UPDATED: Spike Lee Is an Ass

Kyle Smith

"His public tantrum was unseemly, ungracious, and embarrassing — but it may pay off."

. . . "A man who acts like a churl in his late 30s is liable to remain one forever. You may correct me if I’m wrong, but I think Lee made Oscar history Sunday night. As far as I know, he was the first Academy Award loser ever to throw a public tantrum right there in the auditorium.
"'ABC’s cameras didn’t catch it, but showbiz trades reported what happened in the audience after Best Picture was predictably awarded to Green Book instead of Lee’s film, BlacKkKlansman. Deadline noted that a “furious” Lee left his seat, stalked back toward the rear of the theater, then turned back and appeared to get into an intense conversation with Get Out writer-director Jordan Peele, who was behind him. Then he paced in the aisle and headed for the back of the theater again. When he got back to his seat he pointedly turned his back to the stage as Green Book producer-director Peter Farrelly gave an acceptance speech.

Lloyd Marcus: Spike Lee's disservice to black America . . . "In his speech, Lee cited that slavery in America began 400 years ago.  And yet, while standing on stage, receiving an Oscar, Lee, a black man, acts as if slavery continues today.  Lee said his grandmother funded his college education.  He said his grandmother was the daughter of a slave and a college graduate.  Doesn't Spike Lee's and his grandmother's success confirm the truth that America is the greatest land of opportunity on the planet for all who choose to go for it?
"As I watched Spike Lee, I thought, what is wrong with this man?  Does he actually believe his anti-American garbage, or is it simply his niche to make movies?  Promoting her movie, Selma, billionaire black woman Oprah Winfrey spread the lie that blacks are still suffering the 1965 racism featured in her movie.  White moviegoers have made black actor Samuel L. Jackson worth $220 million.  Like Spike Lee, Jackson whines about how blacks can't catch a break in racist America." . . .

Update:

GOP Rep.: Michael Cohen Is a ‘Fake Witness’ and His Testimony Is a ‘Travesty’

National Review

"Representative Mark Green (R., Tenn.) labeled President Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen a “fake witness” during Cohen’s appearance before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday and suggested there was no value to hearing the testimony of a proven liar.

“ 'Ladies and gentlemen, how on earth is this witness credible?” Green asked. “With all the lies and deception, the self-serving fraud. It begs the question: What is the majority party doing here? No one can see this guy as credible. He will say whatever he wants to accomplish his own personal goals. He’s a fake witness. His presence here is a travesty.”

"Green criticized Representative Elijah Cummings (D., Md.), the chairman of the Oversight Committee, for restricting the topics that lawmakers are permitted to question Cohen about, listing each approved topic and arguing in detail that Cohen’s testimony on those matters lacked credibility.“Mr. Chairman the first topic in your limited scope that I can ask Mr. Cohen is about the president’s debts. 

" 'Mr. Chairman the first topic in your limited scope that I can ask Mr. Cohen is about the president’s debts. But Mr. Chairman, didn’t Mr. Cohen plead guilty to lying to banks about his personal finances? So we’re asking a guy going to jail for lying about his debts to comment about the president’s debts. He’s the expert,” Green said." . . .

Updating continually: Who Is the UC Berkeley Puncher?

Campus Reform  "The University of California-Berkeley told Campus Reform Tuesday that it is seeking a felony arrest warrant from the Alameda County District Attorney's Office as a result of its investigation into the Feb. 19 assault against Leadership Institute Field Representative Hayden Williams." . . .

. . . "Berkeley is no stranger to anti-conservative violence. During a number of violent riots that broke out in early 2017 in response to appearances by several conservative speakers such as Milo Yiannopolous, a Diablo Valley College ethics professor named Eric Clanton smashed at least one person upside the head with a bike lock. 
"Clanton later took a plea deal which entailed the dropping of all three felony charges against him.
"Another rioter sprayed Trump supporter Kiara Robles in the face with pepper spray for wearing a hat that read, “Make Bitcoin Great Again.”

"This is a developing story. Updates will be added.

