Chief Chasing Tail is more like it

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offered an opportunity to speak in his own defense, the medicine man declined, explaining in sign language that he was just a little horse

Judge Sentences Native American ‘Dances With Wolves’ Actor Nathan Chasing Horse To Life In Prison In Sex Assault Case

A Nevada judge sentenced “Dances with Wolves” actor Nathan Chasing Horse to life in prison for sexually assaulting Indigenous women and girls.

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After filming for Kevin Costner’s Oscar-winning film “Dances with Wolves” concluded, Chasing Horse travelled across Indian Country to attend powwows and perform healing ceremonies.

Deputy District Attorney Bianca Pucci told the court that one of his accusers, Corena Leone-LaCroix, was 14 at the time of her alleged encounter with Chasing Horse. She claimed Chasing Horse told her the spirits wanted her to give up her virginity to save her mother, who was diagnosed with cancer. She claimed he then sexually assaulted her and told her to remain silent about the encounter or her mother would die, according to CBS.

I suppose the theory is that, since "they didn't make it", their leaving will make no difference. And everything's going to be free soon, so who needs their money anyway?

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She Seems Nice: Seattle’s Socialist Nepo Mayor Cackles 'BYE' as Wealth Flees Her Dumpster Fire City

It's to be expected from a woman who was sponging off her parents up until she was elected. Is there any Democrat politician who actually supported themselves and had a real job before elected office anymore? Why does the Left keep electing nepo babies? It's weird. 

Oh well! Maybe her parents will bail Seattle out like they did her. 

(Signed into law in March 2026 by Governor Bob Ferguson, Washington’s "Millionaires' Tax" imposes a 9.9% tax on household wage earnings exceeding $1 million annually, starting in 2029.)

In a press release Tuesday, Starbucks announced it will invest $100 million and bring 2,000 new jobs to Nashville. 

Because it's not about the weather, it's about money, control, and ultimately the destruction of western civilization and the creation of Rousseau’s mythical, paradisical state of nature

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Ah, memories!

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Too lengthy to post much of it here, especially when readers can just follow the link to the article itself, but this is well worth the read:

April 29, 2026

COVID SIX YEARS AGO TODAY: Actual headline (still up) at The Atlantic — Georgia’s Experiment in Human Sacrifice.

Three weeks later, The Week reported that the Mull’s dark dreams fortunately did not come true: We should be grateful for good news in Georgia.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Atlanta is not burning. Bodies are not piled up in the streets. Hospitals in Georgia are not being overwhelmed; in fact, they are virtually empty. There is no mad rush for ventilators (remember those?). Instead, men, women, and children in the Peach State are returning to some semblance of normal life: working outside their homes, going to restaurants and bars, getting haircuts, exercising, and most important, spending time with their friends and families and worshipping God. The opening that began more than three weeks ago is continuing apace.

Oh, my apologies, you were waiting for bad news? Sorry, I forgot, we were actually not supposed to be rooting for the virus. Despite the apparent relish behind headlines like “Georgia’s Experiment in Human Sacrifice,” one assumes that most Americans, even the ones most committed to omnidirectional prophecies of doom, were actually hoping this would happen. While it really is a shame that we do not get to gloat about the cravenness and stupidity of yet another GOP politician, I think on balance most of us will be glad to hear that Gov. Brian Kemp was not badly wrong here.

What is happening instead of the widely predicted bloodbath? Confirmed cases of the virus are obviously increasing (though the actual rolling weekly average of new ones have been headed down for nearly a month) while deaths remain more or less flat. This is in fact what happens when you test more people for a disease that is not fatal or even particularly serious for the vast majority of those who contract it, for which the median age of death is higher than the American life expectancy.

How was this possible? One answer is that the lockdown did not in fact do what it was supposed to do, which is to say, meaningfully impede transmission of the virus. In fact, data both from states like Georgia and from abroad suggests that the lifting of lockdowns is positively correlated with a decrease in rates of infection. This could be because lockdowns are inherently ineffective at slowing down a disease whose spread appears to be largely intrafamilial and nosocomial.

Trump, you will remember, did not do well back then:

Georgia’s Republican governor earned bipartisan attacks when he wisely reopened his state in late April: Brian Kemp, Georgia’s Affable Culture Warrior.

Continued at the link.

Brace yourself, Bridget, the Califonia legislature is coming (Updated)

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In 2008, California voters approved a $33 billion project to construct a 520 mile high-speed railway from Los Angeles to San Francisco. Three weeks ago, the project cost was announce to be $126 billion, even though the route has been shortened to 171 miles, the line itself will run only through the Central Valley, connecting Merced, Fresno, and, for Merle Haggard and Dwight Yoakam fans, Bakersfield, and not a single mile of rail has been laid.

Today, that $126 billion estimate was bumped up a bit, to $230 billion, and still climbing.

Off the Rails: Price of CA High Speed Rail Soars to Over $230B

California’s long-delayed high-speed rail project is now facing renewed scrutiny after state leaders revealed a dramatically higher price tag, now estimated at roughly $231 billion, nearly seven times the original $33 billion projection approved by voters in 2008.

The revised figures have reignited talks in Sacramento over whether the project can realistically be completed, how long it will take, and whether the state can continue to fund it at this scale.

I have to say this again because it's stunning: The price has jumped $105 billion since the estimate given three weeks ago. And despite that, the plan to get this finished, according to the people in charge, is to rely on private funding. 

California High-Speed Rail Authority officials say the project’s future depends on attracting private investors and focusing on a broader, more commercially viable vision, connecting Los Angeles to San Francisco.

