George Rebane
How do you talk math with someone who believes 2+2=5?
As I scan the morning papers and posts, some inevitable thoughts, idle and maybe not so idle, bubble to the surface.
The above tag line is apropos to the total breakdown in America’s public discourse, and I do mean total. This week ‘Thousands Flood National Mall to Protest Racial Injustice’ screams a headline with photos showing the usual crowd with t-shirts and signs assembling at the Lincoln Memorial on the anniversary of MLK’s ‘I have a dream’ speech. None of them know that they are blessed to live in the world’s most racially just country. And the overwhelming share of them, those not of cynical purpose, suffer from ignorance on steroids. Along with world-class racial justice in our land, every metric that may have pointed to racial injustice has been trending in the right way over the last decades. What remains of evidence for residual racial injustice has been fomented and perpetuated for decades under Democrat administrations who have established and administered the plantations of reliable voters in inner cities. (more here)
None of the know-nothings can describe what in their minds racial justice would look like in America. Their only insane conclusion, embedded by their corrupt thought leaders like Sharpton, is that President Trump is the underlying cause of racial injustice and must be tossed from office this November. Then with Biden there will be happy dancing in the streets while bullets continue to fly, and the thousands of black lives that don’t matter will continue to drop like flies. Since they have no clue about or desire to improve black lives, you can bet the ranch that socialist planners are now busy coming up with the next round of rightwing scapegoats to blame for black under-achievement that the Democrats in charge can again sidestep.
Taking the 50Kft view, it’s hard to tell where is the boundary between ignorance and stupid. How many of them and theirs are intellectually irredeemable? What dialogues or training remain in the realms of the possible or even the plausible? It would not surprise me if tomorrow’s socialist planners will lament the premature rejection of eugenics (introduced and touted by America’s socialists), as they contemplate the latest uses of technology for creating Marx’s ‘perfect man’ to inherit the Earth.
A parallel stream of contemplation comes closer to home when we consider the sorry state and direction of California. In ‘California Needs Ideas’, Holman Jenkins reminds us of the utter idiocy that forms the foundation of our Democrats' obsession with what they believe to be preventable manmade global warming. “No climate policy is available that would operate on a time scale relevant to California’s hellish wildfire challenge, except throwing enough opaque particles into the atmosphere to cool the Earth. … Anything that greens might favor, such as subsidizing green energy or taxing fossil fuels out of existence, is irrelevant. The effect would only manifest itself imperceptibly over many decades. To boot, it would require the participation of the world’s major economies, including China’s and India’s, which leaders answerable to California’s voters are in no position to deliver. … I make these points to underline an absurdity. California politicians spend much of their time obsessing about a climate change problem they can’t fix. Their state accounts for less than 0.1% of global emissions. There’s nothing they can do.” In Sacramento stupid is forever, and the saddest part is that stupid is contagious in California – look around you.
Continuing this line of thought brings us to this morning’s editorial in our beloved (29aug20) Union. Their Saturday editorial reflects the aggregate thought of the newspaper’s editorial board – full disclosure, Jo Ann is a member. Today they ask us to ‘Imagine if everyone voted’. The piece begins by recounting the adoption of the 19th Amendment and the (silly?) reasons people argued against women becoming franchised to vote. Well and good, but then they launch into a bit of perspective and philosophy to “give us a chance to reflect on where we’ve been, and remember what it took to get where we are.” Immediately they trip over the much-disproven but still politically correct shibboleth – “The past is a chapter already written and set in stone.” Nothing could be further from the truth today, if ever. The past has always and many times over been rewritten by the victors. Such wild revisionism continues to this day, and there is no sign that the practice will ever let up. Today’s curriculum about our past is in a froth of wordsmithing that seeks to capture the most woke interpretation of our history to inculcate the current generation of young people. (more here)
The Union’s collected wisdom concludes with a heavy dose of hopeful fog. “Imagine what our country would look like if everyone who could vote did, and exercised that right regularly. Just imagine.” Before our fevered imaginations can take wing, we do need a bit of clarity here. Who are the “everyone who could vote”? Are they all American citizens, or just registered American citizens, or just all legal adult residents of America, or all adult residents of America, or also our nascent middle school students, or …, who? Our imaginations would be directed in very different directions were we to know who were the intended who. Given the strong leftwing tilt of The Union, people of my ilk would not err much if such imagining began with some considerable trepidation.
