Scattershots – 2mar21 (updated 5mar21)

George Rebane

Those who judge the past in terms of the here and now are doing a great disservice through their ignorance of the then and there.

The Left’s promotion of America’s new cancel culture is in full swing.  We now have full scale censoring of politically incorrect content on our mass media – broadcast, internet, print, entertainment, … .  This incorporates the modern version of book burning.  The latest volumes to be ‘digitally burned’ and no longer available from major outlets include Justice Clarence Thomas’s ‘Created Equal’ video and , and now Dr Seuss.  Dr Seuss has been an icon of Americana and children’s literature for a couple of generations now.  Even an annual children’s reading day (2 March) was ensconced to recognize the birthday of Theodor Seuss ‘Ted’ Geisel (1904-1991).  But today our commissars of correct culture have deemed many of his works to racist and contain “crude and offensive stereotypes in several drawings of blacks and Asian-Americans.”  But those well-read in the country’s leftward lurch will recognize that such book burnings are nothing more than pages out of Stalin’s and Hitler’s playbooks to erase the old culture in order to make room for instilling their brave new world.  It was ever thus. (more here)

Common culture counts.  That has been a fundamental tenet of RR, and is now being adopted by many other national voices to counter the Left’s all-out assault on America’s traditional culture.  Six former US education secretaries co-authored ‘America Needs History and Civics Education to Promote Unity’ (2mar21 WSJ).  In there they cogently argue for a national education plan “to help teachers instill an understanding that is complete and honest but not cynical.”  The 6jan21 frustration that was expressed by Americans on the Mall and in the Capitol is a harbinger that the country’s political leaders, those who truly want to promote unity, should take careful note of and respond with appropriate legislation and regulatory relief for our public schools.  It’s a tall order the chances of success for which are not high given the entrenched collectivists in politics and the teachers unions.  Nevertheless, the authors cite the ‘Roadmap to Educating for American Democracy’, the culmination of a 19-month project by 300+ “scholars, educators, practitioners, and students from diverse backgrounds.” (more here) In sum, a minimally common culture for a constitutional democracy “requires a citizenry that has a desire to participate, and an understanding of how to do so constructively, as well as the knowledge and skills to act for the common good.”  The Roadmap provides the guidance for the several states to develop curricula that can provide such an understanding.

Joe Biden puts all his credibility chips on a Big Lie, and takes a page of bombast from Trump’s playbook.  He and Team Biden, echoed in the lamestream, now trumpet the claim that he is the nation’s savior from Covid-19.  Specifically, “he is staking his legacy on the lie that the pandemic was out of control until the day of his inauguration.”  And a more comprehensive segue to the old days of ‘journalism’ was made possible by the former president’s CPAC speech.  The hiatus is over, we can now stop having to explain (or avoid) Biden, and shift back to coverage of Trump topics that fit like an old shoe.  Gerard Baker says it best (here) –

The return to the limelight of a certain former president has triggered an unfortunate but probably inevitable relapse for the Trump addicts of our news-gathering class.  They’d gone cold turkey for a whole month and there were tentative, encouraging signs that the cure might be taking. Deprived of their favorite drug, some were gingerly discovering other, more wholesome pursuits: tackling the mountain of evidence that Andrew Cuomo might be a mendacious, incompetent, bullying sex pest; investigating the slight but tantalizing possibility that not all of America’s social and economic woes can be attributed to white supremacy; slowly weaning themselves off the urge to ask penetrating questions of the White House about Joe Biden’s rescue dog.

What must ol’ Bumblebrain do now to get back into an adult-level news cycle?  After all, he’s still the president.  Isn’t he?

[4mar21 update]  A CPAC puzzle?  A straw poll was taken at the recent CPAC conference at which many Republican luminaries – including former President Trump – spoke.  The poll indicated that 68% wanted to see Trump run for president in 2024, and only 55% wanted to see him nominated for the office.  This conservetarian doesn’t understand how the excess of the 68% would have him become a Republican candidate in 2024 without first being nominated – especially after he made clear that he would not support or start a third party.  From my perch it looks like a collective brain fart.  Other solutions most welcome.

The Capitol Fortress.  Thousands of troops remain guarding our razor wire wrapped Capitol.  Why?  The Dems insist on fake intelligence reports of another imminent attempt at a rightwing ‘insurrection’ (when there never was one in the first place).  The disorganized and frustrated mob that charged the Capitol on 6 January had no idea what they were doing or were supposed to do.  They got in only because the on-duty Capitol police were incompetent in every aspect of operational planning and execution, or ordered to allow a politically useful penetration of the building.  And the mob had nothing to do with the deaths that day, that was another fabrication by the Dems and their lamestream media.  So, the whole thing today was a set-up for the Dems kabuki security theater to defend against a supposed repeat today of 6jan21.  This attack was supposed to occur according to some unknown advisory from an unknown agency in our intelligence community – perhaps the FBI.  In spite of today’s nothing burger, the military will continue to occupy DD for another two months – to defend against some unknown threat - at which time another fake intelligence advisory will launch the next phase of political histrionics to keep the public apprised of their assigned place under the heel of the state.

[5mar21 update]  ‘A Compromise on Creationism’ – in this little 5mar21 WSJ essay (here) physician/scientist Dr Joshua Swamidass calls for reaccreditation of colleges that teach creationism as long as they also permit discussion of and courses in evolution, along with some other provisions about the transfer of creationism course credits.  (He misses the reciprocal call for accredited secular colleges to also welcome speakers who counter theistically progressive narratives.) What again astounded me was the citing of a 2019 Gallup poll that “showed that 40% of American adults ‘ascribe to a strictly creationist view of human origins, believing that God created them in their present form within roughly the past 10,000 years.’” (more here)  Interesting to note is that 40% with college degrees believe that the evolution of Man was guided by God, which indicates a belief in Intelligent Design (here, here, and here) that for obvious reasons is purposely confused with and perfidiously equated to Creationism by our secular humanists.  My own concern is that these ‘strictly creationists’ reject most of what science teaches about how we and universe function, knowledge that is also the basis for the politics of public policies.  How do these religionists vote?

