1984: A WARNING FOR THE REST OF US; A HOW-TO GUIDE FOR THE LEFT. VDH: China’s government threatens the world with its Orwellian 1984 policies.
Archive for 2020
February 19, 2020
ALL THE “INSTITUTIONALISM” IS A COVERUP FOR RAMPANT INSTITUTIONAL CORRUPTION AND MALPRACTICE:
Anti-Barr polemics dwell on the parade of horribles that might come from his tenure at Justice, without pausing to consider that a norm-busting violation of the rules targeting a politically inconvenient individual already occurred — it was the abusive FISA surveillance of former Trump campaign official Carter Page.
The supposed institutionalists and civil libertarians who are piling on Barr are more outraged that the attorney general wants to get to the bottom of this abuse — and related 2016 investigatory overreach — than by the abuse itself.
It’s no wonder that Barr has a poorly disguised contempt for his critics, many of whom are so inflamed by their opposition to Trump that they’ve lost any sense of standards.
I repeat, these people aren’t standing up for good government, they are assisting in a coverup.
Also, the idea that a president shouldn’t be involved in these decisions is anti-constitutional. The excecutive power — all of it — is vested in the president by Article II of the Constitution. The rules of custom and etiquette that have grown up to the effect that presidents should stay at arms length may be a good idea — or not — but they have nothing to do with the Constitution and to the extent they purport to limit the president are actually in contradiction to the constitution.
REMINDER: YOU NO LONGER NEED A COLOR TV TO WATCH THE DEMOCRATIC DEBATES. “The FCC announced today that the next Democratic debate will not require viewers to use a color television. The decision was made in part due to the fact that all the remaining candidates are white. The FCC cites several other reasons for the change, however.”
From the Babylon Bee, America’s Newspaper of Record.
NO ONE WITH A FIRM GRIP ON REALITY: Jonah Goldberg: Does Anyone Really Believe Free Market Fundamentalists Are ‘Running the Show’?
I COULD HAVE TOLD YOU THAT AND I’VE NEVER EVEN DRIVEN THROUGH SOUTH BEND: South Bend Residents Have a Message for America: Don’t Elect Pete Buttigieg.
DON SURBER: Impeachment was good for the USA.
The 3-year obsession with removing President Donald John Trump from office consumed and defeated Democrats. They should have worked with him. Obama should have been man enough to admit defeat, and given him a peaceful transition of power. This would have allowed the party to heal itself and prepare properly for 2020.
Instead, they resisted. All this did was get them all worked up and show how incompetent they are. They should have accepted defeat after the Mueller report, but no, they continued to try to bring down this president, which resulted in an impotent impeachment that wound up knocking out their best chance for winning in 2020, Joe Biden.
Without someone who appears to be moderate, Democrats are overrun by communist kooks.
Read the whole thing.
I DUNNO, BUT I WONDER IF THIS IS PROMOTING MORE TEENAGE DEPRESSION? Why are pop songs getting sadder than they used to be? “English-language popular songs have become more negative. The use of words related to negative emotions has increased by more than one third.”
PLEASE CLAP: Bushes Behaving Badly.
Lots of mostly under-the-radar shenanigans going on in Texas.
SOCIALISM: IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL LEAVE. Study: New York, New Jersey Face Largest Population Decrease In The U.S. “Meanwhile, Arizona, Idaho and Utah were the fastest growing states, according to the study.”
Billionaire libertarian and GOP supporters should get going on Glenn’s Welcome Wagon idea, pronto.
UGH: Chemotherapy for Cancer Could Soon Be Unviable Because of Superbugs. We need better antibiotics, and better cancer treatments. Faster, please.
THE BLOOMY-BERNIE FEUD TURNS AS SERIOUS AS … A HEART ATTACK?
78-year old Bernie Sanders refuses to release medical records after his heart attack; his press secretary lies about party rival Mike Bloomberg having had multiple heart attacks. “Bloomberg, who is also 78, underwent a coronary stent placement in 2000 for a blocked artery, but that does not mean he had a heart attack.”
Breaking news from 1917: socialists lie about a lot of stuff.
CORN, POPPED: Michael Bloomberg Makes It to the Debate Stage. He May Regret It.
The brief against Bloomberg is significant, and his advisers know this as well as anyone. In preparation for the debate, advisers have been hurling mock rejoinders and pointed questions at Bloomberg about his record both as mayor and as head of a vast media and financial data empire that made him into one of the richest people on the planet.
During Bloomberg’s tenure as mayor in New York, for instance, policing practices known as “stop and frisk” were widely criticized for disproportionally targeting minorities. Now, Bloomberg apologizes for not sooner acting to end the policies that were in place when he became mayor and escalated on his watch. He has also apologized for comments that seemed to suggest that when banks ended discriminatory practices that denied housing loans to minorities — shorthanded as “redlining” — it helped fuel the 2008 economic meltdown.
Bloomberg can also anticipate sharp critiques for how his business has treated employees. Rivals have been studying lawsuits and news reports about a highly controlled culture that could seem out-of-step with today’s standards. Bloomberg is sensitive to questions about his wealth and privately held business, so candidates have been reading up on both — especially any with interests in China’s economy.
The pile-on has already started.
I will of course drunkblog tonight’s debate over at the PJMedia homepage.
SOUNDS PROMISING: The US government is testing the keto diet to treat veterans’ diabetes. But: “Critics say it could have long term health risks.”
THE “MONEY IN POLITICS IS BAD” RATION HAS BEEN RAISED FROM 20 GRAMS A DAY TO 15: Mike Bloomberg and his billions are what Democrats need to beat Trump.