Archive for 2020
September 3, 2020
NO ENEMIES TO THE LEFT: CBS Censors Andrew Cuomo Threatening Physical Harm to Donald Trump.
Well, that’s not all that surprising, when John Dickerson, the host of Face the Nation and the “political director” for CBS, wrote an article for Slate in 2013 charmingly titled “Go for the Throat! Why if he wants to transform American politics, Obama must declare war on the Republican Party.” And its late-night host Stephen Colbert sat by when his guest, actor Jeff Daniels told him, ‘We Need Someone That Can Punch Trump in the Face.’
IN THE MAIL: The Frozen Hours: A Novel of the Korean War.
VODKAPUNDIT PRESENTS YOUR DAILY INSANITY WRAP: Pelosi’s Class Privilege vs Kristy Swanson’s Class Act.
Insanity Wrap needs to know: When is it OK to hector a black person about race?
Answer: When you’re a privileged white woman, apparently.
Before we get to the sordid details, a quick preview of today’s Wrap.
Another day, another media-glorifies-a-violent-psychotic-drug-addict-as-a-victim story.
I’ll take “Chicago Shootings” for $400, please, Alex.
Nancy Pelosi’s “liar, lair, hair on fire” story won’t die.
And so much more at the link, you’d have to be crazy to miss it.
NOW OUT FROM SEN. MARSHA BLACKBURN: The Mind of a Conservative Woman: Seeking the Best for Family and Country.
GODSPEED, SIR: Famed Attorney For Rittenhouse, Sandmann, Has Twitter Account Locked Says, ‘I’m Going To Take Jack Dorsey’s A** Down.’ “He has been abusing the First Amendment of this country for his own agenda.”
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, ANTI-RACISM EDITION: Civil rights groups cheer Justice Department for finding Yale discriminates against Asians, whites.
USEFUL IDIOT? FELLOW TRAVELER? ON THE PAYROLL? YOU MAKE THE CALL! NJ Dem Owns up to $75,000 in Chinese Stock. “Amy Kennedy has called to ease economic pressure on Communist regime.
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, INSTITUTIONAL RACE-HATE EDITION: A University of North Carolina professor claimed that all Whites have been “deputized” to kill Black people. She then claimed that those criticizing that statement were racist.
As taxpayers tire of funding this sort of thing, we’re told it’s due to “anti-intellectualism.”
KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: Nancy Pelosi 2.0 Is a Desperate, Pathetic, Lying Witch. “California’s governor Gavin Newsom has been in the upper echelon of petty tyrants who’ve shut businesses down. Nancy Pelosi has been in complete support of what Newsom has been doing. Liberals are lying, small businesses are dying.”
PROGRESS: New jobless claims fall to 881,000.
THE TURMOIL IN BELARUS: Belarus is another place ruined by tyrannical, violent socialism– you know, kind of like Minneapolis and Portland, except Belarus has been battered since, oh, WWI followed by Soviet communism.
Now a new generation is challenging the geriatric Commie dictator and his gang. Does it matter?
Twenty-first-century political geography, however, damns Belarus with a damnation that matters. Check the map. Belarus is the linchpin of nuclear-armed Russia’s western front, the mirror image of Poland’s new role in defending NATO’s eastern front.
Check out the entire column.
HIGH OVER DENALI: Four F-35A Lightning IIs fly over Denali National Park, Alaska. Photo taken Aug. 17, 2020.
THE WHEELS OF JUSTICE TURN SLOWLY: Court rules NSA phone snooping illegal — after 7-year delay.
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HE SAYS A LOT OF STUFF: Biden says school reopening a national emergency.
Flashback: New York City delays start of school year amid pressure from teachers union.
NONE OF THIS STUFF IS INTENDED TO BE UPLIFTING, OR HOPEFUL, OR HELPFUL: The Deeply Pessimistic Intellectual Roots of Black Lives Matter, the ‘1619 Project’ and Much Else in Woke America.
BRYAN PRESTON: Pelosi’s Salon-Gate: The Blow-Dry Heard ‘Round the World.
UNEXPECTED HEADLINES: Amazon drivers hang phones in trees near factories to be first pick for jobs. “Some of Amazon’s independent drivers have found a hack to snap up gigs faster than the competition by hanging smartphones in the trees surrounding delivery facilities. Experts say that Amazon’s algorithms detect which drivers are closest to the warehouse and offers them lucrative delivery opportunities before anyone else.”