When I saw the headline, I wondered where in LA it was. But the hed is wrong; Redlands is nowhere near LA. It’s east of San Bernardino.
It does look suspicious, though.
Category Archives: Social Commentary
Peter Thiel
A long but interesting article on how he’s attempting to transform society in an actual useful direction.
Defunding The Police
Is it libertarian?
Why no, no it’s not. As he points out, there are a number of things we could do to solve the problem that are libertarian, but that isn’t one of them.
[Update a couple minutes later]
Replacing the police department with a “transformative new model.”
Good luck with that.
[Another update a couple minutes later]
Defunding the police would be a disaster for black people in particular.
Why yes, yes it would.
[Noon update]
Four questions for the Democrats, the media, and BLM.
Don’t expect them to have any good answers.
How Did We Stay Sane So Long
Thoughts from Wretchard the Cat.
The Protests
…expose lock downs and social distancing as a farce.
Perhaps the greatest mistake in human history.
Larry Correia
Excoriates the idiot gun grabbers.
The “Public-Health Emergency”
At this point, it’s impossible to take lock-down orders seriously.
Lileks
…is depressed and angry. So is Greg Gutfeld; he said so on The Five yesterday. I feel fortunate to live in a neighborhood that, despite being in the center of the LA metroplex, is unlikely to attract looters.
[Update a couple minutes later]
Thank CNN, the media, and the Democrats for the looting and the riots.
[Update a while later]
Pandemics and pandemonium: a history of pandemics and rioting, and a description of “riot ideology.” I just saw on Twitter that Barr is threatening to release communications between Antifa and prominent public officials to coordinate the mayhem. I’m guessing that none of those public officials are Republicans.
[Update while more later]
“Resistance” has become insurrection.
[Afternoon update]
How to destroy civilization. And American Kristallnacht.
I read Shirer’s “Rise and Fall” as a teenager, but not since.
Sarah Parcak
I follow her on Twitter, for her occasional bitching about colonialism in space, but this is beyond the pale. It is incitement to destruction.
The Latest On Masks
The New England Journal of Medicine says that wearing them outside medical facilities offers little protection.