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Monday, September 21. 2020Barnes discusses SCOTUSh/t reader. The first part is mostr relevant
Lockdown SkepticsA longish but not too technical read: Lies, Damned Lies and Health Statistics – the Deadly Danger of False Positives Final quote:
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Why Are the High Holy Day Services so Long? A book: The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers This CIA spy game reveals the secrets of successful teams Rowling's Books Burned Or Banned Around The World Over Her Personal Views Of Gender 9 Years Into Common Core, Test Scores Are Down, Indoctrination Up. Common Core sucked all the energy, money, and motivation right out of desperately needed potential reforms to U.S. public schools for a decade, and for nothing. Book Review: Obsession – Inside the Washington Establishment’s Never-Ending War on Trump Black Lives Matter Activist Wearing ‘Justice for Breonna Taylor’ Shirt Walked into a Louisville Bar and Murdered Three People Portland Antifa Rioters Break Into Starbucks and Chipotle, Calling It a ‘Big Sale' Vermont grocery store worker fired after apprehending purse snatcher Democrats Threaten To Pack The Court, Schumer Reportedly Said ‘Nothing Off The Table’ If GOP Confirms Nominee I was raped by whoever Trump picks to replace Ginsburg on the Supreme Court Cuban Woman Barbara Lagoa May Be Trump’s Pick For SCOTUS… Flashback: In 2016, Ginsburg said Senate should hold SCOTUS confirmation hearing during election year Sunday, September 20. 2020Ruth Bader Ginsberg and her replacementFrom Manhattan Contrarian Also this: Trump's Supreme Court frontrunners: A mother of seven who adopted two children from Haiti and belongs to a Christian sect that inspired The Handmaid's Tale-and a Cuban American whose father was stopped from becoming a lawyer by Castro
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Saturday, September 19. 2020Saturday morning links
Folks, do not watch this movie if you want to be happy the rest of the day or get some sleep. The US Constitution and the Importance of Writing It Down Betsy DeVos Calls Princeton's Bluff: If You Really Are Racist, No More Federal Funding Trump Administration Banning TikTok Downloads in US Climate Change Apocalypse: "Permanently Immunized From Falsification" Connecticut strives for highest electricity rates in the USA Oxford Museum Removes Displays to Advance Decolonization Another Mary Statue Toppled and Destroyed — This Time in Brooklyn, New York MacDonald: Fearless Thinking in an Age of Conformity - 10 Blocks podcast Minneapolis is beginning to reckon with its disastrous Marxist policies Poll: Support For Black Lives Matter Drops, More Voters Now Consider Unrest ‘Riots’ Not ‘Protests’ Who's Really Looting America? Liberal warnings about Trump's Middle East policy have proven embarrassingly wrong Friday, September 18. 2020Friday morning links
An Online Student Attended a Rooftop Party. He Was Reported to NYU and Suspended Indefinitely. Education Dept. Opens Investigation into Princeton after President Claims Racism ‘Embedded’ in University America’s Worst Mayor Delays Reopening NYC Public Schools Again, Just Days Before Classes Were Set To Start Canceling Beethoven is the latest woke madness for the classical-music world Workers With Disabilities Can Earn Just $3.34 An Hour. Agency Says Law Needs Change British MP Refuses To Take Part In Unconscious Bias Training Media Criticizes Trump For Ignoring Social Distancing Guidelines While Saving Baby From Oncoming Train San Francisco To Provide “Guaranteed Income” To Expectant Mothers… But Only Certain Ones Trump Jr. Slams Nashville Officials For Concealing Low COVID-19 Numbers Leaked 2016 Call Reveals Joe Biden Risked National Security To Sabotage Trump. Joe Biden exercised incredibly poor judgement, placing a highly classified counterintelligence operation at risk, and undermined the incoming administration. Aurora, Colorado Police Stand Down Twice To Avoid Arresting Violent Felon. Guess Why These people want you dead Chinese Organization With Communist Party Ties Funds Black Lives Matter Ventures Thursday, September 17. 2020Thursday morning links The Scramble to Defuse the 'Feral Swine Bomb' Boeing Put Profits Before People's Lives By Hiding 737 MAX Design Flaws, Congress Finds That makes no sense. Yelp Data Shows 60% Of Business Closures Due To COVID-19 Are Now Permanent Stanford Journalism Prof Rejects Objectivity in Journalism Fake News BUSTED Again: CBS Uses TRUMP Latino Crowd Pic, Pretends It Was a BIDEN Rally Almost two-thirds of millennials, Gen Z don't know that 6 million Jews were killed in the Holocaust, survey finds Race-counting by The NYT Columbia marching band, ‘founded on the basis of racism,' votes to ‘dissolve’ itself Columbia University Distributes Microaggression Whistles To Student Body Northwestern law faculty refuse to explain why they introduced themselves as racists Dem Hack Chuck Todd ‘Uncomfortable’ With Historic Middle East Peace Deal… Trump has his unique version of ‘here, hold my beer’ – and it’s a good thing Trump does the impossible, often, by thinking outside the box Kamala Harris’s Husband’s Firm Reps Chinese Communist Party-Owned Corporates, Employs Ex-CCP Officials Pennsylvania Will Accept Mail-in Ballots Whose Signatures Don't Match Atlantic: If Trump Wins, Democrats Will Respond With ‘Mass Unrest’ Wednesday, September 16. 