In New Orleans this morning, a terrorist attacked a crowd with his truck, then tried to get out of the car and start shooting — and New Orleans cops, working for a department that has an old reputation for troubling behavior, stopped him instantly.
DEI is the angel of death. A hurricane that continues to destroy all our institutions. Pray for the victims and their families. Retarded Commissar cops should be forced into early retirement.
I’m soo relieved to see Gramma Memaw and Sheila Snotnose with a nose ring in charge of defense of a major city. Jupiter! I’ve got a bright 7 year old grandson who could use a good-paying job.
Soros policy, actually. It has been handed down from him and his son through Obama. Current penetration is, as intended, doing the maximum amount of damage. Look at all those DAs he planted. Kirkpatrick just got on the bandwagon at the first opportunity.
And the chief responded to the question about why the weak traffic blockade ( seems it was one horizontally parked cop car ) “well, we were planning something else, but the terrorist won”. Such a weird response.
British and Commonwealth police forces are notorious for this. Canada's RCMP is increasingly a living caricature of Keystone Kops but don't they look pretty in their Serge Red tunics and shiny boots.
That's the image, the reality is far worse to the point that provinces like Alberta want to ditch the RCMP and create their own provincial police force. The Mounties are increasingly seen as a politicized, incompetent group of uniformed bureaucrats that are most often seen as a hindrance more than anything else.
Those generalissimos, proudly parading their chestfuls of medals from legendary victories over imaginary foes, would be deeply offended by that remark.
Lived in New Orleans for 7 years - moved out at the tail end of the pandemic - the Quarter was my neighborhood, many of my friends were working or hanging out in the area last night, and there were explosions heard later on still this morning. I feel so angry and shaken.
Bourbon Street at Canal Street, the busiest pedestrian intersection in the city, had been blocked via barricades to car traffic since 2016-17 ish. The barricades were, apparently, out last night because they are “working on upgrading them for the Super Bowl.” Absolutely massive and inexcusable security oversight not to have any replacement barricades to block car traffic, on one of the five busiest nights of the year, in the city’s single busiest pedestrian stretch.
Kirkpatrick has overseen an era in the city where most people I know still in the city budget to have 1-2 car windows replaced per year because of her and the DA’s brilliant catch and release strategy to address repeated car burglars. The police department has been woefully understaffed because the suburban parishes lure many of the good cops away; they pay better and free you from the big city ideological headaches. The 911 situation at the time I moved was similar to Oakland. No one moves to New Orleans expecting or wanting it to be Mayberry but since 2020 it has been pretty absurd.
I am praying for the victims and the community… And I am also praying for stronger leaders, ones who actually respond to this attack in a way that stands a chance of reducing future ones…
And then on a better note I am happy and unsurprised that the NOPD officers responded effectively and killed the terrorist so quickly. New Orleans continues to be the most based major city in America.
New Orleanians tend towards libertine embodiment and have an inate respect for natural events and cycles; we love food, and music, and ritual, and creation. It is surface-left, because the rest of America seems to be doing that and it looks nice for the the cameras. Hang out with some of the dudes who ride in Proteus, one of the oldest Krewes, or talk to someone who works in the energy or shipping industries and things may look differently. People who make things or move things for a living understand physical realities, and people who survived Betsy, Camile, Katrina, Ida (and the next one) know that the world keeps on turning and babies gotta eat and grannies got to get to church and there's always work to do and music to make it lighter and love to make it all worth it. (Source: not a native, I have only lived in Nola for almost 30 years. But my husband is 3rd generation born and raised, and I can tell you where *he* went to school. 😘)
As a native born in new orleans, and raised on the westbank, survivor of Betsy, Camille, Katrina, and Ida (and all in between), your comment is beautifully stated!
I moved up to the northshore after Ida.
My cars are always named Betsy, in honor of my first big hurricane.
Long ago, because of our n.o. police having mardi gras crowd control experience, they were known for training other cities in crowd control.
Sending yall truck loads of love, big but gentle hugs, and monolithic tons of PERSEVERANCE always!
NOLA is not based whatsoever, from my experience. The corruption there is as old as the graves in the cemetery in which Marie Laveau resides, and the population is a hardcore Dem voting machine. Going back to Moon Landrieu as mayor back in the 70's, that city has been mobbed up as far back as I can remember. And remember Ray Nagin during Katrina and that whole kerfuffle? There's also the connection to the Kennedy assassination ...remember Clay Shaw? Jim Garrison?
People who live there generally have few illusions about human nature. Politically it definitely is left-wing and votes that way but so does every major city, but generally people there talk less about politics than other cities I’ve lived in and been to and are more community-focused/neighborly.
Could you explain what qualifies NOLA to be referred to as the most based major city? I had to read that twice to make sure of what I'd read. Yes, I've lived there also and that was not my experience at all. Still close by but I won't ever go back. The city voted 82% for Harris/Walz and elected that horrid LaToya Cantrell as their mayor. I've also lived in Chicago and find the political leanings of NOLA to be very similar wrt the entrenched voting patterns and grift machine. Culturally, very similar.
I think those are the political leanings / voting patterns of most major cities, really. In my experience the difference in New Orleans versus other big cities is that people have far fewer illusions about it, may vote stupidly but are not anti-free expression, have an understanding of the world as being dangerous and fallen, etc.
I guess they had already put up with a bunch of shit, so they didn't want to take it anymore.
