Equity explained in a folk tale (featuring Fox, the Social Justice Warrior)

 

Two hungry bear cubs found a head of cheese the size of a good piglet lying in the grass.
“We must divide it equally, so as not to deprive anyone,” said the first.
“I am the eldest, I am entitled to more!” said the second and tried to take the cheese from his brother.
“I'm the youngest, I get more due!” the first one shouted.
They began to argue, and then even fight.
Suddenly, a fox emerged onto the clearing. With a sweet, honeyed voice, she offered:
“Please don't fight. Such nice little bears, such intelligent and fair-minded two brothers! Allow me to assist you in dividing this cheese equitably, to the satisfaction of all. Our aim is to foster a society where everyone's rights are upheld through the fair and just redistribution of resources— or in this case, cheese."
The brothers scratched their heads, exchanged glances, and handed the cheese to the fox. The fox proceeded to split the cheese into two halves, with the left side noticeably larger than the right.
"That's not equitable!" the cubs cried out. "Make it equal for both!"
"Ah, you are right," responded the fox, grinning. "Let's strive for equality in outcomes."
The fox took a bite out of the larger half of the cheese.
Now the other half was larger! The cubs shouted:
“It is unfair, it’s not equal!”
"And again, you speak truth," the fox sighed. "We'll need to take from this side as well. The lengths we go to for social justice!"
Even as the fox's mouth overflowed with cheese, the cubs persisted:
"It's still not fair! One part remains larger!"
The fox kept dividing cheese until only two small slices remained.
“You see,” she said. “Equity means an equal outcome. It's not much, but it is equal!”
The brothers stretched out their paws for the little slivers of cheese. The fox acted as she was just about to give it to them, but then she said:
"Wait a minute, kids! Have I not worked selflessly to ensure fairness and social justice? Surely I deserve some compensation? A small token, say, these two pieces?"
With that, she popped the remainder of the cheese into her mouth and vanished into the bushes, wagging her tail.
The brothers sat in silence, their stomachs still rumbling with hunger.

The moral: When you hear them say, "Social justice is about creating a fair and equitable society where everyone’s rights are recognized and protected, and decisions are made fairly and honestly," HOLD TIGHT TO YOUR CHEESE AND RUN!

Hunter: I'm embarrassed about the things on what totally wasn't my laptop

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But this is still David Weiss we’re talking about and he has spent more than half a decade ensuring that nothing bad would happen to Hunter Biden or his father. Will he really change his spots now that he’s been exposed? I wouldn’t bet enough to cover a cup of coffee on it.

"Hunter Biden has wound up in court nearly as many times this year as his father wants to see Donald Trump in front of a judge during the coming election cycle. One of the First Son’s previous appearances that didn’t generate too many headlines took place on June 29th, but it didn’t have anything to do with his illegal gun purchase, alleged FARA violations, crack, or hookers. He was giving testimony in a defamation lawsuit brought against him by John Paul Mac Isaac, the former owner of the computer repair shop where Hunter dropped off and abandoned his now infamous laptop from hell in 2019. Some of his testimony from the six-hour deposition has now been released as part of a countersuit his attorneys have filed against Mac Isaac and it’s being described as “contradictory and confusing.” (Go figure.) For one thing, Hunter admitted to being “embarrassed” about all of the horrible images and stories that were revealed. But at the same time, he continued to insist that it wasn’t his laptop. Huh? (NY Post)

Hunter Biden testified recently that he was embarrassed by “offensive” content published from his laptop after he dropped it off for repair at The Mac Shop in Wilmington, Delaware on April 12, 2019 – but still denies that the laptop or its contents are his. . . .

Republicans: Spineless and Squishy

 The most fascinating thing about the study, other than confirming what we already know, is learning where the squishiest Republicans live—and it’s not in Blue states. It’s in Red states: 

Across America, Republican politicians are unreliable squishes - American Thinker

The Republican party is famous for Mitt Romney, John McCain, Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, George Bush Sr. and Jr., and a host of other people who rejoice under the label of “Republican,” but they really call the Uniparty their ideological home. When you stop and pay attention, what Uniparty really means is the Democrat party and its permanent bureaucracy in the Deep State. Meanwhile, on the Democrat side, Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, to their credit, have held the line on the filibuster but, otherwise, they’re party-line voters down the line.

