Monday, February 15, 2021

Next So much for defund the police! Minneapolis to spend $6.4M recruiting MORE officers following sharp rise in crime and up to 200 cops quitting after George Floyd riots and $8m budget cuts

 UK Daily Mail


"Minneapolis is planning to spend $6.4million to hire dozens of police officers, at a time when some City Council members and activist groups have been advocating to replace the police department following the death of George Floyd.

"The City Council voted unanimously Friday to approve the additional funding that police requested. 

"According to the Minneapolis Police Department, there are only 638 officers available to work, which is roughly 200 fewer than usual. 

"An unprecedented number of officers quit or went on extended medical leave after Floyd's death and the unrest that followed, which included the burning of a police precinct." . . .

The closing of the American mind

"The university is no longer a place of liberal education in the best sense of the term. It will not give all ideas a fair hearing, it figuratively burns books, and it routinely bars speakers. Only those who advance the radical atheistic left are welcomed. Worse, universities use all means necessary to protect and advance leftist hegemony."

Daniel Davies  . . . "Bloom argued that American students have become impoverished in the soul because they no longer engage with the classics of Western Civilization.  The Great Books program presents writings from influential authors regardless of whether their views are radical, liberal, conservative, atheistic, or theistic. The editors trust that, with open liberal


education, students will have the ability to make educated decisions on what is right and what is wrong. That is the heart of liberal education. The slogan is “Let the great conversation take place.”

"Radical students of the 1960s did not subscribe to that commitment. Because they were sure that their revolutionary Marxian, Freudian, Nietzschean, and Darwinian views contained all truth, they sought to cancel any other views, especially religious views. They directly assaulted traditional American values of God, family, and nation. They treated with disdain anything related to traditional Christian morality. "During the 34 years since Bloom published his book sounding an alarm about the closing of the American mind, what he feared has come to pass. The students so ill-served in the 1980s and beyond have taken their revolution outside of academia. Now they dominate in media, education, government, entertainment, the arts, and sports. Not only have they fully embraced the radical atheistic ideas of Marx, Freud, Darwin, and Nietzsche, they refuse to permit anyone who embraces traditional religious and liberal ideas to work in those institutions." . . .Read the full article here

Mr. Davies also wrote A 1620 Project should replace the Democrats’ misbegotten 1619 Project

Boris Johnson calls Trump's impeachment a 'kerfuffle' and suggests Biden copied his Build Back Better slogan

Yahoo!  . . . "UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday described former US President Donald Trump's impeachment trial as a "kerfuffle" and appeared to suggest that President Joe Biden had copied his "Build Back Better" slogan.


" 'The clear message that we get from the proceedings in America is that after all the toings and froings and all the kerfuffle, American democracy is strong and the American constitution is strong and robust," Johnson said in an interview with CBS's Face the Nation, when asked what signal Trump's acquittal on impeachment charges would send.

"The prime minister's message contrasted with that of Biden's, who said that "this sad chapter in our history has reminded us that democracy is fragile.' " . . .

An Oppressive Boot on the Neck of Free Speech

 An Oppressive Boot on the Neck of Free Speech  . . . "Colorado State University, several years ago, prepared a draft “Inclusive Language Guide.” This is a modern-day version of George Orwell’s “Newspeak,” the official language of Fictious Oceania, words designed to be politically correct without a hint of rebellion or opposition to the establishment." . . .


. . . "The CSU guide was created by a group of university staff to avoid offending anyone who might hear or read words that have been part of the American lexicon for centuries. Here is the actual guide and some examples.

"Note that it is not “official policy or required practice,” only a guide, but woe to those who disregard the suggestions. It’s also a “living document”, meaning it can change based on the political winds, as in who occupies the White House.

“ 'Birth defect” should be replaced with “person with a congenital disability” as it supposedly generalizes the population. “Defect” implies the person is “sub-par” or incomplete. Doesn’t “disability” do the same?

“ 'Colored” should be replaced with “person of color”, as it was decades ago. When was the last time you saw anyone use the term “colored”? Was a written guide necessary for this?" . . .

Many more PC rules here. Many.  But wait! There's more!...UC Berkeley reverses its absurd ban on outdoor exercise

"Writer Brian C Joondeph is a racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, white supremacist, privileged, extremist, insurrectionist, fascist, deplorable, smelly, bigoted, domestic terrorist (conservative) writer and physician."

Woke At Last: Indiana’s Valparaiso University Cancels Crusader Nickname and Mascot

In any case, all this shame over the Crusader name, and expiating renunciation, is completely unwarranted. As The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS shows from primary sources, the Crusades were not, as the good people at Valparaiso University evidently assume, an unprovoked exercise of racist proto-colonialism directed against a peaceful Muslim world.

The Crusades were in reality a late, small-scale defensive response after 450 years of jihad attacks had conquered and Islamicized what had previously been over half of the Christian world.

