Veterans walk out of meeting with Ocasio-Cortez after she bashes US foreign policy

NY Post

Anthony Vitaliano (left) and Silvio Mazzella

. . . "Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez bashed US foreign policy during a private meeting with Bronx community leaders, prompting two military veterans to storm out.

“She knocks the country, she knocks the president. And that’s not what America is about,” said Silvio Mazzella, a Vietnam War vet and treasurer of Community Board 11.

Anthony Vitaliano — an Army veteran who worked in the NYPD for 38 years, and commanded the Bronx’s homicide detectives — was sitting between Ocasio-Cortez and a staffer for the freshman Dem.

“I just couldn’t hear her BS anymore,” the former CB11 chairman said. “I just got up, got my umbrella in my hand and walked right out.” . . .

Beto O'Rourke Town Hall Drags CNN Ratings Down 30%

Forbes

. . . "According to ratings data compiled by Nielsen, the O'Rourke town hall delivered a total audience of 714,000 viewers, while MSNBC and Fox News Channel both exceeded two million viewers in the same time period: 2.196 million for MSNBC and 2.260 million for top-rated Fox News.

"CNN's ratings delivery was down nearly 30% compared to its average Tuesday night, which over the last few months has typically reached more than one million viewers. O'Rourke even failed to exceed the audience that watched a CNN town hall featuring third-tier candidate John Hickenlooper, which drew 745,000 viewers in March. The lowest-rated town hall so far this cycle was CNN's event with Julian Castro, which reached just 654,000 viewers in April.

"Among viewers 25-54, the demographic group most valued by national advertisers, CNN's O'Rourke town hall had 194,000 viewers, down 38% from its average Tuesday night delivery of 313,000. In the demo, Fox News finished first with 362,000 viewers, followed by MSNBC (315,000).

"The poor ratings will raise questions about O'Rourke's ability to generate buzz in a crowded field, but also about the debate among Democrats over the wisdom of going where the viewers are and appearing on Fox News. Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren* recently announced she would not accept an offer to appear in a Fox town hall, while candidates like Bernie Sanders, Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg have reached large audiences on FNC. Sanders' Fox town hall remains the highest-rated town hall this cycle, with a total audience of 2.554 million viewers." . . .

* I do not need to hear any more from this scold.

Hollywood's cluelessness about Southerners and soldiers

First, there are the terrible southern accents made obvious here in Plano, TX where the Dynasty filming at Southfork Ranch took place. There were local hands working on the set who were distinguished by genuine Texas accents that came from a different planet than the Hollywood efforts of "Californians" trying to appear "Texan." As a California transplant, it is all too obvious to me.
Ever notice shows taking place in Los Angeles where the characters drive out of town? The small country town where they finally stop is populated by people with "southern" accents, especially the hick sheriff; the only decent, intelligent person is the beautiful waitress working at the local cafe. ( If I may digress, notice movies where Californians stay among the Amish and teach them how to dress stylishly and more, well...California-ish?)

That said, on to the military portrayals:
Notice the soldier or Marine coming home from deployment: his hair is uncut and the uniform is grossly unmilitary. The most obvious item to me is the headgear being worn, or "cover" as Marines call it. Notice the cover being worn by the actor looks like this:

Unknown to Hollywood apparently, Marines wear their covers looking like this:

The filming of "Rocket's Red Glare" on the installation where I worked was interesting as well. Two of our Air Force women were used as extras for about five seconds (their scene eventually cut!) but for that, their normally closely worn hair was redone and increased liberally in size, looking most nonmilitary, but very Hollywood. The Tunnel Dweller

Congressman says MSNBC won't let anyone on unless they talk about impeachment

Monica Showalter  "Does it get more blatant than this? A lefty congressman, Brad Sherman of Sherman Oaks, California, says he can't get airtime on MSNBC unless he promises to talk about impeachment. No impeachment talk, no airtime for him.

"Here's what the Right Scoop spotted:

A Democratic Congressman actually complained on-air to a host on MSNBC that they wouldn’t have him on except to talk about impeachment:

California Rep. Brad Sherman told MSNBC host Ari Melber that he’s been trying to get on his show to talk about other issues like drug prices and the Saudi nuclear program, but all they want to talk to him about his impeachment:

“Actually I’ve been trying to get on your show to talk about the Saudi nuclear program. And if it was my time we’d be talking about efforts to control drug prices. There’s this image in this country that Congress is focused only on impeachment. That’s the only thing I can get on TV to talk about, but it’s not really what I’m working on.”

"Washington Times has more about it here." . . .

Man places 390th in men's hurdles, calls himself female, snatches women's NCAA national title

American Thinker  " Association Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships, they conclude tWhen normal people thinking normal thoughts read that a man named Craig Tefler "took home the women's 400-meter hurdles national title" at the 2019 National Collegiate Athletichat he stole it.  In our brave new world, where Craig goes by "CeCe" and calls himself a woman, things are a little different.

"Legal Insurrection has the video:

. . . "What won't be asked is the elephant-in-the-room question: why have we long segregated sports by sex?  To admit that women can't win if we don't would enrage feminists.  To admit that women are much safer this way would threaten to knock over decades of girl-power social engineering, wherein 120-pound wonder-women are depicted beating the pulp out of multiple men twice their size.

"Conservatives had better come to terms with the truth that there will be no Solomonic splitting the baby on this issue.  Men are men all the time, and women are women all the time.  If we stick to chromosomes, that's a truth easy to implement, even if it makes some people feel bad.  If we base it on feelings, we're headed for a Hobbesian "all against all" hellscape of which the destruction of sports is only one of the lesser consequences."

. . . 
"So far, there has not exactly been a feminist hue and cry over men encroaching on women's sports.  Only a few are speaking out.  The problem for feminists is that the transgender putsch in the sporting world sets what was once a simmering pot of cognitive dissonance to boiling: throw out the delusional "men can be women" part, and you're left with the bald-faced truth that men and women are inherently, inexorably different.  And not only are men and women different, but — heresy of all heresies — men are stronger than women.  Feminists have been fighting this fact tooth and nail for decades, to the point where mentally disturbed or opportunistic males who can't win against other males can ride the feminist train all the way to snatching trophies from girls." . . .

Legal Insurrection: The patriarchy’s plans to destroy women’s sports continues apace.

Fake News: Ilhan Omar Did NOT Propose Tax on Pork Products 'So Costly Nobody Will Buy Them Anymore

Lead Stories  "Did Ilhan Omar propose a tax on pork products so costly nobody will buy them anymore? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to educate gullible Trump supporters and Republicans about the need to actually click and read links before sharing or liking them in order to avoid being embarrassed by fans of the site later. All the events described in the article are not real.

"The story originated from an article published by BustaTroll on May 26, 2019 titled "Ilhan Omar Proposes Tax on Pork Products 'So Costly Nobody Will Buy Them Anymore'" (archived here) which opened:" . . .

Untrue except perhaps in communities that voted for Omar, Tlaib, and Keith Ellison.