. . ."Another Democrat advantage is that they are, by nature, not individualists. They move and think as a pack, constantly trying to drive power to the biggest pack of all; namely, the state. Republicans actually bring different values to the table (especially on abortion) and that hampers their unity." . . .

Republicans Must Impeach Biden - American Thinker   "There is a reason the issue of impeaching President Biden has finally come into the spotlight, and it isn’t what you may think. The Republicans have neither the spine nor the skills to pull off an impeachment, even with a teed-up softball like this. Democrats want the threat of impeachment without the impeachment itself, but Republicans can call their bluff.

"I often said I would fear being grilled by Trey Gowdy in a congressional hearing. He was excellent at his job and was brutal in cross-examination. But despite all the information and even drop-dead proof he generated, no one has even been charged, much less brought to justice. Big hat, no cattle. No spine." . . .

Democrats must wreck Biden politically. His face-saving step will be to announce he is retiring and won’t run due to ‘health reasons.’ If the Democrats have time to find a suitable candidate, it won’t be Harris. 

Ignoring History, Means Choosing Windmills Over Whales

  American Thinker  "While the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano, which erupted on January 15, may be causing a spike in temperatures, there’s nothing historic about what’s happening. The Earth has been this hot before…and hotter—and it wasn’t that long ago either.

"Before getting to historic hot spells, it’s worth noting that the volcano may not actually cause a big rise in global temperature over the long run. It’s true that the volcano’s eruption spewed a lot of water vapor into the atmosphere.

"However, recent eruptions have also demonstrated volcanoes’ planet-cooling powers. In 1991, when Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines blew its top, aerosols spewed by this mighty volcanic blast lowered global temperatures by about 1 degree Fahrenheit (0.6 degrees Celsius) for at least one year. Tonga expelled approximately 441,000 tons (400,000 metric tons) of sulfur dioxide, about 2 percent of the amount spewed by Mount Pinatubo during the 1991 eruption."

"Headlines from the 1930s bespeak incredible temperature spikes. Here are just some examples:

• 1933: West Australian Heat Wave - "Severest In History"
• 1933: Heat Waves, Floods, Droughts, Famines Plague China
• 1933: Spain's Heat Wave: 130 Degrees In Shade
• 1933: Heat Wave Causes New Jersey Road To "Explode"
• 1933: Hottest June In U.S. History - Heat Wave & Drought
• 1934: "Heat Wave In China Kills One In Every Thousand"
• 1934: Antarctic Has Incredible Heat Wave – 25 Degrees Over Zero
• 1934: World Wide Drought & Heat Causes Vast Majority of Alps' Glaciers To Melt
• 1934: Iowa Heat Wave In May - Pushes Temps Over 110 Degrees
• 1934: All 48 U.S. States Over 100 Degrees During June
• 1934: 14 Days of Above 100°F Temps Kill Over 600 Americans

"So, it’s always and often been hot. And sometimes it’s cold, which is also deadly. Even the leftist Lancet has admitted that “Cold caused 17 times more deaths than heat in the 13 countries studied.” . . .

What’s really important isn’t that the Earth has extremes of hot and cold. What’s important is that fossil fuel has enabled people to avoid the worst consequences of those extremes:

'Taint Institute for Suspect Science': - Iterations of Man Show Signs of Human Devolution

  EARL OF TAINT   We’re Pretty Much Devolving Now, Right? –

"I see signs. Maybe it’s just me."

Every president has observed 9/11 at one of the terror targets or the White House. So why the hell will Biden insultingly be in Alaska...

 ... en route from Vietnam? No wonder, rages MAUREEN CALLAHAN, Americans don't think he gives a damn | Daily Mail Online

His pit stop at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson military base comes after a one-day trip to Vietnam on September 10 to discuss, among other topics, climate change.

"Joe Biden is about to hit an all-time low: For no good or explained reason, he has decided to skip Monday's 9/11 ceremonies.

"Yes, our self-styled Empathizer-in-Chief, who revels in ruminating on his personal tragedies constantly, has decided to sit this one out.

"After a summer spent dozing on the beach, grudgingly rousting himself from a Lake Tahoe vacation to finally view the devastation in Maui (before comparing that horror to a small kitchen fire in his Delaware mansion), then wandering out of a Medal of Honor ceremony Tuesday and leaving an 81-year-old Vietnam vet alone — a vet he awarded while maskless despite Jill Biden's COVID diagnosis — the president will be in Alaska when the first bell rings at 8:46 am eastern time, marking the moment that first plane struck the North Tower.