Editor's note: The Leadership Institute owns and operates CampusReform.org.

PJ Media is puzzled over this as well   . . . "That's it. The cops now claim they've identified the attacker, but they haven't arrested him and they're not releasing his name to the public.
"Would they be protecting this violent thug's identity if he had been wearing a MAGA hat?
"And what triggered the black-clad hooligan? What drove him to such a violent rage? It was a sign reading "Hate Crime Hoaxes Hurt Real Victims," a reference to the Smollett hoax. This coward got so triggered by a fake hate crime that he committed a real one." . . .

Update, 2/27:   Hayden Williams slams UC-Berkeley admin. 'for allowing it to get to this point'   . . . "On Fox & Friends, Williams was asked by host Ainsley Earhardt the identity of the man who was caught on video punching him in the face while he helped conservative campus groups recruit new members. Police in California told Campus Reform recently that they have identified the suspect but have not released his name publicly." . . .

. . . " 'But what I do know is that there is a culture at Berkeley that sort of harbors this mentality. It’s embedded at the university and you know, some people of the campus community were even hailing this guy as a hero for what he did and encouraging members of the community not to snitch on this individual," Williams said.

" 'What do you want to happen to him?" Earhardt asked Williams, referring to the man who punched him in the face.

" 'Well, I respect due process and, you know, I’m confident that he will be found. The police are doing good work on this case. And my main critique is with the administration for allowing it to get to this point where this sort of violence is accepted and even encouraged by some," Williams said." . . . 

Al Gore Says Ralph Northam Can Atone For Blackface Scandal By Opposing Gas Pipeline

WUWT  "Al Gore said Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam can fulfill his “racial reconciliation” pledge by opposing the Atlantic Coast pipeline, which he called a “racist rip-off.”  Racist Again!

“This is an ideal opportunity for him to say, ‘I’ve seen the light,’” Gore said at an anti-pipeline town hall in a historically black part of Buckingham County, Virginia, as part of an “Environmental Justice Tour,” the AP reported.

"Gore appeared on stage with his daughter Karenna Gore, Rev. Dr. William Barber II, environmental activists and residents of Union Hill, a historically black neighborhood, who oppose the Atlantic Coast pipeline.

"Gore and climate activists see Northam’s recent blackface controversy as a way to turn him against the Atlantic Coast pipeline. 

"Northam’s political future was thrown into doubt early in 2019 after his medical school yearbook photos surfaced, showing a picture of an individual in blackface and another in a KKK hood."... .Michael Bastasch | Energy EditorFormer Vice President
When everything is racist, then nothing will be racist.

(RELATED: Trump Will Officially End Negotiations With California On Fuel Economy Rollbacks)

Rich Terrell /on Boss Tweed

AOC dismisses Green New Deal critics: ‘Like, I’m the boss’ . . . “ 'Like I just introduced the Green New Deal two weeks ago, and it’s creating all of this conversation. Why? Because no one else has even tried.

“ 'So people are like, ‘Oh it’s unrealistic. Oh it’s vague. Oh it doesn’t address this little minute thing,’ ” she added. “And I’m like, ‘You try. You do it. Cuz you’re not. Cuz you’re not. So, until you do it, I’m the boss.’ How about that?’ ” . . .How, like, Churchillian.

AOC Is Not ‘the Boss’ for Coming Up with a Plan That Can’t Work  . . . "Sorry, AOC — but this line of thinking is completely ridiculous. For one thing, someone should probably remind her that her job title is “representative” and not “God.” Her job is not to be a “boss,” but rather a servant of the people whom she represents. We aren’t supposed to be working for her; she’s supposed to be working for us.

Ocasio-Cortez flunks another intelligence test  . . . "Obviously, Ocasio-Cortez has no clue that Mussolini was a socialist through and through — nor that in German, "Nazi" is a contraction for "National Socialist."  But even with the deficient yet expensive education she received at Boston University, she should have been able to comprehend that she was being mocked by comparison to a tyrant.  She is unable to go beyond primary school–level understanding of a text." 

