The Other McCain speaks some inconvenient truth.

Clearly it is wrong to call yourself a Christian and advocate teachings that directly contradict the Bible. It’s heresy, and would not have been tolerated by previous generations of Christians, but nowadays anything believed by liberals will find some “Christian” advocates, who will be showered with praise (and book contracts, etc.) by all those institutions that promote liberalism. So if you want to advocate abortion, homosexuality and socialism, and claim to do this as a “Christian,” you’ll be applauded for doing so by, e.g., the New York Times and CNN.

Fortunately this problem is much smaller in the Orthodox Church, although it still can be found in certain circles.

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I am finding more and more attractive Scott Adams’ idea that we bar Democrats from owning guns.

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Hard, that is, if you’re High Net Worth (HNW) or Ultra-High-Net-Worth (UHNW) people; evidently, unless you’re Grossly Rich you don’t have any problems.

“What we’ve learned at Whittier Trust working with UHNW families over multiple generations is that raising kids is hard, but doing it in the context of significant wealth is actually much harder,” said Pegine Grayson, a senior vice president for philanthropic services at Whittier Trust in South Pasadena, California.

It’s not that difficult if you don’t mind them turning out as over-entitled shits and Proglodyte Youth. Just throw them in the existing Crustian culture and stand back.

Skate, dependable Voice of the Crust, continues the drumbeat against The Rich.

No concern about Flyover Country, of course — the focus is on San Francisco, New York, and especially Seattle, all Cloud People habitats. (The answer to Friedman’s question What’s Wrong With Kansas? is, Nobody Cares.)

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And I’m looking forward to it.

For the record, I’m not very fond of the World As I Know It, run by proglodytes and other stupid people.

A change would be welcome.

Do most Americans believe in human-caused climate change?

Ocasio-Cortez Claims Victory Against GOP On Climate Change Despite Green New Deal Getting Zero Votes  ‘They may have won all the battles/but we had all the good songs!’

Global Warming Energy Restrictions Threaten U.S. National Security  Oh noes! The secret plan revealed!

Climate data shows no recent warming in Antarctica, instead a slight cooling

Psychic News Network: MSNBC Guest Speculates Trump Was Happy Only When ‘White’ Red Sox Players Showed Up To White House

MSNBC Panel Holds onto Hope on Collusion, Bashes Trump ‘Thugs’ Using ‘Gangster Talk’

Cooper to Comey: Should Trump Be Prosecuted When He’s Out of Office?  For what? That’s the question that’s never asked.

New York Times May Have Broken Law by Publishing Trump’s Tax Returns  Oh, ya think?

Behind Comey’s claim that Trump “eats your soul”  Perhaps that would explain Comey’s lack of soul.

Psychic News Network: Luongo: Will Trump’s Vanity Destroy The Global Economy?  Ascribing Trump’s policy decisions to ‘vanity’ is a typical Democrat trick; they can’t admit that he just might have a reason for what he does, so they let their imaginations wander.

Media Claim Trump Divides Red Sox Along Racial Lines  Whereas it’s really the media doing it and blaming it on Trump.

Schiff Suggests House Can Levy Fines Of $25,000 A Day Against Trump  Good luck with that.

Alisyn Camerota Says The FBI Corroborated ‘Most Of’ The Dossier  Except that it didn’t corroborate any of it.

KOLB: Adolf Hitler’s ‘Art Of The Deal’ Is Prevalent Around Today’s Globe  Welcome to the playground-in-print.

‘View’ Hosts Hope ‘Stupid’ Don Jr. Winds Up in Handcuffs Over Ignoring Subpoena  Of course they do.

Former ICE Director: Congress Hates Trump More Than They Want To Fix The Border  That’s obvious.

Militantly Anti-Semitic Imam Gives Opening Prayer At House Of Representatives

The Media Needs a New Conspiracy Theory, and What a Surprise, They Get One From the Democrats: What If Trump Refuses to Leave Office and Declares Himself Emperor?

CNN: Only 2020 ‘Guardrail’ Can Save us From Trump ‘Constitutional Crisis’  Of which there isn’t one.

Trump is Satan

Scarborough Rants on Red Sox Visit: ‘Most Racist President in Our Lifetime’  More so than LBJ? I think not.

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Only if you want someone (thieves, government) to take it from you.

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The M-44, a spring-loaded device filled with cyanide used to kill predators, is no longer welcome in Oregon.

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Good luck trying to get a job at Apple without one, though, and it had better be from a spiff university, too.

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You knew this was coming.

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The fiasco surrounding Amazon’s recent escape from New York reflects a broader, potentially devastating trend. By driving the Seattle-based behemoth out of the Big Apple, New York’s increasingly militant progressives have created a political paradigm that could resonate in cities across the country.

