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Monday, November 15. 2021

Monday morning links

Tudor wall paintings uncovered in Yorkshire ‘discovery of a lifetime’. ‘Pristine’ 16th-century work found beneath plaster in bedroom at Landmark Trust’s Calverley Old Hall


Is the news always fake?


 Some Liberals Now Willing To Admit They Were Duped By Media About Kyle Rittenhouse


 WaPo Retracts Steele Dossier Russia Collusion Reporting, Points Finger At Hillary Clinton


Jennifer Rubin update 


 How media coverage of critical race theory misses the point


Why Special Counsel John Durham Subpoenaed The Brookings Institution. Brookings was ground zero for the Russia collusion hoax, with many key staff embroiled in the damaging lie that Donald Trump colluded with Vladimir Putin 


 New antiviral drugs mark a big turning point in the covid-19 pandemic


 Do You Have Any Doubt That The FBI Is Fundamentally A Criminal Organization?


 We Have a Plan to Deliver Equal Opportunity to Every Student in California


 America Is Built on a Great Culture. Progressives Want to Abandon It 


Exasperation and dysfunction: Inside Kamala Harris' frustrating start as vice president

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The media lied about Rittenhouse, George Floyd, Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, Ahmaud Arbery, and others. They did it knowing the truth with disregard for the harm their lies would cause.
#1 OneGuy on 2021-11-15 09:43 (Reply)
"Everybody knows" that the reason J. Edgar Hoover remained in charge of the FBI through so many administrations wasn't because of how good he was but because he had secret blackmail files on just about every politician out there he obtained through illegal spying. The FBI has always been a criminal organization.
#2 Jerryskids on 2021-11-15 09:44 (Reply)
"New antiviral drugs mark a big turning point in the covid-19 pandemic"

I've heard that they're basically glorified versions of Ivermectin.

And yeah, it's amazing how many people still think Kyle shot black people.
#3 Maniac on 2021-11-15 09:50 (Reply)
>WaPo Retracts Steele Dossier Russia Collusion Reporting

New talking point: "See, the system self-corrects..." ...4 years after those facts stopped mattering.
#4 OldCurmudgeon on 2021-11-15 09:56 (Reply)
QUOTE:
Is the news always fake? . . . This event {Hamilton scandal} has largely been forgotten

We can thank Lin-Manuel Miranda for bringing it back to public consciousness. The scandal is a major plot point of the Broadway megahit, Hamilton.

QUOTE:
This year it was acknowledged that the members of the Federal Reserve were trading on inside knowledge. Since they control the flow of money in the world economy, they pretty much know the future. They made sure to profit from this knowledge. Instead of a scandal threatening to take down the system, it was a one-day story that was quickly forgotten.

Senator Elizabeth Warren has been pressing for an SEC investigation and suggested crimes may have been committed. Meanwhile, the Dallas and Boston Fed presidents have both resigned.

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A good example . . .

Heh. Of all the examples of public corruption, Trump is not included.

QUOTE:
Sussmann . . . was allegedly riding around on a golf cart at the DNC convention, pushing this story to media outlets.

And yet the dossier wasn't published until after the election. Sort of like the Russians in Dr. Strangelove.

QUOTE:
Dr. Strangelove: Of course, the whole point of a Doomsday Machine is lost, if you keep it a secret! Why didn't you tell the world, EH?

Ambassador de Sadesky: It was to be announced at the Party Congress on Monday. As you know, the Premier loves surprises.
#5 Zachriel on 2021-11-15 10:02 (Reply)
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KiddieZ: Of all the examples of public corruption, Trump is not included.