Occasional-Cortex: The Twilight Zone's monster  . . . "Over the weekend, Ocasio-Cortez released a video of herself cooking in her kitchen.  There is a microwave, refrigerator, etc., all the fossil-fueled comforts of home.  She pours herself some wine.  She says "like" every other word like a middle school–age child.  She misuses the few words she thinks she knows, and her voice is increasingly unlistenable.  She resembles a wind-up doll." . . .

Ele

Behold, A Green Horse

Noisy Room

Behold, a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.” – Revelation 6:8

"The original New Deal (11933-’36) was a series of programs, public works projects, financial reforms and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, designed to rescue the US from the Great Depression.  The artfully-name Green New Deal, proposed by Democrat-socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY), is a series of drastic changes designed to divert the US from the path of improvement and greatness set by President Donald J. Trump and propagate Obama’s disastrous and divisive policies. 

"President Trump’s focus on energy has been removing the Obama era’s burdensome energy regulations so that we are now experiencing an unprecedented boom in domestic oil production and energy independence.  We are exporting more oil than importing for the first time in 75 years.   Trump has been so successful, in fact, that Obama has tried to assume the credit in the hope of salvaging his eight years of failure.  The unscientific, childish Ocasio-Cortez endorses the climate change hoax, blaming every winter storm and summer hot spell on corporate America and on cattle with normal gastrointestinal activity.  As clearly clarified by Paul Driessen on cfact, “AOC wants to lead the world in economic suicide, environmental degradation, plummeting living standards, shorter life spans, and societal upheaval.“ 

"Her desire to raze, rebuild, and refurbish every building with, allegedly, non-polluting solar or wind-power equipment, would create an insurmountable debt.  Considering the revelation that she is supported by anti-American, globalist and Nazi-sympathizer, George Soros, it may be that she hopes to erase all remnants of our national history, a common aspiration for every tyrannical regime that has not the ability to improve on what others have achieved.  Alexandra has described herself in divisive intersectional terms, as a Puerto Rican descendant of African slaves, Indigenous people, and Spanish colonizers.  She does not call herself an American and seems to have no affinity for the welfare of our country and our fellow-Americans." . . .  By Tabitha Korol

Democrat Colorado Governor Would Sign Bill Circumventing The Electoral College

So the next presidents will be chosen by California and New York!

  Daily Wire  "On Sunday, the Democratic governor of Colorado, Jared Polis, stated that he would sign a bill allowing his state to circumvent the Electoral College, giving his state’s electoral votes to whomever won the national popular vote, thus allowing population heavy areas to determine the presidential election."
Polis told The Hill that he viewed the Electoral College as an “undemocratic relic,” adding, “I’ve long supported electing the president by who gets the most votes. It’s a way to move towards direct election of the president.” . . .



Why We Need the Electoral College  

Those who complain now that it is unfair for Donald Trump to become president when he received fewer votes than Hillary Clinton have not considered either the implications of what they are proposing or the genius of the Framers.

. . . "Many people who are currently calling for the abolition of the Electoral College, however, don’t realize the chaos that would result.

"Two elements of the “Great Compromise” among the large and small states led to the ratification of the Constitution. A House of Representatives would reflect the popular vote—disadvantaging the small states—but a Senate would give the small states equal representation with the large ones.
"This idea was carried through to the Electoral College, where each state’s allocation of electoral votes is simply the total of its representation in the House and Senate. This again gave the smaller states some additional power in the important choice of the president.
"Leaving aside the fact that a deal is a deal, there are very practical reasons why we will always need the Electoral College under our current constitutional system." . . . 

Electoral College History

No, You Shouldn't Punch People. Justice will be swift and sure....well, maybe not. UPDATED

The puncher: Finally: Zachary Greenberg Arrested For Assault On Conservative Activist At Berkeley    Via Campus Reform: 
Next come the marriage proposals....