And that is where the runner meets the road. Education. I am amazed by folks who seem to be educated (at least partially educated) taking wild positions without understanding the consequences. More importantly taking wild position which have been tried before and fail with regularity throughout history. These “woke” progressives if they read at all are reading all of the wrong books without perspective and without a critical eye. They confuse education with indoctrination. These folks bless they’re little souls have no clue where their progressive ideals lead. Ho Chi Minh once said that nothing is dearer than freedom and independence. That about sums it up.
Posted by: Barry Pruett | 30 August 2020 at 06:31 AM
Rubber and their. Lol. Proper spelling and grammar lest I appear as uneducated as your garden variety liberal.
Posted by: Barry Pruett | 30 August 2020 at 06:32 AM
An antidote for wokeness is
https://www.amazon.com/Cynical-Theories-Scholarship-Everything-Identity_and/dp/1634312023&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjXl4GykMPrAhVGCKwKHfg4C78QFjAIegQIBBAB&usg=AOvVaw1hL0_hLHv7M1lcKc-3FaOd
Posted by: Gregory | 30 August 2020 at 07:29 AM
Darn it... just search Amazon for "Cynical Theories" by Lindsay and Pluckrose, published on Aug 25.
Hard copies are dear, it might be my first kindle purchase today...
Posted by: Gregory | 30 August 2020 at 07:37 AM
Speaking the woke crazies. CNN is totally off the freaking rails today. There is a shift happening. It has been happening for 15 years. Now the fascist are calling liberty racism. 😂😂😂. Nucking futs.
Posted by: Barry Pruett | 30 August 2020 at 08:16 AM
I was reading the tweets on a thread last night that just made me wonder how insane it's going to get. It's one thing to disagree politically, but these poor souls with TDS really have lost their noggins.
"If Trump is re-elected, that will be the last free election in this country!"
Really? Just how does that work? How is Trump going to end free elections? You can tell when true panic has set in and the person involved has lost the ability of rational thought.
And of course "our economy will collapse!"
Yeah, we remember that warning from back in 2016.
This one was creative: "the pandemic will never end!"
Not sure what drug that poor soul is on, but I'd suggest a different one.
I suppose it would be amusing aside from the fact that there is a lot of this nonsense going on all over. We have to live in the same country as these folks. Their brains don't function. It doesn't auger well for our nation.
Posted by: Scott O | 30 August 2020 at 08:47 AM
CNN is absolutely nuts today. They had some idiot professor arguing that fascism is coming...from trump. Lol. If anything progressives are fascist. Socialism and fascism are opposite sides of the same coin. Socialism and fascism are opposite sides of the same coin. They are both socialist in nature except fascism is socialism combined with nationalism. Your garden-variety progressive is a socialist. They could not possibly be a fascist because they hate America. “It isn’t what you don’t know that makes a mess of the world, it’s what you know that ain’t so”. And in reality that’s actually what it really comes down to. Your Garden-variety progressive, woke ignorant dumbass hates America and its founding principles of freedom. They will say and do anything in an attempt to re-educate the populace to support their crazy ass world view.
Posted by: Barry Pruett | 30 August 2020 at 08:53 AM
Lindsay/Pluckrose, two of the three writing timeless tomes like "Human reactions to rape culture and queer performativity at urban dog parks in Portland, Oregon".
I'm assuming that "Revolution Diary" is a good place to plonk down, well, revolution posts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTv7BmfDLuM
lmfao
"One person was shot dead in Portland in a clash between rival protesters. Police, however, did not immediately link the shooting death to the protests."
as usual, 4chan appears to be on the case.
https://i.4pcdn.org/pol/1598793278805.png
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfMnZX7Z56o&feature=youtu.be
https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1300097998773301250
...and just for fun.
"Audio from Portland reveals Patriots are being hunted in the streets"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcwcOA_ED8w&feature=youtu.be
5...4...3...2...1 until we hear "WELL, IT'S JUST LIKE THAT KID IN KENOSHA". Conveniently forgetting that there's a difference between chasing and being chased. C'est la propagande.