"Given that it'll be 4:46 am in Anchorage – it's fair to ask if Biden will even be awake.

"The president is not always present at one of the three memorial sites in New York, Pennsylvania, or Virginia. G.W. Bush and Barack Obama have observed the day from the White House, but never has the president been so far out of touch – clear across the county.

"It's beyond disgraceful. It's a dereliction of duty and a heartless affront to the nearly 3,000 American civilians who died that day, the heroes who ran up the stairs in the World Trade Center to their certain deaths, the passengers who stormed the cockpit on United Flight 93, the surviving family members and friends, and those who still suffer and die from the effects of that day.

"September 11, 2001 is still very much with us." . . .

Distant voices, still lives, 09:38-10:00 | September 11 2001 | The Guardian

'We had human remains all over us': Former NYPD officers talk about what they heard and saw 20 years [ago]

What an unprecedented Biden ad blitz says about his reelection fight

 Biden super PAC ad campaign begins in swing states - POLITICO

A super PAC affiliate is spending $13 million far ahead of the normal advertising timeline.

"The cavalry is arriving extraordinarily early for President Joe Biden.

"With poll after brutal poll showing the president in danger of losing a likely rematch with former President Donald Trump, his campaign is getting an unusual boost from a super PAC spending millions of dollars to resuscitate public opinion of him in major battlegrounds.  

"The ads are striking for both their timing and their content. 

"The election is still 423 days away, and Biden and an affiliate of his chief super PAC are already running TV ads in nearly every major battleground state — far earlier than normal for a presidential election. And instead of going on the attack, as super PACs usually do, the ads are trying to boost Biden’s image." . .  .

. . ."Here are five things to know about the early Biden ad blitz:. . ."

Biden admin axes Trump-era oil drilling leases in Alaska wildlife refuge -

 

Conservative Review  "The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that it plans to cancel the seven remaining oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

"The 430,000-acre, 10-year drilling leases were awarded to a state agency, the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, by the Trump administration.

The Biden administration put the leases on hold in January 2021 by issuing an executive order. Later that year, the administration announced that it would be reviewing the leases “[i]n light of the alleged legal deficiencies underlying the program.”

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland stated on Wednesday, “On day one of this administration, President Biden directed us to look at the oil and gas leases sold in the refuge by the previous administration.”

Here’s How to Tell if a Democrat is Actually a Communist

 

Here's How to Tell if a Democrat is Actually a Communist - The Political Insider   "It is a real possibility that we could at some point in the very near future be bordering on a communist nation if the liberals and Democrats have their way. In this case you have to look no further than the 10 planks of Communism so eloquently explained by the man many leftists hold so dear – Karl Marx.

"Rather than cut to the chase and delve right in to the meat and potatoes of communism and how we are headed down the path to a communist dictatorship, I feel it is imperative to understand just how we got here…

The birth of the socialist movement. . .

Progressivism as a whole is the idea that government should control industry, manage labor unions, oversee farming, etc. According to the progressives of the time, government should control business and dictate to the citizenry how they are supposed to live – which is exactly how the Democrats and most liberals feel today.

Not a Time for Moral Vacuity

. . .CNN and MSNBC would have featured the events in prime time.  Al Sharpton would have been in Knoxville in a heartbeat, leading public protests and sounding off for the media.  Hillary Clinton would have made her views known, and Obama would have campaigned in the shadow of the crimes.  Jeffrey Folks

 Not a Time for Moral Vacuity - American Thinker   "The number of murders in America has risen to "unprecedented numbers" under Biden's watch, and the Biden administration has no answer to the problem.  Even CNN and the New York Times have published the numbers, though refusing to admit that blacks and illegal aliens are a big part of the problem.  The liberal media prefer to look the other way and blame the problem on COVID or racial inequity.

"The problem is not with COVID or inequity: it is with people who kill and who appear to enjoy killing.  Just this week, a young college student attending Texas Christian University was gunned down execution-style by a felon of mixed race who claimed he would have killed bystanders as well had he not run out of bullets.  It's an everyday story, but it doesn't make the national news.

