The trickle-down lawlessness permeating California hits the streets

Bookworm Room

It’s no coincidence that crime is on the rise in California. A fish rots from the head and, when it comes to lawlessness, California is rotten from the top down.

. . . "One can point to all the usual suspects. A breakdown in societal norms. The absence of fathers in the lives of at-risk youth. The abandonment of Judeo-Christian morality. The failure to police small crimes, leading to large crimes (the broken window theory). A systemic aversion to using the law to intervene with minorities, lest one be accused of racism, giving youth who would otherwise be law-abiding carte blanche to go on crime sprees. Too few police officers. Passive police officers in the years following the “Black lives matter, blue lives don’t” movement. I’m sure all of those things play a role."Here in San Francisco and other parts of California, though, I think there’s something both larger and very specific going on.Have you all heard the expression that “the fish rots from the head”? I’m guessing that some of you young’uns haven’t. It means that in an organization, if the head of that organization is corrupt, that corruption will inevitable trickle down, eventually permeating the entire organization.Since 1989, San Francisco has been a “sanctuary city.” What this means is that it aggressively encourages lawlessness within its borders. Illegal aliens who find themselves in San Francisco are pretty much immune to any serious consequences, not just for being in the country illegally, but for any other crimes they might have committed along the way. Putting an illegal alien in the criminal justice cross hairs runs the risk that federal immigration authorities might nab that criminal and return him to his country of origin.

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Hidden Cameras Reveal Rare View of 'Epidemic' as Car Break-Ins Hit Record High of Nearly 30,000 in San Francisco

An NBC Bay Area hidden-camera investigation provides a rare glimpse into a rising surge of criminal activity across San Francisco that continues to prey on the city's most famed landmarks and popular tourist destinations. San Francisco's nearly 30,000 car break-ins last year shattered previous crime records and illustrate an organized and elaborate crime operation that law enforcement calls an "epidemic."

Obama should apologize to Trump over Korea

Funny how the world's largest news gathering organization did not notice The Donald's diplomacy was not polite cave-ins to dictators behind closed doors that Democratic presidents do, but rather to confront and shame evil very publicly.

Don Surber  "Barack Obama's trademark was apologizing to world leaders. With so much practice, Obama should have no problem with apologizing to President Donald John Trump for handing over a nuclear capable North Korea.

"Oh wait, Obama never apologizes for his mistakes. From not protesting Jeremiah Wright preaching in church that America (excuse me, "G-d damn America") deserved 9/11 to illegally spying on President Trump, Obama was the worst president ever.

"But at least he'll go down as a president, as he said.
. . . 

" 'North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, has told South Korean envoys that his country is willing to begin negotiations with the United States on abandoning its nuclear weapons and that it would suspend all nuclear and missile tests while it is engaged in such talks, South Korean officials said on Tuesday," the New York Times reported." . . . 

NYT’s Nat Sec. Reporter: Trump Deserves “Enormous Credit” For North Korea breakthrough. Pained looks on CNN faces, I'd say.

Oscars, and The Shape of Virtue. "Preening sanctimony"...how better?

"The show has become a parody of itself—rife with obvious herd politics, preening sanctimony, contradictory messaging, and rank hypocrisy."   Boris Zelkin

Arutz Sheva  . . . "The people who took the stage to present or to accept, by my count, half came to advance a Cause.

"That’s a turn-off. I love the movies and I respect the craft, but actors would do best if they stayed true to the Art and left politics to the politicians.

"It is true that politicians don’t know much, either.

"I’ve got my own list of actors that I’ve written off.But it’s chancy when as an actor your Cause is not our Cause and next thing, people stay away from your movies.

Sunday night’s event came alive (for me at least) when Eva Marie Saint showed up and showed what a real Movie Star looked like – sensational and without a Cause." . . .

The Shape of Virtue  . . . "If there’s anything America likes less than being lectured to by a gilded aristocracy, it’s sitting through close to four hours of those lectures while that same self-appointed nobility simultaneously sheds crocodile tears, pats itself on the back, and pretends to motivate itself to action." . . .

The high point for me: Gary Oldman's acceptance speech and praise of his adopted country, America. Yes, I said "America". 

Here is Mr. Oldman at the Awards ceremony:

Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour

Here's how Gary Oldman became Winston Churchill

The Politicization of the FBI

By Joe diGenova at Imprimus

Joseph E. diGenova is a founding partner of diGenova & Toensing, LLP. He received his B.A. from the University of Cincinnati and his J.D. from Georgetown University. He has served as United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, Independent Counsel of the United States, Special Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives, Chief Counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, and Counsel to the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (the Church Committee).

"Over the past year, facts have emerged that suggest there was a plot by high-ranking FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ) officials in the Obama administration, acting under color of law, to exonerate Hillary Clinton of federal crimes and then, if she lost the election, to frame Donald Trump and his campaign for colluding with Russia to steal the presidency. This conduct was not based on mere bias, as has been widely claimed, but rather on deeply felt animus toward Trump and his agenda. 

