Althouse: "I’m grateful he accepted my invitation and hope he’s able to have fun and appreciate how much his fellow citizens admire his courage."

১৩ ডিসেম্বর, ২০২৪

"I’m grateful he accepted my invitation and hope he’s able to have fun and appreciate how much his fellow citizens admire his courage."

Said JD Vance, quoted in "Daniel Penny accepts VP-elect JD Vance's invite to be his 'personal guest' at the Army-Navy game Saturday. "

৮৬টি মন্তব্য:

Krumhorn বলেছেন...: Trump and Vance are the perfect choice for our times. It helps to be unafraid to say and do the right thing. Penny is but an example of that. In the leftie vernacular, I would support Penny being centered in this way.

- Krumhorn; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১০:০২ AM
RideSpaceMountain বলেছেন...: I’m grateful he was acquitted and hope he follows through on suing Alvin Bragg for malicious prosecution.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১০:০৩ AM
Krumhorn বলেছেন...: …and taking his space; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১০:০৩ AM
mikee বলেছেন...: An invitation from a superior officer is considered an order. Even after leaving military service, I think it would be hard not to accept an invitation from someone ranking above the SECDEF. And hey, Army/Navy, always a fun game, even if you didn't attend West Point (but got accepted there).; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১০:০৫ AM
J Severs বলেছেন...: I hope I tune into the game in time to hear the introduction to Mr. Penny. I predict the crowd noise will be enormous.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১০:০৬ AM
Michael বলেছেন...: এই মন্তব্যটি লেখক দ্বারা সরানো হয়েছে।; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১০:০৯ AM
Michael বলেছেন...: It's fascinating to see so many treating Trump and Vance as if they are already the sitting Prez and VP.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১০:১০ AM
Paul বলেছেন...: Excellent! Like I say now and then .. they are all welcome to my table anytime. Now I don't have any hors d’oeuvres my wife and I do have some real good stews!; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১০:১৩ AM
Zavier Onasses বলেছেন...: " I predict the crowd noise will be enormous."

Maybe a spontaneous "Fight! Fight! Fight!" chant?

Z.O. - USAFA '65; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১০:১৬ AM
Dixcus বলেছেন...: "... even if you didn't attend West Point (but got accepted there)."

And of course, kept the letter for 30 years so you could prove it when it comes time for the media to try to falsely smear you.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১০:১৯ AM
Dixcus বলেছেন...: It's a damn good thing you went over to Google and copied the spelling of that word and pasted it into your comment.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১০:১৯ AM
Ice Nine বলেছেন...: Yeah, I'll tune in to watch that, as well.

I wish I could somehow watch bunches of Lefties reacting too...; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১০:২৩ AM
Jupiter বলেছেন...: Last I heard, Neely's shitsack of a family is suing him. Benjamin Crump is probably their attorney. We have a lot to thank the lawprof's of the late 20th century for. Too bad they're mostly dead.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১০:২৪ AM
Peachy বলেছেন...: "Jordan Neely randomly punched Anne Mitcheltree in June 2021 inside the S.K. Deli Market on 2nd Avenue in the East Village, which left the 65-year-old woman with swelling and substantial pain. "
"“They told me, ‘We have him, he’s in custody, we’re going to press charges,’”
[Nope ]
A few months later, Neely belted a 67-year-old woman in the East Village, police sources said."

The November attack- Neely knocked a woman over and left her with a broken nose, fractured orbital bone and bruising, swelling and substantial pain, according to charging documents. "

“I thought the judge would have forced him to take psychiatric meds, but it seems like he bounced out.” [nope]

*****
But you know- the Hack D-MSNBC/CNN Rolling Tone LEFT will make the marine on the subway - a Nazi White Supremacist.
He was doing the work the city of NY refused to do.

But good news!
Biden just gave our tax dollars to:
- $50 billion yesterday to Ukraine
- $1 billion to Africa
- $998 million again to Ukraine

In the last 8 days. and how many pardons? whoa.
Holy Smollette.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১০:২৪ AM
RCOCEAN II বলেছেন...: Good to hear. Now, Penny needs to sue NYC and get compensation for his unjust arrest and trial.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১০:২৮ AM
Greg The Class Traitor বলেছেন...: Good for JD.

