Antifa

Scenes like this are why I say that the entire area in the northwest is to be avoided. They are lost behind enemy lines.

With so many organizations compromised by undercover Feds, I find it hard to believe that the powers that be don’t know who the members of these groups are. Still, Antifa must still be worried about consequences, or there would be no need for masks.

I wonder how hard it would be to put GPS trackers on Antifa vehicles to see who they are and where they live. That would be some useful information to have. Spend $100 to get three of these to bring with you to the next event where you know they will be, and you have the beginnings of some useful intelligence information.

They do things like throw bags of their own excrement at people, knowing that the police there will protect them from any harm. However, if you were to confront them in places where the police aren’t actively protecting them, I would wager that they aren’t quite so bold…

Stupid Pranks

I have posted about stupid pranks that the current generation is playing, thinking that placing people in fear for their lives to get views of their social media is funny. Two years ago, it was staging a scene where unsuspecting people came upon what looked like a person dressed as a clown that had just murdered someone then began chasing the prank victim.

Let me show you an example of the current trend in these so-called prank videos:

This idiot approaches people saying, “I am gonna burn your car up, bro” before pouring a liquid from a gas can onto the hood while holding a lighter, then compounding it by chasing the victim with the gas can and lighter.

I am going to shoot your ass just as quickly as I can clear leather. Then I am going to keep shooting you until you fall to the ground, and I am going to walk away without being convicted of a crime, AND I am going to be paid for my troubles. Let me explain:

It doesn’t matter that the liquid is not a flammable one, just like it doesn’t matter if a person robs you with a toy gun. What matters is the person defending themselves reasonably believes that the threat is a real one. The moron clearly indicated that it was his intent to set my car, and possibly me, on fire before pouring what appears to be a flammable liquid on my car. It’s clearly his intent to make the person being “pranked” to believe they are imminently going to be the victim of arson. After all, if that belief didn’t exist, the prank wouldn’t work as a prank. Therefore, it is reasonable for a person to believe that an arson is imminent.

In Florida, arson is a felony.

(1) Any person who willfully and unlawfully, or while in the commission of any felony, by fire or explosion, damages or causes to be damaged:

(a) Any dwelling, whether occupied or not, or its contents;

<snip irrelevant legalese>

(3) As used in this chapter, “structure” means any building of any kind, any enclosed area with a roof over it, any real property and appurtenances thereto, any tent or other portable building, and any vehicle, vessel, watercraft, or aircraft.

Not only that, but arson is also a forcible felony. In Florida, I can use deadly force to stop the imminent commission of a forcible felony. I could even argue that pouring a flammable liquid on a vehicle where I am in close proximity is a deadly threat upon my person. It doesn’t even have to be my car. It can be a car that I am standing close to. That isn’t even considering that this rocket scientist was chasing people with the gas can and lighter in his hand.

(2) A person is justified in using or threatening to use deadly force if he or she reasonably believes that using or threatening to use such force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the imminent commission of a forcible felony. A person who uses or threatens to use deadly force in accordance with this subsection does not have a duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground if the person using or threatening to use the deadly force is not engaged in a criminal activity and is in a place where he or she has a right to be.

It isn’t just vehicles. Now they have progressed to pouring a liquid from a gas can onto people.

The morons even brag about how “epic” it is that so many people were fooled.

After I shoot and kill you in self defense, every person involved in this production is now guilty of felony murder. They are also liable to me when I sue everyone involved in this so-called prank for the “emotional trauma” and PTSD I now have experienced because I had to shoot someone.

and yeah, I am going to include Youtube in the lawsuit because they allow these videos to be monetized.

Law Is Dead

U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams in Miami has ruled that Florida’s law making it illegal to enter the state as an illegal immigrant violates the Supremacy clause and is prohibiting state enforcement of the law. The states, according to her, cannot have any immigration laws because the Feds already have them.

OK. I will accept that.

That also means that the states can’t enforce any gun laws. Or drug laws. Or laws on murder, kidnapping, or any other laws. In fact, let’s just get rid of the states. Make them political subdivisions of the Federal whole.

We know that isn’t what she and the rest of the activist judiciary want. If a case making the claim that California’s gun laws violated the supremacy clause were to come before one of these judges, it would be summarily dismissed. This isn’t about the Constitution or the law. It’s about twisting things to fit your side. Note that so called sanctuary states and cities haven’t had the same treatment.

We are living in a time when the law is nothing more than a tool to be used to get what you want.

Defense of Others?

Read this situation:

Aaron Carbo began speaking to me about the incident, where he informed me that he was approached by [REDACTED] in an aggressive manner, being asked to hurry up as he was holding other golfers up.

A “heated” argument ensued, causing Carbo to push the other person to the ground.

Carbo stated he then stood over [REDACTED] and called him a ‘pussy,’ at which time Carbo’s girlfriend pulled him away.