"On January 6, 2007, Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom, two white youths barely out of their teens, were kidnapped from their apartment in Knoxville, Tennessee; driven to a rental house not far away; and repeatedly raped, sodomized, and tortured, and finally killed by a group of four black men and one black woman.

"Following her rape and torture, which included having her mouth and vagina washed out with Lysol while still alive, Channon Christian was left to suffocate slowly, her body wrapped in black plastic bags and stuffed in a garbage bin.  At trial, it was reported that Channon had not merely been raped, but raped "with an object"; severely beaten; tortured for hours, hemorrhaging at the head and groin; and, according to the medical examiner, suffering "extreme" sexual assault." . . .

California Assembly Passes Controversial Bill Granting Judges Authority to Remove Child Custody from Parents for Refusing to “Affirm” Their Kid’s Gender Identity. . .

 Newsom to Make Final Decision (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hᴏft

But this is not the most sinister part of the bill, though. Conservative activist Greg Price noted that parents could be charged with child abuse, a criminal penalty, if they so much as object to their child’s preferred pronouns.

"California Assembly passed AB 957, a controversial bill that will grant judges the authority to remove child custody from parents who refused to affirm their kids’ gender identity.

"Ashley Zavala, California Capitol Correspondent, broke the news, highlighting the rift between the Republicans and Democrats over the bill’s stipulations.

“ 'California lawmakers send Gov. Gavin Newsom a proposed law that would require judges to consider a parents affirmation of their child’s identity in custody cases,” she wrote.

"Republicans argued that judges already possess the discretionary power to consider all aspects of a child’s well-being, including gender identity, when ruling on custody cases. The Democrats, on the other hand, argued that a parent’s affirmation of a child’s gender identity is crucial for the child’s mental and emotional health." . . .

A California bill AB957 was just amended to add "a parent's affirmation of the child's gender identity" as part of the "health, safety, and welfare of the child" in the state's Family Code. If parents disapprove of their child's gender transition, and say a teacher or lgbt activist reports them, a court would now have broad authority to take him or her away from them. They can also be charged with child abuse if they don't agree to call their son a daughter.

UK Telegraph reports: Tucker Carlson seems to think Obama is a gay crack addict. It’s a new low for conservatism

 Tucker Carlson seems to think Obama is a gay crack addict. It’s a new low for conservatism (msn.com)   

Here’s how Tucker described his star witness in a separate interview dated August 30: “Larry Sinclair has been in and out of prison... He’s got a criminal record... He’s poor, he’s got a disordered life... I think he has a record of deception, obviously he does.” But, for all that, “this story... is clearly true.” 

"The last refuge of a scoundrel is no longer patriotism, it’s the Tucker Carlson show. Larry Sinclair appeared on it this week to repeat his claims that he did crack cocaine and had sex with Barack Obama in 1999. The salacious details were lapped up by Tucker with his trademark wide-eyed credulity (“So what you’re saying is, Mr Hitler, that Poland started the war? Wow! Why does nobody report this?!”) 

"Mainstream media has largely ignored the interview, which will fuel the idea that they elevate liberals and silence conservatives – it’s the “lying” that really gets to me, says Tucker. But the simple reason why Sinclair has never been given serious hearing is that his claims are baseless and tasteless. Never mind that we are meant to believe that a very good looking Illinois state representative risked his career and marriage to fool around with a 5’7” stranger who, today at least, is prominently missing teeth – or that he enjoyed it so much, he came back for seconds. The bigger problem is the reliability of Mr Sinclair, a man with a rap sheet so long that Dickens could string a novel out of it." . . .

If the Right believes in anything, surely it is cultural excellence. If that makes us snobs, so be it. The hierarchy of taste and morality is at the heart of philosophy. How sad that when conservatives such as Carlson have the chance to build an alternative media space, they create a mirror image of the impoverished liberal culture they so dislike.

Barstool Sports' Dave Portnoy slams Tucker Carlson's interview with fraudster Larry Sinclair and says his tale of sex with Barack Obama 'has 0.0% chance of being true' - Sound Health and Lasting Wealth 

Sinclair’s history of sworn statements is also dubious. In 2004, he signed an affidavit claiming to be ‘terminally ill’ as he sought to have a warrant dismissed, although nearly two decades later he appears to still be alive.