British Tourist ‘Dies Taking Selfie’ After Falling From Cliff Whale-Watching in Australia
23rd July 2018
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23rd July 2018
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23rd July 2018
Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders told reporters that the shooter used a handgun — a weapon that is extremely difficult to obtain legally in Toronto due to Canada’s strict gun laws.
Yeah, those ‘strict gun control laws’ really work. Just look at Chicago.
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23rd July 2018
Actually, I’m not terribly interested in understanding the alt-right as a movement; what I find fascinating is the evolution of the term itself. There are two wildly different definitions being applied, and I believe that the left is using that confusion of terms, intentionally and with malice aforethought, to denigrate a large portion of the population as racist, right-wing oppressors.
The people who are actually on the Right but opposed to the current Crustocrat establishment prefer the term Dissident Right. Steve Sailer, Stacy McCain, John Derbyshire, and ZMan come immediately to mind.
It was only after the election that word began to filter out about an earlier, original definition for the term. We found out that the name was originally coined by a guy named Richard Spencer, the leader of a very specific, fringe group of white nationalists. Looking at their actual policy proposals, in that case alt-right seemed to refer more to being, well … leftist. It is a variant of socialism, essentially identical to several other identity-based movements in this country, populated by people who are black or Hispanic. But, while all those other movements are considered left-wing, this group, apparently for no other reason than them being white, are labeled as part of the right.
‘Alt-right’ is one of those slur-terms that the Left creates by reflex; like most such terms, it means ‘person I dislike who disagrees with me and is therefore an evil monster OMG WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!’.
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23rd July 2018
Jim Goad does what he does best.
In the tiny sheltered pampered enclaves of coastal American cities, some parents are refusing to reveal their children’s biological sex to anyone—including relatives and the infants themselves—until the toddler is old enough to decide for himself or herself. Instead of babies, they are calling their genderless spawn “theybies.”
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23rd July 2018
And after that they can do the IRS. Works for me.
And then they could move the country to renewable energy based on unicorn farts. (Hey, if wishing can make it so….)
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23rd July 2018
I’m not sure I’d want this person driving my bus. Just sayin’.
(Of course, what’s breaking one more law to a Clinton?)
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23rd July 2018
Steven Hayward turns over a rock.
Case in point is the left’s new It Girl, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who embarrassed herself last week with her extraordinarily ill-informed comments on unemployment (unemployment is low because most people are working two jobs!) and Israel’s conflict with the Palestinians (I’m not really an expert on geopolitics, Occasional-Cortex explained).
Now it is one thing to hear this from a hopped-up left-leaning activist, who exist in great numbers. But as our gimlet-eyed friend who runs Neo-neocon notes, Ocasio-Cortez boasts of graduating fourth in her classfrom Boston University’s College of Arts and Sciences with a dual degree in . . . economics and international relations. Let that sink in. Fourth in her class, and she’s a blithering idiot on both economics and international relations. If she’s the fourth-ranked graduate from BU’s College of Arts and Sciences, I’d hate to see who came out on the bottom. If BU has any self-awareness at all, they ought to be asking themselves “What went wrong?”
I really love the tag ‘Occasional-Cortex’.
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23rd July 2018
And the Eurocrats are clutching their pearls.
(As is, of course, the New York Times, although in a quieter way. [cue ominous theremin music].)
Steve Sailer points out the flaws: Two definitions of “democracy:” “rule of majority” vs. “rule by the Democratic Party”
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22nd July 2018
The MAGA Hat That Wasn’t There
Liberal Reporters Blame Trump For Obama’s Mistakes With Russia
Hillary Clinton Slams Trump Over Meeting With Putin Well, thank God she never met with the guy. Oh, wait….
Tinfoil Hats: ABC Becomes a Home for Trump/Russia Conspiracies Everybody needs a home.
‘Trump Chicken’ dressed as a prisoner to sail around San Francisco Where do they get the money for all this nonsense? Tom Steyer?
Stelter Boasts Trump/Russia Conspiracies Now in America’s ‘Bloodstream’ Much like HIV.
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22nd July 2018
The Scots are not to be messed with.
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22nd July 2018
As a former professor and current facilitator and consultant, I am in a position to give white people feedback on how their unintentional racism is manifesting itself. In this position, I have observed countless enactments of white fragility. One of the most common is outrage: “How dare you suggest that I could have said or done something racist!” Although these are unpleasant moments for me, they are also rather amusing. The reason I’m there in the first place is because I have been hired specifically to do just that; I have been asked to help the members of the organization understand why their workplace continues to remain white, why they are having so much trouble recruiting people of color, and/or why the people of color they hire don’t stay. They want to know what they are doing that is unsupportive to people of color.
