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VIDEO: "THE TIPPMANN FRT - THIS 22LR SHOOTS FAST!"
22plinkster (11 min.)

Hungary Shows What Happens When The Left Achieve Full Control

David Strom at Hot Air asks: "How's It Going in Hungary?" Not good. 

    The EU put a target on Orbán's back years ago, and in the recent election, they finally got their wish. The Prime Minister was voted out of office, and did exactly what you would expect of a non-authoritarian. He left office quietly and without fuss, acknowledged his loss, and vowed to campaign for a return to power. 

    So what are the great "defenders of democracy" doing to prevent that? 

Today, prosecutors arrived without prior notice at the data center hosting Fidesz’s servers, intending to seize the party’s entire communications system and databases. Nothing like this has happened in Hungary since the end of communism in 1990.

It is becoming increasingly clear that Hungary’s Brussels-backed liberal authoritarian Prime Minister intends to eliminate his democratic political opponents, crush all resistance to his arbitrary actions, and use the country’s law enforcement authorities as instruments to achieve that goal. 

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    They are coming down like a ton of bricks on Orbán and his political party, following the now-familiar EU plan to subvert elections by canceling them if their candidates aren't likely to win, banning political parties, disqualifying candidates, and rigging the rules.  

So is there any meaningful difference between this and what the Soviet Union did to Hungary in 1956? 

The Great Replacement -- American Style

Some salient comments from Eric Florack in his PJ Media piece, "The Great American Demographic Shift." He begins:

    Are culture and demography destiny? I say yes, and suggest that it's hard to argue otherwise.

    A nation isn't lines on a map or a stack of statutes. It's the people who live there, the values they bring, and the institutions they either sustain or slowly gut. Swap enough of a population—say, trade native-born Americans steeped in the country's traditional culture for large numbers of newcomers from, say, Islamic cultures—and you swap the politics, the economy, and the outcomes that follow. That's not a hot take. That's arithmetic, and arithmetic doesn't negotiate.

    Import the third world's populations without assimilation, and you import the third world's problems along with them. Nobody should clutch his or her pearls over this. 

    Countries differ wildly in educational attainment, institutional trust, corruption, civic participation, family structure, and cultural expectations—and none of that magically dissolves the moment someone crosses a border. Some immigrants assimilate fast and become genuine assets to the country. Others don't bother trying. Either way, that's a choice the immigrant makes, not a mystery anyone needs to solve.

    Push migration past the speed a society can actually absorb, and the receiving country doesn't just gain people. It inherits the statistical baggage those populations carry with them, whether anyone wants to admit it over dinner or not.

He goes on to note that in 1970, non-Hispanic whites made up roughly 83 percent of the population but, by 2022, was only 59 percent, adding: "Outside of literal territorial conquest, this country has never reshuffled its population this fast, and pretending otherwise doesn't make the numbers move back." I would suggest that we are, in fact, seeing territorial conquest of a sort. And, as the author notes, it appears to have been a conscious choice of the left. Just like the Devil they serve, the left stands for chaos, ugliness, divisiveness; and they have achieved it. 

Open AI's AI Hacked Another AI Company

And, according to this Associated Press article, the Open AI agent did it on its own volition.  From the article:

    OpenAI said the intrusion was caused by a combination of its AI models, including its newly released GPT‑5.6 Sol and an “even more capable” model that is still being tested internally.

    OpenAI said its AI used stolen credentials and discovered a previously unknown vulnerability to access Hugging Face servers.

    It went to “extreme lengths to achieve a rather narrow testing goal” and “found ways to gain access to secret information that it could use to cheat the evaluation,” the company said. 

Shiloh Hendrix Trial Begins

You may remember Shiloh Hendrix. She is the young mother who confronted a black kid who stole apple sauce from her baby bag--food she had brought along for her baby. But she used the "n-word"; and although blacks constantly use it in reference to each other, no white is allowed to use it. Thus, as the article notes, Hendrix has been "charged with three counts of disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor charge with a maximum of 90 days in jail."  

    Hendrix, who has pleaded not guilty, appeared on Monday in Olmsted County District Court as jury selection got underway for her trial. 

    The jury will decide whether her behavior was unlawful and likely to cause violence, or if her words are protected under the First Amendment.   

This is in reference to the "fighting words" doctrine in which it has been held that words, made face-to-face, “which by their very utterance inflict injury or tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace” are not protected speech under the Constitution. You can read more about this doctrine in this article from the Freedom Forum: "What Are Fighting Words? Definition, Examples and More."

VIDEO: The Era Of Left Wing Violence

One of the ways that shows the power leftists have had over the government and main stream media is how attention on left wing terrorism has been minimized even though the vast majority of terrorism in the U.S. is carried out by leftists. Tellingly, some of the worst leftist terrorists were let off with little or no prison time, and given professorships at elite universities. The Trump Administration appears to be serious about cracking down on left-wing groups, but I think we will only see left-wing violence increase. 

One of the reasons I think so is that the Communists are flexing their political muscle. For instance, the New York Post reports that "Anti-Israel, Gen Z socialist who ousted 15-term Colorado incumbent calls for ‘more immigrants into office’." And what does DSA member, Ethiopian-born Ph.D student Melat Kiros want with more immigrants? 

    Kiros then called for more migrants to run for public office to ensure a shift in American foreign policy.

    “There’s a certain reckoning that we are going to have with the global world order as it exists today and the way that it fundamentally will have to shift going forward,” she said.

    “The responsibility that we have as Americans, the recognition that is going to be required of us, of the exploitative and extractive nature that we play on the global scale and the global stage is only going to be challenged if we are getting represented by people who understand that on a fundamental level.

