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February 26, 2018

At the Blue Shadows Café...

... let's chat over lunch.

Pointing at the Amazon link: here.

59 comments:

Hagar said...: Why is it that just about everybody ignore the obvious inference that if the three additional deputies that arrived on the scene of the Florida school shooting also took up defensive positions aimed at just preventing the shooter from escaping, this must be because that is what they believed the sheriff's office's policy to be?
Obviously, if "the tactical policy changed after Columbine," no one had told these deputies about that, much less told them what the new policy was or trained them to execute it.
This is on Sheriff Israel, and indeed, also on his predecessors in the last 20 years since Columbine.; 2/26/18, 12:29 PM
southcentralpa said...: Now Lynch is doing re-makes ... ? "Bluuuuuuuue ... Shaaaa-dowssssss"; 2/26/18, 12:30 PM
jaydub said...: SHARYL ATTKISSON: https://sharylattkisson.com/2018/02/23/collusion-against-trump-timeline/

Dry but well worth wading through. Damning for the powers that be.; 2/26/18, 12:31 PM
traditionalguy said...: I want some Jaeger schnitzel with fried potatoes and a side of potato salad.; 2/26/18, 12:32 PM
Hagar said...: A school in Florida, or wherever, may stand a higher chance of being hit by a tornado than a "school shooter," but things being what they are today, just anywhere stand a chance at being shot up by a wannabe "Islamic extremist."
Or like the media used to headline: "Crazed Ex-GI."; 2/26/18, 12:42 PM
Humperdink said...: Spouse and I had home made smoothies for lunch.

Beautiful day in the neighborhood. Sunshine, blue sky in NW Pa. Good day to take Ziggy, the German Shepherd, for a walk.; 2/26/18, 12:45 PM
Nonapod said...: When discussing, arguing, and debating about politics gets you to stressed out, watch this video of baby goats frolicking in pajamas.; 2/26/18, 12:46 PM
Jupiter said...: "Peterson “heard gunshots but believed those gunshots were originating from outside of the buildings on the school campus,” according to the release. “BSO trains its officers that in the event of outdoor gunfire one is to seek cover and assess the situation in order to communicate what one observes with other law enforcement.”

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/broward/article202164039.html; 2/26/18, 12:47 PM
Mike Sylwester said...: SHARYL ATTKISSON

The spelling of her name is a mess.

It should be spelled Cheryl Atkison.; 2/26/18, 12:49 PM
n.n said...: ... there is a peculiar lack of color diversity.; 2/26/18, 12:50 PM
Hagar said...: Texas police shot a man after he disarmed a potential church shooter who had been holding more than 100 people hostage in at a congregation in Amarillo.

There is something to be said for assessing the situation before you go in shooting.; 2/26/18, 12:58 PM
Michael K said...: We are having a new electrical panel installed and the power has been off all morning.

Next week the pool gets plastered and we are finally through with the restoration.

The house is only 50 years old but no one had ever upgraded anything.

32 degrees this morning but warming up this week.; 2/26/18, 12:59 PM
bolivar di griz said...: What is striking how less than meets the eye:

https://legalinsurrection.com/2018/02/nunes-no-schiffs-memo-doesnt-change-anything-in-my-memo/

So the omaha banker who said no to the nra, a Goldman Sachs veteran; 2/26/18, 1:02 PM
StephenFearby said...: In other news:

Prankster pees on elevator buttons and gets trapped inside
February 26, 2018

A wannabe prankster had his trick blow up in his face in China. A young man was caught on camera urinating on an elevator's control panel, causing it to short out and halt the machine, trapping him in the tiny, confined space. [Video]

https://nypost.com/video/prankster-pees-on-elevator-buttons-and-gets-trapped-inside/

The story evokes Lee Quan Yew's (the first prime minister of Singapore) draconian enforcement of cleanliness in public places:

"...many of Singapore’s elevators have “Urine Detection Devices” which will lock the doors of an elevator and summon the police to your location to arrest you if it detects that you’re relieving yourself in one."

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2015/06/legendary-toilets-singapore-flushing-law/

The opposite of NYC's recently enacted "progressive" approach:

Why you might see more people peeing on the streets of NYC this summer
June 13, 2017 |

"As of Tuesday, scofflaws who commit certain quality-of-life violations — including urinating, boozing or blasting loud music in public — will get little more than a slap on the wrist.

The change is the result of the City Council’s controversial Criminal Justice Reform Act, which allows law breakers who’ve been cited for those and other low-level offenses to face justice in administrative hearings rather than in criminal court.

Critics charge that the shift will undermine the “broken windows” theory of policing that began in the city in the 1990s. The theory maintains that cracking down on minor offenses prevents more serious crimes."

