The district attorney of Orange County, California, blasted far-left Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers for their "soft-on-crime policies" after a trio of thugs were charged murdering a 68-year-old woman at a posh mall in Newport Beach last week.
The DA's office said New Zealand tourist Patricia McKay and her husband were waiting for a ride after finishing shopping at the Fashion Island mall Tuesday when a white Toyota Camry pulled up next to the couple and two masked males jumped out and attacked McKay’s 69-year-old husband, putting a gun to his head and demanding his watch as they forced him to the ground as bystanders ran away.
'Our shopping centers and malls have become hunting grounds for criminals who are stalking innocent shoppers to rob them blind because our Governor and our Legislature refuse to hold anyone accountable for their actions.'
When the suspects — later identified as Malachi Darnell and Jaden Cunningham, both 18 — couldn't get his property, Cunningham is accused of throwing McKay to the ground, stealing her shopping bags, and dragging her into the street in front of the getaway car, which 26-year-old Leroy Ernest Joseph McCrary was driving, the DA's office said.
With McKay lying in front of the Camry, McKay’s husband jumped in front of the vehicle in an effort to stop his wife from being run over, but McCrary is accused of accelerating forward with Darnell in the vehicle, pushing McKay’s husband out of the way, and running over McKay and dragging her body 65 feet, the DA's office said.
While McCrary was dragging McKay under the car, Cunningham was running to try to catch up to the getaway car, the DA's office said, adding that a good Samaritan tried to stop Cunningham from getting back into the vehicle. Darnell is accused of shooting from the getaway car at the good Samaritan, the DA's office said, adding that McCrary is accused of slowing down to allow Cunningham to jump back into the getaway vehicle, after which McCrary drove away.
Cunningham was arrested after bailing out of the vehicle in Cypress, the DA's office said, adding that McCrary and Darnell were arrested in South Gate after a police pursuit; all three defendants were being held without bail.
Orange County DA Todd Spitzer did not hold back in his comments against Newsom and state lawmakers.
“Our shopping centers and malls have become hunting grounds for criminals who are stalking innocent shoppers to rob them blind because our Governor and our Legislature refuse to hold anyone accountable for their actions," he said in a Friday statement. "Actions have consequences, and it shouldn’t have to result in the death of an elderly woman just enjoying a day of shopping with her husband for our elected leaders in Sacramento to realize that this is the product of their soft-on-crime policies which encourage criminality while sacrificing public safety. This is Orange County, and we refuse to accept this is the new normal. Criminals will be held accountable and violence will never be acceptable.”
The DA's office said the three suspects are eligible for the death penalty if they are convicted of the special circumstances murder charges in the commission of a robbery with a felony enhancement for causing the death of an elder over the age of 65.
McCrary faces additional felony charges of attempted second-degree robbery and evading while driving recklessly, the DA's office said, adding that McCrary has prior felony convictions for residential burglary in 2018, criminal threats in 2020, and robbery in 2023, all in Los Angeles County.
Darnell has also been charged with second-degree attempted robbery, attempted murder, and felony enhancements of personal use of a firearm and personal discharge of a firearm, the DA's office said, adding that Cunningham also been charged with one felony count of attempted second-degree robbery.
You can view a video report about the incident here.
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An 18-year-old attempted a so-called "gender-affirming" surgery at home on themselves after watching a "how to" video on YouTube. However, the biological female from New Zealand was rushed to the hospital after trying to perform a self-mastectomy at home.
The individual named "Patient Z" in the report was allegedly awaiting a female-to-male gender affirmation surgery. However, the individual was reportedly frustrated with the wait times for public referrals for gender-affirming surgery.
According to a recent study published in the New Zealand Medical Journal, an 18-year-old biological female attempted to perform a mastectomy on her left breast. The self-surgery was done due to "significant psychological stress of having breasts at an upcoming pool party," according to the journal.
The doctors in the study said the individual "demonstrated premeditation by watching a 'how to' video on YouTube, gathering the necessary equipment, marking the incision, and considering pain management and bleeding control."
However, Patient Z quickly suffered "concerns" about the "self-attempted left mastectomy" and "sought medical attention several hours" through the "self-attempted left mastectomy due to concerns of damaging a nerve."
The "acute mental health team" determined that the woman was "deemed to have capacity to consent" to gender-affirming surgery.
