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Portland's Purported "Mayor"

Cruz called on federal law enforcement to investigate and bring legal action against Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler who reportedly called on police officers to stand down on Saturday.

Well, that's Portland's supposed mayor for you - his response to every riot and brawl precipitated by Leftist thugs here is identical every time: "Let the thugs run wild." And this idiot's planning to run for a second term as mayor!

Some media outlets claim that little do-nothing Teddy is "under fire" due to his inaction. That's not good enough; he should be set on fire.

At least we'd get something useful out of him then.

U.S. Ambassador to Germany Ric Grenell, who is openly gay like Ngo, tweeted, “Where is Mayor @tedwheeler?” “This is unacceptable. I am outraged. This violence from intolerants must stop. Portland leaders must be held to account,” Grenell tweeted again later.

I suppose that if there's any good to have emerged from this, it's that Teddy's incompetence is now receiving the national attention he so richly deserves.

 

Convicted In Canada

The charge that 37-year-old David Sillars was nailed on? CUII. Yep - canoeing under influence of intoxicants.

You read that right:

On Thursday, in a courtroom in Oshawa, Ont., Sillars became the first Canadian to be convicted of impaired driving charges for the act of paddling a canoe. In the eyes of the law, then, being drunk while paddling an inflatable dinghy is the same thing as being drunk while driving a pickup truck. Smoking a joint and paddling a canoe is equal to smoking a joint and driving a car. All of the same penalties, including mandatory minimum sentences, apply. Yet you cannot be charged for impaired operation of a bike, because the Criminal Code says land vehicles must be motorized to count.

Sillars is looking at a potential sentence of life in prison, though it being Canada, he'll probably get somewhere between two and ten years. The takeaway here: water and alcohol don't mix, any more than alcohol and motor vehicles.

To be sure, there was a fatality involved; an eight year-old boy riding in the canoe was swept over a waterfall and drowned.

 

 

An “unexpected burst of diplomacy.”

“Good to see you again. I never expected to meet you at this place,” a smiling Kim told Trump through an interpreter. “I believe this is an expression of his willingness to eliminate all the unfortunate past and open a new future,” Kim said of Trump’s surprise visit.

Trump was accompanied by the South Korean president, who praised the effort by the U.S. president. “President Trump is the maker of peace in the Korean Peninsula,” Moon said.

Unsurprisingly, the Leftists immediately mock the historic events because Trump.

It seems that the only way to deal with them involves more ammo. Reason doesn't work, because they're incapable of it. Results don't work because...well, you know.

And as for the latest from the Left, coming July 6:

A person utilizing artwork created by a Rolling Stone journalist who writes favorably about Antifa has threatened to attack attendees of the Demand Free Speech rally with “muriatic acid, wax, and balloons” on July 6 in Washington, D.C.

The threats were made on a popular right wing Telegram channel. A user with the name “POUND ON YOUR BOY” made several threats against the rally, prompting co-organizer Enrique Tarrio to contact the FBI and DHS, who are now planning to provide additional security to the event.

“I just want to toss as many balloons of Muriatic acid in the faces as many Proud Boys I can [sic]”, wrote the user, “I just want to blind as many of you c**k suckers are possible [sic].”

Well, since the Left is already blinded by hate, I'm assuming they're simply pulling out the stops in an effort to bring the rest of us down to their level. Can't be done, but they're certainly trying their best.

 

 

Tasty

Would've paired nicely with a dry Chardonnay....

FORT MEADE, Fla. (FOX 35 ORLANDO) - A man who reportedly drowned on Mosaic property near Fort Meade, Florida had been partially eaten by an alligator, investigators said.

The Polk County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of 45-year-old Michael Ford III. 

Ford's body was found Thursday morning in a canal on Peeples Road. According to a 911 caller, there was a massive alligator nearby, which possibly left a mark on the body. When deputies arrived, the alligator reportedly had part of Ford's body in its mouth.

As might be surmised, deputies shot and killed the gator. At the medical examiner's facility, where it was determined that Ford was indeed dead, attention turned to the gator, where a hand and a foot belonging to Ford were found in the animal's stomach.

It's almost a tossup between Florida and Australia when it comes to critters that want to kill and/or eat you.

 

Just another Portland Saturday

Yesterday was sunny and warm here, so naturally another brawl broke out in downtown Portland.

Andy Ngo, a conservative media commentator based in Portland, was punched several times and splashed with liquid and Silly String while live-streaming. Ngo was visibly bleeding from the face after the encounter.

"I just got beat up by the crowd, no police at all, in the middle of the street, and they stole my GoPro," Ngo said in message to his 150,000 social media followers. He said later he would seek treatment at a local hospital. The video showed Ngo, editor of Quilette, being punched and kicked by masked assailants dressed in black and then being hit by various containers of liquid as he is retreating.

The Portland Police Department tweeted after the assault that it received information that some of the milkshakes being thrown by protestors contained “quick-drying cement”.

