AS A LEGENDARY COMMUNITY ORGANIZER ADVISES, PUNCH BACK TWICE AS HARD: Boris Johnson threatens BBC with two-pronged attack.
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December 17, 2019
SHOCKING NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF SCIENCE: Study Reveals Me-Time And Not Date-Nights Is The Key To Lasting Relationship. I say, why not both?
THE CORYBINIZATION OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY CONTINUES APACE: Jersey City official refers to Jewish ‘brutes,’ asks if residents are ‘brave enough’ to explore shooters’ message.
In the post, [Joan] Terrell said “6 rabbis were accused of selling body parts” and seemed to imply that there was value in the shooters’ message. The post has since been taken down, according to the Hudson County View.
“Mr. Anderson and Ms. Graham went directly to the kosher supermarket,” she wrote of the shooters. “I believe they knew they would come out in body bags. What is the message they were sending? Are we brave enough to explore the answer to their message? Are we brave enough to stop the assault on the Black communities of America?”
Terrell did not respond to requests from the Jewish Telegraphic Agency for comment by phone or email.
State officials believe the suspects were motivated by anti-Semitic and anti-law enforcement beliefs and are probing possible ties with the Black Hebrew Israelites, a movement of African-Americans who believe they descended from the biblical Israelites. Some adherents hold anti-Semitic views.
The city’s mayor, Steven Fulop, called for Terrell to step down.
Earlier: Mayor: Jersey City Shooters Intended To Attack Jewish School Adjacent To Market.
UPDATE (FROM GLENN): Spengler: I Accuse the Leadership of the Democratic Party of Responsibility for Violence Against Jews. “Violence against Jews now accounts for 58% of all crimes of religious hatred reported to the FBI. It isn’t just the Jersey City massacre: Violence against Jews by blacks is now endemic in Hasidic neighborhoods in Brooklyn. This is the direct result of anti-Semitic agitation by hatemongers like Louis Farrakhan. The Democratic Party tolerates congressmen in its ranks with public ties to Farrakhan. When Farrakhan calls for the murder of Jews, and black political leaders propitiate this foul demagogue, deranged fringe elements will turn violent. . . . I accuse the leadership of the Democratic Party of responsibility for the murders of my brethren in Jersey City. It is a howling disgrace that Rep. Keith Ellison is Deputy Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Where are the demands that elected officials and party leaders repudiate Farrakhan?”
TRUMP EXCORIATES PELOSI OVER IMPEACHMENT IN SCATHING LETTER: ‘You Are Bringing Pain and Suffering to Our Republic’ for Selfish Gain.
FIGHT THE POWER: Pro-gun message supplants pro-transgender slogan on U. Virginia bridge.
Gun rights are human rights. Plus, this humiliatingly stupid response from the University: “Coy added that university resources are available to those ‘impacted by the incident,’ such as Counseling and Psychological Services, the LGBTQ Center, and the Office for Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights’ Gender Diversity Resources.”
IMPEACHMENT EXPLAINED, by America’s paper of record. “What is impeachment? It’s the official, constitutional method for screaming at the sky because Trump is president.”
BIG NEWS: The Far Side is back.
Story here.
EVERGREEN HEADLINE: CNN Beclowns Itself Yet Again.
Yes, I know, CNN beclowns itself hourly, and as such is usually not worth noticing or commenting on, but sometimes they make it so easy that it becomes necessary as a reminder of their colossal ignorance and bias. Anchor Brian Stelter raised his eyebrow this morning that Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch has appeared on TV to promote his book. OMG! Will the republic survive this breach of decorum?
Read on for earlier “shocking” examples.
And the hits just keep on coming: Christiane Amanpour asks Ezra Klein to explain how American politics got to be so polarized. “Asking the creator of Journolist without a hint of irony “Why are we so polarized?”
MEANWHILE, BACK AT BURISMA: Latvian government says it flagged ‘suspicious’ Hunter Biden payments in 2016.
NEW SOCIALIST “IT GIRL” CONTINUES TO PAY DIVIDENDS: Ocasio-Cortez: Republicans Call Election Losses Illegitimate. Neglects to mention Clinton, Abrams, Gillum.
ALLIES: Turkey’s Erdogan threatens to close strategic bases to US military. “Turkey is upping the ante with threats to retaliate against the US if it imposes sanctions on Ankara for its purchase of a Russian missile system.”
Erdogan decided to buy advanced Russian antiaircraft missiles his military doesn’t need instead of buying even-more advanced jets his military does need — a decision which is splitting NATO and threatening his economy.
Other than that, though, brilliant decisionmaking.
I BLAME PREHISTORIC SUVs: Dinosaurs faced global warming, elevated mercury levels, fossil shells show.
THIS IS MORE LIKE THE 21st CENTURY I WAS PROMISED: NASA building supersonic plane that goes as fast as Concorde – without the sound. Plane expected to make sound of a ‘a gentle thump’ if it can be heard at all.
BEST & BRIGHTEST: Kamala Harris Doesn’t Understand How Polling Works. “No, a ‘Fox News poll’ is not a poll of Fox News viewers.”
CHANGE: The Inevitable Unraveling of Our Post-World War II Institutions: The days of the Davos crowd as transnational power wielders are shrinking. And it’s not Trump who’s caused that. “The evidence for unsustainability is there before the eyes of the administrative elites, but they are blind to it.”
As I’ve said before, one way to understand the Trump presidency is as the renegotiation of the post-WWII institutional arrangements, a renegotiation being vigorously resisted by the burrowed-in elites who have done so well under them.