Christchurch mosque shooting: Alleged Australian shooter remembered as 'relatively normal' visited North Korea before attack

Otto Warmbier came back from North Korea to die; Tarrant came back to kill.

9News

"The manifesto also referred to US President Donald Trump as “a symbol of renewed white identity”." Oh no! Conservatives do not need this gift to the Democrat Party. Republican blood will be shed on college campuses after this while the Democrats bloviate in anger, secretly loving all this. Meanwhile surviving families of these poor victims will mourn over their loss. TD

. . . "Tarrant is known to have visited Europe, South-East Asia and east Asia, embarking on a road trip through Portugal, Spain and France. 
"Social media places him in Pakistan in October of last year and in North Korea, where he was photographed in a tour group visiting the Samjiyon Grand Monument.
"The destinations he visited now form part of the counterterror investigation being conducted into his past and character.
"I can't believe that someone I had daily dealings with would be capable to something of this extreme," Ms Gray said.
" 'I can only think that something has happened in those travels along the way."
"Shortly before the shooting, Grafton allegedly posted links to a manifesto titled ‘The Great Replacement’ declaring his intentions." . . . 

. . . "Unusual places to visit and just traveling for years. He praised China, attacked conservatives, capitalists and Marxists, but the whole purpose seemed to be to pit people against each other and to influence the dialogue in the U.S. " . . .

New Zealand Shooter Wanted To Create Civil War In US Between Left And Right 

Chelsea Clinton Apologizes To Students Who Blame Her For NZ Attack
Lord, help us! These latest anti-American congresspeople will be untouchable now, no matter how radical their purposes.

The Semigoguery of Beto O’Rourke

Politico

With his hollow yet passionate appeals to goodness, light and possibility, the candidate exploits the naiveté of the mob. Will it work in 2020?

"Windmilling his arms as if operated by an amateur puppeteer and drawing on the leftover youth-pastor energy that powered his losing Senate campaign against Ted Cruz, Beto O’Rourke commenced his presidential campaign on Thursday in Keokuk, Iowa. Having cemented in the Cruz contest the political persona of a “better angels” candidate who preaches positivity and uplift, who espouses the right thing rather than the expedient thing, and who hails the other Democratic contenders and flatters his audiences with every breath, O’Rourke slathered the Iowa crowd with his usual campaign honey.
"And they loved it. 
"But like any great chef, O’Rourke also knows when to sprinkle the vinegar.
“This is a defining moment of truth for this country, and for every single one of us,” O’Rourke said in the video announcing his candidacy earlier in the day. “The challenges that we face right now—the interconnected crises in our economy, our democracy and our climate—have never been greater. And they will either consume us or they will afford us the greatest opportunity to unleash the genius of the United States of America.” 
"Challenges have never been greater? The economy looks pretty good, doesn’t it? Our democracy just replaced the Republican majority with a Democratic one in the House in an orderly election, so no impending crisis there, either. After conceding the climate point to O’Rourke, you’ve still got to ask: What’s behind his hysterics?" . . .

Communism and Youth: Seven Decades of Want and Misery Thanks To Useful Idiots.

Communist Youth  "Communism was one of the most important political movements of the twentieth century and communist leaders across the globe made young people central to their plans to create communist parties, states, and societies."
. . . 
"Once in power, communist leaders made the transformation of the younger generation central to the attempt to create new communist societies. Because young people lacked prior political experience and were considered more malleable than adults, communist leaders believed they could be transformed into ardent supporters of communism and builders of new socialist societies. As Lenin declared in 1920, it was the youth of the world that were faced with the actual task of creating communist societies. To prepare the younger generation, communist regimes dismantled or undermined existing youth organizations and established party-controlled Communist Youth Leagues for young men and women and Young Pioneer sections for children. These organizations worked to educate young people in communist values and to aid the party as it worked to build communism. Thus, they provided political education for young people, sponsored communist cultural events and literacy campaigns, oversaw a range of activities in the schools, and served as a training ground for future membership in adult parties. Members of these youth groups, who often received privileged access to educational, professional, or political opportunities, were expected to devote themselves to the communist cause and participate actively in special campaigns." . . .

• To Propagandize The West, Lenin Recruited A Corps Of “Useful Idiots["] 
• "The term was defined in by Heinrich Zschokke in 1804. "Anyone who sacrifices themselves to a narcissist is called a useful idiot." "
• Left Called "Useful Idiots" 

Red Guards: Chinese Communist Youth . . . "Moreover, the government was very permissive of the Red Guards, and even allowed the Red Guards to inflict bodily harm on people viewed as dissidents. The movement quickly grew out of control, frequently coming into conflict with authority and threatening public security until the government made efforts to rein the youths in. The Red Guard groups also suffered from in-fighting as factions developed among them. By the end of 1968, the group as a formal movement had dissolved." . . .

