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Saturday, January 16. 2021Saturday morning links
Leftists Are Colonizing Red Towns Like Mine, And Local Republicans Are Clueless Shooting, homicide surge came after ‘reforms’ NY’s leaders said would cut crime Most NYC schools aren’t trying to track online attendance — or trying to do anything at all, really IT BEGINS: Trump to Declassify 'Foot-High Stack' of Obamagate Documents Harvard Students Petition For Trump-Allied Graduates To Lose Degrees America’s New Corporate Tyranny - The American political and legal systems are working just fine, despite a few hiccups. Meanwhile, American corporations are depriving citizens of basic rights and freedoms and destroying our democracy. Mexico’s Left-Wing President Mounts International Campaign Taking On Tech Companies After Trump Bans Whistleblower Video Shows Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Discussing Extensive Plans To Censor Politics On Twitter (Starting With Donald Trump) Mozilla CEO Says Deplatforming President Trump Isn't Enough VDH: An Impeachment Incitement - What is this latest impeachment gambit really about? Of course, it was a Parthian shot to discredit President Trump’s supporters. What will angry Lefties do without Trump? The All-Out Assault on Conservative Thought Has Just Begun Duke profs suggest Biden pursue 'new laws' to combat 'misinformation'. A pair of Duke professors are calling on the incoming Biden administration to establish a new commission aimed at combatting "misinformation." Friday, January 15. 2021The Woke Purge is BeginningParler being dumped by Amazon Web Services wasn't the first shot. Gab was in 2018. Gab is still around, though it is private now and subscription only. That may be the future for Parler and others like it which fill a need. But going private isn't the only solution, there are other solutions. But private is probably bes. However, being aware and adept at meeting the Progressive/Leftist challenges to free speech is essential. I am particularly fond of The Mises Institute's approach. This is a space in which I'm uniquely informed and aware. I've been seeing this slowly developing for years, and it's been a growing concern. I've been told for years "oh it will never get that bad" and now it really is that bad. Many said Net Neutrality was necessary because the provider of the pipes would throttle, reduce and limit ability for sites and apps to work. Ironically, the purported supporters of Net Neutrality are the very same businesses who are throttling free speech - you know, the free speech they felt Net Neutrality was required to prevent OTHERS FROM THROTTLING THEM. Except, they will argue, 'this is different'. It's not. And Net Neutrality would have given these tech oligarchs more power to do this very kind of thing. That said, because all this has happened slowly at first, then suddenly (due to the Capitol incident), Hemingway's description of bankruptcy fits these moves restricting the freedoms on speech very well. When it's taken, unlike bankruptcy - which is usually noticeable, this is going largely unnoticed and unmentioned. Or, at least, it's being done in a manner many consider 'acceptable'. Because the main beneficiaries are the very groups doing damage to free speech - the tech oligopolists. Who know 'better than you' about how things should be done, how you should live your life, and what you can or should say. Don't get me wrong. Tech in't bad. Social media isn't bad. It's not inherently evil. It is ambivalent to morality. But individuals themselves can be good or bad, and as a result can have overbearing and long-lasting impacts on our realities. I'm sure Gutenberg was not loved by leaders of the day and "War of the Worlds" certainly sent many scurrying to talk of the damage radio can do. TV was described as a "vast wasteland" and Bill Gates felt there was little commercial value to the internet. What is happening now requires individual awareness and action. It does NOT require fighting or violence. Just intelligence and smart, cordial and meaningful action. The Progessives are just starting, in my view. I don't believe violence will help solve issues - it will be used to justify positions. But being louder, smarter and more aware will make a difference. Friday morning links
