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Tuesday, February 27. 2018

Before & After Street Art Transformations That’ll Make You Say Wow

The New Yorker publishes an appreciative essay on Jordan Peterson

Go behind the scenes with ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic

Scientists scooped up some really weird fish in the deep sea off Australia

Humanity Isn't Destroying the Natural World. We're Changing It. Welcome to Anthropocene Park.

Victimhood Culture Only Getting Worse, Professor Warns

I feel like a victim of all the professional victims

Leftist Students Freak Out When Panel Agrees Men And Women Are Different. "Even the women in there have been brainwashed!"

No "Vive la Differance"

Betsy DeVos Urges Americans to Embrace ‘Education Freedom’

SCOTUS Could Cripple Public Unions In Time For The 2018 Midterms

Broward County Deputies Were Allegedly Told NOT To Enter School. Here's Why.

Oakland’s Mayor Just Committed A Felony By Warning Illegal Aliens That ICE Was Coming

THE SILENCE OF SUSAN RICE

Kimball: The Schiff Obstruction

Zero Hedge:

Trump represents such a monumentally grotesque embarrassment to the permanent Washington establishment that they will pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the removal of this odious caitiff.

And in the process abandon all reason and decency.

Iwo Jima: The story behind Alan Wood and the famous flag on Mount Suribachi

2500 American Troops Land in Israel for Massive Air Defense Exercise with IDF

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Broward County Deputies Were Allegedly Told NOT To Enter School.

I've suspected this since it came out that at least three other deputies also assumed a defensive crouch when they arrived, after Israel threw Petersen under the bus. One guy could be passed off as a personal decision not to risk his life. Three or more is department policy.

Israel's obviously used to be being much more in control of the flow of information but with the Coral Springs PD also responding and a Coral Springs officer volunteering at the school, he's not the only one with inside information this time. He's also probably used to cowing local reporters that will have to deal with him in the future but the national news media doesn't care. They aren't going back to Broward County any time soon, and I think Jake Tapper is probably mad at Israel for lying to him prior to the NRA lynching CNN orchestrated. Tapper's likely to make an example of Israel so his next source doesn't sandbag him like that.

#1 Christopher B on 2018-02-27 09:02 (Reply)

Actually, this explanation is much less odious, but no less stupid, than what I suspected. I would not have been surprised to learn that the shooting was allowed to progress to set up an anti gun narrative. After all, you have to crack a few eggs to make an omelette.

#1.1 mudbug on 2018-02-27 09:19 (Reply)

mudbug: I would not have been surprised to learn that the shooting was allowed to progress to set up an anti gun narrative.

Seriously? You don't really believe that, do you? So why did you say it?

#1.1.1 Zachriel on 2018-02-27 09:37 (Reply)

You set up your straw man and then demand someone else answer it.

One more fallacy, b/c you do nothing else. All to distract.

#1.1.1.1 DrTorch on 2018-02-27 09:56 (Reply)

DrTorch: You set up your straw man and then demand someone else answer it.

Huh? What strawman? Mudbug suggested that the shooting of schoolchildren was allowed to continue in order to advance an anti-gun narrative. It's preposterous on its face, so we are asking him to either justify the statement, or otherwise to explain why he proposed such a paranoid scenario.

#1.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2018-02-27 10:02 (Reply)

Why is it so preposterous?

Do you honestly believe these people are not capable of it.
They are genuinely evil.

#1.1.1.1.1.1 David on 2018-02-27 11:17 (Reply)

The Clattering Site Robot just played you.

#1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Meh on 2018-02-27 13:39 (Reply)

David: Why is it so preposterous?

Because it's contrary to even a basic understanding of the facts. You might make an argument that political blinders led to a multitude of mistakes, but it requires being deeply marinated in right-wing conspiracy theories to reach the conclusion that people allowed the shooting to continue "in order to advance an anti-gun narrative".

#1.1.1.1.1.1.2 Zachriel on 2018-02-27 14:43 (Reply)

^ Oops, and the Clattering Site Robot(s) tees up another fallacy, seeing if someone will bite. Will someone? Only time will tell.

#1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1 Meh, Confounder of Clattering Site Robot(s) on 2018-02-27 15:00 (Reply)

I'm obviously too short for this ride.

Cheers.

#1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1 David on 2018-02-27 19:51 (Reply)

Better than us have tried and failed, David. The CSR(s) is a powerful thing.

Just ask it.

#1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1 Meh, Confounder of CSR(s) on 2018-02-28 06:52 (Reply)

I think I was pretty clear. We may not know the actual motivations behind Eric Holder's Fast and Furious, but it isn't a stretch to attribute an anti gun narrative to it.