Simply put, after decades of trying to lure businesses, many cities are adopting political agendas—from minimum wage hikes to rent control and threatened tax boosts—that make them less attractive to both big firms and smaller businesses. This new development is being driven by demographic shifts as cities become more dominated by hipster radicals and increasingly polarized with little room for a middle ground between the very rich and the very poor.

Think of it as evolution in action.

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The yogurt company’s CEO, Hamdi Ulukaya, announced the offer in a Thursday tweet, saying that all students should have access to delicious and nutritious food in school, no matter their ability to pay.

Yeah, well, it may be ‘nutritious’ but it’s far from delicious, as the students well know. Most of Michelle Obama’s lunch selections wound up in the trash.

When you send your kids to a government school, they become lab rats for any freak political notion that comes down the catwalk.

Jonathan Turley, no fan of Trump or Republicans, points out the defects.

As someone who has represented the House of Representatives, my concern is that this one violates a legal version of the Hippocratic oath to “first do no harm.” This could do great harm, not to Barr, but to the House. It is the weakest possible case to bring against the administration, and likely to be an example of a bad case making bad law for the House.

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After all, that’s hardly news — all right-thinking people hate Christians and Republicans.

I’m seriously liking Scott Adams proposal to ban Democrats from owning guns.

Kevin Williamson intrudes some adult into the story.

Anita Hill has an article about Joe Biden, sexual harassment, and sexual violence in today’s New York Times. It is published under the headline, “Believe Survivors, Full Stop.”

The problem with that line of thinking is that people sometimes lie about things, including sexual assault: Lena Dunham, UVA and Rolling Stone, Duke, the Kavanaugh hearings, etc.

I suppose that’s triggering to some people…. Presumably ‘Full Stop’ applies to their brains.

John C. Wright points out some parallels.

This gives even greater depth to the conflict at the heart of the Avengers: Civil War flick.

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Talk is cheap. The U.S. will have an easier time sinking their country; they ought to be thinking about that.

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Congressman Swalwell is establishing a reputation as the biggest jerk in the race.

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Dana Milbank is Paul Krugman without the credentials. He has absolutely no need for a White House press pass, because nothing that he writes could even charitably be called news.

The ZBlog Power Hour

This week, for example, I’m breaking from the normal format to run through all of the Democrat candidates. No breaks. It’s also a much more casual show than normal. These freaks are too weird to take them seriously.

If you don’t listen to ZMan’s weekly podcast, you’re missing a great deal. Available on iTunes, among other places.

Highly recommended.

Steve Sailer is on the case.

The Western world has been obsessed in recent decades with what young people of African descent have to say. What messages are they trying to communicate to us?

What concerns them most?

Well, judging from this week’s headlines, the answer is now in: their hair. Today’s black youth want to talk about their hair. And do they ever have a lot to say.

UPDATE: Why having black beauty queens with natural curls matters

I guess Michelle Obama et al. are race traitors.

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The concerns about robots and artificial intelligence have come from scientists who express worries about killer robots with super intelligence taking over from dumber humans with less capabilities.  Possibly, but it is more likely that these kind of concerns stem from an incorrect model or understanding of mind, consciousness, and creativity.  I do wish that Michael Polanyi were still with us to give us his take on our proclivity to attribute intelligence to machines.

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Thus, the main focus  of the coauthors is on the massive economic dislocation that will result from making people superfluous.

Israel-Hating, Gay-Bashing, Sexist Imam Gives Invocation to U.S. House

Manhunt for Culture-Enriching Rapists in South Tyrol

Mali: Fighting Fulani Finale

NY Times Defends ‘Storied and Influential’ Muslim Brotherhood From Terror Links

‘If you enter a camp, you never come out’: inside China’s war on Islam

IPT Exclusive: MAS Lied About School in Jihad Video Being a “Separate Entity”

Hamas Launches Nearly 100 Rockets In An Hour On Israel In Massive Escalation

Israel retaliates after more than 150 rockets fired from Gaza

Rockets Over Sderot (Yet Again)

China putting minority Muslims in ‘concentration camps,’ U.S. says  Communist dictatorship. Duh.

