THE CORBYNIZATION OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY CONTINUES APACE AND WILL ACCELERATE EXPONENTIALLY UNDER HARRIS-WALZ: Harris would fill her administration with anti-Israel radicals.
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September 22, 2024
QUESTION ASKED AND ANSWERED: As His 100th Birthday Approaches, Concert Honors Jimmy Carter’s ‘Singular Achievements.’ Like What?
The performers showered him with praise. Michael Trotter Jr. “of the married duo the War and Treaty” called him “our forever president.” Carlene Carter added that Jimmy was a “mighty fine man.” Hannah Hooper of “the alternative rock band Grouplove” gushed that he was “an environmental god.” Musician Dave Matthews, addressing the hero of the night, who was not present, said: “You are most definitely the rock ’n’ roll president.” Chuck Leavell of the Allman Brothers band said: “We were so proud of his administration and all the accomplishments that he made.”
Accomplishments? During his one term as president, Carter fought the “energy crisis” by scolding Americans for using too much energy and overseeing a proliferation of government regulation in order to make Americans become more energy-conscious and less wasteful. But the whole endeavor was built on sand: there was actually no energy crisis. The world’s oil reserves did not run out in the 1980s, as had been predicted, and not because Carter saved the day by winning what he called the “moral equivalent of war.”
Carter only made the real problem worse: oil companies were so beset with restrictions and regulations that they couldn’t take adequate steps to find new oil supplies. Carter’s successor, Ronald Reagan, changed that, and the days of the energy crisis were over, at least until apocalyptic climate hysteria of a different kind became the centerpiece of later Democratic presidents’ efforts to assert even more federal control over the lives of Americans.
There’s no doubt that prior to the arrival of Obama and Biden-Harris, Carter was our worst, most feckless president in a very long time. But he did have one shining moment, which foreshadowed the success of the man who would replace him in 1980: When Democrats Loved Deregulation.
And speaking of concerts, perhaps the immense musical pressure on Carter was enough to momentarily awaken him from his torpor:
THE NOT READY FOR PRIMETIME CANDIDATE: Kamala Harris to skip Al Smith dinner, a traditional event for major presidential candidates.
NEWS YOU CAN USE:
Surely Cheney, the IRS, Putin and Iran endorsing Kamala can’t all be wrong! 😑 https://t.co/e4VjMnUwZO
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 21, 2024
Related: New York magazine, in between distancing themselves from Olivia Nuzzi and her digital dalliance with RFK Jr., note the strange turn 2024 has taken: Bush-Era Republican Supervillains Are Eager to Vote for Kamala Harris.
Green Day must be wondering how we’ve arrived at this moment in history:
September 21, 2024
TO SERVE MAN: The Kamala Cookbook.
Some of this incuriosity is no doubt the result of careful cultivation of the media by Harris in the last two years. As Semafor’s Max Tani reported in late July, Harris has “invited a parade of prominent television anchors and media executives to dine with her at the Naval Observatory, given personal tours of her garden to journalists from diverse backgrounds, and shaped trips to do media appearances with the outlets serving Democratic-leaning groups the White House refers to as ‘coalition media.’” Harris has fêted the hosts of Morning Joe over dinner, as well as Meet the Press’s Kristen Welker, and doesn’t discriminate between prestige and nontraditional media. As Semafor notes, “Staff from gossip site The Shade Room snagged an invite to her holiday party,” and off-the-record meetings included visits by the authors of “fairly niche abortion Substacks.”
Instead of running down the story themselves, media outlets have scolded Republicans who posited their own theories about Biden’s departure and its resemblance to a bloodless coup. In a piece that included charts and an extended note on its “methodology,” the New York Times decried the use of words such as “coup” and “cover-up” and claimed, “A vast majority of prominent Republicans have treated the development [Biden’s exit] with suspicion or scorn.” New York magazine declared such speculation “lurid,” stating, “This line of argument is as feeble as it is loud and insistent. If Biden could be brushed aside against his will, why did it take so long, and why did the alleged orchestrators of the ‘coup’ insist that Biden himself make the decision?”
A willing media have continued to serve as the Harris campaign’s boosters by avoiding asking difficult questions about her policy positions. As New York’s Gabriel Debenedetti wrote recently, a “popular media narrative” suggests that Harris should take clear policy positions on important issues, but “people close to Harris” say “her primary job now is to win an election and that most voters need to understand her values and priorities, not her white papers.”