But seriously... Those are some fine cops. These people are the reason society has not completely fallen apart, despite every effort from below and above.
They show us that courage matters, and they do it by example.
It takes much much longer to destroy a foundation than the house it rests on, you can ruin the leadership with a simple fire but you need a pickaxe and years to destroy the police themselves.
Aw Chris, you talk about a cop bouncing from state to state, filing a likely specious lawsuit and teaching DEI as if a bad thing. I can only surmise by your mockery that you’re an far-right MAGA extremist, misogynist, racist, homophobe, Islamophobe, ableist and Nazi.
And a flat earther, science denier, White Supremacist Conspiracy theorist, White Christian Nationalist, climate denier, Putin apologist, Confederate, Slave enthusiast, redneck, Westboro Baptist Church member, alcoholic, drug addict, COVID spreader and genocidal apartheid Zionist Jew occupier.
Which I’ve also had the honor of being deigned so far by people known and unknown, depending on the level of hatred, propaganda, ignorance, lack of insight, self awareness, curiosity, knowledge of history and common sense the mockingbirds possess.
And that was before I violated the Dhimmi Carter revisionist history laudatory eulogist echo chamber and labelled him a monster. Which he was.
It’s tantamount to saying the Beatles are overrated. Unless the recipient is an Islamist. They hate the Beatles, too. Where as the left hates humanity and all things living but for the Islamists, Castro, Maduro, Soros, Luigi, Mangione, Hawk Newsome, Fauci,Tedros, Joy Reid, Klaus Schwab, Milley, Wray, Brennan, Xi, Alvin Bragg, Bill Gates, Merchan, Jack Smith, Liz Cheney ,Adam Kinzinger, John Bolton and the Squad..
The world has gone mad. Math is racist, abortion is good for Black people, Ukraine is a democracy, Soros and Bill Gates are “ philanthropists”, Liz Warren is a Native American, Fauci is a national treasure, Biden is honest, sharp as a tack, Puerto Rican, Jewish, French,Italian, black, a Son of the American Revolution, has “ oil cancer”, beat up Corn Pop, marched with MLK in Selma, was against the Irag War, withdrew for Afghanistan flawlessly, never discussed Hunter’s business dealings with him, was a pro-gay rights activist , rode a train across the Baltimore Bridge daily, naarly lost his wife, cat and corvette when his house burned down, was arrested in S. Africa protesting Mandela’s imprisonment, was shot down in Afghanistan, Graduated in the top of his law class, advocated for desegregation and bussing, was a staunch supporter of gay rights and undocumented immigration, was always a staunch supporter of Israel, mined hard coal, drove an 18 wheeler, held 3 college degrees,, His son Beau died in Iraq,his uncle was eaten by cannibals, he didn’t take classified documents, secured the border, was always an advocate for criminal justice reform, Hunter is the smartest person he knows and he’s leaving office with the world a safer place than it was.
And this is a reality check.He did beat Medicare, though!
But Trump!
And when did Israel become the bad guy? The Palestinian Hamas psychopaths fire missiles from Gaza every days for decades while Hezbollah fires missiles from Lebanon, the Houthis attack from Yemen, Iran’s mission is to eradicate Israel and the Jews from the planet. Hamas invaded and commits a massacre of 1300 innocent people attending s peace concert advocating for the very people who slaughtered , gaped tortured threw babies in ovens and kidnapped near 300 Israelis without any provocation an they’re supposed to do nothing? 85% of the Palestinians were celebrating. That’s all they know. When they’re not killing Israelis. they’re killing Christians. , Duzze and they’re own. This is AFTEr Israel gave them back Gaza and they immediately turned it into a shithole.
Ah Gail, I feel like a piker after reading your first paragraph!
I ran across this nugget a couple days ago, re: the mightily revered and esteemed Jimmuh Carter:
"The former president supported segregation in his home town of Plains, Georgia as an adult. In fact, as Hans van Spakovsky has shown:
When Carter returned to Plains, Georgia, to become a peanut farmer after serving in the Navy, he became a member of the Sumter County School Board, which did not implement the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision handed down by the Supreme Court. Instead, the board continued to segregate school children on the streets of Carter’s hometown.
Carter’s board tried to stop the construction of a new “Elementary Negro School” in 1956. Local white citizens had complained that the school would be “too close” to a white school. As a result, “the children, both colored and white, would have to travel the same streets and roads in order to reach their respective schools.” The prospect of black and white children commingling on the streets on their way to school was apparently so horrible to Carter that he requested that the state school board stop construction of the black school until a new site could be found. The state board turned down Carter’s request because of “the staggering cost.” Carter and the rest of the Sumter County School Board then reassured parents at a meeting on October 5, 1956, that the board “would do everything in its power to minimize simultaneous traffic between white and colored students in route to and from school.”"
I was really enjoying that until "when did Israhell become the bad guy."
my answer to that would the the 1948 onwards genocide of Palestinians for the ultimate offense of living where they had for centuries before the UK "sold" their country to what is now known as Israel.
Another of Carter’s “ success stories” was the Mariel Boatlift” . It brought such a “ cultural positive “ to Miami. Nothing says peace, love, happiness and beauty to an already vibrant metropolis than thousands of humanity’s most violent, barely literate criminals and untreatable mentally ill murderers set loose upon a thriving metropolis.Aside from Islamist jihadists and unrepentant Nazis.
