September 24, 2024

They're shovel-killing the dogs.

"Project 2025 mastermind allegedly told colleagues he killed a dog with a shovel/Revealed: former colleagues claim Kevin Roberts told them he killed a neighbor’s pit bull around 2004" (The Guardian).
“My recollection of his account was that he was discussing in the hallway with various members of the faculty, including me, that a neighbor’s dog had been barking pretty relentlessly and was, you know, keeping the baby and probably the parents awake and that he kind of lost it and took a shovel and killed the dog. End of problem,” said Kenneth Hammond, who was chair of the university’s history department at the time.

Two other people – a professor and her spouse - recall hearing a similar account directly from Roberts at a dinner at his home. Three other professors also said they heard the account at that time from the colleagues who said they had heard it directly from Roberts.

None of them say they heard that the dog was threatening anyone at the time of the shovel-killing. As for Roberts, he says "This is a patently untrue and baseless story backed by zero evidence. In 2004, a neighbor’s chained pit bull attempted to jump a fence into my backyard as I was gardening with my young daughter. Thankfully, the owner arrived in time to restrain the animal before it could get loose and attack us."

It's not surprising to see another dog story hitting the news. Dog stories jump over the fence and gnaw at your heart.

43 comments:

Carol said...

That's awesome. Dog nutter culture is out of control. People bring these shitbeasts into grocery stores and let them sniff and lick food and piss on the floor. And when they chew someone's face off it was because they were provoked. Or not properly trained.

Yes, we know dog nutters rate dogs over humans. Well, back at ya.

Iman said...

I’m sure he had his reasons…

Kate said...

Unless it's a purse dog, how the hell do you kill it with a shovel? Maybe a lab that just wanted smoochies would be open and vulnerable, but then you wouldn't be attacking it. A dog violent enough to warrant defense would not be deterred by your shovel.

This is a ridiculous story. Whoever started it is a cat person.

One Fine Day said...

The Guardian reported, without evidence.

Two-eyed Jack said...

My son was bitten by a pit bull. I support the right to bear shovels.

Aggie said...

Oh Look !!! Another Smear. It's almost like there was a production line of Smears, all lined up, ready to be released, each with a half life of at least a week. Release one every other day or so, let them fill up the newsprint as they work their way through. All the way to, let's see, October, November.

Protect our Corporation, colleagues, there's a corporate raider loose upon the land !

Original Mike said...

Project 2025 mastermind?
Aren't they embarrassed writing this stuff?

RideSpaceMountain said...

Shoveldog.gif is a well-known meme in darker corners of the net (don't look it up). I'm wondering if that wasn't woven into some kind of fanciful tale here.

Mike (MJB Wolf) said...

Ah another Leftist Democrat myth born before our eyes. One guy "recollects" it happened without evidence of course. The actual dude featured in the "recollection" has a direct refutation, which is a more believable version too.

But the Myth will take hold. I've already seen it spreading on Twitter. Leftism cannot survive without lying about its opponents. Lies are oxygen to the Leftist manipulation strategy.

This is another reason they hate Trump with a hot passion: he exaggerates easily with flair and effectiveness, which they see as encroaching n their turf. That's why a whole "fact-checking" industry has evolved to "deal" with Trump. It's almost a certainty this Project 2025 story will not be fact-checked.

Skeptical Voter said...

Well that writer is shoveling something. If you go down to the stables at the track, you can get a bigger shovel. Make your job easier.

Gusty Winds said...

None of them say they heard that the dog was threatening anyone at the time of the shovel-killing. - Three lying liberal professors claim a "mastermind" murdered and innocent dog for no reason at all. I don't believe them one bit.

ron winkleheimer said...

As someone who has actually broken up a fight between a Pitbull and another dog I can assure you that there is no way you are going to kill one armed with only a shovel.

Mike (MJB Wolf) said...

My hunch is this story is designed to push the "Haitians ate my cat" stories out of the public conscience. Note: Haitians have for years killed cats for Voodoo and NOT ate them, but hey that would require actually reporting.

Mike (MJB Wolf) said...

Never. Being a Leftist disables one's embarrassment mechanisms.

Mike (MJB Wolf) said...

How exactly was the dog Obama ate dispatched prior to cooking? Do we even know?

Gerda Sprinchorn said...

Not a bad story, but how do you top the JFK Jr whale head story? Answer: you can't. The whale head story may be the best dead animal political story ever.

narciso said...

also the freezer full of road kill,

narciso said...

its the Grauniad they covered for every leader from Stalin to Chernenko

Amadeus 48 said...

