Archive for 2021
December 7, 2021
HE DOES UNDERSTAND SOCIAL MEDIA: Trump’s Social Media Platform Gets $1 Billion Investment Boost, Dems Get Nervous.
Related: Devin Nunes to Retire, Will Run Trump’s New Media Company.
THERE AREN’T MANY LEFT. I REMEMBER WHEN MOST PEOPLE REMEMBERED PEARL HARBOR. Survivors return to Pearl Harbor to mark 80th anniversary of attack that put U.S. in WWII.
A REICHSTAG FIRE WITHOUT THE FIRE: Liberal Media Scream: Joe, Mika push Jan. 6 ‘decomposition’ of GOP.
OH, AND ABOUT THAT GUN THE CRUMBLEYS KEPT IN AN UNLOCKED DRAWER: “Well, maybe not…Sound familiar? We don’t know which version is true, but my guess is that it’s more likely to be the prosecutor who’s blowing smoke.”
MARK JUDGE: Let Us Now Praise Cultural Appropriation.
KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: Democrats’ Unhinged Trump Hatred Isn’t Really Working Out Well for Them. “The Trump Derangement Syndrome symptom that had the most damaging consequences was the ability of the Democrats to convince themselves that Joe Biden was a functioning human being who would bring some overwhelmingly presidential aura to the Oval Office and be able to play president without breaking everything.”
WELL, HE’S RIGHT YOU KNOW: Top Dem Economist Says Woke Math Is a National Security Threat: Larry Summers blames ‘social justice warriors’ for giving China a leg up.
The last few years have seen a proliferation of “open letters” by academics in politics and the humanities in favor of progressive causes. The hard sciences are different, and when mathematicians, physicists and engineers speak up to defend the integrity of their fields, Americans should pay attention.
The latest example is a new public statement from hundreds of the country’s top quantitative scientists warning about the assault on math in schools. “We write to express our alarm over recent trends in K-12 mathematics education in the United States,” the statement begins. The social-justice wave of 2020 accelerated efforts to eliminate standardized testing and lower standards in math to give the appearance that achievement gaps don’t exist.
The scientists delicately describe the politicized erosion of standards as “well-intentioned approaches to reform mathematics education.” They zero in on the California Department of Education’s proposed new math framework, which encourages math teachers to take a “justice-oriented perspective.” The signatories say the course roadmap will reduce the “availability of advanced mathematical courses to middle schoolers and beginning high schoolers” and discourage students from taking calculus.
This is supposed to advance “equity.” But in addition to damaging America’s global competitiveness, the letter says, the decline of rigorous math in public schools “may lead to a de facto privatization” of top-tier instruction and “harm students with fewer resources.”
Woke policies always hurt poor people and minorities. They’re practically designed to.
SPEAKING OF THE WAR ON CHRISTMAS: Erik Manning takes on the 12 typical objections to the Christmas story, as put forth by talented skeptic Holy Koolaid, and demolishes each in turn. It’s lengthy, but comprehensive, and does a solid job of presenting the dozen objections fairly and the responses with a certain, shall we say, firm grace.
THIS IS CNN: Jussie Smollett’s Testimony About Don Lemon Shows What a Dumpster Fire CNN Is.
Jussie Smollett may have just thrown Lemon under the bus during his testimony today. Smollett testified that he’d been in contact with Don Lemon during the early part of the Chicago Police Department’s investigation into the phony attack on him. He testified that one of the reasons he didn’t want to turn over his phone to the police during the investigation was because Don Lemon texted him that the Chicago Police didn’t believe his account of what happened. Lemon has already said that he was in constant contact with Smollett early on in the case and that the story was “personal” to him.
So why is Don Lemon tipping Smollett that the police don’t believe him? Was Lemon trying to pass on information that he knew in his media capacity to help Smollett? That would sound similar in some ways to what Chris Cuomo did. Why are CNN anchors becoming enmeshed with news subjects/subjects of criminal investigations? At least Lemon previously acknowledged to his audience that he had contact with Smollett. But again, if it’s someone he knows and he’s having conversations like that with him, that compromises Lemon’s objectivity, not that he ever cares about that.
