HOW BIG HOTELS BECAME ARMS OF THE SURVEILLANCE STATE: Are You a Woman Traveling Alone? Marriott Might Be Watching You. See, “prostitution” and “trafficking” aren’t actually synonyms, though activists want you to think so.
Archive for 2019
February 6, 2019
ANNALS OF LEFTIST AUTOPHAGY: National Organization for Women Calls on Fairfax to Resign.
THIS IS DOING THEM MORE HARM THAN ALL THOSE EXTRACURRICULARS — MOSTLY JUST COLLEGE-APPLICATION FODDER ANYWAY — ARE DOING THEM GOOD: Nearly all teens in U.S. short on sleep, exercise.
DON’T EMBARRASS CRIMINALS: New York State’s citizens have for many years enjoyed the strongest Freedom of Information laws in the nation. Now Gov. Andrew Cuomo is proposing wait for it … wait for it … that those laws be amended to prevent the public from receiving mugshots and general arrest information. One editorialist summed it up nicely, saying that Cuomo is more concerned with embarrassing the criminals than providing the public with information to which it has a right to know:
This is understandable, given the impressive montage that might be made from mugshots of one-time Cuomo aides, advisors, and associates now on their way to prison, but it nevertheless raises serious civil-liberties issues around press freedom and public information—and it seems like yet another gubernatorial pander toward the Democratic Party’s crime-coddling Left.
Once upon a time the Left could be counted on to oppose opacity in government, especially when the disinfectant of sunshine might expose police brutality, corruption in the justice system, or the denial of Due Process. Of course, nothing in Cuomo’s proposal would prevent a perp-walk circus, so the government is still free to allow (or even tip off) favored media to broadcast arrests for live television.
FACEBOOK IN 2019: The Social Network Was More Right Than Anyone Realized.
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WHAT A LONG, STRANGELY COMFORTABLE TRIP IT’S BEEN: Fiat Chrysler Celebrates 35 Years of the Minivan.
CALIFORNIANS GOTTA CALIFORNICATE: California Push for More Gun Control Goes On Hyperdrive.
I REMEMBER WHEN THEY CAMPAIGNED AGAINST ED GILLESPIE ON A RACIAL HAVE-YOU-NO-DECENCY CAMPAIGN: White Virginia Democrats ripped for slow-walking Northam resignation demand.
SMOKE SIGNALS FROM THE MEMORY HOLE: Elizabeth Warren on Meet the Press (3-11-2018) said she “never used [Native American status] for anything.”
“The Texas Bar card was very damaging because it’s part of the drip, drip, drip of Warren’s obfuscation as to what she did with her false claim to be Native American. Warren never volunteers information, she only reacts when others have uncovered her use. She only tells you what she thinks you already know.”
DRINKABLE POT? I’ll have a scotch and so duh.
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A LOT OF TALK ABOUT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS WILDLY WRONG: 6 Facts About Artificial Intelligence That Nobody Told You About
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JEMELE HILL JOKES ABOUT ASSASSINATING TRUMP:
Former ESPN host and current The Atlantic writer Jemele Hill may be getting a visit from the Secret Service soon as she disgustingly joked about killing Donald Trump during last night’s State of the Union Address.
On Tuesday night, Hill tweeted that Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who was in attendance at the SOTU, should yell out “GETCHO HAND OUT MY POCKET.”
That statement is a reference to what one of Malcolm X’s assassins yelled out before they killed the 1960s civil rights leader.
Hill writes for the Atlantic, or as editor Jeffrey Goldberg would say, she’s “in the family.” No word yet which of the Five Families he was referring to.
MEDICAL MISTAKES KILL FAR MORE PEOPLE THAN GUNS: Patient dies after she says both kidneys mistakenly removed.
CHRISTIAN TOTO: ‘America the Beautiful’ Drowns in Trump Hatred. “This micro-indie suggests there’s a MAGA hat lover in all of us.”
MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN BY SUPPRESSING LEFTY BIRTHRATES: Long-acting contraception demand grew drastically after Trump election.
CRIME OF THE CENTURY: Thieves caught hours after stealing GPS tracking devices from tech company.
JOHN ELLIS: S. Carolina Police Agencies Defend Raking in Extra Revenue Through Use of Civil Forfeiture Laws as Extra Revenue Streams. “Innocent citizens shouldn’t have to go to court to get their property back.”
Indeed.
21ST CENTURY PROBLEMS: Canada has too many pot companies.
SOUTH CAROLINA STATE REP. NANCY MACE (R) ON THE DEMOCRATS’ LADIES IN WHITE:
I’m a mom, a businesswoman and a state legislator serving South Carolina. At a young age, I was determined to forge my own path through life. And nearly 20 years ago I became the first female graduate of The Citadel after following in my father’s footsteps. I also have experience starting my own business and in 2017 ran for – and won – a seat in the state legislature, on my own terms.
As women we make a fundamental mistake when we make our identity as women the WHOLE story.
The point of breaking glass ceilings is so that, after they’re broken, it doesn’t matter anymore. The American experiment is built on the premise that if you set a goal, show up on time and work hard, then success is within reach. We can ALL achieve the American dream regardless of our gender.
The identity politics being overplayed by liberal women in Washington, on display last night during the president’s State of the Union last night, further sets women back rather than advancing our futures. Acting like we just earned the right to vote and are held back strictly because of our gender is an enormous disservice to women everywhere.
We don’t need to dress alike.
We don’t need to think alike.
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Don’t be like them. Listen to Nancy.