Posted by: scenes | 30 August 2020 at 09:02 AM
The Blue Mob speaks:
"“I am not sad that a f—ing fascist died tonight,” says a woman at the antifa gathering in downtown Portland. The crowd laughs and cheers. The ID of the deceased is not confirmed but he is believed to be a Trump & blue lives supporter."
https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1299956667287703553
Posted by: scenes | 30 August 2020 at 09:09 AM
Meanwhile, still in Biden Country (where you sniff young girls' hair and buildings burn everywhere)
"Antifa rioters have chased someone inside a petrol station in downtown Portland. They’ve surrounded the building. They’re extremely angry based on false antifa claims that a fascist shot & killed a black person tonight."
https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1299934635829256194
" "Protesters" find themselves at a gas station.
Girl attempts to get into a door that is clearly marked as "Authorized Personnel Only" as a kid hits the top window pane with his skateboard.
Owners are seen on phone—obviously concerned about the mob outside."
https://twitter.com/crypt0e/status/1299931105076883457
Posted by: scenes | 30 August 2020 at 10:00 AM
scenes 902am
"Lindsay/Pluckrose, two of the three writing timeless tomes like "Human reactions to rape culture and queer performativity at urban dog parks in Portland, Oregon""
The very same. Their bona fides are that they learned how to speak Woke well enough to fool the natives and get published in their own peer reviewed 'journals'.
https://cynicaltheories.com/
Posted by: Gregory | 30 August 2020 at 10:06 AM
Article du jour.
https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/abe-greenwald/yes-this-is-a-revolution/
"The battle for the survival of the United States of America is upon us. It has not come in the form of traditional civil war. There are no uniformed armies, competing flags, or alternate constitutions. The great showdown is not being fought within the physical limits of a battlefield. It is instead happening all around us and directly to us. It defines our culture, sustains our media, and gives new shape to our public and private institutions. In this fight, there is no distinction between what was once known as the culture war and politics rightly understood. The confrontation stretches through time and space, reframing our distant past even as it transforms the horizon, erupting from coast to coast, and constraining our lives in subtle and obvious ways. And it’s happening too fast for us to take its full measure....."
Posted by: scenes | 30 August 2020 at 10:13 AM
lol. At least we have the internet to clear things up. (talking heads alert)
https://youtu.be/RsWsMfSR_2g
Posted by: scenes | 30 August 2020 at 10:23 AM
scenes 1023am
good one
Posted by: Gregory | 30 August 2020 at 11:40 AM
let me try a'gin
scenes 1013am
good one
Posted by: Gregory | 30 August 2020 at 11:42 AM
Ya, why fund the socialst mob! -
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/house-bill-would-block-rioters-from-coronavirus-unemployment-benefits/ar-BB18uz0k?ocid=msedgdhp
;-)
Posted by: Don Bessee | 30 August 2020 at 05:16 PM
You knew these were coming -
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/08/30/exclusive-tom-cotton-scorches-biden-wisconsin-minnesota-ads-mob-coming-your-home/
;-)
Posted by: Don Bessee | 30 August 2020 at 06:03 PM
Loose ends. The exodus from Blue Cities, polling, Rick Wakeman and more from the Revolution Diary.
LOOSE ENDS UPDATES
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/08/loose-ends-updates.php
Come to think about it under the heading ‘Never let a crisis go to waste’, now would be a splendid time to start a school choice movement. With passion!
Posted by: Bill Tozer | 30 August 2020 at 06:11 PM
Its spreading -
Three suspects were surrounded by law enforcement Sunday following an alleged shooting during a pro-Trump caravan rally in Woodland Hills.
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) SWAT Team surrounded the suspects who were barricaded inside an apartment complex, according to Patch.com.
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2020/08/30/police-shooting-pro-trump-rally-standoff-los-angeles/
;-)
Posted by: Don Bessee | 30 August 2020 at 06:21 PM
It’s spreading all right. And who said “There no cure for the Summertime Blues”. Ha! They still have no answer for the counter-Revolution, try as they may as spelled out in Rebane’s post above.
MINNESOTA: OFFICIALLY A BATTLEGROUND
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/08/minnesota-officially-a-battleground.php
Posted by: Bill Tozer | 30 August 2020 at 06:34 PM
Just wondering how long it will be before she is looted?
https://www.boldtypebooks.com/titles/vicky-osterweil/in-defense-of-looting/9781645036678/
Ah, yes - well, ha ha please don't loot my stuff - ya know, them. Their stuff.
"But Vicky Osterweil argues that stealing goods and destroying property are direct, pragmatic strategies of wealth redistribution and improving life for the working class..."
Say kids - let's find out where Vicky lives and burn her house to the ground. She does claim it will 'improve' our lives.
You can't make this stuff up.