Doctors allegedly performed a "completion left mastectomy and symmetrizing right mastectomy."
However, the journal also admitted that Patient Z had a "background of gender dysphoria on testosterone treatment."
The journal confessed, "Gender dysphoria causes significant distress for transgender people. It is well documented that transgender people experience higher levels of discrimination, bullying, and violence compared to the general public."
The journal added, "Additionally, a study reviewed patients prior to gender-affirming surgery and identified a significant proportion of patients with undiagnosed anxiety and depression. While not all transgender people want gender-affirmation surgery, individuals that do should be able to access this service and express their authentic gender."
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A male weightlifter once dubbed "New Zealand's Strongest Man" applied last week to compete in a women's powerlifting competition. His intention was not to defeat women in the sport, but rather to discredit the notion that biological men don't have a physiological advantage over their female peers — an advantage which male transsexuals appear keen to simultaneously exploit and deny.
Global Powerlifting Committee New Zealand has since denied Dale Shepherd's application, adopting new rules over the weekend that will preclude him from taking the stage to make his point.
While Shepherd suggests the new rules are similarly "deficient," it appears that with his controversial application, he may have forced a shift in the right direction without having to break a sweat.
Some middling male athletes have transitioned over to women's sports in recent years, ostensibly in hopes of leveraging their sex-specific biological advantages to displace female athletes, thereby securing prize money, sponsorships, and other spoils.
Perceiving this trend to be unfair and unsportsmanlike, a number of men in the world of weightlifting have taken action.
Dale Shepherd, 52, is one of a handful of men to protest gender identification policies and make a mockery of the trend of noncompetitive men seeking to try their odds against women.
The British rapper Nzube Olisaebuka Udezue, whose stage name is Zuby, did so in 2019.
The Times reported that Zuby, an Oxford graduate, beat the British women's deadlift record as well as the bench lift record, then joked that the stunt was "strong, stunning and brave."
Zuby said his protest "struck a nerve," demonstrating "the fallacies of the arguments on the other side."
"I have seen people saying there is no inherent biological strength difference between men and women. I posted it being a bit tongue-in-cheek, showing what I think is the obvious absurdity of their argument," said the British rapper.
\u201cI keep hearing about how biological men don't have any physical strength advantage over women in 2019...\n\nSo watch me DESTROY the British Women's deadlift record without trying.\n\nP.S. I identified as a woman whilst lifting the weight. Don't be a bigot. \ud83d\ude02\u201d— ZUBY: (@ZUBY:) 1551178515
TheBlaze recently reported that Avi Silverberg, former head coach for Team Canada Powerlifting, temporarily identified as a female on March 25 and demolished the women's record set by a male transsexual, Ann Andres, at the the Heroes Classic Powerlifting Meet in Lethbridge, Alberta.
Silverberg exploited the same gender policy as Andres had, then tested the transsexual athlete's record with him watching. Not only did the male coach beat Andres' record, he cleared it by nearly 100 pounds. Andres had previously lifted 275 pounds. Silverberg casually pressed 370 pounds.
\u201cA male powerlifting coach self-identified as a woman and broke a women's benchpress record in protest of gender self-identification in sport.\n\nAvi Silverberg performed the defiant act while the current record holder, a transgender male, watched.\n\nREAD: https://t.co/MXiyiGMgWQ\u201d— REDUXX (@REDUXX) 1680023763
The Independent Council on Women’s Sports told the feminist publication Reduxx, "What Avi so obviously points out is that policies allowing men access to women’s sports completely remove any integrity in women’s competitions."
Reduxx reported that Dale Shepherd has been lifting weights for over forty years. In his time competing against other men, he claimed roughly two dozen national records and held the "All Time Deadlift World Record" for nearly six years. In 2010, he won the title of "New Zealand's Strongest Man" and claimed four top spots at the 2022 Nationals.
Shepherd endeavored to mount a protest, entering to participate in the women's category for the June Global Powerlifting New Zealand Day of the Deadlifts competition.
"I identify as a woman for this contest," Shepherd declared on his entry form.
He told Reduxx, "It is important to me that both transgender athletes and biological women both have the ability to compete in sports.
"However, regardless of hormone treatment such as giving a biological male estrogen – the hormone primarily responsible for female characteristics – it does not totally negate all the years that male has had with higher testosterone levels resulting in greater bone density, tendon and muscle strength. As such biological women are at a significant disadvantage."