. . ." the Cultural Revolution Group directed the Red Guards to attack the 'Four Olds' of Chinese society (old customs, old culture, old habits and old ideas). For the rest of the year, Red Guards marched across China in a campaign to eradicate the 'Four Olds'. Old books and art were destroyed, museums were ransacked, and streets were renamed with new revolutionary names and adorned with pictures and the sayings of Mao.  Many famous temples, shrines, and other heritage sites in Beijing were attacked." . . .

These things would never take place in America; you think we're some third-world country?

Former Hillary Aide Not Happy That Beto Is Getting the Media Treatment Her Boss Deserved

Townhall  . . . “The only thing that I want to make sure is part of a conversation when we talk about Beto is that it would be near impossible for a woman to run that same kind of race,” McIntosh said. “Trying to imagine a woman saying ‘I was born to do this’ is really pretty impossible.' ” . . .
 . . . "It's unlikely that fewer headlines about Clinton's email scandal would have helped. She had already done irreversible damage to her campaign by taking important demographics for granted and just flat out failing to relate to voters." . . .

O’Rourke Just Blew The Centrist Claim, Endorses Green New Deal, Says We Only Have 12 Years Left   
"Well, at least he can claim to be making wind energy with those flailing arms." Video
"Beto O'Rourke on backing the Green New Deal: "This is our final chance. The scientists are absolutely unanimous on this, that we have no more than 12 years to take incredibly bold action on this crisis." "He goes on: "Do you want to make it." "They respond: "yes.' "
Watch Bobby O'Rourke destroy Joe Biden's presidential run 

. . . "[O'Rourke] is the new rock star on the left.  He cannot stake a moderate position, as he has already supported the usual extreme positions that most of his opponents have previously enumerated.  But his most ardent followers are younger and highly motivated to change the world.  Already pundits are arguing that he is moderate.  If that is so, which it is not unless his opponent is Bernie Sanders, he is likely to take votes and polling numbers from Biden.

"So far, Uncle Joe presents the most reasonable option to fend off Trump's attack on socialism.  But at 76 and clearly without any energy in his last few speeches, he lacks the support of the media, which have chosen Beto.  This will keep Biden from showing enough star power and will likely doom his candidacy as time wears on.  Beto will have to find a way to kill off the rest of the pack.  This is unlikely.  You can ride a skateboard only so far." . . .

He gave a rather forlorn rationale for his campaign, as he sees himself as the last great hope for the planet.  Maybe he can take a weather balloon and float away.  Bye!

O'Rourke makes his pronouncements to the shreiks of young women in his crowd. Our generation was just as silly over Elvis and the Beatles, but not ready yet to do lasting damage to America as is this generation. TD  ‘OUR FINAL CHANCE’: Beto Compares Climate Change Proposals To D-Day, Embraces Far-Left Hysteria . . . "O'Rourke launched his 2020 campaign on Thursday morning, saying that the challenges that the United States faces are "the greatest in living memory." "At multiple campaigns stops in Iowa, O'Rourke hyped climate change hysteria, comparing climate change proposals to "those who were on the beaches in Normandy.' "

Our Bankrupt Elite

Free Beacon

Column: Operation Varsity Blues and the hypocrisy of Hollywood liberals

"Every element of the college admissions scandal, aka "Operation Varsity Blues," is fascinating.

"There are the players: the Yale dad who, implicated in a securities fraud case, tipped the feds off to the caper; a shady high school counselor turned admissions consultant; the 36-year-old Harvard grad who sold his talents for standardized testing to the highest bidder; the comely actresses from Full House and Desperate Housewives; the fashion designer; the casino magnate. Who would have thought that one of the major headlines of 2019 would be "Lori Loughlin released on bond"?

"There are the children: the social media influencer (yes this is a thing) who was told of her parents' arrest while vacationing on the yacht of a USC trustee; the mom who submitted doctored photographs to USC to portray her son as a championship pole-vaulter; the place kicker for a high school with no football team; and the rap artist from the Upper East Side who defended his mom and dad to the press while smoking a blunt.

"There are the means: paying tens of thousands of dollars to Rick Singer, Trinity '86, who bribed athletic directors and coaches, doctored student résumés, and arranged for clients to take college admittance exams alongside a "proctor" who answered the questions for them. The icing on the cake: Some payments were made to a charitable foundation so the parents could get the tax write-off. What a country.