PJ Media  "For the past few weeks, America has been fascinated by a fake hate crime, an act of violence that didn't actually happen. We were told we needed to care about it, and even apologize for our complicity in it, right up until the moment our moral, ethical, and intellectual betters were proven completely and utterly wrong. Now, in a turn of events that might've seemed bizarre a few short years ago, criticism of that fake act of violence has led to a real act of violence.
"Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle:

In a stark video showing what appeared to be an assault, a man was shoved and punched in the face at UC Berkeley this week while advertising for a conservative cause at a table on the main campus plaza, police said Wednesday...

Two men had approached the victim, identified Thursday as Hayden Williams, who had been advertising at a table in the plaza for the conservative group Turning Point USA, and began arguing with him, according to police. The victim started filming the encounter.

One of the men knocked the phone out of his hand, knocked down the table, and then hit the victim several times, authorities said.

"See for yourself.

"WARNING: VIOLENCE, RUDE LANGUAGE, AND OTHER STAPLES OF LEFTIST DISCOURSE"

Assaulted by students who hate violence!



UPDATE: "The University of California Police Department (UCPD) has concluded its investigation into the February 19th assault on the UC Berkeley campus. . . . "Based on the results of that investigation, the department is seeking a felony warrant from the Alameda County District Attorney for the identified suspect. The District Attorney will evaluate the case. If the warrant is issued, UCPD will immediately pursue the suspect’s arrest," UC-Berkeley Assistant Vice Chancellor Dan Mogulof told Campus Reform. "

UPDATE: Who Is the UC Berkeley Puncher?  . . . "That's it. The cops now claim they've identified the attacker, but they haven't arrested him and they're not releasing his name to the public.
"Would they be protecting this violent thug's identity if he had been wearing a MAGA hat?"

Self-righteous stars sink Oscars

This was 2018; check for improvements this week. TD

The Citizen  "Small wonder at the dismal ratings for Oscar Night! It used to be such a happy occasion when hosted by such as Bob Hope and, more recently, Billy Crystal. Everyone was united in having a good time and celebrating with such outstanding stars as Gary Cooper, Cary Grant, Clark Gable, Elizabeth Taylor, Olivia de Havilland, Katherine Hepburn, etc. It was a joy to watch.

"Sadly, it has deteriorated into political lectures by hypocritical “holier than thou” actresses. Hollywood is a mess, but who else is to blame? Even the comperes [hosts], from their supposedly neutral stance, made snide remarks about the elected president of the USA. Many of their complaints are justified but the Oscar Awards is not the forum to air them.

"Fortunately such superb actresses as Jodie Foster and Julia Roberts distanced themselves from the fray.

"Hollywood hypocrisy is rampant. The top stars all belong to the reviled “one percent” but deflect any criticism by claiming to belong to the Democratic Party, since Democrats never criticize Democrats.

"I will definitely not be tuned in to the next Academy Awards, nor will I watch any movies featuring Meryl Streep, Frances McDormand or Ashley Judd, all excellent actresses who believe themselves to be oracles of wisdom but who should stick to their chosen profession." . . .

Good enough to post again:

"Piers Morgan blasts Hollywood’s virtue-signaling* at the Oscars: And the winner of Best Victim goes to… who cares?"... “ 'But for reasons that baffle me, they now seem to see a primary part of their job as being a political activist,” he added. “It’s not. Their job is to entertain us.” . . .  *Virtue-signalling

Faking History and Remaking Oscar News   "The racialization of Academy Award ‘firsts’ from mammies to Spike Lee"
. . . "The ugly consequences of this new, self-pleasing, progressive model could be seen in Spike Lee’s win for adapting the screenplay of BlacKkKlansman, another of his race-baiting films advocating social dissension, mistrust, cynicism, and sarcasm." . . .
. . . Over the years, critics have customarily hidden their lack of enjoyment by praising Lee’s films when they open, then forgetting about them at year’s end during the lists and prizes season. BlacKkKlansman was the first exception to this pattern, for reasons that are inconvenient for journalists to recognize and admit. Lee’s contumely in BlacKkKlansman was welcomed because it fit the mainstream-media narrative to discredit the current administration." . . .