IF YOU STRIKE ME DOWN, I SHALL BECOME MORE POWERFUL THAN YOU CAN POSSIBLY IMAGINE: Laura Ingraham Ratings Spike to Highest Ever Despite Advertiser Boycott.
Archive for 2018
April 16, 2018
RIP: HARRY ANDERSON, NIGHT COURT STAR, DIES AT 65. “Anderson was found at his home by police officers early Monday morning, according to a report by WSPA-TV, the CBS affiliate in Spartanburg, N.C. No foul play was suspected, police told the station.”
QUESTION ASKED AND ANSWERED:
● Shot: Why aren’t more Never Trumpers willing to support the opposing party?
—Jonathan Chait of the Chick-fil-A-hating New Yorker, today.
● Chaser: ‘WTF’? Protesters at Philly Starbucks show how NOT to win hearts and minds.
—Twitchy, today.
Shades of Occupy Wall Street terrorizing minimum wage bank tellers in 2011 because they hated Citibank for some reason. As Stephen Miller tweets today, in his “Extreme Attenborough voice, ‘Very rarely is the subconscious transformation of a live specimen into Trump voter ever caught on film in the wild, so this is such a rare special treat to behold.’”
Oh, and since we’ve already had the shot and chaser, we might as well have the hangover:
Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson said Monday he will require store managers to undergo training to address “unconscious bias” after the arrest of two black men at a Philadelphia location sparked online outrage and protests.
That seems so odd — it was just three years ago that Johnson’s predecessor assured us that Starbucks’ employees would be missionaries tasked with immanentizing the eschaton by enlightening their customers on all issues race-related.
Twitchy notes that on Twitter, “Photo of Philly Starbucks protester with megaphone kicks off caption contest.” Share yours in the comments below.
YEAH, THAT MAKES SENSE: ‘Not Being Viewed as an Enemy’ Propels California Company’s Move to Texas, says CEO.. “I tried to start flying out of Santa Monica, California. And they sued me because I was trying to bring a service to the city. . . . When I got to Dallas, literally, people in City Hall were like, ‘How can we help you?’” Yeah, the IBD folks told me a similar story about the difference between Marina del Rey and their Texas office.
Related (From Ed): Bill Whittle made the same point in 2012 at the late lamented PJTV regarding XCOR Aerospace’s move from California (where they felt, if not like the enemy, at least more than a little not welcome), to Texas, where they were personally greeted by then-Gov. Rick Perry:
AT AMAZON, save big on Wheels and Tires.
MY USA TODAY COLUMN IS ABOUT THE NEW LITTLE PINK HOUSE MOVIE: Can the government take your land? Yep, but the ‘Little Pink House’ was worth fighting for. Excellent film, and highly recommended. I was able to get an advance screener and shared it with my Con Law class, where we were doing Kelo last week.
EXHIBIT A IN THE NEW HOLLYWOOD BLACKLIST: Hollywood Blacklisted Lee Ermey for Thought Crimes Against Barack Obama.
Why, it’s like five decades of anti-Blacklist movies was just the world’s longest modified limited hangout or something.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuAWRf1CmiQ
HMM: China is “sputniking’ the US so the US needs to spread Elon Musk and SpaceX methods. “China is ‘sputniking” the USA with military technology surprises. Technologies like hypersonic missiles, railguns, electromagnetic launchers and metamaterials. It is not that China got fast. It is that the USA got slow.”
BUT THE NARRATIVE! Census Citizenship Question Helps Black Americans.
LIGHT BUT PUNCHY: Review: Smith & Wesson Model 360 .357 Mag. Revolver.
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION: Stormy Daniels Strips to ‘Make America Horny Again,’ Right Across From Mar-a-Lago.
MORE BAD PRESS FOR JAMES COMEY: Reading the Comey interview transcript, I get a “Cat Person” vibe. “I feel as though I’m reading a #MeToo story told by a young woman. Why didn’t he say ‘I thought…’ like a plain-spoken adult? It’s like the inside of his head is an environment with moods and wisps of cognition. He’s invited into a private space, he has his trepidations, but other people will be there, and he’s hoping he won’t be alone with the man. . . . I feel like I’m reading about a 20-year-old female fictional character. Is this what the inside of Comey’s head looks like or is this some psychological narrative concocted, with ghostwriting help, for the American reading public?”
When we find out who the ghostwriter was, we’ll probably know.
Plus: “What seems odd to me is how awkward and passive Comey is. Even in Comey’s own telling, he seems inert: he’s waiting to follow instructions and trying to please a man he feels no connection to. Comey doesn’t come across here as the embodiment of FBI tradition and integrity. He seems like a man hoping to hold onto his job and unsure how to make that happen, hoping to be told what to do. He’s so wary, and I assume Trump did not like him or trust him.” I can’t imagine why.
AS MEL ALLEN WOULD SAY: “How about that”?
Ronan Farrow wins a Pulitzer Prize.
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MY USA TODAY COLUMN IS ABOUT THE NEW LITTLE PINK HOUSE MOVIE: Can the government take your land? Yep, but the ‘Little Pink House’ was worth fighting for. Excellent film, and highly recommended. I was able to get an advance screener and shared it with my Con Law class, where we were doing Kelo last week.
WE’RE AN UNDERAPPRECIATED NATIONAL RESOURCE: Middle-Aged Men: Is There Anything They Can’t Do?
I DON’T THINK COMEY’S TOUR IS PLAYING OUT THE WAY HE HOPED: The Onion: Comey: ‘What Can I Say, I’m Just A Catty Bitch From New Jersey And I Live For Drama.’
Update: Link was bad before; now fixed.
COMEY COMEY COMEY COMEY COMEY CHAMELEON.
The new Commentary podcast is worth a listen for the title alone.
I’M STILL NOT A FAN OF THE “INTERNET OF THINGS:” Hackers stole a casino’s high-roller database through a thermometer in the lobby fish tank.
STICKING IT TO THE MAN: Giant penis mural erected once again.