The watchdog media looks over us

No Consequences From Media Peers for Reporters Caught Colluding With Hillary

. . . "But if you’re a Politico or New York Times scribe or CNBC anchor John Harwood and hacked emails emerge that reveal you outright colluding with Hillary Clinton campaign—by giving advice or providing the communications director “veto” power over what to include from your interview with the candidate or allowing campaign chair John Podesta veto power over your stories—that is another matter.

"Your media friends will not censure you or even scold you—in fact, they don’t bother to contact you directly. Instead, you can hide between a crafty spokesman who won’t even answer specific questions but acts like he’s the publicist for some elusive Hollywood star and that a journalist determined to ask standard pointed questions is actually pining to profile him for Vanity Fair.

"That was essentially the response from Politico spokesman Brad Dayspring when this columnist asked to interview reporter Glenn Thrush about his newly revealed emails. Dream on, he replied, emailing me: “I want to play third base for the Yankees.”

"Hacked emails reveal that Thrush has apologized to campaign chairman John Podesta for writing a “s-----y” story that embarrassed the operation. In another email, Thrush called himself a “hack” and promised to let Podesta approve parts of his story on the campaign’s fundraising efforts." . . .

What This Election Means for Feminism Video update

Male chauvinist pig.

Bruce Walker  "This presidential election marks the beginning of the end of modern feminism.  That is true regardless of whether Hillary or Trump wins.

"Feminism is a fraud.  Women have never been "victims" in American life the way blacks were as slaves and in the Jim Crow South. 

"Consider the evidence.  Women have more wealth in America per capita than men, and women spend much more of the national wealth than men.  Women live longer than men.  Women have never been drafted into grim combat in overseas wars.  Women are a much smaller percentage of the prison population and are much less likely to be victims of violence. 

"Whatever the dubious merits of affirmative action for blacks, affirmative action for women was always a moral obscenity and a mockery of justice.  Affluent women like Hillary got favored treatment in admission to colleges and advancement in employment and almost everything else while poor white boys from blue-collar homes were sent to the back of the line. " . . .

The cries today of feminists and civil rights leaders sound to the ears of any parent like spoiled brats who inevitably fall back to the juvenile "That's not fair!" singsong whenever life demands of them the same difficulties that life demands of any grownup in our land.

Updated- Danney Williams urban legend?: Black Rapper SLAMS Hillary & Bill In BRUTAL Song

American silliness; brought to you by the people who select our presidential candidates these past nine years Yoga pants update!

New object of hate: Guy who complained about older women in Yoga pants

"Women plan large protest at Rhode Island man’s house as he receives death threats."

"The internet moves from object of hate, to object of hate.

"Perhaps a prime example was Justine Sacco, who after tweeting an ambiguous, clearly satirical message about AIDS that some people interpreted as racist, found herself the subject of an internet hunt — all while she was on an airplane to Africa. By the time she landed, she had been fired from her job, and people tracked her airplane and confronted her at the airport when she landed. The writer for Gawker who started the whole thing apologized years later.

"Certainly there have been many other such examples, but the Sacco incident stands out.

"I don’t know if it will reach Sacco proportions, but there is an internet “outrage” gaining momentum against a guy in Barrington, RI, who wrote a letter to the editor of the local newspaper complaining about older women who wear yoga pants: . . . " (more)

Sillier and sillier; UPDATE:  Hundreds of people wearing yoga pants parade past man’s house in R.I.

. . . "Quickly, it snowballed into a “Yoga Pants Parade” Sunday afternoon with hundreds of people walking past the letter writer’s house — and a few death threats, according to the author, who said he had only intended satire." . . . 

Buffalo Bills fans chant USA, boo Kaepernick as he kneels for anthem  "Buffalo Bills fans have had enough of San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick protesting the national anthem. They chanted “USA! USA!” when he took a knee and then booed him loudly when he took the field."

. . . Wonder Woman: “Large Breasted White Woman’, With American Flag Attire Not Appropriate For Gender Equity  Apparently American silliness has metastasized.

