Behind the portrait of Barack Obama

The Daily Caller reported that in 2015, the Village Voice described Wiley's selection of male street models as "predatory" and "perverse."  An art blog, Mr. Sawyer's Opus, described Wiley's themes of gay culture and his habit of filling the backgrounds and frame designs of many of his works with dozens of spermatozoa.

Cindy Simpson  "The selection of the artists painting the Obamas' new portraits commissioned for the Smithsonian revealed much more than two pieces of "art."

"One would surely think that the chosen artists of the former president and first lady of the United States would have been carefully vetted – for quality of work, appropriateness of artistic style for the venue, and reputation in the community.

. . . "That "something extra" is apparently the calling card of the artist.  And, fittingly, the provocative nature of such a selection is also the calling card of Obama.

"Of course, in all the mainstream media gushing about the painting and its painter, a disturbing career history and reputation were left unquestioned.  With just a little research, it's not difficult to discover.

"In a 2012 piece on Wiley in New York Magazine, the very first paragraph described a painting in his studio that "stands out: a tall, elegant black woman in a long blue dress – the canvas is enormous, eight feet by ten feet – calmly staring down the viewer.  In one hand, she holds a knife.  In the other, a cleanly severed brunette female head.  'It's sort of a play on the "kill whitey" thing,' Wiley says.' " . . .

‘Squirt Of Sperm’ Hiding In Plain Sight On Obama’s New Official Portrait

American Silliness 2-15-2018

What?! Sony Had To Issue An 
Apology Because A Food Allergy Scene Triggered Some Peter Rabbit Viewers  . . . "Political correctness is literally making us an insane people. In the new film, Peter Rabbit, the little creatures reportedly fling blueberries at Mr. McGregor, the guy who ate Peter’s dad, because he’s allergic and needs to use an EpiPen. Well, some viewers got very upset with this scene, as they felt it denigrated the serious nature of food allergies. An apology was issued . . ." Naturally.

This Leftist Sent The Single Stupidest Tweet In Human History About 'Black Panther.' It's Incredible.  "On Monday, senior editor and “planetary evangelist” for The Planetary Society Emily Lakdawalla got herself into a Twitter mess over her suggestion that she skip the opening weekend of Black Panther." . . .
So, as a white person she was unworthy of attending that movie!

. . . "First off, it’s difficult to believe that many black people expect white people not to go to the theater, or that they care if they do. Second, why would Leftists stand for re-segregating theaters, this time out of respect for black people? Third, if Black Panther is such an important statement about race, why shouldn’t white people see it and be challenged and changed? But ideas have now taken a back seat to identity politics." . . . 

 Elizabeth Warren Doubles Down On Claim That She Has Native American Heritage  "Senator Elizabeth Warren made a surprise appearance at the National Congress of American Indians Wednesday morning, forcefully responding to President Trump’s derisively calling her “Pocahontas” and addressing her claims of Native American heritage more directly — and far more expansively — than she ever has before."

Target: Happy Valentine’s Day To My “Person!” (Left)

The Most Politically Correct Valentine's Day Card  . . . "The hilarious message inside the card mocks the PC times in which we live. The card reads: “Please accept with no obligation my nonsexually harassing, potentially platonic Valentine"s regards as a token of my/our love, lust or friendship within a relationship that we may or may not choose to be monogamous, whilst understanding that the romantic sentiment that it signifies does in no way guarantee the success or progression of the said relationship over any length of time. The sender reserves the right to remain anonymous." . . .

California High School Bans ‘Outdated And Racially Offensive’ National Anthem From Rallies . . . "She said the decision was made when students learned about the third verse, which includes the line “No refuge could save the hireling and slave / From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave,” during planning for the winter rally. It applies for the rest of the school year." . . .

He will likely be the prosecution witness in the trial of those people who continue to "misgender" this guy. Or ...um...the pictured being. TD

How anti-Trump fake news begins

Often it begins with a report on an honest question that was asked by President Trump and one we all asked. If Obama had asked this, there would not have been this reaction:

"Is Trump blaming the VICTIMS for Florida shooting? He says 'neighbors and classmates' should have reported Nikolas Cruz when they saw warning signs he was going off the rail"
"Donald Trump on Thursday morning seemed to place some of the blame for Wednesday's deadly rampage at a Florida high school at the feet of the alleged murderer's 'neighbors and classmates,' saying they should have told authorities about clear warning signs. " . . .

