Pin The Male And The Honky

"I have a better idea. Let’s reject the ideas of incompetent Marxist feminists who distort history in an effort to advance failed visions."

Mike Adams   "Dr. Kimberly Cook, a Sociology and Criminology professor at UNC Wilmington, has written an op-ed piece that ostensibly seeks to explain the high rates of “violence in low-income communities” in our hometown of Wilmington, North Carolina. 
Under normal circumstances, I ignore political screeds written by my Marxist colleagues. However, this recent op-ed is so mired in intellectual incompetence and academic dishonestly as to require a column-length response.

"Cook begins her op-ed by saying that “As a criminologist, (she) can offer some insights into this persistent problem (of violence in low-income communities).” By reminding people she is a criminologist she seeks to establish credibility. But she destroys her credibility in the next sentence by adding that, “arrest and incarceration exacerbate the problems” she is addressing.

"When Cook eschews incarceration, she draws no distinction between petty offenses such as drug possession and more serious crimes of violence such as murder, which have been on the upswing in Wilmington’s low-income neighborhoods. Hence, her suggestion that arresting people and incarcerating them would be detrimental raises some serious red flags. Were I the editor of our local Wilmington McTimes, I probably would have passed on Cook’s request to publish her “expert” commentary." . . .

. . . "While the nation is experiencing rapid economic growth, we are also seeing the lowest black unemployment rates in decades. There has been no downward shift in economic opportunity, which would explain the sudden uptick in crime in lower-income Wilmington neighborhoods.

"Fortunately, Cook does recognize - at least at some level - how the crimes of her fellow Democrats have affected our community. She states that “Still, our community remains wounded by historical harms of racialized violence (the violence of slavery; the 1898 coup and massacre).” For those not from Wilmington, the 1898 massacre was a political coup perpetrated by white supremacist Democrats against black Republicans. But it has absolutely nothing to do with current rates of violence in poor black communities." . . .

Not On A Roll: The Left Is Coming For Our Toilet Paper

MRC  "Toilet paper is “worsening climate change” according to the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Especially if it’s “the pillowy soft kind.”

"The organization recently tweeted out this information, which caught the attention of American Thinker and other websites." . . .

. . . "So, they want you to avoid Charmin (maybe because it was recently ranked the #1 toilet paper?) because time is running out.

I guess they haven’t visited the Canadian Natural Resources website which claims:

Less than 0.3% of Canada’s forests are harvested annually.Less than 0.02% of Canada’s forests are deforested each year.100% of forests harvested on Canada’s public land must be successfully regenerated.

. . . "3 rolls a week for EACH American? Seems, uh, a little high. This may be a factor in their calculations.

"If you desire to make your own calculations based on your personal toilet paper use, you can. Thankfully, the NRDC website provides a link to a paper calculator by the Environmental Paper Network." . . .

Did they get this info from CNN?

Jerry Seinfeld, Ricky Gervais 'Fight for the Right to Joke About Anything' vs. PC Police

MRC  "In the latest season of Netflix's Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, released July 19, Ricky Gervais joined Jerry Seinfeld for two episodes. During this time, they reflected on the nature of comedy in today's easily offended culture that isn't so convinced about free speech. Ironically enough, they also told a joke that is making headlines for, you guessed it, being offensive. 

"First, the "controversy." Early in the third episode, "China Maybe? Part 1," Ricky shared with Jerry that he loves New York, and Jerry makes a joke. It's two comedians in a car together with a camera on them, so that seems fairly predictable, right? What was interesting was that they're immediately aware that, although the joke was meant in fun, they would be excoriated for it on the internet and even discussed editing it out of the episode."  . . .

. . . They knew people would comment and take the joke out of context, but they went for it.

Ricky Gervais doesn't really care much what the mob thinks, anyway. Over the past few days, he's been taken to task for standing up for women who refuse to wax the testicles of trans women. Seriously. Actually, he very much enjoyed NewsBusters' own coverage of the story. 