De Blasio hates gifted schooling because it exposes his own failures Chicago Teachers, Checked Out - Second City public school instructors are not stepping up in a crisis. San Fran Doctors: Opens The Schools Already! China slams United States for Big Tech censorship The Media is Actively Running the Social Media Purge of Conservatives Save the Constitution from Big Tech 2020’s Spike in Urban Homicides Should Not Be a Mystery Frank Luntz Looks Visibly Disturbed When His Focus Group Proves People Still LOVE Trump Another Violent Leftist Arrested at US Capital Protest: Registered Democrat and 34-Year-Old Son of a New York Judge NOT THE MOST EVIL POLITICAL ACT OF MY LIFETIME…
Unity? CNN's Don Lemon: If You Voted For Trump, You're With The Klan, The Nazis, & The Rioters Trump re-impeached, supporters silenced, humiliated and threatened No One Will Let Trump Go Away US energy independence is on the way out Restart, Reset or Renew? The Strategy against Iranian Nuclear Ambition Thursday, January 14. 2021Thursday morning links
New York Times Suggests Wearing Two Masks Instead Of One. There's a drawback: “We run the risk of making it too hard to breathe." Thomas Sowell: Is truth irrelevant? Reining in Big Tech CNN Pulls Out Of Airports After 30 Years, Citing Pandemic The Cancel Culture Comes For Elise Stefanik Tulsi Gabbard Pulls Back the Curtain on Why Congress Won't Act Against Big Tech The Cold Civil War: Social Media Bans Threaten Free Speech For All MSNBC: How Do We ‘Deprogram’ Millions of Racist, Violent Trump Supporters? It’s all fallen apart’: Newsom scrambles to save California — and his career Louis Gohmert Quotes Nancy Pelosi Calling For “Uprisings Across The Country” And Liberals Lose Their Minds… It's Time To Get To Know Joe Manchin Wednesday, January 13. 2021What is "dangerous speech"?
I have to link Scott again because he expresses it better than I can. It is at the 12-minute mark.
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Wednesday morning links
Florida puts New York to shame in rational pandemic policies Defying common sense, Andrew Cuomo’s crazy vaccine rules bring ‘chaos’ End Covid Now - Use our existing vaccination channels with broad distribution to stop the pandemic. Ignore the Teachers Unions and Open the Schools. “Keep the schools open,” said Anthony Fauci. Barbara Boxer, Now Formally Working for China Wikileaks files: Forwarding from Western Rifle. You might want to forward as well. Bawer: What now? Terrifying times lie ahead. From October, How I Switched From Never-Trump To Never-Biden ANTIFA Forces Portland Book Store to Stop Selling Andy Ngo’s Book About ANTIFA Uganda Blocks FaceBook and Twitter To Block The Tech Monopolies' Power to Interfere In Their Elections; Twitter Bizarrely Declares That the Free Flow of Information over the Internet is Critical During Elections World Leaders Denounce Big Tech Censorship of President Donald Trump National Association of Realtors Bans Free Speech President Trump Takes a Hit for the Team At Taki:
Trump Campaign Official Denied Entry into TV Studio for Interview — Told He’s On a “List of People They Won’t Allow In” PBS Top Lawyer Says Gov Should Build 'Enlightenment Camps' And Remove Children From Trump Supporting Homes Orwell vs. Big Tech The Democrats Will Go On Impeaching Trump Forever. Welcome to the permanent anti-Trump party. Book: Formula for Failure in Vietnam: The Folly of Limited Warfare By William Hamilton Tuesday, January 12. 2021The Parler story
Is this about monopoly power, or just politics? Related, World Leaders Denounce Big Tech Censorship of President Donald Trump
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Tuesday morning links
