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Monday, December 6. 2021

Monday morning links

An appreciation of Bob Dole 


 GETTING MINDS RIGHT AT YALE: THE AYRES REPORT


 Attempts To Cancel Coastal Carolina University Prof Steve Earnest Were Worse Than We Knew


 Bloomberg doubles down on his most important legacy: charter schools


Manhattan workers warned not to use public transit. Is this the new normal?


 How looting turned the most upscale part of San Francisco into a ghost town


 Chicago is what happens when a culture loses its moral grounding


 Why Woke Organizations All Sound the Same - Understanding the sociology of organizations


 Ilhan Omar part of 'systemic' anti-Semitism, a 'civil rights issue of epic proportions'


 RUSSIA HOAX WHITEWASH ERA BEGINS 


 The Media Inverts Reality in the Kenosha and Waukesha Cases. They want to advance the narrative that white people hate black people.


 Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., issued a warning to the Supreme Court days before oral arguments in a potential landmark abortion case, claiming that a “revolution” will take place if the high court overturns existing precedent.

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Bring on the revolution Shaheen. Set em up and knock em down.
#1 joe b on 2021-12-06 08:54 (Reply)
That's remarkably exciting for Shaheen. She is usually a mere cipher, providing one of the most reliable votes for the Democratic leadership without causing any trouble for them.
#2 Assistant Village Idiot on 2021-12-06 08:55 (Reply)
Good thing Shaheen is a Democrat so that her statement cannot be interpreted as a threat any more than Chuck Schumer's.
#3 Jerryskids on 2021-12-06 09:13 (Reply)
One of the students who protested Earnest is named Jihad. This stuff practically writes itself.
#4 Maniac on 2021-12-06 09:21 (Reply)
The 'Whitewash' story is an interesting display of exactly how the press runs cover for its colleagues, even on the opposite team. The two most egregious 'Russiagate' offenders were the Post and the NYT - their reporting was picked up nationwide and internationally by other outlets. Not a day went by without new lurid headlines about impending doom.

Now that the disclosures are tumbling out about this pure confection, instead of confessing their shortcomings or even pointing out how badly they misinformed the public, instead of covering this subject as a separate story, both have quietly gone back and edited their own previously-published stories in the historical archives, for posterity - so that they don't look quite as ineptly biased and partisan - and retrospectively wrong. And one of them has added a nice little editor's statement, which no straight-forward search will ever turn up.

They are re-writing their own history and whitewashing the historically-accurate picture, so that future researchers will struggle to discover just how poisonous and incompetent they really are. No mention of that corrupt behavior in this supposed opposition piece here, though.
#5 Aggie on 2021-12-06 09:47 (Reply)
If pro-abortionists want a revolution, nothing should be easier than enacting laws in all 50 states making abortion legal. It's not as though the S. Ct. were getting ready to ban abortion; they are likely at most to kick it to the states.

The truth is, they're afraid the people aren't completely behind them, at least when it comes to late-term abortions.
#6 Texan99 on 2021-12-06 09:53 (Reply)
QUOTE:
RUSSIA HOAX WHITEWASH ERA BEGINS

What we do know:
  • Before becoming president, Trump did a lot of cash business with Russian oligarchs.
  • Trump was working towards a Trump Tower Moscow, which would have resulted in a lot of cash changing hands.
  • On the orders of Russian President Putin, the Russians inteferred in the 2016 election.
  • The Russians worked to help Trump and damage Clinton.
  • The Russians hacked the DNC and the Clinton campaign, then released the stolen emails to cause maximum political damage to Clinton's campaign.
  • The Trump campaign welcomed Russian interference.
  • Trump Jr. accepted a meeting with a Russian lawyer who offered dirt on Clinton.
  • Trump's (unpaid!) campaign manager, Paul Manafort, gave internal campaign data to a Russian agent, while knowing of Russian interference in the campaign.
  • The Republican-led Senate Intelligence Committee found contacts between Manafort and Russian agents represented a "grave counterintelligence threat."
  • Manafort was pardoned by Trump.
  • Roger Stone was in contact with WikiLeaks.
  • Roger Stone was convicted by a jury of obstruction, making false statements, and witness tampering.
  • Roger Stone's sentence was commuted by Trump.
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{xposted from previous thread}
#7 Zachriel on 2021-12-06 09:53 (Reply)
Well, there it is! Whitewashing. The left is tone deaf
#7.1 JustMe on 2021-12-06 09:57 (Reply)
JustMe: Well, there it is! Whitewashing.

The media certainly hyped a number of allegations. However, that doesn't mean the Russia-Trump connection was a hoax. As we noted at the time, Russia would never have trusted a direct connection to a mercurial and unreliable Donald Trump. Nor is it unusual for nefarious sources to act nefariously, so we would expect a lot of misinformation and misdirection to be in the mix.