 Cancel Culture Comes for Disney's 'Jungle Cruise' Because Cannibals Aren't Bad or Something (pjmedia.com)  "Following the silly decision to overhaul Splash Mountain because someone, somewhere objected to cartoon trickster rabbits who like briar patches, Walt Disney World Imagineers are gunning for the beloved Jungle Cruise. Entertainment Weekly reports:" . . .

Not an easy fix

 

AfterMath

Sunday, February 14, 2021

Disney versus Gina Carano

"Disney claimed that what Ms. Carano said was an affront to a cultural and religious group. I assume thereby Disney mean Jews. However, what she said is not offensive to any Jew whose sense of fairness and justice is appalled by the new McCarthyism being directed at political conservatives."  Rabbi Aryeh Spero

 


Disney versus Gina Carano: Spot the dangerous bigots  . . . "Furthermore, what began as denying Trump supporters the basic courtesy of eating in restaurants, as was the case with Sarah Huckabee, has degenerated into harassing conservatives; punching them out at public events and while walking on the street; pounding on the doors of their private residences; demands for their firings at places of work; denying them financial credit;  shooting at them while playing ball; and a general knee-jerk maligning of them by the media and opinion-shaping institutions.  There have even been calls by powerful political activists to “get rid of their kind” and make sure “they never rise again.”

"Many understand the harmful and malicious goals of those who speak of “their kind” and making sure “they never rise again.”  And though the German mischaracterization and cancellation against Jews during the 1930s was an unmatched, horrific category in and of itself, what we are witnessing in America from progressives against tens of millions of Trump supporters and conservatives is one of the most dangerous and un-American phenomena in American history. This deserves discussion.  And while progressives may claim that their agenda against conservatives is not based on bigotry but what is good for the country, this refrain has been expressed many times before in history by those intent on destroying their opponents." . . .


Reason Can’t Prevail Against an Irrational Opposition | Intellectual Takeout  . . . "Disney will get away with the Carano firing, and in a week the incident will be forgotten, yet another sign of the fact that we are losing.

"We are losing because our side assumes that reason can prevail when it comes to the confrontation of ideas. It can—but only when both sides are committed to reason. It’s useless to attempt to reason when the opposition is doggedly irrational. You will always lose an argument with someone who insists that two plus two equals five just as easily as it equals four, and meanwhile you will have wasted both time and energy." . . .

. . . "Before I am accused of inciting violence, let me be clear that the sword we need to wield is a figurative one of boycotts, strikes, and protests. Why should any reasonable person patronize Disney? Going further, we must establish cultural alternatives to the left-loving pop hegemony that rules our lives, as Carano seems to now be doing. Reason will not work against the likes of people who somehow manage to see the “denigration” of minority cultures in sensible comments such as Carano’s." . . .

To Prove Cancel Culture Doesn't Exist, Disney Fires Actress Who Condemned Cancel Culture | The Babylon Bee . . . "According to Lucasfilm, Carano was given the opportunity to grovel, promise to do better, renounce her beliefs, and agree to undergo 8 weeks in a Disney reeducation camp if she wished to keep her job. When she refused, she was let go.

""We gave her the chance to avoid cancelation by telling her to recant her belief that cancel culture is real," said Kennedy. "We then tried to burn her at the stake, but our lawyers informed us that's still illegal. For now."

" 'Only when we force everyone to believe the same thing can we defeat fascism."

California Democrat Eric Swalwell Refers to “God Herself”

Moonbattery Eric Swalwell Refers to "God Herself" - Moonbattery  "Here’s some surprising news: a prominent Democrat appears to believe in God. Former presidential candidate Eric Swalwell — best known for being compromised by a ChiCom spy, for threatening the use of nuclear weapons against American citizens, and for the resounding robustness of his on-camera flatulence — refer[r]ed to the Almighty while quacking duckspeak about the impeachment farce. Unsurprisingly, he assigned God to a politically correct identity group: . . ."

Moonbattery Eric Swalwell Refers to "God Herself" - Moonbattery

. on impeachment failure: “We could have called God herself and it would not have” swayed McConnell

https://moonbattery.com/eric-swalwell-refers-to-god-herself/



MSNBC's Joy Reid blamed the sound on a cup sliding over a desk. But consider it was Joy Reid and MSNBC saying that. This same source called the riot "a merry caravan".

Trump impeachment lawyer Michael van der Veen's home vandalized

 Yahoo   Vandals targeted the home of one of former President Donald Trump's impeachment lawyers, spray-painting the word "TRAITOR" in red on the driveway of his suburban Philadelphia home, police said.

"The vandalism occurred around 8 p.m. on Friday at attorney Michael van der Veen's residence in West Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania, about 30 miles southwest of Philadelphia, according to police

"No arrests have been made, Detective Scott Pezick of the West Whiteland Township Police Department told the Associated Press. Pezick said private security has since been hired by the homeowner to protect the residence, and police presence has been beefed up in van der Veen's neighborhood." . . .