Even better for JD if he manages to treat it as a "two Marines hanging out" event; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১০:২৮ AM
RCOCEAN II বলেছেন...: hors d'oeuvre cf: salmon on a toasted cracker. hors de combat. cf: crystal magnum; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১০:৩১ AM
Jamie বলেছেন...: Zavier Onassis - my dad was in that class!; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১০:৩৭ AM
RideSpaceMountain বলেছেন...: I had no idea until the day of Penny's acquittal that Neely's "father" (I'm being extremely gracious) "was"/(is) a lifelong junky and barely knew his son existed before he met his well-deserved end. To hear him speak in front of the courthouse you'd have thought he practically raised him all by himself if it weren't for the fact he's a bald-faced liar. And now they need to cash in...

Young black men of a certain demographic profile in the US aren't really viewed as fully human within their own communities until, or unless, they become a source of cash for the parasites within their own communities. You need look no farther than Sharpton's NAN or Michael Brown's own family getting into a well-known fist-fight with each other over t-shirt proceeds from their dearly and recently departed thugling.

Epic trash.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১০:৩৭ AM
narciso বলেছেন...: A hero vs a predator, empowered by cashless bail the looting of the mental health fund by mrs mccrea, nee wilhelm; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১০:৫৯ AM
n.n বলেছেন...: Semper fi; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১১:০০ AM
David53 বলেছেন...: Still making leftist heads explode and loving it.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১১:০১ AM
wendybar বলেছেন...: Cue the left wing meltdowns!!!; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১১:০৩ AM
wendybar বলেছেন...: And pardoned some Chinese spies. Holy Smollett is RIGHT!! Biden is protecting HIMSELF... PERIOD.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১১:০৫ AM
Kakistocracy বলেছেন...: One can trace a fairly straight line through US political culture from Bernhard Goetz to George Zimmerman to Kyle Rittenhouse to Daniel Penney...one difference is that national political leaders didn't used to publicly fete such vigilante killers.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১১:০৯ AM
Kevin বলেছেন...: Go Navy!; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১১:১২ AM
Skeptical Voter বলেছেন...: Hey once a Marine always a Marine. And this is two Marines going to a ball game. And Kakistocracy get your facts straight. Zimmerman was getting his head pounded into the pavement; Rittenhouse shot someone who was pointing a gun at him, and Penny, along with a black guy and a Hispanic guy restrained a man threatening a subway car full of people. They may be a lot of things, but vigilante killers they were not.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১১:১৬ AM
Yancey Ward বলেছেন...: One can only hope that if Bich is someday threatened with death by a homeless guy, no one lifts a finger to help him and films Bich getting beaten for all of our amusement.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১১:২০ AM
Kakistocracy বলেছেন...: I'm not a lawyer and can't speak to the criminal charges, but he killed a man. If you held a choke for half that long in MMA, the ref would attack you and drag you off the other person. Another way Trump and his allies celebrate and normalize violence.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১১:৩২ AM
Yancey Ward বলেছেন...: Bich, you don't seem to know much at all about the case and yet here you are commenting about it.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১১:৩৯ AM
Peachy বলেছেন...: The left are desperate to create another George Floyd moment.
The left abandon blacks - and then find a scapegoat. rinse and repeat.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১১:৪০ AM
Bruce Hayden বলেছেন...: My thoughts exactly, but was going to call them Jarheads.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১১:৪৪ AM
Christopher B বলেছেন...: "A kid comes up to me in a white jacket, gives me a Ritz cracker and chopped liver, he says 'Canapes,' I say, 'Can o' peas my ass:! That's a Ritz cracker and chopped liver.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১১:৪৮ AM
Dave Begley বলেছেন...: How great is this?; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১১:৫৮ AM
Bruce Hayden বলেছেন...: “I'm not a lawyer and can't speak to the criminal charges, but he killed a man.”

And the killing was legally justified by the self defense acquittal. Ditto, of course, for Zimmerman, Rittenhouse, etc. The legal standard is if you are in reasonable fear of death or great bodily injury, for yourself, OR ANOTHER, you can utilize deadly force. That standard was met in all these cases. It’s not that their attackers needed killing, but rather, it is legally just fine to have done so, if they posed a deadly threat. The 6th (Jewish/Calvinist) or 5th (Roman Catholic) Commandment is not “Do Not Kill”, but rather “Do Not Murder”. And killing in self defense is not murder.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১১:৫৮ AM
Peachy বলেছেন...: Bich - you make the perfect democrat.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১২:০০ PM
Lawnerd বলেছেন...: You are either an idiot or a troll.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১২:০১ PM
planetgeo বলেছেন...: Yup, this will be truly epic. Got the recorder all set up to show leftist friends and family members next Thanksgiving...right after the full recording of Trump's inauguration 2025.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১২:১৮ PM
Kakistocracy বলেছেন...: This is also the message Trump's J6 pardons are meant to send: If you commit violence in his name, you will be not only protected but celebrated.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১২:৪০ PM
exhelodrvr1 বলেছেন...: Go Navy, beat Army!; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১২:৫৭ PM
Peachy বলেছেন...: bich - like your team celebrates shooting a CEO in the back?; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১:০৩ PM
Peachy বলেছেন...: Bich - tell us about Neely's priors and why the left in NY let him down.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১:০৪ PM
Freder Frederson বলেছেন...: before he met his well-deserved end.

