I am losing track of just how many posts I’ve made of examples of rhetoric  and acts by people on the Left that is on the edge of violently dangerous.

Mitch McConnell is the Senate Majority Leader, and because of it is one of the most politically influential people in the country.

He was chased out of a restaurant in Kentucky by activist, some who were associated with the Democratic Socialist of Louisville.

That is bad enough.  One of the protesters made it worse.

Left-wing activists harassed Mitch McConnell as he was leaving lunch on Saturday and threatened him: "We know where you live, b*tch!"pic.twitter.com/Y7bmjbamHo

— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) July 8, 2018

“I know where you live” is a threat.  This is not something we can beat around the bush about.  It is a threat.

The Senate Majority Leader was threatened in his home state by some radical protesters.

Next we go to The New York Times.

Democrats: Do Not Surrender the Judiciary

Remember, the Senate’s roll in all of this is to “advise and consent” so a new SCOTUS pick, so Mitch McConnell is going to be at the center of attention in a few days.

This is all the more reason for Democrats and progressives to take a page from “The Godfather” and go to the mattresses on this issue. Because this battle is about more than a single seat on the nation’s highest court. With public attention focused on all that is at stake with this alignment, this is the moment for Democrats to drive home to voters the crucial role that the judiciary plays in shaping this nation, and why the courts should be a key voting concern in Every. Single. Election.

Now, I hate the movie The Godfather (I hate mob movies in general, and I don’t understand why The Godfather is supposedly all that great) but if I remember it correctly, the latter part of the movie involves a lot of people getting killed and a scene about taking the cannoli.

Is this really the best language to use for this situation?

Again, what we see here is a problem of layers.  The New York Times says something that could be interpreted as condoning violence and perhaps even assassination, then there is a smaller group that takes to in-your-face protests, inside that group is someone making threats.  The next layer down is someone willing to pull a Michael Corleone and shoot someone in the face at a restaurant over business.

As the higher layers grow in numbers and the intensity of the rhetoric that will filter down until the people willing to pull the trigger actually do it.

Trump should be announcing his SCOTUS pick this week.

To listen to the protesters that justice will overnight outlaw abortion, segregate the schools, and somehow re-institute slavery.  I’m still not sure how, but then again I learned about how SCOTUS works from a member of the Florida Bar and not CNN.

Depending on who gets nominated, the vitriol will only increase.  Then we’ll have to see how that filters down.

My recommendation to Mitch McConnell is get a KY CCW (if he doesn’t already have one) and ram through some national reciprocity with some added bonunses.

I’d support 100% the right of members of Congress to be armed in the Capitol and elsewhere.

CHICAGO (Sun-Times Media Wire) – A west suburban man and woman have been charged with robbing three banks in May using a stolen AK-47 rifle.
James D. Williams, 41, and Alexis T. Handelman, 21, are accused of three armed takeover bank robberies in a three-week period, according to a statement from the FBI. They are both residents of Bartlett.
The duo has been charged with robbing an Old Second Bank branch May 11 at 323 E. Norris Drive in Ottawa in north central Illinois; a NorStates Bank branch May 21 at 5384 Grand Ave. in north suburban Gurnee; and an Aurora Bank and Trust branch May 31 at 2287 W. Galena Blvd. in west suburban Aurora, authorities said.

Leading up to the robberies, Williams stole an AK-47 rifle and rented different vehicles, according to the FBI. In at least one of the incidents, he attached stolen license plates to a vehicle he’d rented.

Pair charged with suburban bank robbery spree using stolen AK-47

The convenience of robbing in Chicago. Even if somebody realized the mistake, there was nothing they could have done.  In other cities? He may not had much luck.

They robbed two other banks and at least once he had ammo because a shot was fired.

Good thing, he is safe now as the police arrested him and his partner in crime.