Trump Attorney Van Der Veen RIPS CBS HACK – Then Pulls Off Mic and Walks Away!

 Gateway Pundit  . . . "Trump Attorney Michael van der Veen spoke with CBS News following the acquittal of his client President Donald Trump by the US Senate in the second frivolous impeachment attempt by Speaker Nancy Pelosi.  . . .


. . . "Van Der Veen blasted CBS News hack Lana Zak who tried to defend the Democrat lawmakers who presented doctored and fraudulent evidence during the Senate impeachment trial." . . .

CNN’s Jake Tapper really stuck his foot in his mouth when he insulted Florida’s Republican Representative, Brian Mast.

 Jake Tapper CNN News Idiot – Grrr Graphics

. . . "Tapper questioned his patriotism after Mast supported an effort to look into the election fraud. Jake said something about Mast fighting for Democracy in Afghanistan and then added “Although I don’t know about his commitment to it here in the United States.”

"Tapper was wrong on so many levels with that statement. We’re not in Afghanistan to bring them Democracy. We are still there for geopolitical reasons, as well as to protect the opium fields for CIA drug runners. Secondly, America is a Republic, not a Democracy, which has become the Democrats’ code word for ’socialism.’ Thirdly, to question a well-decorated military man’s patriotism after he lost his legs in service of his country is deeply insulting to us all.

"It probably shouldn’t be surprising, though. Tapper loves to insult those who aren’t aligned with his own network echo chamber.

"Along with the ADL, he helped make sure I was disinvited from the White House media summit back in 2018. He has repeatedly stated on Twitter that I’ve drawn ‘anti-Semitic’ cartoons. This is a blatant lie. I’ve never drawn an anti-Semitic cartoon—ever. It’s not anti-Semitic to criticize central bankers and globalist corporations having an influence on our politics. Tapper rakes in $4 million per year toadying to his corporate masters." .  . .

What’s Up with Fox News?

 Peter Barry Chowka  . . . "The fact is that Fox News has never been more conservative than it is right now. In the past, Fox News featured a variety of leftists and non-conservatives on its prime-time schedule. For two decades, Bill O’Reilly ruled the roost at 8 PM ET. He claimed he is not a conservative – instead, he described himself as a “no spin guy” who complimented Barack Obama for being “a stand-up guy.” Also in prime time on the channel starting in 1999 was Paula Zahn, who joined Fox after a stint at CBS News. She went on to host a program at CNN after she left Fox.  Megyn Kelly, who outed herself as center-left after she went to NBC in 2017, was another prime time star at Fox News for a number of years prior to jumping ship.

"Meanwhile, since the fall of 2017, following a year of turmoil and uncertainty, FNC has had the most rock solid conservative opinion show lineup ever in prime time on any channel, featuring hosts Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, and Laura Ingraham. All three of their (usually) live shows (8-11 PM ET) are repeated for West coast viewers starting at 9 PM PT. On weekends, FNC’s superb hosts include Mark Levin (whose Sunday show features the best long form interviews on television), Jesse Watters, Jeanine Pirro, and Greg Gutfeld.

"The conservative critics of Fox News cherry pick a limited number of recent incidents and claim that they define FNC, including Melissa Francis shutting down a discussion of George Soros on Outnumbered (Soros’s influence has been covered at length on Tucker Carlson’s and Steve Hilton’s programs, among others); the Fox News Decision Desk’s early election night call of Arizona for Joe Biden – a prediction that held up (subsequently one of the experts who engineered that call has left the channel); and the sudden departure on February 5 of popular Fox Business host Lou Dobbs (reportedly in the works for some time, with one of his time slots given to Larry Kudlow, Director of the National Economic Council from 2018 to 2021 and a staunch defender of Donald Trump)." . . .

Seven turncoats

 Their constant reference to our Constitution is a joke; they have no reverence for our founding document, none at all.  Those seven treasonous faux Republicans voted with the pro-violence, anti-law-enforcement crowd.

Patricia McCarthy  "What motivated those Republicans to vote guilty?

"Burr, (NC), Sasse, (NE), Romney, (UT), Collins,(ME), Murkowski, (AK), Cassidy,(LA), Toomey, (PA)

I have learned to hate all traitors, and there is no disease that I spit on more than treachery.  Aeschylus

"Is it their own moral narcissism as Roger Simon suspects, a misplaced sense of their own moral righteousness?  It can’t be because their constituents wanted them to vote guilty.  They will likely each be censured in their home states for their betrayal.  

"Is it their own insecurity re: their membership in the swamp?  Is it money?  Were they somehow paid for their guilty votes?  That would surprise no one.  

"We’ve long known that Romney’s hatred for Trump ate his brain, destroyed any core values he ever had, if he had them.  Murkowski has never been a reliable conservative nor has Susan Collins.  They are both Democrats in their heart of hearts. Cassidy was a Democrat all his life until 2006, so he too is a fake republican." . . .   

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