Posted by: Scott O | 30 August 2020 at 07:42 PM
re: ScottO@7:42 August 30, Year Zero.
Google up a pic of Vicky Osterweil and all will be clear.
Posted by: scenes | 30 August 2020 at 08:01 PM
scenes 8:01 - The problem (as usual) isn't Vicky. Not even close. There are thousands of bat-shit crazy people putting out wack theories and books and what-not every year.
The problem is folks like NPR giving her a serious look and the number of people that will buy her book and believe this crap.
Vicky is a complete idiot, but so what?
Millions fall for Vicky-crap.
Problem.
We have to live with these people.
Somehow.
Posted by: Scott O | 30 August 2020 at 08:24 PM
With CNN, you don't need The Onion.
https://twitter.com/CillizzaCNN/status/1300215461309710336
Posted by: scenes | 30 August 2020 at 08:31 PM
Well, scenes - I did find a photo and I think that's Victor, not Vicky - but gosh, what do I know?
Posted by: Scott O | 30 August 2020 at 08:35 PM
scenes 8:31 - Best comment was from 'Caliban'
"The building’s two spirit heart consented to the fire because it believes that it is a trans-ash structure."
Posted by: Scott O | 30 August 2020 at 08:41 PM
"Well, scenes - I did find a photo and I think that's Victor, not Vicky - but gosh, what do I know?"
I have a working theory that one result of historical cycles is that in unsettled times the percentage of mental illness, particularly some varieties, ramps way up. The number of transsexuals and their prominence in a lot of the current batshit-craziness seems like a good indicator for this.
Now, if I could just find some evidence for previous times.
https://www.wired.com/wp-content/uploads/blogs/wiredenterprise/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/cliodynamics-chart-660x474.jpg
For your viewing pleasure tonite.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTtXZToDD_Y
Posted by: scenes | 30 August 2020 at 08:42 PM
wait, wait - I found another one:
https://thepostmillennial.com/blm-rioters-tear-down-dinosaur-statue
The Onion and the Babylon Bee will just have to fold - reality has actually gone beyond satire.
Posted by: Scott O | 30 August 2020 at 09:02 PM
CNN’S POWERS: ‘THERE’S VERY LITTLE RIOTING … VERY LITTLE VIOLENCE BUT IT’S MAGNIFIED BY TRUMP’
‘And it’s magnified by Republicans to convince people that people are coming for them and that’s just simply not what’s happening’
https://news.grabien.com/story-cnns-powers-theres-very-little-rioting-very-little-violence
Well, CNN got one thing right. An apple is not a banana.
Posted by: Bill Tozer | 30 August 2020 at 09:05 PM
Deranged MSNBC Pundit Goes on Hateful Rant Against Trump Voters
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/duncan-schroeder/2020/08/30/deranged-msnbc-pundit-goes-hateful-rant-against-trump-voters
—————————————-
-MSNBC Blames Fox for Trump Not Being Blamed for Riots
-CNN Contributor Posts Free Beacon Intern’s Private Information Online
-CNN's Cooper Lets Democrat Doc Say Protest of 'Systemic Racism' Trumps Corona-Caution
-NY Times’ Sexist Takeaway From RNC: Attacks Tiffany, Ivanka, and Guilfoyle
https://www.newsbusters.org/
Posted by: Bill Tozer | 30 August 2020 at 09:12 PM
Yo BT, it was in the talking points for lefties this week, everyone who empowered antifa as the new red guard and the mayors and govs who let it burn baby burn and DFUNDED THE POLICE will now blame the prez.
LOL!! If that is their way to erase the last 90 days it must have been decided in creepy grampa joes basement where they are watching a 25 inch rca tv man!
;-)
Posted by: Don Bessee | 30 August 2020 at 10:37 PM
re: How do you talk math with someone who believes 2+2=5?
‘CDC: 6% of coronavirus deaths were solely from COVID-19’
Why wasn't this widely known before now?
https://www.theblaze.com/news/covid-deaths-percent-coronavirus-cdc?
We were told that if Obamacare is nixed, 20 million people would die in the streets. Besides the streets being full of roving packs of criminals right now and ain’t very safe of the streets, how come there weren’t 20 million or even 10 million people dying in the streets before Obamacare? Maybe this goes under some post about the Big Lie(s).