How dare the anti-Trump press use this terrible incident to promote their narrative? Did they react this way when Obama played golf after similar violent acts?
Playing golf AGAIN: Obama tees off for second time in 24 hours since he solemnly pledged justice for beheaded journalist James Foley

Obama Heads to Golf Course After Receiving Reports on Berlin Attack and Russian Ambassador Death  
"With the dual breaking news events surroundingpotential terrorism and aforeign diplomat being shot to death, White House pool reports showed that President Barack Obama headed to a country club in Hawaii near his rental house, where he is vacationing." . . .

Florida high school shooter is booked into jail on 17 counts of murder as it's revealed 'disturbed' student's mental state deteriorated after his adoptive mother died from the flu last year

UK Daily Mail  . . . "Cruz was armed with at least one AR-15 rifle, had 'multiple magazines' and smoke grenades when he stormed the school wearing a gas mask, according to the sheriff. 

"Investigators are now looking into whether Cruz may have pulled the fire alarm to draw people into halls so he could get a higher death toll.

"Florida does have the death penalty though it is too early to consider sentencing as charges have not yet been made public against Cruz. 

"The first victim of the mass shooting has been identified as 46-year-old athletic director Chris Hixon.

"A number of students have said they thought they heard the fire alarm right before the first shots were fired. The school had already had a fire drill earlier that day, leaving many of the students confused.

"Authorities have already started dissecting his social media accounts and reported that some of things he had been posting was 'very disturbing'." . . .

 Many photos and videos here.

. . . "Police said the gunman started firing before he entered the school building and left behind a deadly trail.

"Twelve of the people shot dead were found dead inside the school building, two more were killed just outside the school and another in a nearby street. Two other people died later after being rushed to hospital." . . .

. . . "Meanwhile, horrifying video filmed from inside a classroom captured the moment the shooter, who was wearing a gas mask, burst in and began shooting at his fellow students as they screamed in terror.

"The students were spotted sitting or lying on the classroom floor, trying to avoid being hit, as rapid gunfire was heard nearby. One girl's hysterical screams were suddenly cut off during the shocking clip." . . . Full article here

The Ladies Of The View Diss Pence’s Faith In God – This Is Disgusting

Clash Daily 

"As obnoxious a partisan hack as Joy Behar is, it seems to me that she is no longer the ‘stupid’ one on this panel. That honor now goes to Sunny Hostin who brought the entire subject up.

"That said, Behar isn’t off the hook here.

"She says that hearing from Jesus is a sign of mental illness. She just doesn’t understand what it is that Evangelical Christians actually believe.

"Behar, who was raised Catholic seems to have no real comprehension of faith of any sort. Odd since she’s so often defending Muslims. She says that she didn’t read the Bible but no longer believes in the truths contained there. She doesn’t pray, she doesn’t believe in an afterlife. She got married in a church. She baptized her daughter — just in case. She says that she was ‘brainwashed’. Honey, you have to first have a thing in order for it to be ‘washed’.

"The harpies on The View pushed the same Mike-Pence-is-a-bigot line that is oft-touted in the Media (D).

"Mike Pence has not supported electro-shock therapy for gays, no matter how many memes say that he does.

"Here’s a thorough article covering that."

Florida school shooting suspect was ex-student who was flagged as threat

Miami Herald

. . . "Cruz’s Instagram page, identified by friends as his but which has since been removed from the popular site, underscored his love of weapons.

"In the images, he sported dark-colored bandanas over his face, beanies and hats over his hair. In one post, he wielded knives between his fingers as though they were a claw. In another, he showed off a small black handgun.

"One post on his Instagram was for an online ad for a Mossberg Maverick 88 slug shotgun. Another post showed the definition of “Alluh Akbar” – an Arabic praising God that is sometimes used by radical Muslim terrorists before attacks. Federal authorities, however, said Wednesday that they did not believe the shooting was connected to terrorism." . . .

Florida school shooting suspect was ex-student who was flagged as threat

A questonable site questioned if he was inspired by ISIS

"Alleged photos of the suspected Florida high school shooter make reference to various ideologies including communism and perhaps ISIS, and voter records suggest 19-year-old Nicolas Cruz was a Democratic voter."

Seventeen killed in South Florida high school shooting

UPDATED:  Florida Shooter ‘Fascinated By Guns’ — Followed ‘Syrian Resistance Groups’  "Fox News reported Wednesday that the suspect in a shooting Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida was “fascinated by guns” and followed “Syrian resistance groups” on social media.
. . . 
“ 'He’s also following resistance groups, like Syrian Resistance groups and fighter groups out of Iraq and, we should also note that a couple days ago, as far as a week ago, that he was involved in a Youtube chat room conversation about bombs or building bombs.' ” 

 Islamic/Antifa links of Florida Mass Shooter was CAIR Follower, “Allahu Akbar” #BLM  "The mass murderer was immersed in Islamic and leftwing hate.
"Nicolas Cruz has been arrested after opening fire on a Florida high school on Ash Wednesday, leaving as many as 17 dead and up to 50 injured. According to a former math teacher of Cruz at the school, he had been previously identified as a security threat and had been informed last year that he wouldn’t be allowed on campus with a backpack.
"Here are some screenshots from  his social media pages. Scroll down for video.
"Here are some of Nicholas Cruz’s groups on Facebook:" . . .
This post about his social media page does not give as much detail about any Muslim ties.