Comments

[Walt]

(reposted from the sandbox)
OK Lefties,, just who are the Nazis now? Book banning? Dr. Seuss is now "banned?
Just like the German Student Union burning books in 1933.
The Movie Fahrenheit 451, has become reality.
Huckleberry Finn is gone too.

And you have the gaul to call us Fascists?

[Bill Tozer]

The reason Dr. Seuss is now problematic is crystal clear. One book in particular portrays The Grinch...of the Grinch Who Stole Christmas fame, in an unflattering light. Off with The Cat’s head along with all the little happy people. No dissing the Scared Grinch Cow.

Yesterday I had a moral dilemma. Starting at the shelf and needing a new coffee maker, I noticed Mr. Coffee was the same price as a Black & Decker brewer. I started to reach for Mr. Coffee, but had this unpleasant feeling (nagging) in the back of my head. What gender is Mr. Coffee? Why isn’t there a Mrs. Coffee? Even Pac-Man had a Ms. Pack-Man. I paused, figured that Black & Deckers last ok for the price, and grabbed me a B&D brand new coffee maker. Just to cover the all the bases, I grabbed a pack of Mr. Coffee filters. Once home, the filters were too small, but doable and kinda cute. The weaken sex stuff I reckon.

It’s getting hard for this imperfect fallible humanoid to get through a day without sinning against The Woke.

[Walt]

Yup,, the Lorax had to go... He was a true ECO Liberal.

[George Rebane]

BillT 510pm - Priceless Mr Tozer.

Walt 312pm - Actually, they never even consider themselves to be anything but pure as the fresh driven snow. You can get a feel of their feelings on Bob Crabb's blog where I've just finished a futile exchange since he again took me to task in a post.

[Don Bessee]

So exactly how is it a public companies job to have anything to do with this? CANCEL CANCEL CANCEL -

Here's how brands are responding to hate crimes against Asian Americans

https://currently.att.yahoo.com/finance/news/asian-american-pacific-islander-hate-crimes-violence-143532205.html

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[paul emery]

George

The " adult-level news cycle" is now being dominated by MSNBC. Fox and so called Conservative cable is fading badly. Here's details:

"MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show will finish February as the top-rated show in all of cable television, with an average total audience of 3.6 million viewers—the second month in a row that Rachel Maddow has been the most-watched host in all of cable.

Maddow’s victory comes amid a record-setting month for MSNBC, which will finish February as the most-watched network not just in cable news, but in all of cable television—the first time any NBCU network has done so. "

MSNBC and CNN had a combined audience of 4.85 million viewers compared to FOX who had
2.8 million viewers.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/markjoyella/2021/02/26/rachel-maddow-is-most-watched-in-february-as-msnbc-leads-all-cable-networks/?sh=1f6c48e339a2

[Don Bessee]

Oh right you get 2 shots and they still want to be total control freaks, screw that!

https://www.foxnews.com/us/cdc-to-announce-people-vaccinated-against-coronavirus-can-gather-in-small-groups-indoors-without-masks-report

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[Don Bessee]

Combining two networks to serve your false narratives is typical for a po' ol' former fakenewsman no wonder you got kicked to the curb. LOL -

Fox News Channel finished February as the most-watched network in all of cable during the key primetime hours of 8-11 p.m. as Americans continue to flock to "Tucker Carlson Tonight," "Hannity," and "The Ingraham Angle."

Fox News averaged 2.5 million primetime viewers, compared to 2.2 million for MSNBC and only 1.7 million for CNN. HGTV and the Hallmark Channel joined the trio of cable news networks among the top five.

Fox News is also the top-rated network in all of cable among primetime total viewers post-Inauguration to date and has been the No. 1 network among weekday primetime viewers since Memorial Day 2020.

FNC was the second-most watched network among total day viewers, averaging 1.3 million compared to CNN’s 1.2 million. "America’s Newsroom with Bill Hemmer and Dana Perino" and "The Faulkner Focus," two programs that launched with the network’s revamped daytime lineup in January finished atop their respective timeslots. "The Five" averaged a whopping 2.8 million viewers to finish as the fourth most-watched program in cable news despite airing at 5 p.m. ET.

Fox News had a successful month on weekends, too. The network finished as the No. 1 network on Saturday and Sundays among total day and primetime viewership. "Watters’ World" averaged 2.1 million viewers to finish as Saturday’s most-watched show, while "Life, Liberty and Levin" was the highest-rated program on Sundays with 1.9 million total viewers.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/fox-news-finishes-february-most-watched-primetime-network

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[Barry Pruett]

https://www.newsmax.com/t/newsmax/article/1012215/16

The root of these mandate issues is very simple and requires an answer to a very fundamental question. Do you trust government to tyrannically control us, or do you trust freedom and have faith in your fellowman? California has answered affirmatively the former while Texas has chosen the latter. As a free society, we must have trust and faith in our fellowman in order for us to remain a free people. I, for one, trust my fellowman and myself in regards to COVID to remain safe and act responsibly for the sake of me and my fellow citizens. That is the answer, because we must adhere to the virtue that with freedom comes responsibility. My American brothers and sisters can responsibly handle this pandemic without giving up our freedom. Faith in your fellowman.

[Don Bessee]

So here we are with the same gang a alarmists who projected the population bomb who also started the pollution death of us all who now have embraced global warming and were forced to change names because of their miserable track record. So the socialist dems are set to destroy the economy based on the same old bullshit from the same old bullshitters who channel chicken little -

The drop could present an entirely different risk to society than one that was first warned about decades ago — when an apocalyptic fear gripped America in the 1960s and 1970s.