Thanks for the heads up. I would say I'll look out for her to be hired in Portland next, but we've already demolished our police force so there wouldn't be much for her to do. But we do so love talking about diversity that I won't rule it out entirely.
I think you’re WAAAY to harsh on her. It takes real cojones to wrangle $337K out of an employer who fired you for gross incompetence. Plus, she must have WONDERFUL interviewing skills, loaded with buzzwords the interviewers only vaguely recognize and couldn’t define if their lives depended on it.
The question in my mind is why organizations are SO eager to hire these roaches. Possibly because they’re not in the “solutions” business, but rather the “budget expansion” business. Failure justifies more money next year.
At the 2pm press conference, the ASAC read a press release. Repeat, read a press release. She's the genius who told America this morning that the event in NOLA wasn't a terrorist attack. I sure feel safer.
So obviously more near-fatal DEI, if you ask me. I know teenagers who would have had the sense to say "We don't know yet," rather than give a categorical denial at 7 a.m. -- before the smoke had even cleared.
Malcolm Gladwell makes some very compelling arguments about how positive Affirmative Action has been since its inception (I think it was David and Goliath) and until the COVID lockdowns, I read nearly all of his books.
He showed his true colors in a Munk Debate against Matt Taibbi and shit...the gay, based British author...cannot remember his name. Turns out Malcolm (who weighs a buck thirty--knew he was likely stuffed in a trash can once or twice in his life) is just another leftist ideologue with high verbal IQ.
This was prior to DEI and we all referred to it as Affirmative Action.
Long-intro to make the point that I can totally see how even a rational mayor or city council would hire this grizzled hag out of fear of lawsuit over most competitive applicant.
Quick Army story to make the point. When I was a battalion commander, I had a Chief Warrant Officer 3 (warrants are, if not pilots, the Army's subject matter experts in particular domains: logistics, maintenance, personnel, intelligence, etc. I once saw a CW3 not so gently correct both the G2 (lieutenant colonel, Division Commander's Intelligence officer--the highest ranking MI officer in the Division) and the battalion commander during a briefing. I was a Staff Sergeant at the time and nearly shat my pants. THAT is what a good Chief Warrant Officer looks like. Neither LTC was dismayed or upset, only corrected--and grateful for the correction).
So CW3 Female Japanese name comes into my office because she is upset with a 'referred OER'--Referred is Army speak for shitty. OER is Officer Evaluation Report. This woman was COMPLETELY incompetent--same stupid look on her face as the NOPD Chief--and wanted me to send her complaint to arbitration!?!? She looks right at me and says, "MAJ Korean name was unfair to me. He's just upset because I'm Japanese and we destroyed his country in WWII...also, I know the command is not giving me a fair shake so this should go to an outside arbiter..."
"Chief, you understand that the command of which you speak is me right?" I asked.
"Uh, well, uh, yes sir." she replied.
"You know this is the fist I heard of this right? Well, I know MAJ Korean very well. I trust his judgment. In fact, I think you're crazy, so I"m command directing you to Mental Health."
Turns out she had made 3-4 sexual or gender or race discrimination accusations over the years.
The psychologist calls me back a week or two later--totally against HPPA I'm sure--and says, "Brian, WTF? How in THE HELL is this woman in the Army?!?!? She has a personality disorder (which she then tells me is untreatable). She's a fucking nutcase! (her words, seriously)
So--we process her out of the Army Guard-cuz she's crazy, crazy as the boy who thought he was a girl once we mobilized for war.
BUT BUT BUT--I learned that she landed on her feet in the US Army Reserve, and probably retired as a CW5.
Affirmative Action, DEI, our lack of moral courage to call out turds, take out our own trash, and hire the best--even it it is a white male (say it isn't so), is the only way out.
GenX rescued the nation during this election. Other than RFK Jr, I think almost all other cabinet nominations are GenX. We are the generation that has the cynical balls to call this shit out for what it is, and finally put a dagger into the heart of DEI.
Pray for the brave NOPD officers and the tragic victims of this piece of shit who pointed his own self hatred outward.
Happy Fbomb New Year. Let us pray that we do not lose our focus when these tragedies continue to mount. We have 15 million possible sleepers--oh, minus the sex-trafficked children that we need to be wary of. Head on a swivel.
Thanks Chris. You're the GenX spokesman, a mash up of Paul Harvey, Dave Barry, and PJ O'Rourke--but better than all of them.
Douglas Murray was the other debater next to Taibbi. Gladwell deliberately mispronounced Taibbi’s name and kept calling Douglas Murray “Doug.” Gladwell mad an absolute ass of himself. A funny moment happened when Murray called Gladwell “Malc.”
Yes! Douglas Murray! Brilliant guy. I enjoyed "The Tipping Point" and most of Gladwell's other books, enjoyed his podcasts as well. He's a good story teller, BUT sadly he's allowed his ideology overcome his thinking.
COVID has taught me to be more skeptical than my previous 'trust the boss, the institution, the 'expert' default attitude. As an MI guy, I prided myself on being 'well read'--which I now understand is more accurately stated 'fully indoctrinated'.
It is tough. Read an article by Ben Bartee (Armageddon Press) about Calley Means who was on Rogan & Tucker, fully one of the MAHA guys. Ben points out that he's a slick-ass salesman who doesn't really know what he's talking about.
Disappointing again. The truth, I suspect, is to put my faith in the Transcendent, God--and maintain a healthy skepticism of everyone. That is just not my nature.