"In the course of this plot, FBI Director James Comey, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, FBI Deputy Director of Counterintelligence Peter Strzok, Strzok’s paramour and FBI lawyer Lisa Page, FBI General Counsel James Baker, and DOJ senior official Bruce Ohr—perhaps among others—compromised federal law enforcement to such an extent that the American public is losing trust. A recent CBS News poll finds 48 percent of Americans believe that Special Counsel James Mueller’s Trump-Russia collusion probe is “politically motivated,” a stunning conclusion. And 63 percent of polled voters in a Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll believe that the FBI withheld vital information from Congress about the Clinton and Russia collusion investigations." . . .  Full article.

The left and gun control

Thomas Lifson: Why the left can't win on gun control

. . . It's mobilizing its tribe – including progressive corporations, Hollywood, and the mainstream media – to not just make policy arguments but also to shame and insult Americans who disagree.  The goal is to make gun ownership culturally toxic.
But shame is weaker than love.  Gun owners who've experienced a threat possess or carry a weapon because they love their families.  Teachers who wish to carry a weapon at school do so because they love the kids under their care.  These folks know that their responsible gun ownership makes their communities and families safer." . . .

David Hogg now a "celebrity student activist".  "FedEx Rejects Boycott By Stoneman Student Tyrant David Hogg, Announces Will Not Drop NRA Member Discounts."   Attaboy, Fedex!

Conservative, pro-gun survivor feels ostracized and ignored by those -- including students and the adults supporting them -- who disagree with his conservative politics.

David Brooks wrote, "progressives are getting better and better at silencing dissenting behavior."

New York State moves to ensure more school shootings  . . . "President Trump is right – the only solution to school shootings is to arm faculty and administrators.  No one can defend your own life, and the lives of people immediately surrounding you, better than you can." . . .

Farrakhan gets a pass on anti-Semitism

Tell us, Mr. Farrakhan, what do you think of Heinrich Himmler?

Newsday (Photos added by TD)

Many progressives look the other way and fail to denounce the minister’s* bigotry.   *Shouldn't this word be "Imam"?

"For the past couple of years, Republican leaders, and Donald Trump in particular, have been plagued by accusations of condoning anti-Semitism in the far-right segments of Trump’s base. But the latest anti-Semitism scandal has erupted among progressive left-wing Democrats — and they aren’t handling it any better than the Trumpists.

Calypso and Kerosene

"On Feb. 25, Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam, gave a speech in Chicago in which he repeatedly and venomously assailed the “satanic Jew.” Anti-Jewish invective from Farrakhan is nothing new; the Anti-Defamation League calls him “the leading anti-Semite in America.” He has blamed Jews for the Sept. 11 attacks, apartheid, the slave trade and Hollywood degeneracy.

"What raised some eyebrows is the fact that Tamika Mallory, a co-chair of the Women’s March — the flagship of the anti-Trump resistance — attended the event and posted about it on Instagram.

"This is no isolated incident. Mallory wrote an enthusiastic social media post about Farrakhan’s appearance in Detroit two years ago. And she was involved in organizing his Justice or Else rally in Washington in 2015, along with two Women’s March co-chairs, fellow New Yorkers Carmen Perez and Linda Sarsour (who has faced allegations of anti-Semitism)." . . .

CNN’s Jake Tapper Hits Democrats For Refusing To Condemn Farrakhan, “People Want The Association”…  "Just ask Barack Obama."

Socialized Medicine: Almost A Century Of Failure Already

Hot Air

"Progressives plan to make a big push for single-payer health care in the midterms, hoping to force Democrats even harder Left than in the past four Congressional election cycles. They want a Medicare-for-all system that will eclipse private health insurance, similar to what Bernie Sanders laid out in his 2016 Democratic primary campaign. The Center for American Progress has put pressure on current officeholders to take up the cause of single payer, with considerable success; 2020 presidential hopefuls such as Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, and Kamala Harris have all signed onto Sanders’ latest legislative effort to create the program.

"Before they start creating new single-payer systems, though, perhaps they should fix the broken single-payer systems already in place. The scandals at the Veterans Administration get plenty of coverage, especially given that the VA locks veterans into its own providers and forces them to pay retail for any outside medical care. But a report on the other major system, the Indian Health Service (IHS), shows much worse performance and for a longer period of time, The Hill reports:" . . .

But you assured us gay marriage would not lead to legalized bestiality

Don Surber  "Eric Zorn chuckled at the worries of we mere mortals last August.

" 'Somehow, people are not yet marrying their pets," Zorn wrote in the Chicago Tribune.

"More than 16 years after the Netherlands became the first nation to legalize same-sex marriage, more than two years after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in the United States, bestiality remains illegal."

"Canada would like a word with Mister Zorn.

" 'Sex acts with animals are legal in Canada, so long as there is no penetration involved, according to a surprise ruling issued by the Supreme Court," the Independent reported.