"The stakes in this battle are far greater than any other we have ever fought," Walter Cronkite said in a 1970 CBS News broadcast. "The experts we interviewed told us population was the fundamental crisis."

As the world stampeded toward 10 billion people, many researchers back then predicted that overpopulation would ruin humanity.

Biologist Paul Ehrlich once explained the threat as "The Population Bomb," the title of a book he authored in 1968.

"Sometime in the next 15 years, the end will come — and by the end, I mean an utter breakdown of the capacity of the planet to support humanity," he said in a 1970 broadcast.

Today, however, a very different note is struck by researchers like University of Southern California Professor Dowell Myers, who studies demographic trends.

"The trouble is we overshot and we dropped it down too much now," Myers told "CBS This Morning" co-host Tony Dokoupil.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/declining-birth-rate-younger-generations-crisis/

They did also manage to scare kids into not having babies -

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/05/climate/climate-change-children.html
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/05/health/birthstrike-climate-change-scn-intl/index.html
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/05/health/birthstrike-climate-change-scn-intl/index.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/teen-climate-activist-teens-are-pledging-not-to-have-kids-until-leaders-take-action-on-climate-change/
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/12/want-to-fight-climate-change-have-fewer-children
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ashsanders/birth-strike-no-kids-climate-change-population

Does anyone see a pattern here?

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[Barry Pruett]

Paul. Let me lay it out for you. Conservatives aren’t watching the news. The vast majority of the 75 million that voted for Trump have checked and already made up their minds what they are gonna do in 2022 and 2024 and that is vote for Making American Great policies. Any candidate who convinces voters that’s who they are and that’s what they support will get the Republican vote. And it will be large. They are motivated yet quiet. Period.

[Barry Pruett]

https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/biden-blackout-white-house-rolls-back-publics-access-president-appears

And they think that y’all who voted for this old, frail, and mildly impaired man are insane.

[Don Bessee]

So now the lowest common and dumbest snowflakes can throw a few social media ignorant shit bombs and everyone validates them. Be afraid, be very afraid of these room temp iq folks and by the way wtf is a netizen? -

Days after Myntra announced its decision to tweak its logo, now e-commerce giant Amazon has sneakily rolled out a small change in its mobile app icon after users found an uncanny similarity between the app’s former logo and Adolf Hitler.

Early in January, Amazon had introduced the new icon to replace their age-old ‘shopping cart’ symbol with one featuring a brown box with a jagged piece of blue tape stripping down, right above the company’s iconic smile-shaped arrow. This could suggest a nod to Amazon’s packaging.

However, once the logo had gone viral on social media, netizens quickly pointed out how the jagged piece of blue tape reminded users of Nazi leader, Hitler’s toothbrush mustache. The comparison blew up social media until Amazon decided to come up with a new logo, without any official announcement as such.

https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/cm/amazon-changes-icon-netizens-compare-154614066.html

[Bill Tozer]

One mustn’t take a month or two of polling snapshots. One needs to look at 9 month trends, month over month for a longer period of time to see change. Like, what good is it to tell ya that Biden has dropped 8 points in FL in three weeks. Means nothing. We must stand back and took a look, not a peek. Polaroids are so record playerish.

‘Is Biden Losing the Immigration Debate?’

https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/02/is-biden-losing-the-immigration-debate/?
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Ok, one Polaroid. Smile

Majority of voters concerned about Democratic policies; China, economy top the list
Voters also concerned about defunding the police, Green New Deal

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/polling/majority-voters-concerned-about-democratic-policies-china-economy-top-list

Damn, what has the topic. Oh yeah. Air America is soaring again....or is that MSNBC...anyway, soaring again because where else are the Addicted to Trump Outrage Puritans going to go for their Trump Bashing fix?? Those daily little two minutes of hate is addicting. They don’t want it, they need it. They no longer control “it”, it controls them. Very Victorian and so moral. Burp.

[Don Bessee]

The TDS in media knows no bounds of decency, cancel, cancel, cancel -

A packet sent to the Times -- a copy of which was obtained by Fox News -- included a February letter sent from Antioch University's general counsel that confirmed Reade was enrolled from Fall 2000 through Spring 2001 and later worked for the university as a Prior Learning Evaluator from 2008-2010.

The packet also contained various emails and corroboration documenting Reade's tenure at the university and a 2005 "Certificate of Law Studies" from the Washington State Bar Association.

"Your publication was unprivileged, and it caused Tara’s life irreparable damage. Therefore, you are liable for defamation," Admon wrote. "However, you now have an opportunity to remedy some of the incredible harm you’ve done by publishing a correction or clarification to your defamatory articles, stating that Tara did not intentionally lie about her undergraduate credentials and fake her way into law school."

"Your tainted publications about Tara, skillfully crafted to smear her character ever so subtly, presenting an unbalanced take on her failings without once mentioning her successes, facilitated the wholesale destruction of her reputation and career. Following your lead, half the country has labeled her a 'liar,' 'crackpot,' and other vile denigrations. Because of your publication, she suffered the ignominy of being criminally investigated, evicted, sacked from employment, and other unbearable personal hardships that you will likely never comprehend. What’s worse, your craftily styled attack on Tara, including your false accusation that she is somehow a Russian operative, incited a nonstop, ongoing online harassment campaign against her, including multiple death threats and the stalking of her and her daughter."
"Your tainted publications about Tara ... facilitated the wholesale destruction of her reputation and career."

— Tara Reade's attorney, in letter to The New York Times
Tara Reade speaks out on Democratic conventionVideo
Admon then addressed the Times' mistake of accidentally publishing Reade's unredacted Social Security number (SSN) from a document that was left on its website for hours.