Murray made Gladwell, a veteran of several Monk Debates, look like a bratty pre-schooler. I was actually embarrassed for him in spite of being amused at Murray verbally stealing his lunch money, giving him an atomic wedgie and stuffing him in his locker.
Debating Douglas Murray seems like a daunting challenge for anyone. His sharp intellect, extensive preparation, and that commanding accent give him a natural edge. On the whole, I’d argue that many conservative speakers tend to excel in debates compared to their left-leaning counterparts. One reason might be that conservatives are more frequently placed in adversarial settings, whether on college campuses or in mainstream media. This forces them to hone their arguments and articulate their views with precision to stand a chance.
In contrast, many progressive voices often operate within more agreeable environments, facing limited opposition. Interviews with like-minded hosts or panels that echo their viewpoints don’t provide much practice for navigating tougher, opposing arguments. This dynamic can sometimes result in less polished debating skills when they're faced with a genuine challenge.
There’s probably a lot of truth to that. We’re in a moment where liberal policies around immigration and cultural demographics are naive at best, and populist conservative groups may better represent the opinions of regular people. For someone like Murray, who’s been saying this for years, debates on the subject must be hard to lose. Sometimes, when he gets his hackles up, his rhetorical savvy reminds me of Christopher Hitchens. Of course, only the Hitch could do it drunk.
I rejoined the USCG in 1998 and went to a mini-boot camp to brush up on basics. We had a female full-bird captain come speak to us about god-knows-what. She kept using the term “Team Coast Guard.” I had no idea about the larger picture that was forming back then, but it really rubbed me the wrong way. I never rooted for the Red Sox by saying, “Go Team Red Sox!”
The fact that Granny teaches others about Bias and Diversity, Emotional Intelligence and Leading Generations makes me wonder why she is leading a police department and not a University.. I wonder which one of those areas the cops on duty last night used as they were pressed into action by the deranged lunatic terrorist. My guess is exactly NONE. The guys that are doing the actual policing, don't have time to perform the mental gymnastics in the heat of the moment to stop and consider are they shooting at this lunatic that is killing people because of their bias or their gender identify,
They did show emotional intelligence--if someone shoots at innocents or you, kill them as coldly and quickly as possible with no emotion whatever, except pride when it's over--but surely that's not the way granny taught it.
This is the leadership equivalent of giving the SpED kid a little police badge/sticker because she’s just compliant enough to not go against the crappy substitute teacher.
In Brasil we have a term that describes all those people that always stand behind the VIP at press conferences, and it's called "papagaio de pirata" - which means literally "pirate parrot", because every pirate has a parrot on the shoulder.
You’re nice that you just see incompetence floating around. I wonder why the same nefarious characters always show up at these things…like the officer who was around for the Vegas shooting, and then also the Lahaina fire? Is there a pool of criminals they shift around to manage these (totally unscripted, I’m sure) ridiculous events?
"DEI meets AARP"
https://x.com/LionelMedia/status/1874466611660509689
🤣🤣🤣
Can’t s t o p l a u g h i n gggg.
I need a drink now.
From beyond the arc- 3!
DEI is the angel of death. A hurricane that continues to destroy all our institutions. Pray for the victims and their families. Retarded Commissar cops should be forced into early retirement.
Don't worry, Anne Kirkpatrick will be forced into retirement no later than her 87th birthday.
Not trynna be a asshat, but from her photo, I’d say she’s already had her 87th birthday.🎂
She looks like Mitch McConnell's sister. Hard to believe she could pull her weight even in what passed for her prime.
LMAO
Promise?
And what about that gold plated pension?
If she stays in her next job long enough, will she qualify for Fauci level retirement benefits?
Inquiring minds want to know.
At which point she will be eligible to run for the United States Senate.
I think I threw up in my mouth a little when I read that.
Mee too.
Her 87th birthday was at least 3 years ago, Chris!
I’m soo relieved to see Gramma Memaw and Sheila Snotnose with a nose ring in charge of defense of a major city. Jupiter! I’ve got a bright 7 year old grandson who could use a good-paying job.
Don't insult Gramma M !
Get rid of the mayor of New Orleans for hiring Kirkpatrick! Cantrell is a DEI trained politician with a degree in sociology and the proclivities of a Fani Willis. https://www.nola.com/news/politics/mayor-latoya-cantrell-had-alleged-affair-with-subordinate/article_1fae357a-96bb-11ed-91fc-77f433d3b5bd.html
She’s got a good 20 years more as google says she was born in 1959.
Disagree, hard. Commissars - of any kind - should be forced to the front of whatever job they are in the process of ruining.
Make her a beat cop in the most dangerous 'hood where she's at right now, and tell her resigning means forfeiting her pension.
I vote for you!!
Perfect
The undermining of police has been policy by DOJ and the Dem political machines since Clinton.
Frankly they have superhuman endurance. When this showed up in the Army under Clinton I walked, walked away again when 43 played same game.
Thanks for checking in, NY libs.
How’s crime down there?
Soros policy, actually. It has been handed down from him and his son through Obama. Current penetration is, as intended, doing the maximum amount of damage. Look at all those DAs he planted. Kirkpatrick just got on the bandwagon at the first opportunity.
The responding police who took down the terrorist will be fired and prosecuted for violating the terrorist's civil rights in 5..4..3..2..