Posted by: Bill Tozer | 30 August 2020 at 10:44 PM
Don the Blunt @ 10:37 pm
“LOL!! If that is their way to erase the last 90 days it must have been decided in creepy grampa joes basement where they are watching a 25 inch rca tv man!”
Well, Mr. Bessee, that ain’t no malarkey. Remember when FDR addressed the nation on TV? Creepy Joe remembers. Well, I best dust off the victrola, give it a few windup cranks, and listen to the adventures of the public pool lifeguard take down the meanest baddest dude East of the Mississippi, the one and only notorious Corn Pop on my 78’s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtnsHJCex3s
Posted by: Bill Tozer | 30 August 2020 at 10:59 PM
The Trumpists were out in force recently, disrespecting the flag while caravanning around in their pick em up trucks. Old Glory was subservient to defaced blue line flags flying above our flag as the wannabe GI Joe's in their camie jammies aimlessly drove around showing their ignorance.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/4/8
Posted by: D | 31 August 2020 at 07:24 AM
James Howard Kunstler, who I remember back when he was a stone-cold Democrat, speaks:
"The few times this Covid-19 year of seclusion that friends have come over for dinner, they’re horrified to hear me say that I will do whatever I can to prevent the Democrats from winning the election. I was never a big thumper for Donald Trump, and didn’t vote for him in 2016, but I will this time.
I’m in favor of his policy stands for defending the US border and stopping the flow of illegal migrants, on ending our foolish misadventures in foreign lands, on reducing the government’s stranglehold on private enterprise, and on opposing the matrix of rackets that make up the “DC swamp.” I admire Mr. Trump’s resilience in the face of a relentless assault by “the Intel Community,” the DC cabal of Lawfare seditionists, and the despicable confabulations of The New York Times and other media voices-of-authority captive to the Left.
I still view Mr. Trump as the designated bag-holder for the catastrophe of our economic quandary, but his political opponents would surely make things worse with their crypto-Marxist fantasies of a totalist American nanny-state. ........etc."
https://kunstler.com/clusterfuck-nation/bill-of-particulars/
Posted by: scenes | 31 August 2020 at 08:05 AM
Some Kenosha news.
https://thefederalist.com/2020/08/30/corporate-media-didnt-report-what-its-really-like-in-kenosha-wisconsin-so-i-will/?amp=1
Posted by: scenes | 31 August 2020 at 08:30 AM
God created men, Col. Colt made them equal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UYNaO5dtBc
https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2020/08/30/tallahassee-police-no-charges-after-gun-pulled-during-protest/5674055002/
Posted by: scenes | 31 August 2020 at 08:45 AM
Creepy grampa joe can suddenly after 3 months finally say that there are problems with riots but he has the mill stone of his allies videos that are not going away and voters have been paying attention -
Video shows Democratic leaders, liberal pundits cheering and condoning violence against political opponents
https://www.foxnews.com/media/video-shows-democratic-leaders-liberal-pundits-cheering-and-condoning-violence-against-political-opponents
;-)
Posted by: Don Bessee | 31 August 2020 at 12:13 PM
It ain't gonna be that easy to flip the script after 100 days of riots -
Before closing her press briefing on Monday, McEnany highlighted the tonal shift.
"It's so interesting to me to see Democrats who once disbarred, or ignored the violence I should say, all of a sudden caring about it. But let's not forget what they said previously," McEnany said.
She called out several top Democrats and what they said about the unrest in cities throughout the country.
"Speaker Nancy Pelosi downplaying the violence rocking U.S. cities, ignorantly saying, 'People will do what they do.'" McEnany said. "Jerry Nadler, when asked about Antifa, he said that was a 'myth being spread around Washington, D.C.' It's not a myth. In fact, an Antifa individual took the life of an innocent Trump supporter in Portland. You have Ayanna Pressley saying that she wanted 'unrest' in the streets."
The press secretary then also called out to CNN's most prominent anchors.
"Chris Cuomo saying, 'Show me where it says that protesters are supposed to be peaceful.' I'll give you an idea, Chris. It's in the Constitution," McEnany swiped the anchor.
"Don Lemon saying quote, 'The rioting has to stop, Chris, as you know and I know. It's showing up in the polls. It's showing up in the focus groups. It's the only thing right now that's sticking.'" McEnnay said. "So now all of a sudden, 90 days, I, from this podium, have talked about law and order, the president has talked about law and order repeatedly, but because the polling has shifted, now it's time for the Democrats to deny what they said previously and all of a sudden focus on law and order."