Survey: Most Don’t See Life Returning To “Normal” Any Time Soon About 30% of NY health care workers opt out of coronavirus vaccination; how that might affect you VDH: Crazy 2020 Is Dead! Long Live Crazier 2021! Hang on. It is going to be Mr. Toad’s wild scary ride for all of 2021. The Death of Political Cartooning—And Why It Matters IT’S A SAD DAY WHEN THE GERMAN CHANCELLOR HAS TO LECTURE US ABOUT FREE SPEECH How mass media gins up hate CA: Prop. 16 showed most voters reject racial preferences The temple of critical race theory Why will the big tech giants never censor foreign authoritarian regimes? Social-Media Oligopolists Are the New Railroad Barons. It’s Time for Washington to Treat Them Accordingly Forbes boldly announces its intention to discriminate against staffers of President Trump MSNBC: ‘We Can Draw The Analogies’ Between Capitol Riot And Rise of Hitler…. CALIFORNIA’S INTERNET CENSORSHIP OFFICE IS WATCHING WHAT YOU SAY Why Is America Still In Syria? Monday, January 11. 2021Monday morning links
Makes sense to me, but the Feds are not in charge - states are Nancy Pelosi Just Admitted Why Dems Obstructed COVID Relief Bill for Eight Months "It's A Ghost Town": Debt-Laden NYC Taxi Drivers In Dire Straits Shootings In NYC Up Ridiculous 97%… The Night of the Tech Long Knives Parler CEO ‘Prepared to Take Full Legal Action’ After Big Tech Companies Target Platform The Great Purge Expands As CNN Sets Its Sights On Fox News’ Cable Providers THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WEIGH IN Merkel’s Government Seeks to Revive Hate Speech Law Citing Capitol Hill Events Democrats blowing House control right off the bat with Trump vendetta: Goodwin The Slow Implosion Of The European Union Sunday, January 10. 2021Moynihan Train HallMrs. Bulldog and I went into the city to meet our boys for brunch and decided to visit the "new" Penn Station which is formerly the US Post Office (across the street from the "old" Penn Station and Madison Square Garden). It is designed to handle what were very crowded spaces in Penn (ugh...some nights were unbelievable, especially when trains broke down) and provide a bit of a 'link' to the past as the old Post Office's architecture and interior were somewhat similar to the original Penn Station, which was destroyed (tragically) years ago. I have included 2 pictures. I am not impressed. The open interior, with glass ceiling that lets a ton of light in, is excellent. What was formerly an interior parking area is now the main part of the terminal. Beyond that, as Mrs. Bulldog said, "The great train halls of Europe need not worry of competition." It is antiseptic, utilitarian and lacks a soul. Clean (though new), bright, cheery - these are all positives, but in terms of originality and whimsy, there is none. I found nothing interesting or inspiring. Where Grand Central has all kinds of angles and views to catch your eye and keep you interested, Moynihan Train Hall has none. It's boring and uninspired. But maybe it's not supposed to be inspiring. Millions will pass through there on the average week, mostly commuters to Long Island and New Jersey. Who needs to be distracted? Continue reading "Moynihan Train Hall" Trump Derangement Syndrome is finally cured
Scott claims he's been the best, most effective president in our lifetimes. Could be.
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When big tech can cancel youBig tech is staging a digital coup. Big tech has been given the keys to the kingdom and they're not giving them back. They have the tools and the power to block dissent and they are using them. Amazon Joins Apple And Google In Cutting Off Parler The leftist tech monopolists and billionaires continue their purge ACLU To Twitter: Er … You Sure You Want To Ban Speech, Guys? Nikki Haley Likens Trump Twitter Ban to Act of Chinese Communist Party It is notable that the left is so motivated to cancel speech, while conservatives seem to welcome differences of opinion. Why?
