Clown and Out in Portland

Rumor has it antifa will return to downtown Portland tonight (Wednesday) to assail Portland Police at the Justice Center. It’s been over a week since they’ve all but abandoned downtown–not entirely, keeping a continuous vigil. They had seemed to wring all they could out of their campaign to portray federal agents as occupying jackboots. TheContinue reading “Clown and Out in Portland”

Sunday Night Chicago

The first two hours of this marathon stream are cut off. It may be that YT is still processing the video. We monitored the sacking of upscale downtown Chicago via several livestreamers, some recording themselves in the act of looting. Several instances of shots fired were reported and at least one shooting–of a security guard.Continue reading “Sunday Night Chicago”

More Moral Holiday

It’s common to refer to recreational violence (of the sort American blacks are notorious for) and rioting as “senseless” or “irrational” as if the impulse descends upon the unwitting violent from without. But leaving aside those suffering from psychosis no behavior can be truly said to be psychologically irrational or generally illogical. It has itsContinue reading “More Moral Holiday”

Siege Notes, August 3: Meet the New Boss

Portland is getting a new District Attorney five months ahead of schedule after lame-duck DA Rod Underhill announced his early retirement. He’s of the spawn of Soros class of prosecutors elected recently as part that figure’s campaign to elect progressive prosecutors nationwide: Real Justice PAC, also co-founded by Shaun King, has supported 29 head prosecutorsContinue reading “Siege Notes, August 3: Meet the New Boss”

Siege Notes, July 24: On the Fringe

The day before yesterday a lone police cruiser was moving slowly past the former Apple store, now shrine to George Floyd,  around 10 PM. Then I saw a very young woman with shimmering blonde hair, sitting in the passenger seat. I wondered for a moment if someone had gotten hold of a police car andContinue reading “Siege Notes, July 24: On the Fringe”