I typically don’t post here on weekends because I’m doing behind-the-scenes sausage-making/writing articles, plus I have a life. Also, I don’t want that seen as a call for news tip links because I just won’t be able to get to them .
That said, some stuff has come up I’d like to comment on, and this list may or may not grow over the weekend depending on what happens and what I feel like:
CA Open Carry Ban Unconstituional:
Of course it is, the majority historical rationale is 100% correct, Judge VanDyke once more shows he’s SCOTUS material, and dissenting Bush appointee Smith proves. to no one’s surprise, to be a Vichycon toad.
Don’t uncork the champagne yet, though, because a hundred bucks says the full Ninth Circuit will overturn it, offered to the first person who takes me up on it.
That’s what we all woke up to this morning, and I’ve got the same sentiments on that as I do on Iran. I see the Trump über alles crowd is all on board, with one moron on X telling critics to “kiss my ###” because he had a friend who died on fentanyl who can finally rest in peace, disregarding that his friend was FAFO exemplified and, per DEA, Venezuela isn’t a fentanyl source.
What I don’t see being discussed is Bondi’s announcement that Maduro was indicted in the Southern District of New York, and that just strikes me as an invitation to get your @$$ handed to you in a solid blue state where the overwhelming majority of the judges, including the chief, are Clinton, Obama, and Biden appointees.
Things like this make me wonder if I’m just too stupid to grok 3d chess masterclasses or if this is sabotage.
And good question:
Not only that, but the bizarre announcement that Maduro was indicted on “possession of machine guns and destructive devices,” a charge that’s not only meaningless against a sovereign, but seems almost explicitly designed to alienate one of Trump’s natural domestic constituencies.
Guns ‘n Gadgets posted on Bondi/Maduro on X. That’s the only mention besides yours I’ve seen,
https://x.com/Guns_Gadgets/status/2007488950504665210?s=20
The “evolving consensus” has converged on a narrative that it doesn’t really matter whether or not SDNY screws the pooch — win or lose, Maduro and his cronies are permanently out of business in VZ.
My concern is over who this will put IN business here.
As Colin Powell supposedly said: “You break it, you bought it!”
However, unlike many of the basket cases we’ve become responsible for, Venezuela is swimming in oil that can be extracted and sold to cover the costs accrued by American taxpayers and corporations in putting the place back together. The companies that had stuff nationalized should be made whole as well.
Hard to remember that within living memory, Cuba and Venezuela were two of the richest countries in the Western Hemisphere. Now they’re both basket cases although one of them has what they will need to get back on their feet.