Who is going to be dumb enough to invest in this boondoggle?

Senator Tony Strickland sharply criticized the updated costs and timeline, pointing to what he described as a major breakdown in public trust...

“If you’re able to get private sector resources after you continue your project that was supposed to be $33 billion and turned into $231 billion I give you a lot of credit if you’re able to raise a lot of that private capital," Strickland said.

Ain’t gonna happen, but that won’t stop the legislature from further spending on the project: too many of its construction union bosses want the loot.

And, very much related …

California's Billionaire Tax Is a Giant Bait-and-Switch

When the income tax was first introduced in 1913, it was explicitly designed to apply to a small fraction of high-income earners and not the general population. The top rate, seven percent, applied to roughly two to three percent of all American households. Most Americans paid no income tax at all.

But, as we all know, that radically changed over time and now most of us have our income taxes taken directly from our paychecks.

It was the ultimate bait-and-switch, and now California Democrats have looked at what the federal government did and said, "Hold our beer."

Turns out the so-called "Billionaire Tax," which would impose a five percent tax on billionaires' assets or net worth, and not just their income, has a backdoor provision that will allow Democrats to tax everyone without an additional vote on the matter.

Better still, here’s, possibly — probably? — California’s next governor:

UPDATE: David Strom has more, including an amusing X post* collecting previous statements from the man who would be President:

Anybody who knew anything, which is to say NOT the California voters, who will buy anything a Democrat tries to sell them, knew that the price tag presented to the taxpayers was total fiction. Certainly, the politicians and engineers knew, but building a train was never the point. The graft was, which is why, decades later and years after the train was supposed to be up and running, billions of dollars have been spent and not one inch of track has been laid. 

*As the clip comprises actual, accurate, scenes, would this be considered ex post facto X? Asking for a friend.

You're probably wondering — okay, you haven't been, but pretend you are — why the Democrats are so determined to destroy Pete Hegseth.

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Because he’s determined not to let our military go Canadian (or England; see below)

Canadian Military Learns That Diversity Might Not Be Its Strength

David Strom:

Who could have guessed that recruiting recent African migrants who can't speak English to become officers in the Canadian military would turn out to be a bad idea?

Not me. I have been reliably informed that diversity is our strength, that migrants inject new vitality into our ossified societies, and that we need DEI to decolonialize our racist societies. 

But, it turns out, that these truths are not so self-evident. 

These are the two countries from which Canada recruited its new officers:


AI Overview

The 2010–2011 Ivory Coast civil war, stemming from a disputed election, resulted in over 3,000 deaths, widespread sexual violence, and mass displacements, with atrocities committed by forces on both sides. Key abuses included summary executions, particularly in Duékoué where over 800 people were killed, mass rape, and burning of villages, prompting International Criminal Court investigations.

Key Atrocities and Human Rights Violations

  • Massacres and Summary Executions: A Reuters report on a government inquiry noted that of over 3,000 victims, at least 2,241 were summarily executed, with significant abuses linked to both Laurent Gbagbo’s militias and forces supporting Alassane Ouattara.

  • Mass Rape and Violence Against Women: During the post-election crisis, Human Rights Watch documented over 150 cases of rape and sexual violence.

  • Ethnic and Political Targeted Killing: Civilians were targeted based on political, ethnic, and religious affiliations, with pro-Gbagbo militias attacking foreign residents from neighboring countries.

  • Atrocities in the West: The town of Duékoué experienced massacres in 2011. While初期 reports blamed Gbagbo forces, UN officials and HRW documented that supporters of Ouattara also committed massive atrocities while taking control of the area.

  • Use of Child Soldiers: Reports indicated the use of children in the fighting, with stories of atrocities including children being burned alive, according to testimonies of refugees fleeing to Liberia.

4 July 2023

Amnesty International:

Cameroon: Rampant atrocities amid Anglophone regions must be stopped and investigated

  • People caught in the crossfire as multiple actors clash

  • Defence and security forces, militias, and armed separatists responsible for killings, rapes and burning down of houses

  • The Mbororo Fulani community targeted by armed separatists

  • Individuals who speak out against these atrocities are being threaten and arbitrarily detained

Cameroonian authorities must act to end the violence against the population and conduct thorough investigations into the killings, acts of torture, rapes, burning of houses and other atrocities committed in the Anglophone regions, said Amnesty International today in a damning new report that details rampant human rights violations and other crimes under domestic law committed by multiple actors in the Anglophone regions of Cameroon.

"Oh yeah? Let me prove you right."

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Malcom Kenyatta,, face of the New Democratic party

DNC vice chair attacks Democratic Sen. John Fetterman: 'You’re a mess'

Malcolm Kenyatta, a Pennsylvania state lawmaker, unsuccessfully ran in the 2022 Democratic US Senate primary that Fetterman won

Mr. Kenyatta is not referring to the Senator’s casual style of dress, which is usually an outfit of sweatshirt and shorts.

FETTERMAN SAYS DEMOCRATS LACK LEADER, CLAIMS PARTY DRIVEN BY TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME

FETTERMAN: “And now, as the only single Democrat that’s flipped seats and now I’ve also made it mathematically impossible to even to reclaim the majority in the United States Senate.”

“So if they want the Democratic Party to turn it into, witch burning and to go after the one Democrat that’s done the thing that these people haven’t been able to do, so they’re entitled to do it.”

“But I’m proud to represent Pennsylvania.”

“And I don’t just represent just Democrats in Pennsylvania. I represent ALL 13 million Pennsylvanians.”

“And I’m going to play it straight. I’m going to never lie or pretend something’s wrong.”