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January 15, 2020
“BUYBACK” IS NOTHING MORE THAN CONFISCATION WITH A CASH SWEETENER: Raid on New Zealand Activist’s Home to ‘Ensure Compliance’ with Gun Buyback Is Absolutely Chilling.
I DUNNO, THE NUCLEAR WINTER SCIENCE WAS KINDA SKETCHY: A Full-Scale Nuclear Winter Would Trigger a Global Famine. Here’s What We Would Eat. But on the other hand, a India/China nuclear war would be great for climate change, producing a longterm reduction — after a short-term spike — in carbon emissions.
MATT WELCH: The Woke Primary Is Over and Everyone Lost.
How Democrats react to #DebatesSoWhite might give us a hint of how they’re approaching the Trump problem. Black voters have overwhelmingly preferred Joe Biden; Bernie Sanders has drawn strong Latino support. Those who pin such preferences onto structural racism are wandering directly into the briar patch of false consciousness, which is rarely a good look.
In a season where electability is the primary Democratic virtue, Democratic voters have been sending a consistent message: Identity politics ain’t the ticket. Maybe next time around the Gen X candidates of all hues and genders will run as how they really are, as opposed to how Brooklyn Twitter wants them to be.
It’s an idea so crazy, it just might work.
YOU CAN’T TAX THE GENTRY! Many Colorado Resort Homes Sit Empty. So Why Not Tax ‘Em For Affordable Housing?
IN CASE YOU THOUGHT THE SCIENCE WAS SETTLED: Eating fruit, vegetables won’t slow prostate cancer, study finds.
THIS IS CNN: CNN’s Knives Out for Bernie at Democratic Presidential Debate.
Video of one particular exchange went viral. In the lead-up to the debate, multiple news outlets reported that Sanders had told Sen. Elizabeth Warren (1/1024th of a Plan) that a woman could not win the presidency. This would conflict with Sanders’ history, to hear his supporters tell it. Even in 1988, Sanders said a woman could win the presidency.
During the debate, Sanders vehemently denied the allegation. Yet a moderator persisted in asking Warren a set question, acting as if Bernie had not denied the story.
A moderator asked Sanders, “You’re saying that you never told Sen. Warren that a woman could not win the election.” The Vermont senator replied, “That is correct.”
Immediately after this interaction, the very same moderator asked Warren, “Sen. Warren, what did you think when Sen. Sanders told you a woman could not win the election?” To that, Warren shamefully responded, “I disagreed.”
And Warren was eager to keep the kabuki going after the debate: Warren appears to snub Bernie Sanders’ handshake.
COCAINE MITCH: ‘If the Existing Case Is Weak, House Dems Shouldn’t Have Impeached in the First Place.’
House Democrats claim both that their case for impeachment is so strong they didn’t need any more proof – and that the Senate must gather more evidence before judging the case – but, both claims can’t be true, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday.
In a Senate floor speech, Sen. McConnell told his colleagues that it’s the Senate’s job to judge the impeachment case – not to gather more evidence for it – and reminded Democrats of how they’ve changed their story.
If the House wants more witnesses, they should take it up in the House.
OLD AND BUSTED: Russia! Russia! Russia!
The New Hotness? Trump’s science adviser: Boston lab theft case part of ‘systemic threat’ from China.
SNOOZEFEST: In Iowa Debate, Mild Feuding and No Fireworks. “Defying expectations, however, the gloves largely stayed on as the contenders appeared reluctant to take forceful shots and risk alienating some of their opponents’ supporters — voters they will need in the long run to have a shot of defeating President Trump.”
Or as I put it in last night’s drunkblog:
Here’s the big close, where each candidate promises that they’re the one who can take on Donald Trump on a debate stage.
But they can’t even take on each other. They can’t even get their energy up when thrown softballs by Wolf Blitzer. These folks couldn’t get it up with a hot tub, a platter of chilled raw oysters, some Barry White on Spotify, and a handful of little blue pills.
Limp debate, limp candidates, limp chances.
And:
I don’t know what my Democrat friends would say, if they were unguarded long enough to give an honest assessment. But I can’t imagine they would express much excitement.
