Category: Choosing

gone full kook. NEVER go full kook… It’s sad—we have seen the rise and are now seeing the (probable) fall of Candace Owens. We just cannot un-ring that bell! It really is a shame!

In an X post after the meeting, Owens described it as “an extremely productive 4 1/2 hour meeting that I think we both feel should have taken place a lot earlier than it did.”

Owens is trying to retain a shred of intellectual dignity, now. She has to both back down and yet show that she still reliable, if not perfectly accurate. Let’s see if she can thread that needle!

played this well.

If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the years, it’s that a brawl is not always the right way to go. And that was a revelation to me.

See, my father (RIP) was a street fighter. He was offended by anything he saw as unfair, and he would openly kick butt when confronted with that sort of crap. And in many ways, that is an admirable trait.

But “putting up your dukes” is not the only way to fight. And while it may be the right call in some situations, it only makes things worse in others. It’s sometimes NOT passivity to avoid a brawl. It may, in fact, be an active (and wise) strategic choice.

One thing I have learned in years of association with martial arts and gun culture is that often the best defense is to avoid the fight in the first place.

the month. I have long expected that this is the day Democrats will have crumped by now. And maybe by the time you read this they will have. Yeah, maybe…

But now I kind of doubt it. It seems like they have already passed the point of no return in some regards. But now it seems that they are rather bound to the Procrustean bed they have chosen to lie down in. They are going to MAKE it fit their agenda! You know the old saying, “In for a penny, in for a pound. Dammit!”

Well, I think that Democrats are in for a pound. And probably (hopefully) in for a pounding!

They pretty much have to give in because they simply are taking on water. NO ONE likes them! On the other hand, their wacky base will be absolutely fit to be to be tied if they capitulate, and will drop them like the proverbial hot rock. And Democrats need their votes.

In short, Democrats are caught between Scylla and Charybdis*, here.

*The phrase “between Scylla and Charybdis” denotes a predicament in which an individual or group must select between two hazardous options, each carrying significant risk, such that evading one peril invites exposure to the other.

getting mauled in an argument looks like. No freakin’ WONDER Democrats avoid logical argument like the plague!

By the end, Jeffries looked like a caricature of a frustrated opposition leader, and Lawler looked like someone who actually understands how government works. In other words, Jeffries was the one who embarrassed himself again while Lawler scored a win for common sense, constituents, and anyone still wondering why Democrats can’t govern without a tantrum.

do Democrats go from here? I mean, what policy differences do they have? Outside of hatred, I mean. What is the logical, rational, and empirical basis of their policies? It seems that they have no option but to fall back on foam-flecked Trump hatred. IS there anything else?

I think this cartoon exactly describes where the Democrats. And for several reasons, I don’t believe they understand the position they are in. There is just no more “headroom” for them–to use statistical language, there are no more degrees of freedom to find more “effect size.”

I mean, they have already turned up the Trump hatred volume to 11. I just don’t think that knob goes to 12…

OK, so NOW what do they do? Vance Derangement Syndrome? Maybe they get really into more shooting, though that path probably won’t lead them to the “Promised Land,” either. But there really isn’t much choice other than to ratchet up the violence. It’s a dangerous time to disagree with the Left…