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Saturday, January 9. 2021Heather MacDonald explains the Trump tragedyAs for so many if not most people, Trump's fate was in himself, not in his stars. Hubris is part of it. One year ago we commented that Trump's 2020 adversary would be himself. That is a tragic hero. Heather always gets it right: Trump's Exit
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Saturday morning links Nearly two-thirds of college students think government should have power to punish ‘hate speech’: survey "Fearing not that I'd become my enemy in the instant that I preach". Bryn Mawr College Agrees to ‘Reparations Fund’ Following Student Strike That Shut Campus for Weeks President Trump Says He Will Not Attend Joe Biden’s Inauguration on January 20th Non-traditional as expected, but the magnificent bastard would be a huge distraction
I guess she doesn't like him The tech monopolies have sprung into action Big Tech Launches Massive Coordinated Cyber Attack on 74,000,000 Trump Voters — GOP SILENT Biden Plays Race Card: ‘If It Had Been BLM Protesting Yesterday, They Would’ve Been Treated Very Differently’… Very true
How Warnock and Ossoff painted Georgia blue and flipped the Senate Friday, January 8. 2021A Dose of RealityHopefully calm will be restored as the nation moves back toward some semblance of whatever it is we consider 'normal' for the last 9 months. I hope things continue to improve as we move out of the Covid scare and fear mongering (yes, Covid is real, I had it as have many friends, but no it's not so bad for 95% of the people who get it). If we can move past all this, my job opportunities may improve. Then again, who knows? I know few of you are on Facebook, but I am (or was). It allowed me to reconnect with friends and family and it's a useful tool. I've also shared Maggie's articles there with my friends, and met many other people who I share interests with. I am well aware of the privacy issues, but I know how to navigate them (part of my everyday job) and manage them effectively. There is, however, one thing I can't manage. It's the real problem we're facing today. It's the reason I deactivated my Facebook recently (after letting people know how they can reach me if they want/need to). I am aware of many HR Departments doing sweeps of social media to find things out about people. I have heard several stories of pro-Trump people losing job offers. This doesn't surprise me at all in NYC today. The shift here has been significant from not just hating Trump to full-fledged belief that anyone who supports him is a deranged psychopath. I have never been a Trump supporter, but that doesn't mean anything because I've never hated him, either. It's best to hate him with the passion of a thousand suns in order to win approval with many organizations today. I haven't loved him, haven't hated him, I've merely tolerated him, and realized his persona was a massive problem but that he was accomplishing some good things. I was for honesty and balance of thought and reason. Today, you can't be that way. You have to be a true believer, or at least not come across as a believer of "the other side". In other words, it is almost a requirement to be Progressive to be "acceptable". Such is the nature of modern definitions of Diversity - be like us or you're not acceptable. I'm all for Diversity. Diversity of thought, and respect for other views, without accepting the enforcement of those views on others by law, social shame, or other means of behavioral modification (brainwashing via education, for example). Continue reading "A Dose of Reality" Who will stand up for everyday Trump voters facing retribution from the left?
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In Florida, we’re still seeing a flood of New York refugees Cuomo's COVID Vaccination Rollout In NY Is A Total Mess Covid-19 immunity likely lasts for years Enough with the outrage Zuckerberg Bans Trump From FB, Instagram “Indefinitely” Parler CEO (Who Is Actually A Democrat) Calls Twitter Cowardly Authoritarians For Banning POTUS & Others… “They’re Not Gonna Let Up and They Should Not” – Kamala Harris Egged On Violent BLM Rioters in 2020 — Trump Told Protesters to Go Home Worrisome Signs the Capitol Breach was Planned to Discredit Trump Supporters Trump Acknowledges Election Defeat, Stops Pushing Fraud Claims, Slams Those Who Got Violent At Riot Back on the rails Thursday, January 7. 2021Trump has gone off the railsI hate to say it. but there it is. He was never ordinary (which is why he was elected), but now, with just a few days left, people are fleeing his leadership. Heroes have great strengths and great weaknesses. ‘I can’t stay’: Mick Mulvaney resigns his Trump administration post Former AG Barr: Trump Betrayed ‘His Office And Supporters,’ ‘Orchestrated A Mob’ Over Election Loss Stephanie Grisham, Top Aide to First Lady Melania Resigns Thursday morning links
When the world reopens, will art museums still be there? Celtic Coin Hoard Found By Birdwatcher The Vaccination Plan Isn’t Working Comedian Rowan Atkinson: Cancel Culture "Like A Medieval Mob" Cancel culture CLAIMS ANOTHER VICTIM Leftists Call For Radical Legislation After Warnock Projected Win: End Filibuster, Pack The Courts Insanity Wrap #119: Democrats Go Full Radical Nutjob, Win Anyway "Buckle Up!": Schumer Drunk With Power After Ossoff Declares Victory The Slow Implosion of the European Union In Praise of Trump Administration Transactional Diplomacy The boot comes down in Hong Kong Kim Jong-Un Admits His Own Shortcomings… Sort Of Wednesday, January 6. 2021Wednesday morning links
Teachers are not showing up for work Quit the excuses — and get New Yorkers vaccinated Walmart to Increase Number of Clinics in Its Stores Interesting development Video: 2020: What a year of climate alarmism tells us about green ideology In 1903 The Electric Car Was 54 Years Old Who Gets to Tell the Story of 2020? The lying media are the worst historians. THE WAR ON STANDARDS, WEST POINT CHEATING EDITION What about oaths? TV: Mr. Mayor Makes a Much-Deserved Mockery of Urban Politics. The spiritual successor of 30 Rock keeps its edge. Prager: I Now Better Understand the 'Good German' Radical Democrats Are Turning Minneapolis Into A Violent Wasteland THE BIDEN BORDER SURGE COMES EARLY Warnock defeats Loeffler in Georgia Senate runoff Sheesh President Trump Sends Message to Democrats and RINO Republicans: ‘Thousands Pouring Into DC Won’t Stand for Stolen Election’ Shut up, Donald China calls Biden administration ‘a new window of hope’ for US relations Tuesday, January 5. 2021Republican senators who refuse to certify Biden’s victory are inflaming doubts they helped kindle.I agree with Ponnuru: It is time to throw in the towel. Furthermore, I do not think Trump is doing himself any favors by talking the way he is. A graceful exit is the way to do it, and let history judge it all.