Because how can you get excited about a bunch of contenders seemingly content with nothing more than a participation trophy?
I’m really liking Trump’s chances.
NANCY, YOU HAVEN’T DEVALUED TRUMP. YOU’VE DEVALUED IMPEACHMENT.
UPDATE: Show trial.
In the case of Trump’s impeachment trial, the show is of hearing the accusations and the predetermined outcome is that the accused will be vindicated and nothing will happen to him. But there is a propagandistic purpose to it, and it’s some kind of effort to warn other would-be transgressors. And yet, it’s not very scary, is it? Indeed, in the future, the threat of impeachment may lose its power. It’s just political nonsense.
Like I said.
ROGER SIMON: Time to Cancel the ‘Cancel Culture.’
Ellen DeGeneres was nearly canceled for hobnobbing with George W. Bush.
The latest target of this despicable trend is the actor Vincent Vaughn who was caught (on video, no less) chatting and shaking hands (!) with President Trump and his wife Melania at a football game.
A man named (sorry, I never heard of him before) Timothy Burke wrote on Twitter “I’m very sorry to have to share this video with you. All of it, every part of it.”The usual Twitter madness transpired with much back and forth, most attempting to cancel Vaughan. I doubt the actor cared, at least I hope not. He’s a gifted man with a great sense of humor.
But note Burke’s use of the word “sorry”— and mine. Neither of us are. We’re lying.
Read the whole thing.
STARTING WITH ELIZABETH WARREN: The Gist of Bad. In his Slate podcast, Mike Pesca explains the awfulness of Elizabeth Warren’s plan for student debt and also talks to me about climate change, bad apples in the workplace, nostalgia, and other topics from my new book, The Power of Bad.
WAIT, I THOUGHT HIS RECKLESS BRINKSMANSHIP WAS HURTLING US TOWARD WORLD WAR III AND A GLOBAL DEPRESSION: Trump to Sign China Trade Deal Today.
CITIZENS, YOU CAN’T CARRY LEGAL FIREARMS HERE — THIS IS A SECOND AMENDMENT RALLY! Virginia Governor to Declare State Emergency to Prevent Lawful Carry at 2A Rally.
WHAT ABOUT BLACKFACE? AP EXCLUSIVE: Northam to ban guns from Capitol grounds. “Fearing a repeat of the deadly violence that engulfed Charlottesville more than two years ago, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam plans to declare a temporary emergency Wednesday banning all weapons, including guns, from Capitol Square ahead of a massive rally planned next week over gun rights.”
Dishonest as usual. The Charlottesville event wasn’t about gun rights, and the violence involved a car being driven into a crowd, not guns. In fact, the gun-toting militia members doing crowd control got higher marks from observers — even the Huffington Post — than did the Charlottesville Police, who funneled two opposing groups into one another as if they were trying to provoke violence.
I suspect that Northam is trying to provoke violence here, too, just as Nancy Pelosi did when she carried her gavel through a crowd of Tea Party protesters.
BLUE ON BLUE: St. Louis Prosecutor Alleges ‘Racist Conspiracy’ by Police, City Officials to Force Her from Office.
Why are Democrat-run cities such cesspits of official racism?
ASKING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: What are the Most Common Nightmares? The top two are “Falling” and “Being Chased,” followed by “Death” and “Feeling Lost.” At the bottom of the list: “Going Bald.”
OUT: Politics stops at the water’s edge.
IN: Democrats Block A Vote To Support Iran Protesters.
Objectively pro-mullah would be a fair assessment.
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: University refuses to let Antifa critic speak because Antifa has used violence against him. Throughout the West, the higher ed sector seems determined to make itself ridiculous. And to be fair, it’s doing a damn good job!
DIVISION TACTICS EXERCISE AT SEA: The littoral combat ship USS Detroit and the guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley perform division tactics maneuvering exercises somewhere in the U.S. Southern Command’s area of responsibility. The caption notes that the USS Detroit has a U.S. Coast Guard law enforcement detachment aboard.