NOTHING WORTHWHILE IS WITHOUT RISK: Jessi Combs Knew the Risks of Land Speed Racing. She Chased Greatness Anyway.
Archive for 2019
August 30, 2019
THE CHARACTER ASSASSINATION OF AMY WAX AND HER RESPONSE:
I was most intrigued by Wax’s statement that “essentially what the left is saying is: We can’t even answer the question… Once we’ve labelled something as racist, the conversation stops.” When I asked her whether President Trump’s unapologetic rhetoric that stands up to this sort of Orwellian-control could combat this stifling and intellectual laziness, she said, “Not really, because progressives control the universities and the mainstream media. They are unmoved by candor and plain speaking – it just enrages them. And they go into attack mode. Much of Trump Derangement Syndrome can be explained this way.”
Professor Wax is totally correct that this does enrage modern progressives. But in the words of Sun Tzu in The Art of War, “If you know your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him.”
President Trump does not allow Leftists the free assault of calling him a racist. In fact, he hits them back with the charge. He has called “The Squad”, Rep. Elijah Cummings and even Hollywood racists. Instead of getting trapped in defending himself from this idea of veiled racism (remember: It’s impossible to prove that you aren’t a racist), he just hits them back. And the last thing modern Democrats can handle is a parallel drawn to their own racist history.
Read the whole thing.
TWITTER MAKES PEOPLE AWFUL, EXHIBIT 1,000,006: Former Canadian Prime Minister: I’m Rooting For A Direct Hurricane Hit On Mar-A-Lago.
MEANWHILE, OVER AT VODKAPUNDIT: Florida Man Friday: Man Jumps the Shark, Gets Bitten.
I’m hoping somehow that next Friday, we’re joking about how Hurricane Dorian turned into a drizzle, but right now it isn’t looking good.
GET A GRIP, BRITAIN: British “remainiacs” are having a fit of the vapors about Boris proroguing Parliament to get Brexit done, screaming about it being a coup or worse. As Oxford’s Vernon Bogdanor calmly points out, something like this was bound to happen thanks to David Cameron’s idiotic Fixed Term Parliament Act, which just doesn’t mesh with the British constitution.
JEFFREY EPSTEIN’S DEATH AND OUR AGE OF CONSPIRACY THEORIES: Only one-third of Americans believe Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide.
As Steve noted a couple of weeks ago, “‘Gross negligence’ is the absolute kindest possible take on what happened.”
(Classical reference in headline.)
SHE SAYS A LOT OF STUFF: AOC Says She’s Awakened at 3:30 AM Scared Because of Climate Change.
THE BABYLON BEE: Liberals Clarify They Only Want Black Voices To Be Heard When They’re Saying Liberal Things.
I’m so old, I can remember the Babylon Bee’s wild and crazy early years producing satire, before they morphed into America’s paper of record.
LIFE IN 2019: College president calls straight pride parade a ‘perversion,’ ‘desecration.’ I’m old enough to remember when it was supposed to be good to be transgressive.
But that was before bourgeois became the new transgressive.
OH FER CRYIN’ OUT LOUD: Court Rules Girl broke child porn law by texting explicit video of herself. “Teen girl, 16, is prosecuted under law intended to protect people like her.”
I’VE GOT A BAD FEELING ABOUT THIS: I’m already feeling fear in the pit of my stomach about the Senate in 2020.
FLASHBACK: Comey ‘Friend’ Who Leaked FBI Memos Now Claims To Be His Attorney. “Daniel Richman, the law professor who leaked classified FBI records to the media at Comey’s request, refused to disclose when exactly he became Comey’s attorney.”
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: UNC-Charlotte brings back ‘White Consciousness Conversations’ after 2018 backlash.
KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: Comey Loses FBI ‘Employee of the Month’ Titles. “Comey’s smugness is only exceeded by his false sense of moral superiority. He’s been yammering on about ethics and doing the right thing ever since President Trump rightly — and belatedly, as far as some are concerned — fired him.”
THE TURKISH F-35 SAGA: Protecting U.S. combat technology from Erdogan’s foolishness. My latest Creators Syndicate column.
SEALS OUT THE DOOR AND INTO THE AIR: U.S. Navy SEALs assigned to Naval Special Warfare Group Two parachute from a transport aircraft.
I BLAME RUSSIAN HACKERS: GOP Challenger Joe Walsh Explains Bad Tweets: ‘I Don’t Know My Twitter Feed.’
Can Bill Kristol pick ’em, or what?
NASHVILLE IS TURNING INTO A BLUE HELLHOLE: Briley One-Ups Cooper in Attacks on ICE as Nashville Mayoral Run Off Election Approaches. “The choice in the Nashville mayoral race is between incumbent Mayor David Briley, who is soft on immigration — and Metro Councilman John Cooper, who is soft on immigration.”
LATE-STAGE SOCIALISM: Venezuela’s forests suffer as wood replaces scarce gas.
If you thought “What did socialists use before candles? Electricity!” was just a joke, it isn’t.
THIS IS WHAT DELUSIONAL NARCISSISM LOOKS LIKE: Jonathan Turley: James Comey wants an apology? This is myth becoming madness.