Saturday Links

Just when you though we could get away from the Jussie Smollett case, the shenanigans of Crook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx drag us back in.

JusticeWeasel Zippers starts us off with Breaking: Charges Dropped Against Jussie Smollett [updated]. You didn’t think Justice in the City of Chicago was impartial, now, did you?

HeyJackass! reports exclusively on crime in Chicago – WTF Just Happened?

We assumed there would be some sort of judicial hijinks involved with the Smollett case given our pro-criminal State’s Attorney and all, but we didn’t foresee anything like what went down today.

Second City Cop – Well Played CWB Blog. Click thru for details.

The Crime in Wrigleyville and Boystown blog stole a march on Crimesha [that’s State’s Attorney Kimm Foxx], filing an [Freedom of Information Act] request and getting all the Smellit files before Crimesha could successfully seal the records.

Chicks on the Right on an investigation to see if Crimesha was bribed. Internal Memo Shows Smollett Prosecutor’s Office Scrambling for Cover, While FBI Probes Charges Being Dropped Chicago politicians – and the State’s Attorney in particular – are used to having things their own way.

Crime in Wriggleville and Boystown – NEW: State prosecutors’ bar “condemns” Foxx’s “misleading,” “Inaccurate,” “abnormal” handling of Smollett case. Don’t lawyers usually grant each other the benefit of the doubt?

Zero Hedge – After Multiple Reports About New Zealanders Turning In Guns, Guess How Many Actually Did It? 37 by this count.

Professor David Yamane of Gun Culture 2.0 on media and guns. Forbes Reporter Spends a Year in Gun Culture and Doesn’t Learn Much.

Knuckledraggin’ My Life Away turns out attention to The Green New Deal with Why that poor thing – not a single ‘Yes’ vote.

The Ancient and Noble Order of the Gormogons – The Green New Deal Was Always Just Recycled Crap.

The Roadkill Diaries on some data problems with the Global Warming story. Y2Kyoto: This Was The Moment The Rise Of The Oceans Began To Slow. Click thru to the NOAA site to see what sea levels are actually doing.

The Other McCain comments on the Russia Collusion Investigation. Memo From the National Affairs Desk: Final Wisdom and a Failed Coup.

The Arlin Report and VINDICATION.

Ace at Ace of Spade HQ on some of the more extreme forms of Mueller adoration. Leftist Wackos Who Worshiped Mueller Like a Saint Come to Deliver Them Are Now Chagrined and Regretting Their (I’m Not Kidding) Mueller Tattoos.

Emperor Mishap is more direct, as always. Our Schadenboner Just Won’t Stop Growing.

The Feral Irishman on the other would-be hero of the “Destroy Trump at all costs” movement. For Those Playing Along At Home… The Media’s Love Affair With Avenatti…. A video mashup of all the worship of the man who was to help destroy Trump.

Diogenes’ Middle Finger – One Does Not Simply ‘Move On’ From A Coup.

And again from Diogenes’ Middle Finger – What an Embarrassment and Mockery of Journalism They Have All Become…….

Don Surber on the Left not liking the same treatment they hand out. Left won’t stand being mocked.

The NOQ Report on the emotional state of the Left. Trump Derangement Syndrome: It’s not in the DSM, but should be.

Pirate’s Cove ends our collection of links from this week with a not so surprising study. Surprise: Study Shows Gun Bans Have No Effect On Homicide Rate.