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Archive for 2020
October 11, 2020
THE DIVISION IS BETWEEN THE IDIOTS AND THE NON-IDIOTS: ‘SNL’ host Bill Burr divides fans after controversial opening monologue.
Wearing a grey face covering, the 52-year-old comedian hosted the second episode of the season, using a portion of his monologue to criticize white women who “somehow hijacked the woke movement.”
Burr described the “woke movement” as one revolving around “people of color not getting opportunities … that they deserve.” It was unclear whether he was explicitly referring to the Black Lives Matter movement amid the death of George Floyd after a white police officer kneeled on his neck.
“Somehow, white women swung their Gucci booted feet over the fence of oppression and stuck themselves at the front of the line,” Burr said.
He added that he has “never heard so much complaining in my life from white women.”
“My life is so hard. My SUV and my heated seats. You have no idea what it’s like to be me,” Burr went on.
He then questioned the length of Pride Month in June, asking the audience if a month is “a little long, don’t you think?”
Plus: “I love that Bill Burr made a perfect joke about white women making everything about us and then a bunch of white women on Twitter lost their minds because they think it was a mean joke. Thus….proving his point.”
OF COURSE, SINCE EVERY TRUMP TRAIT MUST BE PORTRAYED AS NEGATIVE, THIS IS PICTURED AS WEAKNESS: “All this context means that one can oppose Trump, even hate him, and still feel very confident that he will leave office if he is defeated.”
FIRE THEM ALL FOR CAUSE. BELIEF IN FREE SPEECH IS A BONA FIDE OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT. The New York Times Guild Once Again Demands Censorship Of Colleagues.
OPEN THREAD: Discuss the events of the day.
WHY BOTHER SHOWING UP? CNN SAYS HE’S 16 POINTS AHEAD. NO REASON EVEN TO BOTHER VOTING, IT’S OVER. Stay home, Biden voters. Stay safe, while you await his inevitable landslide victory.
THIS APPEARS AT LAWFARE, WHERE THEY’VE BEEN KICKING AND SCREAMING SHAMEFULLY NONSTOP SINCE NOVEMBER OF 2016. The Powerful Norm of Accepting the Results of a Presidential Election.
I think that contemporary political culture got a major dose of poison when Al Gore un-conceded after giving up the race to George W. in 2000. He let his crew talk him into mounting a challenge because he lacked the character to do the right thing. It’s too bad, as his original concession was quite graceful. The Lawfare piece tries to get by that by congratulating Gore on his second concession, but come on, man. . .
GOODBYE, RUBY TUESDAY: Ruby Tuesday closes 185 restaurants after filing bankruptcy. Once the founders sold out, back in the first decade of this century, it went downhill fast. I remember my daughter’s horror when the French Onion soup — once a signature item served in a baked crock covered with melted cheese — was replaced with a sad bowl with a piece of cheese toast floating on top. Whoever allowed that should have been locked in a closet and fed 1950s British food for the rest of their natural life.
This reminds me that once I thought they would learn from their mistakes. I was so naive back then.
UPDATE: From the comments: “Fox News is on the same path under their new management.” Harsh, but fair. Tucker is Fox’s French Onion soup. If they replace him, drop your cable.
JOHN R. LOTT: Comparing the Global Rate of Mass Public Shootings to the U.S.’s Rate and Comparing Their Changes Over Time. “Not only have these attacks been much more common outside the US, the US’s share of these attacks has declined over time. There has been a much bigger increase over time in the number of mass shootings in the rest of the world compared to the US.”
EXCEPT THAT HARRIS ACTUALLY TALKED AS MUCH AS PENCE DID: #Manterrupting In The VP Debate.
And the moderator was shamefully biased. Also, the use of terms like “mansplaining” and “manterruption” is sexist bilge from sexist bigots.
CENSORSHIP: After the QAnon ban, who’s next? The answer is, whoever is a threat to the gentry liberal aristocracy.
BOLD STRATEGY, COTTON: Buzz grows around Andrew Cuomo as Biden’s attorney general pick.
Flashbacks:
● Andrew Cuomo’s latest nursing home deception.
● ‘The gov killed Nana’ banner flies over NYC, LI beaches to troll Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
● Andrew Cuomo’s Book Deal and Why the Worst Rise to the Top in Politics.
● Andrew Cuomo, Serial Killer.
● Chris Cuomo’s COVID-19 Interviews With Andrew Cuomo Are Disgraceful.
And finally, from America’s Newspaper of Record: Man Who Believes He’s On The Right Side Of History Announces Crackdown On The Jews.
UPDATE: The above Axios article notes that “Biden is clearly fond of Cuomo, but he’s also committed — and under pressure — to name a racially and gender-diverse Cabinet, including the marquee posts. Names like former acting AG Sally Yates and Stacey Abrams are also likely on a list of AG candidates.”
Perhaps the burnout from governing Georgia during these tumultuous times is driving the latter candidate’s desire for a career change.
IN SOVIET BRITAIN, THE FUTURE IS CERTAIN; IT’S THE PAST WHICH IS ALWAYS CHANGING: Lord Nelson’s heroic status under review in scheme to re-evaluate UK’s ‘barbaric history.’
THE AP STYLE GUIDE MORPHED INTO THE NEWSPEAK DICTIONARY SO SLOWLY, I HARDLY EVEN NOTICED: ‘Americans aren’t idiots!’ The AP’s use of ‘Democrats’ language’ to explain ‘packing the court’ doesn’t go well.
Sounds like the Journolist is hopping this weekend:
DANIEL GREENFIELD: Washington Post Blames “Systemic Racism” for George Floyd Robbing a Latino Woman at Gunpoint.
Read the whole Fisking.
Read the whole thing. Have the summer newspaper bullpen riots stopped? Or will Stephens be the next (more or less) grownup to be thrown to the wolves at the New York Times? In any case, all is happening in accordance with the prophecy:
Yet another reason why the 1619 Project’s Pulitzer Prize should be revoked.
Related: Soledad O’Brien gives us ‘genuinely the best self own’ this year trying to defend the 1619 Project.
UPDATE: NYT’s union resorts to an ad hominem attack (complete with an “it’s” typo), rather than arguing with Stephens on the issues:
(Updated and bumped.)