"On April 13, 2020, you published Tara’s complete Social Security Number ("SSN") on your website, where it remained nearly nine hours, visible to your seven million subscribers and many others. Your reckless endangerment of Tara’s privacy is extremely worrying and a clear violation of multiple laws in Washington and New York," Admon continued. "You have no defense for publishing Tara’s Social Security Number. Because of your actions, she has been the target of identity theft and has had very personal information exposed. You are liable for damages caused to Tara by your recklessness. Therefore, I request that your counsel contact me no later than 3/10/21 to discuss fair compensation."

https://www.foxnews.com/media/tara-reades-lawyer-requests-ny-times-correction-compensation-for-publishing-social-security-number

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[Walt]

DAMN!!!,,, Emery,, if Right wing news was so bad,, then the LIBS and the proggy press(you included) would not even give them the time of day... But NOOOooo... So damned scared of the likes of FOX, and NEWSMAX,, you try and get them kicked off the cable platforms... Gotta remove them from social media.
You DENY that Emery? Have you seen the demand letters from capital hill written on official letterhead?
Nice group of fascists you side with.
Neither you, nor Bobby have even shown proof of any LIES....
Unlike how FOX has exposed LIB lies....(too numerous to mention)
So... When is Biden going to give his first open press conference? You know,,,like Trump did... For hours on end...

[Don Bessee]

Dude you are making me look soooo bad! STOP letting people live their lives! -

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/newsom-blasts-abbott-for-reopening-texas-absolutely-reckless

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[Don Bessee]

It really is all about wealth/power transfers to the cities (punishing those pesky conservatives?) and total control, expect the national review author to be canceled in 5,4,3 .........

Electric vehicles are all the rage, in particular among public officials who do not have to face voters. Not so much among consumers, who know their individual needs and strive to make purchase decisions that satisfy them. These realities explain why the proponents of policies forcing ever more EVs upon the market prefer to implement such requirements in ways insulated from democratic accountability.

That is an accurate summary of the current political campaign in Minnesota to expand by regulatory fiat the market for EVs, by requiring that auto dealers in the state sell a certain number of them or face a penalty, moving the state toward California’s “zero emissions” automotive standard. The proposed mandate would engender massive dislocation and increased costs in the state’s transportation and agricultural sectors, adverse effects that would be borne by virtually every resident in the state. It would also create a series of large and adverse environmental impacts that the proponents of this change prefer not to discuss. Finally, it is easy to suspect that one key objective behind the mandate is to force a shift of population and economic activity away from rural, exurban, and suburban regions in the state toward urban areas, thus creating a massive transfer of wealth from residents, business owners, and workers in the former regions toward those in the latter.

https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/electric-vehicle-campaign-comes-minnesota-113056146.html

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[Don Bessee]

The new reality in the peoples republic of portland is what we used to call rioting, but if its the left its just a peaceful protest, right?

https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/anti-ice-protesters-vandalize-buildings-162550778.html

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[Bill Tozer]

Dying In Darkness: Biden STILL Won’t Publish Schedule, Visitor Logs, Nor Hold A Presser… Deletes White House Comments And Petitions Pages.

https://thenationalpulse.com/analysis/dying-in-darkness-biden-still-wont-publish-schedule-visitor-logs-nor-hold-a-presser-deletes-white-house-comments-and-petitions-pages/
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Something’s gotta give.

SQUARING THE ILLEGALS CIRCLE

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/03/squaring-the-illegals-circle.php

Q “What must ol’ Bumblebrain do now to get back into an adult-level news cycle? After all, he’s still the president. Isn’t he?”

A: Something’s gotta give.

[Don Bessee]

Its so nice to see the creepy grampa joe admin looking out for its citizens oh no wait, NOT, its all in favor of potential future votes. Screw all you amricanos and all your children of color! -

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/03/02/report-border-crossers-released-into-u-s-by-biden-officials-test-positive-for-coronavirus/

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[Don Bessee]

Lets have a good night snack, this lockdown stuff is not serving the socialist dem green new deal. LOL cow and pig farts galore! Double peperoni on that pizza please.-

According to the press release, prepared meats saw significant sales increases during 2020 across the most popular categories, including pre-sliced ham, beef, bologna, salami and pepperoni. These increases ranged from 23% to 95%.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/deli-meat-sales-surge-during-pandemic-americans-enjoy-and-rely-on-deli-meats

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[Bill Tozer]

Ok, but were they wearing masks?

‘Crash That Left 13 Dead In California Involved Illegal Aliens, Smugglers Who Entered Hole In Older Border Fence: Report’

https://www.dailywire.com/news/crash-that-left-13-dead-in-california-involved-illegal-aliens-smugglers-who-entered-hole-in-older-border-fence-report

[Walt]

So they didn't get caught in the Prez election..
Here is a fine crow pie for Emery.
https://thenationalpulse.com/breaking/mi-election-do-over-due-to-ballot-fraud/

NEWS
Massive 78% Of Mail-In Ballots Proved Fraudulent, Judge Orders Election Do-Over.
MARCH 3, 2021 NATALIE WINTERS
ballot
A Mississippi judge ruled in favor of a new election following overwhelming evidence of mail-in ballot fraud.
“In the sixty-four-page order, Judge Jeff Weill not only calls for a new election but also finds evidence of fraud and criminal activity, in how absentee ballots were handled, how votes were counted, and the actions by some at the polling place,” local news reports.

The race in question – a Democratic primary – occurred in Ward 1 or Aberdeen, Mississippi for the position of alderman between candidates Robert Devaull and Nicholas Holliday.
The judge’s ruling revealed that sixty-six of eighty-four absentee ballots – nearly 79 percent – cast in the June runoff were fraudulent.