2020Wednesday morning links Wildfire Hype, and Hope - Apocalyptic rhetoric about climate change is undermining the fight for pragmatic solutions to the West’s fire crisis. Professor who questioned Black Lives Matter statement survives attempted removal from literary group Biden v. the Courts on Title IX - Appellate rulings have shredded colleges for denying due-process protections—the same protections that the Democratic nominee promises to revoke. An Update on the "Failing at Fairness" Gender Myth US poverty rate fell to 10.5 percent in 2019, marking fifth straight annual decline Rep. Collins presses Apple for information on wiping iPhone data amid Mueller team controversy. DOJ records show dozens of phones belonging to Mueller's team were wiped of information Do Democrats Really Care About Meaningful Police Reform Minneapolis City Council Panics Over Surge In Violence After Demonizing Police: ‘Where Are The Police?’ Trump Campaign Floored by Reporter's Question for Biden Regarding Hispanic Voters The art of the peace deal, Trump’s masterful détente: Goodwin Arab Unity in the Middle East Can Be a Barrier to Iran’s Regional Goals The Abraham Accords Peace Deal - How Trump Made It Happen The Adverse Effects of Obama’s Executive Order 13583 and the Purge of Generals and Admirals Are Now Obvious 235 military leaders endorse Trump Everyone Wants to Crack Down on China—Except Silicon Valley Tuesday, September 15. 2020Claudia Apolinar
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Don't apologizeAs COVID disappears in EuropeAs COVID fades out in Europe (and everywhere else), it appears that masks and lockdowns accomplish nothing. The viral curve always wins.
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Tuesday morning links Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade To Be Virtual Only, No Live Procession… Preteen Bada Bing - Despite its director’s claim that she is making a feminist statement, Cuties cannot disguise its attraction to barely pubescent bodies. U of Chicago English Dept Won't Accept Anyone Unless They're in Black Studies Education Dept.: High Court Ruling Does Not Support Transgender Athletes As Four Alleged Arson Suspects are Arrested for Wildfires, Media Fans the Flames of Climate Change TIME Mag's view: The Top 1% of Americans Have Taken $50 Trillion From the Bottom 90%—And That's Made the U.S. Less Secure Every Card is the Race Card, But They’re Not Playing with a Full Deck Let’s take a moment to applaud that unnamed female deputy’s courage Antifa and BLM, the Democrat party's stormtroopers Sen. Markey says all police must be disarmed of 'weapons of war' including tear gas, rubber bullets Left-wing dark money groups to ‘carpet-bomb’ 2020 election, report warns. Report says network's revenues eclipse those of conservative groups such as the Heritage Foundation Voters Say Media Focuses on Issues With Biden, Controversy With Trump Joe Biden Promises Fewer Fires, Floods, and Hurricanes if He Wins in November Monday, September 14. 2020THE DUMBEST THING YOU’LL SEE TODAY
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Pelosi Ditches Science, Blames 'Angry' 'Mother Earth' For California's Wildfires Scientific American Goes Full Anti-Science Fairfax County Is Running Empty School Buses Andrew Cuomo going off the rails under the stress of NY’s pandemic woes Minnesota Restaurant Delays Opening, Changes Name Due To “Cultural Appropriation” Academics & scholars are standing up to 'social media mobs' and 'cancel culture' Students at Expensive, Private Skidmore College Demand Art Professor Be Fired For Watching Pro-Cop Demonstration The real conversation on racism is much more difficult but necessary
In de Blasio’s New York, Asians just don’t count as a minority “We Hope the B*tch Dies!” – BLM Chants Against 31-Year-Old LA Sheriff Deputy and Mother After She is Ambushed and Shot in the Head Michael Moore Compares Trump to Osama Bin Laden: ‘He Is a Mass Killer’ Joe Biden: Trump ‘Accidentally’ Making Peace Between Israel and Arab States When Rabbis get political Bloomberg Dropping $100M In Florida For Biden Democratic Derangement: Party ‘Games’ A Possible Coup If Trump Wins In November Ballot Harvesting and the The Long Con Nancy Pelosi: Trump’s Historic Peace Deals Are Just ‘A Distraction’ Sunday, September 13. 2020Scott says...
