Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 12/22

[SVPete]

Crockett to Vance: You're Only VP Because Trump Tried to ... What??

https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2025/12/22/crockett-to-vance-youre-only-vp-because-what-n3810128

Yes, this is bat-guano insane, but ... I must admit that I actually understood Jasmine Crockett's allegation. She couldn't frame it correctly, and it's the dumbest leftover conspiracy theory from the 2020 election cycle, and she spewed it on M-SNOW, where apparently it even non-plussed the panel. But just the fact that I grokked this at all has me reaching for counseling centers with reasonable rates as a Christmas present to myself.

Ladies and gentlemen, the Great Democrat Hope from Texas is upon y'all:
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CROCKETT: And that is actually what they are fearful of, is my authenticity, because it rings true with every single American, whether they're a Texan or not. It rings true that I am fighting for everyday real people, and instead of talking policy, when you're talking about 'the record speaks for itself,' baby, let's talk about your record, because the only reason you're the Vice President is because the current president tried to have his last president killed. Let's talk about qualifications.

Crockett can't even get the Dems' and Progs' moldy false claim correct. She's had nearly 6 years to practice it in order to get it correct. She might even manage to make Kammie look smart.

Trump did not try to get VP Pence killed. Trump told his supporters who might go to the Capitol to make their voices heard (= not do anything violent) peacefully. Trump offered National Guard assistance for 1/6 to the Capitol Police through Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Pelosiroo refused.

[SVPete]

Parents Decry Electric School Buses As Iceboxes in Winter

https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/22/parents-decry-electric-school-buses-as-iceboxes-in-winter-n4947375

New York officials mandated that all school bus purchases be electric by 2027, and parents are already thoroughly disgusted with the purchases so far. Apparently, New York officials think they are saving the planet with buses that freeze kids like popsicles.

Electric vehicles (EVs) are always a disaster from start to finish, with their short-lived, expensive, and toxic batteries, which are so dependent on slave and child labor in Africa and China, and they simply don’t work the way they are supposed to. That includes heating in the EVs during icy winter weather.

While the electric bus rule is to apply across the state of New York, parents in the Lake Shore Central School District are the ones vocally speaking out. WIVB News4 reported last week that parents are worried about their children’s health as bus drivers turn down the heat in the buses or even turn it off altogether as they try to conserve battery life. In fact, that is a recommended practice for EVs, which perform very poorly in the wintertime. And that is exactly why they should not be used to transport children to and from school in freezing temperatures.

Putting it simply, bus drivers are turning down/off heat in the bus in order to reduce the very real risk of the buses getting stranded due to battery depletion with students aboard.

At least one EV bus manufacturer went bankrupt recently, so that mandated 2027 target date may not be achievable, not that envirocrats care about practical reality.

[SVPete]

Wow! A real pedophile caught!

Former Virginia Democrat Finance Chair Busted in FBI Child Porn Case

https://www.lifezette.com/2025/12/former-virginia-democrat-finance-chair-busted-in-fbi-child-porn-case-watch/

A former Democratic Party operative in Virginia has been arrested by federal authorities and charged with distributing child pornography following an undercover FBI investigation, according to court records filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Randon “Randy” Alexander Sprinkle, 30, was taken into custody after an investigation conducted by the FBI’s Manassas, Virginia, field office. Sprinkle previously held several prominent roles within Democratic political circles in the state.

He served as finance chairman of the Virginia Democratic Party, was a leader in the Young Democrats of Virginia, and worked in 2025 as campaign treasurer for Richmond City Council Vice President Katherine Jordan.

According to a nine-page criminal affidavit filed Friday, Sprinkle was an active user of the social networking application Jack’d, which markets itself as “the premier social app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people” and reports having more than 15 million members.

But he's a gay and a Dem, so minimal local coverage will ensue (or is pretty much over).

[SVPete]

Car bomb kills Russian general in Moscow

https://srnnews.com/russian-general-killed-by-bomb-under-his-car-in-moscow/

MOSCOW (AP) — A car bomb killed a Russian general on Monday, the third such killing of a senior military officer in just over a year. Investigators said Ukraine may be behind the attack.

Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Operational Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces’ General Staff, died from his injuries, said Svetlana Petrenko, the spokesperson for Russia’s Investigative Committee, the nation’s top criminal investigation agency. He was 56.

“Investigators are pursuing numerous lines of inquiry regarding the murder. One of these is that the crime was orchestrated by Ukrainian intelligence services,” Petrenko said.
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Just over a year ago, Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, the chief of the military’s nuclear, biological and chemical protection forces, was killed by a bomb hidden on an electric scooter outside his apartment building. Kirillov’s assistant also died. Ukraine’s security service claimed responsibility for the attack.

An Uzbek man was quickly arrested and charged with killing Kirillov on behalf of the Ukrainian security service.
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In April, another senior Russian military officer, Lt. Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik, a deputy head of the main operational department in the General Staff, was killed by an explosive device placed in his car parked near his apartment building just outside Moscow. A suspected perpetrator was quickly arrested.

Also, a Russian intelligence general was killed, possibly incidentally, when a Russian tanker was hit by drones recently in the Med between Greece and Sicily. Ukraine is dumbing down Putin's sounder. Using US terms, experienced army-, corps-, and division-level leadership in the Russian army has been very much hollowed out by the nearly 4 years of war. I suspect that similarly experienced senior non-coms have as well.