(A) So as things are going pear-shaped for Vlad the Invader, he is calling up 300,000 reservists. Note, this still isn’t “mobilization” which would require him admitting that the “special military operation” is actually a war.
Insty summarizes as follows:
THERE IS NO EXIT PATH FOR HIM THAT ISN’T BAD, SO HE’S PICKING THE SLOWEST: Putin Chooses Mobilization, Sham Referendum, Continuing Humiliation. “The Russians are now discovering that they’re actually outnumbered locally, and that with all the captured equipment, the Ukrainians actually now have more artillery and more ammo.”
Plus: “Part of the mobilization effort seems to be banning airline ticket sales for males between the ages of 18 and 65. That decree is every bit as popular as you would expect.”
So are they really trying to draft 65 year olds?
(B) Meanwhile, in the tony Los Angeles suburb of Sherman Oaks: https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2022/09/21/sherman-oaks-business-owner-it-is-literally-a-psych-ward-on-the-sidewalk-every-day-n498095
Good grief. “Homeless” men defecating into plastic bags so they can throw the contents at you. And the “solution” is more “affordable housing” made available — which won’t be used, because mentally ill people think the problem is you for not being cool with them defecating in public.
And you wonder why Vlad the Invader thought the West was so decadent he’d only have to kick at the rotting door and it would collapse.
In the wake of the discovery of the first effective antidepressants and antipsychotics, deinstitutionalization came about through the strange bedfellowship (I prefer the Dutch term “monsterverbond”, literally ‘monstrous alliance’) of the liberal left (concerned for mental patients’ rights) and the libertarian right (who saw a huge cost cut from medicating mental patients and mainstreaming them into society). Alas, one cannot force a mentally ill person to take their medication…
(C) And speaking of mental illness, man admits killing somebody in hit-and-run because he was ‘a dangerous Republican’.
https://instapundit.com/543599/
Yes, I know, the criminally insane will always be with us. But if the entire mediatainment complex ceaselessly floods the zone with demonization of a group — be it “da Juice”, “les franc-maçons”, or “MAGA Republicans” — don’t be surprised when they become the target.
(D) and as we see every single election, the US Olympic synchronized turntabling team, a.k.a. The MSM, declare the current GOP star worse than the previous one, who suddenly becomes reasonable in comparison. So after years of going DJ Lethal on their Orange Man Bad vinyls, now it’s the turn of Ron DeSantis. How predictable, and how utterly pathetic. I’m reminded of the bad Dutch joke about the guy explaining why he’s worried about his parents’ reaction: not that his girlfriend’s brother is a drug dealer and her mother the ‘madam’ of a brothel, and her father a convicted burglar… but that she is Belgian. I’d replace the latter by “but that she works for the US mainstream media”.
SPECIAL BONUS: well, isn’t that precious: https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/09/21/letter-surfaces-of-obama-foundation-admitting-in-2018-they-keep-classified-documents-in-unsecured-storage-at-furniture-warehouse/
Apparently, the laws on those matters only apply to politicians the machine dislikes. How… Putinesque
ADDENDUM: I’ve been wondering about this as well: https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/09/a-political-mystery.php
Spin, strangeness, and charm 