October 4, 2025

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45 comments:

tcrosse said...

An old friend who lives in Chicagoland has written how aghast and afraid he is of Trump's latest moves there. I can imagine how shocking this is since Chicago and Illinois have always been models of Peace, Quiet, and Clean Government.

john mosby said...

In Chicago, an ICE convoy was surrounded by cars that included a female with a gun. ICE shot the gal, who drove off and got medical attention. Chicago PD supervisors put out through dispatch that no CPD officers were to respond.

https://secondcitycop.blogspot.com/2025/10/hein-gutless-pussy.html

Yes, Chicago policy is not to help ICE. But at the point they're in a gunfight, you're not helping them with their mission, you're helping them defend their lives as Chicago residents and taxpayers. And oh by the way maybe help civilian bystanders who may have gotten hit by strays.

Just messed up. CC, JSM

Original Mike said...

"Chicago PD supervisors put out through dispatch that no CPD officers were to respond."

I hope that's not true.

john mosby said...

O'mike - go to the link from Second City Cop. It has a screenshot from the CPD dispatch system. CC, JSM

Jaq said...

Sounds a lot like an actual insurrection.

Insurrection:
The act or an instance of open revolt against civil authority or a constituted government.

A rising against civil or political authority, or the established government; open and active opposition to the execution of law in a city or state.

DINKY DAU 45 said...

Will this FABRICATOR ever stop with her mess> Karoline Levitt STILL....
Escalator Incident at the UN During President Trump and First Lady Melania’s arrival at the United Nations General Assembly in September 2025, the escalator they stepped onto suddenly stopped. Melania had to grab the rails to keep her balance, and Trump later joked about it in his speech.
Karoline Leavitt’s Reaction White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt didn’t find it funny. She publicly called for an investigation, saying if UN staffers intentionally stopped the escalator, they should be fired and held accountable. She cited reports from the London Times that UN staffers had joked about sabotaging Trump’s arrival.
What Actually Happened According to the UN’s own investigation, the culprit wasn’t a globalist plot—it was likely a White House videographer. The videographer reportedly ran up the escalator and then back down, triggering a built-in safety mechanism designed to prevent accidents. That sudden movement set off the alarm and halted the escalator.
Teleprompter Trouble Too To add to the chaos, Trump’s teleprompter also malfunctioned during his speech. The UN clarified that the teleprompter was operated by Trump’s own crew, not UN staff Does this group of people ever stop fabricating and whining? She is a real up the bosses butt type. This lady makes that other lady Huckleberry look like a portrait of veracity. Stop whining ,my Lord no tolerance for constant whiners.

Jaq said...

Just watched "My Dinner with André" again, and wow, does that movie hold up. This blog is a lot like that movie, even Schopenhauer got a mention, just like he does here sometimes. Just a lot larger cast.

Original Mike said...

Jaq said..."Sounds a lot like an actual insurrection."

Glenn Reynolds would agree.

rehajm said...

Since the sombreros were promoted here they’ve multiplied tenfold. Even a couple are not from Trump…

TeaBagHag said...

Wow! Who would have thought that Trump’s Gestapo would face resistance from the city they invaded. Decent people don’t like it when their neighbors are kidnapped and disapeared.

john mosby said...

TBH, that's beautiful. Hope you were saying that in the 90s about Clinton/Reno's Gestapo. CC, JSM

john mosby said...

Maybe the Tridentine Mass people should have turned around when the little bells rang and jumped Biden's Gestapo infiltrating their services, too? CC, JSM

Leland said...

A Democrat AG candidate discussing killing the children of his GOP opponent. "Gilbert gets two bullets to the head"

TeaBagHag said...

Yes! Because stopping people from gathering en masse during a pandemic is the same as masked thugs stuffing random brown people into vans and disappearing them, with no process.

Political Junkie said...

TBF returns.

Jaq said...

OK, I have been thinking about that statement that you have to climb Mount Cringe before you can sit with the cool kids, and I was reading about the life of Louis L'amour, and as a struggling writer, publishers told him that nobody would buy western novels written by somebody named "Louis L'amour", that he should have a name like "Zane Gray" and he even wrote under the pseudonym of "Tex Burns" until finally he insisted on writing under his own name, which now is synonymous with the genre.

rehajm said...

whole bookcase of L’amour books at the mils

rehajm said...

…you make it sound like pandemic is something that just happened instead of created…

Eva Marie said...

Amazon Best Seller List
1. 107 Days by Kamala Harris has slipped to #3. Interesting comments from Japan in the reader review section. (Awkward wording is a result of the translate feature.) “Eighty percent of the text is distributed as an appeal for the author's feelings and hard work, a grudge against family, and the remaining 20% is an appeal for ‘the importance of democracy’. While resources are limited, the sense of impatience and urgency of converging into a situation of intense defeat is conveyed so well that it is reminiscent of war memoirs (notes of German and Japanese officers and soldiers, etc.). However, the depiction is consistently limited to the perspective surrounding the author, and there is almost no strategic analysis or summary of causes of defeat . . . It is unsatisfactory for readers seeking political and electoral verification, and I have the impression that it is a book ‘for fans.’” (Comparing Kamala’s effort to the memoirs of German and Japanese officers? Ouch.)
2. 10 books on the list are by Freida McFadden. That’s a new record for her. She always has several books in the top 100 but this is quite an achievement.
3. Nicholas Sparks has partnered with M Night Shyamalan on Remain at #79. A supernatural love story.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

Big brother watching me reading this video/post about Althouse careful walk up a stairway, and, feeding me this clip of Robert Redford adjusting to his age.