Welcome to the New World Order. Be careful not to step in the diversity.
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22nd July 2018
Let that be a lesson to us all.
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22nd July 2018
Good thing they got rid of that white racist regime, or who knows what would be happening now.
Reg: All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh-water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?
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22nd July 2018
Geez, what was the guy thinking? ‘Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here, this is the War Room!’
“The security staff were not happy for me to read it as they claimed I was on private property. I quoted to them that there is a constitutional position, the Epistle Dedicatory, that encourages The Bible to be read in the Church of England and on its land.”
That was from a time when the Church of England was Christian. Sadly, that was then, this is now.
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22nd July 2018
Why? The assumption here is that ‘cinema’ needs to be ‘truly representative’, an assertion for which neither evidence nor argument is offered. In this most politically correct of all possible worlds, if there are an insufficient number of ‘women and writers of color’ in film criticism, presumably not enough of them have stepped up to the plate and opinionated, and if it’s anything that women and writers of color do not lack, it’s opinions.
The market works, even when you pretend that it doesn’t.
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22nd July 2018
‘Far-right’ is, of course, a tendentious phrase beloved of Voices of the Crust practicing ‘journalism’. They would never, ever, ever say that someone was ‘far-left’, especially if it were true.
Every time I see Steve Bannon, I think ‘homeless guy, possibly schizophrenic, current or former drug addict’. That’s really not a good look for him. I don’t know whether that’s a deliberate choice on his part or whether he’s just too lazy to dress like a gentleman, but it does not inspire confidence; I would be hesitant to give money to any organization with which he is affiliated other than as a patient.
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22nd July 2018
MSNBC appears to be the National Home of all of the light-skinned Negroes in D.C. I guess the M stands for ‘mulatto’.
CPS is apparently too occupied arresting people who let their kids walk to the park by themselves (as I did every day for about fifteen years without incident) to do something about people raising gender-ignorant kids. Pity.
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22nd July 2018
By non-citizens, that’s true. Ellison wants to give the vote to every warm body that wanders across the bofder.
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21st July 2018
Everything you need to know in one article.
If you ever win the lottery, don’t go there. Just … don’t.
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21st July 2018
Sounds good to me. We all know that discrimination is taking place; the difficulty is getting them to admit that it’s unlawful.
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21st July 2018
Politico Editor: Trump Body Language Reveals Possible Russia Collusion Well, the moon is in the seventh house and Jupiter is aligned with Mars, so obviously Trump colluded with the Russians. That’s plain as the nose on your … face.
Biden Thinks Trump Immigration Policy ‘One Of The Darkest Moments’ In US History Biden wants to make sure that everybody remembers he is a moron.
Bernie Sanders slams Trump for being ‘tougher’ on immigrant children than on Putin Well, Putin isn’t staying in the U.S. contrary to law, for one thing.
Hysterical Media Outlets React in Horror to Trump… Yet Again
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21st July 2018
It is with such scare tactics aimed at Low Information Voters and Stupid People that politicians accrue power and consequent wealth. ‘WE MUST DO SOMETHING!’ is the cry, to which the politician responds, ‘Absolutely! I’ve got just the program here! Pay no attention to the fact that the funds will wind up primarily in the pockets of my friends and political colleagues….’
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21st July 2018
The lawsuit, brought by the NRA along with the Second Amendment Foundation and two city residents, was filed late last week in King County Superior Court in Washington state, which has a regulation prohibiting cities from issuing firearms regulations.
“Seattle simply can’t break the law to adopt an ordinance as a political statement,” Foundation founder Alan Gottlieb said in a statement.
I bet they think they can.
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21st July 2018
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21st July 2018
Place your bets, ladies and gentlemen: Was this offender against Domestic Tranquility more likely a Democrat or a Republican?
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21st July 2018
Place your bets, ladies and gentlemen: Is the boss a Democrat or a Republican?
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21st July 2018
Nwaubani Ogogo was a slave trader who gained power and wealth by selling other Africans across the Atlantic. “He was a renowned trader,” my father told me proudly. “He dealt in palm produce and human beings.”
A useful reminder that there would have been no slave trade without black African suppliers.
The British tried to end slavery among the Igbo in the early nineteen-hundreds, though the practice persisted into the nineteen-forties.
Yet that never seems to get mentioned. Wonder why that is.
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21st July 2018
So if you want a brain that can be molded like Play-doh, get tripping. The Democrats will thank you for it.
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21st July 2018
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21st July 2018
You know the drill. Find the black man in this picture:
For reference, here is a picture of an actual black man:
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21st July 2018
The preamble to the United States Constitution:
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
How do Democrats stack up?
