYG – Tristan Wirfs, OT – Again, a pick ’em. Could be Wills or Even Becton. DET – Jeff Okudah, CB (from
R.I.P. Charles G. Hill, aka Dustbury
An old-school blogger, and a fixture of the early blogosphere. My sincerest condolences to his friends and family. These types of losses hit hard.
Financial status, update
Well, my wife got part of the raise we were hoping for, which definitely helps. But that means we’re still going to be about $300 short per month. Her company wants to revisit her situation in 4 months. I’ve been able to bring in a lot of extra income this year, but again, the $50K we’re spending on medical and taxes out of her gross is keeping us underwater. Fortunately,
A heartfelt Thank You note
Helen, Satchel, Tanner, and I would like to thank everyone who donated this past week. Things are certainly looking up for us, and it appears — should Helen get her raise and /or promotion — that we will be in a position to recover fully once all the dust settles. And that’s because of all of you: over 730 people donated; and each one made a difference. If you sent
An identity politics post to revisit
We haven’t really moved the needle back much. In fact, too many people have thrown in with the inevitability of this rank movement, including many on the “right.” It was a bad idea in 2006 and it’s a bad idea today: https://proteinwisdom.com/?p=5865