ANOTHER FAKE HATE CRIME: Feds: Racist graffiti, arson at south KC church were cover-up for theft by employee.
Archive for 2017
October 30, 2017
IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT, AND I FEEL FINE: New York legislator has epic meltdown over a speeding ticket (Video).
HEARTS OF DARKNESS: ‘U f*cking a**hole’! TWISTED tweeters ATTACK Anthony Rapp for ‘ruining’ Kevin Spacey’s life.
I feel sorry for whoever at Twitchy had to collate the tweets for that post, which is remarkably depressing. On the other hand, it’s a look into a corner of human nature which deserves shining a light on. Not to mention, as Ace of Spades likes to point out, self-styled sophisticated elitist leftists sure have a lot of emotion invested in their favorite TV shows.
HARVEY’S CAREER DIED FOR SOMEBODY’S SINS, BUT NOT MINE: Weinstein tells pals scandal happened so he could ‘change the world.’
(Classical allusion in headline.)
AT AMAZON, save on Surge Protectors.
STACY MCCAIN: No Mercy for @KevinSpacey? Welcome to the Sexual Harassment Apocalypse. “It would be unfair to impugn all gay men as complicit in this, in the same way as it is unfair for feminists to imply that Harvey Weinstein is representative of all heterosexual men.”
Plus: “As recently as November 2016, Kevin Spacey and Harvey Weinstein, like every other liberal, were going all-out to elect Hillary Clinton president, to continue the merciless Title IX regime on university campuses, where more than 100 males students have filed lawsuits claiming they were falsely accused and denied due process in kangaroo-court hearings imposed at the behest of the Obama administration. Karma is a deeply ironic bitch.”
2015: Megyn Kelly, proving to be a tough and formidable moderator in a Republican Primary debate, asks the question of all presidential-debate questions to Donald Trump, about why he has called women he didn’t like “fat pigs, dogs, slobs, disgusting animals.”
2016: In an interview with Kelly on Fox five months before the election, Trump tells Kelly in another headline-maker that if he does not win in November, “I will consider it to be a total and complete waste of time, energy and money.”
2017: Kelly hosts a segment on the “Today” show about how to dress your dog for Halloween.
Well, there’s always 2018.
WHY HONDA CAN’T UNLOAD the new NSX.
MAINSTREAM MEDIA SCREAM: CNN raises the Trump Media Conspiracy Theory.
THE PRIMAL SCREAM OF IDENTITY POLITICS.
NORTH KOREAN ASSASSINS ARRESTED IN CHINA: (bumped)
North Korean agents who attempted to assassinate Kim Han Sol were arrested in Beijing, according to a South Korean newspaper.
The JoongAng Daily reported Monday Chinese authorities have detained a group of North Koreans connected to a plot to kill Kim following the assassination of Kim’s father, Kim Jong Nam, at an airport in Malaysia.
RELATED: North Korea could engage in provocations when Trump visits China. And here’s what I say to that.
MORE: South Korea and China “mending fences” over THAAD anti-ballistic missile system deployment. That’s a good sign for South Korea, Japan and the U.S. A bad sign for Rocket Man.
WELL, IT WOULD CERTAINLY BE A CHANGE: Kurt Schlichter: It’s Not Too Much To Ask That Our GOP Hacks Show Some Loyalty To Their Voters.
Let’s understand what “loyalty” is and isn’t when it comes to our elected officials. Loyalty is not a requirement for slavish agreement or utter acquiescence – those who either don’t want to be loyal or wish to excuse it in their favored pols will often try to tell you that’s what we normals expect in order to evade the real issue. But that claim is baloney – used baloney after having been eaten by a male cow. Debate and argument are vital. Criticize Trump’s actions if you feel they deserve criticism; criticize the man if you think he falls short. Ted Cruz does, and we dig him. But you need to be loyal to the people who sent you to Washington. We’re not going to tolerate you taking sides with people who hate us.
What is inexcusable are alleged Republicans going onto liberal media outlets to trash the base by sanctimoniously adopting lying liberal narratives about us and then basking in the loving liberal limelight their new liberal buddies temporarily bestow upon them. McCain pioneered that move, though he’s kind of the Sideshow Bob of maverickry – he’ll go through a period of liberal love then do something remotely conservative, like run for president, and his lib lovers will turn on him and he’ll stand there with hurt feelz and a rake mark on his sad face wondering, “What happened to all my new friends?”
“I don’t think I can be part of a party like this,” Flake essentially says, wiping away a figurative tear. What he’s really saying is that our interests and desires should be ignored (as they have been for decades) because we don’t meet his high standards. Fair enough, Jeff – but why are you now shocked that we decided that you don’t meet ours? . . .
The loyalty issue is just one component of the massive cultural/political upheaval we’re all living through. Normals are tired of being deceived, disregarded, and disrespected by those in power. Now we’re demanding loyalty, not asking for it. And we’re going to ruthlessly purge everyone who presumes to represent us who actually holds us in contempt, because the feeling is mutual.
Read the whole thing, especially if you’re a GOP officeholder.
U.S. CAPTURES KEY ISLAMIST MILITANT INVOLVED IN BENGHAZI ATTACK: (bumped)
American special operations forces captured a militant Sunday who was allegedly involved in the attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound and CIA annex in Benghazi, Libya, two US officials confirmed to Fox News.