Before Obama, my friend. The Clintons would break into Ft Knox for the gold, ‘cept there ain’t none there. https://medium.com/vanguard-global-politics/the-invisible-hand-soros-clinton-and-the-legal-siege-on-trump-4a3d221c4d7e
Yes but he’s later and downstream. It started with Clinton in 1997 in NJ.
Soros is a money launderer, he does what he’s told.
The Ford Foundation was doing this in the 1960s and since.
Politics is Power.
The Ford Foundation is a stain in US History, just like Barack Obama.
Let's drop niceties and call the Ford Foundation the more accurate type of stain that it is, a skidmark.
I can attest to that.
^^This!^^
DEI is white collar welfare for government and academia LOW-IQERS
Like!
Milley and McMaster and Mattis and Kelly and Bolton and Fauci are your ideal leaders! 😂
The comically huge hats worn by Soviet generals were the inspiration for the hat seen in the photo above.
The spiffiness of the uniform corresponds inversely to the competence of the wearer.
And the chief responded to the question about why the weak traffic blockade ( seems it was one horizontally parked cop car ) “well, we were planning something else, but the terrorist won”. Such a weird response.
British and Commonwealth police forces are notorious for this. Canada's RCMP is increasingly a living caricature of Keystone Kops but don't they look pretty in their Serge Red tunics and shiny boots.
I fear this is going to date me, but when I think of the RCMP, Dudley Do-Right immediately comes to mind.
That's the image, the reality is far worse to the point that provinces like Alberta want to ditch the RCMP and create their own provincial police force. The Mounties are increasingly seen as a politicized, incompetent group of uniformed bureaucrats that are most often seen as a hindrance more than anything else.
Those generalissimos, proudly parading their chestfuls of medals from legendary victories over imaginary foes, would be deeply offended by that remark.
So right. I just re-watched The Death of Stalin. Field Marshal Zhukov's hat the size of a soup tureen, carried under his arm.
That’s such a great movie.
It would make a good foraging cap: you could fit a couple of hogs in there.
Like!!
Lived in New Orleans for 7 years - moved out at the tail end of the pandemic - the Quarter was my neighborhood, many of my friends were working or hanging out in the area last night, and there were explosions heard later on still this morning. I feel so angry and shaken.
Bourbon Street at Canal Street, the busiest pedestrian intersection in the city, had been blocked via barricades to car traffic since 2016-17 ish. The barricades were, apparently, out last night because they are “working on upgrading them for the Super Bowl.” Absolutely massive and inexcusable security oversight not to have any replacement barricades to block car traffic, on one of the five busiest nights of the year, in the city’s single busiest pedestrian stretch.
Kirkpatrick has overseen an era in the city where most people I know still in the city budget to have 1-2 car windows replaced per year because of her and the DA’s brilliant catch and release strategy to address repeated car burglars. The police department has been woefully understaffed because the suburban parishes lure many of the good cops away; they pay better and free you from the big city ideological headaches. The 911 situation at the time I moved was similar to Oakland. No one moves to New Orleans expecting or wanting it to be Mayberry but since 2020 it has been pretty absurd.
I am praying for the victims and the community… And I am also praying for stronger leaders, ones who actually respond to this attack in a way that stands a chance of reducing future ones…
And then on a better note I am happy and unsurprised that the NOPD officers responded effectively and killed the terrorist so quickly. New Orleans continues to be the most based major city in America.
Is it based? Describe! I've always found it very beautiful, with a deep history that shaped its beauty, but I thought it was all-left.
New Orleanians tend towards libertine embodiment and have an inate respect for natural events and cycles; we love food, and music, and ritual, and creation. It is surface-left, because the rest of America seems to be doing that and it looks nice for the the cameras. Hang out with some of the dudes who ride in Proteus, one of the oldest Krewes, or talk to someone who works in the energy or shipping industries and things may look differently. People who make things or move things for a living understand physical realities, and people who survived Betsy, Camile, Katrina, Ida (and the next one) know that the world keeps on turning and babies gotta eat and grannies got to get to church and there's always work to do and music to make it lighter and love to make it all worth it. (Source: not a native, I have only lived in Nola for almost 30 years. But my husband is 3rd generation born and raised, and I can tell you where *he* went to school. 😘)
As a native born in new orleans, and raised on the westbank, survivor of Betsy, Camille, Katrina, and Ida (and all in between), your comment is beautifully stated!
I moved up to the northshore after Ida.
My cars are always named Betsy, in honor of my first big hurricane.
Long ago, because of our n.o. police having mardi gras crowd control experience, they were known for training other cities in crowd control.
Sending yall truck loads of love, big but gentle hugs, and monolithic tons of PERSEVERANCE always!
High school, right??
Correct.
NOLA is not based whatsoever, from my experience. The corruption there is as old as the graves in the cemetery in which Marie Laveau resides, and the population is a hardcore Dem voting machine. Going back to Moon Landrieu as mayor back in the 70's, that city has been mobbed up as far back as I can remember. And remember Ray Nagin during Katrina and that whole kerfuffle? There's also the connection to the Kennedy assassination ...remember Clay Shaw? Jim Garrison?
People who live there generally have few illusions about human nature. Politically it definitely is left-wing and votes that way but so does every major city, but generally people there talk less about politics than other cities I’ve lived in and been to and are more community-focused/neighborly.