"Pretty funny how life is aligning perfectly with the show, isn't it?"

Pelosi on AOC: ‘We Don’t Have That Many Differences’

Ian Macfarlane

National Review  "House speaker Nancy Pelosi downplayed her differences with progressive freshman congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after a private meeting Friday.
“It went very well,” Pelosi said. “I don’t think we have that many differences.”
"Pelosi said they did not discuss Ocasio-Cortez’s recent remark suggesting the speaker was singling out female colleagues of color for criticism.
"“I have meetings with members all the time,” Pelosi told reporters. “We covered a range of issues in our conversation particular to the congresswoman’s committees.”
"The apparently amicable meeting comes after a tiff earlier this month between Pelosi and Representatives Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, and Ayanna Pressley, the four progressive first-term congresswomen of color nicknamed “the Squad.” The dispute started after the four voted against an emergency border-aid bill brought to the floor by leadership, saying they wanted to see more protections for migrants in the measure.
“ 'All these people have their public whatever and their Twitter world,” Pelosi said after the bill passed. “But they didn’t have any following. They’re four people, and that’s how many votes they got.” . . .

Kathy Griffin and the Consequences of the Politics of Stupidity

"It turns out that taking a page from ISIS to make a point about the president is a bit too much to stomach for even many of the angriest Americans."

'toons added by TD

PJ Media  "In the days, weeks, and months following Donald Trump's election and inauguration, liberal America took its collective mind, threw it in a Vitamix, and poured it down the toilet. It has been lost and floating around in a sewer of rage ever since.
"One of the more notable Trump Derangement Syndrome meltdowns back then was publicly offered by comedian Kathy Griffin, who infamously posted a picture of her with a mock, blood-covered, severed head of President Trump.
"The stunt was so beyond the pale that even the notorious Trump-hating execs at CNN severed the network's professional relationship with her. She also lost an endorsement gig with "Squatty Potty," and the world is probably a better place for it.
"The Los Angeles Times recently ran a profile on Griffin, detailing her professional woes of the past couple of years, as well as promoting a new documentary about her travails.
"Griffin paints a pretty bleak picture of the treatment she is getting from Hollywood these days:

“I’m still totally blacklisted,” she said the other day, sitting in a red dress and taking stock of how a woman who starred on Bravo’s “My Life on the D-List” fell precipitously to the “S” list. “No agency will touch me. No network will touch me. No streaming service will touch me. Nobody. And yet, I’m an earner. I’ve made them all money, and I’ll make them money again. I have to dig myself out of this hole.”

"Although Griffin's old show said she was on the "D-List," her career has actually been a pretty good one.
"And even though she says she has been "totally blacklisted" she is booking and being paid for live gigs. Still, she was a much hotter commodity before her stunt and the professional effects are enduring:" . . .

2017: Crybully Kathy Griffin Tries to Become a Victim of Her Sick Photo Shoot
. . . "This is what the double standard of the Left looks like. Attack someone, receive some pushback (like all your upcoming jobs canceling on you) and start crying that you're the victim of a hate campaign. If I didn't know better, I would think that Griffin was a paid provocateur meant to take down the entire leftist movement. She has done more to rip the mask off the beast than anyone in the history of politics. Good job, Kathy!" . . .

Mueller Sticks the Final Shiv in Russiagate

National Review  "Ding-Dong! The witch hunt is dead!

"After nearly three years, Russiagate is lifeless, and Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III killed it.

"The former FBI director’s stumbling, stammering appearances Wednesday before the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees provided a rare moment of bipartisanship. Democrats and Republicans were shocked to see the Vietnam War hero, Purple Heart recipient, and veteran federal lawman as adrift as a helium balloon in a hurricane as he struggled to answer many questions about the Mueller report and dodged others. Thursday’s New York Post summed it up: “Bumbling Bob Bombs.”