Heh.
Perhaps the KiddieZ can inform us of all the public corruption of President-in-exile Trump.
Seems with all the "investigations" over the last 5 years y'all should have some sort of evidence of provide.
#5.1 Zachinoff on 2021-11-15 11:33 (Reply)
Haha. Yeah, you would think that after four years of an anal exam, including from the IRS - probably breaking numerous laws, but law breaking only applies to non-RINO’s - some sort of crime could be found. Perhaps Trump was the most honest politician, in Washington D.C.?
#5.1.1 B. Hammer on 2021-11-15 12:00 (Reply)
B. Hammer: probably breaking numerous laws, but law breaking only applies to non-RINO’s - some sort of crime could be found.
  • Steve Bannon was charged with fraud. Pardoned by Trump.
  • Roger Stone was convicted of lying to investigators concerning Russia. Pardoned by Trump.
  • Paul Manafort was convicted of fraud. Found to have provided internal campaign documents to a known Russian agent knowing Russia was interfering in the U.S. election. Pardoned by Trump.
  • Michael Cohen was convicted of orchestrating hush money while acting as Trump's personal attorney.
  • Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to investigators about his involvement with Russian agents. Pardoned by Trump.
  • Rick Gates pleased guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States.
#5.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2021-11-15 13:05 (Reply)
With respect to the people pardoned by Trump, there's nothing corrupt about a president exercising his powers as president.
#5.1.1.1.1 mudbug on 2021-11-15 17:14 (Reply)
mudbug: With respect to the people pardoned by Trump, there's nothing corrupt about a president exercising his powers as president.

That is not necessarily correct. It is quite possible for an otherwise legal power to be used corruptly. For instance, if a president were to trade pardons for bags of cash, that would be corrupt (and a crime).
#5.1.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2021-11-15 17:28 (Reply)
Heh.
KiddieZ still haven't provided any evidence of corruption by the President-in-exile Trump.
Seems if y'all are so worried about corruption why the blind eye toward Brandon?
In any case I don't expect a response.
#5.1.1.1.1.1.1 Zachinoff on 2021-11-15 21:35 (Reply)
A good example of how Zach does his gaslighting.

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And yet the dossier wasn't published until after the election.


Not published, but exposure is equivalent. Six days before inauguration. Who inside the Obama White House, leaked all of the documents to CNN?
#5.2 B. Hammer on 2021-11-15 12:32 (Reply)
Z: And yet the dossier wasn't published until after the election.

B. Hammer: Not published, but exposure is equivalent. Six days before inauguration.

Um, six days before the inauguration was after the election. Clue: the article you cited refers to Trump as President-elect.
#5.2.1 Zachriel on 2021-11-15 13:07 (Reply)
No, we don't thank Lin-Manuel Miranda for any of this, since it was already a prominent meme when Hamilton came out, and since relatively few people have seen Hamilton.

You got caught lying again.

I'm too busy to address your other daily lies right now.
#5.3 DrTorch (Link) on 2021-11-15 14:48 (Reply)
DrTorch: No, we don't thank Lin-Manuel Miranda for any of this, since it was already a prominent meme when Hamilton came out, and since relatively few people have seen Hamilton.

So, you are saying that the author of the article who claimed, "This event {Hamilton scandal} has largely been forgotten," is lying.

In any case, while the history of the Hamilton-Reynolds affair bubbled up into the public consciousness on occasion, the musical Hamilton brought it to the forefront of popular culture; indeed, made Alexander Hamilton into a much more prominent figure in mass culture than he had been heretofore.
#5.3.1 Zachriel on 2021-11-15 15:29 (Reply)
Is the news always fake? No, but that's the way to bet!

Some Liberals Now Willing To Admit They Were Duped By Media About Kyle Rittenhouse: Not enough of them, though.

WaPo Retracts Steele Dossier Russia Collusion Reporting, Points Finger At Hillary Clinton: I trust NOTHING from the WaPoo!

How media coverage of critical race theory misses the point: DELIBERATELY!

Do You Have Any Doubt That The FBI Is Fundamentally A Criminal Organization? No. NO. NO!! It's democrats and media allllll the way downnnnnnnnnn.

