As usual, my take on a hot-button issue is guaranteed to piss off absolutely everybody: No, Kyle Rittenhouse should not have been playing cop on the streets of Kenosha, WI on the night of August 20, 2020. And, also, in addition to that, Rittenhouse was under no obligation to allow himself to be murdered by the crowd of screaming rioters who were chasing him. All the available evidence shows that he acted in self-defense.
Apparently the prosecutor in Rittenhouse’s trial agrees. Yes, the prosecutor.
Just listen to the testimony of these two prosecution witnesses. First up is Ryan Balch, who was with Rittenhouse that night and says he was threatened by Joseph Rosenbaum:
And here’s Richie McGinniss, who was reporting on the riot for the Daily Caller:
I’m no Perry Mason, but if somebody tells you he’s going to kill you, and then he starts chasing you and tries to grab your weapon, he’s not interested in a calm and rational exchange of ideas. It’s safe to assume he intends to do what he just told you he’s going to do.
Kyle Rittenhouse is neither a hero nor a murderer. He’s a kid who got in over his head and defended his own life when things went wrong. If he hadn’t shot those guys, they would’ve killed him. And all the people screaming at him right now would’ve just shrugged, because they only care about human life when it serves their political ends.
I’m sorry those guys are dead, but they shouldn’t have chased down a heavily armed man they had just threatened to kill. If you don’t like it, send your complaints to the Darwin Awards.
Anthony Fauci is a liar and I don’t trust him.
Speaking of coronaliars:
Biden does this same move all the time. He actually pulls down his mask to get right in somebody’s face. It’s the exact opposite of what these grifters would do if they actually believed what they’re saying about masks. But they’re politicians and they want us to see their faces, even when it proves they’ve been lying to us.
I’ll believe masks save lives when the people who tell me masks save lives start acting like masks save lives.
Wow, the professional race-baiting class really doesn’t like the new Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, Winsome Sears. She’s a successful, charismatic black woman who rejects all their racist ideas about the world, and they won’t stand for it.
No wonder Joy Reid’s ratings are in the sewer, along with her ideas.
If you want to know the state of today’s Democratic Party, just look at the reaction to this CNN report:
I’m more than happy to bash CNN when they’re wrong, but they’re not wrong about this one. Americans know how much they’re spending on groceries for their families, and the Democrats can’t gaslight them into believing everything’s fine.
But our moral, ethical, and intellectual betters will certainly try:
Brianna Keilar @brikeilarcnn
"A gallon of milk was $1.99. Now it's $2.79. When you buy 12 gallons a week times four weeks, that's a lot of money." @EvanMcS goes grocery shopping with the Stotlers and shows us how badly inflation is hitting the middle class. https://t.co/39hPPRHLja
Brianna Keilar @brikeilarcnn
"A gallon of milk was $1.99. Now it's $2.79. When you buy 12 gallons a week times four weeks, that's a lot of money." @EvanMcS goes grocery shopping with the Stotlers and shows us how badly inflation is hitting the middle class. https://t.co/39hPPRHLja
Brianna Keilar @brikeilarcnn
"A gallon of milk was $1.99. Now it's $2.79. When you buy 12 gallons a week times four weeks, that's a lot of money." @EvanMcS goes grocery shopping with the Stotlers and shows us how badly inflation is hitting the middle class. https://t.co/39hPPRHLja
The Dems just lost a huge election in Virginia because they went to war with the parents of schoolchildren, and they’ve learned nothing. Go ahead, geniuses, keep telling Americans they’re lying about their grocery bills.
And if people are worried about the price of gas? Just laugh in their faces:
LOL, you silly peasants! Now shut up and keep paying taxes to your betters.
Thank goodness the federal vaccine mandate is finally taking effect… two months from now.
That makes sense, because everybody knows how busy viruses can get around the holidays. They’ve got better things to do than infect people right now. They haven’t even started planning Thanksgiving dinner. And Christmas shopping? The coronavirus hasn’t even started!
This is definitely an emergency, which is why the federal government needs to step in. But also, it can wait until 2022. All you have to do is hold those two completely contradictory ideas in your head at the same time, and accept that both are true.
Go ahead, give it a try.
Are you insane yet? Congratulations, you’re a Democrat!
Speaking of lunacy, here’s what’s going on at Microsoft these days:
That’s not a parody video. It should be, but it’s not.
Don’t those people make software? How does apologizing for the land they’re standing on help them do that? Are there a lot of blind I MEAN VISUALLY IMPAIRED people listening in, who need to know what these creeps are wearing and who their ancestors were?
For what it’s worth: I’m an average-looking Irish-American dude with an acceptable BMI for my age and height, and I’m wearing a buffalo-check flannel shirt and Batman: The Animated Series “lounge pants” under a Snuggie. I apologize to the Indians I MEAN NATIVE AMERICANS who lived in my neighborhood hundreds of years ago, which is my fault for some reason.
The great Jon Gabriel calls this stuff a “stage-four mindvirus.” And the only vaccine is gales of derisive laughter.
You know we’re all in trouble when the only person making sense is Ben Dreyfuss. No, idiots, Chris Pratt did not insult his own son. It would be great if everybody could just stop being insane for like five minutes. Just five minutes, that’s all I need.
Yesterday I joked about Marvel giving Paste-Pot Pete his own movie because they’re running out of decades-old comics characters to exploit. Well, the joke’s on me, because Marvel just announced a 2022 Halloween special for Disney Plus that will feature… Werewolf By Night. If the character’s name confuses you, he’s a werewolf. Who comes out by night. Which is redundant if you’re at all familiar with the werewolf legends, but whatever.
The character was part of Marvel’s big monster push in the early ‘70s, after almost 20 years of the Comics Code Authority ruining everybody’s fun by banning stories with monsters and blood and other cool stuff. After the CCA gave up and said, “Feh, do whatever you want,” Marvel filled the comic-book racks with dreck about Dracula and Frankenstein and werewolves and mummies and all that crap. Also, who cares?
Feliz Viernes! After tracking the left’s unhinged screeching over losing an election, this week has felt like a month. I think I need to do another 48-hour internet cleanse.
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There's so much in here, but I'll leave it to others. This is my favorite part, because it's exactly how I feel and a sentiment I rarely hear expressed:
Kyle Rittenhouse is neither a hero nor a murderer. He’s a kid who got in over his head and defended his own life when things went wrong. If he hadn’t shot those guys, they would’ve killed him. And all the people screaming at him right now would’ve just shrugged, because they only care about human life when it serves their political ends.
Thank you and have a great 48 hour detox.
Great but disturbing column today, JT. My only disagreement: I am *not* sad those guys are dead at the hands of Kyle Rittenhouse, and I only wish his snap shot of the third guy had gotten him in the 10-ring as well, instead of just the arm. I am prepared to accept the abuse.