Dilbert Cartoonist Scott Adams: The Week I Became a Target

Scott Adams Blog  "This weekend I got “shadowbanned” on Twitter. It lasted until my followers noticed and protested. Shadowbanning prevents my followers from seeing my tweets and replies, but in a way that is not obvious until you do some digging.

"Why did I get shadowbanned?

. . . 

"But it was probably because I asked people to tweet me examples of Clinton supporters being violent against peaceful Trump supporters in public. I got a lot of them. It was chilling.

"Late last week my Twitter feed was invaded by an army of Clinton trolls (it’s a real thing) leaving sarcastic insults and not much else on my feed. There was an obvious similarity to them, meaning it was organized. 

"At around the same time, a bottom-feeder at Slate wrote a hit piece on me that had nothing to do with anything. Except obviously it was politically motivated. It was so lame that I retweeted it myself. The timing of the hit piece might be a coincidence, but I stopped believing in coincidences this year.

"All things considered, I had a great week. I didn’t realize I was having enough impact to get on the Clinton enemies list. I don’t think I’m supposed to be happy about any of this, but that’s not how I’m wired.

"Mmm, critics. Delicious :-)" . . .

Rasmussen Poll Proves No One Believes Phony MSM Fact-Checkers

Daily Wire

"A Rasmussen poll of 1,000 likely voters released Friday proves that New Media has done an excellent job of exposing these mainstream media fact-checkers as the left-wing frauds they really are. Rasmussen found that just 29% of those polled trust fact-checkers. A whopping 62% believe (accurately) that "news organizations skew the facts to help candidates they support."

Eighty-eight percent (88%) of voters who support Trump in the presidential race believe news organizations skew the facts, while most Clinton backers (59%) trust media fact-checking. Among the supporters of Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Stein, sizable majorities also don’t trust media fact-checking.

These findings are no surprise given that voters think it's far more likely reporters will try to help Clinton than Trump this election season.

"These lying fact-checkers have no one to blame but their lying selves. These are the lying liars who gave the Obama Administration cover for every lying lie they told to jam the currently-imploding ObamaCare down our throats. These are the lying liars who told us that Carly Fiorina didn’t begin her career as a secretary (she did); that Romney was a liar for claiming Obama had never visited Israel as president (Obama didn't); that Hillary is healthy (she isn't); that some American Muslims didn’t celebrate 9/11 (they did), and on and on and on…" John Nolte. 
Hat tip to The Conservative

Obama labor regulations will cost $80 billion and 411 million paperwork hours

There’s a New Government Regulation Every 2 Hours and 48 Minutes

Rick Moran  . . . "For 8 years, President Obama has promised millions of new, good paying jobs. Instead, we have what Tyler Durden at Zero Hedge blog has termed a "waiter and bartender recovery." It's impossible to square Obama's rhetoric with the reality of his anti-business regulations.

"How much worse will Hillary Clinton be for the economy? It's hard to imagine, but there is no doubt her appointees will be even more liberal than Obama's. Clinton has become a creature of the hard left and is expected to payoff the radicals with numerous government appointments. That doesn't bode well for business as people who despise capitalism move into positions of authority to oversee the economy. "

The U.S. isn’t one of the top 10 most free countries in the world, study says

Rick Moran:  US falls out of top 10 'most free' nations

"America's transformation continues under President Obama and the only question is what exactly we are transforming into.

"A nation that is poorer, less respected, weakened abroad and divided at home."  . . .

McClatchyDC via Drudge.

"The U.S. was ranked highly in all categories except safety and security, where it has dropped to number 33. In fact, in the study’s key findings, it said the U.S. is “an increasingly dangerous place.' ”

  "With costly healthcare, a stereotype of obesity and a culture of creatively fatty foods, “healthy” probably isn’t the first word that comes to mind when you think of the United States.

"But according to the Legatum Prosperity Index’s findings for 2015, the U.S. is the healthiest country in the world. However, when it comes to freedom, an ideal most Americans pride themselves on, the U.S. falls to 15.

"So what’s the country with the most personal freedom? Canada, followed by New Zealand, Norway, Luxembourg and Iceland.

"Personal freedom, as defined by the London-based Legatum Institute, measures a nation’s performance at both guaranteeing individual freedom and encouraging social tolerance. Canda was ranked No. 1 due to 94 percent of its citizens saying they believed they had the freedom to choose the course of their own lives and 92 percent saying there was tolerance for ethnic minorities and immigrants."  . . .

Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/world/article105618381.html#storylink=cpy

How To Handle People Who Betray You

Betrayal is an inversion of love, and perhaps its greatest perversion. What, then, to do with a traitor? What he will not do for you.

The Federalist  . . . "What should our response be, then, when we’re betrayed? How do we keep from allowing the pain to rob us of our ability to love and to trust? The only answer, I believe, is to forgive. Even if the traitor doesn’t ask for our forgiveness, it is the greatest gift we can give ourselves: “Mercy is twice blest; It blesseth him that gives and him that receives.” If we don’t show mercy and forgiveness, bitterness can take hold, and we’ll risk losing our capacity to love.

"One of the most beautiful scenes in literature is when Aslan forgives Edmund. Trembling with shame and still unaware of the extent of his crime and the damage he had done, Edmund humbled himself before his family. They forgave him, and most importantly, Aslan forgave him. Then, in the ultimate act of love, Aslan went alone to the Stone Table, where he died a terrible death to pay for Edmund’s crime of treachery.

“ 'There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends,” John writes. Do you see how this is the opposite of betrayal? This is what love looks like. This is how you treat a friend. It’s putting another’s life and needs before yourself, your own pride, your own petty jealousies, and even your own fears." . . .

BLACK RACISM GOES MAINSTREAM

"A movement based on race-hatred gets the thumbs up from the government, the media and the culture-at-large."

Matthew Vadum

"Black racism is getting worse in America because it is being validated, endorsed, and legitimized like never before.

"And it’s not just Barack Obama doing this.

"This race-based hatred is promoted by America-hating currency speculator George Soros who has been funding the racist, violent Black Lives Matter movement for years.

"Instead of urging crime-fighting, Chris Stone, president of Open Society Foundations, supports disarming the police, a move that would make things worse and leave society at the mercy of criminals.

"Black criminals aren’t to blame for rising crime rates because trigger-happy cops are on a killing spree in the U.S., he writes. “Those who kill innocents rarely do so sadistically. There are always excuses and explanations, stretching notions of self-defense, exaggerating threats, claiming mistaken identities.”

"Although the U.S. is the least racist nation on the face of the earth there is a discernible shift underway. Too many black Americans and their radical non-black allies feel comfortable routinely spewing anti-white sentiments in public. Their crude, sometimes genocidal statements are becoming increasingly mainstream in the Obama era." . . .

The FBI’s Defense of How the Clinton Interview Was Conducted Is Full of Holes

The Bureau was clearly hamstrung by the Obama administration’s goal of avoiding prosecution.

 Andrew C. McCarthy  . . . "I genuinely hate this case. I don’t mind disagreeing with the Bureau, a not infrequent occurrence in my former career. But I am hardwired to presume the FBI’s integrity. Thus, no matter how much irregularities in the Clinton investigation have rankled me, I’ve chalked them up to the Bureau’s being hamstrung. There was no chance on God’s green earth that President Obama and his Justice Department were ever going to permit an indictment of Hillary Clinton. Jim Comey says he didn’t make his final decision to recommend against prosecution until after Mrs. Clinton was interviewed at the end of the investigation, and that he did not coordinate that decision with his Obama-administration superiors. If he says so, that’s good enough for me. But it doesn’t mean the director made his decision detached from the dismal reality of the situation." . . .


Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior policy fellow at the National Review Institute and a contributing editor of National Review. He is a former assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, and led the 1995 terrorism prosecution against Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman and eleven others."

American Silliness, Oct 3, 2016

Students Report Profs to Bias Response Team For Voicing Conservative Views  "In one case, a professor stated they believed there are only two genders and did not want to use pronouns such as Ze and Zir. In the second case, a professor said he believed children deserved to be raised by a mother and father, a statement that — after it was reported to campus administrators — prompted the department chair to have a “conversation with the faculty member about the incident,” a campus spokesperson told The College Fix.

Bored Leftists Arguing Over Whether Wonder Woman Was A Bisexual   Good grief.

Kansas University Conservatives Accused Of ‘Violence’ For Using Terms ‘Illegal’ And ‘Black’…  "Via Campus Reform:

University of Kansas leftists shouted down yet another meeting for a potential Young Americans for Freedom chapter, accusing the conservative students of attacking and inciting violence with their ideology.

Students walk out of retired U.S. Army Lt. Colonel Allen West's speech to protest his use of term ‘radical Islam’  "In response, West wrote an article saying he had been “censored,” called modern college students who seek safe spaces “little cupcakes,” and added:" . . .