Notary Dallas Jones, responsible for authorizing the fraudulent ballots, testified that she notarized “about 30 something ballots” at one house alone.

The investigation also found that 83 regular ballots were counted without being initialed by election workers.

[Bill Tozer]

Wokespeak puts us at a disadvantage.

Translating Social Justice Newspeak

https://lawliberty.org/translating-social-justice-newspeak/

[Don Bessee]

No wonder the swamp didnt want you to see it. -

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2021/03/03/exclusive-unreleased-federal-report-concludes-no-evidence-that-free-speech-online-causes-hate-crimes/

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[Walt]

Remember this? Dr. Seuss was the hero of the day.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/03/03/watch-chuck-schumer-used-green-eggs-and-ham-to-sell-obamacare/

"Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), who leads the Democratic Party in the Senate, is among the many members of his party who have used Dr. Seuss to make political points. In 2013, for example, Schumer used Dr. Seuss to argue for the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare."

Green eggs and ham turned out to be better than that rancid Obummercare.

[Bill Tozer]

This reminds me of the time the wacko head of the CA Democrat Party called for the boycott of In-N-Out because the francise donated 35k to each political party. They gave R's 35k!!! Dems got 35k as well, but thats beside the point, lol.

The ill advised call for boycott immediately resulted in long lines at the burger joints across the state, some places reported the lines of supportive California customers up to six blocks long. Friggin stupid control freak lefties living in a bubble. Our oppressors know best, not.

'Dr. Seuss Books Soar To Amazon’s Top 10 List After ‘Cancellation’
Within the Top 50 books, there were more than 30 Seuss titles in all.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/dr-seuss-books-soar-to-amazons-top-10-list-after-cancellation

[Walt]

Don't take much to scare the shit out of a Democrat.
They REALLY fear the people all of a sudden.
Can't imagine why......
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-cancels-thursday-votes-amid-security-threats-at-capitol
"The change was due, in part, to a potential security threat at the Capitol Thursday Fox News has learned from multiple sources. March 4 is a date that far-right conspiracy theorists believe that former President Trump could return to power."

Someone reading the defunct "NC Scooper"?

[Bill Tozer]

It they can cancel dead children's book authors, bet your bottom dollar they will cancel you

[Walt]

Here LIBS,(who are hiding under rocks)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/03/03/pollak-karl-marxs-antisemitic-writing-is-ok-but-not-dr-seuss/
"Karl Marx’s Antisemitic Writing Is OK, But Not Dr. Seuss

Book-burning is back.

The left has begun to ban the classics, including Homer’s Odyssey, as well as great works of American literature, such as Nathanial Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter.

J.K. Rowling, of Harry Potter fame, is off limits for her alleged “transphobia,” and Dr. Seuss’s estate canceled six of his books for “hurtful and wrong” portrayals. (Perhaps Thing 1 and Thing 2 felt objectified.)

Somehow, the foundational works of radical Marxism never seem to be on the list of books to be canceled.

No reasonable person, and certainly no one claiming intellectual credentials, would argue that Karl Marx’s works should be banned. But some of them certainly satisfy the new criteria.

Marx’s essay “On the Jewish Question,” for example, is a staple of college courses on political philosophy, because it summarizes his view of the limits of political freedom, and is easier to digest than his mammoth Capital. Yet the essay is also crudely antisemitic,"

Nope,, you won't have anything to say on this either.

[Don Bessee]

So it looks like gretchen paid off her health bosses, since when do government employees get golden handshakes and why the confidentiality clauses that may be illegal and unenforceable. It appears someone has a story to tell. -

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/michigan-gretchen-whitmer-health-director-155k-payout

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[Walt]

Non disclosure agreements illegal?(for government) You gotta be kidding.... Right? Sacramento has a file room full of them.
From paying off sexual harassment accusations. And a big slush fund to pay for them.

[Don Bessee]

They wont be able to hide what they did to the old folks homes a al cuomo. Subpoenas are going to fly!

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[Don Bessee]

Shut down her twitter and cancel her facebook for being an advocate for racists! - lol

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/03/03/flashback-obamas-hosted-special-events-at-wh-dr-seuss-books-still-inspire-children-throughout-the-world/

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[Don Bessee]

Just some peaceful protesters hanging out -

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2021/03/03/anarchists-set-up-roadblock-checked-motorists-papers-in-hunt-for-police-officers/

;-)

[Bill Tozer]

I have never lived through book burnings. Memory of news reels in Nazi Germany or some place pops into mind. I recall hearing about groups smashing Elvis Presley records because of the ‘vulgar’ way he moved his hips on TV and I recall after one of the Beatles said something along lines that the group was more famous than God, there were Beatles’ album smashing and burning fires in a few locales. Not in my neighborhood, although my mother though that Elvis’s hip moves were not for children to see. (That’s why I always like the scene in Forest Grump when Sally Fields grabs young Forest’s hand and pulls him away from the TV set in the store window displaying Elvis’s moves.)

All of the above is a long intro to say that while I may never witness book burning events in street bonfires like in days or yore, I am witnessing it now. The internet has changed the way we burn books. Cancel, block, ban, erase is a lot more Eco-friendly than having smoke from books pollute our air. :)

The left’s totalitarianism tendencies always starts off being disguised in some positive thing...to help people. Who could be against PC....if one thought PC was an encouragement for a more civil dialogue with others. Sounds good, especially after the Dems were blaming Gabbie Griffin’s shooting on angry mean-spirited rhetoric and crying out for a softer tone during all those years....blaming Rush while ripping him a new one, rhetorically of course. Yep, perhaps men should watch their language more, too much cursing going on out in public. Sounds good. Turn the page and it was a straight line to cancel culture, ‘high tech lynchings’, and book burnings.
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This sounds good. Dropping fines at the public library for poor kids. Should not let a child of poor folks be excluded from checking out books just because his parents are poor or black. The devil is always in the details.