However, as they shared common goals, the Trump campaign welcomed Russian interference. The constant refrain of "Russia Hoax" is meant to erase the very real connections, and it only serves to address the interests of Russian oligarchs. They DO appreciate your help!
#7.1.1 Zachriel on 2021-12-06 10:06 (Reply)
Always with the efforts to mislead from the truth.

You are a liar zachriel, reality proves that repeatedly.
#7.2 DrTorch (Link) on 2021-12-06 10:08 (Reply)
DrTorch: Always with the efforts to mislead from the truth.

And yet you didn't point to any particular claim, but just waved your hands as if the pesky facts will just go away. You might start with the claim that Manafort provided internal campaign data to a Russian agent, or the claim Roger Stone was convicted by a jury of obstruction, making false statements, and witness tampering. Do you contest these claims?
#7.2.1 Zachriel on 2021-12-06 10:41 (Reply)
Stone was certainly convicted of those charges, but that doesn't mean he was actually guilty or that justice was served, or that his persecution and prosecution were not arbitrary and completely politically motivated.

Mueller Investigated Julian Assange, WikiLeaks, And Roger Stone For DNC Hacks. From Buzzfeed, of all places!

Roger Stone was victim of political prosecution
#7.2.1.1 RJP on 2021-12-06 12:36 (Reply)
RJP: Stone was certainly convicted of those charges, but that doesn't mean he was actually guilty or that justice was served, or that his persecution and prosecution were not arbitrary and completely politically motivated.

The jury who heard the evidence disagrees. However, we'll consider your links.

RJP: Mueller Investigated Julian Assange, WikiLeaks, And Roger Stone For DNC Hacks

Huh? Obstruction is not inconsistent with not being able to prosecute for other crimes. Indeed, they noted, "there were 'factual uncertainties' that were 'the subject of ongoing investigations' by the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia." So, that link does not support a miscarriage of justice.

QUOTE:
Harmeet Dhillon: Roger Stone was victim of political prosecution — Trump right to commute his prison term

There is nothing in that link either, an opinion piece by a Republican operative, that undermines the jury findings.

That Trump was at the center of the proven obstruction only underscores the inherent problem with the commutation.
#7.2.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2021-12-06 14:15 (Reply)
Aw FFS, KiddieZ. Both Rosenstein and Mueller testified under oath that there was NO collusion (*none, nada, nyet*) between the Russians and Trump or anyone in his campaign before, during, and/or after the 2016 elections.

Hmmm, should we believe them or some stupid little trollZ who've been caught lying about this before?

Fuck off KiddieZ!
#7.2.1.2 Zachinoff on 2021-12-06 13:20 (Reply)
And here are parts 1 and 3 of the series at Powerline, part 2 of which is linked to in BD's original post. Zach, be sure to give them all a read:

RUSSIA HOAX WHITEWASH ERA BEGINS (1)

RUSSIA HOAX WHITEWASH ERA BEGINS (3)
#7.3 RJP on 2021-12-06 13:29 (Reply)
RJP: And here are parts 1 and 3 of the series at Powerline

Nothing in those links calls into question any of the findings we detailed above. We also addressed the problem of using questionable sources. Nefarious sources may often act nefariously. Russia intentionally creates counter-narratives by mixing good and bad information so as to provide plausible deniability—not just for Russia—but for Americans who are intent on amplifying Russian disinformation that confirms their preconceptions.
#7.3.1 Zachriel on 2021-12-06 14:21 (Reply)
What we also know:
  • Obama sent Hillary to "reset" relations with Russia.
  • Obama administration sold control of 20% of US uranium production to Russia.
  • In the face of Russia's armed aggression against Ukraine, Obama refused to send anything more lethal to Ukraine than blankets and MREs.
  • Obama invited Russia to send troops into Syria helping to expand their influence
  • Before the 2012 election, Obama told Medvedev that should he win, he would have more flexibility (in dealings with Russia).
  • Obama hampered US oil production benefiting Russia's oil industry.
  • Obama betrayed Poland and Czech Republic by scuttling the delivery of promised missile defense systems after Russia objected.
  • Hunter Biden received $3.5M from the former wife of the mayor of Moscow in a "financial relationship."
  • Joe Biden lifts sanctions on, among others, a Putin ally leading Nord Stream 2 project.
#7.4 mudbug on 2021-12-06 13:40 (Reply)
mudbug: What we also know . . .

None of the your questionable Whataboutisms are relevant to the Trump-Russia connection we noted above.
#7.4.1 Zachriel on 2021-12-06 14:31 (Reply)
So Rosenstein and Mueller committed perjury during the Congressional hearings?
Is that what the KiddieZ are implying?
Y'all have tried this shit before and everything you reposted again has already been debunked or proven irrelevant.
Y'all are just flat out dishonest.
Again Fuck Off KiddieZ.
#7.4.1.1 Zachinoff on 2021-12-06 14:55 (Reply)
You are generally correct. Most of those items have to do with worse actual actions that support Russia by the same people who ginned up the Russia hoax.