I posted this over Melody Lauer’s FB page, and seeing it was decent, I figured I should share it with you guys:

In the car of every gun owner lives a Tactical Gremlin. It is a creature that has as duty to stash small gun items in the nooks and crevices of the car and in such manner that you will not find it after a deep and complete search, but the guy vacuuming the inside of the car in the car wash will.
And they are a communicating network of gremlins, otherwise how you explain the .357 SIG and 45-70 brass found in the trunk of your car….when you don’t own guns in those calibers?
And yes, they took your custom era plugs too.

And that is the reason why a Gun Owner, specially those who regularly shoot, can ever take their vehicles across the border. That cop checking you out used to be the guy vacuuming at the car wash.

The New Republic asked the stupidest question of the month, so far.

Can Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez save the planet? https://t.co/VLMafsYh8l pic.twitter.com/aKaYkfMfGP

— The New Republic (@newrepublic) July 7, 2018

Why are they asking this?

In a political environment where even her fellow Democrats often stay vague on climate change, Ocasio-Cortez has been specific and blunt in talking about the global warming crisis. She also has a plan to fight that crisis—one to transition the United States to a 100-percent renewable energy system by 2035.

To achieve this ambitious goal, she has proposed implementing what she calls a “Green New Deal,” a Franklin Delano Roosevelt–like plan to spur “the investment of trillions of dollars and the creation of millions of high-wage jobs,” according to her official website. “The Green New Deal we are proposing will be similar in scale to the mobilization efforts seen in World War II or the Marshall Plan,” she told HuffPost last week. “We must again invest in the development, manufacturing, deployment, and distribution of energy, but this time green energy.”

“Green energy” is the most expensive kind of energy there is.

Of course there are cheaper alternatives to fossil fuels, like hydroelectric dams or nuclear reactors, but those never get classified as green.

No, she wants wind and solar, which is incredibly inefficient.

She wants to spend a trillion dollars to create a power grid that won’t meet demands and will cost people 10 times as much or more per kilowatt hour.

Remember, Australia switched to green energy and ended up with the highest energy sources in the world.

The one thing socialists are good is is destroying the economy.

Venezuela went from the richest country in South America to destitution because it has so socialized its oil industry it can’t make a profit on oil at competitive prices.

In America, with the total amount of food that we produce and export, destroying our energy market will result in a famine of global consequence.

So perhaps The New Republic is right that Ocasio-Cortez may save the world, if you consider it from the radical environmentalist perspective that the world is over populated by a billion or so people.

This from Jezebel:

"Abortion rights are queer rights…it's about the right to do what I want with this body." Our chat with Viva Ruiz, founder of Thank God for Abortion: pic.twitter.com/5yEtQrZQER

— Jezebel (@Jezebel) July 7, 2018

Look, I call myself “reluctantly pro-choice.”

I’m not a fan of abortion.  I think often when women contemplate that decision is when abortion is the least worst option available.

What I am a fan of is the 4th and 5th Amendments as well at the 10th  and believe that there is an inherent right to privacy in our Bill of Rights.

As much as I’m not a fan of abortion, I hate the idea of the government having that much regulatory overreach into personal and medical decisions.

But explaining what Roe actually said isn’t woke.  Instead, we have people saying “thank god for abortion” and treating it like a sacrament in the religion of statism.

This is clearly some level of insanity.

Personally, I can’t think of a better picture to describe what the Democrats have become than this snip from Jezebel:

A bunch of self identified “non-binary queer” people dancing on a “thank god for abortion” float, waving a “Fuck ICE” sign.

All they have to do is not be insane and they can’t do that.

.@CNN you got it wrong it's anti-gun VIOLENCE big difference there. #DanRyanShutdown pic.twitter.com/eGktWHTNpK

— David Hogg ? (@davidhogg111) July 7, 2018

His earlier position was clearly anti-gun and anti-gun owner.

Then the NRA grew by 1 million new members and got record donations.

Now he realizes anti-gun activism only serves to sell guns to more people.

He is having to backpedal for CNN which created him just to stop the gun buying back lash he is responsible for.

That is telling.