Thursday, August 2, 2018
The New York Times — enemy of white people
NY Times Stands by New Editorial Board Hire Despite ‘Not Acceptable’ Tweets About ‘White People’
. . . "In a litany of tweets dating from around 2014, some of which have been deleted, Jeong made a number of comments that critics said were racist and disparaging. “Oh man it’s kind of sick how much joy I get out of being cruel to old white men,” she said in one tweet — now deleted — but archived here.
“ 'Dumbass f–ing white people marking up the internet with their opinions like dogs pissing on fire hydrants,” she in another." . . .Paul Mirengoff at Power Line "Steve has written about how the New York Times hired Sarah Jeong to be part of its editorial board, even though it knew Jeong has written a series of vicious, foul-mouthed attacks on white people, collectively. The Times excuses Jeong ravings on the theory that she was merely “imitating the rhetoric of her harassers” on the internet.
"Rubbish. As John Sexton counters:
First, the tweets aren’t all replying to other people. Second, the tweets are spread over a span of several years. Third and most importantly, other people behaving like racist trolls is not an excuse for behaving like a racist troll. Someone who makes a living writing about social media probably ought to know that. You are responsible for what you say, regardless of what someone else said. Maybe, once or twice, you get carried away by anger but not for 3 years at random intervals.
"Kevin Williamson, the conservative sacked by the New York Times for expressing an opinion far less offensive than Jeong’s serial racist invective, takes the high road. He says the Times should “resist the social-media mob campaign to have [Jeong] dismissed.”
"The Times can resist or not resist, as it chooses, but no one should buy its preposterous defense of Jeong. If the Times is fine with hiring an anti-white racist, then we’re entitled to conclude that the Times condones her racism and is, if not “the enemy of the American people,” at least the enemy of American white people."
The president tried to close the chapter as he left for a Pennsylvania political rally, saying that a mere 'large percentage' of the media are Americans' enemies . . . "Sanders seemed to back up that sentiment on Thursday.
"She told the CNN reporter, Jim Acosta, that it was 'ironic' to see 'you and the media attack the president for his rhetoric when they frequently lower the level of conversation in this country.'
"Acosta is among the network's most vocal and consistent Trump skeptics.
" 'Complaining about her own treatment that she sees as a consequence of media bias, she said some of the president's adversaries have 'said I should be harassed as a life sentence. That I should be choked.'
" 'The was a reference to CNN anchor Nicole Wallace, who apologized in May for asking White House correspondent Kristen Welker: 'How do you resist the temptation to run up and wring her neck?' "
Watch how the press enjoyed Michelle Wolf's ear-splitting attack on Sarah Sanders
"She told the CNN reporter, Jim Acosta, that it was 'ironic' to see 'you and the media attack the president for his rhetoric when they frequently lower the level of conversation in this country.'
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" 'Complaining about her own treatment that she sees as a consequence of media bias, she said some of the president's adversaries have 'said I should be harassed as a life sentence. That I should be choked.'
" 'The was a reference to CNN anchor Nicole Wallace, who apologized in May for asking White House correspondent Kristen Welker: 'How do you resist the temptation to run up and wring her neck?' "
Watch how the press enjoyed Michelle Wolf's ear-splitting attack on Sarah Sanders
Sarah Sanders stands up to the Trump-hating Democrats
"Today Sarah Sanders press conference and Sarah Sanders press briefing had some ups and downs this was one of them, president trump from the white house was asked questions and Sarah responded. this is the latest news and breaking news in current events and business and news in politics and politicians, this is from the white house press briefing and white house press conference president Donald Trump questions were asked, this is Sarah Sanders press conference today"
Nicolle Wallace Angrily Bans Clips of Huckabee Sanders From Her Show, Has to Fan Herself: ‘That Made Me Sweat’ "MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace angrily said clips of White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders would no longer air on her program on Wednesday, dramatically fanning herself and saying Sanders' comments about the First Amendment "makes me sweat."
"Wallace played footage of President Donald Trump supporters jeering, cursing and flipping off CNN reporter Jim Acosta and other journalists at a rally Trump held in Florida on Tuesday. Wallace is a former Republican operative and co-host of "The View" who has found a niche moderating "Deadline: White House," and she is one of the network's fiercest critics of the Trump administration."