"That's like the arsonist blaming the firefighter," she added before walking away from the podium.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/kayleigh-mcenany-calls-out-cnns-chris-cuomo-don-lemon-over-riot-coverage
;-)
Posted by: Don Bessee | 31 August 2020 at 05:40 PM
Wow, the Trump parade seems to have been noticed by the locals. (GVPD log)
EVENT: 2008300157 Type: TRAFFIC (DUI, PARKING,
SPEED, HAZ
Date/TIme: 08/30/2020 17:28
Location: BRUNSWICK RD/NEVADA CITY HY Loc. Com:
Disposition: HBD CLOSE PER 4S1 Primary Unit: Agency: GVPD
Comment: RP RPTING "TRUMP" PARADE WAS GOING THROUGH THE RED LIGHT AT LISTED W/O LE.
------------------------------[CAD1/3675 08/30/20 17:29:46]
4S1 ADVISED
***** EVENT CLOSED BY CAD1 WITH COMMENT-CLOSE PER 4S1
==========
Disposition: CBC Primary Unit: 4S1 Agency: GVPD
Comment: CHP XFER / RP RPTING THE MULTIPLE VEH'S ARE DISTURBING THE PEACE AND DRIVING AT EXCESSIVE
SPEEDS DOWN THE STREET. RP WANTS CHARGES PRESSED
PER RP SUS / PK'S W/ TRUMP SIGNS
------------------------------[CAD3/4060 08/30/20 17:47:49]
RP STATES SHE IS GOING TO DRIVE AROUND AND HONK HER HORN DUE TO DISPATCH STATING IT ISN'T
ILLEGAL TO HONK YOUR HORN.
------------------------------[CAD1/3675 08/30/20 17:48:14]
4S1 ADVISED
================
EVENT: 2008300164 Type: INFORMATION Date/TIme: 08/30/2020 18:01
Location: 692 FREEMAN LN # A Loc. Com: RALEYS
Disposition: PEN NEG ANSWER Primary Unit: 4S1 Agency: GVPD
Comment: RP STATING APPX 20 DRIVERS WERE DRIVING BY "AGGRESSIVELY" AND RAN THE STOP SIGN. RP THEN
STARTED ARGUING W/ DISPATCH STATING THAT IF "BLM ISN'T ALLOWED TO HAVE A RALLEY THAN TRUMP
SUPPORTERS SHOULD NOT". RP ADVISED AN OFFICER WOULD BE GIVING HER A CALL, RP THEN BECAME
HOSTILE AND STATING THAT SHE WILL RECORD THE PEOPLE BECAUSE SHE HAS YOUNG CHILDREN AND
DOESN'T FELL SAFE BUT WOULDN'T GIVE A REASON WHY SHE FELT UNSAFE. DISPATCH REQ LE GIVE THE
RP A 1021
------------------------------[CAD1/3675 08/30/20 18:03:04]
4S1 ADVISED
Posted by: scenes | 31 August 2020 at 05:56 PM
DOESN'T FELL SAFE BUT WOULDN'T GIVE A REASON WHY SHE FELT UNSAFE.
Can’t argue with feelings.
The caller should have seen what those lifted pick up trucks with Trump flags where doing driving as a cariama. through the crowds of protestors blocking intersections in downtown somewhere. Funning their engines at the rift-raft and moving on through. Austin or Ohio or someplace yesterday. That lady with children would have called 911, medical. Pending heart attack, lol
Posted by: Bill Tozer | 31 August 2020 at 06:43 PM
Simplistic, but not a bad thread.
"Want to know how activists in places like Portland take over roads, smash windows, light buildings on fire, and still have the press call them non-violent? Well, as it turns out these are well trained activists using intelligent, highly developed tactics.
Here's a primer:"
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1287688790400614400.html
Posted by: scenes | 01 September 2020 at 09:32 AM
Should have stayed in mommies basement -
A suspected member of Antifa — who was allegedly armed with a flamethrower — cried in the fetal position before his arrest during a Saturday evening protest in Green Bay, Wisconsin, according to law enforcement.
WBAY reports;
Matthew Banta, 23, is charged with obstructing an officer and two counts of felony bail jumping.
The criminal complaint says Banta “is known to be a violent Antifa member who incites violence in otherwise relatively peaceful protests.” Police say he’s known as “Commander Red.”