… to form a more perfect Union…
Secession is a Democrat idea. The secessions that triggered the Civil War were Democrats reacting to the election of the first Republican President. The current talk of secession in Blue States like Vermont and California in reaction to another Republican President is merely the latest step in that Walk of Shame. Republicans accept the results of elections, even when there is hanky-panky going on; Democrats refuse to accept any election where they lose. When Lyndon Johnson and Richard Daley stole the Presidential election for John F. Kennedy in 1960, Richard Nixon was advised to challenge it in the courts; he refused. When Florida was certified for George W. Bush in 2000, the first stop Al Gore made was the courts. Donald Trump’s win in the Presidential election of 2016 may not have been technically a landslide, but it was far from close; nevertheless, the people who Just Can’t Believe That Dick Won have been doing their best ever since to overturn the result. (Democrats turn out to be Not Very Democratic. Ask Bernie Sanders.)
… establish Justice …
The essential characteristic of ‘social justice’ is that it isn’t justice, it’s a perversion of outcomes to favor a particular political side that is called ‘justice’ because distorting the language (a) makes them feel good about themselves and (b) is a well-polished tool in their political playbook. Giving special privileges to black people just because of their skin color isn’t justice, it’s racism straight up. Refusing to enforce the law against illegal immigrants isn’t justice. Forcing people to do things contrary to their religious beliefs to serve a political agenda isn’t justice. Every political machine in every big city that had one (and has one) was and is run by Democrats — just look at Chicago, Detroit, and New York.
… insure domestic Tranquility …
Look for the riots and civil disturbances in America today (Hell, since forever) and they’re caused by Democrats. There is no civil disturbance in this country that doesn’t have Democrats behind it. Everybody knows this but nobody dares to say it because the mob will come for them. Potential mob violence is such a cornerstone of Democrat ideology that elected Democrat officials, like Maxine Waters, can sound the call in public and suffer no serious consequences.
… provide for the common defence …
Name a year since 1945 that the Democrats haven’t called for cuts in military spending so that they can spend more on Free Stuff for their canaille.
… promote the general Welfare …
The Democrats are the poster child for the classic Special Interest. The Democrat ‘base’ is full of special interest groups who don’t care if the rest of the nation is screwed just so they benefit. Black people. Sexual perverts. Enviro-Nazis. ‘Animal rights’ activists. ‘Renewable energy’ lobbyists. Trial lawyers. Union officials. Government employees. This that and whatever kind of ‘activists’. You name it, and if they want to fuck everybody else for their own benefit, they’ll find a home in the Democrat party.
.. secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity …
The core belief of the Democrat party is ‘force everybody to do it our way’. Every policy promoted or piece of legislation introduced by a Democrat is designed to reduce individual liberty. No, you can’t sell what you want; you have to sell what we allow you to sell. No, you can’t refuse to sell particular products or to particular people; you have to sell what we tell you to sell to the people we tell you to. No, you can’t charge what you want to rent that apartment; you have to charge what we tell you to charge. No, you can’t start a business without jumping through the hoops we require and paying us for the privilege. No, you can’t keep the money you earn, you can only keep what we allow you to, and you’d by-God better thank us for the privilege.
Democrats fail to act according to the Constitution in almost every respect. They are, at their core, as part of their essential nature, un-American.
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21st July 2018
I love exercise. I can watch it all day.
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21st July 2018
This is what vegetarianism comes to.
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21st July 2018
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21st July 2018
John Derbyshire is always worth reading.
One theory I hear a lot is that it is Cold War backlash from the Left. Our Leftists can’t forgive the Russians for having ceased being communists. There was the Soviet Union, marching forward into the radiant future under the banners of Marx and Lenin, an inspiration to Leftists everywhere … then suddenly they were pulling down the statues and selling off state enterprises.
To add insult to the Left’s injury, the Russians—well, some of them—returned openly to Christianity. And not only did they drop actual Marxism, they showed no enthusiasmfor Cultural Marxism, marginalizing homosexuals and feminists and keeping themselves overwhelmingly, shamefully, white.
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21st July 2018
Those “independent fact checkers” at Snopes threw a red flag at conservative websites like the Daily Wire for a “mixture” of truth and falsehood on the question “Is San Francisco Registering ‘Illegal Aliens’ to Vote?” You have to get a kick out of the objection to the I-word and the A-word. They prefer “non-citizens.” We wouldn’t call their site “non-partisan.” This is their breakdown, and as you can see, they object to what it sounds like, not how accurate it is:
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21st July 2018
As George Orwell illustrated in his classic novel 1984, one of the things that proglodytes are always doing is re-defining words to mean what they want them to mean in place of what they actually do mean.
The prevalence of the phrase ‘gay marriage’ is a good example. The prevalence of the term ‘capitalism’ is another.