'“Before, the guy might have thought, ‘I better not p— in the elevator because I might get caught up in the system.’ Now, there’s no fear of embarrassment or recrimination.”'

https://nypost.com/2017/06/13/why-you-might-see-more-people-peeing-on-the-streets-of-nyc-this-summer/; 2/26/18, 1:05 PM
Michael K said...: The left never connects these feel good loopy policies and the deterioration of public spaces.

Now they are doing it in schools, not just Coward County.; 2/26/18, 1:07 PM
Hagar said...: This morning, the Daily Mail had a photo of Kim Kardashian watching Kanye West relieving himself against a commercial entryway.; 2/26/18, 1:21 PM
PJ said...: Pulling together “blue shadows” and “trail”:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xXmp_LOpkpc; 2/26/18, 1:21 PM
Drago said...: BTW, if you haven't had a chance to see the hilarious Michael Wolff interview with Australia's Today Show, wherein LLR Chuck's "go to guy" Michael Wolff pretends to not be able to hear the question regarding his claims about Trump affairs, you should take a look.

So obviously fake.

Like all his claims.

No wonder LLR Chuck uses him as a source!; 2/26/18, 1:37 PM
MountainMan said...: It has been warm in East Tennessee, we are having an early and very wet spring. We had the first bear siting of the season in the neighborhood early Sunday morning. A neighbor a few blocks away caught one on his outdoor security cam, walking down his driveway. Looked big, lean, and hungry. They were a real nuisance all last year; three different bears caused lots of mayhem several nights each week until mid-autumn. People just don't seem to grasp they need to put their trash cans in the garage or basement and keep pet food indoors. We have more of this problem every year. The deer are already bad enough.; 2/26/18, 2:06 PM
Unknown said...: Rest in Peace Billy Cowsill.

(of the Blue Shadows, and formerly The Cowsills, an overall tragic story.); 2/26/18, 2:21 PM
320Busdriver said...: Watching Trump holding court with the Govs was quite the show. He's breaking everything he touches and is turning the executive branch into a reality show. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

I've decided that this should be the trumpanthem even though most of those appearing here are likely triggered by the POTUS.; 2/26/18, 2:43 PM
readering said...: News report:

"I really believe I'd run in there even if I didn't have a weapon," Trump said during a meeting with governors, including Florida's Rick Scott who on Sunday called for an investigation into the law enforcement response.

Hours later, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Trump didn't actually mean he'd go into a school with an active shooter, but that he'd "be a leader."

What is this guy doing near a microphone without a telprompter?; 2/26/18, 2:48 PM
readering said...: News Report:

Michelle Obama’s memoir, “Becoming,” will hit bookstores on Nov. 13.It will be published by Crown, a Penguin Random House imprint, which acquired world publication rights of it along with a book by former President Barack Obama in February.

Imagine all the folks on here who will be buying copies through the Althouse Amazon link . . . .; 2/26/18, 2:51 PM
rcocean said...: "I really believe I'd run in there even if I didn't have a weapon," Trump said during a meeting with governors, including Florida's Rick Scott who on Sunday called for an investigation into the law enforcement response."

HoHum. Another Trump sentence wretched out of context. What did he say before or after that?

Anyway, I'm sure Trump believes he would've run into the building. Prove him wrong.; 2/26/18, 2:52 PM
langford peel said...: Great idea. I need a new door stop.; 2/26/18, 2:53 PM
rcocean said...: Al Gore said he invented the internet.; 2/26/18, 2:53 PM
rcocean said...: Hillary landed under sniper fire.; 2/26/18, 2:53 PM
Lewis Wetzel said...: Blogger Hagar said...
Texas police shot a man after he disarmed a potential church shooter who had been holding more than 100 people hostage in at a congregation in Amarillo.

There is something to be said for assessing the situation before you go in shooting.

But that's not what the cops are trained to do . . .

In American policing, confronting active shooters is divided into two eras: before Columbine, and after Columbine. Before the 1999 shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado, police strategy was to wait for the SWAT team to arrive and then attack en masse with precise force. But after the two shooters in Columbine roamed the school for nearly 50 minutes, killing 13 and wounding 21, the police approach changed: Enter now. Whoever is there with a gun, whether a school resource officer or the first patrol officer to arrive, should go after the shooter.

Liberals like to talk and argue about things they know little about. It is as though they believe that an elevated sense of righteousness makes them incapable of having bone-headed opinions.; 2/26/18, 2:54 PM
rcocean said...: "Michelle Obama’s memoir, “Becoming,"

I like the Obama's, even though I never voted for them. Unlike Bill and Hillary, who are two shifty crooks, I wouldn't having a drink with them.

But Michelle and Laura Bush struck me as very dull FLOTUS (and the same goes for their husbands).

