ROGER KIMBALL: The vast attempt to undo the 2016 election has failed.
Archive for 2019
March 23, 2019
ANSWERING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: The Meaning and History of ‘Molon Labe.’
THE FRENCH GENOCIDE that was written out of history. “It became customary to drown brigands naked, not merely so that the Revolutionaries could help themselves to the Vendéens’ clothes, but also so that the younger women among them could be raped before death. Drownings spread far beyond Nantes: on 16th December, General Marceau sent a letter to the Revolutionary Minister of War triumphantly announcing, among other victories, that at least 3,000 non-combatant Vendéen women had been drowned at Pont-au-Baux. The Revolutionaries were drunk with blood, and could not slaughter their brigand prisoners fast enough—women, children, old people, priests, the sick, the infirm. If the prisoners could not walk fast enough to the killing grounds, they were bayoneted in the stomach and left on the ground to be trampled by other prisoners as they bled to death. . . . Men, women and children were more often shot, or burned alive in their houses. Some of the Crusading soldiers had the idea of lighting ovens, stoking them and baking Vendéen families in them. Babies were not spared; nor were toddlers or small children. The usual practice was to kill babies in front of their mothers, then kill the mothers. Young girls were often drowned, after first being raped. Widows were usually beaten, insulted and drowned.”
The French Revolution was the model for all succeeding leftist regimes.
UH OH: Cruise ship off Norway issues mayday, begins evacuating 1,300 passengers and crew. “Norwegian public broadcaster NRK said the Viking Sky’s evacuation was likely to be a slow and dangerous process, as passengers needed to be hoisted from the cruise ship to the five available helicopters one by one, according to The Associated Press. By 6 p.m. local time, some 100 people had been rescued. Authorities told NRK that a strong storm with high waves was preventing rescue workers from using life boats or other vessels in taking passengers ashore.”
UPDATE: The Latest: 2nd ship needs rescue off Norway’s western coast. “Norwegian rescue authorities say a freighter has experienced an engine seizure in the same stormy Hustadsvika Bay region off western Norway where hundreds of people are being winched off by helicopter from the ailing Viking Sky cruise ship. Authorities say they have had to divert two of the five helicopters rescuing 1,300 passengers and crew from the cruise ship to help the Hagland Captain cargo vessel’s crew of nine in the storm. Both boats are trying to avoid being dashed on the rocky coast.” That’s not good.
SARAH HOYT: The Yellow Jackets Revolt And The Future Of America:
The media has been so quiet on the Yellow Jackets in France that you could be excused for thinking my title refers to some kind of invasion by weird wasps.
Well, for the record, it doesn’t. It refers to the ongoing revolt in France by various groups but mostly, honestly, middle aged, middle class people who have just had middle-class enough and are now setting fires to things and making life hell in the ritzy districts of Paris (and elsewhere.)
You probably thought that was all over and done with, and you’d be excused for thinking it, because our media has worked so hard not to report it.
The thing is, it’s very much still alive and it’s giving Macron problems.
Read the whole thing.
Related: Donald Trump is a symptom of a new kind of class warfare raging at home and abroad.
JAMES LILEKS IS ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS THAT NOBODY IS ASKING: How did home cooking become a moral issue?
Because people whose reason for living consists of investing injustice into everything were looking around for something new to make everyone feel bad about, in the sense that they felt better about themselves for knowing it was a thing other people felt bad about, and this might spark a conversation?
Read the whole thing.
TEXAS MAN BRINGS STEER TO PETCO TO TEST ‘ALL LEASHED PETS ARE WELCOME’ POLICY: “We decided to take a chance and call Petco ‘s bluff on the ‘ALL LEASHED PETS ARE WELCOME’ policy. The awesome crew at [Houston area] Petco-Atascocita did not disappoint!! They welcomed Oliver the African Watusi with open arms. The staff members here are always super friendly and courteous to us. We really enjoy coming to this location…our favorite Petco BY FAR!!”
(Via Iowahawk, who tweets, “Alexa, what is the most Texas thing of all time?”)
HOW DO YOU DO, FELLOW KIDS? Kirsten Gillibrand Tries to Be Cool.
DA TECH GUY: Sorry Media — The New Zealand Mosque shooter is no Right-Winger. “From this quote you can see he hated certain immigrants because their high birth rates hurt the environment…Here he describes himself as an eco-fascist, which is a creature of the political left.”
Earlier: Radicalization and Degeneration: Rod Dreher explores the Christchurch shooter’s chilling manifesto.
OUT OF AFRICA: Researchers find Americans set their thermostat to match African environmental temperatures. “They compared the averages for homes in the U.S. with their cell data and found that people in the U.S. set the environmental conditions inside their homes in a way that very nearly matches environmental conditions in western Kenya and other parts of eastern Africa. They noted that conditions in Kenya also tend to be quite dry, similar to the U.S. They further noted that Kenya and nearby areas are believed to be the places where modern humans first appeared on the planet. They conclude by suggesting that modern humans are setting their thermostats to give them roughly the same climate they were exposed to during the period when they had no control over the weather. It is apparently the climate in which we are still most comfortable.”
WOULD YOU LIKE FRIES WITH YOUR NOTHINGBURGER? CNN’s Toobin: No Indictments From Mueller ‘Really Good News’ For Trump, Don Jr., Jared Kushner.
Related thoughts from Scott Johnson.
DEMOCRAT FREAK-OUT: Reaction to Mueller report brings tears and jeers.
WELL, YES. BUT TO THE LEFT, THAT’S THE WHOLE POINT: Abolishing Electoral College Will Disenfranchise Much Of America.
QUESTION ASKED AND ANSWERED:
● Shot: What’s behind Britain’s obsession with video games?
—The London Spectator, March 23rd.
● Chaser: Gender Pronouns Now a Police Matter in the UK.
—Jim Treacher, March 20th.
NEWS YOU CAN USE: Movement & Distance in Self-Defense.
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WHAT A MONTH FOR THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER:
● SPLC President Richard Cohen Steps Down Amid Scandal as Investigation Begins.
● SPLC Co-Founder Morris Dees Fired, Outside Audit Ordered.
But as Glenn asked on Thursday, when even the New Yorker could publish an insider essay on the SPLC that contained the sentence, “We were part of the con, and we knew it,” “here’s the thing: The SPLC has been an obvious fraud for 20 years or more. Why are all the usual media suspects suddenly noticing now?”
BECAUSE APPLE IS OUT OF IDEAS? For Apple’s Big Event on Monday, Hardware Is Just a Sideshow.