#1.1.1.2 mudbug on 2018-02-27 10:39 (Reply)

I myself would check the police union agreement with Broward regarding when officers are required to put themselves in harm's way. I would suspect there was some policy that said in an active shooter/hostage situation, only SWAT officers are required to go in.

#1.1.1.3 Jim on 2018-02-27 17:55 (Reply)

Zachriel, you and your ilk already kill children via abortion to advance your agenda. At a thousand a day what difference does another dozen make....

#1.1.1.4 L.B. on 2018-02-27 18:59 (Reply)

What?!Run that by me again.

#1.1.2 RL on 2018-02-27 10:34 (Reply)

Allow me: https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/02/26/jack-cashill-incompetence-wasnt-the-problem-in-broward-county/

#1.1.2.1 Meh on 2018-02-27 13:45 (Reply)

you sound like Michael Moore
i.e. > 911

#1.1.3 RL on 2018-02-27 11:34 (Reply)

Really? Didn't Moore claim 9/11 was an inside job? I made no claim that officers were told not to interdict a school shooter for political narrative purposes. I only said I wouldn't put it past the sheriff or some other actor to do that.

On retrospection, I'm not sure it really is that much more odious to prohibit officers from engaging a school shooter to advance an political agenda than to do it for a bureaucratic rule.

#1.1.3.1 mudbug on 2018-02-27 14:04 (Reply)

mudbug: Didn't Moore claim 9/11 was an inside job?

In Fahrenheit 9/11, Moore argues that the Bush Administration was ideologically blinded leading up to the attack, not that the government was involved in planning the attack.

#1.1.3.1.1 Zachriel on 2018-02-27 14:47 (Reply)

I think that we also saw a coverup in the Las Vegas shooting. Exactly why I don't know, but it is obvious they do not want to let the public know what they know.

#1.2 TheRiver on 2018-02-27 09:31 (Reply)

i surely hope this isn't true but i'm so loosing faith in the official narrative .
http://voxday.blogspot.com/2018/02/the-broward-county-cover-up.html

#1.3 la on 2018-02-27 09:51 (Reply)

Re: The Silence of Susan Rice

While Rice did not claim Fifth Amendment privilege, she might as well have. Others bureaucrats during the Obama administration, as well as previous administrations, have also claimed Fifth Amendment protection with regard to actions they did or didn't take as part of their work for the government (us). It's obviously not, but it should be illegal. While they should retain their Fifth Amendment protection for personal actions, their work on our behalf, should be open to scrutiny.

#2 mudbug on 2018-02-27 09:13 (Reply)

mudbug: While they should retain their Fifth Amendment protection for personal actions, their work on our behalf, should be open to scrutiny.

One doesn't surrender constitutional rights for a job. Their work is open to scrutiny. However, punishments are administrative, such as being reassigned or fired.

#2.1 Zachriel on 2018-02-27 09:35 (Reply)

Clattering Site Robot(s): Allow me(s) to insert a giant fallacy right here and see if you bite.

#2.1.1 Meh, Confounder of Clattering Site Robot(s) on 2018-02-27 13:41 (Reply)

My comment on the article about Betsy DeVos on education: A culture states "what's important here" by making laws that direct its people to those values. In an effort to insure people can care for themselves in retirement, the U.S. constructed tax-advantaged IRAs for those not covered by employers' plans. In an effort to insure access to medical care, the U.S. has similarly formed tax-advantaged insurance and savings accounts. This is accomplished through our tax code

If education is valued in our country, tax-advantaged savings accounts seem a natural way to encourage such. Otherwise, taxpayers are forced into backing grants, loans and other gifts to those seeking educational opportunities.

Why not make that person or their family invest in those activities what will benefit them? Perhaps they will value that time more and reject curricula that afford little, if any, opportunity for better employment. Perhaps, education institutions will get back to the business of preparing students to succeed in areas other than community organizing as social justice warriors...and I emphasize the "warrior" for they seem intent on taking no prisoners.

Where in The U.S. Constitution are Pell Grants, endowments to Harvard (which already has a billion dollar-plus endowment) and direct student loans listed as a mandate? Isn't education under the auspices of the individual states?

#3 jma on 2018-02-27 09:23 (Reply)

Can we stop making believe that Kaepernick was a good guy?

http://www.bizpacreview.com/2018/02/25/colin-kaepernick-supports-seizing-land-white-farmers-redistributing-black-citizens-606842

#4 OneGuy on 2018-02-27 09:36 (Reply)

QUOTE:

Kimball: The Schiff Obstruction

Poor, albeit typical polemic.

QUOTE:

Given his connection to the Trump campaign ...

Page had already left the campaign when the warrant was issued.