Black Lives Matter Supporter Sings National Anthem On One Knee   . . ."Denasia Lawrence was scheduled to sing the National Anthem before the Miami Heat/Philadelphia 76ers preseason game, but neither team or league officials knew what she really had in mind. As she walked out to mid-court, Lawrence opened her jacket revealing a Black Lives Matter t-shirt. She dropped to one knee and then sang The Star Spangled Banner, taking this ridiculous and disrespectful protest to a new low.

"There were some boos from the crowd, but sadly most in attendance cheered this travesty." . . .

(Video) ‘Cowards’ Write ‘Kill All Police, Kill James Craig’ On Side Of Detroit Building  “ 'The coward that did this, just know, it’s a matter of time — we’ll find you,” Craig said.

"Craig said that whomever tagged the message might be looking at felony terrorist threat charges.
Holtschneider not only declined to approve the flyers, but sent a letter to the entire university body explaining that the pro-life posters constituted “bigotry” and were not considered free speech.

Nutty! Clinton Fan Smears Cars with Peanut Butter Because Trump or Something

And this:

Sorority warns against 'insensitive' pop culture costumes

'Unborn Lives Matter' flyer censored by DePaul

. . . "Holtschneider not only declined to approve the flyers, but sent a letter to the entire university body explaining that the pro-life posters constituted “bigotry” and were not considered free speech." . . .

VIDEO: Writer Christopher Hitchens Predicted the ‘Infantilism’ of Academia in 1994

Infantilism  . . .  2. a. Marked immaturity, as in behavior or character: "infantilism, which is the subtext of so much American cinema and culture" (John Simon).  b. An infantile act or remark.

Legal Insurrection  "Author and commentator Christopher Hitchens passed away in 2011, but his work is still highly revered. Hitchens was smart and walked a fine line between the right and left. He began his career describing himself as a socialist but became very conservative on some issues over time.

"In terms of academia, he pretty much predicted where we are now all the way back in 1994. In the clip below, he’s making an appearance on the Charlie Rose show and he warns of a time when students will think of the university as their mother and father.

"He also warns against the culture of victimhood. Again, he was way ahead of his time. This is a short but very enlightening clip." . . .

Everyone’s going to want to be a victim.

Leaked Email: John Podesta Compliments Paul Begala On How Well He Lied On The Today Show…

Weasel Zippers
"Shocking. But then again with these folks, not so much…"

28 Things Donald Trump Promises to Do as President

Donald Trump's Gettysburg Address

"Read also: Trump closing argument is battle cry against Clinton corruption)

. . . During an appearance in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, he vows to act on them in the first 100 days in office.

“On November Eighth, Americans will be voting for this 100-day plan to restore prosperity to our country, secure our communities, and honesty to our government,” Trump says. “This is my pledge to you and if we follow these steps we will once more have a government of, by and for the people and importantly we will make America great again. Believe me.”

"Here is the list of the “Contract with the American Voter” policies detailed by Trump:

1. Propose a Constitutional Amendment to impose term limits on all members of Congress
2. Institute a hiring freeze on all federal employees to reduce federal workforce through attrition (exempting military, public safety, and public health)
3. Require for every new federal regulation, two existing regulations must be eliminated.
4. Institute a five year-ban on White House and Congressional officials becoming lobbyists after they leave government service
5. Create a lifetime ban on White House officials lobbying on behalf of a foreign government.
6. Institute a complete ban on foreign lobbyists raising money for American elections.
7. Announce intention to renegotiate NAFTA or withdraw from the deal under Article 2205.
8. Announce withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
9. Direct Secretary of the Treasury to label China a currency manipulator.
10. Direct the Secretary of Commerce and U.S. Trade Representative to identify all foreign trading abuses that unfairly impact American workers and direct them to use every tool under American and international law to end those abuses immediately.
11. More at the link. . . 

Thousands of California soldiers forced to repay enlistment bonuses a decade after going to war

LA Times  Video here.  " 'Short of troops to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan a decade ago, the California National Guard enticed thousands of soldiers with bonuses of $15,000 or more to reenlist and go to war.

"Now the Pentagon is demanding the money back.

