FJB

“Whom the gods would destroy, they first make ridiculous. In this case, the ruling class is doing it to itself.”

Via Instapundit

Jewish Rifle & Pistol Club

I know some of our one hundred and thirteen members in the Jewish Rifle & Pistol Club of Central Texas already are carrying concealed and more may join them after the Beth Israel arson. Anti-Semites who want to live would do well not to believe that Jews are defenseless.

Our membership cards have the engraved reminder from Leviticus: “Don’t stand by while your neighbor’s blood is shed.”

Indeed, nothing says Never Again like an armed Jew. We don’t dial 911, until it’s over.

Synagogue arson

Congregation Beth Israel, on Shoal Creek Boulevard above 35th Street, had its beautiful wooden doors damaged by an intentionally-set fire on Halloween night. Smoke penetrated the sanctuary such that ceiling tiles will have to be replaced. Damage is estimated at $25,000. Austin fire department released fuzzy surveillance photos of a white male suspect, who also could be Hispanic.

Beth Israel was where I studied Talmud a few years ago and I also participated in a Passover meal with the other Talmud scholars. It’s one of the few, and the most prominent, synagogues outside the confines of the fenced Jewish community center on Hart Lane in northwest Austin. Beth Israel (House of Israel) was built in the 1870s and expanded in the 1950s.

“The fire…comes just a week after an anti-Semitic banner [with swastikas] was displayed over TX-Loop 1 [near the JCC]. City leaders since then condemned the incident, saying the message has no place in Austin. Shalom Austin [which manages the JCC] called the incident ‘extremely upsetting and unsettling.'” 

And Beth Israel’s arson followed. Hardly a coincidence.

Via KXAN and KVUE

Wet year?

It’s been a wet year, or so it seems, coming off October which was almost two inches over average (normal). Maybe that’s why it seems to be a wet year. That and May’s seven inches. Because we’re only about three and a half inches over normal for the year so far, according to KXAN. Hard to believe. Not counting whatever today’s all-day rain produced.

UPDATE: The all-day rain generally produced an inch and a half, but up to 2 inches in some places.

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Rule 5: Taylor Edwards

No refunding police

With a history-making 77 homicides in the Liberal Dimocrat city so far this year, and multiple small business owners complaining of an epidemic of shoplifting for which the short-staffed cops can’t help, you’d think Austinites would be in favor of returning some of the city council’s deleted one-third of its budget to the police.

You’d be wrong. Sixty-eight percent of voters rejected the idea on Tuesday. Thanks to major Leftist money from Soros to out-of-state unions to get out the vote. I suppose we residents should be happy the Dimocrat council (and one self-declared communist) hasn’t closed the police department entirely. Might be a good time to start carrying. Concealed or open. Now that we’ve become Dodge City.

Via KXAN-News & Fox News

Oops

Q. Why did the Dems lose in Virginia?

A. The fake ballots were printed in China and they’re all still stuck on a ship waiting in LA harbor!

Via Instapundit