{"id":18298,"date":"2021-07-09T06:12:30","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T13:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=18298"},"modified":"2021-07-09T06:12:30","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T13:12:30","slug":"overnight-news-guess-what-the-police-arent-coming-now-what-batman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/18298\/overnight-news-guess-what-the-police-arent-coming-now-what-batman\/","title":{"rendered":"Overnight News: Guess what? The police aren\u2019t coming. Now what,\u00a0Batman?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cRodents are mammals by sufferance. Flying rodents are giant bugs with\u00a0fur.\u201d<\/p><\/div>I am enmired in a Batman story, and it’s making me cranky: I don’t like Batman. I don’t believe his motivation, and I would not respect it if I did. Batman is nuts, but Batman is also a schmoo.<\/p>\n

But here’s the problem expressed generally: What will you do to defend your<\/em> values when civil authority has abdicated its duty and civil order is thereby imperiled?<\/p>\n

The question is inverted, a devolution in human social concourse: Until now, the promise of the police and the military was that they would obviate the need for defense of person and property among the rich and provide it to the poor. Now that these entities are turning their backs on you, what will you do instead?<\/p>\n

Batman is both Irreproachable and Untouchable in one, a self-absolving berserker. Don’t be Batman. Batman is nuts. But do be prepared.<\/p>\n

In other news:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Redfin.com:<\/strong> Housing Market Update: New Listings of Homes For Sale Surpass 2019 Levels.<\/a><\/p>\n

Redfin.com:<\/strong> Home Prices Rose Twice as Fast in Car-Dependent Neighborhoods as Transit-Accessible Areas During the Pandemic.<\/a> They cannot not<\/em> lie about the riots, even when it’s as plain as the nose on your face: Ants moved away from places Grasshoppers (i.e., potential rioters) can get to easily.<\/p>\n

WolfStreet.com:<\/strong> Americans See the Raging Mania: \u201cBad Time to Buy a Home\u201d & \u201cGood Time to Sell a Home\u201d Sentiments Spike to WTF Record.<\/a><\/p>\n

City Journal:<\/strong> The Zoning Tax: In some American cities, regulation costs homebuyers hundreds of thousands of dollars.<\/a><\/p>\n

Stacey Lennox:<\/strong> Putting Cameras in Classrooms May Be the Best Thing for Everyone\u2014Especially Teachers.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cRodents are mammals by sufferance. Flying rodents are giant bugs with\u00a0fur.\u201dI am enmired in a Batman story, and it’s making me cranky: I don’t like Batman. I don’t believe his motivation, and I would not respect it if I did. Batman is nuts, but Batman is also a schmoo. But here’s the problem expressed generally: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,26,6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18298","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-group-therapy","7":"category-lending","8":"category-marketing","9":"category-real-estate","11":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18153,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/18153\/overnight-news-if-youre-looking-for-a-vigilant-violent-vindicator-get-a-dog-batman-is-nuts\/","url_meta":{"origin":18298,"position":0},"title":"Overnight News: If you\u2019re looking for a vigilant violent vindicator, get a dog. 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