[…]
A responding officer says he saw four individuals walking towards a protest with baseball bats. One man was wearing a metal helmet with goggles and military-style gear with multiple pouches, and was carrying an Antifa flag. When the officer pulled his squad car in front of the group, they ran away. The officer caught Banta, who was carrying the flag, and says Banta “dropped into the fetal position and began crying.”
“It’s worrisome when people associated with Antifa come here to Green Bay from out of town for the purpose of protesting here or for the purposes of committing violent acts,” said Green Bay Police Chief Andrew Smith.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/09/01/green-bay-police-antifa-member-with-flamethrower-cried-in-fetal-position-when-caught/
;-)
Posted by: Don Bessee | 01 September 2020 at 03:25 PM
Posted by: Don Bessee | 01 September 2020 at 03:25 PM
Should have stayed in mommies basement -
Maybe Joey Fingers could use some company in his?
Posted by: fish | 01 September 2020 at 03:57 PM
—Foul: CNN Host Sneers Trump's 'Just Fine With White Violence' As She Downplays Violent Riots
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/kristine-marsh/2020/09/01/foul-cnn-host-sneers-trumps-just-fine-white-violence-she
—Are You Kidding? CBS: Burning Portland Protest Is ‘Mostly Peaceful'
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/scott-whitlock/2020/09/01/are-you-kidding-cbs-burning-portland-protest-mostly-peaceful
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OMG. The Revolution has turned into a Holy War!
‘JOY REID: TRUMP’S ‘RADICALIZING’ HIS SUPPORTERS IN THE SAME WAY ‘MUSLIMS’ DO’
https://news.grabien.com/story-joy-reid-says-trumps-radicalizing-his-supporters-same-way-mu
Simply amazing. Is there anything Trump cannot do?
Posted by: Bill Tozer | 01 September 2020 at 05:50 PM
Time to take away her liberal card for islamophobia!!! @550 LOL
;-)
Posted by: Don Bessee | 01 September 2020 at 05:58 PM
That did not take long @550!!
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/514707-ilhan-omar-calls-on-joy-reid-to-apologize-over-comments-called-islamophobic
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Posted by: Don Bessee | 01 September 2020 at 06:01 PM
Screw you socialist DC city government!! -
DC committee recommends changes to Washington Monument, Jefferson Memorial, other historical assets
Interior Secretary David Bernhardt shot back: 'Not on my watch. Never going to happen'
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dc-committee-recommends-removing-names-of-founding-fathers-from-of-buildings-and-monuments
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Posted by: Don Bessee | 01 September 2020 at 06:03 PM
Thats what you get for 3 months of expecting people to not believe their lying eys, just listen to us and ignore the riots and flames say the socialist dem lamestream party parrots -
Cable News Ratings: Fox News’ Afternoon Show ‘The Five’ Beats CNN, MSNBC Primetime
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/cable-news-ratings-fox-news-200135175.html
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Posted by: Don Bessee | 01 September 2020 at 06:28 PM
Imagine if my dogs could vote.
THE DEMOCRATS EXPLAIN THEIR VOTER FRAUD PLANS
“I expect that President Trump will be re-elected in November. The Democrats apparently expect that as well. At least, the Democratic Party web site Axios does. Thus, Axios is warning the party’s faithful that President Trump is likely to win–apparently–on November 3. But never fear: weeks remain in which the Democrats can harvest fake ballots!“...l
“Perhaps the most notable feature of this story is that a relatively prominent Democratic Party news outlet acknowledges it is likely that President Trump will “seem” to have won a landslide victory on Election Day, so that “weeks” of post-election fraud by the Democrats will be needed to throw the election into chaos. Will that happen? At the moment, it seems likely.“
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/09/the-democrats-explain-their-voter-fraud-plans.php
Posted by: Bill Tozer | 02 September 2020 at 08:32 AM
The riots will burn themselves out by one of the following:
. The DNC calls them off as they are hurting them politically.
. The rioters get bored
. There's nothing left to burn down
. Law enforcement steps up. No doubt 10% of the crowd does 90% of the damage.
...but the real danger to the Republic continues.
"Northwestern U. law school had a town hall meeting online recently. Everybody began w/ a ritual denunciation of themselves as racist. Reader: "Prof. Speta is not a racist. He is a wonderful man universally loved by students. It makes me sad that he is forced to say otherwise.""
https://twitter.com/roddreher/status/1300897705858928646
I'd say that the kerfuffle in Portland matters less than the emerging issues from Sandia.