There is an exception. Why would Obama make sure that Putin knew that Obama would be "more flexible" if he were re-elected? To let Putin know (quietly) that it is in his interest that he, Obama, is re-elected. (wink)
#7.4.1.2 mudbug on 2021-12-06 15:31 (Reply)
mudbug: Most of those items have to do with worse actual actions that support Russia by the same people who ginned up the Russia hoax.

Most are distortions, but they are still just whataboutisms.

mudbug: Why would Obama make sure that Putin knew that Obama would be "more flexible" if he were re-elected?

Obama's comment was inappropriate, but just another whataboutism.
#7.4.1.2.1 Zachriel on 2021-12-06 15:48 (Reply)
To me, if someone brings up "whataboutism", what they are actually saying is "Yeah, my guys did the same things and worse, but I don't want to address or even acknowledge that because it will show what a raging hypocrite I am".
#7.4.1.2.1.1 RJP on 2021-12-06 16:37 (Reply)
RJP: To me, if someone brings up "whataboutism", what they are actually saying is "Yeah, my guys did the same things and worse, but I don't want to address or even acknowledge that because it will show what a raging hypocrite I am".

Whataboutism is a fallacy of diversion.
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Whataboutism
#7.4.1.2.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2021-12-06 20:16 (Reply)
Seth Rich is likely the DNC "hacker". Assange has the information and neither the DNC, Hillary, FBI, or the CIA want that released. Burr (rino) and Warner (deep state) leaked information to the press through their employee who dropped it into the lap of a media whore in order to get it to the public. Russia, Russia, Russia doesn't exist except in the minds of the disturbed Hillary thug club. The entire Russia scam is the best reason ever to rip civil service protection from the malignant government employee racket. There is no honest, functional government department that maintains any ethical foundation.
#7.5 indyjonesouthere on 2021-12-06 14:20 (Reply)
indyjonesouthere: Seth Rich is likely the DNC "hacker".

That is incorrect. We have the exact Bitly URL used to phish the Clinton campaign and its connection to Russian hackers. In addition, the hackers had a momentary problem with their VPN, which revealed their location at GRU headquarters on Grizodubovoy St in Moscow. And this is just what is available publicly.
#7.5.1 Zachriel on 2021-12-06 14:23 (Reply)
You have the FBI/CIA narrative. That was dispelled at Conservativetreehouse long ago and how it was done by the incompetent bureaus. They are scared shitless by Assange and will try to assassinate him just as they got rid of Phillip Haney and Seth Rich.
#7.5.1.1 indyjonesouthere on 2021-12-06 14:35 (Reply)
indyjonesouthere: You have the FBI/CIA narrative.

The information we provided is publicly available, though it is supported by U.S. intelligence.

The Seth family wishes you would cease dragging him into your conspiracy theories.
#7.5.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2021-12-06 14:39 (Reply)
The Seth Rich family wants to keep their other son alive and they do that by remaining quiet. Those 17 US intelligence agencies lied their asses off and the intelligence contractor illegally accessed government intelligence files. You don't "remember" any of that even though Brennan and other intelligence officials lied to Congress. Later they even changed the rules during the Ukraine fiasco to allow second hand information to be delivered to Congress. Change rules and change definitions whenever necessary is the admin state policy. No one yet has been accountable for faking the FISA apps and all the applicants as well as the judges such as Boasberg. The fake FISA apps were submitted three times and none of those involved paid a price as of yet. Only one lawyer from the lawfare group got a law license suspended for one year for changing the meaning of a memo. So much for russia, russia, russia. It was hillary, hillary, hillary.
#7.5.1.1.1.1 indyjonesouthere on 2021-12-06 15:00 (Reply)
indyjonesouthere: The Seth Rich family wants to keep their other son alive . . . 17 US intelligence agencies . . . Later they even changed the rules . . . No one yet has been accountable for faking the FISA apps . . . as well as the judges . . . hillary, hillary, hillary

That's the problem with conspiracy theories. When pressed, it turns out that everyone has to be in on it.
#7.5.1.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2021-12-06 15:50 (Reply)
Is that another one of your rebuttals or a whataboutism?