"Early on, Mueller called the president “Trimp.” Congressmen reminded him six times to speak into the microphone. He looked lost while navigating a three-ring binder stuffed with his eponymous missive’s 448 pages. Mueller asked 48 times for questions to be repeated and evaded 198 queries. Passages of Mueller’s report sounded like breaking news to him. Late in the day, he grasped fruitlessly for a synonym for “collusion” for 28 seconds until Representative Peter Welch (D., Vt.) suggested “conspiracy.” This word should roll like a tater tot off any G-man’s tongue.

“ 'Much as I hate to say it, this morning’s hearing was a disaster,” Harvard Law professor and Trump foe Laurence Tribe conceded via Twitter. “Far from breathing life into his damning report, the tired Robert Mueller sucked the life out of it.” Obama’s campaign strategist David Axelrod simply said, “This is very, very painful.”

"Gaffes aside, the substance of Mueller’s statements shot holes into his own report, like Al Capone emptying a machine gun." . . .

Ex-Host Krystal Ball: MSNBC’s Russia ‘Conspiracies’ Have Done ‘Immeasurable Harm’ to the Left

The Daily Beast

“Russia conspiracy was great for ratings among the key demographic of empty nesters on the coasts with too much time on their hands,” she said.

A former longtime MSNBC anchor lashed out this week at her former employer over its coverage of the Russia investigation.

"In a Thursday segment on The Hill’s online streaming service, Krystal Ball, the former host of MSNBC’s now-cancelled midday show The Cycle, admonished the network for its incessant coverage of the Russia investigation. 

“ 'MSNBC built segment after segment, show after show on building anticipation for a big reveal when we would learn the true depths of Trump's fealty and direct conspiracy with Putin,” she said." . . .

2020 Census Citizenship Controversy Exposes True Open Borders Agenda

iOTW Report

Tom Tancredo  "As usual, the dustup about the census including a question about citizenship has nothing to do with what the loony left claims as their motivation to exclude it. They say it’s all about being sensitive to the hurt feelings and paranoia of people who are illegally present in the U.S. And, by the way, asking the question it is not a Donald Trump trick to ferret out those folks who are hiding under their blankets, afraid that the next knock on the door will be the jackbooted ICE agents, come to drag them from their beds and put them on boxcars headed for concentration camps.

"A brief history lesson here. The Constitution of the United States directs the President to conduct a Census every ten years, and that has been done without controversy since 1790. And with rare exceptions, the question on citizenship has been part of it from the beginning. Yet, its inclusion in the 2020 Census has become controversial. The reasons for the opposition to the citizenship question tell us a lot about the declining health of our American constitutional republic.

"The vehement opposition to the 2020 Census question on citizenship is a symptom of a deep divide in the body politic, a chasm that only grows wider and deeper as politicians postpone a decision over the meaning of the Constitution's opening words, "We the People.' " . . .

The Southern borders are not Auschwitz  "Politics destroys both moral compasses and perspective." 

NBC News: ‘Growing Number’ of Pregnant Migrants Waiting to Deliver Anchor Babies in U.S.

Jew-hating tweets from two CNN staffers outed

. . . "As Schwartz commented in a later tweet, keep all of this in mind as you watch CNN;s coverage of Israel. Or, as James Earl Jones sonorously intones on CNN’s air so often, “THIS is CNN….”

The voice of Darth Vader seems serendipitous

Thomas Lifson  "In the space of two days, tweets by 2 CNN staffers have been brought to light that seem to express horrific sentiments about Jews. One of the staffers, CNN photo editor Mohammed Elshamy, “resigned” from CNN. The other, Karim Farid, who appears on CNN’s Arabic service, is claiming that his tweets have been taken out of context and is defending himself. There is no formal indication that he has left the network." . . .

Mr. Lifson provides us with another source on this: 
Another CNN Personality’s Antisemitic Tweets Unearthed: ‘I Love You Hitler’  
"Another CNN personality who was presenting on the CNN Arabic network as recently as last week appears to have expressed a series of antisemitic sentiments on Twitter, even praising Hitler. This follows the recent resignation of a CNN editor, whose past antisemitic statements surfaced Thursday afternoon.