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Why millennials adore socialismActually I don't think most do, but the noisy ones do. PJ O'Rourke: This is why millennials adore socialism
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Saturday, September 12. 2020Saturday morning links
The Falling Man - An unforgettable story. Most of us could see ourselves as that guy American Academia: No Diversity of Opinion Will Be Tolerated! Eighth Circuit Joins Other Courts of Appeals in Holding that Allegations of Substantive Error in University Sexual Assault Proceedings Plausibly Support Title IX Claim for Discrimination on the Basis of Sex AVI on victimhood LI: Racial Deceptions Week in Higher Education DeSantis vetoes vaping bill, calls the practice less dangerous than cigarettes The West Coast burns, and leftists blame climate change, but they’re wrong But everything is caused by climate change, isn't it? LA County's Public Health Director Accidentally Admits What Many Suspected About Lockdowns Andrew Cuomo’s inside-dining rules for the city are absurd and unfair Cuomo Suggests Taxes to Close COVID New York Budget Gap CNN's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week Mueller Russia hoax prosecution team destroyed evidence of their cell phone text messages and calls Democrat Nancy Pelosi: Trump Securing Peace Deals In Middle East 'A Distraction’ Trump Nominated for 2nd Nobel Peace Prize This Week, Obama Unavailable for Comment Two? Sheesh Trump Says Despite Partisan Governor Cancelling His Rallies, He's Going to Nevada Anyf#ckingway Despite Pandemic, The U.S. Army Is In Its Best Shape In A Generation. Here’s Why. Friday, September 11. 2020A 9/11 ThoughtMy memory of 9/11 is pretty vivid. I won't go into details about what happened, we all have our personal views on how/why/what all occurred. These views are based on where we were, what we were doing, and what we choose to believe. I don't believe the 'truthers' and their conspiracies. All you need for a good conspiracy is a couple of willing believers and some good memes that are logical fallacies. But I'm not going to share what I believe happened, either. We're all allowed to believe what we want, even if I don't agree with what someone else believes. That's called a marketplace of ideas. Sometimes there are lemons being sold in that marketplace. The nice part of the marketplace is this - I don't have to buy the lemons. Getting past that, I have other memories. People coming together. People pulling together. Without any impetus from a 'leader'. Spontaneous organization and commitment to each other. Race differences disappeared. People cared about each other and making sure they were getting what they needed. I remember it as a "lockdown" of sorts. I didn't go back to work for 2 weeks, working remotely from home, just like the last 6 months. Of course, my office was by 14th Street, which had limited ability to cross. Our office felt it best to let the responders have as much space as possible. I saw similar behaviors in the Northeast Blackout of 2003, 2 years later. Spontaneous organization, not something we needed leaders for. People working together, finding solutions to issues we all faced.
Continue reading "A 9/11 Thought" Friday morning links Natan Sharansky on the virtues of a life lived backward British filmmaker Luke Holland’s historic documentary compiles what may well be the last interviews with German WWII veterans about their memories of the concentration camps. Vanderleun remembers an ordinary Sept 10, 2001 The Coming Backlash to the Oscars’ Diversity Mandate NFL Opener 'Racial Unity' Moment Sees Stadium Erupt In Boos That's not racism - they just want to watch a game Does being woke include Jew-hatred? HOW GREEN ENERGY WRECKED CALIFORNIA Michigan Governor and Crazed Tyrant Gretchen Whitmer Orders High School Football, Soccer and V-Ball Players to Wear Masks, Even During Competition Wall Critic Gretchen Whitmer Building 8-Foot Wall Around MI Governor Residence ‘Nothing wrong with it’: Professor defends Antifa killing of Portland man Tucker Carlson: Let’s Face It, This Woodward Book Fiasco Is Sort Of Lindsey Graham’s Fault Joe Biden Arrives in Michigan and is Greeted by a Crowd of Trump Supporters Chanting “4 More Years!” — And ZERO Biden Support There is no Biden enthusiasm, but there is Trump hatred Clinically Deranged Adam Schiff Mounts His Dead Russia Horse Again The Biden Energy Plan Is A Joke Democrats ‘May Not Trust Results Of Election If Trump Wins,’ WashPost Writer Says Trump spurns traditional debate prep with first faceoff less than 3 weeks away. Some allies of the president worry that the cavalier approach to a debate with Joe Biden could backfire. He likes to wing it. A DIPLOMATIC BREAKTHROUGH THE MEDIA WOULD LIKE TO IGNORE Trump is Peacemaker: Kosovo, reaching out to NK, Middle East. Has any Pres done more? WE ARE ALREADY BEHIND ENEMY LINES: LESSONS FROM THE SECRETIVE ONLINE FIGHT AGAINST THE ISLAMIC STATE Thursday, September 10. 2020Scott reviews this week's political liesWe can expect more in the next few weeks. Podcast The media lying has become disgusting and immoral.