America Is Built on a Great Culture. Progressives Want to Abandon It. As I keep saying, the word "progressive" always reminds me of "cancer"...which kills the host...
#6 Sam L. on 2021-11-15 10:13 (Reply)
From watching the MSM I have a full understanding of CRT. First of all it IS NOT taught in our schools. AND if teachers expose the fact that it is taught in schools they are immediately fired. Because just exposing that it IS taught in schools is racism and a dog whistle to white supremacists, (which as far as we can tell are more rare than dinosaurs although it is rumored that Jussie Smollett was attacked by them once). And IF there really was something called CRT in our schools it is merely history and civics that explains that white people are inferior, bastards, racists who should all be killed AND that CRT doesn't divide us, noooo! because diversity is our strength (except for white men who are no good bastards). Noooo! CRT brings us all together (against whites of course). BUT it is NOT taught in schools and if you expose it you will be fired and ostracized from ever working again. Got it? Bring it up again and the FBI will be knocking at your door you domestic terrorists!
#7 Anon on 2021-11-15 10:24 (Reply)
The discovery of effective treatments for Covid but can be administered orally is an inflection point in the pandemic.

No longer is it necessary to vaccinate the entire population. We can pivot to a new strategy of mass screening and treatment of those who test positive.

Vaccination has proven to be far less successful than was originally thought. The planning models assumed that the Covid vaccine would be effective for 18 months, which is why mass vaccination was being pushed as a way to end the epidemic. However we now know that the vaccines start to lose their effectiveness after five only months, making this strategy far less effective. You simply cannot vaccinate 340 million people every five months. It’s not going to happen.

Now that we have decent treatments, we should prioritize test and treat to bring the numbers down. The vaccine wars at this point are just a distraction from actually ending the pandemic.
#8 Jm01 on 2021-11-15 10:47 (Reply)
Kamala has a worse approval rate than Biden (28% - last I looked). However it is all because of racism.

From the article:
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An unnamed “former Harris aide” told CNN it was “hard to miss the specific energy that the White House brings to defend a white man, knowing that Kamala Harris has spent almost a year taking a lot of the hits that the West Wing didn’t want to take themselves”.

“Kamala Harris is a leader but is not being put in positions to lead,” the donor said. “That doesn’t make sense. We need to be thinking long term, and we need to be doing what’s best for the party.

“You should be putting her in positions to succeed, as opposed to putting weights on her. If you did give her the ability to step up and help her lead, it would strengthen you and strengthen the party.”


Has Kamala ever been to the border? She was put in charge of the border, a perfect place to show her outstanding leadership skills. Finding democrat less competent than Joe Biden, took some work (well not really) and the democrats found her!
#9 B. Hammer on 2021-11-15 12:10 (Reply)
B. Hammer: She was put in charge of the border, a perfect place to show her outstanding leadership skills.

That is incorrect. Harris was put in charge of addressing the root causes of immigration from Mexico and Central America, primarily through diplomatic and economic means.
#9.1 Zachriel on 2021-11-15 13:13 (Reply)
QUOTE:
Biden tasks Harris with 'stemming the migration' on southern border
The vice president is expected to focus on both curbing the current flow of migrants and coordinating with countries in the region to address the root causes of migration.


Source NBC News
#9.1.1 Christopher B on 2021-11-15 14:35 (Reply)
Christopher B: The vice president is expected to focus on both curbing the current flow of migrants and coordinating with countries in the region to address the root causes of migration.

That's right, supporting the point.
#9.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2021-11-15 15:13 (Reply)
And in spite of all her efforts (or lack thereof) she wasn't able to make even a dent in the flow of illegal immigrants, illegal drugs, or human trafficking. Good Job, Kamala!!

A clue to the issue a possible "root cause" might be to look at cause and effect relationships. For example, Trump was building a wall and discouraging illegal immigration with agreements with the Mexican government. Illegal immigration, along with other negative aspects of no control over the border. Joe ended construction of the wall (and in fact is spending money not to build the wall) and made it clear that a new looser border policy would be in place and illegal immigration, drug and human trafficking exploded. A reasonable theory is that the new policies caused the current situation.

If Joe and Kamala had done nothing different - i.e. continued Trump's policies - we wouldn't be in this fix.
#9.1.1.1.1 mudbug on 2021-11-15 17:12 (Reply)
mudbug: A clue to the issue a possible "root cause" might be to look at cause and effect relationships.

