A Florida deputy was arrested while trying to smuggle drugs (Ecstasy) onto a cruise ship with the intention of selling them. Just another bad apple, I am sure.
Anti American left
Good, GTFO
Every winter, Florida gets overrun by rich assholes who flock to our state – people who own multiple homes and want to dodge the shitty cold weather from more northern climates. They bring with them their northern political opinions and attitudes. States like Pennsylvania, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, and Ohio as well as the nation of Canada send us millions of old, rich assholes that force our cost of living higher, fill our hospitals, and make it impossible to get into a restaurant without waiting an hour or more for a table. The regale us with tales about how they “do things up north” and tell us how backwards we are down here for the way that we like to live our lives.
It seems that the Canadian Dollar weakening in relation to the US Dollar, and combined with increasing costs of living in Florida, this is causing Canadians to sell their property and go home. Good. GTFO and stop pushing Florida towards being the socialist shithole that Canada has become.
The asshole in this story, a man by the name of Jasmin Gosselin (what man is named after a Disney Princess?) is saying that the financial burdens of living in Florida has combined with Trump being an asshole is making him move back to Canada. Really? It’s Trump’s fault? Then why didn’t you leave in 2017?
“Trump doesn’t respect snowbirds who spend their money during four, five months in Florida. We feed their economy and he doesn’t respect us.”
What’s really going on is now that Canada’s money isn’t doing as well, he can no longer afford to take advantage of Floridians and is now returning to his home. Good, GTFO. We don’t want you here. Our emergency room sees twice as many patients during the winter, and more than 80% of the excess patient load are people over the age of 70 who don’t live in Florida full time. You aren’t really helping the economy- you are taking advantage of it.
The story claims that he has been living each of the last 20 winters in Boynton Beach. Snowbirds are killing the economy there. The average cost of a new home in Boynton Beach is about $360k, but the average income there is only $66k. Even with the low salary, Boynton Beach is considered one of Florida’s most affluent zip codes. Why? Snowbirds buying up all of the beachfront property and causing housing prices to rise. While Florida’s cost of living is 3% lower than the national average, the cost of living in Boynton Beach is 10% more than the national average.
Snowbirds don’t help the local economy- they destroy it. Their throwing around money from outside of the state for 4 months of the year raises prices and puts a strain on local resources. Then they leave for the summer, but the high prices remain. The employees who are hired to work in the businesses that support the snowbirds need jobs for the other 8 months of the year, but the money to support them isn’t there.
No, GTFO and go back to where you came from. Interstate 95 runs north as well as south. Take your leftist politics, a friend or two, and your illegal immigrant housekeeper with you when you go.
Anti American left
Like A Business Deal
The left was celebrating a “Trump loss” when he tried to deport some illegals back to Columbia, and than nation refused to allow their citizens to reenter the country after initially agreeing to accept the flight. They were calling Trump every name in the book because the illegals were “handcuffed like criminals.”
They were handcuffed like criminals because they ARE criminals. So Trump notified the Columbian government that a 25% tariff would be placed on all Columbian imports, effective immediately. If Columbia didn’t begin allowing repatriation flights within a week, the tariffs would become 50%. The left went crazy, claiming that Trump was going to destroy the world because he was being unfair.
No, what is unfair is your co-called friends only liking you when you do the things that THEY want you to do. We are being taken advantage of like a 100 year old sugar daddy with his 20 year old supermodel girlfriend.
Instead, the Columbians, after some grumbling about how unfair it all is, decided to allow their citizens to be returned to them after all. Trump is both nicer and more effective than I would have been. I would have said, “Those citizens can’t be here. They are on a plane and won’t be returning. They can either be permitted to land in your country, or we are pushing them out the door, to land ON your country. You decide.”
As a businessman, Trump realizes that other nations NEED the US. More precisely, they need access to US markets. Well, the US needs things as well. Instead of just bending the knee and doing what they want to our own detriment, he works a deal: They get access to US markets, we get rid of their illegal emigrants. The man did write a book on the subject, after all.