Ngo is presently in hospital recovering from a torn earlobe and a brain-bleed. He'd shown up at the demonstrations to document the violent behavior of Antifa, a terrorist group whose members have repeatedly sought to silence the Proud Boys and ostracize the free-speech group from the virulently far-left city.

Disturbing. Attacking a messenger shows weakness, not strength. Hopefully the authorities will get to the bottom of this. https://t.co/lSN2uZCASD

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 30, 2019

Brian, this is Portland! The cops come out in riot gear, shoot some rubber bullets and pepper balls. And so on.

Sources: Portland Tribune and others.

 

Backfire

A Kansas man who robbed a bank last September and told police that he was hoping to get caught so he would get prison time to escape his wife was sentenced Tuesday to six months of home confinement after pleading guilty, the Kansas City Star reported.

His cunning plan didn't quite work out.

 

California Schemin'

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's nation-leading gas prices are set to climb even higher Monday, when the state gas tax increases another 5.6 cents a gallon. California motorists were paying an average $3.75 per gallon as of late June, far above the national average of $2.71 calculated by AAA .

Keep voting for Democratics!

 

Welcome To The Jungles Of The Left Coast

 

LOS ANGELES, CA: A rising wave of homelessness is growing and spreading in the major Democrat controlled cities on the Left Coast. Spreading disease, drug addiction, and social disorder in its wake. From Seattle to San Francisco to Los Angeles the quality of life is plummeting. Democrat municipal and state authorities seem oblivious, placing the rights of the homeless above their duty to their citizens, taxpayers, and public safety.

More than 60,000 homeless people by official count are living on the streets of Los Angeles. That doesn’t include the surrounding municipalities and cities in Orange County. Actual estimates are much higher, and the homeless seem to be everywhere.

Seattle journalist Eric Johnson of ABC affiliate KOMO-TV  shot this shocking footage as part of a series of documentary stories he has done. "Paradise Lost" is only 6 1/2 minutes long, but is distressingly clear Komo-TV knows the problem. TV Journalist Eric Johnson hosted an in-depth one hour documentary about the problem in Seattle which aired on ABC affiliate KOMO, appropriately named “Seattle is Dying”. It depicted a city in collapse, surrounded by a deluge of homeless in the midst of every conceivable public space.

In San Francisco, there is an open collapse of all decent norms. The public squalor isn’t just shocking. It is unconscionable. Legions of homeless defecating in the street. Needles are strewn throughout the city. A downtown that is unliveable.

Not exactly a poster boy for tourism. Or for the Democrat policies throughout California, and in Oregon and Washington that only exacerbate the problem.

It's so bad in San Francisco that they publish poop maps like the one above. And it's no better in Oregon's state capital, in the state's largest city (Portland) and elsewhere along the I-5 corridor. California governor Gavin Newsome, Oregon governor Kate Brown from Minnesota, and Washington governor Jay Inslee could stop worrying about climate change for just a minute and address the stinking cesspool their states are rapidly becoming. But they won't because they're all Democratics.

 

 

 

 

 

TICKing Time Bombs

Lone Star ticks are native to the southeastern United States and Mexico, but have been found further north in recent years. They are occasionally found in Canada and are believed to arrive on the backs of migrating birds.

Their bites can render people suddenly allergic to red meats - a bite from a Lone Star tick can cause an allergy to alpha-gal, a carbohydrate found in red meat. An allergic reaction can cause hives, vomiting, and diarrhea and there is no known cure other than to avoid consuming the meat.

It won't kill you, but it'll make you wish it had.

No steak or burgers for you....

 

More Florida

Federal data shows a flat rate for injuries in accidental shootings nationwide, while in Florida, the number of people injured in accidental shootings increased 82 percent between 2007 and 2017.

And if that's not enough for you, there's weather:

The danger factor of Florida’s weather cannot be understated. Not only can it change from sunshine to roof-ripping winds in a matter of seconds, just standing out in the heat can be a risk.

Recent heat advisories have even prompted forecasters to say it’s not safe to go outside in the afternoon. Just stepping out of your door is dangerous in Florida; you don’t have to actually do anything.

And if hurricanes, tornadoes and extreme heat aren’t dangerous enough for you, how about sinkholes?

Even if you stay in your house all day long with the air conditioning pumping and don’t dare brave the ominous Florida outdoors, there’s still the unlikely possibility the earth could still open up at random and swallow you whole while you nap in bed. It happened here in 2013.

Then there're other issues, like wildlife:

And while rare, Florida leads the nation in fatal gator encounters and gator attacks are on the rise. One smashed its way into a home in Clearwater on a recent night.

In the waters there are sting rays and bony sturgeons that jump from the water and, on rare occasions, collide fatally with humans. Florida is also home to brain-eating amoeba and deadly bacteria in some seafood. Florida is second in the nation for wild pig attacks.

And don't even get me started on their drivers; I've lost track of the number of times I've had to take evasive action down there - mostly because the old folks can't see over their steering wheels, let alone bother to check their mirrors.

Apart from all that, it's a lovely place - especially if you like fresh oranges.