The pressure is due to systemic problems in Central America, which are due to political and economic instability. You can try to wall people out, but the border will remain porous due to geography.
#9.1.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2021-11-15 17:30 (Reply)
B "Border"

Z "That is incorrect ... root causes ..."

You're the one who drew the distinction between the border and root causes, and implied that she was not in charge of the current border situation but only root causes. News reports clearly indicated otherwise.
#9.1.1.1.2 Christopher B on 2021-11-15 17:24 (Reply)
Christopher B: You're the one who drew the distinction between the border and root causes, and implied that she was not in charge of the current border situation but only root causes.

Going to the border has nothing to do with Harris's mandate.
#9.1.1.1.2.1 Zachriel on 2021-11-15 17:31 (Reply)
“The world’s greatest minds are meeting in Glasgow to determine how to end 3.5 billion years of bad weather via virtue signaling.”
#10 JustMe on 2021-11-15 12:22 (Reply)
SO, a simple question for you lawyers and students of the constitution: What if somehow the 2020 election investigation confirmed massive voter fraud and in fact Trump won in a landslide? What then? Does Biden and Kamala get kicked out and the chief justice breaks Biden?s sword in half? Does Trump get installed in the white house? Do all of Biden's actions and mandates suddenly get reversed?

Or more likely nothing at all happens and we keep Biden and keep "slouching along towards Gomorrah"? And say FU to the 85 million who voted for Trump?
#11 OneGuy on 2021-11-15 12:56 (Reply)
OneGuy: What if somehow the 2020 election investigation confirmed massive voter fraud and in fact Trump won in a landslide? What then? Does Biden and Kamala get kicked out and the chief justice breaks Biden?s sword in half?

No. They remain unless removed through impeachment. If removed through impeachment, the Speaker of the House becomes president.

However, there is no evidence to support your fantasy. Biden handily won the popular vote as well as winning the electoral college vote.
#11.1 Zachriel on 2021-11-15 13:09 (Reply)
OTOH, the Speaker of the House doesn't have to be a Member of Congress. It can be anyone.
#11.1.1 OldCurmudgeon on 2021-11-15 13:24 (Reply)
OldCurmudgeon: OTOH, the Speaker of the House doesn't have to be a Member of Congress. It can be anyone.

Quite so. Indeed, you can fantasize about all sorts of crazy possibilities. Keep dreaming!
#11.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2021-11-15 15:38 (Reply)
"However, there is no evidence to support your fantasy"

LOL Yes I know. Those 5 million preprinted ballot for Biden from China will be ignored and don't you dare bring them up. The fact that 90% of all late mail in ballots voted only for Biden AND had unreadable signatures will be ignored too. The fact that the people in charge of counting the vote in Arizona destroyed public records when they realized that the state intended to subpoena those records as part of their investigation means nothing, ignore it. It is most coincidental that 5 states where Trump was winning mysteriously decided to stop counting at 2:30 AM and when counts resumed the next day Biden was ahead in each of those states. AND it was most unfortunate that in some of those states a citizen happened to be able to get video of a mysterious ballot delivery from unmarked cars by unidentified strangers to the ballot coiunting centers, please disregard those videos. AND disregard the videos in Georgia where vote counters submitted the same stack of Biden votes to the counting machines multiple times while looking around to see if anyone was watching... And the stories of open blatant cheating go on and on...
#12 OneGuy on 2021-11-15 13:22 (Reply)
There have been refutations of these assertions, often good ones. If you disbelieve them, it is on you to show why they are not accurate. Debate and discussion imply a back-and-forth, point/counterpoint, not merely reciting the same accusations again the next day.

Homework is hard, but you have no credibility without it.
#12.1 Assistant Village Idiot on 2021-11-15 16:37 (Reply)
I think you are 100% wrong and know it. At this point there is no doubt that the election was stolen the only open question is by how much. Some estimates are as high as 15 million votes stolen to beat Trump. As to your point that the data needs to be refuted I agree. The data shows the election was stolen, REFUTE IT!!! Explain how "mail in" ballots were received and counted and had never been folded. Explain how ballots were printed with the vote for Biden printed as well. Explain how 3 times as many mail in ballots were received than were sent out. Explain why a county employee putting ballots into a machine to be counted would put the same ballots through 4 times. The ball is in your court, refute away...
#12.1.1 Just me on 2021-11-15 17:42 (Reply)
Just me: Explain how "mail in" ballots were received and counted and had never been folded.

