Archive for 2019

YOU KNOW? I THINK I NEED ME A MAGA HAT:  Rufuspetasumphobia.

WELL, TO BE FAIR, HE’S JUST THE NYT’S VERSION OF JENNIFER RUBIN, SO OF COURSE HE’S AN EMBARRASSMENT: Bret Stephens Compared Me to a Nazi Propagandist in the New York Times. It Proved My Point. “Stephens may be the first person in history to publicly illustrate both the Streisand Effect and Godwin’s Law in a single episode.”

Plus: “As I have noted elsewhere, this was never about online civility. It was about power. Bret Stephens believed that, by virtue of his comfortable position at the New York Times, he ought to be immune from insult or criticism.” Ah, yes. Big Media Privilege.

And: “If Stephens can abuse his position by searching out and threatening anyone who makes a joke about him online, and then devote an entire column to the nonsense personal vendetta that ensues, then I have to ask… how embarrassing is too embarrassing for Times editorial page editor James Bennet and his team?” Lower than a snake’s belly in a wagon rut, I’d say.

HEH.

I have a couple. They’re not my favorite rifle, but they’re okay. Helen likes them because the recoil’s light. Geraldo is a dope.

CATHY YOUNG: Hard Lessons From The Russian Civil War. “The most trenchant lesson for the modern age is one that also seems increasingly relevant to the West: When political adversaries are no longer fellow citizens to live with but rather enemies to be crushed, we all lose.”

The people who are the last to figure out when we’re in that situation are the first to lose.

THE POLITICAL CLASS STRIKES BACK: Today was a very dark day for British democracy. They’ll be lucky if they’re not hanging from lampposts before it’s over.

Related: “Civil unrest is a political response. We can speculate on others.” I wonder if Brits will be as dedicated to their democracy as Hong Kongers seem to be.

UPDATE: Phillip Lee is why we voted Leave: His defection to the Lib Dems sums up the arrogance of the establishment. Like I said, lampposts.

WELL: Ilhan Omar’s Current Husband Spills. “Reportedly telling people he was asked to pretend all is well in their marriage, that it’s true she was legally married to her brother.”