US official identified the suspect as Mustafa al-Imam.
The attack resulted in the death of the American ambassador and three other Americans.
The White House is expected to release more details shortly.
The officials say U.S. commandos captured the unidentified man in Libya and are transporting him back to the U.S. The officials say the mission was approved by PresidentTrump and carried out in coordination with Libya’s internationally recognized government.
Remember, the Obama Administration lied about Benghazi. For about three weeks Obama’s minions insisted it wasn’t a planned attack. A crowd of demonstrators was “triggered” — probably by an on-line anti-Muslim video. Here’s what I wrote about it in September 2012.
UPDATE: U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson praises the arrest:
I am deeply grateful to the U.S. military, law enforcement, and intelligence community for their efforts to bring to justice the perpetrators of the September 11, 2012 terrorist attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya. The Department of State family continues to mourn the loss of Ambassador Chris Stevens, Glen Doherty, Sean Smith, and Tyrone Woods, and we will spare no effort to ensure that justice is served for these dedicated Americans and public servants. I spoke with some of their family members to underscore the U.S. government’s unwavering support.
Yes, terrorist attacks.
JOHN NOLTE: NETFLIX TO CONTINUE PRODUCTION ON HOUSE OF CARDS FINAL SEASON DESPITE KEVIN SPACEY SEXUAL MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS.
The announcement makes it appear as though Netflix is pro-actively severing ties with the embattled Spacey, who has not denied he made an aggressive sexual advance on a 14 year-old Anthony Rapp.
A deeper look at the Netflix announcement actually reveals that this “cancellation announcement” might be the streaming company’s way of distracting its customers from the news that it is has decided to continue working with Spacey.
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TVLine further reports that production of season six “began earlier this month[.]” Production is generally the term used for the filming, which is also the most expensive part. At this point, there are probably no more than three of the 13 expected episodes in the can.
Moreover, Netflix is so far away from completing season six, it will reportedly not be released until the middle of next year.
It sounds Netflix’s PR guys earned their pay today in crafting a modified limited hangout statement that was widely accepted at first glance.
IT’S TIME TO UPDATE THE NEWSPEAK DICTIONARY AGAIN, COMRADE. Female, male or non-binary: California legally recognizes a third gender on identification documents.
Perhaps Chelsea Handler can use that as her defense against misgendering Dana Rohrabacher. She? I meant non-binary, honest!
I EAGERLY AWAIT PAUL KRUGMAN’S DENUNCIATION OF THIS VIOLENT ELIMINATIONIST RHETORIC. Bette Midler on Manafort: ‘Roll Out the’ Guillotine Carts!
ANDREW MCCARTHY: The Manafort Indictment: Not Much There, and a Boon for Trump.
The Paul Manafort indictment is much ado about nothing . . . except as a vehicle to squeeze Manafort, which is special counsel Robert Mueller’s objective — as we have been arguing for three months (see here, here, and here). Do not be fooled by the “Conspiracy against the United States” heading on Count One (page 23 of the indictment). This case has nothing to do with what Democrats and the media call “the attack on our democracy” (i.e., the Kremlin’s meddling in the 2016 election, supposedly in “collusion” with the Trump campaign). Essentially, Manafort and his associate, Richard W. Gates, are charged with (a) conspiring to conceal from the U.S. government about $75 million they made as unregistered foreign agents for Ukraine, years before the 2016 election (mainly, from 2006 through 2014), and (b) a money-laundering conspiracy. . . .
The so-called conspiracy against the United States mainly involves Manafort’s and Gates’s alleged failure to file Treasury Department forms required by the Bank Secrecy Act. Specifically, Americans who hold a stake in foreign bank accounts must file what’s known as an “FBAR” (foreign bank account report) in any year in which, at any point, the balance in the account exceeds $10,000. Federal law also requires disclosure of foreign accounts on annual income-tax returns. Manafort and Gates are said to have controlled foreign accounts through which their Ukrainian political-consulting income sluiced, and to have failed to file accurate FBARs and tax returns. In addition, they allegedly failed to register as foreign agents from 2008 through 2014 and made false statements when they belatedly registered.
In the money-laundering conspiracy, they are alleged to have moved money in and out of the United States with the intent to promote “specified unlawful activity.” That activity is said to have been their acting as unregistered foreign agents.
On first glance, Mueller’s case, at least in part, seems shaky and overcharged.
McCarthy’s conclusion: “From President Trump’s perspective, the indictment is a boon from which he can claim that the special counsel has no actionable collusion case. It appears to reaffirm former FBI director James Comey’s multiple assurances that Trump is not a suspect. And, to the extent it looks like an attempt to play prosecutorial hardball with Manafort, the president can continue to portray himself as the victim of a witch hunt.”
Much more at the link. Hard to see what this has to do with Russian interference in the election, but stay tuned I guess.
And if you missed it when I posted it this morning the indictment is here.
ROGER AILES’ EVIL-GENIUS PLAN TO SINK THE COMPETITION CONTINUES TO BEAR FRUIT: Matt Lauer throws Megyn Kelly under the bus.
(Classical reference in headline.)