You made a number of claims. You might start with the first, concerning the unfolded ballots, and provide evidence so we know what you are talking about.
#12.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2021-11-16 09:01 (Reply)
Wait a minute! You don't even know that tens of thousands of mail in ballots were received that had never been folded to be mailed? And you feel informed enough to discuss this issue???
#12.1.1.1.1 JustMe on 2021-11-16 09:45 (Reply)
JustMe: Wait a minute! You don't even know that tens of thousands of mail in ballots were received that had never been folded to be mailed?

So you can't provide evidence to support your claim.
#12.1.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2021-11-16 10:20 (Reply)
Dr. Bridle: "We Made a Big Mistake...We're Inoculating a Poison"

QUOTE:
“The Sars-CoV-2 has a spike protein on its surface. That spike protein is what allows it to infect our bodies,” Bridle explained. “That is why we have been using the spike protein in our vaccines,” Bridle said. “The vaccines we’re using get the cells in our bodies to manufacture that protein. If we can mount an immune response against that protein, in theory we could prevent this virus from infecting the body. That is the theory behind the vaccine.”

“However, when studying the severe COVID-19, […] heart problems, lots of problems with the cardiovascular system, bleeding and clotting, are all associated with COVID-19,” he added. “In doing that research, what has been discovered by the scientific community, the spike protein on its own is almost entirely responsible for the damage to the cardiovascular system, if it gets into circulation.”

When the purified spike protein is injected into the blood of research animals, they experience damage to the cardiovascular system and the protein can cross the blood-brain barrier and cause damage to the brain, Bridle explained.

The biodistribution study obtained by Bridle shows the COVID spike protein gets into the blood where it circulates for several days post-vaccination and then accumulates in organs and tissues including the spleen, bone marrow, the liver, adrenal glands and in “quite high concentrations” in the ovaries.

“We have known for a long time that the spike protein is a pathogenic protein, Bridle said. “It is a toxin. It can cause damage in our body if it gets into circulation.”

https://www.independentsentinel.com/dr-bridle-we-made-a-big-mistake-were-inoculating-a-poison/

Unfortunately there is no way to assess the risk cited in the article as no percentages are given.

Since our Ruling Masters have assured us that the booster to the booster is safe and because they never lie to us I am headed off to get the booster to the booster shot today.

I can't help but feel like I am spinning the cylinder on a partially loaded revolver aimed at myself, and pulling the trigger.
#13 feeblemind on 2021-11-15 13:42 (Reply)
By the time Covid panic comes to a halt it will be found that the only reasonable treatment is Ivermectin, either as a prophylactic or as a cure. The two clones operate as protease inhibitors just as Ivermectin does but they may have other items added which could have side effects. Use the original, proven safe for decades.
#13.1 indyjonesouthere on 2021-11-15 14:26 (Reply)
feeblemind: the spike protein on its own is almost entirely responsible for the damage to the cardiovascular system, if it gets into circulation.”

Uh, no. The damage occurs when the virus takes over the cell, instructs the cell to make copies of the virus, eventually destroying the cell and releasing more viruses to infect other cells.
https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-canada-technology-gun-politics-religion-a7dd90823ca346534f1087ba0b1071b1
#13.2 Zachriel on 2021-11-15 15:41 (Reply)
Is the Brookings Institute tax exempt...where's Lois Learner?
Delivering equal opportunity to every student...works like vouchers...nothing to dislike about it.
#14 indyjonesouthere on 2021-11-15 14:35 (Reply)
Well, we found an actual domestic terrorist at school board meetings. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fort-worth-parents-claim-pro-crt-father-threatened-them
#15 OneGuy on 2021-11-15 19:28 (Reply)

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