Could you explain what qualifies NOLA to be referred to as the most based major city? I had to read that twice to make sure of what I'd read. Yes, I've lived there also and that was not my experience at all. Still close by but I won't ever go back. The city voted 82% for Harris/Walz and elected that horrid LaToya Cantrell as their mayor. I've also lived in Chicago and find the political leanings of NOLA to be very similar wrt the entrenched voting patterns and grift machine. Culturally, very similar.
I think those are the political leanings / voting patterns of most major cities, really. In my experience the difference in New Orleans versus other big cities is that people have far fewer illusions about it, may vote stupidly but are not anti-free expression, have an understanding of the world as being dangerous and fallen, etc.
Never mind the bollards
I guess they had already put up with a bunch of shit, so they didn't want to take it anymore.
But seriously... Those are some fine cops. These people are the reason society has not completely fallen apart, despite every effort from below and above.
They show us that courage matters, and they do it by example.
It takes much much longer to destroy a foundation than the house it rests on, you can ruin the leadership with a simple fire but you need a pickaxe and years to destroy the police themselves.
I desperately hope you are right.
Aw Chris, you talk about a cop bouncing from state to state, filing a likely specious lawsuit and teaching DEI as if a bad thing. I can only surmise by your mockery that you’re an far-right MAGA extremist, misogynist, racist, homophobe, Islamophobe, ableist and Nazi.
Funny, that's exactly what a friend's granddaughter called me at a Christmas gathering last week.
I wonder / hope its contagious.
I've been called the same.
What a coincidence...
Mocking an old lady, throw in ageist too.
I knew I missed one!
And a damned proud one at that
You forgot *ageist!
Can he be a "fat shamer", too?
And a flat earther, science denier, White Supremacist Conspiracy theorist, White Christian Nationalist, climate denier, Putin apologist, Confederate, Slave enthusiast, redneck, Westboro Baptist Church member, alcoholic, drug addict, COVID spreader and genocidal apartheid Zionist Jew occupier.
Which I’ve also had the honor of being deigned so far by people known and unknown, depending on the level of hatred, propaganda, ignorance, lack of insight, self awareness, curiosity, knowledge of history and common sense the mockingbirds possess.
And that was before I violated the Dhimmi Carter revisionist history laudatory eulogist echo chamber and labelled him a monster. Which he was.
It’s tantamount to saying the Beatles are overrated. Unless the recipient is an Islamist. They hate the Beatles, too. Where as the left hates humanity and all things living but for the Islamists, Castro, Maduro, Soros, Luigi, Mangione, Hawk Newsome, Fauci,Tedros, Joy Reid, Klaus Schwab, Milley, Wray, Brennan, Xi, Alvin Bragg, Bill Gates, Merchan, Jack Smith, Liz Cheney ,Adam Kinzinger, John Bolton and the Squad..
The world has gone mad. Math is racist, abortion is good for Black people, Ukraine is a democracy, Soros and Bill Gates are “ philanthropists”, Liz Warren is a Native American, Fauci is a national treasure, Biden is honest, sharp as a tack, Puerto Rican, Jewish, French,Italian, black, a Son of the American Revolution, has “ oil cancer”, beat up Corn Pop, marched with MLK in Selma, was against the Irag War, withdrew for Afghanistan flawlessly, never discussed Hunter’s business dealings with him, was a pro-gay rights activist , rode a train across the Baltimore Bridge daily, naarly lost his wife, cat and corvette when his house burned down, was arrested in S. Africa protesting Mandela’s imprisonment, was shot down in Afghanistan, Graduated in the top of his law class, advocated for desegregation and bussing, was a staunch supporter of gay rights and undocumented immigration, was always a staunch supporter of Israel, mined hard coal, drove an 18 wheeler, held 3 college degrees,, His son Beau died in Iraq,his uncle was eaten by cannibals, he didn’t take classified documents, secured the border, was always an advocate for criminal justice reform, Hunter is the smartest person he knows and he’s leaving office with the world a safer place than it was.
And this is a reality check.He did beat Medicare, though!
But Trump!
And when did Israel become the bad guy? The Palestinian Hamas psychopaths fire missiles from Gaza every days for decades while Hezbollah fires missiles from Lebanon, the Houthis attack from Yemen, Iran’s mission is to eradicate Israel and the Jews from the planet. Hamas invaded and commits a massacre of 1300 innocent people attending s peace concert advocating for the very people who slaughtered , gaped tortured threw babies in ovens and kidnapped near 300 Israelis without any provocation an they’re supposed to do nothing? 85% of the Palestinians were celebrating. That’s all they know. When they’re not killing Israelis. they’re killing Christians. , Duzze and they’re own. This is AFTEr Israel gave them back Gaza and they immediately turned it into a shithole.
Welcome to the Post 1984 Brave New World..
Ah Gail, I feel like a piker after reading your first paragraph!
I ran across this nugget a couple days ago, re: the mightily revered and esteemed Jimmuh Carter:
"The former president supported segregation in his home town of Plains, Georgia as an adult. In fact, as Hans van Spakovsky has shown:
When Carter returned to Plains, Georgia, to become a peanut farmer after serving in the Navy, he became a member of the Sumter County School Board, which did not implement the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision handed down by the Supreme Court. Instead, the board continued to segregate school children on the streets of Carter’s hometown.