‘Toronto Public Library Eliminates Late Fees To Combat Racial Inequity’
Waiving late fines will cost the library $600,000.

“The push to remove library fees comes from the powerful American Library Association (ALA), the world’s largest library organization. During a 2019 midwinter meeting, the ALA adopted a resolution that recognized that monetary fines are a form of social inequity.

*In recent years, the ALA has moved radically to the political Left and has called for the destruction of neutrality in the library system.

In 2020, the ALA released material instructing employees to embrace “critical librarianship,” which asks libraries and librarians to analyze how they “consciously and unconsciously support systems of oppression.”

https://www.dailywire.com/news/toronto-public-library-eliminates-late-fees-to-combat-racial-inequity

[Bill Tozer]

Using The Word ‘Womxn’ Is As Silly As It Is Illogical

“This argument rests on the fact that you cannot make a gendered term “gender neutral.” The word “woman” relates entirely to biological sex, with its sole use being to assign or describe sex and/or gender. The attempt to make such a word “gender neutral” is nothing other than an attempt to erase or dilute its core and only meaning. It would be like someone working to replace words for colors or numbers, instead using meaningless creations which serve no linguistic purpose except to erase the original word and its meaning. “The sky is bleep.” “Bloop plus bloop is bloop.”

Ultimately, the purpose of words like “womxn” is not to include men who think they’re women, but to exclude those who believe that sex exists by removing our vocabulary to argue otherwise.

It’s hard to commemorate the centuries of feminist progress on Women’s History Month as we watch men take even the word “woman” for themselves.“

https://www.dailywire.com/news/using-the-word-womxn-is-as-silly-as-it-is-illogical

[fish]

Petard...meet hoist.....!

As Steve wrote of another leftist superstar of the ‘60s and ‘70s, “I’d just add that perhaps the saddest part about Woody Allen et al. is that they never understood they’d become disposable once they were no longer useful to the cause.”

https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/376577/

[RXCross]

Trump said at CPAC, "There’s only one way to contribute to our efforts, to elect ‘America first’ Republican conservatives. And in turn, to make America great again. And that’s through Save America PAC and Donald J Trump dot com.”
Pony up guys, trumpy has already taken in "millions of dollars" according to one of his advisors....even though the RNC says this will drain money from their "small donors" program." Of course trumpy doesn't care if he robs the RNC because he can use the money for anything he wants including paying for personal expenses and an eight figure salary. Can anybody say GOOMBAH?

[fish]

Posted by: Damp Panties Cross | 04 March 2021 at 12:19 PM

Can anybody say GOOMBAH?

Yes...but only when referring to the "Straight from Central Casting" Governor of New York

[George Rebane]

RX 1219pm - I see you're back here again, and apparently wearing your secret decoder ring. I'm not sure I understand your point, do you? What is your allegation (link please since you're quoting people)?

[RXCross]

Hey, if the shoe fits wear it. come on.. when has a governor of New York ever not been a goombah? It's New York. That is why people like AOC are getting elected, the citizens are tired of the goombahs. In other news from central casting trumpy can even use your donations for his criminal defense team especially now that Georgia has also convened a grand jury looking into his attempts at election fraud.... and then there is Elaine Chow who, according to the Inspector General's Office, used taxpayer paid staff to run personal errands, promote her family's shipping business, and sell her father's book..Barr's DOJ declined to investigate despite a 38 page report by Deputy Inspector General Mitch Behm who stated, “A formal investigation into potential misuses of position was warranted." Can anybody say GOOMBAH? now?

[fish]

Posted by: Wine Panties | 04 March 2021 at 12:44 PM

AOC.....thanks for the chuckle.....she was a lot less stupid when Chakrabarti's hand was up her ass making her mouth parts move!

So an old Cuomosexual like yourself would be perfectly fine with Goombah Governor from New York but not Goombah President from New York?

Sounds totally reasonable Babsy!

[Walt]

So Babs,,, just how Marxist are you?Cradle to grave GOV overwatch? Need a "G"man keeper? You will do well in a gov. labour camp. Three hots and a cot, and sex weather you want it or not. All your needs taken care of, just work all day at whatever your overlord sees fit.

I'm sure RED China would be happy to give you a month to check it out. How are you at making cell phones? No??,, Designer sneakers? Maybe the cheap tools that are only good for one use.
Yup,, a Chinese foundry would be a good fit. No need for PPE.
Their safety standards are real low. No need for health care,, if you get sick or injured on the job,, you will be helped out back,, and well,,,, ya' just might wind up as ECO fertilizer. Come back home in a 30 LB. bag and by chance spread on a local pot grow.

[Don Bessee]

Illegal is illegal -

https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/court-raises-bar-immigrants-avoid-163942501.html

;-)

[Walt]

So how is insurrection 2.0 going today??
Not a peep on the screen. You know,, that "credible threat" that the coward elected ran from?
How many has Nancy's personal protection division of armed troops gund down?

[Don Bessee]

The teachers unions running amok -

https://www.foxla.com/news/mom-accuses-utla-of-conducting-racial-opposition-research-on-parents-pushing-for-in-person-classes

;-)

[Don Bessee]

Creepy grampa joe probably does not remember his own policies -

"How dare him attack Texas for our policies when he is allowing the border to be overrun by people coming in here by the hundreds, by the thousands and testing positive and coming on a bus to your state wherever you happen to live in the United States of America," Patrick said. "What a hypocrite."

