Archive for 2021
May 28, 2021
#RESIST: Resisting ‘anti-racist ed.’ “Resistance to anti-racism and Critical Race Theory is neither racist nor unreasonable.”
DON’T GET COCKY: GOP Wave In 2022?
THE CORBYNIZATION OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY CONTINUES APACE: Rutgers: We apologize for condemning anti-Semitism.
NOTHING BUT RED INK AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE: That’s Hans Bader’s assessment of Biden’s $6 Trillion federal budget proposal. I would add to the red ink, inflation, poverty, economic stagnation …
NEW EVIDENCE FOR THE GOSPELS: Erik Manning points to Richard Baucham’s analysis of the significance of the named eyewitnesses rendering problematic the argument of critics like Bart Ehrman that it’s all based on legends.
BETTER DEAD THAN RUDE: Nancy Rommelmann: Kids and Cowards: What Really Happened to Donald McNeil at the New York Times.
I don’t know who leaked the information (neither does McNeil). But the why seems easier to fathom: It’s one way to get ahead these days, a shortcut whereby you can chop down someone’s 45-year career in a few days, killing their reputation while burnishing your own as someone who’s fighting the unassailable good fight. And in 2021, that fight is combatting racism. Drop that blood in the water and watch it spread.
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The repercussions were swift. As Baquet kept repeating, “Donald, you’ve lost the newsroom.”
“Let me give you an alternative view of ‘who’s lost the newsroom,” McNeil countered. “If you fire me over this, you’re going to lose everybody over age 40 at the paper, all the grown-ups.”
“We’re not firing you,” Baquet said. “We’re asking you to consider resigning.”
It was the exact same abdication of leadership Baquet has become famous for. What kind of executive editor allows the newsroom—indeed, the most activist subset of the newsroom—to lead him?
McNeil’s replacement isn’t lighting up the scoreboard:
CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: Colorado Senate committee advances package of gun control bills.
THE BUREAUCRATIC MENTALITY IS THE ONLY CONSTANT IN THE UNIVERSE: How Was Dr. Fauci Put in Charge Based on His Historical Performance During the HIV Epidemic?
HEH: Mendocino cafe owner says he’ll add an extra $5 fee for mask-wearing patrons. “‘I’ve been told this whole time that wearing a mask is a small price to pay,’ [restaurant owner Chris Castleman] said. ‘Some people get shocked by the sign but to see them turn around and get disgusted … when they’re asked to pay $5 [for charity], it’s not in their wheelhouse. It’s not something they’re choosing to do.’”
IT’S GOOD TO BE THE NOMENKLATURA: Granholm’s Green Energy Millions. “On Wednesday, Granholm confirmed she earned a $1.6 million profit on her shares of Proterra amid a firestorm over her financial ties to an electric vehicle company repeatedly promoted by the Biden administration. In selling off her shares, Granholm was able to defer paying capital gains taxes on the $1.6 million sale because cabinet officials are not penalized with the tax on assets they are required to sell as a condition of joining the administration. The Biden administration is seeking to raise the capital gains tax on America’s wealthiest families.”
THE DEMAND FOR WHITE SUPREMACY IN AMERICA FAR EXCEEDS THE SUPPLY: Almost year-long investigations yield nothing in Johns Hopkins U. ‘noose’ case.
INSTA-CO-BLOGGER GAIL HERIOT’S NEW BOOK SOUNDS LIKE IT’S GOING TO ANNOY ALL THE RIGHT PEOPLE. Our government and institutions think that treating people differently based solely on their skin color is way, way more popular than it actually is.
NO ENEMIES TO THE LEFT: Ex-Seattle PD Chief Rips Media For Glossing Over ‘Summer Of Love’ CHOP Zone Dangers.
WHY SHOULD ANYONE CARE ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS? Citing their ‘feelings,’ university theater students rail against play selection.
GREAT MOMENTS IN SELF-AWARENESS: Facebook will now shame pages that share misinformation repeatedly.
GLEICHSCHALTUNG: ‘Systemic Racism’ Smuggles Its Way Into 127 TV Episodes.
“LEGO DID NOT RESPOND TO POLITIFACT’S QUERY ABOUT THE POST:” Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon amused by another hard-hitting “Politifact” fact check.
POSTMODERN WARFARE: Israel’s operation against Hamas was the world’s first AI war.
Soldiers in Unit 8200, an Intelligence Corps elite unit, pioneered algorithms and code that led to several new programs called “Alchemist,” “Gospel” and “Depth of Wisdom,” which were developed and used during the fighting.
Collecting data using signal intelligence (SIGINT), visual intelligence (VISINT), human intelligence (HUMINT), geographical intelligence (GEOINT) and more, the IDF has mountains of raw data that must be combed through to find the key pieces necessary to carry out a strike.
“Gospel” used AI to generate recommendations for troops in the research division of Military Intelligence, which used them to produce quality targets and then passed them on to the IAF to strike.
Impressive.
THIS IS WHO THEY ARE, AND THEY OWN IT: Rutgers Students for Justice in Palestine criticizes Rutgers chancellor for condemning “a sharp rise in hostile sentiments and anti-Semitic violence in the United States.” This is who they are, and they own it. UPDATE: OMG, then the chancellor apologized for condemning antisemitism.
ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC: Vets Battle Critical Race Theory Invasion of Military.
KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: Anthony Fauci Is Unhinged, Untrustworthy, and Unqualified. “Only in a — you guessed it — bloated bureaucracy can someone who screws up on such a grand scale be given even more power even though there was no indication that he learned anything from earlier mistakes.”