"This is someone who complains about a restaurant that exercises their First Amendment right to kick out someone that they think is obliterating democratic norms," she said. "Seriously, that made me sweat." . . .
All journalists should go out on Pennsylvania Avenue and chant ‘we’re not the enemy of the people, says Jim CNN Acosta . . . "I can think of no worse way for the media to regain the trust of the American people than by leading a giant anti-Trump protest. All this silliness would prove is that the President is right when he says the media has a liberal agenda and is fake news. Go for it, Jim. It’s not like you’ve got any credibility to lose."
I'd say they have already pretty much done that already, wouldn't you?
I'd say they have already pretty much done that already, wouldn't you?
3-D Plastic Gun Hype Misfires
Daniel John Sobieski
. . . "A few items of note here. While individuals can download blueprints and "print" a gun using expensive equipment, they cannot be sold by anyone other than a licensed firearm dealer. Without serial numbers, etc., no dealer would sell them. Purchasers would still have to undergo background checks. And the unreliable guns are not undetectable. The likelihood of some disgruntled student showing up at his old school with a plastic 3-D gun he printed in his mom's basement is extremely low:
. . . "A few items of note here. While individuals can download blueprints and "print" a gun using expensive equipment, they cannot be sold by anyone other than a licensed firearm dealer. Without serial numbers, etc., no dealer would sell them. Purchasers would still have to undergo background checks. And the unreliable guns are not undetectable. The likelihood of some disgruntled student showing up at his old school with a plastic 3-D gun he printed in his mom's basement is extremely low:
First off, as Stephen Gutowski of The Washington Free Beacon points out, it is easy and legal to find gun blueprints online – and it should be, given that the First Amendment problems with barring the ability to post and consume such blueprints are quite serious. Gutowski also points out that the "vast majority of 3D printed gun designs are not undetectable to metal detectors," because they are made of metal, their parts manufactured by gun manufacturers. It's actually illegal to build a gun that's undetectable, Gutowski explains – the ban on creation of such weapons was extended to 2023 under the Undetectable Firearms Act.
"If the guns fall apart and you need to have expensive equipment to make them, where's the "easy access"? Wouldn't criminals just obtain one of the hundreds of millions of guns, real, reusable, and relatively cheap guns, already in existence? If they want a gun, they aren't likely to buy a 3-D printer first." . . .
Obama, the petulant juvenile
The Tunnel Wall grooveyard. Some memories of when Obama was president, inspired by talk in 2018 of a government shutdown.
"How can this petulant juvenile manage to stay so popular?"
"Yet they all still love this petulant juvenile President.
The petulant juvenile is catching some backlash . . . "If Obama does not attend, the president also potentially risks angering Republicans whom he will need to help confirm his eventual nominee to succeed Scalia.
"How can this petulant juvenile manage to stay so popular?"
"Yet they all still love this petulant juvenile President.
Obama will not attend Scalia funeral
"No doubt this petty man gets petty satisfaction from insulting a far, far better man than he."
. . . "Well, most of official Washington. President Barack Obama has discovered he has something more important to do and will not attend. Instead, he will be at the Supreme Court on Friday to "pay his respects" – a typical empty gesture from a man who apparently can't resist delivering one last snub to a justice who opposed him at every turn."
. . . "Well, most of official Washington. President Barack Obama has discovered he has something more important to do and will not attend. Instead, he will be at the Supreme Court on Friday to "pay his respects" – a typical empty gesture from a man who apparently can't resist delivering one last snub to a justice who opposed him at every turn."
"The common thread through the funerals of those individuals he attended is that in death, they could do the president some partisan political good. Scalia was useless to him politically, so Obama felt no need to honor him by attending his memorial service."
The petulant juvenile is catching some backlash . . . "If Obama does not attend, the president also potentially risks angering Republicans whom he will need to help confirm his eventual nominee to succeed Scalia.
"Los Angeles Times opinion writer Michael McGough raised this possibility in calling the decision a “dumb political move.' ” . . .
Obama administration releases top-secret doc revealing Israel's nuclear program "Good heavens, what has this petulant juvenile president done now?"
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