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/texas-bidens-neanderthal-covid-restrictions

;-)

[Walt]

OH LOOK!!
The ballot box stuffing protection act.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/03/04/pelosi-praises-h-r-1-as-means-to-curb-misinformation-on-climate-change-gun-control/

[Don Bessee]

So much for creepy grampa joes amnesty for illegals -

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/03/04/politico-dismal-democratic-support-for-joe-bidens-giant-amnesty/

;-)

[Don Bessee]

Bad news for the TDS set -

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/03/04/biden-commerce-sec-gina-raimondo-trumps-steel-tariffs-were-effective/

;-)

[Walt]

This should upset any worker and employer.
The extra legalized extortion and elected LIB palm greasing
protection act.
https://dailycaller.com/2021/03/04/protecting-the-right-to-organize-act-unions-coalition-for-a-democratic-workplace-business-workers/

"A coalition of hundreds of top business groups slammed the pro-union Protecting the Right to Organize Act as House Democrats prepare to bring it to the floor.

The Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW), which represents hundreds of thousands of employers nationwide, denounced the legislation in a letter written to Congress Thursday. The CDW said the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act threatens both the economy and workers’ rights.

“In an attempt to increase labor membership at any cost, the bill would make radical changes to well-established law, diminish employees’ rights to privacy, and force businesses across nearly every industry to lay off employees or close their doors permanently,” CDW Chair Kristen Swearingen said in an emailed statement.

The PRO Act is a compilation of various policy changes that labor unions support, which would make it easier for unions to organize private-sector employees and minimize employees’ choice in unionization. (RELATED: Here Are The Pro-Union Labor Laws Joe Biden Has Promised To Pass As President)

The bill would remove workers’ ability to vote against unionization via secret ballot elections, threatens the ability for a workforce to kick a union out, redefines legal definition of independent contractors and forces non-union workers to pay union dues, according to the CDW."

[Don Bessee]

Here's your teachers union outcomes -

Baltimore HS student fails all but 3 classes over 4 years, ranks near top half of class
Tiffany France's son still ranked at No. 62 in his class of 120 total students

https://www.foxnews.com/us/baltimore-student-fails-classes-top-half

;-)

[Scott O]

Don 6:51 - Most of the crap from govt is just annoying. But every time I hear about shit like Tiffany France and her son and the so-called "educational system" the leftists foist on our country and our children, it really gets me going.
First of all, Tiffany and her son are losers, liars, and not worth the tax money they consume. There is so much BS in her little narrative, I could make a good living selling it for fertilizer.
Then there's the school and the so-called humans that work there.
Monsters and child abusers is really what they are. Nothing more entertaining for leftists than to get paid destroying generation after generation of young people. And there is really nothing I can do other than to try to insulate me and mine from the detritus from these criminal-to-be factories.
Add to that we have now the promising hordes from 3rd world countries being ushered in by the 10s of thousands to help keep our justice system busy.
And the left dares to openly "wonder" why Americans are buying firearms by the millions.
This won't end well for Tiffany or her precious off-spring. The left couldn't care less. They have large freezers full of their fav ice cream. Yum.

[Bill Tozer]

Quite the last column from a Wa Compost business and econimics writer. Good short read.

STORM CLOUDS FOR BIDEN (1)

Pearlstein is retiring from the Post, and his last column sounds a striking warning that Biden and crew are sure to ignore:

"Welcome, fellow Americans, to the era of the free lunch."

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/03/storm-clouds-for-biden-1.php

[Walt]

Bill.. Required reading for Emery.
Rest assured.. he won't go near it.

[Bill Tozer]

The intro to this episode of Shattershots begins with:

"Those who judge the past in terms of the here and now are doing a great disservice through their ignorance of the then and there."

Racist! Racist! Play the racist card, comrads...erase him.

'Amnesty strips Alexei Navalny of 'prisoner of conscience' status'

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56181084

[RXCross]

George 12:34 -- I am quoting trump's CPAC speech.. shouldn't be that hard to find for you die hard trumpanzees. No allegations... just reporting what trump said and how he can spend the donations. I forgot to add that he can also use them for his criminal defense teams.. which is probably the real reason for the plea to the 'rubes' (as some of his former advisors refer to the small donors, such as yourselves) as corporate America has pretty much cut off the money spigot. FYI -- I don't have a secret decoder ring which is why most of your tirades make absolutely no sense to me when viewed in light of reality.

1:15 - fishy -- you make no sense..can you read? My point, seeing as how you have been crippled by your overly partisan brain, is that goombahs are goombahs regardless of party affiliation. apparently your rigid blinders disallowed you from discerning that probably because you couldn't imagine yourself ever believing a republican was a crook so the same must be true for other political persuasions. a crook is a crook in my world, but I guess not in Trumplandia. Have another sip of Kool-aide pal.

[Walt]

Seek help for your TDS .. Your Rx just ain't working.

[Walt]

BTW Babs,, Trumps isn't President. Biden is the one destroying America. And Queen Nan and Chucky are going full socialist.
Enjoy the high fuel prices? Trump didn't do that.
Just wait for the power bill.. ENJOY!!

[fish]

Posted by: RXCross | 04 March 2021 at 09:48 PM

Yes Roberta......but your pronouns.....what of your pronouns?

[Walt]

LOL!!! The one who gave secrets to a Chinese spy sues Trump?
No evidence then,,, even LESS now.
Go ahead.. Make a bigger ass of yourself.
https://dailycaller.com/2021/03/05/eric-swalwell-sues-trump-responsible-capitol-riot/

[Bill Tozer]

Fort Bronx

‘As the Insurrection Narrative Crumbles, Democrats Cling to it More Desperately Than Ever’

If the threat of "armed insurrectionists" and "domestic terrorists" is as great as some claim, why do they have to keep lying and peddling crude media fictions about it?

https://greenwald.substack.com/p/as-the-insurrection-narrative-crumbles

[Bill Tozer]

Hide Your Memes! Facebook Fact Checker Attacks ‘Family Circus’ Meme

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/techwatch/kayla-sargent/2021/03/05/hide-your-memes-facebook-fact-checker-attacks-family
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So It’s Come to This: Keith Olbermann Is Absolutely Right (on Cancel Culture)

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/scott-whitlock/2021/03/05/so-its-come-keith-olbermann-absolutely-right-cancel-culture

[Bill Tozer]

Education Insanity: Top 10 Stories Of The Week (Vol. 5)

https://www.dailywire.com/news/education-insanity-top-10-stories-of-the-week-vol-5
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This is one particularly interesting.