According to Reduxx, the women's rights group Save Women's Sports Australasia hyped Shepherd's protests with an April 14 tweet.
\u201cDale weighs 118kg and has held the title of New Zealand\u2019s strongest man for six years. Thanks to the @nzlabour govt, #SexSelfID comes into force in NZ on 15 June when Dale will be self-identifying as a woman in time for the Global Powerlifting Committee (GPC) 1/2\u201d— Save Women\u2019s Sports Australasia (@Save Women\u2019s Sports Australasia) 1681439275
Whereas the GPCNZ's rules archived before the last-minute changes deferred greatly to entrants' gender self-identification, the new rules specified that male transsexuals must have "declared that her gender identity is female. The declaration cannot be changed, for sporting purposes, for a minimum of four years."
Additionally, per the new rules, male transsexuals "must have undergone hormone treatment (if medically indicated) for at least 12 months prior to her first competition."
The rules specify further that "transgendered people who are not taking hormones ... will go under complete confidential review."
Stuff reported that GPCNZ spokesman and trustee Greg Turrell had spoken with Shepherd about his entry.
"I've clarified the rules with Dale. He is ineligible," said Turrell. "[But] there is provision for transgender women to compete in powerlifting as a whole."
While the GPCNZ's expedited adoption of the new criteria may make it harder for men to quickly make the crossover into women's powerlifting, those dead set on deadlifting among women may only need to avoid telegraphing their intentions as Shepherd had.
Turrell nevertheless admitted, "We need to balance the desire to be inclusive but protect the integrity of women's powerlifting."
Here is Shepherd crushing a 310 kg squat, a 207.5 kg bench press, and a 352.5 kg deadlift in 2017:
Dale Shepherd - NZs Heaviest Raw Deadlift & M2 IPL World Record U110kg Bench & Deadlift youtu.be
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New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins froze Monday when a reporter asked him to explain his government's definition of a "woman."
At a press conference, journalist Sean Plunket confronted Hipkins with the basic question: "How do you, and how does this government, define a woman?"
The question sent Hipkins into a tailspin. It took several seconds for Hipkins to gain his bearings before he stumbled forward and pushed the progressive view on gender.
"To be honest, Sean, that question has come slightly out of left field for me," Hipkins said. "The — well, biology, sex, gender, umm — people define themselves, people define their own genders."
Sensing the prime minister's desire to dodge the question, Plunket followed up by referring to comments made by British Member of Parliament Keir Starmer, in which the leader of the U.K. Labour Party defended the rights of biological women over those of trans women.
"I'd ask again: How do you define what a woman is?" Plunket asked.
This time, Hipkins dodged providing a substantive response by claiming he has not made a "pre-formulated" answer.
"I wasn't expecting that question, so it's not something I've pre-formulated an answer on. But in terms of gender identity, I think people define their gender identity for themselves," the premier said.
\u201c#BREAKING: New Zealand PM left SPEECHLESS when asked by seasoned reporter @SeanPlunket to define what a woman is.\n\n@elonmusk, Sean is the last real journalist left in the Kiwi press gallery, yet Twitter suspended him today after the alphabet mafia tricked the algorithm.\u201d— Avi Yemini (@Avi Yemini) 1680499614
Finally, Plunket asked Hipkins to respond to Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, a women's rights activist also known as "Posie Parker," who believes the rights of trans women do not override the rights of biological women. Hipkins called her views "abhorrent."
"I think some of the views being conveyed around the transgender community, some of the sentiment that she has expressed towards the transgender community is abhorrent," he said.
The viral moment was particularly ironic because Hipkins' predecessor, Jacinda Ardern, is a woman. Hipkins became premier after Ardern, known worldwide for her strict COVID lockdown policies, resigned in January.
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Repudiating Maori culture and fully assimilating the Maori into Western culture would have benefitted all parties and avoided the shameful impudence shown toward the rules that facilitate good governance.
The 18-year-old girl's case has been widely reported as evidence of a larger system that discriminates against transgender-identifying people.
Climate zealots now want to regulate people’s dinner plates by declaring war on meat.
If Americans allow their firearms to be outlawed and then confiscated, would we, in fact, become like Australia or New Zealand? The answer is clear.
Voters in Australia and New Zealand rejected leftist candidates and proposals this past weekend in their nation's respective elections.
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