Exit question: “Are there any CNN hosts NOT using their sources to secretly help [alleged] criminals cover up their scandals?”
Related: Nicholas Fondacaro of NewsBusters tweets that “At 10-to-midnight [Monday night, Don Lemon and Omar Jimenez] finally discuss the Jussie Smollett trial. But neither ‘journalist’ mentioned how Smollett testified under oath that Lemon tipped him off to police skepticism of his hoax claims. The whole segment lasted 5 minutes and 7 seconds.”
MAYBE THIS WILL FINALLY GET THE LEFT SERIOUS ABOUT FIGHTING INFLATION: Inflation threatens record pace of renewable power rollout.
IT’S CULTURAL GENOCIDE AIMED AT THE SPANISH: Obama pollster to Dems: “Latinx” is still not a thing despite your wokest efforts. “This is hardly the first poll to show that “Latinx” is not just a fringe construct but actively annoying to Hispanic voters. Bendixen & Amandi pollster Fernand Amandi wonders why Democrats keep insisting on promoting its usage. . . . The answer is simple — Democrats have invested themselves far more into the faculty lounge and activist donor base than they have with Hispanic voters. This isn’t the only reason why Hispanics are moving to the GOP in the last couple of cycles, but this disconnect certainly doesn’t help matters.”
HE’S NOT WRONG, BUT I WAS NOT EXPECTING THAT: You’d better believe there’s a war on Christmas, says … Pope Francis?
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Matt Margolis: The Trans Movement Only Survives by Bullying. “The fear of being dubbed a bigot and a transphobe compels many to perpetuate the insane notion that people can change genders. Only bullying is causing transgender ideology to be forced into the mainstream.”
AJ Kaufman: The Biden Administration Has No Interest in Combating China. “Tis administration has proved all year they’re unwilling to confront Beijing in consequential ways.”
Yours Truly: Science™ vs Science: Twitter Silences American Heart Association Warning About mRNA Vaccines. “Science™ is a species of gnostic knowledge known but to a few, usually named Anthony ‘Doctor’ Fauci, our nation’s most celebrated medical spokesmodel.”
FROM KEITH HEDGER: Sandblaster: A Burn and Bad Karma Cycle Story.
When Micky’s old military unit called him in, he knew it was going to be tough…Snatching the commander of the Holy Mexican Empire’s special forces from the war zone in west Texas was beyond tough. And the soldiers didn’t want any fingers pointed back to them.
That was a tough job for even the best special operations unit.
Fortunately, Micky knew plenty of mercenaries, starting with Burn and Bad Karma, who were loaded up with high tech equipment and implants. They would do what it took to get the job done and get paid.
Of course, the soldiers of the Holy Mexican Empire and the other countries fighting in the area would have their own say in how things went.
You’ll love this near future military science fiction story because high tech mercenaries with tools and attitudes always try to get the job done.
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I PREFER GLOBAL WARMING, THANKS: A “Mini-Ice Age” Could Hit Earth By 2030, Scientists Warn.
IT WAS 80 YEARS AGO TODAY: “A date which will live in infamy.” I can tell you exactly where my mother was standing in her farm house in Nobleboro, Maine when the news came over the radio. I know exactly what my grandfather said, and exactly how my grandmother responded. It’s Vannah family lore.
D*MN IT, BEE: Bob Dole Switches To Democrat Party.
America’s paper of record…
AS ANYONE WHO KNOWS VIROLOGY WOULD EXPECT: COVID19 micro-update: good news about the omicron variant?
BEHOLD, MY SHOCKED FACE: Florida Continues to Record Lowest Coronavirus Cases Per Capita.
RIGHT, OF COURSE: Irony Alert: Joe Biden to Tackle Political Corruption With New ‘5 Pillar Strategy’.
Also, is that the most Maoist name for a program you’ve ever heard, or what?