"Kareem Farid heads up a digital tech show on CNN Arabic. He began in January 2019, according to his LinkedIn profile. He is also listed as the “Lead of Storytelling and Video Production at APCO Worldwide.”

"On Friday, tweets surfaced, showing Farid writing, “I love you Hitler” and commending the Nazi dictator for “his determination to reach his goal.' ” . . .

The old "out of context" card will be played in three...two...

Congressman: Jewish Settlers Are Like Termites

Free Beacon  "PHILADELPHIA—A Democratic member of the House Armed Services Committee compared Jewish Israeli settlers to termites on Monday while speaking at an event sponsored by an anti-Israel organization that supports boycotts of the Jewish state.

"Rep. Hank Johnson (D., Ga.) launched into a tirade against Israel and its policies toward the Palestinians, comparing Jewish people who live in disputed territories to "termites" that destroy homes. Johnson also compared Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, a remark that drew vocal agreement from those in the room.

" 'There has been a steady [stream], almost like termites can get into a residence and eat before you know that you’ve been eaten up and you fall in on yourself, there has been settlement activity that has marched forward with impunity and at an ever increasing rate to the point where it has become alarming," Johnson said during an event sponsored by the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, an anti-Israel organization that galvanizes supporters of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement, or BDS." . . .

Rep Johnson is one of those great minds in Washington who oversees our Armed Services. He takes part in discussing our Marines being garrisoned on Guam:

Soccer star Megan Rapinoe will be secretary of state if Jay Inslee has any say

Washington Post   "Everyone’s favorite soccer star Megan Rapinoe is quickly becoming a favorite pick in Fantasy Political Football — despite her own thoughts on the matter.

"Presidential candidate Gov. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) made a whopper of a campaign promise on Saturday: If he makes it to the White House, he will ask the U.S. women’s national team co-captain to serve as the country’s secretary of state.

“ 'My first act will be to ask Megan Rapinoe to be my secretary of state. I haven’t asked her yet so this could be a surprise to her,” Inslee said at the progressive Netroots Nation conference in Philadelphia. The governor explained that he wanted a secretary of state that leads with “love rather than hate*.”  . . .

Like this? 

. . . “ 'I actually believe this, because what I think what she has said that has inspired us so much is such an antithesis of the president’s foreign policies,” said Inslee, who isn’t the first politician to throw Rapinoe’s jersey in the political ring. When Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) dropped out of the 2020 presidential race last week, he joked that Rapinoe would have his support if she chose to run for the White House. “I think she turns 35 next July,” Swalwell quipped.

"Rapinoe certainly fits that bill for some. She has publicly clashed with President Trump, who she has said “excludes people who look like me and are me.” During her much-discussed speech at last week’s FIFA Women’s World Cup ticker-tape parade in New York, Rapinoe challenged the assembled crowd to “be better.' ” . . .

*Emphasis mine, TD: "Love rather than hate"?

Jay Inslee ranked as the absolute worst governor on taxing, spending "As Governor Jay Inslee embarks on his inevitable unsuccessful presidential campaign, seeming to spend more time out of Washington than in it, a new report rates him as the worst Governor in the country when it comes to fiscal policy. Literally the worst." . . .

And his Secretary of State who will interact with world leaders? Megan Rapinoe’s antics and foul language  "Reading about Megan Rapinoe’s antics and foul language directed at President Trump and the disrespect that she showed during the playing of the national anthem, proves that she is a bitter recalcitrant toddler.
"She missed an opportunity to meet the president and state her concerns face to face. Instead, she chose to spew obscenities and show bad behavior and the  leftist media was only too happy to coddle her.  She cannot be taken seriously and I am saddened that her team members did not call her out for her childish behavior that tainted their accomplishments."

Sports columnists and left-wing pundits have also speculated that Rapinoe’s potential political endorsements could move the needle on the left while Trump is in the White House if she decides to get involved in politics.