I wouldn't read a book by anyone of them. Did Barney write a book? I might read that.; 2/26/18, 2:57 PM
Sebastian said...: "It will be published by Crown, a Penguin Random House imprint" IOW, it will receive the requisite disguised bribe from Crown.; 2/26/18, 3:19 PM
Drago said...: rcocean: "I wouldn't read a book by anyone of them. Did Barney write a book? I might read that"

The point of the book is not that you read it. The point of the book is it allows Michelle to kick off her 2020 campaign with massive free positive coverage on every MSM venue, magazine and newspaper.

Be on the lookout for Michelle to win a Grammy for Spoken Word (audio version of her book), multiple Non-fiction Book of the Year Awards by any number of organizations, etc.

I wouldn't be surprised if she launches some new "whatever" type campaign for which she would be awarded multiple honors from UN agencies, foreign nations, international groups, including potentially a Nobel even before she formally launches her campaign.

Throw in about half a dozen Honorary Degrees as well.

It's the Clinton Playbook except this time it will be deployed for the obama's.

All the while Muellers team of democrat hacks will be busy working to make sure obama's abuse of federal agencies and spying on domestic political opponents is thoroughly whitewashed.

Par for the course.; 2/26/18, 3:24 PM
Rabel said...: "The point of the book is" 65 million dollars for a two book deal with Obama and his wife.; 2/26/18, 3:31 PM
Rabel said...: “You don’t know until you test it but, I really believe I’d run in there, even if I didn’t have a weapon, and I think most of the people in this room would have done that too,” Trump said.; 2/26/18, 3:32 PM
Char Char Binks, Esq. said...: Trump and his heel spurs would have run in there.; 2/26/18, 3:45 PM
Anonymous said...: Snowing on my ranch in the Sierras. 2500' elevation. Much needed for water storage and the freezing temps will kill off the pine bark beetles. Got a flock of quail on the patio for some reason. It amazes me that they will get within just a few feet of me with nothing but a clear glass door separating us...but won't let me within 40' outdoors.

namaste; 2/26/18, 4:01 PM
Kevin said...: As usual, it's not what's in the Democrat's memo, but what's not.

The Democratic memo ignored Republicans’ contention that former FBI Deputy Director Andy McCabe testified in December that the FISA warrant would not have been sought without the infamous dossier, which was commissioned by Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC). McCabe’s testimony was a key point in the Republican memo.

Democratic California Rep. Eric Swalwell claimed earlier this month that Republicans had mischaracterized McCabe’s testimony. However, Democrats declined to directly refute that claim in their own memo.; 2/26/18, 4:04 PM
320Busdriver said...: I just want to see what the fisa judge presents to goodlatte, and if it differs from what the committee was shown. I really think some folks have to go to prison over this bs.; 2/26/18, 4:19 PM
Hagar said...: No, Mr. Wetzel, the United States is a very democratic, complex society. There is no central command authority setting policy for the thousands of city police departments and sheriff's offices around the country. Each one is an island with its own chief or sheriff and further subject to state and local political control.; 2/26/18, 4:25 PM
Jupiter said...: readering said...

Michelle Obama’s memoir, “Becoming,” will hit bookstores on Nov. 13.It will be published by Crown..."

So, who wrote it?; 2/26/18, 4:38 PM
Michael K said...: Michelle has an inflated sense of self, as who wouldn't around the "Lightbringer,"

It will be interesting to see of she soaks up the Oxygen from Warren and Harris.; 2/26/18, 4:44 PM
Sebastian said...: "The Democratic memo ignored Republicans’ contention that former FBI Deputy Director Andy McCabe testified in December that the FISA warrant would not have been sought without the infamous dossier."

They are not even trying. The question is, why not? Answer: they don't have to --or at least they think they don't have to. The MSM will carry their water, Mueller will bail them out, their base will buy the collusion narrative regardless and blame the nasty GOP for derailing it. But at some point even progs have to face facts--or face the fact that a fair portion of the public will.; 2/26/18, 4:45 PM
readering said...: News Report:

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Shortly after he declared that he would have run into a Florida high school unarmed to thwart a mass shooting, Donald J. Trump announced that he was planning a parade in Washington, D.C., to celebrate his hypothetical act of heroism.
“Anyone can act with bravery in the moment,” Trump told reporters in the White House. “But it takes a very special kind of hero to tell people about the incredibly brave thing he would have done weeks after the thing happened.”
He added that it was one of his greatest regrets that bone spurs prevented him from serving in the Vietnam War, “because the really courageous things I would have done during that war would have been off the charts.”
“As soon as the Tet Offensive happened, I would have run unarmed right into that mess,” he said. “We probably would have won the war right after I did that.”
Trump said that the parade he was ordering would honor not only him but all of America’s “last responders.”
According to a new poll, Trump’s assertion that he would have run into the Florida high school unarmed was believed by his daughter Ivanka.; 2/26/18, 4:47 PM
Drago said...: "The Borowitz Report"

LOL; 2/26/18, 4:55 PM
Roughcoat said...: If Scot Petersen is being truthful in saying that he “heard gunshots but believed those gunshots were originating from outside of the buildings on the school campus,” doesn't that drastically change the complexion of the discussion?