"There is the objective: placement at a high-profile school. Why? Social signaling, status games, but also because the wage premium for a college degree has become so large that parents are apparently willing to break federal law to earn it. Not for what the students learn at college—they hardly learn anything. Loughlin's daughter, the influencer, spoke for most undergraduates when she said, "I do want the experience of game days, partying—I don't really care about school, as you guys all know." Oh, we know. Otherwise your mom wouldn't be looking for a defense attorney." . . .By Matthew Continetti

Hallmark cuts ties with Lori Loughlin

Tony Branco

Hallmark cuts ties with Lori Loughlin after admissions scandal; fate of 'Heart' uncertain  . . . "By Thursday, the scandal had impacted Loughlin's career, with Crown Media announcing it was cutting ties with the "Full House" star, who had long been a staple on its networks."
. . . We are no longer working with Lori Loughlin and have stopped development of all productions that air on the Crown Media Family Network channels involving Lori Loughlin including Garage Sale Mysteries, an independent third party production," Crown Media Family Networks said in a statement sent to USA TODAY. . . . 
"Despite the show's success, Hallmark said they will not air "When Calls the Heart" Sunday amid the scandal, leaving the remainder of the season up in the air. 
"We are evaluating all creative options related to the 'When Calls the Heart' series," the network told USA TODAY in a statement. 

Such a decent series; she will be missed.

"The drama series films in Canada, where a judge has allowed Loughlin to travel for work until she's to surrender her passport in December, unless further ordered by the court. " . . .

"Most recently, Loughlin was in the middle of production of the latest chapter of "Garage Sale Mysteries," a movie franchise on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries that the company also dropped Thursday. 

Stanford students first to sue colleges named in admissions scandal 

. . . "Despite the students’ top-notch grades and extracurriculars, their applications to such prestigious institutions as Yale and Georgetown were rejected — a fate the suit claims they might have avoided on a level playing field without Singer putting his thumb on the scale.
"All told, 50 people — including parents, college sports coaches and proctors — were charged Tuesday in the sweeping federal probe." . . .

Lori Loughlin’s daughters drop out of USC after admissions scandal 

Olivia Jade Giannulli, Lori Loughlin and Isabella Rose Giannulli

. . . "Olivia Jade, 19, and her sister, 20-year-old Isabella, have decided to withdraw from USC days after their parents, “Fuller House” star Loughlin and her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, were charged for allegedly paying the girls’ way into USC, TMZ reported. 

"One source told the gossip website the girls worry they’ll be “viciously bullied.' ”

College Scam: That’s Not the Half of It   . . . "The scandal might not have received the attention it generated had it not been for actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman getting caught in the FBI’s net. If there are celebrities involved, the story must be important.
"As offensive as this scandal is, it is nowhere near the biggest college scandal in our history. Our colleges and universities have long been mired in ongoing scandals, but they are so common that we hardly consider them newsworthy." .  . .Full article.

Now the right goes after Victor Davis Hanson. Victor Davis Hanson!

"The Bulwark and its enablers like French continue to do more damage to our political discourse while professing to elevate it. The depth of their intellectual rot is matched only by their witless political sense and their schoolyard bully tactics. But no doubt their leftist benefactors are proud of their work in the service of genuine social evil."

When Cabin Boys Attack

"Victor Davis Hanson is about as accomplished and credentialed a commentator you can find. He’s an author, a military historian, a senior fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, and a farmer in California. President George W. Bush awarded Hanson the National Humanities Award in 2007. By all accounts and appearances, he is a decent, humble man who spends a great deal of time analyzing our current political moment and discussing what it portends for the future.

"Hanson also is a supporter of President Trump. This heresy has earned him scorn from quarters on the Left and the so-called Right. His new book, The Case for Trump, has generated a barrage of criticism from the cabal of NeverTrumpers. Embittered by their humiliating miscalculation of Trump’s candidacy and shamelessly contorting their previous views to be able to contradict the president, these anti-Trump “conservatives” viciously attack anyone who dares to support the president. This includes Hanson.

"In a particularly vile hit piece posted on The Bulwark, the new blog of Weekly Standard refugees who were left unemployed after the publication was shuttered in December, Gabe Schoenfeld accused Hanson of defending evil—that evil being President Trump. Bulwark editor Charlie Sykes recently threatened to “raise the opportunity costs” for pro-Trump commentators, Hanson specifically. To do so, Sykes enlisted the facile services of Schoenfeld, an advisor for the failed Mitt Romney presidential campaign, to pretend to write a book review that was little more than an ad hominem attack on Hanson." . . .

Pelosi Can’t Name A Single Specific Accomplishment For Bobby O'Rourke In the House

Weasel Zippers
"Sorry, Nan, but bringing “a great deal of vitality” and being “a real champion for the environment” are not signature accomplishments."