“I’m not going to the f**king White House,” Rapinoe told Eight By Eight. “No, I’m not going to the White House. We’re not going to be invited. I doubt it.”

Dennis Prager: We All Wanted to Love the Women’s Soccer Team. But the team, led by foul-mouthed Megan Rapinoe, disgraced itself.

Look at me, everybody!

"For the first time in my life, I did not root for an American team. Whatever the sport, I have always rooted American. And if those who called in to my radio show were representative of my audience, many millions of Americans made the same sad choice.

"It takes a lot for people like me not to root for an American team. But Megan Rapinoe, the foul-mouthed star of the team, and her fellow players made it possible.
"The U.S. women’s team disgraced itself. Either its members were cowed into submission by Rapinoe or they agreed (or, at least, never disagreed) with her attacks on the president, her reference to the White House as the “f—ing White House,” her refusal since 2016 to participate in the national anthem, and her repeatedly shouting during the team’s parade in New York City, “New York, you’re the motherf—ing best!”
"For example, Rapinoe said, “Every member of the team that I have talked to would not go” to the White House.
"Rapinoe is a great soccer player. Other than that, she is unimpressive. She comes across as arrogant, a fool, and a lowlife." . . . . . 
. . . .
"With their politicization of their victory, their expletive-filled speech, and their publicly expressed contempt for half their fellow citizens, the women of the U.S. women’s soccer team succeeded in endearing themselves to America’s Left. But they earned the rest of the country’s disdain, which is sad. We really wanted to love the team.
"What we have here is yet another example of perhaps the most important fact in the contemporary world: Everything the Left touches it ruins."

Democrats and their effect on American culture and society

Are this current generation and its millennials not capable of seeing the evil infecting our culture?

Police as targets  "Recently, three extremely disturbing events involving police as targets show that American society is rapidly approaching a state of anarchy. 

"The events, all captured on video, took place in various New York neighborhood: on Monday, July 22, 2019, in Brooklyn and Harlem, and on Wednesday, July 24, 2019, in the Bronx. 

"The incident in Brooklyn, captured in a 19-second video, shows bucketsfull of water hurled towards cops, and a cop hit with a bucket while making an arrest, as onlookers watch, laugh and prance in glee.

. . . 

“ 'This looks like it’s becoming a disgusting trend,” said one police source after the Bronx incident.

"Back in those years, Republican Mayor (1994-2001) Rudolph Giuliani was successfully applying the broken windows theory, according to which targeting minor crimes prevents more serious crimes.  Broken windows policing has become associated with the use of “stop-and-frisk” police practice, which caused significant drops in crime rate in New York City.

"But those days are long gone. The current Democrat Mayor (since 2014), Bill de Blasio, has been consistently applying a hands-off approach to perpetrators. He ended the stop-and-frisk practice, while in public speeches he vilifies the police and victimizes the thugs for political expediency.

"Anti-police rhetoric characterizes also many Democrat presidential contenders, like Kamala Harris and Julian Castro, who don’t blame “the few bad apples” but advocate instead for the whole system to be reformed." . . .

Much of this was begun during the Obama administration but the soil was nurtured during the Vietnam protests. Rudy Guiliani discusses Obama's role in this at the 2016 Democrat convention. TD

"Logically, this anti-police approach has immediate effects and longer-term effects. Immediate effects include non-intervention of police in violent protests and drops in police recruitment rate.

"On June 29, 2019, a clash with the left-leaning militant group of Antifa in Portland, Oregon, left conservative writer Andy Ngo with a brain hemorrhage, while police didn’t intervene. Instead, officers told him they wouldn’t approach the aggressors because it could incite the crowd. Portland police and city Mayor (since 2017) Ted Wheeler (another Democrat) have received national criticism of how the demonstrations were handled after videos and photos of Ngo being attacked went viral. 

"Also, studies show a decrease in the number of police officers by 11 percent,  and that, nationally, 66 percent of police departments report seeing declining numberof applications. 

"Long-term effects will show erosion of public authority in society and a spiral down toward anarchy." . . .