I'm honestly asking, and would like to know what others think.; 2/26/18, 5:02 PM
Fabi said...: Why wouldn't a trained LEO be able to discern between shots fired indoors versus out? Very different reports. I view this as pure CYA.; 2/26/18, 5:18 PM
320Busdriver said...: How many times have you heard that Trump has "not even implemented the Russia sanctions that congress has recommended?

It's a well worn lib talking point. If you watched meet the press yesterday, at the very end of the show, you can see Dany Pletka, who is no fan of Trump, firmly correct both Chuck Todd and Helene Cooper of the nyt on this. She says she's "never seen an administration move so fast as this one".

More fake news. It's so refreshing to see it get challenged.; 2/26/18, 5:22 PM
tcrosse said...: It will be interesting to see of she soaks up the Oxygen from Warren and Harris.

Michelle doesn't carry the heavy baggage that Warren, Harris, and Gillbrand do, although it's probably poor form to refer to a Person of Color carrying baggage.; 2/26/18, 5:25 PM
Drago said...: readering: "News Report:"

"Get news satire from The Borowitz Report delivered to your inbox."

https://www.newyorker.com/newsletters/andy-borowitz-newsletter

"news satire" which magically becomes "News Report".

Thanks for completely living down to our expectations readering.; 2/26/18, 5:32 PM
Gahrie said...: If Scot Petersen is being truthful in saying that he “heard gunshots but believed those gunshots were originating from outside of the buildings on the school campus,” doesn't that drastically change the complexion of the discussion?

I find it hard to believe that a 30 year veteran cop can't tell the difference from shots inside a building and shots near him in the open air.; 2/26/18, 6:03 PM
rhhardin said...: Scott Adams's attack on the nuclear family is good, plus end bullying with violence.; 2/26/18, 6:38 PM
readering said...: Sorry Drago, since Althouse regularly comments on New Yorker articles and columns, thought folks here were as familiar with Andy Borowitz as they have become with Scott Adams. Maybe not.; 2/26/18, 7:03 PM
Ann Althouse said...: I rarely if ever link to Borowitz. It’s just not my style of humor. Too stuck in a predictable position and overdoing one idea. I look at the title and think... oh, no.; 2/26/18, 7:34 PM
Jupiter said...: Roughcoat said...

"I'm honestly asking, and would like to know what others think."

If I understand correctly, his claim is that he thought his job was to observe and report. Presumably, he had a radio in addition to the gun he didn't use, and he will have reported that someone was firing a weapon in some outdoor location. If that is shown to be the case, I think he deserves the benefit of the doubt. Of course, it is possible that he falsely reported shots outside because he didn't want to go in.

Cops do a lot of sitting around, and I would guess they spend a lot of time thinking about what they will do in certain unlikely but dramatic situations. Think about it long enough and you might decide that the best plan is the one where you go home that night without any large holes in your body. Or not.; 2/26/18, 9:12 PM
bolivar di griz said...: This just in:

http://weeklystandard.com/the-mystery-martyr/article/2011702

Abroad events are afoot:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/saudi-king-replaces-top-commanders-in-major-military-shake-up/; 2/26/18, 9:12 PM
bolivar di griz said...: Real changes

http://dailysignal.com/2018/02/26/podcast-epa-administrator-scott-pruitt-explains-agency-changed-trump

This just in:
http://dailycaller.com/2018/02/26/when-governor-challenged-trumps-position-on-arming-teachers-trump-hits-back-with-the-hammer-of-truth; 2/26/18, 9:15 PM
Rabel said...: I'm coming around to he opinion that the Deputy may be getting a bum rap. A few details are missing, in particular, his communications and his actions in the final minute of the shooting. We'll see eventually.; 2/26/18, 10:59 PM
eddie willers said...: I love a good satire, but "The Borowitz Report" has never made me laugh even once.

The dude just ain't funny.; 2/26/18, 11:57 PM
narciso said...: Agreed it was policy as even max Eden of city journal is pointing put; 2/27/18, 12:09 AM
Kevin said...: If Scot Petersen is being truthful in saying that he “heard gunshots but believed those gunshots were originating from outside of the buildings on the school campus,” doesn't that drastically change the complexion of the discussion?

Apparently the Coral Springs deputies are better trained to know where gunshots are coming from?

They arrived on the scene and immediately entered the building.

I think that puts theories to the contrary to rest.; 2/27/18, 2:30 AM