In her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention, Harris said, “My entire career, I’ve only had once client: the people.” Is it a good idea to keep your client in the dark about not only how you got your job but also what your plans are for leading them, given that they ultimately decide whether you get that job and pay your salary? Harris is betting that it is. And given the media’s incuriosity about her résumé and rise to power, it’s a clever gamble. For the ever-more distrusted and increasingly unpopular and unprofitable mainstream press, however, it’s just another path of indignity leading to the industry’s grave.
Running out the clock with a subservient media in tow could very well work for Kamala, but there is certainly precedence for failure, and not just in 2016: Is Kamala setting herself up for a Dewey-versus-Truman defeat?
THIS IS THE MOST DELICIOUSLY DEVIOUS PART ABOUT ISRAEL’S EXPLODING PAGER ATTACKS:
This operation has obviously been planned for quite some time. Though Israeli intelligence agencies were completely caught off guard by Hezbollah’s Iran-backed October 7 attack, they appear to be trying to make up for that huge intelligence debacle.
Defense One reports that Hezbollah had a deal with a Taiwan company, Gold Apollo, to supply the Islamic supremacist terror organization with pagers. Someone probably needs to have a little chat with the Taiwan company that sells AR-924 pagers to terrorists, but they told whoever asked that they weren’t responsible for the pagers.
They pointed the finger of blame at a Hungarian firm called BAC Consulting KFT. This appears to be a shell company run by friendly or Israeli intelligence. Indeed, multiple Israeli cutouts may have been involved in the manufacturing and sales of the devices.
The Times reports that Israel “did not tamper with the Hezbollah devices that exploded, defense and intelligence officials say. It manufactured them as part of an elaborate ruse.”
That’s right. The shell company sold the rigged pagers manufactured by the good guys.
Live look at the Mossad demonstrating the value of superior technology, and the nerve to use it judiciously:
Israel vs Hezbollah pic.twitter.com/exheOmcQ7V
— Imtiaz Mahmood (@ImtiazMadmood) September 20, 2024
WELL, OKAY; BUT I HOPE IT’S NOT RUNNING ON WINDOWS ME: Three Mile Island nuclear plant to restart for Microsoft.
‘ONE FOR THE ROAD:’ Amazon’s Grand Tour Drives Off into the Sunset.
My latest over at EdDriscoll.com, on the last episode of Amazon’s Grand Tour with Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May, as their version of Top Gear finally comes full circle.
KAMALA CAMPAIGNS IN WISCONSIN AND BRINGS IT ALL: Disinformation, Fake Accents, and Cackling Galore.
Buried lede: Democrat presidential candidate actually makes it to Wisconsin, something Hillary failed to accomplish in 2016.
September 20, 2024
I DID NAZI SEE THIS COMING: Arizona State U. Prof Warns of ‘Forced Breeding Camps’ at Discussion About Abortion.
ASU prof warns of ‘forced breeding camps’ in event discussing ‘speculative future’ without abortion
An Arizona State University professor recently took center stage at a school workshop called “A Speculative Future for Reproductive Rights.”
During the course of the workshop, ASU Associate Professor of English Jennifer Irish expressed worries that the country’s current abortion policies could lead to “forced breeding camps” and “cannibalism,” according to The College Fix.
“So much of our reality points toward those futures,” Hatch said.
Of course! They’ll be right next to the concentration camps in “the coming American police state,” that “Sarah ‘Evita’ Palin” and Karl Rove will usher in, according to Naomi Wolfe, right around this time in 2008. Not to mention the Handmaid’s Tale dystopian fantasies that Hulu has been running since 2017.
THAT DIDN’T TAKE LONG: OPERATION GRIM BEEPER NOW HAS ITS INEVITABLE HITLER RANTING IN DOWNFALL PARODY.
Hitler finds out his army all simultaneously lost their c*cks.
✍🏻 @emanumiller pic.twitter.com/Eqa0h0n0aJ
— The Mossad: Satirical and Awesome (@TheMossadIL) September 20, 2024
HOW IT STARTED: Kamala Harris once said police could pay surprise visits to legal gun owners’ homes for safe storage checks.
Kamala: “Just because you legally possess a gun in the sanctity of your locked home doesn't mean that we're not going to walk into that home and check to see if you're being responsible.”pic.twitter.com/PpFivXGzp8
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) September 18, 2024
How It’s Going:
You know how I know Kamala's claim of "being a gun owner" is totally fake and disingenuous? This, right here. The last thing a gun owner wants is for someone to come into their home and for them to have to defend their life with a firearm. It isn't funny. It's terrifying and a… https://t.co/WBezQ9AzFC
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) September 20, 2024
She’ll say whatever it takes to get through an election cycle — and even here needed to be bailed out by Oprah: Not Even Oprah Could Save Kamala Harris’ Word Salad Fiasco During Livestream Event.
