Rad Jihadi Action

Top reasons cited for joining the jihad:

  1. Motorcycles
  2. Guns
  3. Access to women

Wish I were making this up. Religious motivation is “pretty far down” the list.

Worth remembering that the GOP considers this sort of thing a fundamentally existential threat to these United States. Which the GOP has quite a low opinion of, apparently.

But it’s good to know that spreading around a few million dollars worth of dirt bikes is all that stands between us and the continuation of Our Republic.

For what it’s worth, if [A. Joseph Stack] had somehow survived, he should’ve been read his Miranda rights and tried in a civilian court. He should not have been tortured. These people are small and we – and our traditions and values – are big. They lose when we remember that, and they win when we forget it. Yesterday, they lost. An act of terrorism was committed, but we were not terrorized.

Ezra Klein on the Austin IRS domestic terrorist attack. Amen, brother.