Carter’s board tried to stop the construction of a new “Elementary Negro School” in 1956. Local white citizens had complained that the school would be “too close” to a white school. As a result, “the children, both colored and white, would have to travel the same streets and roads in order to reach their respective schools.” The prospect of black and white children commingling on the streets on their way to school was apparently so horrible to Carter that he requested that the state school board stop construction of the black school until a new site could be found. The state board turned down Carter’s request because of “the staggering cost.” Carter and the rest of the Sumter County School Board then reassured parents at a meeting on October 5, 1956, that the board “would do everything in its power to minimize simultaneous traffic between white and colored students in route to and from school.”"
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/12/027983.php
I was really enjoying that until "when did Israhell become the bad guy."
my answer to that would the the 1948 onwards genocide of Palestinians for the ultimate offense of living where they had for centuries before the UK "sold" their country to what is now known as Israel.
For my inner eye, I could see this as a stand-up comedy routine.
Because the best comedy is based. On truth.
Another of Carter’s “ success stories” was the Mariel Boatlift” . It brought such a “ cultural positive “ to Miami. Nothing says peace, love, happiness and beauty to an already vibrant metropolis than thousands of humanity’s most violent, barely literate criminals and untreatable mentally ill murderers set loose upon a thriving metropolis.Aside from Islamist jihadists and unrepentant Nazis.
Some people have 35 years of experience. Other people have one year of experience that they've repeated 35 times.
Thanks for the heads up. I would say I'll look out for her to be hired in Portland next, but we've already demolished our police force so there wouldn't be much for her to do. But we do so love talking about diversity that I won't rule it out entirely.
I think you’re WAAAY to harsh on her. It takes real cojones to wrangle $337K out of an employer who fired you for gross incompetence. Plus, she must have WONDERFUL interviewing skills, loaded with buzzwords the interviewers only vaguely recognize and couldn’t define if their lives depended on it.
The question in my mind is why organizations are SO eager to hire these roaches. Possibly because they’re not in the “solutions” business, but rather the “budget expansion” business. Failure justifies more money next year.
The primary mission for any bureaucracy is its continued existence and expansion (Hagel, I think?).
100% true, but the twist is the preference for skilled BS to the EXCLUSION of competence. It’s like they WANT failure.
Woman. It’s cool/woke.
When I saw the first news conference this morning between her and the SA in Charge I threw up 🤮 in my mouth. Nearly ruined my coffee.
Same. It's so depressing.
At the 2pm press conference, the ASAC read a press release. Repeat, read a press release. She's the genius who told America this morning that the event in NOLA wasn't a terrorist attack. I sure feel safer.
So obviously more near-fatal DEI, if you ask me. I know teenagers who would have had the sense to say "We don't know yet," rather than give a categorical denial at 7 a.m. -- before the smoke had even cleared.
You couldn't pay me to go to the Super Bowl in the Big Sleazy.
Trump is going to be inaugurated in less than 3 weeks. I think DoJ will be less inclined to cover up for Islamic terrorists from here on.
I wouldn't count on that until the housecleaning is complete.
I might be too optimistic but I can dream.
Malcolm Gladwell makes some very compelling arguments about how positive Affirmative Action has been since its inception (I think it was David and Goliath) and until the COVID lockdowns, I read nearly all of his books.
He showed his true colors in a Munk Debate against Matt Taibbi and shit...the gay, based British author...cannot remember his name. Turns out Malcolm (who weighs a buck thirty--knew he was likely stuffed in a trash can once or twice in his life) is just another leftist ideologue with high verbal IQ.
This was prior to DEI and we all referred to it as Affirmative Action.
Long-intro to make the point that I can totally see how even a rational mayor or city council would hire this grizzled hag out of fear of lawsuit over most competitive applicant.
Quick Army story to make the point. When I was a battalion commander, I had a Chief Warrant Officer 3 (warrants are, if not pilots, the Army's subject matter experts in particular domains: logistics, maintenance, personnel, intelligence, etc. I once saw a CW3 not so gently correct both the G2 (lieutenant colonel, Division Commander's Intelligence officer--the highest ranking MI officer in the Division) and the battalion commander during a briefing. I was a Staff Sergeant at the time and nearly shat my pants. THAT is what a good Chief Warrant Officer looks like. Neither LTC was dismayed or upset, only corrected--and grateful for the correction).
So CW3 Female Japanese name comes into my office because she is upset with a 'referred OER'--Referred is Army speak for shitty. OER is Officer Evaluation Report. This woman was COMPLETELY incompetent--same stupid look on her face as the NOPD Chief--and wanted me to send her complaint to arbitration!?!? She looks right at me and says, "MAJ Korean name was unfair to me. He's just upset because I'm Japanese and we destroyed his country in WWII...also, I know the command is not giving me a fair shake so this should go to an outside arbiter..."
"Chief, you understand that the command of which you speak is me right?" I asked.
"Uh, well, uh, yes sir." she replied.
"You know this is the fist I heard of this right? Well, I know MAJ Korean very well. I trust his judgment. In fact, I think you're crazy, so I"m command directing you to Mental Health."
Turns out she had made 3-4 sexual or gender or race discrimination accusations over the years.
The psychologist calls me back a week or two later--totally against HPPA I'm sure--and says, "Brian, WTF? How in THE HELL is this woman in the Army?!?!? She has a personality disorder (which she then tells me is untreatable). She's a fucking nutcase! (her words, seriously)
So--we process her out of the Army Guard-cuz she's crazy, crazy as the boy who thought he was a girl once we mobilized for war.