That isn’t good enough for the left. The latest is that Trump is being a bully and is ruining our relationship with the world. I disagree- Trump is now refusing to be bullied by other nations who are simply taking advantage of the fact that the left likes borrowing money in order to buy gifts to make other people like them.
That has to end.
Training
Lost Skills: Using a Compass
It’s Sunday, and I haven’t have a lot of time to research or write. It’s been a busy week at work, and the grandkids are spending the weekend. Take a look at this lesson on how to use a compass, which is a skill that many of us have either forgotten or never learned.
Antifa
Antifa Security Soldier
A tranny named Philip Vincent Haskins-Delici who has declared that he is one of the fake genders and calls himself Isabel Rosa Araujo and believes himself to be an “Antifa Supersoldier” who is a part of the Rose Hill Antifa security and selects political targets to be the subject of physical attacks was charged with attacking a woman last year. Here is the asshole in his COSPLAY gear:
He sees himself as some sort of warrior, and frequently posts pictures of himself holding weapons, mostly knives.
Sure, he looks like a ridiculous little pussy, but remember that he is violent, and he is getting away with attacking people. That is as dangerous as he needs to be. In this case, his victim was a woman who burned a Koran. He walked up to her, told her that she had until the count of 5 to leave and began counting. When he reached 3, he sprayed her in the face with a chemical irritant and was subsequently arrested and charged with fourth-degree assault, harassment, and unlawful use of mace.
The charges were dismissed on Tuesday by Multnomah County Judge Adrian Lee Brown decided to dismiss the case without prejudice despite the prosecutor’s objections. He might be a pussy, but with the power of the Oregon judiciary behind him, he is as dangerous as he needs to be.
He often brags on social media that he is armed with an “arsenal” of weapons. His arsenal of weapons?
Imagine thinking that $1500 in pepper spray, throwing stars, and knives is a serious arms race. Again, this seems stupid, but remember that he is getting away with this because he has the might of the local law behind him. If one were to use force to defend oneself from him, you would go to jail. That’s why you don’t hear a lot about Antifa in places where self defense laws haven’t been corrupted.
He has made death threats directed at former Portland Public Safety Commissioner Rene Gonzalez and against reporter Andy Ngo. He once bragged that he “detains” people for questioning in connection with “crimes against Antifa and the people.” One of his threats:
I vow in the second half of the 2020s to defeat Andy Ngo, give him his ‘October 7th’ and destroy the last manifestation of Internet cyber stalker in existence for Me.”
This is nothing but domestic terrorism:
Other members of this asshole’s circle include violent Antifa member and convicted criminal Melissa Lewis (@M_Claudio_West), and Portland communist Piper Smith (@yourfriendpiper) tries to incite arson attacks on political targets that oppose Antifa.
As I posted earlier, Florida has active cells of Antifa that we all need to be on the lookout for.
Keep making lists and keep gathering intelligence. Trump may be in office, but that doesn’t mean that the communists have stopped fighting.
Cops
Safety, My Ass
Florida does not require a concealed weapons permit. They also tell you that, if you comply with a police officer’s demands, you won’t get shot. The traffic stop that involved Jason Arrington proved that to be a lie. I tried to find a copy of the bodycam video that I could embed, but that was a no-go. Here are two links to the video:
When you watch this video, note that the man was completely compliant in every way. He answered every question, and complied with every request and order. He was pulled over in a traffic stop and the cop asked him if he had “anything crazy in the car.”
Mr Arrington replied that he did have a gun on his person. The cop then made some small talk and asked if he had a concealed weapons permit, and the man replied that he did not. (That isn’t required under state law.) The cop then asked Arrington if he was a convicted felon, to which he replied that he was not.
Then the cop said that they would have Arrington step out of the car and would disarm him, for the safety of both Mr Arrington and the police. That turned out to be a lie. The statement from the Sheriff’s office tells the rest of the story:
The firearm was secured in a holster and Officer Cardwell [a female backup deputy] had difficulty removing it. When [she] was finally able to remove the firearm from the holster, she unintentionally placed multiple fingers inside the trigger guard of the firearm, causing the firearm to discharge.
