15 minutes of planning can save you 15 years on armed robbery charges

"Police arrested two men quicker than ever on Tuesday evening after they attempted to rob a bar at gunpoint, where a group of off-duty cops were also having a retirement party."

Update: The story reminded HMN, in the comments, of this Glock commercial (always worth a look):

Assortment

Fascinating piece by Rod Dreher on Sally Quinn, relict of the late Washington Post editor Benjamin Bradley. Quinn turns out to be a big fan of that ol' black magic (H/T: Ed Driscoll, who adds a few droll comments of his own). But never forget: Nixon was the scary one.

Evangelicals attacked for confirming that they believe what they've always believed (let's face it: the Left's not so very subtle goal is the abolition of Christianity).

Paul Ryan (or rather, his spokesperson) on condemning Antifa: If it's OK with Pelosi, it's OK with me.

Hillary Clinton? M-e-h, she's so yesterday.

Stacy McCain wonders what evangelism and lesbianism have to do with gun control.

CNN: from fake news to fake documentaries.

Let's hope not: "WILL THIS MAN BE NORWAY'S FIRST MUSLIM PRIME MINISTER?"

Say what you will of Governor Long, he knew his Democrats and Republicans:

If the coup fails...

...it won't be for lack of trying: Special Counsel Robert Mueller is working with NY AG (and all around Democratic hack douche bag) Eric Schneiderman on getting evidence on that ever-favorite Leftist bugbear, "Russian interference" in the last election.

Proceed with caution

I guess one needs to be careful in linking to a post on something called "Bombthrowers", but this article on H.R. McMaster is pretty interesting, if true. In any event, it's worth a look.

Frankly, the thing that represents another nail in the coffin of McMaster's reputation, for me, is that John McCain is one of his biggest boosters:

McMaster’s Senate champion was and still is Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.). McCain advocated replacing Flynn with McMaster. McCain described McMaster as “a man of genuine intellect, character and ability.”

About as close as you can get, in my book, to a reputational kiss of death.

(H/T: Ace of Spades)

Another example of the uselessness of "moderate" Republicans

"Illinois Republican Governor Signs Sanctuary State Law".

More fakery

The story I linked to last week, about the guy who claims he had been stabbed because somebody thought he had a neo-Nazi haircut, turns out to have been bogus.

Update: My original link in this post was "bogus", too; I've fixed it. Thanks to Steve in the comments for pointing that out.

That's Texas all over

The man's going to "save some lives".