So you have gone from "we should reopen all the state mental facilities and lock all the homeless and mentally ill up" to "he deserved killing, let's just summarily execute all the Untermensch and useless eaters".

If you represent the direction this country is going, we are going to be in deep shit for the next four years.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১:৪১ PM
Freder Frederson বলেছেন...: The legal standard is if you are in reasonable fear of death or great bodily injury, for yourself, OR ANOTHER, you can utilize deadly force. That standard was met in all these cases.

And they all got a jury to agree to that theory. But you and others objected to them being charged at all. Telling the cops "hey I was in reasonable fear for my life" should not be sufficient to allow the cops to say, "hey, don't sweat it, go on home and don't worry about it."

That is the whole point of the legal proceedings, to ensure that the fear was reasonable and the homicide was justified.

But apparently, you want to dispense with lawyers, judges, and juries. Which is kind of odd for someone who spent their most of their professional life practicing law. I guess you think the best way to defend a patent is to challenge the violator to a duel.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ২:০৪ PM
RideSpaceMountain বলেছেন...: We have been in deep shit for the last four years, and people have a natural right to self-defense against those who threaten bodily-harm and death. Jordan Neely made a decision, a fatal one. Decisions have consequences, and people who make bad decisions deserve to pay for them. Sometimes that includes their lives.

You represent where the country was. Buckle up buttercup.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ২:০৭ PM
William বলেছেন...: Remember that cop in Ferguson. After he was exonerated, he moved away and kept a purposefully low profile. That might be the best strategy. The media are aware of Rittenhouse and Zimmerman and you can be sure that if they have any human failings, the media will hasten to inform the public of them....Penny is a brave man, and he was unfairly tried. He's about to become a big celebrity. Fame doesn't corrupt the way power does, but not everyone thrives under a spotlight. Anyway, I wish him well.......And all Republican should thank Alivin Bragg. He was personally responsible for millions of Democrats switching their votes.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ২:২০ PM
FullMoon বলেছেন...: Goota give Rich credit. So far as eliciting respones, he is entering Inga territory.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ২:৩৯ PM
Gravel বলেছেন...: What a dipshit. If there was any doubt in anyone's mind that you are a complete and total fool, it's been erased.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ২:৫৩ PM
Mason G বলেছেন...: "I hope I tune into the game in time to hear the introduction to Mr. Penny. I predict the crowd noise will be enormous."

The game's on CBS, they'll probably just edit that part out.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ২:৫৪ PM
Goldenpause বলেছেন...: Well played.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ২:৫৫ PM
Merny11 বলেছেন...: By the way, where the heck IS Inga?; ১৩/১২/২৪, ২:৫৭ PM
john mosby বলেছেন...: Sorry if this is off topic or against the rules, but the below givesendgo is for a person with a similar situation to Penny’s - but no one was hurt:
https://givesendgo.com/christy

Also, here is an article about the incident - not exactly defendant-friendly; use your Pravda skills:

https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/754739/a-d-c-oig-investigator-assaulted-some-buskers-on-the-metro-now-hes-facing-criminal-charges/

Thanks/sorry - JSM; ১৩/১২/২৪, ২:৫৭ PM
Joe Bar বলেছেন...: He also pardoned a Chinese guy with child pron, and that dirty judge who was selling kids to private prisons.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ৩:০২ PM
FullMoon বলেছেন...: Like a lioness in the jungle, Inga is watching and waiting. Be afraid...be very afraid.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ৩:০৫ PM
Joe Bar বলেছেন...: Go Army. Beat Navy!
Wanna bet a B-robe on it?; ১৩/১২/২৪, ৩:০৫ PM
Freder Frederson বলেছেন...: What a dipshit. If there was any doubt in anyone's mind that you are a complete and total fool, it's been erased.

I assume this well thought out, relevant comment is aimed at me.

You are astoundingly brilliant and I can't argue with your impeccable observation and well thought out response.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ৩:১৩ PM
Saint Croix বলেছেন...: This is also the message Trump's J6 pardons are meant to send: If you commit violence in his name, you will be not only protected but celebrated.

