Open Thread

On again, off again with Iran – but I saw some of the video of yesterday’s bombing and it was ferocious. Trump now says the Mullahs again are ready to talk. We’ll see – but also for the first time he indicated the next step is taking Kharg Island. Though, keep in mind, that could be a decoy to have the Mullahs move their remaining assets there to be bombed while we move somewhere else. Bottom line, Trump just showed the Mullahs – and the world – that we have absolute military supremacy. Whatever amount of pain we want to inflict will be inflicted and Iran can’t even slow it down. Oil futures are down under $87 a barrel … which makes me feel the people most in the know figure Iran really is ready to deal; that is, the Iranians, themselves, might be telling the oil market that they’re quitting and thus oil will soon flow very freely (Iran desperately needs this – they haven’t made money in weeks and Goon Squads don’t work for free).

Irish and Brit politicians who knelt for Floyd of Fentanyl are upset that some people in Belfast are rioting against the migrants…anyways, the protests are mostly peaceful, right? The disgusting part of the pols is that they’re straight faced telling us that it is wrong to riot because of injustice right after they told us people must riot because of injustice. We’re used to such disgusting acts…but that doesn’t make us any less disgusted. I still don’t think the Brits – or the Irish – have the guts to really do what is necessary…that is, after a few are picked up by the police, the rest will quiet down. There is no way out for the UK without violence…it is the only way you can possibly get the government to listen. Only if Whitehall fears a lynch mob will they concede that a policy change is necessary. But, I do have some hope – maybe they really have had enough? It wouldn’t take much. Been saying that for a while – you don’t need 69 million Brits to rise up. Ten thousand would do in a pinch. One hundred thousand would make it a walk over. The British Army is about 75,000 strong, has a massive manpower shortage and is shot through with DEI leadership…I doubt they’d stand and fight as they almost certainly haven’t been taught how to do that. Get ten thousand rebels marching on London and you’d probably see half the government flee to France. Reminder: our opponents are stupid cowards; not men or women we actually have to fear.

Vance is going on The View – and, honestly, I can’t imagine why. Clearly he thinks it is a good idea. I mean, sure, he’s intellectually miles above the hosts on the show…but the problem here is they’ll say stupid things and when the applause sign lights up, the mindless crowd in the seats will cheer. I get taking the fight onto enemy territory…but, still.

Black lady I follow on X is just furious about the reaction of some black people to the Anthony verdict – pointing out the egregious lies being spread such as the jury was all white (it wasn’t; not even close) or that Anthony was the victim of a mob attack…which allegation was not raised where it would matter most: in court. This is because it didn’t happen. What clearly happened was that Anthony was somewhere he wasn’t supposed to be, got into some hot words with a man there, and then like a lunatic barbarian stabbed him over nothing. Out the gate this was a bare minimum second degree murder. The jury came back with first degree murder. But there really never was any doubt that it was felony murder…Anthony should have plead out. But, he didn’t. And he didn’t because he clearly has the idea in his head that his skin color excuses him from civilized behavior. He was taught that he’s of a Master Race…and it was in the public schools and pop culture where he got this message. Seriously: Goebbles’ efforts were weak and pathetic compared to what our public schools and pop culture shove into the minds of Americans. Anthony simply felt that no white man should ever so much as talk back to him…he’s actually worse than the Klansmen of old who at least looked for some genuine offense (even if made up) to justify their actions…Anthony just didn’t like someone taking exception to him.

But it is crucial that we don’t get drawn into the race aspect here. It doesn’t matter what skin color Anthony is. What matters is that he’s a barbarian. He shouldn’t be getting mere jail time – he should be whipped within an inch of his life. And then get jail time. And then he hauled out once a year to again be whipped within an inch of his life. It is how you instruct barbarians. They won’t learn any other way. Hey, I get it: he’s what he was taught to be. Sorry ’bout that. Wish he hadn’t been taught to be a savage. But, he was – and now we civilized people have to apply the corrective. He took a man’s life – his life – over nothing. He wasn’t defending himself. Wasn’t defending others. He wasn’t even doing honest crime – trying to steal and fighting his way out of the jam. He just…saw a guy giving him some lip and decided in an instant that the man had to die. You can’t fully atone for that in a human justice system. The crime is so entirely disproportionate to anything rational that we can’t really get to justice. Killing him in return doesn’t balance the scales.

But whipping him and having him break rocks, would go a long way – and provide a bit of instruction to the barbarians out there that if they can’t control their emotions then some really bad things will be coming their way. In a generation, the problem is cured.

If you want to have a bit of fun, look around X at the foreigner accounts which are here for the World Cup…so many of these guys are just astonished at how great America is. The German account Freddy is the best.

13 thoughts on “Open Thread

  1. Retired Spook's avatar Retired Spook June 12, 2026 / 9:15 am

    Oil futures are down under $87 a barrel

    Gas locally is around $3.19, Costco and Sam’s Club a little lower. With all the incentive programs and reward cards offered by most oil companies, it’s realistically down around $3, which is about where it was before the Iran conflict started. I filled up yesterday for $2.89/gal at Kroger, which has it’s own gas stations and offers fuel point just for buying groceries ($.10/gal per $100 worth of groceries). I think we all knew it would come down, but I didn’t think it would come down this fast.

    Cue Forty/RocksCows/Cody/HowieCowie (who monitors B4V for keyword “gas”) in 3, 2, 1………

  2. Retired Spook's avatar Retired Spook June 12, 2026 / 9:30 am

    Thomas Sowell is a national treasure.

  3. Cluster's avatar Cluster June 12, 2026 / 10:37 am

    Karmelo Anthony and his parents both got new homes in gated communities. The parents thanks to generous donations from the public, and Karmelo thanks to the county prosecutor. Unfortunately the parents have no more money for an appeal.

    The Iranians remind me of the Englishman in Monte Python when trying to cross into the Land of Ni. He was eviscerated by a Frenchman who cut off every limb of the Englishman, yet the Englishman was still defiant and leveling threats claiming his wounds were merely flesh wounds. LOL.

    • Amazona's avatar Amazona June 14, 2026 / 5:30 pm

      The video of Anthony’s mom chimping out, screeching that she doesn’t know what she can do to “protect” her other sons, did get many versions of a reply, all along the lines of “tell them not to stab people”—and that from a lot of black men

  4. Cluster's avatar Cluster June 14, 2026 / 10:55 am

    I have to say that we are thrilled to be moving to Idaho, particularly after watching NY devolve into chaos over a friggin basketball game. The demographics and attitudes have changed in Phoenix as they have in most large urban areas. The demographics of course are more and more third world with little attempt at assimilation, and the attitudes are completely disrespectful not only to themselves but others around them. These people are angry, selfish, and violent with tribal mentalities and a decent society should never accept, foster, or excuse such behavior.

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