As Carbo was being pulled away by his girlfriend, Scott Throne ran over and punched Carbo in the face, which caused Carbo’s mouth to bleed.

Throne was arrested for battery for striking Carbo, and Carbo was arrested for battery on a person 65 years or older for striking [REDACTED]

I did a bit of editing on the original story to make it more readable, but the details are the same. Now let’s discuss my logic here:

So to me, this all comes down to the timing of the above events. If Cabo’s girlfriend had already pulled Cabo away from the altercation, and the altercation was over, then Throne was not justified in using force. If Cabo was still engaged in fighting with the elderly victim, or was attempting to do so then the altercation was not over, and Throne was legally justified in using force to stop his felonious attack on [REDACTED}.

No matter what, this case is a mess and is going to cost Throne a lot of money in legal bills.

EDITED TO ADD: So I pulled the case file from the court record, and the elderly victim was a 79 year old man. The report also reads:

Had [Scott] Throne punched him before the fight was over, then Throne would not have been arrested. As it is, getting involved is going to result in some trouble with the law. Again, better to mind your own business, especially if you aren’t sure of the law or the situation.

On a side note, Cabo is listed with the state as being a habitual felony offender.

No Posting for Now

Came down with something. Didn’t know what it was, but didn’t feel well enough to go to work on Friday. Then my sense of smell disappeared.

COVID. Again. This is the fourth time I have caught it. I will be sleeping the day away. This couldn’t come at a worse time, I am taking my board exam in the morning. Hopefully, I will feel better tomorrow.

Amish Canadian Priesthood Again

Check out this video:

You will note that the person posting the video (and the one filming) believe that the cops were wrong in “attacking” the innocent children. If you listen closely to the video, you hear the male cop tell them that they have already been asked to leave the property. One of the girls tells him to fuck off. He then tells her that she is going to be arrested, to which she replies, “No, I am not.” Some more words are exchanged, and the cops move to take one of them into custody, presumably for trespassing.

The other girls go into attack mode, with at least one of them punching the male cop in the face.

I don’t have a problem with the police actions here. If they were indeed attempting to have the girls leave because they were trespassing, the cops were not being the bad guys here. The women attacked two cops, they were obstructing the cops, and they are rightfully going to jail.

In this case, we have black criminals doing what black criminals do. Since they are adults (again, listening to the audio) they are going down for battery on a LEO. In most places, that’s a serious crime, but this is California, so I am not sure.

Real Minimum Wage

Last year, Sam’s Club bowed to pressure and increased their minimum wage to $16 per hour. Proving that the minimum wage is actually zero, the company announced this week that they will be eliminating all cashier and cash register positions.

The system will have customers scan items as they put them in their shopping cart, with the charges going to the customer’s credit card as they exit the store. An employee spot checks the cart of each customer as they exit. The system was rolled out in 2016, and it has been relatively popular with customers.

Other positions to be automated are automated forklifts and a pizza robot in the café.

Unskilled labor is pricing itself out of the market.

Useless College Degrees

Seen on Twitter:

I freaking HATE the discourse around “useless degrees” that I’ve been seeing all day. Our society needs historians, philosophers, and English majors. Frankly, their decline is a huge reason our society lacks understanding of pol issues + the ability to scrutinize information

A useless degree is one that will likely result in its recipient not ever earning enough money to repay the costs associated with earning it. Here is a helpful guide of majors for four year degrees that are offered at University of Florida that are likely useless:

  • African American Studies
  • American Indian and Indigenous Studies
  • Art
  • Business Administration (unless you get an MA)
  • Classical Studies
  • Most Education Degrees
  • Environmental Science
  • Golf and Sports Turf Management (This one is a minor, but seriously?)
  • Music
  • Political Science
  • Nearly every language based Bachelor’s
  • Psychology (unless you go on to receive a Graduate level degree)
  • Sports Management
  • Women’s Studies (oddly enough, there is no Men’s Studies degree. This makes this major into Lesbian/Feminist studies)

These degrees may well have value to the person taking the classes. There may even be people making a living in those fields. However, most people with these degrees won’t make enough to repay their loans, and that is the problem.

A four year degree from UF will cost you about $100,000. To repay a student loan for that amount within ten years, you would have to pay $1300 a month.

This problem is even worse when you stop talking about state colleges and look at private ones. Not only are there even more useless degrees, the cost of those degrees becomes even higher. Rollins College would cost you $340,000 for a four year degree. University of Miami, about $380,000. Imagine earning a degree in elementary education, only to graduate and find out that your teacher’s salary isn’t enough to pay your $4600 per month student loan payments. Even consolidating your loans to a 30 year repayment is a $2600 per month loan payment. A starting teacher makes $4200 per month before taxes.

Student loans should not be granted to people that will result in this kind of situation.