CNN Wrote Over 20 Articles On Covington Catholic Students, Ignores Philly Muslim Children Chanting About Chopping Off Heads

Imprisoned in Qatar, Parts 2 and 3

Netanyahu Vows “Massive Retaliatory Strikes” To Continue As 600 Rockets Fired From Gaza

Video Of Philly Islamic Center Children Singing They Will ‘Chop Off Their Heads’ For Allah Sparks Investigation

Sri Lanka Expels 200 Islamic Clerics Following Deadly Easter Attacks

The Ascendancy of Shariah in the UK

James Lileks: Bolton to Mullahs: Don’t Even Think About It

Israel meets suspected Hamas cyber-attack with immediate air strike

Media’s Covington Obsessives Skip Disturbing Video of Muslim Kids Reading Death Poetry

Ilhan Weighs In On Gaza

Israel Retaliates to Cyber-Attack with Immediate Physical Action in World First

Tlaib And Omar Blame Israel For Sunday Attacks

Israeli Intelligence Warned White House Of “Iran Plot” To Strike US Troops

Children At Philadelphia Muslim Society Say They Will “Chop Off Heads” For Allah

Top UK Art Gallery Covers “Blasphemous” Paintings After Muslims Complain

Muslim Anti-Semitism Increases the Threat Facing Europe’s Jews

U.S.-Based Sheikh Calls on University Students to “Fight Zionism”

Asia Bibi leaves Pakistan for Canada after months of legal limbo

Crackdown on Islam-Critics in Denmark

Persecuted Pakistani Catholic Asia Bibi Escapes To Canada, Lawyer Says

Inside The Ties Between Anti-Israel BDS Groups And Palestinian Terror Orgs

London mosque shooting: Police hunt gunman armed with ‘blank-firing handgun’

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The Democratic stronghold of Oakland, California – which narrowly escaped Bankruptcy in 2009 – is planning to divert state gas tax revenues to keep the city’s lights on amid a $100 million annual shortfall projected in the the 2019-2020 fiscal year (74% worse than forecast just two years ago).

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But you have to bear in mind that Trump has accomplished ABSOLUTELY NOTHING during his term in office.

Just remember that.

Absolutely nothing.

Buffett’s Berkshire “Duped” Out Of $377 Million By “Ponzi-Like Solar Scheme”

Climate Change Cultist on NBC Medical Drama: Stop Cooking the Earth ‘By Burning Fossil Fuels’

US is hotbed of climate change denial, major global survey finds  Is this a great country, or what?

Is ‘Climate Anxiety’ Real? CNN Says It Is, Then Blames Trump

UN Chief António Guterres, Citing Climate Worries, Says He Only Eats At Steak Houses Once Every 3 Months

Climate change is helping older trees grow better

D.L. Hughley Triggered By Tiger Woods Normalizing ‘Monster’ Trump

Democrats Talk Impeachment as They Vote to Hold Attorney General in Contempt

‘Art of the Conceal’ Fake News Jim Screeches About Trump Causing a ‘Constitutional Crisis’

North Korean Defectors Respond To Anti-Trump Rapper After He Harassed Them

Hillary: Putin Thinks ‘He Has Died And Gone To Heaven’ With Trump In Office

Rep. Jackie Speier: Trump ‘Has In Many Respects Become A Dictator’  Although nothing compared to Obama.

CBS, NBC Hype Dems Voting to Hold AG Barr in Contempt of Congress

Democrats Cite Barr for Contempt

Trump Derangement Syndrome Has Democrats Trapped

Nadler Sees ‘Constitutional Crisis’ That Could Lead To ‘More Tyrannical’ Government

Scarborough on Red Sox White House Visit: I Wouldn’t Go, Wish One White Player Wouldn’t I guess Joe ‘identifies’

as non-white.

Pelosi Joins Nadler In Saying Country Is In ‘Constitutional Crisis’  Yeah, caused by Democrats.

MSNBC Rants About ‘Seeing Norms Eroded,’ ‘Breaking Tradition’ to Confirm Trump Judges  Since when do progs care about tradition?

White House Tightens Requirements for “Hard Passes,” and Takes Them Away From Many (#FakeNews) “Journalists;” Press Corps Shrieks

Pete Buttigieg Attending Fundraiser Hosted By Film Director Who Said Every Trump Voter ‘Is A Low Life Piece Of S***’

Alcindor Insults YOUR Intelligence, Hints Reelecting Trump Will Show Ignorance About the Constitution

Blumenthal Is Ready To Lock Up Donald Trump Jr.: ‘He Has No Privilege’  Sounds like Blumenthal, rather than Trump, is trying to become dictator.

Shocker: Even Colbert Mocks MSNBC: ‘You Guys Bang a Drum Over There’

CNN Trashes Trump as ‘Con Man in Chief,’ ‘Sociopath’ Over Tax Returns

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Trouble in paradise.

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The makers of TurboTax have long been luring customers into paying for a service that they promised the government they’d give away for free. Now they’re lying to customers to avoid giving refunds.