The Guardian. That figures. Let me tell you about Brits and dogs. Most Englishmen like their dogs more than their children (they love them both, but the dogs appear to like their owners, so they have that going for them).

And the 2025 Project! It is right up there with the Steele Dossier as a fetish for the Left. They become aroused just thinking about it. Too bad Trump had nothing to do with it.

We are living in amazing times.

NorthOfTheOneOhOne said...

Reminds me of the people who insist that the assassination attempt in Butler, PA was "staged". They "know" everything about firearms even though they've only ever seen one on TV and have no clue about how impossible it would be to pull off what they're saying happened. I'm assuming it's the same thing regarding pitbulls and shovels. They've never even seen real ones, but the "know" everything about them.

Amadeus 48 said...

The best dead animal political story ever is the Biden presidency.

Eva Marie said...

I hope he wasn’t sexting with the dog before he killed it.

n.n said...

It is imperative to guard again allegations of hearsay that are a first-order forcing of climate change and indictments in Democratic jurisdictions.

Lazarus said...

How is this news? Would it be news if some leftwing think tank wonk killed a dog with a shovel?

I was thinking this must be embarrassing for the journalists and their sources. But of course, they are shameless. It is embarrassing for Kevin Roberts.

Advice for aspiring young conservative academics: if your department chair was a leader of the Kent State SDS and a director of the Chinese Communist-linked Confucius Institute, maybe don't try entertaining him with tales of your puppy-bashing prowess with the shovel.

Rick T. said...

"...gnaw at your heart." And your liver. And your kidneys.

Ralph L said...

Even if they weren't so dangerous, pit bulls should be put down for being so ugly. Decades ago, I took an instant visceral dislike to them that hasn't faded. Don't be surprised if I'm killed by one.

Jupiter said...

Antifreeze. Dark chocolate.

Bob Boyd said...

It happened at one of Diddy's parties.

Bob Boyd said...

The dog agreed to let this guy have a whack at him because Diddy promised the dog he could be in a music video. Diddy kept his word. The dog did appear in a music video, but he was dead.

Bob Boyd said...

Kevin Roberts: Hey Kristi, hold my beer.

Bob Boyd said...

Obama ate a dog. How was it killed?

Yancey Ward said...

I will take "Lying Sacks of Shit" for 2000, Alex.

Sean said...

I have seen a Doberman take a horse kick to the head and shrug it off. Doubt the shovel story.

Mr. Forward said...

It was a fully automatic AR-15 with a shovel ready attachment.

n.n said...

Such an animal doesn't exist.

Enlighten-NewJersey said...

Here's something I just read. Trump signed a bill back in 2018 banning the slaughter of cats and dogs for food.

“On 20 December 2018, the federal Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act was signed into law as part of the 2018 Farm Bill. It bans slaughtering dogs and cats for human consumption in the United States, with exceptions for Native American rituals.”

Iman said...

Doggie was drowned in a soy sauce marinade.

Interested Bystander said...

I was out running one evening around dusk when a pit came around the back side of a pine tree and was coming for me. I yelled "no" loudly which got the owner's attention and he called the dog off. If the owner hadn't been there I'd have been attacked and that dog was going for my legs. I've never trusted a pit bull. Like that dog, they're sneaky. He wouldn't have attacked head on. He saw me and slipped behind the tree so he could come at me from behind. I'd never leave a child with one. Ever.

Interested Bystander said...

RFK is a strange agent, to be sure. I had somehow missed the dead whale story. OMG what next? Will he abandon a dead bear cub in Central Park or something?

Michael K said...

Maybe an assault shovel.

Narayanan said...

with exceptions for Native American rituals. = dont Haitian qualify?

Ampersand said...

Note the "witness", Kenneth Hammond. According to Wikipedia, Hammond was a Students for a Democratic Society leader at Kent State University from 1967 to 1970. This makes me suspicious. Perhaps his revolutionary zeal is undimmed, and he's willing to spend what is left of his superannuated credibility for The Great Cause.

mikee said...

Back in my Baltimore days in the 1990s, my kids had two pet rabbits in a hutch under our back deck. One day a neighbor's Rotter got loose and started wandering, and when he got to our back yard he tried to eat the rabbits through the wire of their hutch. I personally love Rotweilers, my brother has kept them for decades and they're great dogs, usually. Hearing the commotion, I got down there just in time to see one rabbit pick up a piece of firewood and hit that Rotter right on the head with it, as if swinging a mallet. The Rotter stopped, blinked, and then wandered off home. Damndest thing I've ever seen a rabbit do. And yes, that is my story and I've stuck with it this long, so I'm going to keep sticking with it. The rabbit did it.