Posted by: scenes | 02 September 2020 at 09:03 AM
Ah hell, go ahead and start the Revolution without me.
‘AG Barr: Feds, National Guard Were Ready To Go Into Kenosha Immediately After Police Shooting, Extremists Came From Out Of Town’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/ag-barr-feds-national-guard-were-ready-to-go-into-kenosha-immediately-after-police-shooting-extremists-came-from-out-of-town
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A common theme emerging. Sure, it’s just one man’s opinion, but he touches on what we know is happening outside the bubble of group think.
‘Goya CEO: 'Destruction and hatred, tearing down businesses' driving Latinos to Trump’
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/all-things-trump/goya-ceo-trump-rising-latinos-because-immigrants-dont-come-tear
Thanks Biden voters. We could not do it without a little help from our friends. Much obliged.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmjWO7oY8LU
That first season of SLN was funny. Those days are gone.
Posted by: Bill Tozer | 02 September 2020 at 09:08 AM
Scenes @ 9:03 am
-There’s nothing left to burn. That’s how I see it. Fire needs 3 things: oxygen, heat, and fuel. They are running out of fuel. :). Burned out. That’s why one does not see BLM or Antifa or Democrat activists in the middle of the Mojave Desert.
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Gotta love the new spin. The mostly peaceful protest violence in our cities is escalating SOLEY due to Right Wing Extremist counter-protester paramilitaries descending upon our urban utopias creating havoc, lol.
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And then again, one can always blame Trump’s buddy Putin for the false horrid rumors of Sleepy Joe’s mental decline. Biden is ready to take on Trump behind the building on the school yard after recess. Joe is fit as a fiddle..... the kind of fiddle you see at a garage sale with a broken neck and smashed for 3 bucks.
‘ABC Reporter Claims Saying Biden Has Mental Problems Is Russian Propaganda
SEPTEMBER 2, 2020 By Tristan Justice’
“ABC’s Jonathan Karl reported on new government intelligence Tuesday that the Russians are seeking to sow discord in American politics by casting doubt over former Vice President Joe Biden’s mental fitness for office”
https://thefederalist.com/2020/09/02/abc-reporter-claims-saying-biden-has-mental-problems-is-russian-propaganda/
Posted by: Bill Tozer | 02 September 2020 at 09:54 AM
Yes, SNL was funny and Belushi was inspired. Here's JB in pre-SNL Joe Cocker daze... singing Lonely at the Bottom of the Barrel in NatLampCo's Lemmings
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=15addI6Es30
Posted by: Gregory | 02 September 2020 at 10:03 AM
So who is paying for it all? -
Where are the rioters coming from? Data shows mix of locals and out-of-staters converging on cities
The data shows that some of the rioters are traveling long distances to take part in the violence
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/where-are-rioters-coming-from-data-shows
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Posted by: Don Bessee | 02 September 2020 at 01:17 PM
Barr calls bullshit -
Barr says it's a 'false narrative' that there's an 'epidemic' of cops shooting unarmed black men
'The fact is that it’s very rare for an unarmed African American to be shot by a white police officer,' Barr said
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/barr-false-narrative-police-shoot-unarmed-black-men
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Posted by: Don Bessee | 02 September 2020 at 04:26 PM
So you encourage, fund and cover for it for 100 days and now you realized what you did? Can you say 1968? Only 2 months left to election day, debate coming soon! -
The 2020 presidential campaign has had a heightened focus on the violence that has plagued some cities, particularly following the riots that took place in Kenosha of the swing state Wisconsin. Joe Biden has been more vocal in condemning the violence after Democrats were criticized for not addressing the growing concerns among voters during their Democratic National Convention earlier this month.
Jones insisted on Wednesday that the subject helps President Trump.
"The longer we talk about violence and unrest and how he's handling it or not handling it, it all advantages Trump," Jones began. "In other words, this campaign is going well for Donald Trump because we're not talking about the economic devastation that people are experiencing or the virus really. And I think it's time for us to recognize-- we are in a very perilous situation if you want to see a change in November."
https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnns-van-jones-democrats-blm-protests-unrest-trump
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Posted by: Don Bessee | 02 September 2020 at 05:51 PM
The Revolution Is Upon Us
https://lawliberty.org/the-revolution-is-upon-us/
Posted by: Bill Tozer | 04 September 2020 at 08:03 AM