Related: VDH asks: Can Harris’s Cynical, Run-Out-The Clock Campaign Succeed?
I READ THE WOULD-BE TRUMP ASSASSIN’S BOOK SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO:
Routh calls for regime change in Venezuela, Syria, and elsewhere—and advocates for a U.S. alliance with Iran and North Korea. Routh has an eclectic range of foreign policy views. He criticizes America for not pushing hard enough for regime change in countries like Venezuela, Myanmar, and Syria, and says the United States should militarily defend Taiwan from a potential Chinese invasion. But he is oddly dovish with respect to Iran and North Korea. He thinks that American foreign policy has driven the two countries into the arms of the Russians and that the U.S. government should recruit them as allies against Moscow. He also advocates the end of foreign sanctions against all countries except Russia (seemingly contradicting his positions on regime change elsewhere).
Routh argues Iran should kill Trump for reneging on the nuclear deal. One of the most chilling passages involves Routh’s belief that Trump’s 2018 decision to end the Obama-era Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), a nuclear agreement with Iran, worked to strengthen ties between Moscow and Tehran, a development Routh finds unacceptable. Routh advocates for an Iranian assassination of Trump. He also suggests that the Iranians assassinate him, as a former Trump voter. He states that no one in the U.S. is willing to exercise “unnatural selection” in taking out the former president. Here is the full quote: “I must take part of the blame for the retarded child that we elected for our next president that ended up being brainless, but I am man enough to say that I misjudged and made a terrible mistake and Iran I apologize. You are free to assassinate Trump as well as me for that error in judgment and the dismantling of the deal. No one here in the U.S. seems to have the balls to put natural selection to work or even unnatural selection.”
He attempted to visit Iran. Routh says that he applied for a visa to visit Iran and “protest with the Iranians against (American) sanctions,” but that his visa was rejected.
Routh advocates a global matriarchy (or something). Routh believes that the totality of the world’s problems are caused by “testosterone-driven insanity and macho bullshit,” and advocates universal female political leadership. “We must get to a place where every leader is always a woman.”
This news from America’s Newspaper of Record should cheer Routh up immensely, then: Biden Promises Next Trump Assassin Will Be A Woman Of Color. “In an exclusive sit-down interview with Al Sharpton on MSNBC, Biden said, ‘It’s long past time. We should have assassins that reflect the nation — a black nation. Blacks are great killers. No, I’m serious! Have you ever been to South Central? Corn Pop was a bad dude, a killer! And I want someone like that on our team. But, you know, a woman.’ ‘Black women are just as smart and capable as Lee Harvey Oswald,’ he added.”
QUESTION ASKED: Is Mary Jane to Blame For Teen Suicides?
We’ve been looking at almost 30 years of the liberalization of marijuana prohibitions. A recent study looks at an unintended consequence of the move.
Medical, Recreational Marijuana Legalization Associated With Higher Rates of Youth Suicide, Study Shows
Female youth aged 12 to 24 and youth of both sexes aged 14 to 16 living in states with legalized medical marijuana or recreational marijuana between 2000 and 2019 had higher rates of death by suicide than youth in states with no such laws, according to a report in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.“The findings translate to nearly 5,000 excess suicide deaths of female adolescents and young adults related to medical marijuana and recreational marijuana legalization,” the report claims. “Given dramatic shifts in cannabis policy over the past 20 years, it is important for clinicians and policymakers to understand potential downstream public health outcomes related to changing cannabis policy.”
Flashback: Second Thoughts on Pot: “‘Yeah, they all smoke.’ ‘Well . . . other things too, right?’ ‘Sometimes. But they all smoke.’”
AMERICA’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD: Governor Abbott Declares Texas Sanctuary State For Memers. “‘To all memers out there: Texas will embrace you,’ Abbott said at a press conference announcing the order. ‘No memer should live under the type of despotic rule and suppression of the right to be funny that we’re seeing in other states. I officially declare the state of Texas open to all memers who dream of creating sick burns and dank viral memes.’”