Fuck off KiddieZ.
#7.5.1.1.1.1.1.1 Zachinoff on 2021-12-06 15:57 (Reply)
Numerous internet sleuths confirmed that the CIA/FBI version of the "hack" was impossible as the download speeds matched a download to a thumb drive but the internet was far too slow to accomplish the task in the time allowed. The FBI/CIA need far better techs to pull that stunt off. That single event on download speeds is what blew up their narrative and why they need to keep Assange inaccessible to investigators. You do know that neither Mueller or lawfare touched that information. The DOJ could easily investigate that but they won't do a thing about it. Fire the entirety of the admin state.
#7.5.1.1.1.1.1.2 indyjonesouthere on 2021-12-06 18:35 (Reply)
indyjonesouthere: Numerous internet sleuths confirmed that the CIA/FBI version of the "hack" was impossible as the download speeds matched a download to a thumb drive but the internet was far too slow to accomplish the task in the time allowed.

Heh. First of all, the download wasn't too fast for a broadband internet connection, even in Romania. Not only that, but the time for the download may only represent time to copy the latest copy made, which could be the original downloader putting it on a thumb drive to take upstairs to the Russian agent in charge or across an internal network. Finally, the embedded dates are wrong, indicating that the hacked files that were released were copied from previous versions.
#7.5.1.1.1.1.1.2.1 Zachriel on 2021-12-06 20:20 (Reply)
Weive been over this before. The Hillary camp along with the FBI/CIA desperately need this to be a Russia hack in order to keep their illegal spying on Trump out of the news and keep them out of jail. Another source for the Hillary hoax is the Anthony Weiner laptop. (Dems have a laptop crime problem) Now I wonder where that laptop could be...seems the DOJ/FBI have had plenty of time to "study" it by now. And you are wrong about the download time requirements, only a thumb drive would work...and Assange has ALL that information. Russia, Russia, Russia was just Hillary, Hillary, Hillary and the crooked DC admin state. Fire the admin state!!!
#7.5.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1 indyjonesouthere on 2021-12-06 21:30 (Reply)
KiddieZ keep mumbling, stumbling, bumbling, tumbling and tap dancing all around the truth and still can't quite get their story/lies straight.

Kudos, Indy.

Game, Set, Match.
#7.5.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1 Zachinoff on 2021-12-07 01:10 (Reply)
indyjonesouthere: And you are wrong about the download time requirements, only a thumb drive would work.

The download was at about 180 mbps (megabits per second).

In 2016, the average download rate in Bucharest was 90 mbps, but you could always get more, and 1000 mbps was widely available in Europe. And that's just for households. Enterprises, such as the FSB could obviously have more bandwidth, much more. It's inane to base on argument on a claim that Russian intelligence couldn't download much faster than an average household in Bucharest.

Furthermore, the claim is based on metadata concerning the last modification of the file, but the file may have been copied many times before the final file was publicly released, so the initial download speed is irrelevant.

https://twitter.com/berniesanders/status/705171336381923328
#7.5.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.2 Zachriel on 2021-12-07 09:43 (Reply)
Some of the comments to Bernie's 2016 tweet are funny:

Bernie: Today, people living in Bucharest, Romania have access to much faster Internet than most of the US. That’s unacceptable and must change.

Wag: we need to invade Romania and take their internet

Wag: Don't worry! The Romanian Government is already sending you humanitarian trucks transporting routers and old porn magazines.

Wag: Everybody in Romania is making fun of you on the internet. I'll send you a poscard with the tweets so you can read it sooner.

Wag: What can we say, we have one of the fastest internet speed in the world, you have Donald Trump. Enjoy.

Wag: Anyway, good luck beating 1gbps with less than $10 / month :)
#7.5.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.2.1 Zachriel on 2021-12-07 10:12 (Reply)
QUOTE:
KiddieZ: ...but the file may have been copied many times before the final file was publicly released...


MAY HAVE BEEN???
Yeah that's it... may have been.

The KiddieZ are trying so hard.
#7.5.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.2.2 Zachinoff on 2021-12-07 10:42 (Reply)
Chicago is what happens when a culture loses its moral grounding: Annnnnd, HOW LONG ago was that???????

The Media Inverts Reality in the Kenosha and Waukesha Cases. THIS is why I hate and totally distrust the "media". Among all the others it/they invert. The "mainstream media" is full of poison, sludge, and dead animals...and lie after lie after lie...
#8 Sam L. on 2021-12-06 12:31 (Reply)
They can't explain why the vaccinated are more likely to get COVID and die https://stevekirsch.substack.com/p/nobody-can-explain-why-the-vaccinated I'm sure this is nothing.
#9 Oneguy on 2021-12-06 16:05 (Reply)
Before long they will form the "booster of the month' club.
#9.1 indyjonesouthere on 2021-12-06 18:40 (Reply)
Funny Indy, Thanks.
#9.1.1 RL on 2021-12-06 23:22 (Reply)
Something is not quite right https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/12/06/impactful-video-showcases-hollywood-vaccine-propaganda-as-contrast-against-adverse-vaccine-outcomes/ and they are hiding it from us.
#9.2 JustMe on 2021-12-07 10:02 (Reply)

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