Pentagon will now pay for transgender soldiers to have gender reassignment surgery - but retirees and family of service members are not covered  . . . " 'I think this is a gross misuse of military medical dollars,' Ron Crews, executive director of the Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty added. He also complains that military personnel are also getting transgender education which he claims takes up valuable time."

Clerk Asked To Fill Balloons For Cop’s Memorial, Has Infuriating Response

Driving Miss Machado

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Hillary’s ‘Body-Shamed’ Miss Universe ‘Admits’ To Driving Attempted Murder Getaway Car

Awkward: Sanders-Clinton joint appearance canceled in wake of Hillary insulting Sanders supporters as basement dwellers

Thomas Lifson  . . . "Sanders, basking in newfound post-campaign fame and wealth (he just bought his third house for more money than his reported net worth on Senate disclosure forms), has done an awkward shuffle.  He recognizes that the Clintons have all the power in the Democratic Party, for they just kicked his butt despite obvious enthusiasm and support.

"He is trying to have it both ways.
1. “I agree with her”

. . . 

2. “Of course” it bothers me

. . . 

"So rather than sort it out onstage in a joint appearance, they are hoping their friends in the media will ignore the story and it will fade from memory."  

It Finally Happened: Politics Has Ruined Everything Fun

 

Peggy Ryan  "Not that long ago, I could get away from the dystopian news environment and relax.  I'd spend my weekends at the movies, chatting with friends over a latte or watching football on my oversized 4K TV, all things that bring a smile, take me away – just good old-fashioned fun.  But one after another, these treasured pastimes have become something else – a reminder of the dark times we live in, another forum for angry political discourse.  In their zeal to control every aspect of our lives, liberal activists have left no stone unturned."

. . . "Will Mickey Mouse boycott his own Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party to make a statement for PETA on rodent rights?  I mean, the trap thing is pretty barbaric. 
"My worst nightmare is that Cinderella, Belle, Elsa, and other princesses could show up in pantsuits, no makeup or jewelry, and unwashed, limp hair, to show that princesses don't have to be dressed in elegant, sparkling gowns or be ethereal to play the part." . . . 

I hate to tell this author, but a recent Disney series has a teen-age bad girl whose last name is Breitbart.

From 2008: “Law & Order” Quota: Show’s Producer Mandates 83% of Criminals Must Be White Rich People  . . . "My late father always hated when my mother would put “Law & Order” or one of its spin-offs on the TV. In addition to being a show that frequently vilifies Jews and conservative causes and people–such as evangelical Christians, pro-lifers, and the Minutemen–it mostly elevated Muslims and left-wingers, portraying them as victims and those wrongfully accused of crimes." . . .
Debbie Schlussel.

"BOOM: Store Owner Cans NFL Star’s Event Over Anthem Protest" – You Should Love These Two Stories!

Clash Daily   "Sports memorabilia stores RELY on autograph signing events for business and sales. What happens when the athlete scheduled to come dishonors himself, or your country?

"Some might compromise, or explain away that the event has already been scheduled, and can’t be changed. Not Steven Kurtis Martin.

"He was scheduled to have Brandon Marshall (Broncos) come in for autographs. That was before he became a Kaepernick Klone." . . .

Then he heard the story of his grandfather at Bataan in 1940...

. . . "He was thrown into the hull of a cargo ship called the Taga Maru where he was sandwiched with hundreds of other soldiers without room to even lie down while being hauled to Japan where he was a POW for 3 1/2 years. He was saturated in human sweat, urine and fecal matter for weeks in plus 100 degree heat without food, water or medical care and to this store owner that story is a better use of the word “deplorable”.

"I was at this man’s funeral. I saw the American Flag draped over his coffin. I was there when that folded American Flag was handed to his wife, Mary Ellen Porwoll. I heard that 21 gun salute.
This store owner believes that the simple act of standing during our national anthem is a noble and responsible gesture that salutes our nation and the military that protects it. Now I want to stand up and hear the voice of the American Flag and I need your help.

"I am asking for photos of your loved ones that are veterans, in active service, who have been injured in the line of duty or who have paid the ultimate price. I will post these photos on my store front windows under the banner, “These people have sacrificed for the ideas represented by our flag. We honor them”. . .

Teen Told ‘He’d NEVER Stand Again’ – Then The Nat’l Anthem Started Playing  "Is there a polar opposite to the Kaepernick sideshow? Yes! THIS guy!

"The ‘I won’t stand for the anthem’ story is wearing thin. People who live in America, even though they could afford to live elsewhere are choosing to stay. Because it’s better here." . . .