Nikolas Cruz, identified as Florida high school shooting suspect, reportedly showed warning signs  . . . “ 'Honestly, a lot of people were saying it was gonna be him,” the unnamed student told the news station. He said kids joked around that the student would be the one to “shoot up the school.” 

“ 'It turns out, everyone predicted it,” the student said, adding the suspect knew the layout of the school." . . .

Sun-Sentinel  "Seventeen people were shot to death and several others wounded Wednesday at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in a horrific episode of school violence that ended with the arrest of a former student.

"Panicked parents streamed to this affluent section of northwest Broward County, as news helicopters broadcast the incident live and students congregated on streets, many crying, hugging and calling friends and family.

"In a grainy Snapchat video from the school, a man yelled, “Oh, my God,” as the pop-pop, pop-pop of gunshots rang out and students screamed.

"Broward Sheriff Scott Israel said 17 people were killed, including both students and adults, with two shot outside the school, one in the street, 12 inside the school and two dying from their wounds at the hospital.

"The suspect was identified as Nikolas Cruz, 19, a former student. He used an AR-15 rifle and multiple magazines, the sheriff said. Investigators have begun analyzing Cruz’s social media accounts, which the sheriff said contained material that was “very, very disturbing.”

"Cruz was taken into custody off campus without incident, he said. Wearing a red shirt, black pants and black boots, Cruz was seen being placed on a gurney. At 4:47 p.m. he was seen being wheeled in to Broward Health North hospital in Deerfield Beach. Later he was taken from the hospital to Broward Sheriff’s Office headquarters in Fort Lauderdale." . . .
. . . 

"Hannah Siren, 14, was in math class on the third floor.

" 'The people next door to us must have not locked their door," she said, breaking into tears. "They all got shot"

"How many?

" '10 or ... 7" . . .

Cruz's social media.

Teacher hid 19 students during Florida school shooting (video)

Anatomy of a Coup

Ann Coulter  "Every place you look in Robert Mueller's investigation, the same names keep popping up: FBI agent Peter Strzok and sleazy, foreign private eye -- or "British intelligence agent" -- Christopher Steele. 

"So it's rather important that they both are Trump-hating fanatics, and one was being paid by Trump's political opponent in a presidential campaign.

"Steele is the author of the preposterous dossier that sparked the special counsel investigation, and Strzok is the FBI agent involved at every crucial turn of both the Trump and Hillary investigations.

"As we found out from the House Intelligence memo, Steele told Department of Justice official Bruce Ohr that he "was desperate that Donald Trump not get elected and was passionate about him not being president." (Ohr's wife worked for Fusion GPS, and, like Steele, was being paid by the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee.)

"In the hands of Trump-obsessive Peter Strzok -- he of the estrogen-dripping texts to his Trump-hating FBI lawyer mistress -- the dossier was used to obtain a warrant under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act against Trump's alleged "foreign policy adviser," Carter Page.

"The FISA warrant against Page constitutes the last crumbling piece of the "Russia collusion" story.

"Strzok was the person who instigated the Russia investigation against Trump back in July 2016. He was the lead agent on the investigation into whether Hillary, as secretary of state, sent classified information on her private email account. (Conclusion: She had -- but it wasn't any of the FBI's business!) He volunteered for the Mueller investigation and remained there, right up until his Trump-hating texts were discovered by the inspector general of the FBI. (He was also, one surmises, the authority for many of the media's lurid, anonymously sourced claims about how the investigation was proceeding.)

"Most strangely, Strzok was the FBI agent who asked Trump's national security adviser, Michael Flynn, about his phone call with the Russian ambassador, Sergey Kislyak. " . . .

2006: Twenty-one North Korean cheerleaders imprisoned. Wait till you hear why!

Weasel Zippers: Instead of fawning over the North Koreans, perhaps media should remember this story. Their crime? Talking about what they saw in South Korea.

Taipei Times  "Twenty-one members of North Korean cheering squads who traveled to South Korea for international sports events are being held in a prison camp for talking about what they saw in the South, a news report said yesterday.

"Citing a North Korean man who recently fled to China, South Korea's Chosun Ilbo newspaper said the 21 young women had been detained about last November in the same prison camp where the man had been held.

