That is a good question, and the answer is working my ass of in the new job. I had day of 10 and 12 hours which makes for a very tired and grumpy blogger brain in need of rest.

The joke is that I am spending and unholy amount of time in Nashville which proves the old adage “Men make plans and God Laughs.” However, my opinion of Nashville as a Rhinestone Frisco has not changed and now, I have to add to that mix that driving in Davidson County tests your patience like nothing else. Hyperaggressive drivers and streets that appeared to be paved by mortar rounds make me longer for being stuck in the Palmetto Expressway on a Friday afternoon…. without A/C. I had one asshole a couple of days ago tailgating me and doing all the stupid hand signs indicating his wanting me to move out of his way while I was on the extreme right lane of I-65. You dumb fuck, where do you want me to go? The shoulder? He was obviously ignored.

My old neighborhood has obviously changed since I was there almost 40 years ago. It is fully gentrified and “hypsterized” which is not unexpected as it is surrounded by the universities and the Vandy Industrial Medical Complex.

One last thing: College students still use backpacks to carry their stuff like we did, but this new male iteration look like dorks carrying while using both straps and both shoulders. One or both straps on the non-dominant shoulder is the standard unless you are in a war zone, and you are carrying 100 pounds of gear in it plus a rifle across the chest.

Old Fart Rant Off/

Via Second City Cop: Retirements Down?

If you still have in your bucket list to visit the Big Apple, do it soonish rather than later. Unless something fundamental in their politics happen, I believe it will become the stuff of societal nightmares.

I saw this:

Charlottesville’s Robert E. Lee statue has met its end, in a 2,250-degree furnace.

The divisive Confederate monument, the focus of the deadly “Unite the Right” rally in 2017, was secretly melted down and will become a new piece of public art.

More on the process:… pic.twitter.com/XatZUfvku3

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 26, 2023

Under the J.Kb administration, ever single piece of Leftist modern art will be melted down.

Fearless Girl.

Witness, the grotesque monstrosity that they put on top of the Manhattan Courthouse.

The Embrace, the horrendous statue of MLK’s arm.

Every statue of George Floyd.

Cloud Gate (The Bean in Chicago).

Lenin in Seattle.

All of them.

I will meet iconoclasm with iconoclasm.

I will rend, melt, and destroy until there not one work of Leftist art left in public view.

We’ve had another case make it through oral arguments at the appellate court level.

An interesting extra happened over in the Third Circuit Court, they immediately requested that the parties order a transcript of the oral arguments. I think this is so that there is a full and complete record when this is appealed to the en banc panel or the Supreme Court.

We’ve had the mass shooting, right on schedule. This time they avoided the gun free zones.

We’ve got terrorists terrorizing Jews throughout the country.

Keep your head on a swivel, your rifle by your side, and spare mags handy.

(I took Hagar to do a presentation yesterday, my on body mag count went from one or two, depending, to four mags. I need to start looking for a .45 ACP Carbine for a truck gun.)

Yesterday in the bike lane:

Are you a Jew? You people are the devil@LaneSquattersDC @bikelane #bikedc pic.twitter.com/68fMz9RtLg

— DC Trike Mom (@DCTrikeMom) October 25, 2023

Knowing it’s not worth going to prison for doing what should be done to someone like this who says this shit to your children.

In Los Angeles:

Studio City home intruder shouted antisemitic insults, victim says

A Studio City woman is describing the terror her family endured when she says a man broke into their home early Wednesday morning and threatened to kill them while hurling antisemitic insults.

The break-in happened around 5:20 a.m. in the 3000 block of Laurel Canyon Boulevard, according to Los Angeles Police.

The victim, who is nine months pregnant, told KTLA’s Ellina Abovian that the intruder first kicked in the door to their master bedroom. Her husband fought with him while she called 911.

“[He said] I’m going to kill you because you are Jewish … Israel kills people,” she said in broken English.

Officers arrived and found him armed with a kitchen knife, Key News reported. He was taken into custody without further incident and shouted, “Free Palestine” and “Brown Lives Matter” as he was cuffed and placed in a police cruiser, Key News video shows.

“Brown lives matter.”  Those are the magic words.  He’s going to get a slap on the wrist.

Do we need another example of why Jews need to be armed?

New York:

#BREAKING: Happening now: Jewish students at @cooperunion have been locked in the school library by security due to threats from pro-Hamas students.
Reportedly, a pro-Hamas protest was taking place outside; when participating students learned Jewish students were in the library;… pic.twitter.com/ptSjkJAnM1

— Israel War Room (@IsraelWarRoom) October 25, 2023

That looks like the beginning of a pogrom.

These things are what happens when protests celebrating the mass murder of Jews are not condemned.

That gives permission to increase from protests to threats and violence.

Unless there is a major crackdown, it’s going to get worse.

Things escalate until there are consequences.

It’s going to get worse, prepare to defend yourselves.