There's a scene in The Dark Knight where Alfred explains to Bruce Wayne that some people simply cannot be reasoned with. They aren't interested in money, personal gain or anything you might ordinarily associate with someone's motives. As Alfred famously puts it, "Some men just want to watch the world burn." I've been thinking about that scene while watching what's happening in France. People keep trying to make sense of the destruction. Why burn down buildings? Why smash up businesses? Why destroy the very places ordinary people depend on? What exactly is being achieved? But perhaps that's where people are making a mistake. They're assuming the destruction has to make sense according to their own understanding of what constitutes a rational objective. It doesn't... When you're dealing with people consumed by ideological fanaticism, particularly those who have absolutely no respect for the country, its history, its culture or its institutions, destruction itself can become the objective. And this is what concerns me about the increasingly aggressive attempts to impose ideologies completely at odds with the values upon which European civilisation was built. You don't necessarily need to conquer a country militarily to change it beyond recognition. Undermine its institutions, intimidate its population, normalise disorder and gradually make people afraid to defend the very things their society was built upon. Not every rioter has to share that objective. Some are ideological extremists, others are opportunistic criminals, and some are simply enjoying the chaos. But the consequences can be much the same. The mistake is assuming that because their actions make absolutely no sense to you, those actions cannot possibly serve a purpose. Sometimes the destruction isn't an unfortunate consequence of the objective. Sometimes the destruction IS the objective.

Michigan is having issues with manufacturing jobs? That would be a Michigan problem, Elissa. Democrats have been in charge forever. Maybe it's time to admit none of you is qualified to be in charge, and you should all just resign.

Vote Republican. Vote big.

Gavin, this is probably THE worst possible metaphor that you, of all people, could ever use. He keeps using it though. I can no longer tell if he's just an aloof, pompous asshole, or if he does it deliberately just to rub it in the faces of all of us whose lives he's wrecked.

Consecrated church bells cause extreme pain to demons. That is why silencing Notre Dame was so key to their designs Ring the bells!

Pivots on a dime from malevolence and threats to playing the victim.

It strikes me, based on what you have said you plan to do, that you do not belong in your office and may, in fact, deserve to be on trial.

PHOTO 1: A woman who threatened Republicans with lawfare and prosecution for the crime of being Republicans. PHOTO 2: A woman who claims she is a victim.

Oh.

Rut-roh... @IlhanMN has a lot of 'splanin to do...

It all started with this Marxist

Marco Rubio just. SHUT DOWN attacks on Trump for negotiating with Russia and China: “People need to grow up when it comes to foreign policy a little bit.” “I think the world is a safer place when the leaders of the most powerful nuclear arsenals in the world are at least communicating with one another.” Diplomacy between nuclear superpowers isn’t a weakness. It’s a necessity. x.com/StateDept/status/21125…

Liar: this is what she said last weekend to students at the University of Chicago.

Hat tip to @DanaPerino who earlier today on @thefive said that Beirut used to be the Paris of the Middle East (until it was destroyed by Islam), and now Paris is the Beirut of Europe (because of Islam).

Of course she knew about the fraud - she's one of the ringleaders of it.

At the end of every anti-Trump voice, is an alignment with Ukraine. At this point it's impossible to ignore. Once you see it you can never unsee it. [**end of table]

Who’s funding this? Americans need to know.

🚨 MAJOR BREAKING: Soros-backed Philly DA Larry Krasner is under a FEDERAL DOJ INVESTIGATION, he's facing GRAND JURY SUBPOENAS related to "obstruction of justice" THE HAMMER! 🔥🔥🔥 Krasner is known for doing ANYTHING and EVERYTHING to be soft-on-crime and jeopardize Americans' safety, releasing them as much as possible It's LONG OVERDUE we bring FAFO to these prosecutors who keep releasing k*llers and criminals. This comes after four of Krasner's OWN supervisors testified that he pushed them to mislead the court in a m*rder case to "protect the office," then threatened them with "consequences" when they refused This investigation could be related, but that's not officially confirmed just yet

Why hasn't @Kash_Patel arrested seditionist @ElissaSlotkin for threatening federal workers and appointees who work for the Trump administration? Until she's held accountable she will continue to cause chaos and harm to Americans who simply work to run the government...

This is classic leftist gaslighting. She does something shitty, gets called out about it, and then plays the victim. Ma'am, your vagina doesn't preclude you from consequences.