"South Korea's National Intelligence Service didn't immediately confirm or deny the report.

"In 2002, Pyongyang sent hundreds of female cheerleaders to the Asian Games in South Korea's Busan, where their tightly synchronized routines drew worldwide attention. The North sent similar cheering squads to South Korea in 2003 and last year.

"The defector, whose real name wasn't given, said the female cheering squad apparently violated a pledge not to speak about what they saw in South Korea, the Chosun Ilbo reported.

"Citing another unnamed defector, the newspaper said the cheerleaders had pledged before going to South Korea that they would treat the country as "enemy territory" and never speak about what they saw there, accepting punishment if they broke the promise.

"Pyongyang insists it doesn't abuse human rights, but it has long been accused of holding political prisoners in camps under life-threatening conditions. It is believed to hold between 150,000 and 200,000 political prisoners, the US State Department said."

NYT CEO: Our Paper’s Cozying Up To Brutal North Korea Was Good Reporting

Tiny Teenaged Olympic Champion Cried on the Podium — And Just Put the Entire NFL to Shame With Patriotism

She did not take a knee during the anthem

Independent Journal Review  . . . "The gold was already hers when she began her third and final run, but Kim wasn't about to hold back. She delivered back-to-back 1080s — a first for women in the Olympic Games — and drove her score even higher to a nearly perfect 98.25.
"But even dragons cry, as Kim proved when she stepped onto the podium and listened to “The Star-Spangled Banner” playing for her: 

Where can one find refuge from leftist social justice movement antics?

"President Trump angered the Me Too activists by requesting due process for movie executives, politicians and celebrities who’ve been accused of long-ago sexual assault, sexual harassment, and sexually exploiting women. There’s one thing we can all agree on. Hugh Hefner died just in time."  Comedian Argus Hamilton

#MeToo is ruining the dating scene   "I genuinely feel for the single crowd out there trying to date through the #MeToo madness. Because is a date with someone who may misinterpret your flirtatiousness as rape culture worth potentially tanking your career and reputation?

"This brave new world where day after regret is conflated with sexual misconduct, rape, and harassment, singles are increasingly confused about where the line of acceptable behavior begins. And with good reason.

"The Washington Post has a horrifying glimpse into singlehood, dating, and how the #MeToo culture has ruined everything:" . . .

 How the Left Plays at Oppression and Encourages Tyrants  . . . "I’ve been seeing graying women with t-shirts proclaiming they’re resisting, watched colleges and universities fly their flag at half mast, and banged my head gently against the dashboard at cars with bumper stickers proudly proclaiming the driver a member of the resistance.  I’ve heard women proclaim they’re marching for lost rights, though no one can answer me on what rights they lost." . . .

. . . "We need to start pointing out to them that they are, in fact, children playing at being brave, and not very well at that. We need to make them at least as embarrassed to act out in public as a conservative in liberal circles. Otherwise, they continue thinking that everyone admires their “bravery” and posturing. And they’ll do more of it, enabling malefactors domestic and foreign." . . .

Gay Olympian Who Insulted Mike Pence Wishes People Would Stop Associating Him With Pence

Too late; Rippon has already made it about Pence with his self-righteous virtue-signalling

Legal Insurrection

"Gay figure skater Adam Rippon has repeatedly used his time in the spotlight at the Winter Olympics to insult Vice President Mike Pence. Now he is concerned that people are paying more attention to his thoughts on Pence than his skating.

"It all began earlier this month when he falsely accused Pence of advocating for gay conversion therapy. USA Today reported:

Openly gay figure skater Adam Rippon declined chance to speak with Vice President Pence

Vice President Pence is set to arrive here soon to lead the official U.S. delegation to the 2018 Winter Olympic opening ceremony, a delegation that is making a strong political statement against North Korea’s oppressive regime by including the father of Otto Warmbier, the student who died not long after being held in captivity in North Korea.

But on the afternoon on Jan. 17, Pence had another focus: He was so concerned about the criticism he received from U.S. Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon that his staff went to the extraordinary length of asking the U.S. Olympic Committee to set up a conversation between the two – an offer Rippon turned down.

According to two people with knowledge of the situation who were not authorized to speak publicly about it, a member of Pence’s staff requested the conversation with the openly gay Rippon after reading the skater’s derogatory remarks about him in a USA TODAY Sports story that had been published online just an hour earlier.

Rippon, the two people said, declined the invitation…

“You mean Mike Pence, the same Mike Pence that funded gay conversion therapy? I’m not buying it,” Rippon said.

"Then he posed on Instagram with another gay Olympian named Gus Kenworthy. Their caption ended with the line: “Eat your heart out, Pence.' ” . . .