What violence was committed by the people on J6?

What people were convicted of murder?

What the hell are you talking about?

You are so full of shit.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ৩:৩৭ PM
RideSpaceMountain বলেছেন...: You want Inag's slavish adherence to what the NYT says daily to come back!?; ১৩/১২/২৪, ৩:৪৮ PM
Gravel বলেছেন...: You assume wrongly.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ৩:৫০ PM
Dr Weevil বলেছেন...: A delicious hors d'oeuvres my late mother (ob. 12 years ago today) used to make: slices of lox or other smoked salmon, slips of raw onion, and capers on pita bread. Tasty and very healthy.

I've since improved it by substituting Scandinavian Crisp Bread crackers for the pita. Not much difference in taste, but the rough surface of the cracker with all the little depressions means the capers don't roll around or fall off the edges.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ৪:০২ PM
Jim at বলেছেন...: If you represent the direction this country is going, we are going to be in deep shit for the next four years.

If it means deep shit for people like you? Good. You've earned it.
The rest of us will be happy to watch you choke on it.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ৪:০৬ PM
RideSpaceMountain বলেছেন...: Actually Jim, he deserves it.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ৪:১২ PM
effinayright বলেছেন...: Freder Frederson
The legal standard is if you are in reasonable fear of death or great bodily injury, for yourself, OR ANOTHER, you can utilize deadly force. That standard was met in all these cases.

And they all got a jury to agree to that theory. But you and others objected to them being charged at all. Telling the cops "hey I was in reasonable fear for my life" should not be sufficient to allow the cops to say, "hey, don't sweat it, go on home and don't worry about it."
*********

Freder, that's exactly what cops and prosecutors do when the circumstances justify the killing. Got a burglar prowling around your house at night? Most states follow the "Castle Doctrine" and allow the use of lethal force in such cases. Or how about bodega owners who kill armed robbers in their stores?

Such cases only infrequently wind in front of grand juries or trials. Instead, they are dropped as justifiable homicide. THAT's what Penny supporters thought should have happened.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ৪:১৮ PM
Mason G বলেছেন...: "Such cases only infrequently wind in front of grand juries or trials."

Depending on the skin color of the people involved.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ৪:২৪ PM
narciso বলেছেন...: Beetlejuice Beetlejuices; ১৩/১২/২৪, ৫:০৬ PM
Narr বলেছেন...: Too bad there wasn't an MMA ref on the subway car, I guess.

What a maroon.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ৭:১১ PM
BUMBLE BEE বলেছেন...: My father used to say "Halitosis is better than no breath at all."
Rich has it in spades.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ৭:১৯ PM
Hassayamper বলেছেন...: This is a message, and a good one. It's not 2017 any more.

Courageous men like Penny will be celebrated and supported.

Communist government scum like the fat piece of shit who tried to put him in prison will be attacked and destroyed.

Total war on every organ of the Left is the only option.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ৭:৫২ PM
doctrev বলেছেন...: Gentlemen: "when evil men panic, it's because good men are doing their jobs."; ১৩/১২/২৪, ৭:৫৮ PM
Aught Severn বলেছেন...: An invitation from a superior officer is considered an order.

I would say...sometimes, maybe. Depends on a lot of things. We are a long way from 19th-century military etiquette.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ৮:০২ PM
Aught Severn বলেছেন...: '65, eh? You sure you didn't drop an A? USAAFA? I bet that place still had that new-car smell to it...

Go Navy!; ১৩/১২/২৪, ৮:০৫ PM
John বলেছেন...: @Michael -- Well, Kamala is on a bender in Hawaii (who could blame her, though what did she expect?). And Joe is letting Jill stand at his podium and issue bromides.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ৮:১৯ PM
John বলেছেন...: CNN's van Jones is correct: the GOP is with the "mainstream" and the "fringe" is with the Democrats. They never saw it coming. They thought control of MSM, the universities (those "if we create an impenetrable language, we will be just like physics", except they forgot about the testable hypotheses thingy), that was all they would need.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ৮:২৬ PM
Political Junkie বলেছেন...: Without the Harris campaign "'pay per post", she has no incentive to post. She is hanging out at BlueSky.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ৮:২৭ PM
Ampersand বলেছেন...: It's important for a bad President to choose an incompetent doofus as VP. It's important for an effective President to choose a more effective VP.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ৮:৩১ PM
John বলেছেন...: Go away CHS!; ১৩/১২/২৪, ৮:৩৪ PM
John বলেছেন...: Crystal Magnum is now admitting she lied about the Duke Lacrosse case. Well played RCOCEAN II. (I normally ignore you because you seem such an antisemite, but when you are right, you are right.); ১৩/১২/২৪, ৮:৪২ PM
Dr Weevil বলেছেন...: Guys: 'Crystal Magnum' = large cognac decanter, 'Crystal Mangum' = homicidal lying whore.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ৯:৪২ PM
Yancey Ward বলেছেন...: Penny should have waited until Neeley stabbed someone before acting, I guess.; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১০:০২ PM
Butkus51 বলেছেন...: "If you represent the direction this country is going, we are going to be in deep shit for the next four years."