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Thursday morning linksForests in the U.S. West Are Out of Ecological Balance. Blame Wildfire Suppression Oscars’ woke quota will backfire on Hollywood spectacularly Steven Pinker Survives Attempted Cancellation Education Dept. issues important new free speech and religious liberty regulations Prop 16 in California Can We Avoid Another Massive Round Of "Stimulus"? The Violence Doesn’t Betray Social Justice. It Exemplifies It. Facebook’s Zuckerberg: We need to prepare the public for days and weeks counting mail-in ballots When it comes to attacking Trump, the Atlantic can’t control itself President Trump Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize Biden: Oh, Never Mind About That National Mask Mandate Too Joy Behar: Let’s Face It. The Electoral College Needs Some Changes Turkey's 'Filthy War' Against Syria, Libya
Wednesday, September 9. 2020Desperately Derailing Donald
This is not comical: The Democrats' Upcoming Theft of the 2020 Election
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VDH: Cultural Suicide Is Painless - The story of all Dark Ages is that when civilizations finally prefer suicide, they do it easily, and the remnants flock to the countryside to preserve what they can—allowing the cities go on with their ritual self-destruction. Public support for sports plummets amid BLM protests, pandemic: survey Andrew Cuomo Rants: ‘Donald Trump Caused The COVID Outbreak In New York’ United Nations Announces Who's to Blame for the COVID-19 Pandemic—And It's Not China Group of 100 Orthodox Jewish rabbis calls on Bezos to stop using SPLC to ID alleged hate groups Former FBI Director James Comey to teach ethical leadership class Documents Show Former Officials "In Real Trouble" In Durham Investigation: Meadows Entire Rochester Command Staff, Police Chief Resign Over Daniel Prude Case BLM ‘Protesters’ Take Over a McDonald’s, Assault the Black Manager Assistant Principal Illustrates Why So Many Violent Young Moonbats Ignoring Health Experts, Joe Biden And Kamala Harris Spread Anti-Vax Conspiracy Theories ‘You lying FRAUD’: Candace Owens calls down the THUNDER on Cardi B in VICIOUS back and forth about Joe Biden, racism, and taxes In Incredibly Awkward Moment, Kamala Harris Again Refuses to Take Questions From the Press: "Nope, I Think We're All Set" Something’s Happening Here: Democrats laying foundation for action with their post-Election Day doomsday warnings Tuesday, September 8. 2020Tuesday morning links
List of countries by overweight rates See any patterns? Never has the French mania for elaborating general ideas to transform society manifested itself so much as during the Covid-19 pandemic. Universities Circumvent New Title IX Regulations California Is A Failed State How Refusing To Wisely Manage California’s Resources Led To Incessant Blackouts Journalism’s New Propaganda Tool: Using “Confirmed” to Mean Its Opposite - Outlets claiming to have “confirmed” Jeffrey Goldberg’s story about Trump’s troops comments are again abusing that vital term. Atlantic Editor Admits Key Detail of Anti-Trump Hit Piece May Be Untrue "But journalism is not supposed to be grounded in whether something is 'believable' or 'seems like it could be true.'" Democrats’ new strategy for winning the White House: Threaten riots if they lose Via Ace: "The last thing we all need is a white guy telling a Black senator that he's not been a victim of racism." MSNBC Analyst Sneers at Tim Scott For Saying Dems Had Attacked Him as an "Uncle Tom" Historic: Two European Countries Will Open Embassies in Jerusalem After Trump Deal Monday, September 7. 2020Media GaslightingRobin Stern wrote a semi-crazy book in the past about The Gaslighting Effect, which could make anybody in any intimate or close relationship feel like a victim if they want to. Still, this recent post is acceptable: "Have you ever asked yourself, “am I going crazy?” If you have ever asked yourself that, you’re not crazy. You’re most likely being gaslighted. Gaslighting is a form of psychological abuse aimed at controlling a person by altering reality to the point where the person will doubt their own sanity. The term “gaslighting” comes from a 1930s play called Gas Light. The main character in the play literally tries to drive his wife crazy by gradually dimming the gas-powered lights in their home. When she notices the lights dimming, her husband not only denies that the lights are dimming, he convinces her that she is imagining it — to the point where she questions her own sanity. We are living in a perpetual state of gaslighting. The reality that we are being told by the media is at complete odds with what we are seeing with our own two eyes. And when we question the false reality that we are