The bullet from this negligent discharge struck Arrington in the leg. I don’t blame the female deputy for this. She was placed into this situation without the proper training, and one would assume that the JSO takes guns from people during traffic stops as a matter of course. This wasn’t her fault. The real fault lies in a department policy of unnecessarily seizing firearms, and in not training deputies in how to safely handle unfamiliar firearms.
Unnecessary gun handling increases the odds of a negligent or accidental discharge from near zero to some other, higher chance. A gun that is in a proper holster has a near zero chance of discharging unexpectedly. Additionally, a person who has been pulled over for a nonviolent, noncriminal traffic violation and is otherwise compliant has a near zero chance of attempting to use that firearm to illegally injure or threaten police officers.
This unintentional discharge was the direct result of:
- Police who are paranoid in believing that everyone who has a gun is a threat to their safety. They are not.
- Police attempting to handle firearms with which they are unfamiliar is a hazard to everyone around them. Contrary to popular belief, police training in firearms and firearm safety is poor. If official policy of a department requires cops to disarm people, then the department has a responsibility to train officers to handle firearms in a much safer manner than what was displayed here.
For those reasons, the man is suing the Sheriff’s office. As a result of this incident, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s office sent a memo to the entire department, notifying deputies that a person who is in possession of a firearm but not otherwise demonstrating that they are a threat to officers who are present, is not subject to having his firearms seized.
As it should have been all along.
This is also why I don’t inform cops that I am carrying. Florida doesn’t require me to, and I don’t. Asking me “Do you have anything crazy in the car?” isn’t asking me if I am armed, and I will respond in the negative.
People
Cashing In Like a Whore
71 year old Pam Hemphill has been making headlines. She was among the Trump supporters who were convicted for their actions on January 6, 2021 when she entered the Capitol while videotaping.
She pled guilty to one count of demonstrating, picketing or parading in a Capitol building in federal court in 2022 and was sentenced to two months in jail, 3 years of probation, and $500 restitution, serving 60 days in Federal prison in Dublin, California. Her time has been served, and her probation is nearly complete.
Since that time, she has become rich and famous by opposing Trump and supporting the Harris/Walz campaign. Before then, she had gained a bit of fame as a Social Media figure by attending various right wing functions like the Bundy movement. She was somewhat famous in certain circles for being the videographer for various events involving the right.
Now the left has made her even more famous. She is the darling of the left, and there are stories all over the MSM about the former MAGA granny who has seen the light and now hates DJT. Since she announced her change to the other side, she has amassed tens of thousands of dollars in donations. She has been flown all over the nation and received money from a news media eager to portray a MAGA supporter who was there at the J6 event and is willing to say that they were trying to overthrow the government. “Next week CNN is flying me to New York!” she posted on Facebook Aug. 30. She raised so much money that she bought a new Mustang online.
With the issuance of the J6 pardons, her money train is about to be derailed. She is now saying that she will refuse to accept her pardon. Of course she will. The jail sentence and probation have been served, and she is now cashing in on her fame. If she accepts the pardon, that all stops and she will fade back into obscurity, her 15 minutes of fame will be over.
Presidency
I Was Wrong
The Inauguration is over, as are the Inauguration day festivities like the Commander in Chief Ball. I am happy to admit that I was wrong. I didn’t think that the left would allow him to take his office again, and make no mistake, it IS his office. It isn’t like the left didn’t try, because they DID try. They tried with increasing desperation to keep him away from the reins of power: they tried impeaching him, they tried keeping him off the ballot, they even twice tried killing him. Still, he persevered to the point that he seems destined to take his place in history.
Trump didn’t waste any time in issuing executive orders- more than 200 of them, with 78 of those orders undoing things that Biden had done. He signed them before he even went on to the more frivolous celebrations of the new office.
It’s time for him to REALLY get going on his work. I wish him luck.