the 4 year coma; ১৩/১২/২৪, ১০:৪৮ PM
Kirk Parker বলেছেন...: Yancey @10:02pm,

Not even then! Only Official Government People ™ are allowed to do things like that. If there's no police officer on hand to rescue you, it's your duty to just die.

/sarc; ১৪/১২/২৪, ১২:৪১ AM
Bruce Hayden বলেছেন...: “And they all got a jury to agree to that theory. But you and others objected to them being charged at all. Telling the cops "hey I was in reasonable fear for my life" should not be sufficient to allow the cops to say, "hey, don't sweat it, go on home and don't worry about it."”

The reason for that is that the process is the punishment. It’s actually unethical for a prosecutor to file charges if he doesn’t reasonably think that he can obtain a conviction. And note that the standard in NY, as well as 48 other states, is that the prosecution must disprove Self Defense beyond a reasonable doubt. So 50/50 chance of beating Self Defense doesn’t cut it. Realistically, because the prosecutor has this legal burden, I would think that prosecuting a Self Defense case, where the prosecutor has less than maybe 75% chance at conviction would be unethical.

Still, prosecutors routinely violate this, prosecuting Self Defense cases all the time, knowing that they are unlikely to overcome that required level of proof. That is why FL enacted the statute that the left hates so much there. Throughout the prosecution of George Zimmerman, we were constantly barraged with criticism about the Stand Your Ground (SYD) statute. It was never an issue, since SYD is an abrogation of the common law Retreat Doctrine, and has been enacted or judicially enacted in almost every state. More to the point, Retreat Doctrine was never an issue in that case, because Martin never gave Zimmerman an opportunity to Retreat. Martin slugged him, knocked him to the ground, then sat on him, pummeling him MMA style, beating his head into the concrete, and then trying to strangle him. The location of the bullet holes in Marin’s hoody and body showed that he was on top and leaning over his victim when he was shot.

But what was (intentionally) confusing, was that what the left was really upset about was another statute enacted at the same time as the SYD statute that provided that SD defendants were entitled to a SD hearing, where they only had to prove SD by a preponderance of the evidence, and if they did, the prosecution was liable for the cost of defense. The purpose of that statute was to prevent just what you seem to prefer, and Bragg did here - using the process itself (the prosecution of someone with an obvious SD defense) to harm the defendant. Other states have enacted similar types of remedies against unscrupulous prosecutors in these cases, for the same reasons.; ১৪/১২/২৪, ২:৩৭ AM
donald বলেছেন...: Well that’wasn’t MmA now was it?; ১৪/১২/২৪, ৬:৫৬ AM
Former Illinois resident বলেছেন...: Despite failure of prosecution to get a conviction on Penny, the real lesson still stands: our intervention during violent assault could result in our arrest and prosecution. These days, a "hero" can easily face criminal charges for physical assault of violent criminal. Fear of arrest, of criminal prosecution, will prevent most people from interceding. Short-term and long-term outcomes of fighting back will stop most people from helping the victim(s). Penny's arrest on serious charges, his criminal trial, his significant legal costs, the progressive-liberal MSM negative press coverage and public misrepresentation of facts, the character assignation and long-term notoriety, the overall stress, these are all factors that will keep people from resisting their attackers, from intervening on behalf of other people, from even pressing charges against their assailants.; ১৪/১২/২৪, ৯:০৫ AM
Hey Skipper বলেছেন...: Freder, the police interviewed witnesses, looked at cell phone video, and interrogated Penny. They decided there was ample prima facie evidence of justified self defense, and declined to bring charges.

Bragg is the one who put Penny through this.

NB: at about the same time, a black subway passenger stabbed to death a psychotic person of color, in an evident case of self defense.

Bragg declined to charge.; ১৪/১২/২৪, ১১:০০ AM
Tim বলেছেন...: Neely was not killed by Penny. Neely was alilve when the cops got there and Penny released him.; ১৪/১২/২৪, ৩:৫৭ PM