" 'The determination stemmed from a case involving a British Columbia man convicted of 13 counts sexually assaulting his stepdaughters, including one count of bestiality. But the man, identified only as DLW, was acquitted of the bestiality count with the new ruling."

"This was a 7-1 ruling, meaning Canada has only one sane Supreme Court justice.

"We barely have five." . . .

So thankful we did not get her

Trump’s Generals Are Too Valuable to Be Dismissed

The real challenge for the generals has been how to warn enemies and reassure friends that past global provocations against U.S. interests will now be deterred — but without a major war.

Victor Davis Hanson

To fire any one of the three would be a disaster for the White House.

. . . "Lieutenant General H. R. McMaster, Trump’s national-security adviser, is occasionally rumored to be a robotic PowerPoint wonk and hawkish interventionist who soon might be terminated. 

"Secretary of Defense General James Mattis is purportedly too much the centrist Democrat, and embarrassed by Trump’s antics and therefore might be leaving. 

"Of course, few cabinet or White House appointees ever serve throughout an entire administration. Burnout is natural. Lucrative private-sector job offers multiply monthly. Normal people do not enjoy living inside the Beltway. 

" Barack Obama had four defense secretaries, three national-security advisers, and five chiefs of staff. That is about par for a presidential tenure covering eight years. 

"But the problem with all these rumors of departing generals is not just that they are likely false and shopworn. They also make no sense because the three generals have been radically successful. In just a year, they have markedly enhanced U.S. national security as well as the image of the Trump administration itself. 

"The media, which are mostly anti-Trump, have always been schizophrenic in the coverage of the three generals. Some media outlets initially echoed old worries about too many Pentagon tentacles or the militarization of the executive branch. They forgot that generals, both active and retired, have long held administration jobs. General Colin Powell, for instance, served four different presidents, starting with his tenure as national-security adviser under Ronald Reagan. " . . .

General Kelly gets testy with Kamala Harris

Gen ( Mad Dog ) Mattis's reply to CNN's Wolf Blitzer

H.R. McMaster lead US tanks against Iraqi Republican Guard at 73 Easting.

Kimmel ATTACKS VP Pence’s Christian Faith At Oscars, Gets NASTY Surprise Backstage

Mad World News  . . . "Americans also had some choice words for Kimmel about his Pence joke. “Jimmy Kimmel says Hollywood makes films to upset Mike Pence. I can’t decide what’s more pathetic, making movies that nobody watches to get the Trump administration’s attention, or admitting to it,” tweeted Alana Mastrangelo.

Jimmy Kimmel says Hollywood makes films to upset Mike Pence. I can't decide what's more pathetic, making movies that nobody watches to get the Trump administration's attention, or admitting to it.— Alana Mastrangelo (@ARmastrangelo) March 5, 2018

"“The statement is indicative of the goals of Hollywood, to use film as a propaganda tool of leftist ideology and philosophies,” responded Twitter user “Socialism Sux,” summing up how Hollywood uses these sick films, hoping to make our culture anti-Christian.

The statement is indicative of the goals of Hollywood, to use film as a propaganda tool of leftist ideology and philosophies— SocialismSux (@shipwreck_10304) March 5, 2018

"Sage Antone tweeted, “Correct. They no longer make movies for audiences. However, unlike the applauding seals in the audience, your children are safe around Mike Pence.” Now, there is some wisdom. If a homosexual pedophile movie is lauded as one of the best of 2018, maybe it’s Hollywood who is the problem in our society, not guns and not the NRA.

Correct. They no longer make movies for audiences. However, unlike the applauding seals in the audience, your children are safe around Mike Pence.— Sage Antone (@AntoneSage) March 5, 2018

"Don't Dare Sit with Us if You Want to Live"

Gatestone Institute

Raymond Ibrahim: Muslim Persecution of Christians, September 2017

"They get paid for every Coptic Christian girl they bring in. In some cases, police provide the kidnappers with drugs they seize. The drugs are then given to the girls to weaken their resistance... I even know of cases in which police offered helped to beat up the girls to make them recite the Islamic creed." — World Watch Monitor, Egypt; September 14, 2017.

"On September 14, a court sentenced a Christian man to death for "blasphemy" against the prophet of Islam. Nadeem James, a 27-year-old father of two, was originally arrested in July 2016, after a Muslim angry with him for personal reasons falsely accused James, who is illiterate, of texting a poem deemed "blasphemous" of Muhammad. — Pakistan.

"School textbooks taught her that "it was the Christians who wanted to plunder the lands and the riches of the Muslim world" and Turks merely responded by "defend[ing] what was rightfully theirs." (In reality, modern day Turkey consists of territory that was Christian for more than a thousand years before it was conquered by Turks in the name of jihad.) "Everything is used to make the Christians look like villains," she said, adding, "It's the same all through Muslim countries." — Turkey.

Raymond Ibrahim is the author of Crucified Again: Exposing Islam's New War on Christians (published by Regnery with Gatestone Institute, April 2013).