Archive for 2015

ED DRISCOLL HAS BEEN LIVEBLOGGING the failed Islamic terror attack in Garland, Texas, and the reactions thereto.

Me, I wrote a song, to the tune of You Picked A Fine Time To Leave Me, Lucille. “You picked the wrong state to jihad, Abu. Texans have guns and they’re going to shoot you. You picked the wrong state to jihad, Abu.” Okay, I stopped with one verse, but you get the idea.

OVER AT ACE OF SPADES, SOME THOUGHTS ON ENGAGING WITH THE LEFT: “EFF OFF.” “We have to stop granting the left, and especially the activist left, the SJW types, the courtesy of treating them as if they are legitimate. We need to tell them to eff off. We need to stop debating and start dismissing. Most of what they are saying is so stupid and flimsy that it NEEDS the prop of our treating it seriously to lend it the mantle of legitimacy.”

WHEN HATE RULES: DC GamerGate meetup disrupted by ‘feminist bomb threat.’

A 250-strong meetup of GamerGate supporters, which included game developers, journalists and think-tank scholars were evacuated from a bar in Washington D.C on Friday after an anonymous bomb threat was made against the gathering.

This followed an unsuccessful social media campaign spearheaded by anti-GamerGate Salon columnist Arthur Chu to convince the bar’s proprietors to voluntarily eject GamerGate supporters from their establishment.

The event was the largest GamerGate gathering so far, with somewhere between 200 and 300 attendees. It follows a trend toward offline organising by its supporters, who up until recently have tended to congregate on social media and image boards.

The event was held at the Local 16 in Washington, DC, hosted by Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos and featuring AEI resident scholar Christina Hoff Sommers as its guest of honour. Although primarily attended by gamers, a wide range of journalists were also at the event, including author and Reason magazine contributor Cathy Young, Daily Caller columnist and policy analyst Mytheos Holt, and Washington Examiner columnist Ashe Schow.

Police arrived on the scene at approximately 12:15am, just over three hours after the meetup had kicked off. The evacuation began immediately, causing particular difficulty for the event’s two disabled attendees, who had to be carried down from the second floor. The other floors of the bar, which were occupied by regular customers, was also evacuated.

I wonder if the perpetrators will be found and punished? But nothing says we’re the establishment, they’re the crazy ones like a good bomb threat.

ANDREW KLAVAN: It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way. “No wonder Hollywood has remade Poltergeist. When it comes to the very worst policy ideas of the 1970s, they’re baaaa-ack.”

TWO SHOT OUTSIDE MUHAMMAD ART EVENT IN GARLAND TEXAS. Unconfirmed reports from SWAT that they had explosives on them.

For updates, check the twitter feed of reporter Jobin Panicker and WFAA News.

Also, Pamela Geller is there and tweeting.

UPDATE: Robert Spencer is there and tweeting, too.

MORE: People Evacuated Singing Patriotic Songs.

And this is cute: “The would-be terrorists in Garland fell for one of the classic blunders: Never assume that you’ve outgunned an art show in Texas.” True!

21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: It’s Me Or The Dog. “Don’t get me wrong. . . . It’s very attractive to me that you’re able to care for another living being. I love that. But it’s a step too far. It’s like having another person in the bed.”