Maybe it's not just us "learning to love big brother" as much as it is Big Brother learning to feed us what somebody believes we need.

RCOCEAN II said...

Thanks to Althouse for helping me find Marc Maron podcast. I find them interesting the sometimes very entertaining. Maron is best when interviewing showbiz people, comedians in particular. He's also good at taking some old show biz type like peter Bogndavidich and just having him talk about his career.

His dullest interviews are when he does most of the talking. this is really annoying when he has female guests. He should be drawing them out, having them talk more about a particular statement or point, instead he charges on to the next thing.

The aside, I was amazed how dull his interview with STeven Colbert was. Mostly because Colbert is very dull. He's one of the "comics" that need a script and a character. Letterman who i dislike as a person, was very funny. So was Leno. But Colbert? Snoozeville.

FullMoon said...

"What Actually Happened According to the UN’s own investigation, the culprit wasn’t a globalist plot—it was likely a White House videographer"
Interesting that MSM has not attempted to duplicate the situation in order to humiliate .Karoline Levitt

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

Jordan Peterson's daughter says her father is in a Hospital.

link to YouTube

"He's out of the ICU"

Asks for thoughts and prayers.

FullMoon said...

Oh, wait. Turns out they tried multiple times and couldn't get the escalator to stop. Maybe next week?

john mosby said...

Lem - yes, I saw JBP's daughter's video. First I heard about him being sick. Apparently has been going on for a few months. CC, JSM

Eva Marie said...

Jordan Peterson
Dennis Prager
Scott Adams
Anybody got any conspiracy theories?

Rt41Rebel said...

https://iotwreport.com/tyrus-gets-230am-text-from-trump/

Eva Marie said...

@Rt41Rebel: fantastic, thanks

TeaBagHag said...

Dr.Fauci and his furry, Antifa, tranny lab techs unleashed a virus that targets MAGAt grifters?

Big Mike said...

If Trump wants to declare martial law in Cook County, Illinois, I think it would be justified.

Iman said...

Tea Bag!
Tea Baaaagger!
Hard-hearted Harbinger of Haggis
Bewildered
Bumfuzzled
Bellicose bovine!
Untrusting!
Unknowing!

Unlove-d?

TeaBagHag said...

Iman, is there a tune that goes with it, so we can sing?
Or is it just a poem?

Rt41Rebel said...

Can anyone identify the font that is used for the comments on Ann’s blog? I just noticed that my handle is displayed with the 4 shifted low such that the horizontal strike is centered on the bottom margin. I don’t hate it, just curious.

Mr. T. said...

Reset the clocks!

It's now been θ days since the democrats and the left decided to "tone down" the rhetoric...

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/virginia-jay-jones-texts-
attorney-general-todd-gilbert.amp

effinayright said...

Stinky dinky, what would you expect Levitt to do, except to order an investigation to find out what happened---especially when low-level UN morons had sent emails threatening to mess with the escalator? You're a neuron-depleted fuckwit.

TeaBagHag said...

I do love that Donnie Dementia and Kegsbreath lectured the generals about being fat and then Donnie’s obese ass is so fat is stopped the escalator.
That’s comedy gold!

buwaya said...

I'm leaving today...
I've had my two week snapshot of the USA for this year.
Next year again, God willing.

effinayright said...

TeaBagHag said...
I do love that Donnie Dementia and Kegsbreath lectured the generals about being fat and then Donnie’s obese ass is so fat is stopped the escalator.
That’s comedy gold!
*************
Since when, is a civilian who becomes the CINC late in life equivalent to career military general officers who demand their troops maintain themselves in battle-ready fitness, while themselves letting themselves become Vindman-level obese?

[insert bone spurs deflection here]

Iman said...

C’mon, hag. You can’t sing with your mouth full of plums.

RCOCEAN II said...

mr sheen and mr. gallagher:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkzAEGarl9Q

Jon Ericson said...

@Rt41Rebel: I believe the font is named Georgia. From fonts supplied by Microsoft for canonical web use.

Lazarus said...

UK warns nimbus and stratus variants of COVID are coming so mask up.

I'll wait until cumulus and cirrus come along.

Joe Bar said...

Well, I live in Virginia, and the local news is all about the democrat attorney general candidate texting about shooting his political opponents, and killing kids. Then, there's his 115 MPH reckless driving incident. Interesting times!

Iman said...

Just another criminally insane, far-left lawyer mook, Joe Bar.

Jamie said...

Two nights running of no hydrocodone - I think I'm on the downward slide with this knee! Dressing and irritating compression stockings go away Wednesday and I will be able to focus that much more on strength and range of motion work.

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