Arizona State Dean: Grading Writing Based On Quality Is ‘Racist,’ Promotes ‘White Language Supremacy’

A couple of quotes;
“The crux of the author’s argument is that grading calls for student uniformity and high-quality completed assignments, both of which are allegedly racist ideas.”

“The book also touches on the “white racial habitus” which are societal norms that the author considers implicit in white people. Speaking proper English is considered a “white racial habitus.” According to the book, all things that are derived from the “white racial habitus” are inherently “white supremacist.”

“All standards for good writing are deeply informed by a White racial habitus, which makes grading by such standards White supremacist,” Inoue writes.

The “white racial habitus” is also how teachers allegedly perpetuate “White language supremacy.” The author says that English is derived from white people, which means it’s inherently white and racist.”

https://www.dailywire.com/news/arizona-state-dean-grading-writing-based-on-quality-is-racist-promotes-white-language-supremacy
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Wel, well, well. The author got a B in high school English and straight A’s in his other classes. Proof of racism!!

According to his blog, Inoue identifies as a Japanese man because his father is of Japanese descent, though he was born in Hawaii. His mother is white with links to Eastern Europe. He received both his bachelor’s and his master’s degrees from Oregon State University and his Ph.D. from Washington State University.

In an anecdote, Inoue claims that he lived in an “explicitly racist world” because he got a B in an English class while getting A’s in other, more advanced, classes. He claims that his racial composition attributed to his average grade in a high school English class.

“I lived in an explicitly racist world. The racism was very present to me,” Inoue wrote. “During my Freshman year of high school, I got an A in honors French and every other class I took, yet received a B (not a B+) in English, not honors English, regular English. How was this possible? What was I doing wrong? Apparently, nothing. It was me, my habitus. I knew this but didn’t want to admit, admit that my language and body were being judged together.”

So, I neither speak nor write proper English well. Finally, proof that I am a victim of White Supremacy.....or maybe it is proof that I am not a White Devil (or Sun Devil) Supremist.....or maybe the author is chalk full of beans.

[fish]

Posted by: Bill Tozer | 06 March 2021 at 08:35 AM

Tip of the cap to him.....he found his grift! He (much like der fuhrer of a certain local “business council”) learned that you can make a nearly effortless and very comfortable living spouting back progressive bilge about all the evils that YT hath wrought!

[Scott O]

BT 8:35 - “During my Freshman year of high school, I got an A in honors French..."
'Cause the French aren't white, obviously.
This dude is stunningly stupid.
"What was I doing wrong? Apparently, nothing."
Of course not, it's the English.
Any Frenchman could have told you that.

[Bill Tozer]

THE WEEK IN PICTURES: PEAK STUPIDITY EDITION

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/03/the-week-in-pictures-peak-stupidity-edition.php

Quote of the morning....so far.

“The Left came up with Cancel Culture to hide their racist past.”

[Bill Tozer]

Well, that stage designer will never work again. I am surprised that Steve hadn’t been all over this dog whistle....but, it’s not Sunday. When you are a hammer, everything looks like a.....

‘Hyatt Hotels says it is taking seriously criticism about CPAC's stage shape as social media claims 'abhorrent' shape is Nazi hate symbol’

Critics say the stage resembled a Nazi uniform symbol

https://www.theblaze.com/news/hyatt-hotels-cpac-stage-nazi-symbol?

[Don Bessee]

The shadow basement dweller -

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/03/06/joe-biden-first-president-40-years-not-hold-formal-question-answer-session-this-point-term/

;-)

[Walt]

Wake up Bobby,, got some corroboration for you.
How the job search in China going?
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/03/06/hawley-democrats-have-made-american-workers-compete-with-slave-labor/

[Bill Tozer]

Feelings vs the hard facts.

An Unleashed Feminine Mystique Is Destroying Higher Education

https://www.intellectualtakeout.org/an-unleashed-feminine-mystique-is-destroying-higher-education/

[Bill Tozer]

Glenn Greenwald

‘Criticizing Public Figures, Including Influential Journalists, is Not Harassment or Abuse’
As social media empowers uncredentialed people to be heard, society's most powerful actors seek to cast themselves as victims and delegitimize all critiques.

“Precisely. “It’s not like it used to be.” The problem is that “this is not civilized discourse” to them because “it’s often coming from some of the least educated and most angry.” That’s why online censorship is needed. That’s why media figures need to unite to demonize and discredit their critics. It is because people like Taylor Lorenz — raised in Greenwich, Connecticut, educated in a Swiss boarding school, writing on the front page of The New York Times — now hears from “the least educated and most angry.” This is the societal crisis — one of caste — that they are determined to stop.

Taylor Lorenz and her media allies know that she is more privileged and influential than you are. That is precisely why they feel justified in creating paradigms that make it illegitimate to criticize her. They think only themselves and those like them deserve to participate in the public discourse. Since they cannot fully control the technology that allows everyone to be heard (they partially control it by pressuring tech monopolies to censor their adversaries), they need to create storylines and scripts designed to coerce their critics into silence.

Knowing that you will be vilified as some kind of brute abuser if you criticize a New York Times reporter is, for many people, too high of a price to pay for doing it. So people instead refrain, stay quiet, and that is the obvious objective of this lowly strategy.“

https://greenwald.substack.com/p/criticizing-public-figures-including