"Nearly 10,000 soldiers, many of whom served multiple combat tours, have been ordered to repay large enlistment bonuses — and slapped with interest charges, wage garnishments and tax liens if they refuse — after audits revealed widespread overpayments by the California Guard at the height of the wars last decade.

"Investigations have determined that lack of oversight allowed for widespread fraud and mismanagement by California Guard officials under pressure to meet enlistment targets.

"But soldiers say the military is reneging on 10-year-old agreements and imposing severe financial hardship on veterans whose only mistake was to accept bonuses offered when the Pentagon needed to fill the ranks.

“ 'These bonuses were used to keep people in,” said Christopher Van Meter, a 42-year-old former Army captain and Iraq veteran from Manteca, Calif., who says he refinanced his home mortgage to repay $25,000 in reenlistment bonuses and $21,000 in student loan repayments that the Army says he should not have received. “People like me just got screwed.”

"In Iraq, Van Meter was thrown from an armored vehicle turret — and later awarded a Purple Heart for his combat injuries — after the vehicle detonated a buried roadside bomb."

Speaking of the National Guard being called up to serve in war, remember the 29th Infantry Division landing on Omaha Beach st Normandy? This company in the first wave suffered 95% casualties:

They were with the Rangers depicted in Saving Private Ryan.

"The DNC, once a viable representative of what was good and honorable in America, has become the personification of greed, corruption, and self-centeredness.
"When we go to the polls in three weeks, let us keep in mind that we are faced with the insidious, multifaceted, and most deadly threat of both progressivism and Islamism".

American Thinker  "Let us keep in mind that there are not many differences among the D.C. Beltway elitist class politicians of either party.  Saying that, I am not necessarily fighting for Donald Trump.  I am fighting for the soul of America and the preservation of the Constitution from a self-inflicted wound of the Obama administration.

"For the moment, Donald Trump remains our only election hope and a barrier that will stop this trend of devastation – that is, the Obama-Hillary wrecking ball.  I am calling on you, the individual freedom-loving person, to play your part in the defense of freedom by stopping Hillary Clinton at the polls.

"We have been warned of three kinds of people: charlatans, demagogues, and politicians.  And, more often than not, someone like Hillary Clinton will rise up to represent all three of these characters wrapped into one.

Hillary Clinton’s corruption comprises many proportions.  It covers her private, professional, and political life.  There are also various overlays.  Her use of a personal email server overwhelms all three phases.  With Hillary, one never has to overstate.  Her wrongdoings speak for themselves, very loudly.  She makes deceitful statements to get out of trouble and at the same time attempts to hoodwink both the press and voters.

. . . 

"Multicultural diversity is the elephant in the room allowing the ultimate incursion and inclusion of sharia law into Western governments and into our way of life.  To put it mildly and nakedly, the West is on the road to sharia.

"I have warned in the past that President Obama’s ill advised coziness with the Muslim nations would bring down our nation faster than any foreign enemy.  With the “selection” of Hillary Clinton as the next president, this dream and mission will be accomplished since the Obama administration could not possibly finish us off in eight years. "

Lesser of two evils, 2016 episode

This post by Mr. Canto is a follow-up to the Charles Krauthammer article the TW linked to previously: "My Vote, Explained" by Charles Krauthammer:

Silvio Canto, Jr.: Lesser of two evils, 2016 episode   "In the interest of full disclosure, I did not support Mr. Trump.  I was hoping we'd nominate one of our extremely successful governors, from Bush to Kasich to Walker to Perry.  I eventually voted for Rubio in Texas because all of those others were out and had not much of a chance.

"Since early summer, I have been struggling with a real dilemma. 

" However, we must think of the larger picture, and voting for Donald Trump makes a lot more sense than electing Hillary Clinton by supporting another option.  In other words, someone will nominate justices to the Supreme Court, and I'd rather have Mr. Trump do that.

"No one has dissected Mrs. Clinton better than Dr. Charles Krauthammer this week:

The soullessness of this campaign — all ambition and entitlement — emerges almost poignantly in the emails, especially when aides keep asking what the campaign is about. . . . More at the link above.