QUOTE:

A key part of the Democrats’ memo is challenging the assertion that the critical evidence for the FISA warrant was the Steele Dossier, that “salacious and unverified” document (to employ the eloquent phrase of James Comey, the disgraced former Director of the FBI).

That's false. Comey was clearly referring to only parts of the dossier when he said "salacious and unverified". Gee whiz. Salacious means "treating sexual matters in an indecent way", and much of the dossier doesn't concern sexual matters at all. The claim doesn't make sense standing alone, and doesn't make sense in the context in which it was made.

QUOTE:

As I noted elsewhere, it was the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee who secretly paid for the Steele dossier—facts that, pace assertions to the contrary by the Democrats, were concealed from the FISA Court when the applications were made.

That's false. The warrant application noted that the dossier was collected for political purposes.

QUOTE:

Three bullet points—count ’em, three!—the first two of which are entirely blacked out.

That's right! So we know that other evidence was provided to the FISC that was significant enough to black out for security purposes.

QUOTE:

But as it happens, the agent who vetted Carter Page concluded that he was an “idiot” not worth bothering with.

That's false. They targeted Page for recruitment. The Russian agents were secretly recorded: "For now his enthusiasm works for me. I also promised him a lot: that I have connections in the Trade Representation, meaning you that you can push contracts {laughs}. I will feed him empty promises."

#5 Zachriel on 2018-02-27 09:55 (Reply)

So we know that other evidence was provided to the FISC that was significant enough to black out for security purposes.

You know no such thing. Just another enormous irrational leap that you pretend qualifies as knowledge.

Even your best efforts are comically illogical. Childish.

#5.1 DrTorch on 2018-02-27 10:42 (Reply)

DrTorch: You know no such thing.

If it wasn't significant enough to blackout, then why was it blacked out?

#5.1.1 Zachriel on 2018-02-27 11:08 (Reply)

Begging the question, kiddiez?

#5.1.1.1 drowningpuppies on 2018-02-27 13:35 (Reply)

Hiding something that could be used against them?

#5.1.1.2 Sam L. on 2018-02-27 16:22 (Reply)

Page had already left the campaign when the warrant was issued.

Andrew McCarthy at NRO had an excellent review of the Schiff memo, and explained why this is irrelevant. Getting a FISA warrant meant that the FBI/DOJ (i.e. the Clinton campaign) could search previously collected intercepts with the warrant. Page was not the target. There was no reason to get a FISA warrant for him since he was a previously cooperative source for the FBI, and had been interviewed as recently as March 2016. The goal was to search the Trump campaign’s private communications in general.

That's false. Comey was clearly referring to only parts of the dossier when he said "salacious and unverified". Gee whiz. Salacious means "treating sexual matters in an indecent way", and much of the dossier doesn't concern sexual matters at all. The claim doesn't make sense standing alone, and doesn't make sense in the context in which it was made.

It’s always all about sex with you, isn’t it? Care to discuss ‘unverified’? Which it absolutely was per Andrew’s article. Except when he included publically available information, Steele’s supposed Russian sources were passing on hearsay from further anonymous sources. The telephone game was virtually untraceable.

That's false. The warrant application noted that the dossier was collected for political purposes.

Stating it might be used for political purposes is not the same is disclosing the provenience of the funding for Steele’s work was the Clinton campaign.

#5.2 Christopher B on 2018-02-27 11:19 (Reply)

Christopher B: Getting a FISA warrant meant that the FBI/DOJ (i.e. the Clinton campaign) could search previously collected intercepts with the warrant.

That's true of most warrants. If you have a letter in your desk, then that can be used as evidence later on.

Christopher B: It’s always all about sex with you, isn’t it?

No. It's about sex because that's what "salacious" means.

Christopher B: Care to discuss ‘unverified’

We did. It's clear that Comey's statement only referred to some aspects of the dossier, not to all aspects of the dossier. That's clear from the word "salacious" and is clear from the context of his remarks.

QUOTE:

Burr: "At the time of your departure from the FBI, was the FBI able to confirm any criminal allegations contained in the Steele document?"

Comey: "Mr. Chairman, I don't think that's a question I can answer in an open setting because it goes into the details of the investigation."

Christopher B: Stating it might be used for political purposes is not the same is disclosing the provenience of the funding for Steele’s work was the Clinton campaign.

It is standard procedure to mask the names, but it's quite clear from the context who the political parties were.

#5.2.1 Zachriel on 2018-02-27 14:40 (Reply)

Weird Al- I have been saying for decades that he should be the US Poet Laureate.