WHEN YOU’RE A LEFTY WHO’S LOST ANDY KACZYNSKI: CNN’s Andy Kaczynski Defends His Exposé on Kamala Harris.
why not just wait until she decides it's time for everyone to know what her policies are? how dare you! it's not like she's running for president…
— Affula (@Xaffula) September 18, 2024
AARON RODGERS SURVIVES A GAME IN A JETS UNIFORM! Rodgers returns to huge cheers for 1st home game since Achilles tendon injury last year.
The Jets beat the Pats 24-3, but the real story was the “Sideline Staredown” between Rodgers and coach Robert Saleh:
More context but still seems a bit…odd.
— Armando Salguero (@ArmandoSalguero) September 20, 2024
“Is Saleh trying too hard to be Aaron’s buddy? Or is it unsportsmanlike conduct from Rodgers? Look at those eyes … that’s a ‘death stare’ if I’ve ever seen one.”
LOCKDOWNS FOR THEE, BUT NOT FOR ME: NYC COVID adviser brags in secret recording about drug-fueled sex parties mid-pandemic: ‘Had to be sneaky.’
New York City’s former COVID czar was caught on a hidden camera boasting about having drug-fueled sex parties mid-pandemic — and admitting New Yorkers would have been “pissed” if they had found out at the time.
Dr. Jay Varma — who served as senior health advisor to then-Mayor Bill de Blasio and was tasked with running the Big Apple’s pandemic response — made the confession in secretly-recorded conversations with a so-called undercover operative from conservative podcaster Steven Crowder’s “Mug Club.”
“I had to be kind of sneaky about it… because I was running the entire COVID response in the city,” Varma was filmed telling the unidentified woman on Aug. 1 in what appears to be a restaurant.
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Varma, who no longer works for City Hall, admitted to The Post that he “participated in two private gatherings” between April 2020 and May 2021 — but insisted the secretly recorded conversations had been “taken out of context.”
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At one point, Varma also bragged about his City Hall role, how he was involved in televised COVID briefings and was among those to convince de Blasio to enforce a vaccine mandate.
“I did all this deviant, like sexual stuff while I was like, you know, like on TV and stuff. People were like, ‘Aren’t you afraid? Aren’t you embarrassed?’ and I was like, ‘No, actually, I’m like, I love being my authentic self’,” he was filmed saying in a July 27 clip.
Varma, in a statement, acknowledged “I take responsibility for not using the best judgment at the time.”
While Varma was being a hypocrite, so was his boss at the time: De Blasio: Large Group Protests Are Acceptable, Religious Observances Are Not.
New York City mayor Bill de Blasio (D.) told a reporter for a Jewish newspaper that “400 years of American racism” justify his decision to permit mass protests but not prayer services.
“Four hundred years of American racism, I’m sorry, that is not the same question as the understandably aggrieved store owner or the devout religious person who wants to go back to services,” de Blasio told Hamodia‘s Reuvain Borchardt.
Varma was far from the only advisor or politician who unilaterally decided the lockdowns they demanded of entire countries didn’t apply to them:
● What Neil Ferguson’s booty call tells us about modern politics.
● Biden Getting Together With Family For Easter, Despite Urging Against Gatherings Until July.
WATCH: Nancy Mace Spices Up House Hearing With Ice-Cold Dish of Revenge Against Woke CNN Panelist.
At one point when it came her time to speak, Mace brought up how often it had been documented that Democrats, including President Joe Biden, had at times said Harris’ name differently than what we’ve been told is the “correct” way to say it, using it to segue into flashing back to how she’d been treated by Dyson and Boykin.
Except Mace didn’t just rant about what was said during the segment, she brought receipts detailing what happened after it:
“I would like to also enter into the record a screenshot of a text message I received from the esteemed professor from Vanderbilt, Michael Eric Dyson, after my CNN interview, begged me for photos in this text. He says, after calling me a racist on CNN, ‘shh, don’t tell anybody we look good together’ and sent me a kissy emoji. The guy says I’m gorgeous in all these photos. I don’t think he’s that bent out of shape on how anyone pronounces Kamala.
And if we’re going to have that standard, you got to hold it to both sides, not just one or the one or the other.”
Dyson’s whole schtick has been to pound the table and angrily scream racism at every opportunity, and now we know it’s just TV performance art. Bookmark the above post the next time he goes on a rant.
OMG: Rep. Nancy Mace puts texts screenshots into the Congressional record showing Michael Eric Dyson hitting on her and sending her ‘kissy emojis’ after calling her racist.
🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/WlL68zwkzL
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) September 19, 2024