BUT BUT BUT--I learned that she landed on her feet in the US Army Reserve, and probably retired as a CW5.
Affirmative Action, DEI, our lack of moral courage to call out turds, take out our own trash, and hire the best--even it it is a white male (say it isn't so), is the only way out.
GenX rescued the nation during this election. Other than RFK Jr, I think almost all other cabinet nominations are GenX. We are the generation that has the cynical balls to call this shit out for what it is, and finally put a dagger into the heart of DEI.
Pray for the brave NOPD officers and the tragic victims of this piece of shit who pointed his own self hatred outward.
Happy Fbomb New Year. Let us pray that we do not lose our focus when these tragedies continue to mount. We have 15 million possible sleepers--oh, minus the sex-trafficked children that we need to be wary of. Head on a swivel.
Thanks Chris. You're the GenX spokesman, a mash up of Paul Harvey, Dave Barry, and PJ O'Rourke--but better than all of them.
bsn
Douglas Murray was the other debater next to Taibbi. Gladwell deliberately mispronounced Taibbi’s name and kept calling Douglas Murray “Doug.” Gladwell mad an absolute ass of himself. A funny moment happened when Murray called Gladwell “Malc.”
Yes! Douglas Murray! Brilliant guy. I enjoyed "The Tipping Point" and most of Gladwell's other books, enjoyed his podcasts as well. He's a good story teller, BUT sadly he's allowed his ideology overcome his thinking.
COVID has taught me to be more skeptical than my previous 'trust the boss, the institution, the 'expert' default attitude. As an MI guy, I prided myself on being 'well read'--which I now understand is more accurately stated 'fully indoctrinated'.
It is tough. Read an article by Ben Bartee (Armageddon Press) about Calley Means who was on Rogan & Tucker, fully one of the MAHA guys. Ben points out that he's a slick-ass salesman who doesn't really know what he's talking about.
Disappointing again. The truth, I suspect, is to put my faith in the Transcendent, God--and maintain a healthy skepticism of everyone. That is just not my nature.
Happy New Year!
bsn
Murray made Gladwell, a veteran of several Monk Debates, look like a bratty pre-schooler. I was actually embarrassed for him in spite of being amused at Murray verbally stealing his lunch money, giving him an atomic wedgie and stuffing him in his locker.
Debating Douglas Murray seems like a daunting challenge for anyone. His sharp intellect, extensive preparation, and that commanding accent give him a natural edge. On the whole, I’d argue that many conservative speakers tend to excel in debates compared to their left-leaning counterparts. One reason might be that conservatives are more frequently placed in adversarial settings, whether on college campuses or in mainstream media. This forces them to hone their arguments and articulate their views with precision to stand a chance.
In contrast, many progressive voices often operate within more agreeable environments, facing limited opposition. Interviews with like-minded hosts or panels that echo their viewpoints don’t provide much practice for navigating tougher, opposing arguments. This dynamic can sometimes result in less polished debating skills when they're faced with a genuine challenge.
There’s probably a lot of truth to that. We’re in a moment where liberal policies around immigration and cultural demographics are naive at best, and populist conservative groups may better represent the opinions of regular people. For someone like Murray, who’s been saying this for years, debates on the subject must be hard to lose. Sometimes, when he gets his hackles up, his rhetorical savvy reminds me of Christopher Hitchens. Of course, only the Hitch could do it drunk.
-'Atomic Wedgie' ! 👍
I would say that Gladwell didn’t need any help in looking foolish. He did it all by himself!
I rejoined the USCG in 1998 and went to a mini-boot camp to brush up on basics. We had a female full-bird captain come speak to us about god-knows-what. She kept using the term “Team Coast Guard.” I had no idea about the larger picture that was forming back then, but it really rubbed me the wrong way. I never rooted for the Red Sox by saying, “Go Team Red Sox!”
The fact that Granny teaches others about Bias and Diversity, Emotional Intelligence and Leading Generations makes me wonder why she is leading a police department and not a University.. I wonder which one of those areas the cops on duty last night used as they were pressed into action by the deranged lunatic terrorist. My guess is exactly NONE. The guys that are doing the actual policing, don't have time to perform the mental gymnastics in the heat of the moment to stop and consider are they shooting at this lunatic that is killing people because of their bias or their gender identify,
They did show emotional intelligence--if someone shoots at innocents or you, kill them as coldly and quickly as possible with no emotion whatever, except pride when it's over--but surely that's not the way granny taught it.
Reading the title, I assumed Chris was referring to Fauci.
This is the leadership equivalent of giving the SpED kid a little police badge/sticker because she’s just compliant enough to not go against the crappy substitute teacher.
In Brasil we have a term that describes all those people that always stand behind the VIP at press conferences, and it's called "papagaio de pirata" - which means literally "pirate parrot", because every pirate has a parrot on the shoulder.
Thank you so much.
This comment has enriched my life.
Delicious, strawberry death!
You’re nice that you just see incompetence floating around. I wonder why the same nefarious characters always show up at these things…like the officer who was around for the Vegas shooting, and then also the Lahaina fire? Is there a pool of criminals they shift around to manage these (totally unscripted, I’m sure) ridiculous events?
Are we sure psycho granny didn’t also have a position in Uvalde.
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/07/17/law-enforcement-failure-uvalde-shooting-investigation/?utm_campaign=trib-social-buttons&utm_source=native-share&utm_medium=social