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Gerard reviews his leaving NYC, from 2005 Alibaba Founder Jack Ma Has Been Missing For 2 Months ISRAEL LEADS THE WORLD IN CORONAVIRUS VACCINATION SHOTS 64% Of D.C’s COVID Vaccine Supply Is Literally Sitting Unused… Identity Politics is Behind the Failed Vaccine Rollout To Speed Up Vaccine Distribution, Let National Chains Like CVS And Walgreens Take A Role Re Cuomo:
COVID world update Kamala Tells Tall Tale of How She Fell Out of a Stroller During Civil Rights March, Then Told Her Mom All She Wanted Was “Fweedom” – Story Was Lifted From 1965 Playboy Interview with MLK! As a new year dawns, be very grateful you are not Joe Biden Monday, January 4. 2021Scott on how Trump hoaxes, even now, are produced
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Monday morning links
Actually, DC mandarins deserve their hideous brutalist architecture It is designed to intimidate the peasants 2020 taught us one good thing: Celebrities are meaningless Causation Of Climate Change, And The Scientific Method Never ask "How was your weekend?" Chicago Teacher Union Official: Keep Your Kids Home … While I Live The “Pool Life” In Puerto Rico Cuomo: I’ll Fine Doctors Up To $1 Million If They Vaccinate Someone Who Isn’t Eligible Yet Brilliant governor! State is slowest in getting the vaccines out, despite truckloads of them Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler Is Finally Figuring Out He Can’t Appease Antifa Rioters As Scott says, people respond to incentives "Angry And Ignorant Is No Way To Go Through Life," Said Nobody On The Left A Group of 400 Former U.S. Intelligence Officials Are Investigating 'Blatant' Election Fraud WHISTLEBLOWER: I Drove 'Thousands of Ballots' From New York to Pennsylvania Does anyone doubt that this was a dirty election? Facebook Shuts Down Page for GOP Senate Campaigns Just Before Georgia Runoffs Trump was tough on Russia. Who knew? Saturday, January 2. 2021Nancy Pelosi's House VandalizedI don't support vandalizing anything, or anyone's property. But in this case, it's hard to deny that Nancy didn't somehow get what she deserved. Pelosi's apologist position, promotion of leftist causes, and general lack of interest in pushing back against the extremes of her own misguided ideology have repercussions, and if there is anything which is true in life, it's that leftists eat their own faster than they destroy their enemies. Maybe I'm jumping the gun, but 'Cancel Rent' and 'We Want Everything' (presumed to be about stimulus checks, though I think it is more than that), are not what I'd expect to see from right-wing protests. I'm sure the media will spin it that way, somehow, because the Left is never dangerous or wrong when modern media analysis is engaged. It's too bad she didn't see this coming. But I did believe a Biden win would embolden the Left to become more aggressive and violent, and that still seems to be true. I'm sorry Nancy has to learn the hard way. Destroying property is always wrong. But she's done her fair share of damaging property throughout her tenure...but has done it 'legally'.
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