Tuesday, April 13, 2021
The Real Problem
The real problem isn't that radical, outlandish political/philosophical theories like CRT are being publicly discussed, of course. That's obvious. The real problem is that a giant web of interconnected radical theories--radical politically and philosophically--have been accepted by elites on the basis of extremely weak arguments or no arguments at all, and are being imposed on the country. Part of this imposition is the stifling of disagreement--in fact, or any critical discussion or debate. These theories are committed, at the philosophical level, to illiberalism and antirationalism, and hold, among other things, that the stifling of disagreement--violently if necessary--is permissible or even obligatory.
Lysenkoism Watch: Don't Forget...20 Scientists Called For Deploying RICO Prosecution Against Non-Climate-Hysteriacs
Another Crack In Politically Correct Anti-Lab-Leak Dogma: Sanjay Gupta Goes Rogue
I just saw a podcast with a bunch of virologists that basically said that the lab-leak hypothesis was in tinfoil-hat territory. It isn't. It isn't close to being. This is, of course, the PC-progressive M.O.: all of their quasi-religious political dogmas are indisputable THE SCIENCEtm--and anyone who so much as questions them is crazy...or racist...or probably both. But--at least given the information currently available to laypeople--the lab-leak hypothesis is very much alive...and possibly the more reasonable of the available hypotheses.
Biden's Spinfrastructure Plan Is The Green New Deal In Disguise
I don't know enough to have anything interesting to say about this. You have to know quite a bit to be able to put together an objective picture of what's going on. WSJ here gives the side of the story that the rest of the MSM won't. But I don't know how accurate it is. I do think that this is driven by climate hysteria / mendacity and Democratic extremism and quasi-socialism. But it's possible that some of the provisions are good, anyway. In fact, it's almost certain that some are. But, look, it can't be that everyone on the left honestly believes the climate catastrophism... The authors of the GND don't believe it--they admit it's a jobs program in disguise. The "tipping point" / "existential crisis" bullshit is the WMDs of the progressive left, and the GND is a major front in their version of the Iraq War.
Standard PMSM Disinformation Template Applied To: Daunte Wright
As the officer on the driver side of the vehicle begins to handcuff Wright, a struggle ensues and Wright appears to reenter the driver side of the car. The third officer, who had approached Wright, is heard shouting "Taser" before she shoots Wright and the car drives away.
"...a scuffle ensues"! Then the car drives off! No wait--it appears to drive off! With Wright in the drivers' side! No wait--apparently in the drivers' side! Is it possessed? A kidnapping Tesla? WHAT??
And no mention of his history of illegal weapons and resisting arrest! Just an "outstanding warrant." How can that be??? What an oversight! Ha, I'll be the reporters' face is red! He'll certainly take a razzing from his other professional journalists for this flub-up!
Later, police used "gas and a chemical agent" on "protestors" who had "gathered" at the police department...and were throwing bottles and bricks at them...so...it was actually the 'R'-word that we are not allowed to say...
And, of course, the obligatory:
“I know my son. He was scared. He still (had) the mind of a 17-year-old because we babied him,” Wright told the Post.But good news, everybody--Al Sharpton is on the case!:
Daunte Wright also had a 2-year-old, his father told the newspaper. He said Wright dropped out of high school because of a learning disability but worked various retail and restaurant jobs to support his son.
“He was a great kid,” Wright told the Post. “He was a normal kid. He was never in serious trouble. He enjoyed spending time with his 2-year-old son. He loved his son.”
In a tweet Monday, civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton said he had spoken with Wright's father and said his group, the National Action Network, "will stand w/ this family and demand justice in this matter."So we can all rest easy...
Monday, April 12, 2021
Par For The Course: MSM Misrepresenting Chauvin Trial
More Mostly Peaceful Protests In MN
Those bricks that were hitting you were mostly peaceful bricks:
Holy shit https://t.co/oWQLBz4tSC
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) April 12, 2021
Democrats Are Leftist Radicals, And They Want To Destroy The Senate
Sunday, April 11, 2021
[1] SNL Spews Progressive Disinformation About Chauvin Case; [2] Hey, Did You Guys Know That SNL Was Still On The Air?
I actually found one or two seconds of this kinda funny... But it's pretty clear that they actually mean the shit they say about the case being "open-and-shut." Which means they're just part of the disinformation campaign that's setting the stage for more riots. This is very much like the Trump bullshit surrounding 1/6/21...except SNL may actually be outright endorsing violence. It simply isn't clear. If it's just a joke, and I'm misinterpreting, then my bad and my apologies...but it doesn't seem that way.
This is--to just be straight up about it--typical progressive ignorance. They're fed bullshit by the serious media, they are insulated from the information that would throw them into doubt, and they spew misinformation right on out again, to be caught and incorporated by other low-information progressives...but I repeat myself...