The technique doesn’t originate with Marx, of course, but with Proudhon, who said ‘All property is theft’, the equivalent of saying ‘All life is murder’; nonsense on its face, but the sort of nonsense that soi-disant intellectuals love because it makes them feel smarter than all the unwashed out there.
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21st July 2018
The columnist in question is Max Boot, who is a ‘conservative’ only in relation to the rest of the proglodytes at the Washington Post. Like George Will, he is an Establishment Crustian and his ‘conservatism’ is only about as deep as Michelle Obama’s love of America.
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20th July 2018
Instagram Censors Conservatives, But This Trump Lynching T-Shirt Is Totally OK
Indignant Cuomo Claims Trump ‘Hates’ America, Wishes Ill on Media I doubt Trump hates America as much as Cuomo. And I’ve wished ill on the media for over twenty years; Trump is kinda late to the party.
Mea Culpa: protesting (against) Donald Trump and other Americanisms
NYT’s Stephens Demands Bolton, Pompeo Resign for the Good of the Constitution, Stick It to Trump No, I don’t think that will happen. From what fantasy realm do these weenies get the idea that their ‘demands’ will have any effect?
NYT’s Maggie Haberman Hammers Trump For Extending Invite To Putin If you call yelling and stamping her feet ‘hammering’. I could believe that she hammered the floor, and maybe her keyboard — but Trump? I doubt he even noticed.
CNN Panel: Trump Treating the Presidency as a ‘Playpen’ How does that differ from CNN treating the airwaves like a litter box?
CNN’s David Gregory Says Trump Is ‘Naive’ And ‘Arrogant’ To Think He Can Negotiate With Putin Yeah, David Gregory is sure the guy I go to when I want to know about negotiating with Putin. I suggest that Gregory is naive and arrogant to think that Trump is going to take what he says seriously.
It’s no longer safe to leave Trump alone in the negotiating room with Putin, but there’s little we can do to stop it Yeah, newspaper editors know more about negotiating with Putin than Trump. Sure, I believe that.
Number Of Americans Who Believe Russia Is Biggest Threat ‘Too Small To Represent With A Number’ And all fo them are ‘journalists’.
MSNBC Contributor Suggests People Who Don’t Think Trump Is ‘In The Bag’ For Putin May Be ‘Impaired’ Given the choice between this nimrod and Trump, I think I believe Trump.
Evan McMullin: It’s ‘Extremely Dangerous’ That Many Americans Support Trump On Russia I’m sorry, every time I see Evan McMullin I think ‘Egg McMuffin’ and the linkage with ‘cheap and nasty’ is automatic and unconscious.
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20th July 2018
Hey, they could have asked us and we woulda told ’em.
Given a choice between war-torn Syria and New Jersey, I’m not sure which I would pick.
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20th July 2018
Jeez, what were they thinking….
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20th July 2018
Steve Sailer sounds the alarm.
As white people ever more often get hammered in the national media — with potential lifelong effects on their employability — for a single Type I (false alarm) error involving calling the cops on black people who turn out to be law-abiding, it’s only natural to look to Artificial Intelligence to get you out from under the vast amount of hatred hunting for Evil White People. “Hey, it wasn’t me who called the cops, it was the AI system!”
It turns out that Artificial Intelligence programs are designed to (shock) learn from experience.
And sometimes that ‘learning from experience’ causes them to profile black people as potential criminals.
This is the Blue Whale in the bathtub. For say, teenage males, the difference in criminal propensity between African-Americans and Asian-Americans is between one and two orders of magnitude. If you reduce AI’s dependence on “ethnicity, gender, income,” you are pretty much dead in the water when it comes to public safety, especially if “age” gets added to the list as another “sensitive attribute.” Everything else, such as measuring the body language of the individuals or their vocabularies, will have massive Disparate Impact problems.
Well, we can’t have that. Forget Science, we want Diversity! Even if we all get mugged and murdered because of it.
The problem is that when it comes to crime, reality is biased.
Reality is what sticks around even after you pretend it isn’t there.
UPDATE: Another Becky gets fired Apparently natural intelligence is just as corrupt and wacist.
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20th July 2018
Good luck with that.
“If someone comes to kill you, rise up and kill him first.” — Babylonian Talmud
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20th July 2018
Well, I’ve always thought so.
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20th July 2018
I don’t buy organic foods. In fact I specifically avoid doing so. It’s not my place to tell anyone else what to do, but I’d like to lay out three, seriously considered factors that have shaped my personal stance on organic:
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20th July 2018
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20th July 2018
In that case, I’ve got it nailed.
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20th July 2018
An understandable mistake.
Find the black woman in this picture:
For reference, here is an actual black woman:
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20th July 2018
Ability to pick Foster’s out of a lineup will no doubt figure prominently.
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