Archive for 2020
August 19, 2020
BRYAN PRESTON: Austin Defunded Its Police. Texas Steps Up to Defend Them. “Acevedo is merely previewing for Austin what’s already happening in Seattle, which has also defunded police and abandoned its first duty, public safety. The rioters didn’t go away there, but businesses are starting to. Austin has put itself on track to become Portland, where unchecked rioters beat up random citizens and attack police with impunity.”
GIVEN THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING I’M SURPRISED IT’S NOT MORE: One in 20 American adults are ‘heavy drinkers,’ CDC says. “The percentage of heavy drinkers among U.S. adults remains unchanged from 2014, when the CDC last addressed the issue, the agency said.”
HIGHER EDUCATION UPDATE: Michigan State, North Carolina, Notre Dame Bail On In-Person Classes. “‘It’s a shitshow in the making,’ said A. David Paltiel, a professor of public health at Yale University.”
GOING POSTAL: The USPS conspiracy theory is the new Russiagate.
And so influencers took up arms. There were celebrities from Taylor Swift and Jamie Lee Curtis to Ice-T; meme accounts like Rex Chapman and the Lincoln Project; members of media like MSNBC pundit Claire McCaskill; members of Congress…even Barack Obama. All hollered that Post Office must be protected at all costs, and including photographs, some dating back to 2016, of locked mailboxes, unused mail trucks and mail sorting machines in yards with fences. It was hard not to be reminded of the 2014 photo of ‘kids in cages’ that started circulating in the Trump era: post office reforms which led to the reorganization of mailboxes and sorting machines were also enacted by the Obama administration. But they were largely ignored by the media, because Obama oversaw the Era of No Scandals™.
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It took a Medium blogger to separate fact from fiction. News outlets were utterly uninterested in finding the truth. When the Post Office released a statement saying that mail-sorting machines are routinely shifted around to handle different workloads, it was roundly ignored. Instead, during a Monday morning MSNBC appearance, Rep. Jim Cooper suggested arresting Louis DeJoy, the Postmaster general. DeJoy has now been called to testify before a House committee next week. Perhaps the Democrats needed something else to do besides blocking COVID relief?
And of course: Twitter Says Viral Mailbox Misinformation Does Not Violate Company’s Policies.
I miss the carefree innocent days of the left blaming potential election losses on Diebold and, prior to that, on right-wing media bias.
Related: Eight Times Since 2000 Liberals Claimed An Election Was Stolen Or Rigged.
THINK OF PORTLAND AS AN ONGOING DRESS REHEARSAL FOR THE NORMAL:
What the Left can’t rule or subvert it destroys.
TWEET OF THE WEEK:
KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: DNC Night 2—Lots of Trump Hate But No Solutions. “Tuesday night’s DNC affair offered another mixed bag of video guests, as the Democrats are determined to trot out every member of the backstabbing squish Republican contingent who we’ve known for four years wouldn’t be voting for President Trump. The media is presenting each one as if it’s breaking news that they don’t like the president. It’s tedious political kabuki theater and we should all thank God that the nightly coverage is COVID-shortened.”
UPDATE: Link was bad before. Fixed now, and bumped.
CHANGE: Cannabis Customers Can Now Buy Marijuana From Vending Machines In Colorado. “The machine holds up to 2,000 products, including flower, edibles and vape oils.”
DANIEL JOHN SOBIESKI: Andrew Cuomo, Serial Killer.
YOU’RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BLOG: Why stop at Susan B. Anthony? Here’s who else Trump should pardon.
THIS TRUMP VOTE SUPPRESSION CONSPIRACY REACHES EVEN FARTHER THAN I THOUGHT! PHOTO: Rioters Destroy Minneapolis Post Office 55406.
Actually, if you imagine Antifa and Black Lives Matter as working for Trump all along, it kinda makes sense. . . .
VIRAL: ‘A Star Is Born’: GOP Candidate’s Ad Trounces Michelle Obama DNC Speech In Digital Metrics.
Republican strategist and congressional GOP candidate Kimberly Klacik released a hard-hitting ad slamming Democrats for their apparent fake concern for black lives, highlighting the devastation in Democrat-run cities, particularly Baltimore. The ad went viral online, racking up millions of views within hours and earning astounding social media engagement, such as shares, likes, and comments. The ad was so hot, in fact, it seemed to have eclipsed former First Lady Michelle Obama’s Democratic National Convention speech given on the same day, at least digitally. . . .
The mere two results populated for Klacik show over 12.5 million views, whereas Obama’s numerous results totaled just shy of three million views, including views from conservative pundit Graham Allen criticizing her speech.
“Even on Twitter, Klacik has 25% more views than Michelle Obama,” Ballingall noted. Obama’s video, posted on the former First Lady’s Twitter account, shows 3 million views, whereas Klacik’s has 4.1 million.
New versus old.
I GUESS IT’S POSSIBLE: Will the Dam Break After Clinesmith’s Plea? Of course, it’s not so easy the get news coverage. (Media: “Who is Clinesmith? Never heard of him.”)
(Bumped.)
IT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE BUT THE MATH CHECKS OUT: Lincoln Project Finds Way to Become Even Bigger Bottom-Feeders Than They Already Were.
IN THE MAIL: From Greg Gutfeld, The Plus: Self-Help for People Who Hate Self-Help.
VODKAPUNDIT PRESENTS YOUR DAILY INSANITY WRAP: The Only Swedish Model We’ll Ever Date, Plus Meet Mr. Jill Biden.
Insanity Wrap needs to know: What’s in a name?
Answer: As much passive-aggressive progressive lecturing as you can squeeze into it.
Before we get to the sordid details, a quick preview of today’s Wrap.
• The Founders never meant for elections to mean so much
• There’s Something Happening Here (The Honesty Remix)
• The Wall Street Journal is trolling us, personally
And so much more at the link, you’d have to be crazy to miss it.
THERE’S A REASON WE CALL IT ALARMISM: In December, The Harris Poll found the thing that worried people the most was climate change. In its new poll it barely registers. The pollster is upset.
THE COMPLETION BACKWARD PRINCIPLE: Pipefitters Union Endorses Joe Biden Who’s Campaigning To Stop Two Of The Country’s Largest Pipelines.
NICE: SpaceX launches 58 Starlink satellites and 3 SkySats, sticks rocket landing.
Bonus: “It’s a record sixth flight for this Falcon 9 rocket.”
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: UC Berkeley ‘decolonization’ column argues in favor of ‘violent resistance.’ “‘There is no ‘civil’ way to resist ongoing occupation and war,’ writes paper’s decolonization columnist.”
Oh, you really don’t want Americans in general thinking that way.
ALL IT TOOK WAS FOR TRUMP TO SAY SOMETHING NICE ABOUT A SUFFRAGETTE, AND SUDDENLY: 100 years later, Kamala Harris nomination ends shameful racial history of suffrage movement. We have a famous monument to suffragettes on Market Square in downtown Knoxville. I never realized it was celebrating racism, but I guess we have to take it down now.