Sandbox -26may20

[What remains the point of debates which are empty of citations that are commonly accepted by the debating parties?  As I have pontificated here for some years, and am now joined by my betters like Victor Davis Hanson among others, we are so polarized that we no longer share any cognitive common ground.  In other words, we arrive at venues like RR, not only with our own opinions, but also with our own unique ‘facts’ (thereby giving lie to Sen Moynihan’s dictum).  The ensuing melee is then composed of nothing but ejecta of hot air flung at the other which make no lasting impact, let alone changing anyone’s beliefs.  And yet, … and yet we continue to regularly assemble on both sides of this arena to dance our ferocious dances, making threatening sounds while shaking our spears and shields at the other side, like the natives of primitive tribes or beasts of the jungle that learned to wage faux ‘wars’ without really harming each other.  Realizing this, perhaps we can all join in the attempt to discover the point of it all.  gjr]

Comments

[Paul Emery]

Yeah the guy is a total idiot Mary. Proof of the dumbing down of America. Thank goodness it won't last much longer. It's just a matter of damage control.

[Walt]

Still on that kick Emrey? Still haven't said who can take him down. Sure ain't the criminals in the streets.

[Bill Tozer]

In other news I am surprised nobody has mentioned....

‘Scientist Finds 33 Creatures Living In A Cave That Was Sealed Off For 5 Million Years’

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10157145352411615&set=gm.953245555130555&type=3&theater

[George Rebane]

MaryW 710am - vandalism in the course of concerted mass efforts to tear down our culture and civilization is definitely an attack, and has always been seen as that by everyone throughout history. Even Antifa communications call it an attack in summoning their members to action. Only naifs and leftwing loyalists disseminating their narrative deny what is really happening in the streets.

[George Rebane]

PaulE 755am - You seem to be gaining certainty of Trump’s defeat by the day. You could really make some easy money and increase the credibility of your claims if you would give some odds and offer a wager on the election. When will that threshold from just talk to walk be crossed?

[Bill Tozer]

re: St John’s taxpayer funded Trump campaign photo op:

‘Park Police say DC protesters cleared because they attacked cops, not because of Trump church visit: report’

“U.S. Park Police reportedly say protesters near the White House were pushed back by riot police on Monday evening because they were attacking police officers, not because of a visit by President Trump to a nearby church that had been set alight the night before.....

“Protesters Dispersed With Tear Gas So Trump Could Pose at Church,” said a New York Times story.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer issued a joint statement to call out the “photo-op.”

“Across our country, Americans are protesting for an end to the pattern of racial injustice and brutality we saw most recently in the murder of George Floyd,” the statement read. “Yet, at a time when our country cries out for unification, this President is ripping it apart. Tear-gassing peaceful protestors without provocation just so that the President could pose for photos outside a church dishonors every value that faith teaches us.”

But on Tuesday morning, Park Police sources told WTOP that this was not the case, arguing that the protesters were not all peaceful, that tear gas was not used, and that officers did not know of Trump’s visit to the house of worship.

A source says tear gas was never used -- instead smoke cannisters were deployed, which don't have an uncomfortable irritant in them,” reporter Neal Augenstein tweeted. “And, the source says Park Police didn't know President Trump would be walking across the park several minutes later.”

The outlet went on to report that the crowd was pushed back when officers were being hit with water bottles and that protesters had climbed onto the top of a structure at the north end of Lafayette Square that had been attacked and burned a day earlier.”

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dc-protesters-trump-church-visit

Another day, another day to expose Always Wrong Menopausal Mary. But, it’s not always black and white. Trump was indeed slammed for St John’s ‘photo op’. That part is true. And,
I suppose it depends on what one’s definition of what “peaceful protestors” is. :).

Next.

[Walt]

Where did Emery go? He's supposed to tell us who is going to beat Trump on Election day
What LIB is going to do a better job??

Hell! You have LIBS openly saying they want the riots to go on, and on. Can Emery explain how that will play in the voting booth?