Questions Asked And Answered: Are Liberals Getting Dumber? Micropronouns/Neoaggressions Edition
Kevin Drum On Border Security: Progressive Extremism And Hispanic Attitudes
Roughly speaking, I think Trump suckered Democrats into becoming extremists on border policy. It's fine for Democrats to oppose the wall—most Hispanics oppose it too—but progressives, goaded by Trump, have staked out a position that's often only a finger's width away from not having any border security at all. And that's something that most Hispanics don't support.A few things: first, it was lefty radicalism/quasi-open-borders nonsense that prompted Trump's views. There are feedback effects there, of course. But let's get the order right. Second: I've been saying the same thing for maybe ten years (with lots of pushback from liberals and progs): if you adjust the Dems' views about the border to make them a bit more consistent, they're hard to distinguish from open borders. And: you just can't make sense of a lot of what they say without attributing to them a commitment to basically open borders. Conservatives, however, have a very above-board, sane position: Come on in legally--and welcome! But don't come in illegally. If you do, we'll kick you back out.
To put it simply, Hispanics are like the rest of us: They care about other people, but they care about themselves more. When it comes to immigrants who are already in the country, legally or not, they're in favor of giving them a road to citizenship. But they're not especially keen on allowing lots of new immigrants in who will compete with them for jobs and housing. Trump may be a buffoon, but at least some Hispanics have decided that they can put up with that if the alternative is risking a big increase in the rate of illegal immigration.
Added to that, of course, is the well-known fact that many Hispanics are fundamentally conservative to begin with: Family oriented, religious, against abortion, in favor of low taxes, opposed to defunding the police, etc. It's been common knowledge forever that Republicans could win a big share of the Hispanic vote if they'd just moderate their base, but it turns out there's another way: Get the Democrats to radicalize their base instead. It seems to have worked.
"White Supremacy" Is To Blame For All Racial Violence In The U.S.
Joe Biden, Radical?
Perhaps most importantly, Biden himself has embraced the expansive view of what the federal government can do to boost the US economy. His repeated mentions of shifting "the paradigm" economically aren't hyperbolic, aides say. He sees this as a moment for transformation -- and has no plans to back off plans with a scale and ambition unseen for decades.But waddoo I know?
But Biden is surrounded by an economic team that, in many cases, has spent years writing, teaching or speaking about a dramatic rebalancing of the federal government's role in driving economic outcomes.
Another Occasional Arendt Quote: Totalitarians Love Ad Hominems
One of the greatest advantages of the totalitarian elites of the twenties and thirties was to turn any statement of fact into a question of motive.― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
Occasional Arendt Quote
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
The Surge Of Illegal Aliens At The Border Is Not Merely Seasonal--And It's The Fault Of Biden And Progressives
The Report That Shook Britain's Race Lobby: UK No Longer Rigged Against Minorities
Saturday, April 10, 2021
The Pope Is A Nut
Chris Hayes Still Thinks The Hunter Biden Laptop Story Is False
Progressives live in a web of lies and delusions.
PANIC PR0N: BRAZILLIAN VARIANT VARIANT!!!!111
Reporter Barely Mentions The Fact That The "Hate Crime" She's Reporting On Was A Hoax
But the Albion students still insist that they're terrified...
Portland City Council: Unarmed Patrols To Combat Gun Violence
United Airlines: Sex And Race More Important Than Ability For Pilots
The Medicalization Of Everything: RACISM IS MEDICAL, RACIST!!!!!1111
HOW THE HELL ARE WE GOING TO SPIN THE MI BATFLU SPIKE BLUEWARD????
Friday, April 09, 2021
Why Not Get Two Different COVID-19 Vaccines?
I've been wondering this for a long time. Why not, say, get one Pfizer shot and one Moderna shot? Or one J&J shot and one AstraZeneca shot? Or whatever? I mean, it's always sounded to me like a good idea to emphasize getting everybody over 30 or whatever one shot before starting in on the second round...but I know nothing about this so, I don't even deserve an opinion...but, anyway, mightn't it be a good idea to go with two different shots rather than two of the same? There are undoubtedly brilliant experts writing hundreds of pages on this somewhere...and running across ignorant shit like this on the interwebs probably makes them want to smash their monitors...
Did Trump Officials "Celebrate" Efforts To Alter CDC Coronavirus Reports?
Thursday, April 08, 2021
The Chauvin Trial Is Really Complicated
Way, way more complicated than I realized it would be, and way more complicated than it seems from the superficial media accounts.
Sohrab Ahmari On The MSM: "What Kind Of Bullshit Are These Ideologues Pulling On Me Now"
The old establishment regime was thoroughly liberal, to be clear. It was the air they breathed.
— Sohrab Ahmari (@SohrabAhmari) April 6, 2021
But you couldn't imagine the old regime straight-up fabricating shit or claiming, as CNN did in a recent news story, that there is no scientific consensus for determining a baby's sex
The Left Will Not Give Up Its Blue-Q Trump-Russian-Asset Fantasy: Jonathan Chait Edition
Kinda pathetic and embarrassing at this point.
Wednesday, April 07, 2021
"Coronavirus Variant First Found In UK"
'Infrastructure' Has No Meaning
Paid leave is infrastructure.
— Kirsten Gillibrand (@SenGillibrand) April 7, 2021
Child care is infrastructure.
Caregiving is infrastructure.
Kirsten Gillibrand: postmodernist...
Seriously thought: just bullshitter.
I admitted yesterday that there's plenty of vagueness in 'infrastructure,' and both sides tend to stretch the meaning for political ends. But the word isn't just meaningless.
Here are some things that are extremely clear: Paid leave is not infrastructure. Child care is not infrastructure. Caregiving is not infrastructure.