    “And that means getting more immigrants into office. That means getting more people who have heritage in the global south into office because that’s where those decisions are made specifically.”

In other words, like all foreign invaders have done throughout history, she and her colleagues plan on pillaging the United States except, this time, using our political system and laws against us, in order to transfer wealth from Americans to the third world (with her and her cronies taking their cut, of course, because that is how things work where they come from).  

 VIDEO: "The Era of Left-Wing Violence is OVER"
America Uncovered (15 min.)

VIDEO: Testing Swords On Pig Carcass

A test of thrusting and cutting strikes against a pig carcass with several different sword styles including European long sword, rapier, and a Japanese tachi. As would be expected, the European swords excelled at thrusting attacks and the tachi excelled at cutting, but the European swords (other than the rapier, of course) did very well at the cutting as well. 

 VIDEO: "Medieval swords are WAY MORE DEADLY than you think - TESTED"
Shadiversity (28 min.)

VIDEO: GWOT Weapons And Gear That Were Failures

An interesting look at some of the weapons and gear that were rejected or useless by someone who actually had a hand on getting a couple of the items dropped from adoption or use:

• The Mark 23 Mod Zero pistol by HK (intended to be a primary CGQ weapon, it was too big for a handgun and its purpose was better fulfilled by the adoption of the M4A1);
• The SCAR Light in 5.56 (a weak lockup of the folding stock and a reciprocating charging handle system that permitted misfeads that would require the weapon being disassembled to clear, and offered no advantages over the M4--however the host notes that these problems have been fixed in the civilian version, and the SCAR Heavy in .308 was very popular);
• The XM25 Punisher 25mm grenade launcher (very little application in Afghanistan, with the host noting that the whole premise is now obsolete with the advent of small, explosive laden drones);
• The Spear-Bulk body armor system (poor quality, stupidly used vertical MOLLE);
• The Uniform Camouflage Pattern or UCP (actually made troops highly visible because the pattern didn't match any sort of terrain in which the troops operated);
• The improved outer tactical vest or IOTV (although it offered high level of protection, it was too heavy and bulky slowing down the troops). 

VIDEO: "Top 5 GWOT gun and gear fails: Barely used, not tested properly, or completely worthless."
Modern Tactical Shooting (28 min)

3rd Circuit Strikes Down N.J. Assaut Weapon & Mag. Ban

Ammoland reports: "Major 2A Victory: Third Circuit Strikes Down New Jersey’s AR-15 & Magazine Bans." From the article:

Sitting en banc [i.e., the whole court rather than a three judge panel as normal], the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled July 17 in Cheeseman v. Davenport, formerly Cheeseman v. Platkin, that New Jersey’s so-called “assault firearm” ban violates the Second Amendment as applied to every semiautomatic rifle covered by the law. The court also struck down the state’s prohibition on magazines capable of holding more than ten rounds.

 No word on whether New Jersey will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. 

    The article also explains the importance of this decision to other "assault weapon" ban cases that the Supreme Court has agreed to hear:

    The national importance of this ruling is difficult to overstate. Other federal appellate courts have upheld semiautomatic-rifle or magazine bans by treating commonly owned rifles as military weapons, minimizing lawful possession, or stretching late historical regulations beyond recognition.

    Judge Cheryl Ann Krause’s dissent acknowledged exactly what the majority accomplished. She complained that the ruling makes the Third Circuit “the only Court of Appeals in the Nation to afford constitutional protection to AR-15s and LCMs.”

    That admission identifies the real story. There is now a clean federal appellate split over whether the government may ban AR-15-style rifles and commonly owned magazines.

    The Supreme Court has already agreed to hear the consolidated Viramontes v. Cook County and Grant v. Higgins cases, which ask whether the Second and Fourteenth Amendments protect the right to possess AR-15-platform and similar semiautomatic rifles. The Third Circuit has now given the justices a detailed roadmap grounded in Heller, Bruen, Rahimi, Hemani, and Wolford.

The article warns against immediately treating the laws as void: "New Jersey gun owners should not treat the publication of the opinion as an immediate green light to disregard existing statutes. The appellate mandate, further district-court proceedings, and any request by the state for a stay must still be watched closely."

Over 10% Of Medicaid Funding Goes To Fraud

John Hinderaker, writing at Power Line Blog, asks "Fraud: More Than We Can Imagine?" He notes that the federal government spends $900 billion on Medicare each year, but Health & Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. asserts that $100 billion is lost to fraud each year. 

The theft is incredibly brazen. And I suspect Kennedy’s $100 billion estimate may be low. In Minnesota, the authorities have estimated that at least one-half of the total spending on 14 Medicaid programs went to fraud. While our state government is uniquely incompetent, it may well be that other states approach those numbers. The fraud is probably less with regard to bills from doctors, clinics and hospitals, but there too, it is substantial, usually in the form of upcoding.    

But this is the key point, I believe:

At some point, one begins to wonder whether a central purpose of our government is to fund crime. If the purpose of an institution is what it does, supporting and encouraging criminals would seem to be an important aim of our government, both federal and state.    

Related:

• "Alturas Indian Rancheria members accuse leaders of misusing millions in federal and state funds"--New York Post. This is a "tribe" of only 5 members, which "has received more than $8 million in federal funding since 2013, according to USAspending.gov, the federal government’s spending database"; plus the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund Distribution, "which takes money from the bigger tribes and distributes a percentage to the smaller ones, has given the Alturas Indian Rancheria more than $26 million since 2005." And that is not all: "Factor in a gas station, casino, concrete company, moving truck company and cigarette plant that all operate as tribal [i.e., tax free] entities, and Alturas Indian Rancheria allegedly brings in millions every month, according to two members who are sounding the alarm."