KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: We’ve Reached the Book Burning Phase of 2020 Riot Wokeness. “We learn a lot from books, of course, but reading for me is another form of escapism, even non-fiction. The wokescolds have ruined most of television and movies, now they want to come into my living room and start wagging fingers at my reading list. All hell is going to break loose when they find out that I decided to tackle Proust during the shutdown.”
Author Archive: Stephen Green
June 8, 2020
SARAH HOYT’S SHOCKED FACE COULD NOT BE REACHED FOR COMMENT: UN Agency: Iran Violating All Restrictions of Nuclear Deal.
Obama’s “deal” with Iran consisted of giving them most everything they wanted in exchange for vague promises to try and do a better job of hiding their nuclear weapons program.
YOU’VE BEEN DEMOTED FROM IRREDEEMABLE AND DEPLORABLE TO DEAD AND STUPID: Clinton calls Trump ‘failure’ in blistering interview, questions how anyone ‘with a beating heart and a working mind’ supports him.
STOLEN VALOR: White Liberals’ ‘I Am Spartacus” Moment.
June 6, 2020
ORANGE MAN BAD: Guess What Happens if You Search for ‘Racist’ People on Twitter…
June 5, 2020
WHY NOT TAKE A BREAK FROM THE SERIOUS NEWS FOR A FEW MINUTES? Florida Man Friday: Gators Gone Wild!
DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HISTORY: George Floyd Rioters Deface Civil War Monument… Celebrating Black Union Patriots.
TANK MAN: Short Film About Tiananmen Square Hero.
On June 4th and 5th, 1989, the Chinese government violently put down the pro-liberty Tiananmen Square student protest. One man stood alone against a column of tanks, and for his extraordinary heroism became known as “Tank Man,” though nothing more is known about his identity. Some say he was arrested and killed, others that he is still in prison in China, and still others that he is alive and in hiding. Regardless, he has become a symbol for resistance against tyranny.
Tank Man is a powerful short film (15 min.) dramatizing events leading up to his moment of extraordinary courage. He is little known in China, where all images of him have been erased and all mention of him banned. This film does him some small justice.
The video is at the link.
BECAUSE OF COURSE HE IS: Jack Dorsey is giving millions to Colin Kaepernick’s criminal justice group.
Vox link, but the headline tells you pretty much everything you need to know.
STUDIES: WHAT WOULD WE DO WITHOUT THEM? Study: Autonomous vehicles won’t make roads completely safe.
THIS WILL END WELL: Minneapolis City Council May Eliminate Police Dept. for ‘Transformative New Model.’ “If you are a comfortable white person asking to dismantle the police I invite you to reflect: are you willing to stick with it? Will you be calling in three months to ask about garage break-ins? Are you willing to dismantle white supremacy in all systems, including a new system?”
NEVER LET A CRISIS YOU ENGINEERED YOURSELF GO TO WASTE: Riots Are Part of Weeklong Campaign to Defund Police. In Some Places It’s Working.
TODAY’S NON-SHOCKING STORY: Feds Say ‘Very Organized Coordination’ in Riots from ‘Professional Agitators’ Connected to Antifa.
WELL, GOOD: Federal Court Strikes Down Vote-By-Mail In Texas, Citing ‘Significant, Irreparable Harm.’ “In a 48-page ruling Thursday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a decision by a District Court judge in San Antonio two weeks ago that would have allowed for expanded mail-in balloting during the pandemic.”
KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: Who In the Heck Even Voted for Bill de Blasio? “When Mayor Moron was first elected almost everyone I know who is well-versed in New York City politics was convinced that he would be a one-term wonder. As he went about dismantling twenty years of progress in the city it seemed almost certain that he would be shown the door, Apparently, every one in New York was drunk in 2017, and de Blasio was given another shot at screwing everything up.”
Give de Blasio this much credit: He certainly didn’t waste the opportunity he was given.
COOL. THEN BLOCK THE ADS FROM FELLOW TRAVELERS AND FRONT ORGANIZATIONS: Facebook will block ads from state-controlled media outlets.
DOMINIC GREEN: Life’s a riot with Meghan Markle. “Why send in the troops when you can send in the clowns?”
It’s a vintage performance: the dress-down ponytail and Diana-like white shirt, the Diana-like rolling of the spontaneously moistened eyes, the Diana-like repetition of the clichés of the day as if she is thinking of them for the first time, the long pauses where she is overwhelmed, speechless but still profoundly moved by her own compassion in a sensitivity that could only be called Diana-like, or Diana-lite.
It is impossible not to be impressed by the conviction with which the millionaire wife of a ginger prince faces the pervasive hierarchies of white supremacy. Only a racist cop would refuse to take a knee, and perhaps a Sussex Royal tea towel, when hearing Meghan’s tremulous account of witnessing the Rodney King riots as an 11-year-old. The bit where she quaveringly recalls seeing ‘men in the back of a van, just holding guns and rifles’ must have been especially upsetting for her.
Click on over because this is a joy to read.
HEAVEN IS HIGH AND THE EMPEROR IS FAR AWAY: Hong Kong marks Tiananmen anniversary, defying a police ban.
NEW YORK STATE OF MIND: NYC Councilman pushing de Blasio ‘no confidence’ vote, calling on state to assume control.