"A Trump presidency, with V.P. Pence and a GOP Senate and House, could actually produce some important domestic results.  They could repeal Obamacare and actually replace it with something that puts the patient and doctor in control.  They could finally tackle tax reform, something most of us have been calling for.  Last, but not least, a President Trump could be persuaded by Speaker Ryan to take a serious look at entitlements.

"On free trade, I am not expecting much, because tearing up trade agreements is a lot more complicated than everyone realizes.  I just hope Trump's supporters understand that.

"On immigration, I do not really believe that a President Trump will get Mexico to pay for the wall or deport millions.   However, they may do something about sanctuary cities and respecting our immigration laws.

"On foreign policy, it will be hell no matter who walks into the Oval Office.  President Obama is leaving such a mess in the Middle East that it won't be pretty, from Syria to Iran.

"My point is that there is hope with a Trump presidency to get some things done.

"On the other side, there is no hope for governing if Mrs. Clinton wins.  There are also going to be some huge battles in the Democrat aisle because the left and Mrs. Clinton are not going to enjoy each other at all.  The left is not a happy bunch these days, as Politico wrote.

"Yes I am voting for Mr. Trump, the lesser of the two evils this time around."

WikiLeaks: Donna Brazile Shreds Obama Economy

Lifezette

"Acting DNC chair says 'people are more in despair about how things are' "

"In an email to Hillary Clinton campaign Chair John Podesta from February 2016, released Friday by WikiLeaks, now-acting chair of the Democratic National Committee Donna Brazile gave a frank and honest assessment of the Obama economy — and it wasn’t good.

“ 'I think people are more in despair about how things are — yes new jobs but they are low wage jobs,” she admits. “HOUSING is a huge issue. Most people pay half of what they make to rent,” she continued.

 "Such honesty from such a vocal and public cheerleader for the Obama administration is sure to embarrass the White House, and contradicts the official Democratic Party line that Obama is some sort of economy-saving superhero."

Has liberalism ruined entertainment for you yet?

Hot Air  "The new season of television shows is fully in gear at this point and, as usual, most of them were disappointing to me. But this year there were at least a few options I decided to give a shot. Same thing for the movies. I’m not one who goes out to see a film in the theater very often but I made a point of getting out to a few of them this year. While entertainment quality is in the eye of the beholder, for conservatives looking at such options these days there seems to be a continued sense that the people controlling the television, movie, theater and music industries are hopelessly liberal and they not only allow those tendencies to bleed over into their work, but actively seek to use their art form as a vehicle to bolster liberal orthodoxy. That’s the conclusion which Peggy Ryan seems to have reached at The American Thinker this week. After reflecting on the same points I just made she describes how Hollywood is draining the joy out of the movies for her."
. . .  
". . .the new President is immediately set to dealing with a state governor (a Republican of course) who has unleashed the police in his state to begin rounding up Muslims completely at random and locking them in detention facilities. The cops are shown at great length beating and kicking a seventeen year old Muslim boy in the streets to the point where he later dies. When the new POTUS tries to call the Governor to discuss the matter he is insulted and hung up on. He then has to find a clever and forceful way to shut the Governor down and make him abandon his hateful, xenophobic, Islamophobic policy and release the incarcerated suspects. And all this time there is little to no progress being made in finding out who actually blew up the Capitol building, but our hero certainly isn’t going to go blaming an Islamic terror group until he has absolute 100% proof it was them, no matter how strongly he’s being urged to act by the mean, warmongering general on his staff."

"Law & Order" became even more radical as the 2000's progressed
Richard Belzer in "Law & Order SVU" spoke the line "...conservative bigot" once that I myself heard.

Leftist astroturf incidents

Project Veritas: Paid Activist Goes From “Trump Hitting Me” To “May Have” After Video Release!  . . . "Was this company paying these ignorant souls huge amounts of money to create this false narrative? How did they sleep at night knowing they were lying about what was happening at these rallies?"   Wayne Dupree        

Liberal's history at this sort of thing:  Imagine this headline: "Trump Storm Troopers Mob Sanders Rally: Force Cancellation"

. . . Bill Ayers tweeted proudly: 

We shut Trump down! Beautiful gathering of anti racist youth. pic.twitter.com/uYOFXMvKhX
Bill Ayers (@WilliamAyers) March 12, 2016