We’ve heard from 16 people who say they were denied refunds and told that the truly free version — Free File — is a government product that’s not run by TurboTax. Ten others reported being told that ProPublica’s stories were inaccurate, or that our coverage is “fake news” or “fictitious.”

None of that is true.

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I suggeat we just arrest all people with facial tattoos. That would seem to be more efficient. People who have such a crushing need to have everybody Look At Them are pretty much on the edge for even more serious attention-drawing activities.

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Really, you can’t make this stuff up.

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Uh, no, we don’t.

Sloppy Joe is well on his way to the nomination of the Free Stuff party.

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As Orwell pointed out, Big Brother is impossible without the technical means to carry out the IngSoc program.

Our technical giants seem eager to step up and get with that program.

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But you have to bear in mind that Trump has accomplished ABSOLUTELY NOTHING during his term in office.

Just remember that.

Absolutely nothing.

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This may explain why there are lots of Democrats in cities.

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In my previous life, I was a self-righteous social justice crusader. I would use my mid-sized Twitter and Facebook platforms to signal my wokeness on topics such as LGBT rights, rape culture, and racial injustice. Many of the opinions I held then are still opinions that I hold today. But I now realize that my social-media hyperactivity was, in reality, doing more harm than good.

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Jean-Jacques Savin set off from the Canary Islands, off the coast of Africa, on December 26, 2018 — heading west in a barrel-shaped capsule he’d built himself.
Savin, 71 at the time of his departure, spent the first four months of 2019 inside his barrel, traveling at about two miles an hour with no engine, and relying entirely on the ocean current to guide his journey.
He surprised locals as he came ashore on the tiny Dutch Caribbean island of St. Eustatius shortly after midnight last week, bringing a mammoth, 2,930-mile journey to a close.

Must be nice to have that kind of time and money to waste.

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Public Enemy Nr 1.

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A parable for our times.

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It’s all in the genes … sort of.

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Few things in life are as significant as a good kitchen.

Like public schools, most kitchen designs suck, and there’s no excuse for it.

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I am so old, I actually remember when Chappaquiddick happened. Some years later, I looked into the facts and found that they are quite clear: Senator Ted Kennedy, then 37 years old, drove his car off a bridge and saved himself, leaving a young woman to die, when she could have been rescued if he had simply called for help like a normal human being. Instead, he tried to convince his cousin to take the fall and, failing that, lawyered up. Ted Kennedy is not history’s most contemptible man, but he is easily in the bottom one percent.

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Raytheon Company has successfully shot down multiple drones using its advanced high powered microwave (HPM) and mobile high energy laser (HEL) weapon systems, stated the company press release Tuesday.

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We need a wall.

Or maybe we can just take over Guatemala and use it as a dumping ground for all of the Latinos who the Democrats keep letting in the country.

Why Is Trump Hiding His Tax Returns?  He’s not; he’s jut not letting YOU look at them, Nosy Parker.

Only Liberals Care About Trump’s Tax Returns  Hey, it’s all they’ve got left.

Twitter Suspends Account That Tracks Violence Against MAGA Supporters

NPR Host: Instill Fear By Saying Climate Change Will Cause Human Extinction: ‘Everyone You Love Will Die!’

McConnell: Pelosi And Dems Are ‘Suffering From Trump Derangement Syndrome’  Shucks, we knew that.

Schneiderman Accuser Says The Abuse Got Worse After Trump Won The Election  Is there anything Trump can’t do?

UN Paris Agreement Architect Intervenes to Purge Key Aussie Climate Skeptic from Parliament

Battling Over Batteries

Lawsuit Details Serious Allegations Against An Environmental Group At The Heart Of The Anti-Pipeline Movement

Facts First? CNN Seeks Out Man Who’s Always WRONG on Eco-Disaster Claims  Apparently Paul Ehrlich has yet to die of shame….

Marc Morano Claims The Government Can’t Regulate Climate

Arctic Council Drops Climate Change References, Blames Trump Administration

Snotty Kimmel, Clooney Attack Climate Change Skeptics, Creationists as Dangerous ‘Dumbf***ing Idiots’

New “exascale” supercomputer can run incorrect climate models even faster

How Climate Change Buried a Desert 20,000 Feet Beneath the Gulf of Mexico Seafloor

Fire up the FruityLoops! Sir David Attenborough wants someone to remix Balinese field recording

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“They were illegal in NYC for a long time and never really became a thing after the ban was lifted ?,” the freshman Democratic lawmaker tweeted Tuesday night. “Other home things many NYers don’t have in their apartments: washer/dryer, dishwasher, central air.”

Yeah, she’s perfectly qualified to tell the rest of the country how to live.