being presented, or we claim that what we see is that actual reality, we are vilified as racist or bigots or just plain crazy. You’re not racist. You’re not crazy. You’re being gaslighted. New York State has twice as many deaths from COVID-19 than any other state, and New York has accounted for one fifth of all COVID-19 deaths, but we are told that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has handled the pandemic better than any other governor. But if we support policies of Governors whose states had only a fraction of the infections and deaths as New York, we’re called anti-science and want people to die. So, we ask ourselves, am I crazy? No, you’re being gaslighted. We see mobs of people looting stores, smashing windows, setting cars on fire and burning down buildings, but we are told that these demonstrations are peaceful protests. And when we call this destruction of our cities, “Riots,” we are called racists. So, we ask ourselves, am I crazy? No, you’re being gaslighted. We see the major problem destroying many inner-cities is crime; murder, gang violence, drug dealing, drive-by shootings, armed robbery, but we are told that it is not crime, but the police that are the problem in the inner-cities. We are told we must defund the police and remove law enforcement from crime-riddled cities to make them safer. But if we advocate for more policing in cities overrun by crime, we are accused of being white supremacists and racists. So, we ask ourselves, am I crazy? No, you’re being gaslighted. The United States of America accepts more immigrants than any other country in the world. The vast majority of the immigrants are “people of color”, and these immigrants are enjoying freedom and economic opportunity not available to them in their country of origin, but we are told that the United States is the most racist and oppressive country on the planet, and if we disagree, we are called racist and xenophobic. So, we ask ourselves, am I crazy? No, you’re being gaslighted. Capitalist countries are the most prosperous countries in the world. The standard of living is the highest in capitalist countries. We see more poor people move up the economic ladder to the middle and even the wealthy class through their effort and ability in capitalist countries than any other economic system in the world, but we are told capitalism is an oppressive system designed to keep people down. So, we ask ourselves, am I crazy? No, you’re being gaslighted. Communist countries killed over 100 million people in the 20th century. Communist countries strip their citizens of basic human rights, dictate every aspect of their lives, treat their citizens like slaves, and drive their economies into the ground, but we are told that Communism is the fairest, most equitable, most free, and most prosperous economic system in the world. So, we ask ourselves, am I crazy? No, you’re being gaslighted. The most egregious example of gaslighting is the concept of “white fragility”. You spend your life trying to be a good person, trying to treat people fairly and with respect. You disavow racism and bigotry in all its forms. You judge people solely on the content of their character and not by the color of their skin. You don’t discriminate based on race or ethnicity. But you are told you are a racist, not because of something you did or said, but solely because of the color of your skin. You know instinctively that charging someone with racism because of their skin color is itself racist. You know that you are not racist, so you defend yourself and your character, but you are told that your defense of yourself is proof of your racism. So, we ask ourselves, am I crazy? No, you’re being gaslighted. Gaslighting has become one of the most pervasive and destructive tactics in American politics. It is the exact opposite of what our political system was meant to be. It deals in lies and psychological coercion, and not the truth and intellectual discourse. If you ever ask yourself if you’re crazy, you are not. Crazy people aren’t sane enough to ask themselves if they’re crazy. So, trust yourself, believe what’s in your heart. Trust our eyes over what we are told. Never listen to the people who tell you that you are crazy, because you are not, you’re being gaslighted." Robin Stern, PhD, is the associate director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence where she works every day to make the world a more equitable and compassionate place for all. Robin is also a psychoanalyst with three decades of experience treating individuals and couples. My initial comment: OK, but we're all a little bit insane if willing to see it. TS Eliot: "Humankind can not bear too much reality."
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