WZ likens O'Rourke to a "12 year old trying to convince you he’s a serious-minded adult". 

Left Mocks Beto’s ‘Messiah-Esque’ ‘Born’ to Run Remarks: ‘Peak White Male Privilege’ For centuries, Democrat's leftish has been the spawning ground for racial bigotry.
. . . "O’Rourke’s critics on the left immediately pointed to his “white privilege” and mocked his “weird as hell” “Messiah-esque” tone that they predicted “will not serve him well” in a presidential run." . . .

Ex-Hillary Flack: ‘White Guy’ [Bobby O'Rourke] ‘Not the Face of the New Democratic Party’

That would be "Bobby O'Rourke", you know.

National Review

"Jess McIntosh, who served as director of communications outreach for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, said Thursday that Beto O’Rourke’s identity as a white man will likely harm the former Texas congressman’s 2020 presidential campaign.

“ 'We have the most exciting, diverse field of candidates right now. And he has rightfully acknowledged that there might be a little bit of a misstep with him being a white guy and maybe that’s not the face of the new Democratic party,” McIntosh told CNN’s Poppy Harlow when asked whether O’Rourke’s race and gender will be an impediment to his recently announced presidential candidacy.

"As McIntosh noted, O’Rourke acknowledged during a recent interview with Vanity Fair that his race and gender will likely hinder his ability to court progressive voters, but said he wouldn’t blame them for voting against him based on his immutable characteristics." . . .

Robert Francis O'Rourke announces his plan to save our democracy and the climate by running for president  "Based on little more than his Kennedy-esque good looks, culturally appropriated Hispanic nickname, marriage to the daughter of a billionaire, skateboarding and social media skills, and three terms in the House of Representative devoid of any major legislative accomplishments, Robert Francis ("Beto") O'Rourke has just declared his candidacy for the presidency.  In an odd video announcing the momentous decision, full of extravagant hand gestures inappropriate for someone sitting on a couch as if engaged in a one-on-one conversation with the public [Hey, Robert Francis, you're supposed to be faking Hispanic, not Italian heritage], he hit most of the current themes popular among Democrats."

Bobby and the Obama's all got the high society magazine treatment:
. . . "I do have to compliment him on his choice of magazines on which to tease his announcement — one focused on superficial appearances, with his head right under the word "Vanity."  For this candidacy is all about vanity, building his brand for the future, not about winning the nomination." . . .

Ryan Saavedra tweeted:

Democrat Beto O'Rourke says he wants to knock down the existing border barriers on the southern border
MSNBC's Chris Hayes: "If you could, would you take the wall down now? Knock it down?"
O'Rourke: "Yes, absolutely. I would take the wall down."

The US' descent from "city on a hill" to a third-world country via our education system graduates

#BirthStrike activists pledge not to have kids because earth has 'no future

"A new climate activist group is solemnly pledging not to have any children because our planet has "no future."

"#BirthStrike has about 90 members and, judging by their spokesperson, they are a really, really depressed bunch of crazies.

"Blythe Pepino is founder of the group:" . . .

From The Hill:

. . . News of the group's "birth strike" comes shortly after Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) raised the “legitimate question” of whether it’s OK for people to have children as the earth faces looming climate-related consequences. "The rookie lawmaker posed the question during an Instagram stream late last month."

 Rep. Ocasio-Cortez's wild, wacky, and wonderful questioning of Wells Fargo chairman

"So hypothetically, if there was a leak from the Dakota Access pipeline, why shouldn't Wells Fargo pay for the cleanup of it, since it paid for the construction of the pipeline itself?" she asked.

"Sloan's response to a question about a pipeline that hasn't even been built yet was a classic putdown:

"Sloan: "Because we don't operate the pipeline."

"For AOC, I think you actually have to really, really try to be that stupid.

"As you might guess, there was pushback on Twitter to her inane questioning of Sloan. Her responses demonstrate a mind informed by socialist dogma:" . . . 

More on this here.  . . . "I could spend every hour of every day just writing on the idiocy of Democratic Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)… more often referred to as ‘Occasional Cortex‘ for good reason. I’m stunned every single time I listen to her blather." . . .
More on the "Greatest Deliberative Body In The World":

AOC Is, Like, a Valley Girl, Or, You Know, Like, Whatever  "I’ve referred to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as a Valley Girl before. That characterization is validated by this montage produced by our friends at Grabien. Taken from her appearance at SXSW in Austin, it documents her 71 “likes,” her 34 “you knows,” and her five “whatevers.” The woman is both ill-informed and unusually inarticulate, not to say, much of the time, incoherent. Here is the Valley Girl before an admiring audience:"  Video
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