#6 DrTorch on 2018-02-27 09:58 (Reply)

Re: Victimhood culture getting worse

I'd have to disagree - when victimhood culture becomes so problematic that even college professors are seeing that it's problematic it's a pretty safe bet that people outside the academic bubble long ago saw the problem. Case in point would be the lady who tried to take her emotional support peacock aboard an airplane - I don't recall any sympathetic people suggesting that somebody as emotionally fragile as this poor woman might be better off being involuntarily committed to a mental institution where she can get the help she so desperately needs to deal with her crippling psychological disorder. No, what I saw was a lot of people mocking her because of her silliness in pretending to be an emotional basketcase when obviously anybody parading around with a peacock in this manner is merely an attention whore. The crybaby snowflakes who claim to be victims and therefore entitled to special treatment are cry bullies demanding the world conform to their whims and everybody knows it. And we're not putting up with this nonsense much longer. You want to act like a baby, you're going to get treated like a baby, and everybody knows when a spoiled brat two-year old throws a temper tantrum the worst thing in the world you can do is give them what they want because you've now taught them that throwing a temper tantrum works.

#7 Jerryskids on 2018-02-27 11:00 (Reply)

Leftist Students Freak Out When Panel Agrees Men And Women Are Different. "Even the women in there have been brainwashed!"...No "Vive la Differance"

QUOTE:

Let’s look at differences between men and women that are explicitly anatomical and physiological; are men taller than women on average? Does anyone take offense at that fact? I would say you could be irritated by it; you could be irritated by the fact that women have to be the ones who gestate and lactate; you could be irritated by a lot of truths—”

At that point a young woman with green hair stood up and led the protesters out.

Heying continued, “—but taking offense is a response that is a reflection of reality. So, men and women are different on height; they’re different on muscle mass; they’re different on where fat is deposited on our bodies. Our brains are also different.”

Well, we would agree that one doesn't get irritated at someone being born with green hair.

#8 Gringo on 2018-02-27 11:01 (Reply)

It takes a certain... thought process to ignore physiological differences completely. Basic biology shows the difference, but apparently you're supposed to ignore reality for a pleasing social construct.

#8.1 JLawson on 2018-02-27 15:55 (Reply)

We are coming up to our 50th anniversary, and I would declare loudly "vivre la difference". Realize there should be some French accents there, but keyboard not co-operating.

#8.2 Frances on 2018-02-27 23:36 (Reply)

I think some of the younger, cute girls with blue hair look nice. Not for long-term but they put it on like makeup. We're all searching for our place when we're young.
However, the fat, unattractive women with butch haircuts seem to me to be screaming for help with their green hair and silly piercings. My expectation is that they all know they have no business in college, are probably already failing their sociology and women's studies classes and are desperate to matter before they start their new job at Target or Starbucks. This will be the sad highpoint of most of their lonely lives.

#9 FRP on 2018-02-27 11:37 (Reply)

Probably it would be possible for someone to color their hair pink or green, etc. without having a mental health issue. Perhaps a very young child (but then it would be likely that one or both parents were mentally ill). But most people walking around with rainbow colored hair are desperate for attention and will do almost anything for it. They are mentally ill. Simple as that.

IMHO I am always happy when these damaged and possibly dangerous people self identify with colored hair or numerous tattoos or piercings. Avoid them at all costs.

#9.1 TheRiver on 2018-02-27 17:50 (Reply)

I very much liked the Jordan Peterson review and the book review on ecological change over at Reason. We forget that not everyone is divided into two camps, and many intelligent people simply try to find the best explanations they can, without regard to how that plays on the ephemeral popular culture stage.

#10 Assistant Village Idiot (Link) on 2018-02-27 13:00 (Reply)

'We forget that not everyone is divided into two camps,and many intelligent simply try to find the best explanations they can, ''
Brilliant statement...

#10.1 RL on 2018-02-27 23:31 (Reply)

Re: Victimhood culture.

You forget that NOT ONE parent has ever stood up at a PTA meeting and demanded that children in K-12 grades not be put on a bus and driven into downtown (like Seattle) and then given signs to march up and down the street protesting for higher wages for their teachers. Whatever the issue du jour some school somewhere in this country will bus their school aged children to a demonstration site during school day hours. How you gonna stop that Barrister?

#11 faculty wife on 2018-02-27 14:37 (Reply)

Given the power teachers have over a child's future, I would think long and hard before I said NO, even if I seriously disagreed with the demo. And I no longer have children in the system.

Back in the day, was very involved in the offsprings' schooling, to the extent that I am convinced I was awarded the MAB (Mother's a Bitch) with epaulets. Those were interesting times. I would only intervene if asked and fully warned the offspring who was prompting the intervention that I had better have ALL the facts as - should I be wrong-footed - said offspring would rue the day. But I persevered because I only intervened when things were going very wrong. And it worked; I'm not so sure I would be able to properly defend the offsprings under the present climate.

#11.1 Frances on 2018-02-27 23:45 (Reply)

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